"Sometimes when I write about my feelings, about what sounds like a person, I'm actually writing about the way I felt when I was completely inebriated, which was really good--until it wasn't working for me anymore." - Lana Del Rey in Nylon Interview from November 2013.
Ultraviolence is not a song about domestic violence -- but rather a song that explores the dark relationship that has with oneself. "Jim" in the song can be understood as a reference to "Jim Beam" as well as Jim Morrison, whom Lana Del Rey has referenced in previous work of hers, most notably the song Gods and Monsters where Lana includes him in the lines:
No one’s gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Hotel sprees sprees
And I’m singing
"Fuck yeah give it to me, this is Heaven, what I truly want."
It's innocence lost. Innocence lost
Ultraviolence is a song that explores the dark-side of the self and uses the famous word from Anthony Burgess' famous book and reinterprets the iconic word to make a statement that the ultimate form of violence is violence against oneself.
"Sometimes when I write about my feelings, about what sounds like a person, I'm actually writing about the way I felt when I was completely inebriated, which was really good--until it wasn't working for me anymore." - Lana Del Rey in Nylon Interview from November 2013.
Ultraviolence is not a song about domestic violence -- but rather a song that explores the dark relationship that has with oneself. "Jim" in the song can be understood as a reference to "Jim Beam" as well as Jim Morrison, whom Lana Del Rey has referenced in previous work of hers, most notably the song Gods and Monsters where Lana includes him in the lines:
No one’s gonna take my soul away I'm living like Jim Morrison Headed towards a fucked up holiday Hotel sprees sprees And I’m singing "Fuck yeah give it to me, this is Heaven, what I truly want." It's innocence lost. Innocence lost
Ultraviolence is a song that explores the dark-side of the self and uses the famous word from Anthony Burgess' famous book and reinterprets the iconic word to make a statement that the ultimate form of violence is violence against oneself.
Picture of Lana Del Rey drinking Jim Beam in "Kinda Outta Luck" Music Video: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/187180928232826037/