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Riff: Lana Del Rey – “Pretty When You Cry”

Jun 17, 2014

Don’t say you need me when/You leave and you leave again/I’m stronger than all my men/Except for you

from Pretty When You Cry lyrics by Lana Del Ray

Really laying it on thick, and depending on the type of person you are it could either be another slice of magical prose or a reason to slap your head in frustration over the monotony. The cinematic pulse is still the heartbeat, which is part of what makes it a little overbearing and melodramatic.

Riff by Jeff Min

Jeff Min is a Chicago-based writer at SONGLYRICS. His work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hi-Fructose, Wax Poetics, SLAM, and HOOP.

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