The Funeral Portrait Lyrics
this song is simply about portraits painted on funeral scene and whenever he is talkin to some one in the song like - "you wait by the window" is about the potrait model whom he is going to kill and then make his or her portrait....mikael is a psychic ho kills people and paints them....rainwashing sins and liquid gown is actually using paint thats what the meaning of idle hands given another try...."your loathe" refers to his own loathe of killing....from the part "like derelict child" onwrds till the song ends its a bout a person he is going to kill but thinks a lot before doing that maybe he has fallen in love with her and lets her go but still tells her to fear him when they meet still holding her arm(grip around nucleaus of joy).....but then he realises that she is also like all others.
Very sick song.. I dont find the lyrics that hard, you just have to create a mental image of it, seeing as most of the songs on Blakcwater Park are actually very literal and physical, NOT METAPHORICAL.
I see it as being about a serial killer/rapist. He stalks and lures his victims into the wilderness, in this case into the morning fog, and abusing them before killing them.
Blackwater Park might not be a concept album, but several of the songs might be seen as being about the same guy (The Leper Affinity, Bleak, Funeral Portrait) who rapes, dominates and finally kills (and contines doing this even after his victims are dead).
This song it's great, I have a lot of interpretations from it but recently I have been thinking of this songs it's a "scene" of Still Life album, a lot of references and lines that SL comes to mind, something like between Godheads Lament and Benighted songs. "You wait by the window" it's like Melinda waiting for the Outcast return. "Red eyes probe the scene" - "Ruby eyes in the fog" "If you bear with me you fear on me" - " Caked in the soil beneath (when he it's mistreated by the people) Fear me when we meet" "Shall I take you with me" it's on Benighted song when he wants to runaway with her. "And you're just like them all stained by the name of fathers" it's kinda of outcast is the only "ungodly freak" on the place so she it's like them all.
Perhaps I'm overreacting but that's my point of view, or it just what everyone here is saying, it's a guy who kill a lot of people and shit
Sniper's and Ddadutta's meanings both seem very logical. I can't really decide on whose theory I agree on more. But one thing's for sure, the killer/rapist idea is definitely prominent. At the moment this is probably my favourite Opeth song.
This is a tough one, but I believe it might be about a man who travels from town to town, infecting the townspeople with a disease. He knows he is going to die soon, but he decides that he won't die alone: "Shall I take you with me?"
The first half of the song seems to be the man describing a typical victim of his - a bored person in a small town, wishing a stranger would come to bring some excitement. I believe most of his victims are women; perhaps the disease is sexually transmitted: "Opened mirage soothes your sense. Locked on the pinnacle, the best secret within. Like a derelict child, heart burning for a stranger. Ascending to the meek, flock round the liars in awe, caked in the soil beneath."
And so he travels to these towns, projecting an image of charm and charisma, making the people (particularly young girls) flock to him, and he knows that when he leaves the town, they will eventually get sick and die ("You will leave me now, you will see it now. Perish at my hands."). He leaves them with a "fresh stigma look"; marks indicating disease - but using the dual meaning of the word stigma, it is also a sign indicating disgrace.
He speaks to his future victims: "And you are just like them all, stained by the names of fathers. I'm greeting my downward fall, leaving the throes to others." In other words, all those he infects will suffer the painful throes of death while he happily meets death head on.
this song is simply about portraits painted on funeral scene and whenever he is talkin to some one in the song like - "you wait by the window" is about the potrait model whom he is going to kill and then make his or her portrait....mikael is a psychic ho kills people and paints them....rainwashing sins and liquid gown is actually using paint thats what the meaning of idle hands given another try...."your loathe" refers to his own loathe of killing....from the part "like derelict child" onwrds till the song ends its a bout a person he is going to...
this song is simply about portraits painted on funeral scene and whenever he is talkin to some one in the song like - "you wait by the window" is about the potrait model whom he is going to kill and then make his or her portrait....mikael is a psychic ho kills people and paints them....rainwashing sins and liquid gown is actually using paint thats what the meaning of idle hands given another try...."your loathe" refers to his own loathe of killing....from the part "like derelict child" onwrds till the song ends its a bout a person he is going to kill but thinks a lot before doing that maybe he has fallen in love with her and lets her go but still tells her to fear him when they meet still holding her arm(grip around nucleaus of joy).....but then he realises that she is also like all others.
Bravo ^^^ "6th sadistic sniper" i think u're right about your view on the song... it makes sense. I wish i could come up with that....it takes me forever to understand sogns lol
This song kicks ass btw
wow, congrats 6th sadistic sniper, you're good at this!
I agree with sadisric sniper on this one awesome song
sadistic sniper sounds right. i never could figure out much of the story behind blackwater park so i didnt really think there was one. not my favorite album by opeth anyways, although it has its gems.
the riff that plays while he's screaming "rain washing clean all the sins" is heavy as hell and makes me want to go kick some ass.
I reckon ddadutta and sniper have the right idea for this one, thats definitely the sort of images it conjures up. I reckon the last bit, the clean sung one, may be from another person's point of view, like someone who has to deal with the people after he's finished with them.