"Vivian" (or "Vivienne") is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. It was recorded live in 2009 and the attending musician heard during the session is unknown. It is not registered to any known music publishing service.
Background[]
The song's title was revealed by an insider on December 20, 2023.
Upon leaking on December 22, 2023, the song was revealed to be part of a June 2009 rehearsal session that included raw live versions of "Raise Me Up (Mississippi South)", "Heavy Hitter", and "Hundred Dollar Bill". At the end of the recording, Del Rey begins to sing Beyoncé's 2008 song "Sweet Dreams", jokingly stating that the singer "stole" her lyric.
Lyrics[]
-Of it being a film, cine-, very cinematic!
(The film indu-, and I'll show you the-, I can show you the film if you wanna see it)
Which one? Which one?
Okay, bum
Me and you and Vivienne are wonderin'
If this reunion of the class of '85
Is the last we'll be alive with one another
Listening to B'52s and ponderin'
Will regeneration of organs be seen in our lifetime?
I want to live forever in bliss and give together
Will we find ourselves apart in death?
Only God knows that my heart belongs to you
It belongs to you
Will we find ourselves apart in death?
Only God knows that my heart belongs to you
(Ooh-ooh, can you do that again?)
Yeah, I'll do it
(Okay, [?] said to do it twice
And then we're back to-)
Me and you and Vivienne are old-fashioned
About romance and how we dance, we do the tango
We reminisce about first kiss and heroin
And did we waste most of our lives or was it time well spent?
I want to live forever in bliss and give together
Will we find ourselves apart in death?
Only God knows that my heart belongs to you
It belongs to you
Will we find ourselves apart in death?
Only God knows that my heart belongs to you
It belongs to you
Duh-duh, duh, duh
You say if you go before me, you'll be waiting
For your lady of the night who never was afraid of nothing
Was she, baby?
I want to live forever in bliss and give together
Don't wanna find ourselves apart in death
Only God knows that my heart belongs to you
It belongs to you
Don't wanna find ourselves apart in death
Left only with the dark
I belong to you
I belong to you
(Now, [vocalizing], this, this, this middle bit, we gotta decide on that
You can keep that going, so I can get this, the-)
I'm not [?], [?]
([Vocalizing])
Oh, yeah, no, no
(That, that, that part, the part just before)
I wanna live forever in bliss and give together
([Vocalizing], [?] after that)
So, so, okay, so you, wait, you sing it for me
You sing for me how I'm supposed to do it, what's-?
(No, I want, I just wanna find out what you were doing)
I'm not sure 'cause I was doing it different, 'cause I-
(Well, but no, you didn't, you kinda did it the same each time, it's like-)
Okay
I wanna live forever in bliss and give together
Will we find ourselves apart in death?
(Yeah, there's an extra part)
Just to catch my breath
(That's fine, okay)
God knows that my heart
Friggin' Beyoncé took my line
Tattoo your name across my heart
Only and-