Her and her friends, even though they are now rich, are very conservative and don’t like to blow money. We count our dollars on the train to the party.Īnd everyone who knows us knows that we’re fine with this, The last four lines are about fantasizing about having all of the things they said they aren’t attached to. But the real word used is “luxe” which is not short for anything, it is a French word that literally means luxury. Then I thought perhaps they meant lux as in short for luxury. When I first heard the song I thought they were saying lux, meaning light. Royals and blood refers to royalty and wealth. Not being caught up in the love affair simply means that they are not attached to this type of lifestyle and don’t need it.Īnd baby I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule. Jetplanes, islands, tigers on a gold leash refers to luxurious and exotic lifestyle that few can afford. Diamonds in your timepiece refers to diamonds in a watch.
Not caring and driving cadillacs in their dreams means that they don’t participate in this lifestyle and instead live it through their dreams.Ĭristal is a form of sparkling wine producted by Louis Roederer. Tripping in the bathroom is a referral to being wasted and stumbling into the bathroom or doing some type of drug in the bathroom and “trippin”, which may refer to LSD.īloodstains refers to being reckless, ball gowns is a reference to partying, and ‘trashin’ a hotel room is more reckless party behavior common of musicians. We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your love affair. Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash. We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams.īut everybody’s like Cristal*, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece. No postcode envy refers to the fact that there isn’t anything to really notable or unique where she comes from.īut every song’s like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroomīlood stains, ball gowns, trashin’ the hotel room, She’s not proud that she has to bring attention to this fact of where she has lived, coming from a torn-up town or messed up area. Cutting teeth means the same as “how someone gained experience.” Cutting her teeth on wedding rings in the movies is a way to say she learned about wedding rings and fancy things from watching movies. Growing up poor, diamonds and riches, were a rarity among the people our artist was brought up around. I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies Everyone understands what this song is in a nutshell but let’s examine the pieces for fun and get more specific.
The reality is they are just normal people that are good at what they do. The normal actions of these actors, singers, and popular people somehow draws the mass attention of the media and us regular folk. Thousands of people have affairs everyday but when someone from Hollywood has one it’s all of a sudden a big deal and makes it way through the news. They make it seem like these people are somehow superheroes instead of regular people like everyone else.
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These days everyone is following hollywoods actors and TV stars and getting involved with their lives more so than the people around them. She also makes references to how the media glorifies the fancy lifestyle and lures people into it. The singer prefers to keep to her roots and to remember where she came from. This song is all about being proud to be from humble origins and not needing the lifestyles of the rich and famous to be happy.
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