MAKNA LAGU ROYALS

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"

Bagian di atas adalah kritik sebenarnya. Bagaiamana tayangan yang kita lihat dalam sebuah film, sinetron dan video clip sebuah lagu, yang mempertontonkan kemewahan ternyata tidaklah sama dengan di dunia nyata. Semua tampilan yang sempurna itu hanya ada di panggung sandiwara,bukan hal yang sebenarnya. Dua lirik paling bawah, itu menggambarkan kota kelahiran si penyanyi. Inilah nilai plus dari penyanyi ini, dia bisa mencipta lagu sendiri. Kayaknya dia mau ngalahin si blonde Taylor Swift nih....

"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 Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair"

Inilah gak enaknya hidup kita saat ini. Hampir semua media mengrecoki kita dengan hal-hal yang memiliki unsur kemewahan. Kita selalu diiming-imingin dengan hal-hal yang berbau kekayaan dan keglamoran, padahal dalam dunia nyata tak seperti itu. Dan jujur, tak semua orang seperti dalam gambaran media-media itu. Lihat saja dalam betapa anehnya beberapa video musik akhir-akhir ini.  Gigi emas yang sering dipakai para penyanyi rap, balon jadi gaun oleh Lady Gaga, arloji, berlian dan beberapa barang-barang yang wah. Semua itu tidaklah nyata.

"And we'll never be royals

It don't run in our blood

That kind of luxe just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen Bee

And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)

Let me live that fantasy"

Dalam bagian ini adalah keinginan Lorde dan teman-emannya untuk menikmati hidup dengan biasa-biasa saja. Tak menginginkan kehidupan royal. Karena bermewah-mewah memang bukan bagian dari kehidupannya. Yup, dia percaya tak selamanya kebahagiaan hidup itu dapat diukur dari banyaknya harta yang dimiliki. Dan dia ingin menjadi contoh bagi cewek seusianya. "queen bee" biasanya merujuk pada idol, seorang idola. Dia ingin jadi idola atau contoh orang yang akan menikmati hidup dengan biasa-biasa saja.

"We didn't come from money" sebuah akhir yang bagus. Hidup itu tak melulu dari uang.

Oke, akalo ada pesanana lagu yang ingin diterjemahkan. Tulis aja di kolom komentar. Ditunggu ya...

Lorde – Royals

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 Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

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 luxe just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen Bee

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 Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.

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 luxe just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen Bee

And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)

Let me live that fantasy

(Ooh ooh oh)

We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen

(Ooh ooh oh)

Life is great 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 luxe just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen Bee

And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)

Let me live that fantasy