When I first heard the term "The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face" my initial visual image was of a man setting his hand on top of a furnace showing absolutely no pain, straight face, nothing, either no phasing him or he's hiding the pain.
I'll go with the hiding the pain interpretation. The song seems to be about finding solace from pain, from the memories that haunt us. Perhaps the term Hand, Furnace, Straight Face is referencing disguising pain and not actually fixing it by just removing our hand from the furnace. No?
When I first heard the term "The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face" my initial visual image was of a man setting his hand on top of a furnace showing absolutely no pain, straight face, nothing, either no phasing him or he's hiding the pain.
I'll go with the hiding the pain interpretation. The song seems to be about finding solace from pain, from the memories that haunt us. Perhaps the term Hand, Furnace, Straight Face is referencing disguising pain and not actually fixing it by just removing our hand from the furnace. No?