I feel like maybe this song is about how our mind wants us to act one way, but our emotional side wants to act another way. Maybe it's just me, but I've found myself stopping and wondering who the hell am I? Sometimes I'm afraid that my mind is trying to streamline me into a look or stereotype. Like, because I like metal, I must wear concert shirts and black pants all the time or something silly like that. Otherwise, I won't live up to metalhead status.
That girl who obsess over her image in the music video, she could be thinking I don't look good, I don't like my image. Though without that mirror she might actually be quite satisfied with herself. When she breaks that mirror, we see that she's suddenly happy. It's like she's freed herself from her own oppression. I didn't really understand the other characters. Except the Superman guy who had been working out throughout the video. Where ever did the eating man go too?
But basically, yeah, society/culture affect how our minds pick and choose who we want to be. But to decide to be one thing over another is impossible if we want to be happy. Besides being spellbound by societal pressures, we are also spellbound by ourselves and our own expectations. So, we need to forget any category, label, stereotype that we know, our expectations for ourselves, and just do whatever we want.
I could see this also from a religious perspective (spells, candles, being haunted, drapes, whispering, etc), but I'll leave that for someone else.
If it's from a religious perspective, it would most likely be some form of paganistic religion. Since Wicca and Satanism (just to name a couple) use witchraft and spells. Candles are often accesories when casting spells.
Being haunted? That could be both literal or figurative. It could mean physically haunted, like a mistake with contacting the spirits and ending up haunted. Or it could mean haunted by the whole practice.
Drapes? Now, I really don't know much about that, but it could be to have a dark room, so the candles are more effective?
Whipering? I think of contacting the spirits....
If it's from a religious perspective, it would most likely be some form of paganistic religion. Since Wicca and Satanism (just to name a couple) use witchraft and spells. Candles are often accesories when casting spells.
Being haunted? That could be both literal or figurative. It could mean physically haunted, like a mistake with contacting the spirits and ending up haunted. Or it could mean haunted by the whole practice.
Drapes? Now, I really don't know much about that, but it could be to have a dark room, so the candles are more effective?
Whipering? I think of contacting the spirits.
The song most likely isn't anything real religious, but shrug who knows.
I just pointed out some evidence.
I feel like maybe this song is about how our mind wants us to act one way, but our emotional side wants to act another way. Maybe it's just me, but I've found myself stopping and wondering who the hell am I? Sometimes I'm afraid that my mind is trying to streamline me into a look or stereotype. Like, because I like metal, I must wear concert shirts and black pants all the time or something silly like that. Otherwise, I won't live up to metalhead status.
That girl who obsess over her image in the music video, she could be thinking I don't look good, I don't like my image. Though without that mirror she might actually be quite satisfied with herself. When she breaks that mirror, we see that she's suddenly happy. It's like she's freed herself from her own oppression. I didn't really understand the other characters. Except the Superman guy who had been working out throughout the video. Where ever did the eating man go too?
But basically, yeah, society/culture affect how our minds pick and choose who we want to be. But to decide to be one thing over another is impossible if we want to be happy. Besides being spellbound by societal pressures, we are also spellbound by ourselves and our own expectations. So, we need to forget any category, label, stereotype that we know, our expectations for ourselves, and just do whatever we want.
I could see this also from a religious perspective (spells, candles, being haunted, drapes, whispering, etc), but I'll leave that for someone else.
If it's from a religious perspective, it would most likely be some form of paganistic religion. Since Wicca and Satanism (just to name a couple) use witchraft and spells. Candles are often accesories when casting spells. Being haunted? That could be both literal or figurative. It could mean physically haunted, like a mistake with contacting the spirits and ending up haunted. Or it could mean haunted by the whole practice. Drapes? Now, I really don't know much about that, but it could be to have a dark room, so the candles are more effective? Whipering? I think of contacting the spirits....
If it's from a religious perspective, it would most likely be some form of paganistic religion. Since Wicca and Satanism (just to name a couple) use witchraft and spells. Candles are often accesories when casting spells. Being haunted? That could be both literal or figurative. It could mean physically haunted, like a mistake with contacting the spirits and ending up haunted. Or it could mean haunted by the whole practice. Drapes? Now, I really don't know much about that, but it could be to have a dark room, so the candles are more effective? Whipering? I think of contacting the spirits.
The song most likely isn't anything real religious, but shrug who knows. I just pointed out some evidence.