The Dreaming is a truly amazing album…
This song is about anger, violence and manipulation.
The song reflects both the internal and the external worlds of the subject... Both ‘doors’ have been shattered, causing mind-splitting and objective fear (even the cat senses terror).
Maybe rape. Maybe sexual manipulation. Certainly something transgressive.
In shock, she focuses on cleaning; on resolutions; and on controlling her (screaming and slamming) mind.
She tries to reassure herself that her mental house is strong and full of fight… She tries to keep her mind from flooding with fury… She is angry with herself (self-persecuting)… her mess, mistakes, madness… she has to deal with it…
An internal struggle ensues…
However, by the end of the song, she lacks the power to function. Her fury has, as in a Greek Myth, turned her into a mule… a beast of burden… (Hecuba was driven mad by sorrow and began barking like a dog…)
The Dreaming is a truly amazing album… This song is about anger, violence and manipulation. The song reflects both the internal and the external worlds of the subject... Both ‘doors’ have been shattered, causing mind-splitting and objective fear (even the cat senses terror). Maybe rape. Maybe sexual manipulation. Certainly something transgressive. In shock, she focuses on cleaning; on resolutions; and on controlling her (screaming and slamming) mind. She tries to reassure herself that her mental house is strong and full of fight… She tries to keep her mind from flooding with fury… She is angry with herself (self-persecuting)… her mess, mistakes, madness… she has to deal with it… An internal struggle ensues… However, by the end of the song, she lacks the power to function. Her fury has, as in a Greek Myth, turned her into a mule… a beast of burden… (Hecuba was driven mad by sorrow and began barking like a dog…)