This was my wedding song. I had long dark hair then, a bouquet of black calla lillies, and a 1930's satin bias cut gown. The wedding party walked through a garden to an altar of deep red roses while I overlooked them from a balcony then came down the spiral staircase with dramatic flare. It was absolutely perfect!
''Mon amour, sweet child of mine, You're divine. Didn't anyone ever tell you It's OK to shine?'' I don't know what it is about this verse but it touches me deep.
Am I the only one that realizes how truly depressing Born to die the Paradise Edition is? At the beginning of the album she's in love and she would do anything for this man...until the sixth song, national anthem. Where he is depicted as the president in the music video and she is his wife and obviously he dies. Then there's dark paradise where she is mourning him and scared that when she dies he won't "be there on the other side". Then throughout the album it is filled with her saying I'm fine and trying to distract her with things like drugs (Yayo) trying to have another relationship and it not working out (Cola and Million Dollar Man) her thinking sex and friends will take her mind off of his death (God's and Monsters, Lolita, This is what makes us girls) until finally she realizes that she can't live without him, and she decides to kill herself, which is what bel air is about. The lyrics are very telling and laid out there with the lines like "I can't wait to see you", "Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate, telling me to wait", "Bel Air, take me there". Bel air is heaven and she can't live without her boyfriend or fiance or husband. I don't know if any of this has really been confirmed but it's just my theory that I in my personal opinion think that it makes sense.
lana has always said she is a writer before a singer. she did what ou said with her songs because it creates a story for the viewer/listener of her songs.
I like how the 'glitches' make it feel like there's something off and give the whole thing an ominous undertone... like you're seeing a beautiful scene with heavenly music, but it's not real. Also anyone else notice at the very beginning he's holding her under water? Then at the end they ascend together. Like it hints at baptism but also at death. Purification, either way. They take off their black clothes (what he was wearing for the robbery in Tropico) and change into white. I think it symbolizes them dying, or at least leaving that life behind together.
This song gives me really weird vibe that I cannot explain. Like I'm an old woman, who is sitting in the chair with a cup of coffee and remembering her old memories, which now have became the dust of time. Idk this sounds crazy lol
Nothing compares to this song. It reminds me of my darkest but happiest memories, the beginning orchestra added into just makes it so much more emotional. The song touches me so deeply every word she sings. I feel like I'm in the world I dream of in this song, anything I've ever wanted anyone I've ever loved, I think of it/them when I hear this song it's heaven. It helps me so much it's so healing, it makes me want to cry. I love it so much it has always touched me so deeply. The piano is so elusive and the way she looks in this video, the whole image and mood she is setting, I fall in love with it. It makes me so happy and I want to cry because it just reminds me of a certain time in my life, besides Ride, this song is me. Bel air is simply one of the most beautiful dramatic songs I love with all my heart. Nothing compares to Lana. It's like a combination of this peace, but this sadness like loneliness, it touches me at my saddest times and comforts me. Thank you so much Lana
There's something about this song, that has me thinking about it all day. Especially the beginning, it sounds just so magical yet it has a note that gives it a mystic twist. Sometimes I sit and play the beginning over and over on blast 😀
Bambi Eyes nights in white satin in actual terms of vocalization and mind set...does that make sense because it is what I Imagine is white satin and nights with soft skin touching drifting in and out of orgasm the true definition, of love sought after , found then realized. Those aren't the exact terms I want to use for being perfect strangers ...... although very hedonistic soft and gentle approach to guidance of hands on anothers' skin. Beautiful just absolutely beautiful.
While her earlier song "Axl Rose Husband" is about her teenage crush on Axl, "Bel Air" is about their tryst, after they met in 2012. "Bel Air" does not refer to the posh neighborhood, but to Axl’s Chevrolet Bel Air. He used to take Lana on rides in Malibu, cruising in his oldtimer. She had no problem with making their relationship public, while he wanted to keep it private and so she wrote this song for him, with obvious references to his public persona "bad baby", "idol of roses, iconic soul", his songs "Sweet child o’mine", his famous Bob Dylan cover "heaven’s door", "lead me to w.a.r." - acronym for William Axl Rose and the piano intro was inspired by the sound of raindrops falling as a homage to Axl’s masterpiece "November Rain".
@@agustinamansur5665 the public can be mean.. artists live according to their passions and soul. That's not accepted in the society. Close the eyes and one could see the soul inside, the true beauty of someone.
