Simply put, it's a song about suicide. Lines like "this life I lead I exchange for death" and "Crossing the path to the world below". The spoken pat at the end is after the speaker's body is buried and the mourners have left, his soul goes on into the afterlife. Great song!
Simply put, it's a song about suicide. Lines like "this life I lead I exchange for death" and "Crossing the path to the world below". The spoken pat at the end is after the speaker's body is buried and the mourners have left, his soul goes on into the afterlife. Great song!