I agree with you about the whole fascination with death thing. And I have a stipulation about the meaning of the last line:
First of all, the line is "In vain lovers claimed that they never had met". Note the 'that'.
Well this guy's 'lover' is death, as you pointed out. So he's saying that he has never met death, as in never been a part of it. But he's lying (in vain, lovers claim). He has either caused a death or seen a death or whatever. Probably saying he has caused a death, because that would be a fitting end to the song.
I agree with you about the whole fascination with death thing. And I have a stipulation about the meaning of the last line:
First of all, the line is "In vain lovers claimed that they never had met". Note the 'that'.
Well this guy's 'lover' is death, as you pointed out. So he's saying that he has never met death, as in never been a part of it. But he's lying (in vain, lovers claim). He has either caused a death or seen a death or whatever. Probably saying he has caused a death, because that would be a fitting end to the song.
Great, relaxing song, anyway.