"He Hits Me Because He Loves Me" is an unreleased song by Lana Del Rey. The song is an a cappella voice memo recorded on December 7, 2012, presumably during early Ultraviolence sessions. The full song leaked on March 28, 2023.
Cross-references[]
- "He hits me because he loves me" is similar to "he hit me and it felt like a kiss" from "Ultraviolence".
Lyrics[]
He hits me because he loves me
He hits me because he loves me
I'm tired of not being myself
I'm tired of [?] around you [?]
I'd put these things on the shelf but I can't
'Cause I'm different than all of my lady friends
I gotta live in a different kind of life
My profession isn't the one I would like
Oh, I've been running games around ya
Dad said that he don't know
And dad said that he don't know
But he hits me because he loves me
I'm not like the ones he wanted
Oh, and one thing they all know that he's here
He hits me because he loves me
He hits me because there's nobody but me
'Cause he hits me because he loves me
Throws me hard 'cause there's no one but me
And we fight like there's no one watching
But, honey, in the eyes of God
And he hurts me because he wants me
And he looks at me like the one
And there's no one forever loving
In the stars and every [?]