This song has a very rhythmic, dream-like quality about it, and the lyrics suit the music well. The beginning of the speaker's dream has a quality of uncertainty about it, yet it successfully tempts the dreamer to probe deeper into his reverie. This all changes with the third stanza as the tempo increases and the vocals become frantic. His dream has become grotesque and violent as it pulls him into a new realm of self-consciousness. In this new state, he is completely paralyzed and undergoes a metamorphosis of the self, until finally he is able to return to reality and "[a]wake into the brightened day." Whatever change has occurred inside of him is the agent of a rebirth, and the tranquility of the music during the last stanza indicates he is at peace with his transformation.
This song has a very rhythmic, dream-like quality about it, and the lyrics suit the music well. The beginning of the speaker's dream has a quality of uncertainty about it, yet it successfully tempts the dreamer to probe deeper into his reverie. This all changes with the third stanza as the tempo increases and the vocals become frantic. His dream has become grotesque and violent as it pulls him into a new realm of self-consciousness. In this new state, he is completely paralyzed and undergoes a metamorphosis of the self, until finally he is able to return to reality and "[a]wake into the brightened day." Whatever change has occurred inside of him is the agent of a rebirth, and the tranquility of the music during the last stanza indicates he is at peace with his transformation.