I've been reading all the perspectives and I am not sure I agree with any of them. The idea of the song being about someone commiting suicide is definately interesting but still doesn't make much sense to me. After seeing a few interviews and having a respectable knowledge of the band's history, I honestly think that this song is about Peter Lindgren. I think that Mikael is talking about the dead weight that Peter was to the creative process of the band, and how, regardless of his(Mike's) personal feelings, knows that Peter's departure was/is for the best, and that Peter will eventually realize that he made a mistake,( The ocean of sorrow is/in you). Though also Mike is reluctant and misses the companionship with Peter and desperately wants him back in the band(If death should take me now
Count my mistakes and let me through). I don't know, but this seems to make the most sense to me.
I've been reading all the perspectives and I am not sure I agree with any of them. The idea of the song being about someone commiting suicide is definately interesting but still doesn't make much sense to me. After seeing a few interviews and having a respectable knowledge of the band's history, I honestly think that this song is about Peter Lindgren. I think that Mikael is talking about the dead weight that Peter was to the creative process of the band, and how, regardless of his(Mike's) personal feelings, knows that Peter's departure was/is for the best, and that Peter will eventually realize that he made a mistake,( The ocean of sorrow is/in you). Though also Mike is reluctant and misses the companionship with Peter and desperately wants him back in the band(If death should take me now Count my mistakes and let me through). I don't know, but this seems to make the most sense to me.