I think the title “text book” is somewhat of a sarcastic jab at her own life. Thank you so much for reading all the way till here- lmk your thoughts on this below! The bit about her 'being jealous' also evades me- could it be about grammys/QFTC?- in the sense that she's jealous about how others can sing raunchier and more NSFW lyrics but she STILL gets the 'glamorising abuse' tag?

Now in this bit she again talks about her wishing about being with her dad- and ' all the things she couldn't want for him' maybe refers to her wishing her father to ' see her in all her splendour ' which could refer to her dad seeing her happy & in a loving relationship- what she wants/wanted for him?

So my assumptions are that textbook is about an ex ( i'll get to which one in a min) and her dad simultaneously.Īs is evident to any listener, the song clearly talks about Lana 'looking for the father she wanted back' which may hint at why she was/is into older men- perhaps the daddy kink has more of a 'nonexistent father figure' perspective to it- maybe this also ties in with how she wanted/expected her dad to step in when his wife would rage at her- but he didn't and thus she was/is on the lookout for a protective father figure in her life?

So i was listening to textbook on loop, just like the rest of us and i came up with a theory of sorts and wanted to share it here ( this being the ideal forum for such things)ĭISCLAIMER : (i literally cannot figure out why the song name is what it is - she's just quirky i guess)

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