"Fucked My Way Up to the Top" (also registered as "Fucked My Way Up") is a song by Lana Del Rey. It was written by Del Rey and Dan Heath. It will be released on Del Rey's second major-label studio album Ultraviolence.
Background
On June 9, 2014 Del Rey, in an interview with Grazia magazine, said "It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now she’s acting like I am the art project and she the true super artist. My God and people actually believe her, she’s successful! I shouldn't continue ranting, it doesn’t get anywhere."
Reception
Before the album was out or the track even previewed, music magazine Billboard described the song as "the best song title on Ultraviolence" along with "Guns and Roses", a sentiment shared by Internet publication Pitchfork Media.
Lyrics
Life is awesome, I confess
What I do, I do best.
You got nothing, I got tested
And I passed, yes.
Lay me down tonight in my linen and curls,
Let me down tonight, Riviera girls.
I fucked my way up to the top,
This is my show.
I fucked my way up to the top,
Go, baby, go.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
I'm a dragon, you're a whore,
Don't even know what you're good for.
Mimickin' me's a fuckin' bore,
To me, but babe.
Lay me down tonight in my diamonds and pearls,
Tell me something nice 'bout your favourite girl.
I fucked my way up to the top,
This is my show.
I fucked my way up to the top,
Go, baby, go.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby,
Need you, baby, more, more, more, more.
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby,
Fuckin' need you, baby, more, more, more, more.
Lay me down tonight in my linen and pearls,
Lay me down tonight, I'm your favourite girl.
I fucked my way up to the top,
This is my show.
I fucked my way up to the top,
Go, baby, go.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
Go, go, go, go, go,
This is my show.
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby
I need you, baby, more, more, more, more.
Need you, baby, like I breathe you, baby, ah.
References
- HFA Song Code: F6697R