the song is about a fugitive escaping capture after the eruption of mount vesuvius...
Do you recall it's name
As it suggested beck and call
This face and heel
Will drag your halo through the mud
Meaning: referring to the armored men in search of their captor
Ash of pompei
Erupting in a statues dust
Meaning: refers to the city Pompei where the settlers were consumed by the raining lava of mount vesuvius in italy, their bodies as a result became cremated statues of ashes
Shrouded in veils
Because these handcuffs hurt to much
Meaning: using layers of clothing in order disguise and cover his handcuffs
Still Scalpeing these ticketless applause
And when they drag the lake there is nothing left at all
Meaning: the verdict of the captor by the people. in the lake they search for the murder he's been convicted of but nothing is found.
Sutured contusion
Beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague
Meaning: referring to the sutured territory of Pompei as a result of the disaster, and the contusion the fugitive has acquired throughout his escaping. The anthills refers to the decomposition of the bodies and plague from septicemia.
said I've lost my way
even if this cul de sac would pay
to reach inside a vault whatever be the cost
Meaning: inside a cut off territory he will find safe haven
sterling clear
blackend ice
and when they drag the lake there's nothing left at all
Meaning: referring back to his case and darkened innocence.
the song is about a fugitive escaping capture after the eruption of mount vesuvius...
Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and call This face and heel Will drag your halo through the mud
Meaning: referring to the armored men in search of their captor
Ash of pompei Erupting in a statues dust
Meaning: refers to the city Pompei where the settlers were consumed by the raining lava of mount vesuvius in italy, their bodies as a result became cremated statues of ashes
Shrouded in veils Because these handcuffs hurt to much
Meaning: using layers of clothing in order disguise and cover his handcuffs
Still Scalpeing these ticketless applause And when they drag the lake there is nothing left at all
Meaning: the verdict of the captor by the people. in the lake they search for the murder he's been convicted of but nothing is found.
Sutured contusion Beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague
Meaning: referring to the sutured territory of Pompei as a result of the disaster, and the contusion the fugitive has acquired throughout his escaping. The anthills refers to the decomposition of the bodies and plague from septicemia.
said I've lost my way even if this cul de sac would pay to reach inside a vault whatever be the cost
Meaning: inside a cut off territory he will find safe haven
sterling clear blackend ice and when they drag the lake there's nothing left at all
Meaning: referring back to his case and darkened innocence.
I've defected
Meaning: he will never find justice