Don't worry too much Rayman the part about being offended was said with my tou firmly in cheek. And yes, I am by far the exception. I never even thought "darken my door" referred to skin color although it's an intriguing thought. BTW nowhere in the song does it talk about her owning land. An other interesting interpretation (speaking of hamlet) a friend of mine always thought "The Ghost is Clear" was a reference to hamlet and that this Ophelia also committed suicide. (I’m more partial to Beatrice as an interesting female character my self) Something else worth noting Ophelia is a Greek name meaning “help” it is quite fitting for the song, I’ve often wondered if that was intentional. I don't know. We do agree about one thing, I don't think who Ophelia is or isn’t is at all important to the song. In fact, she could be a pet and not even a human at all and it wouldn't change this great song. What really matters is how deeply the narrator misses her. The beauty of the song is how much longing and love is portrait in relatively few words. You intertwine that with the horns and you have a song that gets better with each listening.
Don't worry too much Rayman the part about being offended was said with my tou firmly in cheek. And yes, I am by far the exception. I never even thought "darken my door" referred to skin color although it's an intriguing thought. BTW nowhere in the song does it talk about her owning land. An other interesting interpretation (speaking of hamlet) a friend of mine always thought "The Ghost is Clear" was a reference to hamlet and that this Ophelia also committed suicide. (I’m more partial to Beatrice as an interesting female character my self) Something else worth noting Ophelia is a Greek name meaning “help” it is quite fitting for the song, I’ve often wondered if that was intentional. I don't know. We do agree about one thing, I don't think who Ophelia is or isn’t is at all important to the song. In fact, she could be a pet and not even a human at all and it wouldn't change this great song. What really matters is how deeply the narrator misses her. The beauty of the song is how much longing and love is portrait in relatively few words. You intertwine that with the horns and you have a song that gets better with each listening.