Dalam lagu "Pawn Shop Blues" yang menggetarkan dari Lana Del Rey, protagonisnya bergumul dengan pengorbanan yang harus dilakukan untuk mempertahankan kemandirian. Setelah menyadari bahwa ia tidak lagi mampu mengandalkan orang lain, ia dipaksa membuat keputusan yang menyakitkan untuk melepaskan harta benda berharga yang pernah menjadi simbol cinta. Hiasan telinga emas bermotif bunga yang ia janjikan menjadi barang pertama yang ia gadaikan, memicu kesedihan yang hampir membuatnya menangis.
Pawn Shop Blues Lyrics
Lana Del Rey
Well, I didn't know it would come to this
But that's what happens when you're on your own
And you're alright letting nice things go
Well, I pawned the earrings that you gave me
Gold and made of flowers dangling
And I almost cried as I sold them all
I don't mind living on bread and oranges, no no
But I gotta get to and from where I come
And it's gonna take money to go
Oh no, oh oh, oh oh...
In the name of higher consciousness
I let the best man I knew go
'Cause it's nice to love and be loved
But it's better to know all you can know
I said it's nice to love and be loved
But I'd rather know what God knows
Oh no, oh no, oh no...
I can do this once more
No man can keep me together
Been broken since I was born
Well, I didn't know it would come to this
But that's what happens when you're on your own
And you're alright letting nice things go
But that's what happens when you're on your own
And you're alright letting nice things go
Well, I pawned the earrings that you gave me
Gold and made of flowers dangling
And I almost cried as I sold them all
I don't mind living on bread and oranges, no no
But I gotta get to and from where I come
And it's gonna take money to go
Oh no, oh oh, oh oh...
In the name of higher consciousness
I let the best man I knew go
'Cause it's nice to love and be loved
But it's better to know all you can know
I said it's nice to love and be loved
But I'd rather know what God knows
Oh no, oh no, oh no...
I can do this once more
No man can keep me together
Been broken since I was born
Well, I didn't know it would come to this
But that's what happens when you're on your own
And you're alright letting nice things go
