Mini-critique N°219

Paroles :

Why? (Got that?)

Who, me? (Louder)

Why? (Got that?)

Feet don't fail me now

Take me to the finish line

Oh, my heart it breaks every step that I take

But I'm hoping that the gates, they'll tell me that you're mine

Walking through the city streets

Is it by mistake or design?

I feel so alone on the Friday nights

Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you're mine?

It's like I told you, honey (louder)

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don't know why

Keep making me laugh

Let's go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

You like your girls insane, so (louder)

Choose your last words, this is the last time

'Cause you and I, we were born to die

Lost but now I am found

I can see that once I was blind

I was so confused as a little child

Tryna take what I could get

Scared that I couldn't find

All the answers, honey (louder)

Don't make me sad, don't make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don't know why

Keep making me laugh

Let's go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

You like your girls insane, so (louder)

Choose your last words, this is the last time

'Cause you and I, we were born to die

We were born to die

(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)

We were born to die

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

You like your girls insane

So, don't make me sad, don't make me cry

Sometimes love is not enough

And the road gets tough, I don't know why

Keep making me laugh

Let's go get high

The road is long, we carry on

Try to have fun in the meantime

Come and take a walk on the wild side

Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

You like your girls insane, so (louder)

Choose your last words, this is the last time

'Cause you and I, we were born to die

We were born to die

(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)

We were born to die

Why? (Got that?)

Who, me? (Louder)

(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)

Why? (Got that?)

Critique :

Lana Del Rey décrit ''Born to Die'' comme un ''hommage au véritable amour et à la vie audacieuse''. Pour citer Chelsea Hodson du New York Times : ''Dans le monde mélancolique de Lana, aimer c'est vivre, alors aimer la mauvaise personne, c'est être né pour mourir.'' C'est le titre d'ouverture de son album studio du même nom, deuxième single de l'album.

Le clip est sorti le 14 décembre 2011 et a reçu des critiques généralement positives. Elle a confié à MTV son origine :

Pour ''Born To Die'', j'ai écrit un scénario intitulé « The Lonely Queen », afin de me retrouver dans un décor paradisiaque, comme un château isolé en Roumanie. Je déambulais dans les couloirs, entourée de tigres. Puis, elle se remémorait des moments plus heureux, dans les bras de son amour. Yoann Lemoine a ensuite adapté ce scénario pour le rendre plus accessible. Mais j'adore ce clip. Vraiment. Je n'arrive pas à croire qu'il soit si beau. J'ai passé beaucoup de temps à réfléchir à la direction que je voulais lui donner.