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For years, paradise has been Lana Del Reys fascination.
It was her grand valediction: If this is it, Im signing off,she sang.
She sees environmental destruction in Florida, fires in Los Angeles, and a megalomaniac in Washington.
Yet she sees it all with the same ignorance that marred her previous work.
Im a dreamer / And I had big dreams for the country, she says.
Candy from my eyes / In my veins you run citrus.
Unlike her lover in Young and Beautiful, we have the awareness to let go of her.
