Pure Heroine

Lorde Pure Heroine Lyrics
1.Tennis Court

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella YelichElla Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

Don't you think that it's boring how people talk
Making smart with their words again, well I'm bored
Because I'm doing this for the thrill of it, killin' it
Never not chasing a million things I want
And I am only as young as the minute is full of it
Getting pumped up from the little bright things I bought
But I know they'll never own me
(Yeah)

Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(yeah)

Pretty soon I'll be getting on my first plane
I'll see the veins of my city like they do in space
But my head's filling up with the wicked games, up in flames
How can I fuck with the fun again, when I'm known
And my boys trip me up with their heads again, loving them
Everything's cool when we're all in line, for the throne
But I know it's not forever
(Yeah)

Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(yeah)

It looked alright in the pictures (yeah)

Getting caught soft with the triple is it
I fall apart, with all my heart
And you can watch from your window
And you can watch from your window

Baby be the class clown
I'll be the beauty queen in tears
It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)
We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(yeah)

And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
And talk it up like yeah (yeah)
Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah
(Yeah)


2.400 Lux

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

We're never done with killing time
Can I kill it with you?
'Til my veins run rampant
We come around here all the time
Got a lot to not do than to kill it with you

You pick me up and take me home again
Head out the window again
We're hollow like the bottles that we drink
You take your wrist over the steering wheel
Propose that we drive from here
We might be hollow, but we're brave

And I like you
I love these roads where the houses don't change (and I like
you)
Where we can talk like there's something to say (and I like you)
I'm glad that we stopped kissing in the dark (and I like you)
We move in between empty streets
I like it anyways

You stay over, long sleeps
And the kid comes over
(You buy me orange juice)
I'm getting good at this
Dreams of queen too
But I can tell that you're tired
While you're waiting by the phone


And I like you...


3.Royals

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town
No post code envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the
bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like cristal, maybach, diamonds on your time
piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals..
It don't run in our blood,
that kind of lux just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen B
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

My friends and I we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
we didn't come from money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the
bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like cristal, maybach, diamonds on your time
piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals,
it don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen B
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Oooh ooooh ohhh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being
queen.
Oooooh ooooh ohhhhh life is game without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals,
it don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen B
And baby I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule,
Let me live that fantasy.


4.Ribs

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

The drink you spilt all over me
Lovers spit left on repeat
My mom and dad let me stay home
It drives you crazy, getting old

We can talk it so good
We can make it so divine
We can talk it good, how you wish you would be all the time

The drink you spilt all over me
Lovers spit left on repeat
My mom and dad let me stay home
It drives you crazy, getting old

The drink you spilt all over me
Lovers spit left on repeat
My mom and dad let me stay home
It drives you crazy, getting old

This dream isn't feeling sweet
We're reeling through the midnight streets
And I've never felt more alone
It feels so scary getting old

We can talk it so good
We can make it so divine
We can talk it good, how you wish you would be all the time

This dream isn't feeling sweet
We're reeling through the midnight streets
And I've never felt more alone
It feels so scary getting old

This dream isn't feeling sweet
We're reeling through the midnight streets
And I've never felt more alone
It feels so scary getting old

You're the only friend I need (You're the only friend I need)
Sharing beds like little kids (Sharing beds like we're kids)
I will laugh until my ribs get tough/soft (I will laugh until my
ribs get tough/soft)
That I will never be in love (That I will never be in love)

You're the only friend I need (You're the only friend I need)
Sharing beds like little kids (Sharing beds like we're kids)
I will laugh until my ribs get tough/soft (I will laugh until my
ribs get tough/soft)
That I will never be in love
That I will never be in love
That I will never be in love
That I will never be in love
That I will never be in love


5.Buzzcut Season

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

I remember when your head caught flame
It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain
Well you laughed, baby it's okay (I remember when your head
caught flame)
It's buzzcut season anyway (Well you laughed, baby it's okay)

Explosions on TV
And all the girls with heads inside a dream
So now we live beside the pool
Where everything is good

We ride the bus with the knees pulled in
People should see how we're living (We ride the bus with the
knees pulled in)
Shut my eyes to the song that plays
Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste (Shut my eyes to the song
that plays)

The men up on the news
They try to tell us all that we will lose
But it's so easy in this blue
Where everything is good

And I'll never go home again (Place the call, feel it start)
Favorite friend, and nothing's when nothing's true
I'd live in a hologram with you
We're all the things that we do for fun (and I'll breathe, and
it goes)
Play along (make believe, its hyper real)
But I'd live in a hologram with you

Cola with the burnt-out taste
I'm the one you tell your fears to
There'll never be enough of us


6.Team

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

Wait 'til you're announced
We've not yet lost all our graces
The hounds will stay in chains
Look upon your greatness that you sent

Call all the ladies out, they're in their finery
A hundred jewels on throats
A hundred jewels between teeth
Now bring my boys in, their skin in craters like the moon
The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room
Dancin' around the lies we told
Dancin' around big eyes as well
Even the comatose, they don't dance and tell

We live in cities you'll never see on screen
Not very pretty but we sure know how to run free
Livin' in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know we're on each other's team

I'm kind of over gettin' told to throw my hands up in the air
So there

So all the cups got broke
Shards beneath our feet
But it wasn't my fault
And everyone's competing for a love they won't receive
Cause what this palace wants is release


