Royals
Songwriters: Ella Yelich O'Connor & Joel Little
From the album: The Love Club EP/Pure Heroine
Released on March 8, 2013, Royals is the lead single from New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde's The Love Club EP and debut album, Pure Heroine. The song was met with acclaim upon release, winning New Zealand's top songwriting prize, the 2013 Silver Scroll Award. Royals peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and also in Ireland, Canada and New Zealand and was called "one of the best releases of the year," earning comparisons to Adele's music. It made Lorde the first female solo act to top the Billboard Alternative Songs chart since Tracy Bonham in 1996.
Below is the official music video for Royals by Lorde and below the video are the lyrics. Enjoy!
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 crystal, 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 crystal, 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
Oh, oh, ohh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen
Oh, oh, ohh
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
