This song (And the A "A Diamond for Disease" EP) is not trying to say "Marriage is a sham".
This is a concept EP consisting of 3 parts, the first track, the 2nd being an Alice Cooper cover that happens to fit the theme but doesnt really progress the story and the 3rd track being the conclusion
In this particular track, the subject is looking back on proposing the woman he loved, after learning of her terminal disease (hence a diamond for disease, the "Diamond" in question being the engagement and wedding rings.
The subject realises his marriage can deliver nothing, and he will only lose the woman he loves, and so begins the resent her. He feels extremely humilated ("Grandest humilation") by admitting his love to a woman who knew of her illness ("Only you know the truth") and still accepted to marry him, knowing it would only end shortly in her death to the terminal illness.
His humilation is further compounded because he came "like a moth to flame" and didnt learn the truth before asking her to marry him ("I never knew")
He begins to feel that that his feelings have been suffocated by this woman (the "Act of strangulation") and his resentment grows, and he focuses on the "Promise of never", realising that in time she will die and leave him alone. He despises her for her "deceit". His hatred is expressed strongly throughout the song,
I have tried to look at this as perhaps his resentment that he will lose the woman he loves, but his continued focus on his own pain and humilation, along with the way he talks of hatred of the woman suggest that all semblance of love was destroyed when he learned of her illness, and he no longer feels any compassion for her, only hatred for not being honest with him, and humilating him in the process.
The finale is played out in "The Promise of Never", track 3 from the "A Diamond for disease" EP
This song (And the A "A Diamond for Disease" EP) is not trying to say "Marriage is a sham".
This is a concept EP consisting of 3 parts, the first track, the 2nd being an Alice Cooper cover that happens to fit the theme but doesnt really progress the story and the 3rd track being the conclusion
In this particular track, the subject is looking back on proposing the woman he loved, after learning of her terminal disease (hence a diamond for disease, the "Diamond" in question being the engagement and wedding rings.
The subject realises his marriage can deliver nothing, and he will only lose the woman he loves, and so begins the resent her. He feels extremely humilated ("Grandest humilation") by admitting his love to a woman who knew of her illness ("Only you know the truth") and still accepted to marry him, knowing it would only end shortly in her death to the terminal illness.
His humilation is further compounded because he came "like a moth to flame" and didnt learn the truth before asking her to marry him ("I never knew")
He begins to feel that that his feelings have been suffocated by this woman (the "Act of strangulation") and his resentment grows, and he focuses on the "Promise of never", realising that in time she will die and leave him alone. He despises her for her "deceit". His hatred is expressed strongly throughout the song,
I have tried to look at this as perhaps his resentment that he will lose the woman he loves, but his continued focus on his own pain and humilation, along with the way he talks of hatred of the woman suggest that all semblance of love was destroyed when he learned of her illness, and he no longer feels any compassion for her, only hatred for not being honest with him, and humilating him in the process.
The finale is played out in "The Promise of Never", track 3 from the "A Diamond for disease" EP