Brooklyn Nights Lyrics
I always thought it was you,
You always thought it was me.
We always thought we were it,
Seemed like a real perfect fit,
Those Brooklyn Nights set us free.
We were so young we could grow.
Up in the end it'd be us,
We'd take the F or the bus,
Where Brooklyn Nights set us free.
Its not that I don't wanna love you
Its not that I'm really over it, you know (you know)
Its just that I can't watch us bleed to death
When we used to be
Brooklyn Nights happy.
I miss our cheap chandalier
'Member when dad hung it there?
And we would watch Rocky IV,
The one where the Russian scored,
I loved Brigitte Nielsen's hair.
Thought we had already won
And cracked open our last beer,
Falling asleep in our tears,
Those Brooklyn Nights set us free.
Its not that I don't wanna love you
Its not that I'm really over it, you know (you know)
Its just that I can't watch us bleed to death
When we used to be
Brooklyn Nights happy.
I found an old pair of
Keys in my purse that opened
The walkup we shared
How did they get there, jerk?
I wanna see you there
I wanna make it work.
And my lashes are falling
Off of seven years
Of our bad luck dating.
I want one last night there,
A Brooklyn Night affair.
Its not that I don't wanna love you
Its not that I'm really over it, you know (you know)
Its just that I can't watch us bleed to death
When we used to be
Brooklyn Nights happy.
Its not that I don't want to love you
Cause I really tried, and I
Just wanna hang with the old you
For just one Brooklyn Night adieu.
We both won't act like someone else
Maybe then we'd both tell the truth
For just one Brooklyn Night adieu

If anyone is wondering about the meaning behind this song, it's about Lüc Carl, Gaga's ex boyfriend whom she dated off and on for about six years until their breakup in 2011. This song is talking about wanting to go back to the good ol' days and be their old selves again and remembering the good memories of the nights they spent together in Brooklyn. Gaga is basically saying "It's not that I don't love you, and it's not that I'm over you, but I can't continue to watch us fall apart and bleed to death when we used to be so happy together." They didn't have a perfect relationship, but she really did love him and she tried hard to make it work out between them even though it didn't. Gaga is saying that she wishes that she could just go back and have one last night in Brooklyn where she and Lüc could sit down together and be their former selves instead of the people they grew to be.
@GoddessofLove beautifully worded
@GoddessofLove beautifully worded