First watch the clip, listen to the song and read along with the lyrics.
I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh …
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies … [as opposed to where?]
And I’m not proud of my address
In the torn up town, no post code envy …[why not?]
Chorus:
But every song’s like
Gold teeth …
Grey Goose …
Tripping in the bathroom …
Bloodstains …
Ball gowns …[meaning?]
Trashing the hotel room…
We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But 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 … [who does “your” refer to?]
And we’ll never be royals (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 (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 …
Chorus
ooh ooh oh ooh
We’re better than we’ve every dreamed
And I’m in love with being queen
ooh ooh oh ooh
Life is great without a care
We aren’t caught up in your love affair …
And we’ll never be royals (royals) …
Assignment:
Now it’s time to find out what the song is really about!
Try to write down what each underlined word or phrase means.
Talk about it with your neighbor and / or use the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary to look up unfamiliar words [google oald and use your smart phones]
What is Lorde’s message to us? Do you agree with her? Let’s have a discussion now.