I'm kind of over gettin' told to throw my hands up in the air
So there
I'm kinda older than I was when I rebelled without a care
So there


We're on each other's team
And you know we're on each other's team
We're on each other's team
We're on each other's team
And you know and you know and you know


7.Glory And Gore

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

There's a humming in the restless summer air
And we're slipping off the course that we prepared
But in all chaos, there is calculation
Drop them glasses just to hear them break
You've been drinking like the world was gonna end (it's end)
Took a shiner from the fist of your best friend (go figure)
It's clear that someone's gotta go
We mean it, but I promise we're not mean

And the quiet goes out
They lose their minds for us
And how it plays out
Now we're in the ring
And we're coming for blood

You can try and take us
But we're the gladiators
Everyone a ranger
But secretly they're saviors
Glory and gore go hand and hand
That's why we're making headlines
You can try and take us
But victory's contagious

Delicate in every way but one (the swordplay)
God know's we like arcade kinds of fun (the old way)
Chance is the only game I played with, baby
We let our battle choose us


No one 'round here's good at keeping their eyes closed
The sun's starting to light up when we're walking home
Tired little laughs, gold life promises, we'll always win at
this
I don't ever thing about death
It's all right if you do, it's fine

We gladiate but I guess we're really fighting ourselves
Roughing up our minds so we're ready when the kill time comes
Wide awake in bed, words in my brain, secretly a love fish
Do you even wanna go free?
Let me in the ring, I'll show you what that big word means


8.Still Sane

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

Today is my birthday, and I'm riding high
Hair is dripping, hiding that I'm terrified
But this is summer, playing dumber than in fall

Everything I say falls right back
Into everything I'm not
In the swing of things
But what I really mean is
Not in the swing of things yet

Riding around on the bikes, we're still sane
I won't be her, tripping over onstage
Hey, it's all cool, I still like hotels, but I think that'll
change
Still like hotels, and my newfound fame
Hey, promise I can stay good
Everything feels right
Chase paper, get it
I'm little, but I'm coming for the crown
I'm little, but I'm coming for you
I'm little but I'm coming for the title
Held by everyone who's up

All work and no play
Never made me lose it
All business all day
Keeps me up a level
All work and no play
Keeps me on the new shit, yeah

Only bad people live to see their likeness in stone
What does that make me?


9.White Teeth Teens

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

We wouldn't be seen dead here in the day
I guess you're lucky that it's dark now
And if I like it then we'll stay
Impress the empress, take a shot now

We got the glow in our mouths
White teeth teens are out
White teeth teens are up for it

I know you love it when the hairpins start to drop
I like your reckoning, but we got our methods
and there's nothing here to stop, to stop this

If you want we'll help tonight to split his schemes
Give the bruises out like gifts
You'll get the picture of your dreams
I won't be smiling bout the notes
From my admirers fill my dashboard just the same


I'll let you in on something big
I am not a white teeth teen
I tried to join but never did
The way they are, the way they seem is something else, it's in
the blood
Their molars blinking like the lights, in the underpass where we
all sit
And do nothing
And love it

And everything works out so good
I wear the robe like no one could

We got the glow in our mouths
White teeth teens are out
We got the glow in our mouths
White teeth teens are out


10.A World Alone

Lyricist:Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little
Writer(s):Ella Yelich O'ConnorJoel Little

That slow burn way while it gets dark, bruising the sun.
I feel grown up with you in your car, I know it's dumb.

ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

We both got a million bite habits sticking, not sleeping with
one.
We're biting our nails, you're biting my lip, I'm biting my
tongue.

ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
People will talk, yeah, people will talk (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh)
People will talk, yeah, people will talk

Raise a glass, cuz their mouths don't save it.
They all wanna get rough, get away with it.
Let 'em talk cuz we're dancing in this world alone, world alone,
we're all alone.

All my fake friends are over their noise, complained about work
They're studying business, I study before, and you haven't
stopped smoking all night.
Maybe the answer that raised us, or maybe people are jerks.
People will talk, yeah, people will talk (But not you)
People will talk, yeah, people will talk

Raise a glass, cuz their mouths don't save it.
They all wanna get rough, get away with it.
Let 'em talk cuz we're dancing in this world alone, world alone,
we're all alone.

I will talk so let us, people it's a scheme.
They make us arrests just like we're whole again, maybe
You're my best friend, so we're dancing in a world alone, a
world alone, we're all alone.

I know in our heart everlasting
We're a trainwreck waiting to happen
One day the blood will flow so badly
One day we're all against the world (the people that talk, yeah,
people that talk)
Yeah, so? (The people that talk, yeah, people that talk)
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
People will talk, yeah, people will talk (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh)
People will talk, yeah, people will talk
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
People will talk, yeah, people will talk (ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh)
People will talk, yeah, people will talk

Raise a glass, cuz their mouths don't save it.
They all wanna get rough, get away with it.
Let 'em talk cuz we're dancing in this world alone, world alone,
we're all alone.

I will talk so let us, people it's a scheme.
They make us arrests just like we're whole again, maybe
You're my best friend, so we're dancing in a world alone, a
world alone, we're all alone.

People that talk, yeah, people that talk, yeah
People that talk, yeah, people that talk, yeah
People that talk, yeah, people that talk, yeah
People that talk, yeah, people that talk, yeah

Let 'em talk