To me, this song represents the deep relation in the addictive nature between both drugs and abusive relationships. When she sings "He hit me and it felt like a kiss", I believe it's an allusion to this man (most likely a lover or boyfriend) shooting her up ("hitting that vein"). Lana has sung before of this type of drug use in her song Hollywood "One day I'll Drive in a gold Mercades Benz singin opera on Bel Air road. Hair to my ass, we'll be flyin in the wind, shootin heroin and speedballs."
I believe in this song she sings of the internal battle in one's own heart that comes along with addiction and also that can be represented in abusive relationships, to truly feel the thing you love most is killing you, but that life would not be worth living without it.
To me, this song represents the deep relation in the addictive nature between both drugs and abusive relationships. When she sings "He hit me and it felt like a kiss", I believe it's an allusion to this man (most likely a lover or boyfriend) shooting her up ("hitting that vein"). Lana has sung before of this type of drug use in her song Hollywood "One day I'll Drive in a gold Mercades Benz singin opera on Bel Air road. Hair to my ass, we'll be flyin in the wind, shootin heroin and speedballs." I believe in this song she sings of the internal battle in one's own heart that comes along with addiction and also that can be represented in abusive relationships, to truly feel the thing you love most is killing you, but that life would not be worth living without it.