Jennifer's Body Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kaligrrrl 

Cover art for Jennifer's Body lyrics by Hole

I've always suspected that this song was at least partially inspired by the infamous "Girl in a Box" case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan)--the Blake Babies song certainly is.

Generation X women are haunted by this story--I know I am.

My Opinion

@kaligrrrl yes, the case of Colleen Stan. I don’t know if she ever tried to escape by suicide, but she was hung up and tortured. It fits with the song. I think this song is from the point of view of the wife in of the kidnapping couple. Also “Jenny“ is slang for heroin.

Easily kept in a box by the bed. So I don’t know if she’s juxtaposing her keeping of drugs with colleen’s kidnapping, it’s possible