Paris Texas
Lana Del Rey [feat. SYML] Lyrics
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With a suitcase in my hand
I had to leave
Knew they wouldn't understand
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
Then the more you know
It's time to go
I took a trip to Spain
Just a notebook in my hand
Then I went to see some friends of mine
Down in Florence, Alabama
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
That it's time to leave
Like the summer breeze
When everyones' star's bright
Brighter than you are
It's time to go
And you're the only one left
Dancing while they're on the floor
Time to go
I flew back home
It seemed everything the same (Venice, California)
Except that you weren't home
"Hello," I call to no one, but
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
You're home, when you're alone
When you're right, you're right
When you're right, you're right
Even when you're wrong
The opening lines of Lana Del Rey's song Paris Texas set the scene of the singer packing her suitcase to leave her hometown of Paris in Texas. It's clear that she is leaving for good, as she "knew they wouldn't understand". This feeling of isolation or not fitting in is reinforced in the later lines "When everyones' star's bright, brighter than you are, it's time to go. And you're the only one left dancing while they're on the floor." The singer then takes the listener on a journey through her travels to Spain and Florence, Alabama. The repetition of "when you know, you know" suggests that her decision to leave her hometown was a definitive one, and that it became clear to her at some point that it was time to move on.
The song then takes a melancholic turn when the singer returns home to Venice, California, only to find that things have changed, and the person she was hoping to find there is no longer there. The lines "It seemed everything the same, except that you aren't home. Hello, I call to know why, but" leave the listener with a palpable sense of loss and loneliness. The final lines "When you're right, you're right, even when you're wrong" suggest that the singer knows she made the right decision to leave, even though things didn't turn out as she hoped in the end.
Line by Line Meaning
I went to Paris (Texas)
I left a place that I knew wouldn't understand me, and went to a different place called Paris, but not the one in France.
With a suitcase in my hand
I carried all my belongings along with me in a suitcase.
I had to leave
I had no choice but to leave the place where I was before.
Knew they wouldn't understand
I was aware that the people at the place I left wouldn't be able to comprehend what I was feeling or wanting.
When you know, you know
There are some things that you just know without any sort of explanations or reasoning.
It's time, it's time to go
When you start to feel that it's time to move on, that's when you should leave.
Then the more you know
The more insight you gain, the more you realize that it's time to leave.
I took a trip to Spain
Just like I went to Paris, I went on a trip to Spain.
Just a notebook in my hand
I only carried a notebook with me that time, probably not carrying any extra baggage.
Then I went to see some friends of mine
I visited some friends of mine in Florence, a place in Alabama.
When it's time to go, it's time to go
No matter where you are or who you are with, if you have decided that it's time to leave, then it definitely is.
Like the summer breeze
The way the summer breeze flows away, that's how one should try to leave, without making any noise.
When everyones' star's bright
When everyone around you has achieved great heights, in terms of social standing or fame, and you feel left behind, it's time to go.
Brighter than you are
Better or more famous than you.
And you're the only one left
Being the last one out of a group of people, surrounded by emptiness, is enough to feel that it's time to leave.
Dancing while they're on the floor
When it seems like everyone else is doing something different than you, it's best to leave.
I flew back home
After everything, I decided to go back to a place I know as home, Venice, California.
It seemed everything the same (Venice, California)
Everything seemed like it was before I left, just the same as old times in Venice, California.
Except that you aren't home
The feeling of home wasn't present anymore.
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you are in a place that you consider as home, you feel like you belong there, that's how I feel when I'm in Venice, California.
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
A reiteration of the previous line.
When you're home, when you're alone
Home is not just a physical space, it's also a feeling, and can only be experienced when you're alone, with your thoughts.
When you're right, you're right
Some things, you just know are the right decisions you've made, and are not up for debate.
Even when you're wrong
Sometimes what you think is right doesn't necessarily mean it is, and you should accept that. But what you feel is right according to your intuition, is still right even if everyone else disagrees.
