Whoa, a lot of craaaazy theories going about, here. I think it's a lot simpler than that. It doesn't mention killing or anything like that in the lyrics, but there is definitely a bit of reading between the lines, there.
I think the insistance on him not being alone and them never parting is key: it's about a marriage of convenience. He's had a lot of relationships going awry and there's the sense of desperation: hence "the ring is LOCKED upon the finger". Even though there's no real emotion in the relationship, he thinks if he gets married he'll never have to deal with the pain of heartbreak.
The ending refers to the flipside that becomes apparent: far from freeing himself from heartbreak and risk, he's trapped himself in an unhappy relationship with someone he doesn't really love. The line "I never was free- what are you talking about?" refers to his denial- in his time as a bachelor he saw it as a curse that trapped him as being alone.
That's the literal interpretation, anyway. I think there's another level going on that I won't get into 'coz I can't work it out but there's more to the "lord" bit than just an unhappy marriage?
Whoa, a lot of craaaazy theories going about, here. I think it's a lot simpler than that. It doesn't mention killing or anything like that in the lyrics, but there is definitely a bit of reading between the lines, there.
I think the insistance on him not being alone and them never parting is key: it's about a marriage of convenience. He's had a lot of relationships going awry and there's the sense of desperation: hence "the ring is LOCKED upon the finger". Even though there's no real emotion in the relationship, he thinks if he gets married he'll never have to deal with the pain of heartbreak.
The ending refers to the flipside that becomes apparent: far from freeing himself from heartbreak and risk, he's trapped himself in an unhappy relationship with someone he doesn't really love. The line "I never was free- what are you talking about?" refers to his denial- in his time as a bachelor he saw it as a curse that trapped him as being alone.
That's the literal interpretation, anyway. I think there's another level going on that I won't get into 'coz I can't work it out but there's more to the "lord" bit than just an unhappy marriage?