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Money is the anthem, of success, so before we go out,
What's your address?
I'm your National Anthem, God, you're so handsome
Take me to the Hamptons Bugatti Veyron
He loves to romance 'em, reckless abandon, hold me for ransom, upper echelon
He says to "be cool" but, I don't know how yet, wind in my hair,
Hand on the back of my neck
I said, "Can we party later on?" he said, "Yes."
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
Money is the reason we exist
Everybody knows it, it's a fact-kiss, kiss!
I sing the National Anthem,
While I'm standing over your body hold you like a python
And you can't keep your hands off me, or your pants on
See what you've done to me give me Chevron
You said to "be cool" but, I'm already coolest
I said to "get real, don't you know who you're dealing with?"
Um, do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
It's a love story for the new age,
For the six page, we're on a quick, sick rampage
Winin' and dinin', drinkin' and drivin', excessive buyin',
Overdose and dyin' on our drugs and our love and our dreams and our rage
Blurrin' the lines between real and the fake
God can only, I need somebody to hold me
He will do very well, I can tell, I can tell
Keep me safe in his bell, tower, hotel
Money is the anthem of success
So put on mascara, and your party dress
I'm your National Anthem, boy put your hands up, give me a standing ovation,
Boy you have landed, babe in the land of, sweetness and danger, Queen of Saigon
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
What's your address?
I'm your National Anthem, God, you're so handsome
Take me to the Hamptons Bugatti Veyron
He loves to romance 'em, reckless abandon, hold me for ransom, upper echelon
He says to "be cool" but, I don't know how yet, wind in my hair,
Hand on the back of my neck
I said, "Can we party later on?" he said, "Yes."
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
Money is the reason we exist
Everybody knows it, it's a fact-kiss, kiss!
I sing the National Anthem,
While I'm standing over your body hold you like a python
And you can't keep your hands off me, or your pants on
See what you've done to me give me Chevron
You said to "be cool" but, I'm already coolest
I said to "get real, don't you know who you're dealing with?"
Um, do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
It's a love story for the new age,
For the six page, we're on a quick, sick rampage
Winin' and dinin', drinkin' and drivin', excessive buyin',
Overdose and dyin' on our drugs and our love and our dreams and our rage
Blurrin' the lines between real and the fake
God can only, I need somebody to hold me
He will do very well, I can tell, I can tell
Keep me safe in his bell, tower, hotel
Money is the anthem of success
So put on mascara, and your party dress
I'm your National Anthem, boy put your hands up, give me a standing ovation,
Boy you have landed, babe in the land of, sweetness and danger, Queen of Saigon
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Ooh yeah baby bow down, makin' me so wild now)
Tell me I'm your National Anthem (Sugar sugar, how now, take your body downtown)
Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes
I'm your National Anthem
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Money is the anthem, God, you're so handsome, money is the anthem,
Of success
Lyrics submitted by dplainview, edited by ShatterMe, zane1971, aic719, wwarara, irisme, xocharlie
Track duration: 03:51
"National Anthem" as written by Elizabeth Grant, Penny Foster, David Sneddon, James Bauer Mein, Justin Parker
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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This amalgam of John F Kennedy and Rap Superstar.
Lana as this rappified Jacqueline Bouvier.
I think she's making a point about the attraction to and tragedies that course through the stories of the rich and powerful..
"Money is the reason we exist"
Sure ain't sugarcoating the gold-digger persona here...
Which is a persona - 'blurring the lines between real and fake.'
The ambiguity of the song is discomforting...
It's a love story for the new age,
For the six page
Want a quick sick rampage?
Winin' and dinin',
Drinkin' and drivin',
Excessive buyin',
Overdose and dyin'
I'm in drugs and in love
In my dreams and a rage,
Blurrin' the lines between real and the fake
God can only, I need somebody to hold me
We will do very well,
I can tell, I can tell
Keep my safe in his spell
Tower, hotel
I love the transition from innocence to experience - from "I don't know how to be cool" to "I'm already coolest."
the second verse is definitely really sexual!
and she wants to be his national anthem like, for example, the national anthem is one of the most important things for a nation, the most important thing for him is money and she wants to be as important as money for him.
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it's "Bugatti Veyron" instead of "Bacardi pharaoh"
it's "or your pants ON" instead of "or your pants OFF"
it's "UMM.. do you think you'll buy me lots of diamonds?" instead of "LOVE.. do you think..."
it's "HE will do very well" instead of "WE will do very well"
it's "in his BELL TOWER HOTEL" instead of "in his spell tower, hotel"
that's just the ones i noticed.
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This is my take on the story the song tells:
She starts off having stars in her eyes for this rich and famous big shot guy who is taking here to parties and introducing her to this crazy luxurious lifestyle. He tells her to "be cool" and she's nervous because she's never been in this niche.
In the next verse, she gives an amazing metaphor for having sex. But this time, she says "i'm already the coolest" when he tells her to "be cool". she has figured out the lifestyle now and she has become a part of that world. now she isn't just asking to go to parties, she wants him to buy diamonds.
In the end of the song she has blended completely into this crazy lifestyle of guys, money, drugs, alcohol, fame, etc. She is no longer that naive girl that was first introduced at the beginning of the song. She has lost to herself to the fake world of "fame". She is the "queen of Saigon" or.. the queen of the fallen.
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Lana tells this story and then towards the end talks about it being a "love story of the new age". Like, this is what the world has come to... People are obsessed with pop culture and these "celebrities" and "socialites". This crazed world of the famous is glamorized and the people in the spotlight often forget what's real and in the end all they have done is ruined their own lives, just as the girl in the story did.
Money HAS become the anthem of success. They are considered one in the same in modern times.
She's running after this rich guy who she only loves for the money and fame, and you can kinda assume he probably just wants her for her looks, trying to keep her happy, ("I asked, 'Can we party later on?' He says 'Yes'")
I don't know. I just figured she was trying to show the listener how wrong things are in fame today, and how it's what everyone does, hence NATIONAL ANTHEM.