I always just thought that the child was himself, thus all the references to "things I hold onto" and "my sacrifice."
He's destroying a more innocent part of himself. The child. Loss of innocence is a big part of their music; remember the Golden Boy Swallowed by the Sea? And that one song on Various Failures/White Light from the Mouth of Infinity that begins with a baby crying?
I always just thought that the child was himself, thus all the references to "things I hold onto" and "my sacrifice."
He's destroying a more innocent part of himself. The child. Loss of innocence is a big part of their music; remember the Golden Boy Swallowed by the Sea? And that one song on Various Failures/White Light from the Mouth of Infinity that begins with a baby crying?