Tembang berkategori pop alternatif dan sadcore yang diciptakan Lana bersama produser Justin Parker ini tidak hanya menjadi awal mula pengenal estetika musik sinematik khas sang musisi, tetapi juga sukses menjelma sebagai salah satu lagu paling berpengaruh pada dekade 2010-an yang bahkan kerap menjadi tren populer di berbagai platform media sosial seperti TikTok saat memasuki musim gugur.
Makna Lagu “Born to Die” Lana Del Rey
Secara mendalam lagu "Born to Die" mengeksplorasi hubungan asmara yang penuh gairah namun sarat akan rasa pasrah terhadap kenyataan pahit bahwa segala hal di dunia ini pada akhirnya bersifat sementara.Narasi liriknya mengaitkan kerapuhan ikatan cinta dengan takdir alamiah manusia yang ditakdirkan menuju kematian, sehingga lagu ini menyampaikan pesan bahwa rasa cinta yang teramat besar sekalipun terkadang tidak mampu menahan kerasnya cobaan hidup dan takdir akhir sebuah perjalanan bersama.
Lirik Lagu “Born to Die” Lana Del Rey
Why? (Got that?)Who, me? (Louder)
Why? (Got that?)
Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
Oh, my heart it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping that the gates, they'll tell me that you're mine
Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on the Friday nights
Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you're mine?
It's like I told you, honey (louder)
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough
And the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane, so (louder)
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
Lost but now I am found
I can see that once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tryna take what I could get
Scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey (louder)
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough
And the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane, so (louder)
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)
We were born to die
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So, don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough
And the road gets tough, I don't know why
Keep making me laugh
Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane, so (louder)
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)
We were born to die
Why? (Got that?)
Who, me? (Louder)
(We were born to die, we were born to die, we were born to die)
Why? (Got that?)
(Sumber: YouTube @Lana Del Rey)
(Dinda Intan Ramadhani)
