Videogames Song – Lana del Rey

Beim Durchhören der Shazam-Playlist gibt es ja immer wieder ein paar Perlen zu entdecken, so auch vor ein paar Wochen der Song Videogames. Melancholisch, düster und irgendwie verträumt… aber ein Song mit dem Titel „Videogames„? Warum? „Is you, is all for you… Heaven is a place on earth with you“ – was will uns der Künstler damit sagen? 🙂

Und siehe da, eine kurze Recherche gibt schnell Aufschluss. Jürgen Ziemer bringt es in der Zeit kurz und knapp auf den Punkt:

„Es gibt keinen Unterschied zwischen dem Ende einer Liebe und dem Ende der Welt – so lautet die melodramatische Botschaft des Songs, der problemlos im Abspann eines Douglas-Sirk-Films laufen könnte. „
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Das Genre nennt sich übrigens, wie hätte es anders sein können, Blue-Eyed Soul. Deshalb auch Video Games. Gut, wie dem auch sei, ein verträumter Song zum festhalten. Hier noch die Lyrics und das Musikvideo zu den Videogames.

Lyrics zu Videogames

Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name

Open up a beer
And you say get over here
And play a video game

I’m in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown

I say you the bestest
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on

Go play a video game

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do

Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame

Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games

He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of

Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul’s
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do

(Now you do)

It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It’s better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby now you do