This song really helps with my depression, helps me think thru it. I don't have any desire to leave the house, be around people, go out, or even get a new job. Sometimes I don't even feel like being alive... My closest friends even tell me they cant remember the last time they even seen me smile. Ive lost all hope... I want it to come back... :/
no song in the world could ever beat this one for me. it sounds so magical and delicate and she sounds so passionate and in love yet sad and lonely. i find some of the lyrics so relatable to past life experiences. i love her so much.
This song is about Axl Rose (for those who doesn't know him he's the vocalist in Guns N' Roses), let me tell you why : "Bel-Air" in the title and repeated throughout the refrain has a dual meaning. First, it is a location in Los Angeles, a city in which Axl Rose lives. Additionally, he is known for driving a restored Chevy Bel-Air automobile. So, when she says "Roses, Bel Air, take me there." I think she's talking both about going to Bel Air to meet her boy. In the second verse, the lyric "sweet child of mine" directly alludes to the hit single by Guns N' Roses of the same name. Further, in the third verse, Del Rey sings "Idol of roses, iconic soul. I know your name" again refers to Axl Rose, indirectly describing him as a music icon known for "Roses" (or Guns N' Roses, as it were). There are other parts like : "...To heavens door" (another famous Guns N' Roses song), and there's another verse too where it says "Spot light, bad baby , you’ve got a flare for the violentest kind of love anywhere out there.. She's talking about Axl's ex wife Erin Everly 'cause their relationship was really really messed up, and well that's all, still fucking love this song and still fucking loving Lana ♥
+Kelsey Elizabeth ok don't quote me on this cuz it's something i kinda remember from what my best friend who loves Lana told me, but it if i remember correctly, they were in a relationship at some point which would explain the song haha ^^
This is tremendously evoking. It's clearly meant to remind of girls playing with dolls in quiet summer days, and perhaps even of their fantasies of knights in shining armor. Yet there's a deeper feeling I get from it, true hope and satisfaction, not of girls, but of a woman seeing her dream of old come true. D.R.
Hasfast but this makes me remember sitting in a forest just as beautiful as this, running through smiling and throwing leaves looking for adventure or just lying down and enjoying
This song reminds me of my soulmate and the time before we met. I didn't believe in God before, but I had a transformation in which I felt that the universe was going to put my soulmate in my path the following months, and it happened. I feel blessed and daily loved by God since then.
This is the song I listen to when I want to escape everything. It's like I enter a perfect world of purity and true happiness. My life isn't all that great and this song helps me cope with the trauma I endure. Idk what I'd do if Lana never made music. I'm so glad she does. This is majestic. This saves me everyday. I pray that no one else goes through tough times because the sadness and heartbreak is all too real. Good wishes to all❤
this song always takes me to this heavenly place. to me that's what it's about. It makes me imagine when we all go to heaven. Maybe the ''Mon amour, sweet child of mine, You're divine. Didn't anyone ever tell you It's OK to shine?'' part is what God says to her?
+Angel E well in the video they baptize after doing a robbery and they are angelic and at peace now because they have the money to live without sin . money is the root of all evil. so putting that song in that situation makes a different meaning. but I would say you're both right
Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate Trying to tell me to wait But I can't wait to see you So I run, like I'm mad, to heaven's door I don't wanna be bad I won't cheat you no more Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees, in the light, I can see, late at night Darling I'm waiting to greet you Come to me baby Spotlight, bad baby, you've got a flair For the violentest kind of love anywhere out there Mon amour, sweet child of mine You're divine Didn't anyone ever tell you It's okay to shine? Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees in the light I can see, late at night Darling I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby Don't be afraid of me Don't be ashamed Walk in the way of my soft resurrection Idol of roses, iconic soul I know your name Lead me to war with your brilliant direction Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees in the light I can see, late at night Darling I'm waiting to greet you Come to me baby Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Grenadine sunshine, and it fades sublime Darling I'm waiting to greet you Come to me baby
Lana's best song in my opinion and it somehow makes me feel like there's hope of finally feeling peace after I die. I know that sounds morbid, but it just makes me feel this peace I've never felt and I feel like dying will feel like that. (I'm not suicidal btw).
Tropico is a masterpiece! This sounds like the gates of heaven. I think this video means that she is finally going to be reunited with her true love who died a long time ago and she still loves him.
there something about this song that makes it so perfect. It’s happy and depressing at the same time, it’s crazy how she can put so much pain and emotion into her music and visuals. God I love this woman.
this song not only makes me cry, this song also makes me travel, makes me feel like i'm floating or something, i only can see heaven when i hear this song, it just sounds like angels.
