Introduction
💔 Riley Keough Reveals Heartbreaking Secrets from Upstairs at Graceland – A Granddaughter’s Intimate Connection to Elvis Presley
Though she never met her grandfather, Riley Keough feels a powerful emotional bond with Elvis Presley. Through the release of her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” Riley has helped open the doors to a side of Elvis few have ever seen — his private life upstairs at Graceland, where father and daughter shared their most personal moments.
Lisa once wrote, “I could wake up in the middle of the night and he’d be there, sitting in my room talking to me.” Her bedroom was just steps away from Elvis’s, near his wardrobe and bathroom. Those iconic black-and-gold vinyl doors marked whether he was asleep or awake. When they were open, Lisa always peeked in — catching him reading, watching TV, or talking with friends.
One of her most touching memories was of her worn-out golf cart key — a symbol of freedom and childhood joy. “It was always with me,” she said, describing how it unlocked not just a vehicle, but a world of adventure and growing up at Graceland.
When Lisa returned to Graceland as an adult, she and her children — including Riley — would sleep in Elvis’s room. “My mom loved being in her dad’s bed,” Riley recalled. “It made her feel close to him — and we felt it too.”
Upstairs, a small plaque hangs with the poem “Why God Made Little Girls” — a piece Riley says breaks her heart every time. Elvis’s books still line the shelves: The Prophet, Be Here Now, sacred texts, and countless Bibles — untouched since the day he passed.
Lisa once said, “It’s comforting to me that everything is still there — the books, the records, the videos. Like he never left.”
Through this deeply personal memoir, Riley not only preserves her mother’s memories but also offers fans a rare, heartfelt glimpse into the private world of Elvis Presley — seen through the eyes of the daughter who adored him and the granddaughter who carries on his legacy.