i think this song is about sex...mainly because of the lyric "I've opened my mind and darkened my entire life."
i think it's about a couple deciding to take a different approach during sex.they decide to let other ppl in..hence Alternative 4....
in the end it doesn't quite turn out ok though...which is why his life has darkened.
what do you think??could this be what they mean?
(damn i meant to post it as a comment instead of posting 5 replies...sorry guys)
as usual, anathema's lyrics are very cryptic and beautiful at the same time
to me, this song is about someone going insane
it really fits with "there's still a willful mind behind these cold psychotic eyes"; there's a very traumatic experience in the person's life: "dreaded memories flood back to me / come and hide me from this terrible reality", and the result is that they go insane
after all, what normal person would dance with angels to celebrate the holocaust?
i also think the music itself suggests insanity
but, that's just what the song means to me and i'm prefectly aware that it can...
as usual, anathema's lyrics are very cryptic and beautiful at the same time
to me, this song is about someone going insane
it really fits with "there's still a willful mind behind these cold psychotic eyes"; there's a very traumatic experience in the person's life: "dreaded memories flood back to me / come and hide me from this terrible reality", and the result is that they go insane
after all, what normal person would dance with angels to celebrate the holocaust?
i also think the music itself suggests insanity
but, that's just what the song means to me and i'm prefectly aware that it can mean different things to differnt people; great art rarely has a unique interpretation
i think this song is about sex...mainly because of the lyric "I've opened my mind and darkened my entire life." i think it's about a couple deciding to take a different approach during sex.they decide to let other ppl in..hence Alternative 4.... in the end it doesn't quite turn out ok though...which is why his life has darkened. what do you think??could this be what they mean?
(damn i meant to post it as a comment instead of posting 5 replies...sorry guys)
as usual, anathema's lyrics are very cryptic and beautiful at the same time to me, this song is about someone going insane it really fits with "there's still a willful mind behind these cold psychotic eyes"; there's a very traumatic experience in the person's life: "dreaded memories flood back to me / come and hide me from this terrible reality", and the result is that they go insane after all, what normal person would dance with angels to celebrate the holocaust? i also think the music itself suggests insanity but, that's just what the song means to me and i'm prefectly aware that it can...
as usual, anathema's lyrics are very cryptic and beautiful at the same time to me, this song is about someone going insane it really fits with "there's still a willful mind behind these cold psychotic eyes"; there's a very traumatic experience in the person's life: "dreaded memories flood back to me / come and hide me from this terrible reality", and the result is that they go insane after all, what normal person would dance with angels to celebrate the holocaust? i also think the music itself suggests insanity but, that's just what the song means to me and i'm prefectly aware that it can mean different things to differnt people; great art rarely has a unique interpretation
Looking at these lyrics, and knowing Anathema, I most definitely think this is NOT about sex..
Looking at these lyrics, and knowing Anathema, I most definitely think this is NOT about sex..