This song makes me feel so many unexplainable things. Just its melody makes my heart race and gives me butterflies. This is crazy!! I’ve never felt something like this with a song before.
"Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate." Lana Del Rey continues to amaze me with her symbolism and petry. I've never heard of a better metaphor for a church. "Idle of Roses, Iconic Soul" used later to express how much God loves us and wants to brag on us. Purely Genius and Magnificent.
gargoyles? you're divine? walk in the way of my soft resurrection?? lead me to war w your brilliant direction???? why is everyoNE SLEEPING ON BEL AIR!!!! part of my soul feels we don't deserve such magic. this song is out of this world you guys
I'm 56 years old. I see so many comments about today's artists being inferior to those from the 70's and 80's..well let me tell you, this woman sits right up there with anyone from that era...and I was alive to enjoy it.
Well she’s inspired by that era. She references Marilyn, Nancy Sinatra, Jim Morrison, etc But pure emotion and spirituality and art is timeless, so I agree she’s an artist of the highest caliber
She is so freaking gorgeous! She literally looks like an angel. Her voice,white dress,beautiful face. Omg its to much! I'm not sure why everytime i hear this song i think of a Disney or Tim Burton film.
This has Beauty and the Beast written all over. Disney needs to get it together and hire this beautiful writer for some songs and her beautiful voice and compositions. This is absolutely beautifully angelic.
I wish I knew who the man that Lana del Rey will forever love is the one that she sings about all the goddamn time the one she's not with anymore but still loves him deeply even though he doesn't love her back.
basically my interpretation of this song is, she is finally happy that she has met the [person she finally loves "Roses, Bel Air, take me there, I've been waiting to meet you. Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night Darling, I'm waiting to greet you, Come to me, baby. " love you lana this is and will be my wedding song
Jellybeanirishgreen I agree with you I believe this song is about her Love of her life "K" she wrote so many songs about him and to me this one she's saying how she can't wait to finally see him be with him again
I'm really thinking about this being my first song in my reception next fall! It's going to be a bonfire reception in a clearing in the woods with fairy lights strung up and sparklers and a dance floor of antique rugs and I think it would be so magical to dance under the stars to this song
Ya but there’s a darkness to it for sure. Especially where she says “the violentest type of love anywhere”. It’s so pure and dark at the same time. Like how deep love is terrifying and tender at the same time
[Verse 1] Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate Trying to tell me to wait, but I can’t wait to see you So I run like I’m mad to heaven's door I don't wanna be bad, I won't cheat you no more [Chorus] Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night Darling, I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby [Verse 2] Spotlight, bad baby, you've got a flair For the violentest kind of love anywhere out there Mon amour, sweet child of mine, you're divine Didn't anyone ever tell you it's okay to shine? [Chorus] Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees in the light, I can see, late at night Darling, I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby [Bridge] Don't be afraid of me Don't be ashamed Walk in the way of my soft resurrection Idol of roses, iconic soul I know your name Lead me to war with your brilliant direction [Chorus] Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Palm trees in the light, I can see, late at night Darling, I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby [Chorus - Variation] Roses, Bel Air, take me there I've been waiting to meet you Grenadine, sunshine, can you fade inside of mine? Darling, I'm waiting to greet you Come to me, baby
I'm only 11 and my friends think i'm weird for listening to this :( But it makes me feel so sad and depressed in a way that makes me think really deep thoughts about the universe and death (i'm weird I know) I can't get enough of this song...So angelic and the instruments like the violin make it sound beautiful, Lana del rey is my favourite and always will be :3 btw I have no clue why I basically shared my weird thoughts with 415,950 people but OH WELL ;)
this song makes me feel like no other song ever has. when i hear it, these very detailed sensory images come to my head. a place full of nature and butterflies and sun. the feeling that you’re dying but entering heaven. a sadness so beautiful that it’s happy.
I’m late to the LDR party. This is such a perfect song. So far i haven’t heard anything of hers that is better than the extended edition of Born To Die. And i’ve heard a lot of really great songs.
I’m on my way to find all Lana song , and this one made me stop here for hours and hours , and feels like i’ve been keep going back to the fairy wold by those voice and i can’t let’s go ….. i’m addictive
