MONDAY MUSICAL MELODY: TEAM BY LORDE

Lorde's "Team" is the official second US single from the New Zealand-born singer's debut album "Pure Heroine". On an interview with Billboard, Lorde commented of the song that there are lyrics where she feels like the 'realistic' pop star, and others that show her unique songwriting, going back to write for her and her friends.

When I listen to Team, I hear a call for compassion. It’s a call for the oppressor and the oppressed to join one another on level ground, to stand together rather than exist in a power-over, power-under dynamic. Whether you’re a greedy dictator, a violent abuser, or the bully at the playground, Team is about recognizing we’re all on equal playing field.

Wait 'til you’re announced

We’ve not yet lost all our graces

The hounds will stay in chains

Look upon your greatness

That you’ll send

The call I'll send

Call all the ladies out

They’re in their finery

A hundreds jewels on throats

A hundred jewels between teeth

Now bring my boys in

Their skin in craters like the moon

The moon we love like a brother, while he glows through the room

Dancin' around the lies we tell

Dancin' around big eyes as well

Even the comatose they don’t dance and tell

[Chorus]

We live in cities you'll never see on screen

Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free

Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams

And you know, we're on each other's team

I'm kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air,

so there

So all the cups got broke shards beneath our feet but it wasn’t my fault

And everyone’s competing for a love they won't receive

'Cause what this palace wants is release

[Chorus]

We live in cities you'll never see on screen

Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free

Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams

And you know, we're on each other's team

I’m kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air

So there

I’m kinda older than I was when I revelled without a care

So there

[Chorus]

We live in cities you'll never see on screen

Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free

Living in ruins of the palace within my dreams

And you know, we're on each other's team

We're on each other's team

And you know, we're on each other's team

We're on each other's team

And you know, and you know, and you know

MONDAY MUSICAL MELODY: ROYALS BY LORDE

Ella Yelich-O’Connor, better known by her stage name Lorde, is jut 16 years old but she packs a voice like a timeless diva. She hails from Auckland, New Zealand, and at the ripe old age of 13 was spotted and signed to Universal.

The Love Club is her first EP, released March of this year, and people are already losing their minds over this teenage sensation. “Royals,” Lorde’s hit single, reached number 1 on New Zealand’s Top 40 that same month, and the EP ranked second on the top albums chart. Meanwhile, Yelich-O’Connor has entered Year 12 at Takapuna Grammar School in Auckland and is, ostensibly, spending her days much like any other 16-year-old girl. Remarkable, eh?

[Verse 1]

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 crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.

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 (royals).

It don't run in our blood,

That kind of lux just ain't for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your ruler (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 for 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 crystal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.

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 (royals).

It don't run in our blood

That kind of lux just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your ruler (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.

Oooh ooooh ohhh

We're bigger than we ever dreamed,

And I'm in love with being queen.

Oooooh ooooh ohhhhh

Life is game without a care

We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).

It don't run in our blood

That kind of lux just ain't for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler (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.