“Light of my life/Fire of my loins” a quote from (my favorite) Lana Del Rey song “Off to the Races” is actually the opening phrase of the 1955 novel “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov. The book is about a man who is obsessed with and later becomes ‘involved’ with a 12 year old girl…who becomes his step daughter. Oh Lana,… God you’re so crazy…
My old man is a tough man but
He’s got a soul as sweet as blood red jam
And he shows me, he knows me
Every inch of my tar black soul
He doesn’t mind I have a flat broke down life
In fact he says he thinks it’s why he might like about me
Admires me, the way I roll like a Rolling Stone
Likes to watch me in the glass room bathroom, Chateau Marmont
Slippin’ on my red dress, puttin’ on my makeup
Glass film, perfume, cognac, lilac
Fumes, says it feels like heaven to him
Light of his life, fire of his loins
Keep me forever, tell me you own me
Light of your life, fire of your loins
Tell me you own me, gimme them coins
