Widower

im guessing this song is about somone dieing? i dont know.. freaking love this song though! makes me want to punch someone, love it! hahah if anyone knows the real real meaning please tell!

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-Widower- Widower is more of a stand-alone track, it ties in with the entirety of the concept quite loosely. Some people seem to understand it very easily. A lot of people have absolutely no idea what the heck I'm on about. Personally for me it's certainly one of the more comprehendible songs on the album, for this reason I'll keep it reasonably short. Here is a key to assist:

The Woods - Social construct/community Widow - Female Weaving Webs - Sleeping around Giving away - Also sleeping around Sharing stories - letting down you guard and showing your insecurities

If the key itself wasn't obvious enough, this line sums up the song perfectly "day by day the nights swallowed the sun, and with every night the more you gave, your sadness came undone". The song is about girls with little self respect who feel the need to sleep around because it gives them temporary comfort or relief from sadness/depression. Pretty simple really. Fun fact - the girl of the story is a "widow" and the song is called "widower". For those unaware a widower is a husband who has lost his wife (duh), so why didn't I call it "Widow". 1. Widower sounds cooler 2. because if she's a widow, and i'm a widower, and we're together, then we both must be dead. Only through this fact does the line "If you take my hand, I'll show you the world of the dead" make sense.

My interpretation of the song is about a guy whos reflecting on a girl he once loved. The woman is the widower or the widow as in black widow- the spider whom he talks about through the song. He considers her toxic and having a problem with lies "weaving webs" . Theres a saying "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." This is evident in the context of the song. He talks about watching her from a distance going on and on with lies "I watched you sing for hours on end." And also how she shared the lies with everyone spreading rumors "Sharing your stories with moon and the trees, with a world which strung you along." He tried so hard to keep her but he couldnt take it anymore so he shut her out. "You just keep slipping through the cracks of my fingertips. " He talks about how he lust her and though she was beautiful she was just to toxic for his heart to take. "I fell for your bleeding crimson eyes, just so you know." Though he tries to degrade her "You're not desire. You're just a fucking widow, weaving webs among the woods" deep down you can tell that he really loved her as the image of her had such an effect that he dreamt her " In my dreams, you wept blood from your eyes. Just keep smiling into the night, my beautiful bride." This song is truly a master piece at capturing the hurt and pain of this love story that ended on bad terms.