I think that this song is very confusing... It's very metaphorical without anyone knowing what the metaphors mean exactly. The lyrics could be about suicide but I tend to doubt it, its not really A-Ha's style... I personally think it is just about escaping a very bad place.
Beautiful song though... very deep and haunting. Another winner for A-Ha.
@sarge331 I agree it's deeply haunting though I think the lyrics are rather more literal than metaphorical. The lyrics mingle past and present through trauma flashbacks (I've got blood in my hair/Their hands touch my body From everywhere) vs. the existing shattered psychological state of the person (waking up from nightmares, willfully or unwillfully contemplating suicide to escape the pain). The only metaphors I've deduced are when he compares his psychological death and rebirth as a shattered individual to the image of houses burning, death, and the rise of a new morning. In my interpretation, I had indicated that his...
@sarge331 I agree it's deeply haunting though I think the lyrics are rather more literal than metaphorical. The lyrics mingle past and present through trauma flashbacks (I've got blood in my hair/Their hands touch my body From everywhere) vs. the existing shattered psychological state of the person (waking up from nightmares, willfully or unwillfully contemplating suicide to escape the pain). The only metaphors I've deduced are when he compares his psychological death and rebirth as a shattered individual to the image of houses burning, death, and the rise of a new morning. In my interpretation, I had indicated that his trauma could've stemmed from abuse in the industry but, on second thoughts, I believe it may equally apply to trauma that he might have encountered long before that (possibly in his childhood/adolescence - depends on how one interprets the term "lives" in "As our lives are in the making") - i.e (childhood/adolescence vs. professional musical career debut). Either way, the lyrics reveal a very troubled individual who's constantly haunted by his trauma and is forced to feign a very different public persona of himself as an artist to an unforgiving audience.
I think that this song is very confusing... It's very metaphorical without anyone knowing what the metaphors mean exactly. The lyrics could be about suicide but I tend to doubt it, its not really A-Ha's style... I personally think it is just about escaping a very bad place.
Beautiful song though... very deep and haunting. Another winner for A-Ha.
@sarge331 I agree it's deeply haunting though I think the lyrics are rather more literal than metaphorical. The lyrics mingle past and present through trauma flashbacks (I've got blood in my hair/Their hands touch my body From everywhere) vs. the existing shattered psychological state of the person (waking up from nightmares, willfully or unwillfully contemplating suicide to escape the pain). The only metaphors I've deduced are when he compares his psychological death and rebirth as a shattered individual to the image of houses burning, death, and the rise of a new morning. In my interpretation, I had indicated that his...
@sarge331 I agree it's deeply haunting though I think the lyrics are rather more literal than metaphorical. The lyrics mingle past and present through trauma flashbacks (I've got blood in my hair/Their hands touch my body From everywhere) vs. the existing shattered psychological state of the person (waking up from nightmares, willfully or unwillfully contemplating suicide to escape the pain). The only metaphors I've deduced are when he compares his psychological death and rebirth as a shattered individual to the image of houses burning, death, and the rise of a new morning. In my interpretation, I had indicated that his trauma could've stemmed from abuse in the industry but, on second thoughts, I believe it may equally apply to trauma that he might have encountered long before that (possibly in his childhood/adolescence - depends on how one interprets the term "lives" in "As our lives are in the making") - i.e (childhood/adolescence vs. professional musical career debut). Either way, the lyrics reveal a very troubled individual who's constantly haunted by his trauma and is forced to feign a very different public persona of himself as an artist to an unforgiving audience.
@sarge331 The Blood that moves the body has a very similar writing style though.
@sarge331 The Blood that moves the body has a very similar writing style though.