Lorde - Royals Lyrics Meaning

OK I will try my best. I think the lyrics are self explanatory.

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies (To cut your teeth means when you've had your first significant experience). So she's never seen a diamond in real life and her first experience seeing one was on film.)

And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town No post code envy (She lives in the poor part of town. no one would envy her for living there or she doesn't have any envy for where people live.)

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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

(She is addressing everywhere you go societies obsessed with celebrity lifestyle and how the mainstream music industry is all about the riches and the bling. Ie. Materialism)

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We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair (Addressing she doesn't care about all the tabloid gossip we see about celebrity relationships)

And we'll never be royals It don't run in our blood That kind of lux just ain't for us

(Royalty is something you are born into and she/we will never be able to reach that level or wealth or celebrity)

We crave a different of buzz

(Buzz is slang for interest or attention. She doesn't want that kind of attention. She wants to be known for her music, not for her wealth or what she does, or who she dates.

Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen Bee (Buzzing associated to Bee's or She wants the same success as the Queen Bee/Beyonce) She wants to dominate the music charts.

And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule...) Let me live that fantasy (She wants to fulfill her dreams of success in the music industry.)

My friends and I we've cracked the code (cracked the code, cracked the code) (I'm not sure what this means)

We count our dollars on the train to the party (Counting their money is something frugal people do) And everyone who knows us, knows us kno-kno-kno-know That we're fine with this, with this We didn't come from money, noooo baby

(Anyone who knows here knows she comes from a poor background and she accepts this)