Changes: Live or Die (song)

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"Live or Die" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It was recorded in 2011 and leaked on October 14, 2012. The song was written and produced by Del Rey and Jarrad Rogers. It is thought to be an outtake from Born to Die recording sessions.

Cross-references

References to "Noir".

The phrase "suicide blonde" also comes up in "She's Not Me".

Del Rey talks about soldiers in songs such as "Hit & Run".

Directly references Tony Montana and Michelle Pfeiffer, stars in the movie Scarface, also a title for the song "Scarface".

Lyrics

Baby, you're my Bugsy Malone and I'm your suicide blonde
You could be my film noir star, I'm your Queen of Saigon

If they don't think we're good together
Baby just forget 'em, and let bygones be bygones

Baby, I can't go it alone, 'Cause you're the one that I want
You can be my Tony Montana, and I can be your Pfeifer fire
I can take you higher, I can get you hooked on love and desire

Hello, pretty baby, you can be my cherry pie
I know what you've done and I can be your alibi

So tonight are you gonna be my soldier?
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
Are you gonna be my lover?
Are we gonna be true love suicide?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, just for fun (eh)!
I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, one by one (eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
So tonight are you gonna be my soldier? (Eh)!
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde? (Eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

Baby, you Sylvester Stallone, and I could be your Adrian
With tender lips I got you in the ring,
To say my name again, say my name again, say my name again, (huh)

Baby, I can't go it alone, 'cause you're the one that I want
You can be my Tommy Mottola, and I can be Mariah, tiger
Scream a little higher, I can get you high on love and desire

Not since Bonnie and Clyde was two kids so good at being bad, bad, bad

I'm flirtin' with the checkout counter baby, put the money in the bag

So tonight are you gonna be my soldier?
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
Are you gonna be my lover?
Are we gonna be true love suicide?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, just for fun (eh)!
I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, one by one (eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
So tonight are you gonna be my soldier? (Eh)!
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde? (Eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

Would you kill for me?
Would you die for me?
Put your hands where I can see them, put them in the air

So tonight are you gonna be my soldier?
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
Are you gonna be my lover?
Are we gonna be true love suicide?
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, just for fun (eh)!
I be murderin' 'em, murderin' 'em, one by one (eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die
So tonight are you gonna be my soldier? (Eh)!
Are we gonna be Bonnie and Clyde? (Eh)!
It's either live or die, boy, it's either live or die

@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 Baby just forget 'em, and let bygones be bygones
-Baby, I can't go it alone,'Cause you're the one that I want
+Baby, I can't go it alone, 'Cause you're the one that I want
 You can be my Tony Montana, and I can be your Pfeifer fire
 I can take you higher, I can get you hooked on love and desire