The mother is one of the "creatures" and unlike the others she eluded captivity and has settled into a domestic life.
The repetitive line "those creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea, sea" is from the newspaper / radio, it echoes in her head and signals to her that the illusion is over... it's time for her people to return to their home. She anticipates the freedom and the end of the lie.
Her comforts to the child and the collapse of her world are a moral conflict: she must leave the child behind and hopes that unlike her, the child can belong there.
"Creatures" is seen from the point of view of the society she lives in - they could be anything from literal monsters (a la Lovecraft?) to a foreign people or subculture who are dehumanized (think of the Jews under Nazi Germany).
barsinister, I love your idea of what the song could mean, and I'm sorry that you ever saw the music video and had your interpretation in any way altered. I like this view and, video be damned, I'm sticking with it! One thing is certain: I'll never watch Dark Angel the same way ever again.
barsinister, I love your idea of what the song could mean, and I'm sorry that you ever saw the music video and had your interpretation in any way altered. I like this view and, video be damned, I'm sticking with it! One thing is certain: I'll never watch Dark Angel the same way ever again.
Here's my read:
The mother is one of the "creatures" and unlike the others she eluded captivity and has settled into a domestic life.
The repetitive line "those creatures jumped the barricades and have headed for the sea, sea" is from the newspaper / radio, it echoes in her head and signals to her that the illusion is over... it's time for her people to return to their home. She anticipates the freedom and the end of the lie.
Her comforts to the child and the collapse of her world are a moral conflict: she must leave the child behind and hopes that unlike her, the child can belong there.
"Creatures" is seen from the point of view of the society she lives in - they could be anything from literal monsters (a la Lovecraft?) to a foreign people or subculture who are dehumanized (think of the Jews under Nazi Germany).
barsinister, I love your idea of what the song could mean, and I'm sorry that you ever saw the music video and had your interpretation in any way altered. I like this view and, video be damned, I'm sticking with it! One thing is certain: I'll never watch Dark Angel the same way ever again.
barsinister, I love your idea of what the song could mean, and I'm sorry that you ever saw the music video and had your interpretation in any way altered. I like this view and, video be damned, I'm sticking with it! One thing is certain: I'll never watch Dark Angel the same way ever again.