Royals - Lorde

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I'm not proud of my address In a torn up town, no post code envy But every song's like Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair And we'll never be royals It don't run in our blood That kind of lux just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler You can call me Queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy My friends and I, we've cracked the code We count our dollars on the train to the party And everyone who knows us knows That we're fine with this, we didn't come from money But every song's like Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair And we'll never be royals It don't run in our blood That kind of lux just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler You can call me Queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule Let me live that fantasy Life is great without a care We're not caught up in your love affair We're bigger than we ever dreamed And I'm in love with being queen And we'll never be royals It don't run in our blood That kind of lux just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler You can call me Queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule We're bigger than we've ever dreamed

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I'm not proud of my address In a torn-up town, no postcode envy But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom Blood stains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams Everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our blood That kind of luxe just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen Bee Baby I'll rule Let me live that fantasy My friends and I we've cracked the code We count our dollars on the train to the party And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this We didn't come for money But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom Blood stains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams Everybody's like Crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our blood That kind of luxe just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen Bee Baby I'll rule Let me live that fantasy Ooh, ooh oh Everything we ever dreamed And I'm in love with being queen Ooh, ooh oh Life is great without a care We aren't caught up in your love affair And we'll never be royals (royals) It don't run in our blood That kind of luxe just ain't for us We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler) You can call me queen Bee Baby I'll rule Let me live that fantasy

I do my makeup in somebody else's car We order different drinks at the same bars I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar Well, those great whites, they have big teeth Hope they bite you Thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more Did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor? On the light up floor But I hear sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom (I wake up in a different bedroom, baby) I whisper things, the city sings 'em back to you (The city sings 'em back to you, back to you) All those rumors, they have big teeth Hope they bite you Thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more Did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor? On the light up floor But I hear sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it 'Cause honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Yes, honey I'll come get my things, but I can't let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

Break the news, you're walking out To be a good man for someone else Sorry I was never good like you Stood on my chest and kept me down Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd Did my best to exist just for you Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe I still feel you, now and then Slow like Pseudoephedrine When you see me, will you say I've changed? I ride the subway, read the signs I let the seasons change my mind I love it here, since I've stopped needing you Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe

Well, summer slipped us underneath her tongue Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard I am your sweetheart psychopathic crush Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough I overthink your punctuation use Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do A rush at the beginning I get caught up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame All that you're doing Can you hear the violence? Megaphone to my chest Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Our thing progresses I call and you come through Blow all my friendships To sit in hell with you But we're the greatest They'll hang us in the Louvre Down the back, but who cares—still the Louvre Okay I know that you are not my type (Still I fall) I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind (But what about love?) Nothing wrong with it Supernatural Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting A rush at the beginning I get caught up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame All that you're doing Can you hear the violence? Megaphone to my chest Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom And make 'em all dance to it

Go back and tell it Please, could you be tender? And I will sit close to you Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through Guess this is the winter Our bodies are young and blue I'm at Jungle City, it's late, and this song is for you 'Cause I remember the rush when forever was us Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost Well, I guess I should go, yeah, I guess I should go Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When the sweet words and fevers All leave us right here in the cold-old-old Alone with the hard feelings of love God, I wish I believed ya When you told me this was my home-ome-ome I light all the candles Cut flowers for all my rooms I care for myself the way I used to care about you These days we kiss and we keep busy The waves come after midnight I call from underwater Why even try to get right? When you've outgrown a lover (oh) The whole world knows, but you (oh) It's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When the sweet words and fevers All leave us right here in the cold-old-old Alone with the hard feelings of love God, I wish I believed ya When you told me this was my home-ome-ome Three years, loved you every single day, made me weak It was real for me, yup, real for me Now I'll fake it every single day 'Til I don't need fantasy, 'til I feel you leave But I still remember everything How we'd drift buying groceries How you'd dance for me I'll start letting go of little things 'Til I'm so far away from you Far away from you, yeah What is this tape? This is my favorite tape Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well, guess what? I'd like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers We're L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well, guess what? I'd like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers We're L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S (look out, lovers) generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads generation (look out, lovers) L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation L-O-V-E-L-E-S-S generation

Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line Pound the prairie pavement, losin' proposition Quittin' school and goin' to work and never goin' fishing Water all around, I never learned how to swim now If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line At the swingin' party down the line Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail If being wrong's a crime, I'm servin' forever If being strong is what you want, then I need help here with this feather If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side At the swingin' party down the line At the swingin' party down the line

That slow burn, wait while it gets dark Bruising the sun I feel grown up with you in your car I know it's dumb We both got a million bad habits to kick Not sleeping is one We're biting our nails, you're biting my lip I'm biting my tongue But people are talking, people are talking But people are talking, people are talking Raise a glass, 'cause I'm not done saying it They all wanna get rough, get away with it Let 'em talk, 'cause we're dancing in this world alone World alone, we're alone All my fake friends and all of their noise Complain about work They're studying business, I study the floor And you haven't stopped smoking all night Maybe the internet raised us Or maybe people are jerks The people are talking, people are talking But not you The people are talking, people are talking Raise a glass, 'cause I'm not done saying it They all wanna get rough, get away with it Let 'em talk, 'cause we're dancing in this world alone World alone, we're alone All the double-edged people into schemes They make a mess, then go home and get clean You're my best friend, and we're dancing in a world alone World alone, we're all alone I know we're not everlasting We're a train wreck waiting to happen One day the blood won't flow so gladly One day we'll all get still Get still The people are talking, people are talking The people are talking, people are talking Raise a glass, 'cause I'm not done saying it They all wanna get rough, get away with it Let 'em talk, 'cause we're dancing in this world alone World alone, we're alone All the double-edged people into schemes They make a mess, then go home and get clean You're my best friend, and we're dancing in a world alone World alone, we're all alone The people are talking, people are talking The people are talking, people are talking The people are talking, people are talking The people are talking, people are talking Let 'em talk