Romanticide Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Dark Artist 

Cover art for Romanticide lyrics by Nightwish

Satakieli, I think your comment is spot on.

I also think that the "eider covered in oil" line refers to himself being the vulnerable target, and the "double-faced carnivor" took advantage and hurt him badly.

I think the song as a whole is about being hurt so badly that you are afraid to love again, hence the title 'Romanticide' e.g. anti-romance and the line "till love do me part" e.g. love will be the end of me.

You know that by adding -cide to the end of a song, means "the death of".

Suicide: "Death by him or herself," etc. So Romanticide isn't "anti-romance" it's "the death of romance"