I think i have a feeling about this song. I am a boy, 16 years old and I love evanescence, vannessa carlton, lacuna coil...much gothic music. This also happens to be my favorite VC song.
I believe this song to be about an abusive father. Think about it. the opening two lines:
"Half a week before the winter
The chill bites before it comes" they seem to be refering to how things are not always what they seem(like being raped and how life is supposed to continue as normal)
"He sits behind a desk of mahogany
He whispers dreams into my ear
Though I've given him his empire
He delivers me my fear" (This may be referring to how she looks up to her dad and how being abused makes her feel towards her future husband. She will eventually give her father grandchildren, but by being violated, all she can think about is those abuse sessions)
"All the weight of empty promise
As I stand swallowed by the light
Flickering above the highway
I hold my head and know the streets are mine tonight"(she feels she can no longer take the abuse so she decides to leave home. perhaps the empty promise is about how her dad promised to stop but it was just words)
the "unicorn" and "vampire" lines seem like they refer to again how one moment she feels innocent and the next, she feels ashamed and doesnt want to be looked at by anyone(especially her dad)
"I carry on..."(She holds everything in and continues to live her life in a healthy numbness)
I thought this was a pretty good idea of the what the song meant. If its really about the music industry, then I will be upset cuz my idea seems so much more deep...lol.
I think i have a feeling about this song. I am a boy, 16 years old and I love evanescence, vannessa carlton, lacuna coil...much gothic music. This also happens to be my favorite VC song.
I believe this song to be about an abusive father. Think about it. the opening two lines: "Half a week before the winter The chill bites before it comes" they seem to be refering to how things are not always what they seem(like being raped and how life is supposed to continue as normal)
"He sits behind a desk of mahogany He whispers dreams into my ear Though I've given him his empire He delivers me my fear" (This may be referring to how she looks up to her dad and how being abused makes her feel towards her future husband. She will eventually give her father grandchildren, but by being violated, all she can think about is those abuse sessions)
"All the weight of empty promise As I stand swallowed by the light Flickering above the highway I hold my head and know the streets are mine tonight"(she feels she can no longer take the abuse so she decides to leave home. perhaps the empty promise is about how her dad promised to stop but it was just words)
the "unicorn" and "vampire" lines seem like they refer to again how one moment she feels innocent and the next, she feels ashamed and doesnt want to be looked at by anyone(especially her dad)
"I carry on..."(She holds everything in and continues to live her life in a healthy numbness)
I thought this was a pretty good idea of the what the song meant. If its really about the music industry, then I will be upset cuz my idea seems so much more deep...lol.