Posted by Laufey returns with a beautiful new song, Goddess, exploring the two faces of love and heartbreaks: let’s explore the lyrics and their meaning.
Our favorite Icelandic star is back: Laufey returns for her first song of 2024, Goddess, reissuing her successful 2023 album Bewitched. Released officially in March 2024, the new single explores the bitter side of love, analyzing a personal experience the singer probably had in her recent past.
In this article, we will analyze the meaning behind Laufey’s new song, Goddess: you will also find the official video and the complete lyrics at the bottom.
Goddess: the meaning behind the lyrics
Goddess is a song about the expectations and reality of a love relationship: in the lyrics, the singer analyzes a recent relationship she had with a person who idolized her, worshipping her as a goddess, especially for her musical career. However, when Laufey showed her authentic, human side, the other person faded away, unable to manage the real dimension of love.
There is sadness in the Goddess lyrics. Laufey considers herself naive for having believed he loved her for who she was. It’s undoubtedly a sign of immaturity from this person, but she admits she believed those lies, probably too fast.
It always goes like this
Could’ve predicted it
I’m so naive to think you loved me for me
Kissed as I ran off stage
You’re too old to play this game
Guess you’re still growing up at thirty
Interestingly, Laufey describes her personality as a double entity: there is the singer, with all that glamor around her, and then there is the woman, human, authentic. This indeed belongs to the way the other person saw her, but she confirms this double vision in the lyrics:
You took a star to bed
Woke up with me instead
You must have felt so damn deceived
When you
Made up version of
Me that you thought you’d love
A hint in the lyrics suggests this person followed her rise as an artist from the beginning. This would explain why this person got so attached to the idol Laufey represents: loving mainly a face belonging to her profession and being unable to enjoy who she was off stage.
You stole my youth
You wanted this so much
You watched me rise
Then killed my light
And now you know
I’m no goddess when I’m alone
This is the real meaning of the Goddess lyrics: I am human, and I want to be loved for what I really am. You fooled me, obsessed with the limelight around me, pretending you were loving me for what I am, and I believed you. It’s a song about illusions, disappointments, and probably regrets. We all want to be truly seen and loved, and this can be even harder for a successful artist like Laufey, with the weight of her musical career always present beside her.
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The official video and the complete lyrics
It always goes like this
Could’ve predicted it
I’m so naive to think you loved me for me
Kissed as I ran off stage
You’re too old to play this game
Guess you’re still growing up at thirty
Were you surprised by me?
When you took me home
When the glamor wore off
Reduced to skin and bone
I can’t even tell
Who you want to know
I’m a goddess on stage
Human when we’re alone
You took a star to bed
Woke up with me instead
You must have felt so damn deceived
When you
Made up version of
Me that you thought you’d love
But I am not your Aphrodite
Were you surprised by me?
When you took me home
When the glamor wore off
Reduced to skin and bone
I can’t even tell
Who you want to know
I’m a goddess on stage
And human when we’re alone
You took me for a fool
You stole my youth
You wanted this so much
You watched me rise
Then killed my light
And now you know
I’m not your f–ing goddess
I’m no goddess when I’m alone
