Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
On “The greatest,” Lana Del Rey expresses extreme nostalgia for relationships, places, and the music industry of the past in the light of the chaos of the present. In the lyrics, Lana refers to the Beach Boys, the 2018 Hawaiian nuclear missile alert, and Kanye West going blonde.
Del Rey announced t...
[Verse 1]
I miss Long Beach and I miss you, babe
I miss dancing with you the most of all
I miss the bar where the Beach Boys would go
Dennis' last stop before Kokomo
[Pre-Chorus]
Those nights were on fire
We couldn't get higher
We didn't know that we had it all
But nobody warns you before the fall
[Chorus]
And I'm wasted
Don't leave‚ I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all
The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess I'm signing off after all
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
I miss New York and I miss the music
Me and my friends‚ we miss rock 'n' roll
I want shit to feel just like it used to
When‚ baby, I was doing nothin' the most of all
[Pre-Chorus]
The culture is lit, and if this is it‚ I had a ball
I guess that I'm burned out after all
[Chorus]
I'm wasted
Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call
I'm facing the greatest
The greatest loss of them all
The culture is lit and I had a ball
I guess that I'm burned out after all
[Outro]
If this is it, I'm signing off
Miss doing nothin' the most of all
Hawaii just missed that fireball
L.A. is in flames‚ it's getting hot
Kanye West is blond and gone
"Life on Mars?" ain't just a song
Oh, the live stream's almost on
The greatest was written by Jack Antonoff & Lana Del Rey.
The greatest was produced by Lana Del Rey & Jack Antonoff.
Lana Del Rey released The greatest on Thu Aug 22 2019.
Producer of the album Jack Antonoff said on Twitter that “The Greatest” is his favorite track on the record:
Rolling Stone ranked “The greatest” as the #13 song of 2019, saying:
On the apocalyptic centerpiece to Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Lana Del Rey’s voice sounds like it’s transmitted from the Santa Monica Pier at sunset on mankind’s last day on earth. And what better way to go into 2019 than to shrug a...