Lyrics © Secret Road Music Publishing, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Brian Leseney Fennell, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
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@denissebriones4912
I went to Paris (Texas)
With a suitcase in my hand
I had to leave
Knew they wouldn't understand
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
Then the more you know
It's time to go
I took a trip to Spain
Just a notebook in my hand
Then I went to see some friends of mine
Down in Florence, Alabama
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
That it's time to leave
Like the summer breeze
When everyones' star's bright
Brighter than you are
It's time to go
And you're the only one left
Dancing while they're on the floor
Time to go
I flew back home
It seemed everything the same (Venice, California)
Except that you aren't home
Hello, I call to know why, but
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, when you're alone
When you're right, you're right
When you're right, you're right
Even when you're wrong
@pharsathedivine8778
For those who love to listen song while looking lyrics 🥰
"Paris, Texas"
(feat. SYML)
I went to Paris (Texas)
With a suitcase in my hand
I had to leave
Knew they wouldn't understand
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
Then the more you know
It's time to go
I took a trip to Spain
Just a notebook in my hand
Then I went to see some friends of mine
Down in Florence, Alabama
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
That it's time to leave
Like the summer breeze
When everyone star's bright
Brighter than you are
It's time to go
And you're the only one left
Dancin' while they’re on the floor
Time to go
I flew back home
It seems everything's the same (Venice, California)
Except that you aren't home
Hello, I call to know why (But)
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, when you're alone
When you're right, you're right
When you're right, you're right
Even when you're wrong
@D33ftones
Lyrics 💋
Verse 1]
I went to Paris (Texas)
With a suitcase in my hand
I had to leave
Knew they wouldn't understand
[Chorus]
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
Then the more you know
It's time to go
Verse 2]
I took a trip to Spain
Just a notebook in my hand
Then I went to see some friends of mine
Down in Florence, Alabama
[Chorus]
When you know, you know
When you know, you know
It's time, it's time to go
When you know, you know
That it's time to leave
Like the summer breeze
[Post-Chorus]
When everyone star's bright
Brighter than you are
It's time to go
And you're the only one left
Dancin' while they're on the floor
Time to go
[Verse 3]
I flew back home
It seems everything's the same (Venice, California)
Except that you weren't home
“Hello,” I call to no one (But)
Chorus]
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, you're home (Venice, California)
When you're home, when you're alone
When you're right, you're right
When you're right, you're right
Even when you're wrong
@Aleon-hd8bp
Hay una chica que seguramente está escuchando este album. Ella ama a Lana del rey y yo la amo a ella. Cuando la conocí hace mas de 4 años, sabía que le gustaba la música de Lana, y siempre que escuchaba su música me acordaba de ella.
Hace 3 años cuando en mi trabajo pusieron Summertime Sadness, te escribí sólo para contartelo e iniciar una conversación contigo ¿lo recuerdas?. Aunque no hablabamos tanto, aprovechaba oportunidades como esa para acercarme más a ti.
Mi amor, mi primer amor. Fuiste para mí lo que el arte de Lana fue para ti. A través de su música te sentí cerca muchas veces, aunque no estuvieras aquí. Te encontré en sus suaves melodías, en la armonía de su voz, en la letra de sus canciones. Y siempre será así.
Amorcita.🤍☁
Estás tan emocionada escuchando su album que olvidaste que te pedí que revisaras los comentarios de Paris, Texas.
Karen sé que no te gusta que te diga por tu nombre, pero es la única forma en que puedo llamar tu atención, si llegaras a ver los comentarios, en algún momento...
Antes veía que la gente mencionaba a sus amores en los comentarios de youtube. Jamás pensé ser una de ellas. Y aquí me ves. Haciendo cosas que me parecían bobas, pero que al ser para ti, no me parecen tan bobas.
Eres mi estrella brillante.
☀❤
@mavencalore6382
this is my fav in the whole album i feel like a ballerina who dancing on the water
@anaclaralopescorreria332
your photo is beautiful
@mavencalore6382
@@anaclaralopescorreria332 thank you very muchhh<3
@paradisedreamxo
@@anaclaralopescorreria332 she is really pretty
@samaraangeline5779
Its giving very much barbie and the 12 dancing princesses 🩰
@CardiacCanez690
Honestly that would make such a cool and emotionally dense music video, I read you comment before I started listening to the song and pictured a dancer in the middle of a fog covered lake with an overcast grey sky. She begins with a male dancer who then abandons here and she’s left in the middle of the lake to fend for herself while each of the shores progressively grows further and further away. Alongside that it shows Lana in the progression of the story of the song, showing the town sign of Paris, Texas then in Alabama as her friends walk ahead of her in a grassy path and the shot hovers over her shoulder watching them laugh. Not that they’re ignoring her or leaving but showing her being isolated like the dancer on the lake. Idk my vision may not completely fit with the song but I thought your comment was really cool and it inspired that vision in my head, made me tear up a little. Really cool thought you had about the ballerina on the water
@user-kf6le8ky2t
This song feels like arriving at your childhood home, late at night, after being away for years, setting your suitcase down by the front door, and realizing no one lives there anymore.
@TimmyTurner421
🖤
@MM.H2O
PARIS IS MY FAVORITE CITY IN THE WORLD ! EITHER YOU LOVE IT OR U HATE IT ! AND I LOVE IT
@aldousjing3747
@@MM.H2O wait but the Paris in her song is a colonized city in Texas…… Not in France (if you knew this then just ignore this)