'If the hawks in the tress need the dead,
If you're living you don't stand a chance.'
AND
'Blood dripping from their lips,
Teeth sinking into heart.'
I think that the first two lines are really scary, offering no hope, horrifying. The second set of lines also scares me - it seems she is trying to use the metaphor of tigers feeding to express how brutal and dangerous love can be. She is using romantic parts of the body, 'lips' and 'heart', but then uses them in the description with something gory and deadly. Very powerful!
This song is very effective. I love the lines:
'If the hawks in the tress need the dead, If you're living you don't stand a chance.'
AND
'Blood dripping from their lips, Teeth sinking into heart.'
I think that the first two lines are really scary, offering no hope, horrifying. The second set of lines also scares me - it seems she is trying to use the metaphor of tigers feeding to express how brutal and dangerous love can be. She is using romantic parts of the body, 'lips' and 'heart', but then uses them in the description with something gory and deadly. Very powerful!