Lorde Melodrama Album Lorde’s second studio album Release date: June 16, 2017 -- Track listing -- 1. Green Light 2. Sober 3. Homemade Dynamite 4. The Louvre 5. Liability 6. Hard Feelings/Loveless 7. Sober II (Melodrama) 8. Writer in the Dark 9. Supercut 10. Liability (Reprise) 11. Perfect Places Track 1 - Green Light Verse Refrain Pre-Chorus + Chorus ---------- ---------- ------------ 0220xx x0023x 13321x Note for ease of reading: 32003x x3201x x3201x - shown for / in Verse 33201x 02200x 32003x - shown for / in Refrain Capo 2nd fret [Verse 1] I do my makeup in somebody else's car We order different drinks at the same bars I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar [Refrain 1] Those great whites, they have big teeth Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor [Pre-Chorus 1] But I hear the sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) [Chorus 1] 'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) [Verse 2] Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom I whisper things, the city sings them back to you [Refrain 2] All those rumours, they have big teeth Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you? How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor [Pre-Chorus 2] But I hear the sounds in my mind Brand new sounds in my mind But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go But honey I'll be seein' you down every road (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) [Chorus 2] 'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) Oh honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) Yes honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go (I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it) [Outro] I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it (Pre-Chorus melody): ------------ Track 2 - Sober ------------------------------------ C x3201x Em 02200x x0023x (Note for ease of reading, shown for /) Capo 4th fret [Intro] Night, midnight, lose my mind Night, midnight, lose my mind Night, midnight, lose my mind Night, midnight [Verse 1] Oh God, I'm clean out of air in my lungs, it's all gone Played it so nonchalant, it's time we danced with the truth Move along with the truth, ooh-ooh (hey) We're sleeping through all the days, I'm acting like I don't see Every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me [Pre-Chorus 1] But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks Will you sway with me, go astray with me? [Chorus 1] (Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) When you dream with a fever Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) These are the games of the weekend We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?) Ah, when you dream with a fever Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) [Verse 2] Oh God, I'm closing my teeth, around this liquor wet Limelight, lose my mind, I know you're feeling it too Can we keep up with the ruse, ah-ah-ah (hey) B-bodies all through my house, I know this story by heart Jack and Jill get fucked up and possessive when they get dark [Pre-Chorus 2] But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks Will you sway with me, go astray with me? [Chorus 2] (Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) When you dream with a fever Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) These are the games of the weekend We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?) Ah, when you dream with a fever Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?) [Bridge] Midnight, we're fading 'Til daylight, we're jaded We know that it's over, in the morning You'll be dancing with all the heartache And the treason, the fantasies of leaving But we know that when it's over, in the morning You'll be dancing with us, oh Dancing with us, oh (but what will we do when we're sober?) You'll be dancing with us (can you feel it, can you feel it) Dancing with us, us (but what will we do when we're sober?) [Outro] N.C. Night, midnight, lose my mind (Light, when you get to my) N.C. Night, midnight, lose my mind (Light, when you get to my) ------------ Track 3 - Homemade Dynamite ------------ Am x0221x Em 02200x G 32000x Capo 3rd fret [Verse 1] A couple rebel top gun pilots flying with nowhere to be, oh Don't know you super well but I think that you Might be the same as me, behave abnormally [Pre-Chorus 1] Let's let things come out of the woodwork I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies Yeah, awesome right? So let's let things come out of the woodwork I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, dancing with my shoes off Know I think you're awesome right? [Chorus 1] Our rules, our dreams, we're blind Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite () Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite [Verse 2] Might get your friend to drive but he can hardly see, ooh-ooh We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome All the broken glass sparkling, I guess we're partying [Pre-Chorus 2] So let's let things come out of the woodwork I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, hands under your t-shirt Know I think you're awesome right? [Chorus 2] Our rules, our dreams, we're blind Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite G N.C. Now you know it's really gonna blow (pchwoo) [Chorus 3] Our rules, our dreams, we're blind Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite () Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite [Outro] Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired () Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired Blowing shit up with homemade ---dynamite ------------ Track 4 - The Louvre ---------------------- [Verse 1] Well summer slipped us underneath her tongue Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard I am your sweetheart, psychopathic crush Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough I overthink your p-punctuation use Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do [Chorus 1] A ru-u-u-ush at the beginning I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence? Megapho-o-o-one to my chest N.C. Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it [Post-Chorus 1] Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it [Verse 2] Our thing progresses, I call and you come through Blow all my friendships, to sit in hell with you But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre Down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre Okay I know that you are not my type (still I fall) I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind (but what about love?) Nothing wrong with it, supernatural Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting [Chorus 2] A ru-u-u-ush at the beginning I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence? Megapho-o-o-one to my chest N.C. Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it [Post-Chorus 2] Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it [Outro] ------------------------ Track 5 - Liability ------------------------ First set Second set ---------- ------------ C x32010 F 13321x Am x02210 Dm xx0231 G 32003x G 32003x Capo 1st fret [Intro] / [Verse 1] Baby really hurt me, crying in the taxi, he don't wanna know me Says he made the big mistake of dancing in my storm Says it was poison So I guess I go home into the arms of the girl that I love The only love I haven't screwed up She's so hard to please but she's a forest fire I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance in the living room But all that a stranger would see Is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek [Chorus 1] They say, you're a little much for me You're a liability You're a little much for me So they pull back, make other plans, I understand I'm a liability Get you wild, make you leave I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone [Verse 2] The truth is I am toy that people enjoy 'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore And then they are bored of me I know that it's exciting running through the night but Every perfect summer's eating me alive until you're gone Better on my own [Chorus 2] They say, you're a little much for me You're a liability You're a little much for me So they pull back, make other plans, I understand I'm a liability Get you wild, make you leave I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone [Outro] They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun ------------ To match piano melody (Intro, verse, and second part of chorus) / (First part of chorus - higher voicing) / ------------ Track 6 - Hard Feelings/Loveless ------------------------------------ Capo 4th fret ------------ Part 1 - Hard Feelings ------------ [Intro] N.C. (Go back and tell it) [Verse 1] Please could you be tender and I will sit close to you Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through Guess this is the winter, our bodies are young and blue I'm at Jungle City, it's late and this song is for you Cause I remember the rush, when forever was us Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost Well I guess I should go, yeah I guess I should go [Chorus 1] N.C. Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh Alone with the hard feelings of love God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh [Verse 2] I light all the candles, cut flowers for all my rooms I care for myself the way I used to care about you These days, we kiss and we keep busy, the waves come after midnight I call from underwater, why even try to get right? When you've outgrown a lover, the whole world knows but you It's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon [Chorus 2] N.C. Hard feelings These are what they call hard feelings of love When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh Alone with the hard feelings of love God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh [Outro] Three years, loved you every single day, made me weak, it was real for me, yup, real for me Now I'll fake it every single day 'til I don't need fantasy, 'til I feel you leave But I still remember everything, how we'd drift buying groceries, how you'd dance for me I'll start letting go of little things 'til I'm so far away from you, far away from you, yeah ------------ Part 2 - Loveless -------------- [Intro] N.C. "What is this tape?" "This is my favorite tape" [Verse 1] Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well guess what, I like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers [Chorus 1] We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation [Verse 2] Bet you wanna rip my heart out Bet you wanna skip my calls now Well guess what, I like that 'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut Look out, lovers [Chorus 2] We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation [Outro] L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s ------------------------ Track 7 - Sober II (Melodrama) ------------ Chord progression 1 Chord progression 2 (Intro + Bridge + Outro) (Verse + Chorus) ------------ ------------ Em 02200x Em 02200x G 32000x G 32000x Am x0221x C x3201x D x0023x Capo 4th fret [Intro] [Verse] You asked if I was feeling it, I'm psycho high Know you won't remember in the morning when I speak my minds Lights are on and they've gone home but who am I? Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses [Chorus] We told you this was melodrama Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses Our only wish is melodrama Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses [Bridge] And the terror, and the horror, when we wonder why we bother Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh And the terror, and the horror, gotta wonder why we bother Whoa-oh, whoa-oh All the glamour, and the trauma, and the fucking melodrama Whoa-oh, whoa-oh All the gunfights, and the limelights, and the hope we stick divine nights Whoa-oh They'll talk about us, all the lovers, how we kissed and killed each other Whoa-oh They'll talk about us, and discover, how we kissed and killed each other Whoa-oh [Outro] We told you this was melodrama You wanted something that we offered We told you this was melodrama You wanted something that we offered We told you this was melodrama You wanted something that we offered We told you this was melodrama You wanted something that we offered We told you this was melodrama We told you this was melodrama We told you this was melodrama We told you this was melodrama We told you this was melodrama We told you this was melodrama ------------ Track 8 - Writer in the Dark -------------------------- Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus ------------ ---------- ---------- xx023x xx023x 32003x x3201x x3201x x0221x D xx0232 [Verse 1] Break the news, you're walking out To be a good man for someone else Sorry I was never good like you Stood on my chest and kept me down Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd Did my best to exist just for you [Pre-Chorus 1] Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark [Chorus 1] I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe [Verse 2] I still feel you, now and then Slow like pseudoephedrine When you see me, will you say I've changed? I ride the subway, read the signs I let the seasons change my mind I love it here since I've stopped needing you [Pre-Chorus 2] Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark [Chorus 2] I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe [Chorus 3] I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power I'll find a way to be without you, babe [Outro] ------------------------ Track 9 - Supercut ------------ [Verse 1] In my head, I play a supercut of us All the magic we gave off, all the love we had and lost And in my head, the visions never stop These ribbons wrap me up, but when I reach for you, there's just a supercut [Pre-Chorus 1] In your car, the radio up In your car, the radio up We keep trying to talk about us I'm someone you maybe might love I'll be your quiet afternoon crush Be your violent overnight rush Make you crazy over my touch [Chorus 1] But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us [Verse 2] So I fall, into continents and cars All the stages and the stars, I turn all of it to just a supercut [Refrain 1] Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right) When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight) Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart [Pre-Chorus 2] Am (mute) In your car, the radio up Am (mute) In your car, the radio up F (mute) We keep trying to talk about us Slow motion, I'm watching our love I'll be your quiet afternoon crush Be your violent overnight rush Make you crazy over my touch [Chorus 2] But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us [Refrain 2] Cause in my head, in my head, I do everything right When you call I'll forgive and not fight All the moments I play in the dark Wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart [Refrain 3] Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right) When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight) Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right) When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight) Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart [Outro] In my head, I do everything right In my head, I do everything right ------------------------ Track 10 - Liability (Reprise) ------------ [Intro] I'm a liability I'm a liability, much for me You're a little much for me, no-no-no, no Whatcha gonna do, whoa-oh-oh [Verse 1] All of the dreams that get harder All of the things that I offer you, eh And all of the shit that we harbour Make all of the kids in the choirs sing woo-hoo, hoo-hoo [Verse 2] Maybe all this is the party Maybe the tears and the highs we breathe, oh no Maybe all this is the party Maybe we just do it violently [Outro] But you're not what you thought you were But you're not what you thought you were But you're not what you thought you were But you're not what you thought you were N.C. Leave ------------------------ Track 11 - Perfect Places ------------ Verse Chorus Outro ----------- ----------- ------------ 022100 x02220 x02220 46644x x4665x 022100 B x2444x B x2444x Bsus2 x2442x Bsus4 x2445x [Verse 1] Every night, I live and die Feel the party to my bones Watch the wasters blow the speakers, spill my guts beneath the outdoor light It's just another graceless night I hate the headlines and the weather I'm nineteen and I'm on fire But when we're dancing, I'm alright It's just another graceless night [Pre-Chorus 1] Are you lost enough? Have another drink, get lost in us This is how we get notorious, ah-ah-ah oh oh 'Cause I don't know If they keep tellin' you where to go B (mute) I'll blow my brains out to the radio, ah-ah-ah oh oh, ch-ch [Chorus 1] All of the things we're taking 'Cause we are young and we're ashamed Sends us to perfect places All of our heroes fading Now I can't stand to be alone Let's go to perfect places [Verse 2] Every night, I live and die Meet somebody, take 'em home Let's kiss and then take off our clothes It's just another graceless night, 'cause [Chorus 2] All of the things we're taking 'Cause we are young and we're ashamed Sends us to perfect places All of our heroes fading Now I can't stand to be alone Let's go to perfect places [Outro] All the nights spent off our faces Trying to find these perfect places What the fuck are perfect places anyway? All the nights spent off our faces Trying to find these perfect places What the fuck are perfect places anyway? All the nights spent off our faces Trying to find these perfect places What the fuck are perfect places anyway?