A&W by Lana Del Rey is one of my favorite songs by her, even though it’s incredibly dark and heartbreaking.

Here’s a portion of my lyrical analysis of the masterpiece she created.

Skipping down to the chorus, Lana sings, “Call him up, come into my bedroom, ended up fucking on the hotel floor. It’s not about having someone to love me anymore. This is the experience of being an American whore.”

These words really emotionally impacted me because, as a woman, craving the feeling of love that is passionate and mutual has been so heavily normalized.

In these words, it sounds like Lana is making peace with the fact that she may never be truly loved beyond what she can offer sexually in the bedroom.

She describes them hooking up on the hotel floor, which means they didn’t even make it to the bed, which suggests it was a passion-filled moment that was hot and heavy.

But it wasn’t romantic. It wasn’t gentle or loving enough to make it onto the actual bed.

And in Lana’s song Ride, she said something very profound in the monologue that sort of goes hand-in-hand with this statement when she said, “I was born to be the other woman who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.”

Knowing you’re having wild and casual sex with someone who doesn’t really love you and only sees you as a whore is pretty depressing, but the lyrics are an indication that she’s doing her best to make peace with it.

What are your thoughts on this song by Lana? Is A&W one your faves by her as of now? Let us know in the comment section below.