"Heroin" is a song by Lana Del Rey. It was co-written with Rick Nowels and co-produced with Nowels, Kieron Menzies and Dean Reid, with additional production by Mighty Mike. It is featured as the fourteenth track on her upcoming fifth studio album and fourth major-label studio album, Lust for Life, which is scheduled to be released worldwide on July 21, 2017.
Cross-references
- Heroin is mentioned in "Disco" and "Hollywood".
- Heavy metal is also referenced in "Angels Forever, Forever Angels", "Smarty", "Mermaid Motel" and "Guns and Roses".
Lyrics
Topanga's hot tonight
The city by the bay
Has movie stars and liquor stores
And soft decay
The rumbling from distant shores
Sends me to sleep
But the facts of life can sometimes
Make it hard to dream
Life rocked me, like Motley
Grabbed me by the ribbons in my hair
Life rocked me, ultra softly
Like the heavy metal that you wear
I'm flying to the moon again
Dreaming about heroin
How it gave you everything
And took your life away
I put you on an aeroplane
Destined for a foreign land
I hope that you'd come back again
And tell me everything's okay, baby
Topanga's hot today
Manson's in the air
And all my friends have come
'Cause they still feel him here
I wanna leave I'll probably stay
Another year
It's hard to leave when absolutely
Nothing's clear
Life rocked me, like Motley
That began until my new year
Life rocked me, ultra softly
Like the heavy metal that you hear
I'm flying to the moon again
Dreaming about heroin
And how it gave you everything
And took your life away
I put you on the aeroplane
Destined for a foreign land
I thought that you'd come back again
To tell me everything's okay, baby, yeah
It's fucking hot, hot
Winter in the city
Something 'bout this weather
Make these kids go crazy
It's hot even for February
Something 'bout the sun
Has made these kids get scary
Oh, writing in blood on the walls and shit
Like, oh my god, tripping off of the walls into the dark and shit
Oh, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sick of it
Baby, baby, come on, come on, come on
I'm flying to the moon again
Dreaming about marzipan
Taking all my medicine
To take my thoughts away
I'm getting on that aeroplane
Leaving my old man again
I hope that I come back one day
To tell you that I've really changed
It's hot, hot
Something 'bout the city
Don't know what it is
That makes my head get crazy
Oh, makes me feel like I can change
Oh, all of my evil ways and shit
Mm, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sick of it
