Don't Look Too Far

I guess anathema is a on-the-verge-of-commiting-suicide kinda band. Anything can be felt in that state but to be able to imprison urself in that state and make a living out of it is a real sacrifice. Really anathema is the sanest of all insane bands. Other bands ,metal bands that is, just fake their way to sorrow but not anathema. My god! Think of the overrated my dying bride! They don't even know the first thing about pain. I picture them in a pool full of liquor and naked chicks trying to bullshit their way into making a new pretend album! What a joke! Anathema is the best.

That first verse is just....words won't describe how amazing and beautiful that is!

"I sever the line that divides I sever the feelings inside I sever between you and me"

Just reminds me of a breakup I once went through. These lines basically describe what I had to do in order to start living again.

Love the song, love the album, love the band. Easily one of my top-five bands.

It is known that the underlying concept of this album is the loss of the Cavanagh brothers mother, so I think that this song is about dwelling in the sorrow and misery of her death. Instead of trying to feel better and work through the pain, you surrender yourself to it.

"Don't look to far" means you refuse to think about the future and accept that things might get better one day.

"If I begin to feel lighter Hold me down And I’ll be yours for evermore" God bless this mess I’m in"

This means he is clinging onto the memory of his mother at the expense of his own life, because it is actually the easiest thing to do.

However, when he does eventually try to move on ("I sever the line that divides ... I sever between you and I"), he immediately wants to "bring the pain right back again".

In my view this song appears to have a connection with Parisian Moonlight, which comes from the perspective of his mother, telling him to "be free of all the pain".