Yeah, both opinions are right.
It's a famous song about suicide but also highlights the fact that death is a natural part of life (if you get me) and that it's nothing to fear.
The woman kills herself. 'Came her last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on'
So she embraces death (kills herself) and disappears.
It's haunting and the best use of it ever was in the TV serialisation of Stephen King's The Stand as the camera swoops through a military research lab with scientists and employees lying dead everywhere.
Yeah, both opinions are right. It's a famous song about suicide but also highlights the fact that death is a natural part of life (if you get me) and that it's nothing to fear. The woman kills herself. 'Came her last night of sadness, and it was clear she couldn't go on' So she embraces death (kills herself) and disappears. It's haunting and the best use of it ever was in the TV serialisation of Stephen King's The Stand as the camera swoops through a military research lab with scientists and employees lying dead everywhere.