| Sopor Aeternus – In Der Palästra Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I mostly agree with your interpretation, but there's a small nuance that I don't believe you covered. Anna-Varney Cantodea is also a hermit. She detests the presence of another human being. This is the reason why Sopor Aeternus does not do tours or live performances. "I somewhat envy this naturally beautiful man, he never knew or encountered the hatred and shame that I bare." She does wish to be this man, however, it is not because of his gender, it is because she feels as though she is heavily flawed and sees no beauty in herself. The notions of gender heavily conflict her as it is, on top of many other issues that she has caused by parental abuse, and a series of many illnesses that nearly caused her to go blind. This man is an image of perfection to her because he is physically beautiful and he doesn't know firsthand about depression, abuse, illness, self-hatred, and gender conflicts because the world that he lives in is a much brighter world than Anna's. His life took a direction in which he's able to enjoy life. She believes that God was kind to this man in gracing him with this joie de vivre and is sickened by the thought that she believes that she never had the same chance to enjoy life and the company of other people. |
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| VNV Nation – Darkangel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song speaks volumes to me. To me, this song is about a person who has suffered injustice and is fueled by this experience to escape their current situation and make the same situation "right" in someone else's life when they recognize the signs of injustice happening, becoming a "guardian angel" of sorts. This person's intentions may be considered a little more sinister because their motivation for watching over this other person and making these injustices right is not entirely selfless. The narrator wants to live vicariously through this person he chose to watch over to gain a sense of peace and happiness because when he was suffering, he probably fantasized about someone reaching out to help, but no one ever did. He wants this other person to gain the knowledge that he wishes he knew during his own period of suffering since it is not possible for him to go back in time and correct his own situation. This motivation makes the narrator the "guardian angel" become a "Darkangel." That's just a broad generalization of my interpretation of the song... and I emphasize that it is my interpretation because come to think of it, I feel like I may be projecting my own experiences onto the meaning of the song. This song reminds me of a period of time in which I was suffering from multiple injustices (racism, sexism, ostracism, to name a few) at the hands of multiple oppressors (it was insisted that I brought it onto myself by these oppressors) and all I wanted was for someone to reach out and help me. Just the smallest gesture of kindness would have sufficed, but not many people recognized what was happening, and those who did chose to ignore it. I know that if I could go back in time, I would disguise myself to be my own "Darkangel," reach out to myself to give myself solace, and hopefully prevent the feeling of loneliness and despair that plagued me at that time. Like I said, I may be projecting my own experiences onto the song, but that is what it means to me and I listen to it to get through the damage that time in my life has left. |
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| Breathe Carolina – Diamonds Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Oh.. I just always assumed that the whole entire thing is about sex and virginity-taking... "We'll set the stage And walk away to find what's taken" I view this as "setting the stage" for their planned fun sexy-time and leaving once it's over to find out in the end that either one or both of them is no longer the same. "Don't you want to wear my diamonds?" I feel like that's a play on the term "pearl necklace." "Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop till you get on top the beat won't stop till I..." That's pretty obvious. But anyways, I get a feeling that most of their songs are purely about getting into a girl's pants primarily and then either feeling like it was just sex and nothing more or... something more in some cases. |
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