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Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name
Open up a beer
And you take it over here
And play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown
I say you the bestest
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on
Go play a video game
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games
He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of
Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
(Now you do)
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name
Open up a beer
And you take it over here
And play a video game
I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown
I say you the bestest
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on
Go play a video game
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame
Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games
He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of
Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
(Now you do)
It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do
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"It’s just about this guy I had been seeing and the way our relationship was at the time. It was a time in my life when I had let go of my own personal career ambitions and just enjoyed being with him at home when he’d come home from work and play video games. I’d write while I’d watch him. I think when I wrote that song I was just reflecting on the sweetness of it, but also the fact that there was something else I was longing for at the same time. Thematically, it feels personal to me. I wouldn’t have thought that that was the song that people responded to. That is why I get so emotional and happy when I sing it. Because it is a gift for someone like me. Melodically and thematically, Video Games is a perfect representation of me."
I think this song is also about a violent boy friend:
' He holds me in his big arms
>> 'Drunk and I am seeing stars .'<<
And I think the song means so much more ... than we ever can imagine.
Lana claims that the musical composition, lyrics, and vocal style all embody her essential characteristics and that Video Games is an intensely personal song for her. She had no idea that it would be the songs fans would fall in love with.
"I heard that you like the bad girls. Honey, is that true?" I heard you like to sleep around with promiscuous girls, that will sleep with men even if those men known to be in relationships.
And of after he assures her that he's faithful only to her, she says "it's better
than I even knew."
"They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do." Love with a steady companion is the most important thing in life. She's putting a lot of stake in devoting all of her love and precious time to this one man that she's not entirely sure loves her back. A lot of this song is about convincing herself the guy loves her, and being unsure if he sincerely returns the sentiment.
If he isn't truly in love with her, and maybe just attached for reasons he's afraid to confront, he can ignore her and prolong the issue by playing video games, and she will laugh it off and go along with the relationship. It's a relationship at a critical time in her life that's almost driven by complex of trying to figure out if this guy really likes he back.
This song has similar themes to "Dark Paradise" Being attached to a relationship that's pretty much doomed to heartbreak and being in denial.
"They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do"
That is him saying to her that this is normal, you should be happy. However, the tone of the song clearly demonstrates that she is unhappy and that this is not a good part of her life.
"Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's"
In any case when she sings: 'Baby now you do.' nothing good happens to her .. but HE always pretends and tries to make her believe: 'That's what people do when they love each other. Do this for me/let me do this to you, because THEN I'll love you.'
I think this song is so much deeper than most people think. And I also think it's a extremly dark song. Actually all her songs are very dark, if you really listen to them and try to figure out what she wants to express.