I think this song's really clearly about domestic violence in an abusive relationship; there's physical violence, emotional invalidation, power imbalance, etc. but she still adores the abuser ("He hit me and it felt like a kiss").
I doubt "Jim" is an actual person.It could just be the personification of Lana's relationship with substance abuse - which is destructive, "but felt like true love".
I mean, "Comprende mis white lines" and "He used to call me DN/That stood for deadly nightshade" are about cocaine and poisonous hallucinogenic plants. (But like other people said, I totally think he could be Jim Morrison, Jim Jones, Jim Beam, or like the 70's version of the word "dude".)
I think this song's really clearly about domestic violence in an abusive relationship; there's physical violence, emotional invalidation, power imbalance, etc. but she still adores the abuser ("He hit me and it felt like a kiss"). I doubt "Jim" is an actual person.It could just be the personification of Lana's relationship with substance abuse - which is destructive, "but felt like true love". I mean, "Comprende mis white lines" and "He used to call me DN/That stood for deadly nightshade" are about cocaine and poisonous hallucinogenic plants. (But like other people said, I totally think he could be Jim Morrison, Jim Jones, Jim Beam, or like the 70's version of the word "dude".)