"Dear Elliot" (or "Westbound") is a song by Lana Del Rey. It is the eighth track from her unreleased EP From the End, and the seventh track from her unreleased album Sirens. It leaked online on May 31, 2012, alongside the other contents of Sirens.
Background[]
Dear Elliot was written about the singer Elliott Smith.[citation needed]
Cross-references[]
- Bad boys are present in "Children of the Bad Revolution", "Gangsta Boy" and "Queen of Disaster".
- Del Rey also talks about being a musician in "Boarding School" and "Ride".
- Melodies are also mentioned in "God Bless America".
- The phrase "Where'd you go?" also appears in "Old Money".
Lyrics[]
You didn’t think about anyone else
You didn’t think about any of us when you left that place
You didn’t wanna go anywhere else
Nothing could satisfy you 'til you left, so you went away
Where'd you go? Where are you now?
I ask about so many of my friends, oh, about their ends
What about us? Are we just dust
On the floor again? I thought we were on the mend
You really put me in quite a position
You got me strugglin' as a musician with a song
You like to write about all of your problems
Put them in songs because you think it would solve them, but you’re wrong
Why did you go? I guess I know
Maybe my question is, why must it come to this?
You talk about bein' strung out
And how I wanna be you and your melody
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-dah-ahh
Yeah, mm-mm
Tryna learn about something important
But you keep takin' up space, you’re annoyin', but I love you so
Yeah, you already know
They're tryna teach me about new ways of livin'
They’re tryna teach me about ways of forgivin', but you make it hard
You’re such a bad, bad boy
I love you anyway, no matter what they say
You are not a prude, but you are on the move
I care about how this turns out
It’s just more than I ever knew how to fight
I guess I won't
Tell me I have to, tell me I have to
I know you could, I said, I know you could
Where are you now? I ask about
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