The Night And The Silent Water has the line, "Your face was like a photograph, painted white..."
Considering that:
"Eyes attach to your mute portrait
We spoke only through thoughts
Together we gazed, awaited
Hours brought thirst and the rising sun"
The face of a dying loved one can be described as a portrait. These lines reflect waiting up all night with a loved one, awaiting her eventual death.
"Lullaby of the crescent moon took you
Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face
Granted you a hollow stare
Another soul within the divine herd"
The moment of death.
The song itself isn't about that. I see that he's desperate to see this person again, and in fact does believe he communicates with her and wishes to be with her again in the afterlife. Amaranth is sybolic of immortality - by protecting the amaranth symbol he keeps her soul safe, symbolically. But everything about the song reflects the moment of death, it's a beautiful expression of grief and anguish.
I refer to 'her' because I think I heard a long time ago that certain songs were about his grandmother, but I might be completely wrong on that.
Also black could have the typical meaning - depression. He's unable to live for the overwhelming desire to die...
The Night And The Silent Water has the line, "Your face was like a photograph, painted white..."
Considering that:
"Eyes attach to your mute portrait We spoke only through thoughts Together we gazed, awaited Hours brought thirst and the rising sun"
The face of a dying loved one can be described as a portrait. These lines reflect waiting up all night with a loved one, awaiting her eventual death.
"Lullaby of the crescent moon took you Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face Granted you a hollow stare Another soul within the divine herd"
The moment of death.
The song itself isn't about that. I see that he's desperate to see this person again, and in fact does believe he communicates with her and wishes to be with her again in the afterlife. Amaranth is sybolic of immortality - by protecting the amaranth symbol he keeps her soul safe, symbolically. But everything about the song reflects the moment of death, it's a beautiful expression of grief and anguish.
I refer to 'her' because I think I heard a long time ago that certain songs were about his grandmother, but I might be completely wrong on that.
Also black could have the typical meaning - depression. He's unable to live for the overwhelming desire to die...