Dark But Just A Game by Lana Del Rey

Artist: Lana Del Rey

Genre: Pop

Length: 3:55

“Dark But Just a Game” begins with a quote from the song’s producer, Jack Antonoff, leading us into the subject of the song; the tragedy many stars face. By playing your cards right, you can create a facade of yourself to earn fame. Lana sings about how she doesn’t want her fame, and how she refuses to change because she doesn’t want to go crazy. The “no rose left on the vines” line could be alluding to how she’ll stay the same even when society doesn’t see her beauty anymore. In an intervie...

Dark But Just A Game lyrics

"It's dark, but just a game"
That's what he would say to me
The faces aren't the same
But their stories all end tragically
(Sweet, but whatever, baby)
And that's the price of fame
A tale as old as time, you'd be
(Sweet, but whatever, baby)
A pretty little fool to think exceptions still rule
Just walk along, like you and me, this way
But life is sweet, but whatever, baby
You gotta take them for what they got
And while the whole world is crazy
We're getting high in a parking lot
We keep changing all the time
The best ones lost their minds
So I'm not gonna change, I'll stay the same
No rose left on the vines
Don't even want what's mine, much less the fame
It's dark, but just a game
It's dark, but just a game
It's dark, but just a game
So play it like a symphony
You know our love's the same
They'll both go down in infamy
I was a pretty little thing
And God, I loved to sing
But nothing came from either one but pain (but fuck it)
Life is sweet, but whatever, baby
Don't ever think it's not
While the whole world is crazy
We're making out in the parking lot
We keep changing all the time
The best ones lost their minds
So I'm not gonna change, I'll stay the same
No rose left on the vines
Don't even want what's mine, much less the fame
It's dark, but just a game
We keep changing all the time
The best ones lost their minds
So I'm not gonna change, I'll stay the same
No rose left on the vines
Don't even want what's mine, much less the fame
It's dark, but just a game
It's dark, but just a game
It's dark, but just

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