Actually one of the mobsters says that it's because "he's in the John and he's looking at himself in the mirror" if you listen to his conversation before springing out into their view.
Now moving away from the game for just a moment to focus on the song...yes, the game was well written but we have to see them as two separate pieces of art...
The speaker has obviously made some mistakes in his life from the first stanza, partially due to his lies, but at the same time, time progresses on and the couple continues to move on. Perhaps also the other may have broken it off along the way, giving him not chance to say goodbye, so any farewell or closier for him is nonexistent, of which he is now lamenting.
Which leads into the second verse, describing just that. The speaker now realizes what the other actually had done for them. By crossing "that line" (the boundary or wall that we all seem to hold in the modern world) and allowing themselves to love, they have been given strength of some kind.
The third verse stands out to me (and also hits the closest to home for me personally). The devil's hand is basically all the problems he's gone through throughout the past, who also delights in seeing one run while he is hiding from his problems. But despite these uneasy feelings, one must allow themselves to love and to cherish that love; if you allow the troubles of your past to make you grow cold, you're going to see yourself one day in a bathroom mirror somewhere and stair at what you've actually become, an old, cold, bitter misanthropist, beyond the joys you could have had in your younger days.
Even if that love is lost, you can still feel a kind of strength from it. Going back to the game, towards the end, Max even talks about what Mona had done for him. And I think there's something in the last line, "Last night, I had a dream about my wife. She was dead, but it was alright."
I always thought that John Mirra was Max Panye's psyche. Max would look in the mirror and see something evil and despicable. Likewise, many people would not notice themselves growing old until one day "all the changes become apparent" all at once.
I always thought that John Mirra was Max Panye's psyche. Max would look in the mirror and see something evil and despicable. Likewise, many people would not notice themselves growing old until one day "all the changes become apparent" all at once.
Actually one of the mobsters says that it's because "he's in the John and he's looking at himself in the mirror" if you listen to his conversation before springing out into their view.
Now moving away from the game for just a moment to focus on the song...yes, the game was well written but we have to see them as two separate pieces of art...
The speaker has obviously made some mistakes in his life from the first stanza, partially due to his lies, but at the same time, time progresses on and the couple continues to move on. Perhaps also the other may have broken it off along the way, giving him not chance to say goodbye, so any farewell or closier for him is nonexistent, of which he is now lamenting.
Which leads into the second verse, describing just that. The speaker now realizes what the other actually had done for them. By crossing "that line" (the boundary or wall that we all seem to hold in the modern world) and allowing themselves to love, they have been given strength of some kind.
The third verse stands out to me (and also hits the closest to home for me personally). The devil's hand is basically all the problems he's gone through throughout the past, who also delights in seeing one run while he is hiding from his problems. But despite these uneasy feelings, one must allow themselves to love and to cherish that love; if you allow the troubles of your past to make you grow cold, you're going to see yourself one day in a bathroom mirror somewhere and stair at what you've actually become, an old, cold, bitter misanthropist, beyond the joys you could have had in your younger days.
Even if that love is lost, you can still feel a kind of strength from it. Going back to the game, towards the end, Max even talks about what Mona had done for him. And I think there's something in the last line, "Last night, I had a dream about my wife. She was dead, but it was alright."
I always thought that John Mirra was Max Panye's psyche. Max would look in the mirror and see something evil and despicable. Likewise, many people would not notice themselves growing old until one day "all the changes become apparent" all at once.
I always thought that John Mirra was Max Panye's psyche. Max would look in the mirror and see something evil and despicable. Likewise, many people would not notice themselves growing old until one day "all the changes become apparent" all at once.