I have always found this song deeply disturbing. The key word to unlock the meaning of this song is "widow". She's been married seven times, and widowed. Is that not suspicious?
And she refuses to marry anyone but a Henry - why? She's clearly obsessive, but when that lines up with "widow"...
My interpretation is that this woman is psychopathic and sociopathic. She sees Henry VIII as an oppressor of women (due to his 6 wives, 2 of whom were beheaded) and is taking her own revenge by killing 8 Henrys.
And frighteningly, the narrator has no concept of the ghastly fate that awaits him. Brrrrr.
I have always found this song deeply disturbing. The key word to unlock the meaning of this song is "widow". She's been married seven times, and widowed. Is that not suspicious?
And she refuses to marry anyone but a Henry - why? She's clearly obsessive, but when that lines up with "widow"...
My interpretation is that this woman is psychopathic and sociopathic. She sees Henry VIII as an oppressor of women (due to his 6 wives, 2 of whom were beheaded) and is taking her own revenge by killing 8 Henrys.
And frighteningly, the narrator has no concept of the ghastly fate that awaits him. Brrrrr.