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The British Weather is incredibly unpredictable and generally just terrible. It’s clever as it always seems to change weather as soon as people accept it’s a nice day.
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Getting ready to go out and have fun with this guy. Lana sings this line in a few other songs too.
This is a line from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' “Last Dance with Mary Jane.”
Honey, put on that party dress
Tom Petty is a classic American music artist. Lana is probably paying him homage, as she does to Elvis and Bruce Springsteen in this song.
This dialogue is what her lover is saying to Lana, they aren’t satisfied just being by themselves – they have to go and and party to have fun.
I sing the body electric, baby
I sing the body electric
I sing the body electric
Sing that body electric
Sing that body electric Lana Del Rey – Body Electric
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“I Sing the Body Electric” is a Walt Whitman poem that praises the physical, sensual world and the human body’s place within it.
Lana has stated she has been influenced by him and even has a tattoo on her arm that says “Nabokov Whitman.” Like Whitman, Nabokov also made room for sensuality in his art.
‘I Sing The Body Electric’ is also a song by Fame.
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Lana has long admired Monaco for being a symbol of a luxurious lifestyle.
Monaco represents luxury; and when Grace Kelly married the prince of Monaco – Monaco became a fantasy for American girls.
Since Monaco is her mother, it shows that she’s been shaped by the pursuit of luxury, she has desired the lime light due to this.
Considering that Lana grew up wealthy, saying that Monaco is her mother could be saying that she is born from wealth and luxury.
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Playing house means to pretend as if you were married to another person. To pretend that you were old and grown up but without any of the commitments.
It’s also a children’s game in which children take up adult roles. So Lana and her partner are simply pretending to be committed, when really the relationship is rocky.
This is also a reference to the classic Elvis Presley’s song “Baby, Let’s Play House”. Lana is a big Elvis fan.
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Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. Lana is using these figures to show where her talent and personality stems from.
In the Body Electric video, when she says “Whitman is my daddy”, she points to the Nabokov Whitman tattoo.
Whitman also wrote a song called ‘I sing the body electric’ which is the main line in the chorus of this song.
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