《High by the Beach》的创作灵感是拉娜·德雷开车到许多海滩游玩的时候得到的，她说自己在歌曲中书写了一个女孩想要摆脱并甩掉坏男孩情人的故事。在创作歌曲的过程中，拉娜·德雷主要负责编写歌词，瑞克·诺威尔斯、基隆·孟席斯则负责根据音谱製作音乐。基隆·孟席斯、派屈克·沃伦、利昂·米歇尔和瑞克·诺威尔斯分别负责鼓、长笛、小风琴、键盘乐器等伴奏，全曲录製于The Green Building工作室。

Boy look at you looking at me

I know you know how I feel

Loving you is hard, being here is harder

You take the wheel

I don't wanna do this anymore, it's so surreal

I can't survive if this is all that's real

All I wanna do is get high by the beach

Get high by the beach get high

All I wanna do is get by by the beach

Get by baby, baby, bye bye

The truth is I never bought into your bullshit

When you would pay tribute to me

'Cause I know that

All I wanted to do was get high by the beach

Get high baby, baby, bye bye

Boy look at you looking at me

I know you don't understand

You could be a bad motherfucker

But that don't make you a man

Now you're just another one of my problems

Because you got out of hand

We won't survive we're sinking into the sand

All I wanna do is get high by the beach

Get high by the beach get high

All I wanna do is get by by the beach

Get by baby, baby, bye bye

The truth is I never bought into your bullshit

When you would pay tribute to me

'Cause I know that

All I wanted to do was get high by the beach

Get high baby, baby, bye bye

Lights, camera, acción

I'll do it on my own

Don't need your money, money

To get me what I want

Lights, camera, acción

I'll do it on my own

Don't need your money, money

To get me what I want

All I wanna do is get high by the beach

Get high by the beach, get high

All I wanna do is get by by the beach

Get by baby, baby, bye bye

The truth is I never bought into your bullshit

When you would pay tribute to me

'Cause I know that

All I wanted to do was get high by the beach

Get high baby, baby, bye bye

High，High，High，High

Everyone can start again

Not through love but through revenge

Through the fire, we're born again

Peace by vengeance

Brings the end

男孩，看着你望着我

我知道你懂我的感受

爱你原本就很难 在你身旁相守却更难

你掌控我们之间的一切

我不愿继续这般，因为这太过不真实

如果这便是所有的真实，我难以为继

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世，别离尘埃

我只想面朝大海

面朝大海，挥别所有

现实的我再也不会相信你所谓的谎言

因为当你称讚我时，我清楚地知道

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世，别离尘埃

男孩，当你望着我时

我想你不会明白

你可能是一个糟透了的混蛋

而这也不会让你蜕变成一个成熟的男人

如今你已成了我的另一个困扰

因为你已远离我的掌控

你我无法存活，我们沦陷于碎石砂砾间

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世，别离尘埃

我只想面朝大海

面朝大海，挥别所有

现实的我再也不会相信你所谓的谎言

因为当你称讚我时，我清楚地知道

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世，别离尘埃

光影记录故事

我会独自承受所有

不需要用你的金钱去满足我的渴望

光影记录故事

我会独自承受所有

不需要用你的金钱去满足我的渴望

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世 别离尘埃

我只想面朝大海

面朝大海 挥别所有

现实的我再也不会相信你所谓的谎言

因为当你称讚我时

我清楚地知道

我只想远离俗世尘埃

远离俗世，别离尘埃

远离，远离，远离，远离

每个人都可以重新开始

并非出于爱意而是深藏于心中的愤恨

在仇恨的烈焰中，我们焕然重生

复仇换得的安宁将一切终结

副歌部分的咬字如嘻哈音乐一般富有节奏感。歌词中的女人独立意识觉醒，她对男子已经释怀，只想沉醉于自己的一方天地。然而，歌曲的另外一层寓意便是拉娜作为明星的小心思，部分歌词似乎也是说她希望维护自己的形象，不愿意被别人“窥看”，具体内容实事求是，其音乐氛围给人一种包罗万象的催眠感。

MV以一片蔚蓝色的海面开场，镜头渐渐拉远并移至远处建在马路前的一栋房子。一身白色衣裙、蓝色薄性上衣的拉娜·德雷从室内走到阳台。她向远方望去，画面切换至一架直升飞机。镜头又切换至拉娜·德雷并不断晃动，以表示直升飞机上的人是在偷偷的拍着她。这时，拉娜·德雷走回室内。房子外的直升飞机上的人仍在偷窥着她。过了一会儿，拉娜·德雷开始逃窜，并走出房子在石头中找到一个吉他袋。拉娜·德雷跑到阳台上，从吉他袋中拿出一架巨大机关炮，将那一架直升机轰成碎片。MV以拉娜·德雷手拿机关炮走回室内的画面结束。