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| The Warning – The End Lyrics
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The Queen lies dying in The End and these are her last thoughts. She regrets nothing because she still feels that she did it all for love (Sinister Smiles ends with the evil side repeatedly screaming “I have done no wrong”). Interestingly, Paulina sings both the first and this last song, making a cycle where Dust To Dust includes the line “In *the end* everything just turns back into *dust to dust* ”. The final lines of The End are “start again” and Dust To Dust says “and we shall start again”. They actually didn’t plan it that way from the beginning but liked the way it worked out. |
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| The Warning – Hunter Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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Per the girls’ vlog #26, in Hunter the Grim Reaper appears and delivers a fatal wound to the Queen at the end of this song. However, since the Queen has multiple personalities and is psychotic, it is easy to see that the Grim Reaper is simply a manifestation of either the evil side or of some other personality inside her, and that she commits suicide. Perhaps one personality believes that it is killing another one of the personalities. This song could be the Queen’s conscience reasserting itself, letting the evil side know that the war within will never end. |
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| The Warning – P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C. Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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The Queen has admitted what she has become and everything she has done. Per vlog #26, the girls say that the Queen is mocking those that are trying to capture her. In the previous song, the evil side said that she didn’t deserve the throne. Here the girl says that she will sit on her throne. She is claiming the throne and embracing her evil self – joyously embracing it. It seems that she commits other acts of violence here. She says the knife in her hands will not stop. |
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| The Warning – Queen of the Murder Scene Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In this title track, the evil side taunts the Queen (“You don’t deserve the throne. The crown is mine”). She is proud of how evil she is and boastful about it. But the Queen may have something to say about that in the next song, P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C. (Korosu is Japanese for “kill”). |
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| The Warning – Dull Knives Cut Better Lyrics
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In Dull Knives, the Queen is losing control and seriously considering suicide. In the previous song, Sinister Smiles, she’s already said “. . . grab the dagger. Cut through skin and stain the water”. This is a very “feminine” way to commit suicide-- in the tub, maybe a bubble bath, so that the blood from slashed wrists remains in the tub and does not dirty the house. I assume dull knives cut “better” because they cause more pain, and at this point she is self-mutilating. She realizes that her evil side is winning. She is losing it. |
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| The Warning – Sinister Smiles Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In Sinister Smiles, the Queen is having a fight between her good and bad sides. It’s performed as a duet between Pau as the good side and Dany as the bad. The bad side is taunting the good with her power but the Queen is trying to be strong. She even starts to threaten suicide, probably in the tub, hence the “stain the water” lyric. This is a very feminine way to commit suicide, in the tub, maybe a bubble bath, so that the blood from slashed wrists remains in the tub and does not dirty the house. Then the evil side joins her in singing that part – so does the evil side want suicide? By the end of the song, the two warring personalities break apart. |
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| The Warning – The Sacrifice Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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Per interview with the band, The Sacrifice is all internal – the Queen is hearing the voices in her head, never realizing that they are only in her head. The evil side has almost complete psychological control at this point. The lyrics are masterful here, mimicking the abusive power-control-entreaty cycle that perhaps her parents used, from pleading to coercing to threatening in a smooth, frightening way. The Queen is simultaneously attracted and repelled – drawn in by the chance to rid herself of guilt (“Hand it over, all the pain will be mine”), and wincing every time that sharp edge flashes out more and more often. |
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| The Warning – Red Hands Never Fade Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In Red Hands Never Fade, the Queen turns remorseful. Here she is asking her love to forgive her about her mistake (killing him). Of course it cannot be undone. Her hands are bloody and that cannot be righted. |
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| The Warning – Stalker Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In Stalker, the Queen has her love trapped and is telling him how much she wants him. And it is not an option: she says “yes or no, whichever, I’ll have you someday”. The band has indicated that the murder occurs at the end of this song, in the last verse. Perhaps the object of her affection rejected her and she murdered him in a rage. I imagine that she is gazing on his body when she says “you are mine”, since he cannot now get away from her. |
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| The Warning – The One Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In The One, things begin to turn dangerous. Her control is slipping and the Queen is willing to do anything to make that love happen. She’s willing to kill off the competition: “I want to kill all the love that's for you, So only mine remains”. When in character, Dany will spit out the final “for you to love me back” in furious, frustrated rage. Events are about to occur which cannot be undone. |
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| The Warning – Ugh Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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In Ugh the obsession is clearly growing and is consuming the Queen. She is afraid of what she is becoming. She doesn’t want it to be that way, she wants it to be simple (“I don’t want to understand, I just want to hold your hand”). She asks to be saved and feels that she is sinking down into a trap. She doesn't know it at this point, and doesn't intend it, but there will soon be blood on her hands. |
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| The Warning – Crimson Queen Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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Crimson Queen introduces the girl’s (the Queen’s) obsession. She loves someone who doesn’t know she exists. Her feelings are intense, confusing, and conflicting, and are overpowering her. She would do anything for him to love her. Innocent enough, so far. |
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| The Warning – Dust to Dust Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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Dust to Dust is a prologue. The Spanish section is that of a preacher saying that you can receive salvation but it is something that you must work for. The lyrics have deeply religious undertones - life is short and unpredictable (“How quickly things can unfold”); there is an afterlife (“and we shall start again” and “the truth found in death”); we should distrust false prophets (“where are you going? Don’t trust all that you hear”); and judgement (“I don’t seek right or wrong”). |
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