Black Beauty

Album: Honeymoon (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This sad romantic song reflects the dark theme that runs throughout Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon album.

    I paint the house black
    My wedding dress black leather, too
    You have no room for light
    Love is lost on you.
    I keep my lips red
    To seem like cherries in the spring
    Darling, you can't let everything seem so dark blue
  • Del Rey explained the song's lyrical content to Pitchfork:

    "That's a girl who is still seeing the blue sky and a putting on a pop of color just for herself. But this [other] person - it was all black for them. And my world became inky with those overtones."

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