Serene Queen Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Why you so uptight, what’s the problem?
Everybody knows you're doing it anyway
Why you act so tight when you got so much?
You could be sending it my way
Those guys were cool, but you'll never give yourself away
And I’m not a fool, no, “I love you” I said

[Pre-Chorus]
He had all his guns and all his guns were blazing
Put his arms around me, so amazing
He had all his guns, all his guns were blazing
Put his arms around me, so amazing
Amazing, amazing, amazing

[Chorus]
He'd call me the serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right now)
I don’t start fights but I’ll stop 'em all by my any means
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[Verse 2]
Why you so upset, what’s the problem?
Everybody knows you’re doing it anyway
Why you act so tough when you got so much?
Going for you already
Those guys were cool, but you never gave yourself away
Baby it's true, you I’d never betray
[Pre-Chorus]
He had all his guns and all his guns were blazing
Put his arms around me, so amazing
He had all his guns, all his guns were blazing
Put his arms around me, so amazing
Amazing, amazing, amazing

[Chorus]
He'd call me the serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right now)
I don’t start fights but I’ll stop 'em all by my any means
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

[Bridge]
You think too much, you dream too much
You think too much, you dream too much
You think too much, you dream too much
But what a beautiful mind is such

[Pre-Chorus]
He had all his guns and all his guns were blazing
He never gave himself away
He had all his guns and all his guns were blazing
I’d never betray
[Chorus]
He'd call me the serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right)
The serene queen
(Come on baby, if you want it you can get it right now)
I don’t start fights but I’ll stop 'em all by my any means
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

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About

Genius Annotation

“Serene Queen” is one of the many songs that was recorded and intended for Lana Del Rey’s seventh studio album, Lust For Life.

The song itself is reportedly about Lana’s boyfriend at the time, photographer Francesco Carrozzini who she dated from 2014 to 2015, right around the time this song was written.

It was recorded in late 2015, and was the first song written for the album. Snippets of the song began circulating around December of 2019, and the full version leaked on April 16, 2020.

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