Royals

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Royals by Lorde

About Royals

"Royals" is a song by Lorde, released on November 22, 2012 on SoundCloud and on March 8, 2013 in online stores in New Zealand and Australia as the lead single from her debut extended play, The Love Club EP, and from her debut album, Pure Heroine. Its music video, directed by Joel Kefali, was released on May 12, 2013. Lorde wrote the song in half an hour at her home in July 2012 and during a school break, she and Joel Little recorded the song at Golden Age Studios in Auckland in one week. .

Royals Lyrics

[00:00.15] I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
[00:05.70] I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
[00:11.46] And I'm not proud of my address
[00:16.86] In a torn up town, no postcode envy
[00:22.38] But every song's like
[00:23.56] Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
[00:26.44] Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
[00:29.24] We don't care
[00:31.38] We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
[00:33.63] But everybody's like
[00:34.87] Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
[00:37.74] Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
[00:40.56] We don't care
[00:42.81] We aren't caught up in your love affair
[00:45.11] And we'll never be royals (royals)
[00:48.97] It don't run in our blood
[00:51.32] That kind of luxe just ain't for us
[00:54.15] We crave a different kind of buzz
[00:56.21] Let me be your ruler (ruler)
[01:00.13] You can call me queen bee
[01:02.25] And baby, I'll rule (I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule)
[01:06.93] Let me live that fantasy
[01:13.49] My friends and I, we've cracked the code
[01:19.04] We count our dollars on the train to the party
[01:24.83] And everyone who knows us knows
[01:30.15] That we're fine with this, we didn't come from money
[01:35.83] But every song's like
[01:37.04] Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
[01:39.88] Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
[01:42.66] We don't care
[01:44.97] We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
[01:47.11] But everybody's like
[01:48.36] Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
[01:51.04] Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
[01:53.98] We don't care
[01:56.25] We aren't caught up in your love affair
[01:58.55] And we'll never be royals (royals)
[02:02.44] It don't run in our blood
[02:04.72] That kind of luxe just ain't for us
[02:07.58] We crave a different kind of buzz
[02:09.69] Let me be your ruler (ruler)
[02:13.76] You can call me queen bee
[02:15.71] And baby, I'll rule (I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule)
[02:20.33] Let me live that fantasy
[02:22.96] Oh
[02:25.78] Oh (oh, oh)
[02:28.20] We're bigger than we ever dreamed
[02:31.12] And I'm in love with being queen
[02:34.12] Oh
[02:36.97] Oh (oh, oh)
[02:39.69] Life is great without a care
[02:41.29] We aren't caught up in your love affair
[02:43.76] And we'll never be royals (royals)
[02:47.53] It don't run in our blood
[02:49.88] That kind of luxe just ain't for us
[02:52.74] We crave a different kind of buzz
[02:54.89] Let me be your ruler (ruler)
[02:58.92] You can call me queen bee
[03:00.83] And baby, I'll rule (I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule)
[03:05.50] Let me live that fantasy

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