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After spending some time at Coachella earlier this year, Lana Del Rey shared a short video of herself singing part of a new song inspired by her time there. It was filmed, naturally, in the forest near some sequoia trees. The caption for the Instagram post (which you can watch below) read:
"I'm not gonna lie — I had complex feelings about spending the weekend dancing whilst watching tensions w North Korea mount. I find It's a tightrope between being vigilantly observant of everything going on in the world and also having enough space and time to appreciate God's good earth the way it was intended to be appreciated. On my way home I found myself compelled to visit an old favorite place of mine at the rim of the world highway where I took a moment to sit down by the sequoia grove and write a little song. I just wanted to share this in hopes that one individual's hope and prayer for peace might contribute to the possibility of it in the long run."
Del Rey, who has a new album called Lust for Life dropping on May 26th, has now released the full song, though as Rolling Stone points out, it's unclear if it will be on the new album (which, by the way, features contributions from Stevie Nicks and Sean Lennon.)
Check out the lyrics here.
