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Riff: Lana Del Rey – “The Other Woman”

Jun 17, 2014

But the other woman will always cry herself to sleep/The other woman will never have his love to keep/And as the years go by the other woman/Will spend her life alone

from The Other Woman lyrics by Lana Del Ray

Nancy SinatraJune CarterJanis Joplin all come together in this ode to the mistress. Her voice quivers with just the right amount of hurt and makes the pain of being a victim somewhat sweet like being awake but in the heart of darkness. It unwinds slowly pulling at the memories of lost love.

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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