From the comic: "This song is like Sax Rohmer #1 if the narrator had given up on actually getting home."
Michael Myers Resplendent is all of the resolve and hopeful defiance of Sax Rohmer #1 transformed into resignation and a calm sense of defeat. The narrator of Sax Rohmer is determined to make his triumphant return home in the midst of inevitable failure - referencing the inescapable fates of all things. Here, the narrator goes willingly to his own demise - patiently waiting for his moment. Suddenly, this mythic villain is so humanized and vulnerable.
Given the song title, the imagery is fairly obvious. At the end of Halloween II, Michael Myers is (supposedly) killed in a burning hospital. The lines about shaving and waxing are likely referencing stunt procedures for "body burn" effects - hair is incredibly flammable and harder to protect with flame retardant gel. On a side note, the metaphor also reminded me of the end of the Alpha couple in their burning house (Alpha Rat's Nest).
The title is so fitting. Engulfed in flames, Michael takes his final faltering steps and collapses without a fight.
to the forgotten pits of the internet, I say: I totally meant to upvote this, not downvote. (I'm also reminded a bit of Talhassee, though more the line from 'Have to Explode': "The stage is set, someone's gonna do something someone else will regret.")
to the forgotten pits of the internet, I say: I totally meant to upvote this, not downvote. (I'm also reminded a bit of Talhassee, though more the line from 'Have to Explode': "The stage is set, someone's gonna do something someone else will regret.")
From the comic: "This song is like Sax Rohmer #1 if the narrator had given up on actually getting home."
Michael Myers Resplendent is all of the resolve and hopeful defiance of Sax Rohmer #1 transformed into resignation and a calm sense of defeat. The narrator of Sax Rohmer is determined to make his triumphant return home in the midst of inevitable failure - referencing the inescapable fates of all things. Here, the narrator goes willingly to his own demise - patiently waiting for his moment. Suddenly, this mythic villain is so humanized and vulnerable.
Given the song title, the imagery is fairly obvious. At the end of Halloween II, Michael Myers is (supposedly) killed in a burning hospital. The lines about shaving and waxing are likely referencing stunt procedures for "body burn" effects - hair is incredibly flammable and harder to protect with flame retardant gel. On a side note, the metaphor also reminded me of the end of the Alpha couple in their burning house (Alpha Rat's Nest).
The title is so fitting. Engulfed in flames, Michael takes his final faltering steps and collapses without a fight.
to the forgotten pits of the internet, I say: I totally meant to upvote this, not downvote. (I'm also reminded a bit of Talhassee, though more the line from 'Have to Explode': "The stage is set, someone's gonna do something someone else will regret.")
to the forgotten pits of the internet, I say: I totally meant to upvote this, not downvote. (I'm also reminded a bit of Talhassee, though more the line from 'Have to Explode': "The stage is set, someone's gonna do something someone else will regret.")