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==Lyrics== |
==Lyrics== |
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Revision as of 20:06, 2 October 2016
"Brite Lites" is a song written by Lana Del Rey and produced by David Kahne. It was released in 2010 on Del Rey's debut album Lana Del Ray.
Background and composition
"Brite Lites" serves as the tenth track on Lana Del Rey's debut album Lana Del Rey. It is in the key of G minor with an approximate tempo of 120 beats per minute. The song has a Bollywood-influence with its use of vocal samples. Its instrumentation features repetitive bass drum hits, guitar string sound effects, synth sax bass line, a plucky guitar accent and various synth pads and keys. An acoustic demo of the song leaked with No Kung Fu, and a snippet of a demo produced by Steven Mertens leaked July 25, 2016.
Cross-references
- The lyric "beauty queen" is also referenced in "Queen of Disaster", "Summertime Sadness", "Is It Wrong?", and "You're Gonna Love Me".
- The song "Dum Dum" references "silver screen" as well.
Music video
Del Rey created her own homemade music video for the song, like most of her old videos, it features clips of Del Rey herself as well as clips she gathered from old films. It shows Lana in front of a blindfolded window, most likely in her own or a friend's house, dancing and singing along to the lyrics of the song.
Lana Del Rey - Brite Lites
Lyrics
Studio version
I look for you in magazines
I look for you in magazines
I look for you in magazines
I'm taking off my wedding ring
I gave you everything
I gave you everything
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
Where when I was a beauty queen
It wasn't anything
It wasn't anything
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
I'm waving on the silver screen
I'm waving on the silver screen
I'm waving on the trampoline
I'm waving on the silver screen
The film is fading, look at me
The film is fading, look at me
The film is fading, look at me
The film is fading, look at me, look at me
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Acoustic demo
[Talking - Guy] 1, 2... 1, 2, 3, 4
I look for you in magazines
I look for you in magazines
I look for you in magazines
I'm taking off my wedding ring
I gave you everything
I gave you everything
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah, ooh
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
I'm going back to Arbor Dean
Where when I was a beauty queen
It wasn't anything
It wasn't anything
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh
I'm waving on the silver screen
I'm waving on the silver screen
I'm waving on the silver screen
The film is fading, look at me
The film is fading, look at me, yeah
Film is fading, look at me, yeah
Film is fading, look at me, yeah
The film is fading, look at me
Look at me
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Give me the bright lights
Yeah
[Talking - Lana] Well, I don't know