Broken Love

*DISCLAIMER* This is not a post intended to spout hate towards Valentines Day... I am actually quite thrilled for this year's occasion! However, the moment seemed right and the song conjured a link to emotions from my past. Warning: This is not for the faint of heart!

One of my favorite lyrics is sang by John Mayer in his song Split Screen Sadness:

"All you need is love is a lie... 

'cuz we had love but we still said goodbye. 

Now we're tired, battered fighters." 

and is now followed closely by the line Lana Del Rey sings in this song, Born to Die:

"Sometimes love is not enough 

and the road gets tough 

I don't know why..."

Never before has a female artist hit so close to home for me. This song and video mimics all too close some of my very own written words. The emotion of the lyrics, I feel, is perfectly balanced with a sort of pop backdrop that I continuously find irresistible. 

I'll tell you a love story

Whiskey, smokes, and the occasional whore

I've had more accounts...

I can't keep track anymore

I'm desperately seeking the comfort of a bed

I've never been in before

I haven't loved anyone 

The only way I'd imagined I could

Don't fuck with me Darlin'

You'll only wish you'd run when you could

Have thought me just pretty

Before you knew the secret -

Self destruction and deceit

Are my favorite players in the night.

I'll walk in my night gown

Through graveyards of memories,

Drinking whiskey & marlboro's

To my empty bed full of him.