Flashback time! She is trying to remember her best memory. The "Dark Paradise" that she is remembering but even her best memory is one of her worst. She is seeing how shitty stuff got with her life. The first downward spiral of many, all the alcohol and drugs surrounding her made her into the reckless person she is in Born To Die. She was sent on a train (most likely to boarding school) and never came back to see her friends ever again.
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The Born To Die Theory
General FictionThis is the theory that the album, Born To Die by Lana Del Rey, tells a story of a girl's life. From being in a relationship with an older man to becoming famous and even to committing suicide. This is The Born To Die Theory.