The whole song is about love, and the difficult situations that lead you to drug abuse (alcohol maybe) and overdose.
"He used to call me DN
That stood for deadly nightshade
'Cause I was filled with poison"
"He used to call me poison
Like I was poison ivy"
She sings from the skin of a girl who is having serious problems with drugs, that's why she recognizes that she “was filled with poison". Also, the idea that her boyfriend calls her "DN" and "poison" shows that they are having a difficult moment in their relationship. Perhaps, that situation led her to drug abuse and finally to an overdose.
"He hit me and it felt like a kiss
Jim brought me back
Clearly, she was struggling with an overdose and her boyfriend hit her many times to bring her back to life or to wake her up, probably by CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) procedure. Like Snow White she was finally resuscitated by a an act of love.
"Reminded me of when we were kids"
When you have an accident for instance, images of your entire life come to your mind.
I can hear sirens, sirens
He hit me and it felt like a kiss
I can hear violins, violins
Give me all of that ultraviolence
Sirens could be connected to ambulances, violins sound could be related to sad music (funeral).
I could've died right then
'Cause he was right beside me
Jim raised me up
He hurt me but it felt like true love
Again, she is talking about the moment her boyfriend saved her. To bring her back to life was an act of true love, although he had to use violence to do it.
We can go back to New York
Loving you was really hard
We can go back 'til it's dark
Where they don't know who we are
Heaven is on earth
I will do anything for you, babe
Blessed is this union
Crying tears of gold, like lemonade
She tries to express unconditional love and regret, and offers her boyfriend to go back to where they both started to love each other. Both of them are crying at that moment. By singing “Heaven is on earth” she thanks God to have a chance to try to love again.
The whole song is about love, and the difficult situations that lead you to drug abuse (alcohol maybe) and overdose.
"He used to call me DN That stood for deadly nightshade 'Cause I was filled with poison"
"He used to call me poison Like I was poison ivy"
She sings from the skin of a girl who is having serious problems with drugs, that's why she recognizes that she “was filled with poison". Also, the idea that her boyfriend calls her "DN" and "poison" shows that they are having a difficult moment in their relationship. Perhaps, that situation led her to drug abuse and finally to an overdose.
"He hit me and it felt like a kiss Jim brought me back
Clearly, she was struggling with an overdose and her boyfriend hit her many times to bring her back to life or to wake her up, probably by CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) procedure. Like Snow White she was finally resuscitated by a an act of love.
"Reminded me of when we were kids"
When you have an accident for instance, images of your entire life come to your mind.
I can hear sirens, sirens He hit me and it felt like a kiss I can hear violins, violins Give me all of that ultraviolence
Sirens could be connected to ambulances, violins sound could be related to sad music (funeral).
I could've died right then 'Cause he was right beside me Jim raised me up He hurt me but it felt like true love
Again, she is talking about the moment her boyfriend saved her. To bring her back to life was an act of true love, although he had to use violence to do it.
We can go back to New York Loving you was really hard We can go back 'til it's dark Where they don't know who we are Heaven is on earth I will do anything for you, babe Blessed is this union Crying tears of gold, like lemonade
She tries to express unconditional love and regret, and offers her boyfriend to go back to where they both started to love each other. Both of them are crying at that moment. By singing “Heaven is on earth” she thanks God to have a chance to try to love again.