Actually... this song's about suicided. Everything points to it, it's so obvious. Firstly, the author is extremely upset with the untimely death of his love. It implies/actually says that she's dead many times: "An image beneath me", "when she died I couldn't cry", "I wonder aloud If you're watching over me", and the shear fact that there's a reverend there who doesn't cry because "it's nothing new for him to see" practically screams that someone is actually... literally... undenyably dead! Secondly, the man is overburdened with grief... he never even let himself cry when she died, which he regrets and considers a part of the healing process: "I couldn't cry The pride within my soul You left me incomplete" He also thinks about her a lot: "Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder aloud If you're watching over me" and "Memories now unfold"... Thirdly, since I proved above that someone close to him literally died and that he is sincerely upset that she died, I think that I can say he took his own life to end it all. He says, "I will unlock my door And pass the Cemetery Gates"... He will "unlock" HIS "door"... in other words, he's going to end his life to be with her... re-read the song with this is mind, every word makes perfect sense with this theory. Thanks.
Actually... this song's about suicided. Everything points to it, it's so obvious. Firstly, the author is extremely upset with the untimely death of his love. It implies/actually says that she's dead many times: "An image beneath me", "when she died I couldn't cry", "I wonder aloud If you're watching over me", and the shear fact that there's a reverend there who doesn't cry because "it's nothing new for him to see" practically screams that someone is actually... literally... undenyably dead! Secondly, the man is overburdened with grief... he never even let himself cry when she died, which he regrets and considers a part of the healing process: "I couldn't cry The pride within my soul You left me incomplete" He also thinks about her a lot: "Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder aloud If you're watching over me" and "Memories now unfold"... Thirdly, since I proved above that someone close to him literally died and that he is sincerely upset that she died, I think that I can say he took his own life to end it all. He says, "I will unlock my door And pass the Cemetery Gates"... He will "unlock" HIS "door"... in other words, he's going to end his life to be with her... re-read the song with this is mind, every word makes perfect sense with this theory. Thanks.