I saw Vienna perform, and she said that this song was about her years working with Software because they were a hard time in her life when she felt like she was undermining her own life and working against herself and her own beliefs. She drew a parallel between those feelings and the story of Medea.
My mind actually built a small story around the lyrics during a road trip. It reminds me of someone with a very overprotective mother who has forced her child into a symbiotic relationship. Here's my play by play:
My mind actually built a small story around the lyrics during a road trip. It reminds me of someone with a very overprotective mother who has forced her child into a symbiotic relationship. Here's my play by play:
Inside the labyrinth walls
There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone <-- Simply introducing the child, and implying that she is hidden away somewhere. There must be some reason for this.
Inside the labyrinth walls
There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone <-- Simply introducing the child, and implying that she is hidden away somewhere. There must be some reason for this.
And as the daylight falls
The wind becomes so wild across the stone <-- This seems to imply that as she is getting older, she is wanting more and more...
And as the daylight falls
The wind becomes so wild across the stone <-- This seems to imply that as she is getting older, she is wanting more and more independence--the "wild" lyric
For I have made her prison be
Her every step away from me <-- She has forced her child to become dependent upon her
And this child I would destroy
If you tried to set her free <-- Said to anyone who would dare "take her away", warning them not to expose to the girl that her mother has such a tight hold on her.
So come to me my love
I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry <-- The speaker is unloading all of her own emotional baggage on the girl, tiring out the girl while the speaker gains resolve
Can never have enough <-- No matter how often she does this, though, it never gets rid of her underlying sadness
For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky <-- Said, I think, to the girl. Part of what is drawing her into this relationship with her mother is the illusion of love when her mother tells her what she'd do for her.
For it's my thoughts that bind me here <-- It seems the speaker has some heavy emotional baggage which tie her to her home, where she feels the need to have the company of the child
It's this love that I most fear <-- Perhaps the girl has noticed a man or something like that and is starting to understand that she's been basically imprisoned in her own home
And this child I would destroy
For I hold her pain most dear <-- Perhaps the girl is now sad because she cannot be with him, but the speaker would kill her before letting her leave, which would make her happy.
No haven for this heart
No shelter for this child in mazes lost
Heaven keep us apart <-- Here it seems to me like the speaker switches to the child, who has perhaps run away and is praying that her mother does not find her
A curse for every mile of ocean crossed <-- In my mind the mother is now trying desperately to stop her from leaving, cursing her as she realizes she's gone. The story plays out a little bit like a fairytale.
For I must die for what I've done
A twist of fate a desert sun
For I see what I destroy
Sweet reflection knife into me
For I see what I destroy
I can see what I've begun <-- It seems like the mother is now realizing what she's done to this child was wrong and that she's not going to be able to take care of herself in the normal world. Perhaps she feels she's emotionally handicapped her and the guilt of that is driving her to madness.
Just my interpretation. I've heard Vienna's explanation, but it's pretty vague, so I just made this little story to go with it. It reminds me of a fairytale.
I saw Vienna perform, and she said that this song was about her years working with Software because they were a hard time in her life when she felt like she was undermining her own life and working against herself and her own beliefs. She drew a parallel between those feelings and the story of Medea.
Great song, no matter how you interpret it.
My mind actually built a small story around the lyrics during a road trip. It reminds me of someone with a very overprotective mother who has forced her child into a symbiotic relationship. Here's my play by play:
My mind actually built a small story around the lyrics during a road trip. It reminds me of someone with a very overprotective mother who has forced her child into a symbiotic relationship. Here's my play by play:
Inside the labyrinth walls There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone <-- Simply introducing the child, and implying that she is hidden away somewhere. There must be some reason for this.
Inside the labyrinth walls There lies a tiny child who sleeps alone <-- Simply introducing the child, and implying that she is hidden away somewhere. There must be some reason for this.
And as the daylight falls The wind becomes so wild across the stone <-- This seems to imply that as she is getting older, she is wanting more and more...
And as the daylight falls The wind becomes so wild across the stone <-- This seems to imply that as she is getting older, she is wanting more and more independence--the "wild" lyric For I have made her prison be Her every step away from me <-- She has forced her child to become dependent upon her And this child I would destroy If you tried to set her free <-- Said to anyone who would dare "take her away", warning them not to expose to the girl that her mother has such a tight hold on her.
So come to me my love I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry <-- The speaker is unloading all of her own emotional baggage on the girl, tiring out the girl while the speaker gains resolve Can never have enough <-- No matter how often she does this, though, it never gets rid of her underlying sadness For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky <-- Said, I think, to the girl. Part of what is drawing her into this relationship with her mother is the illusion of love when her mother tells her what she'd do for her.
For it's my thoughts that bind me here <-- It seems the speaker has some heavy emotional baggage which tie her to her home, where she feels the need to have the company of the child It's this love that I most fear <-- Perhaps the girl has noticed a man or something like that and is starting to understand that she's been basically imprisoned in her own home And this child I would destroy For I hold her pain most dear <-- Perhaps the girl is now sad because she cannot be with him, but the speaker would kill her before letting her leave, which would make her happy.
No haven for this heart No shelter for this child in mazes lost Heaven keep us apart <-- Here it seems to me like the speaker switches to the child, who has perhaps run away and is praying that her mother does not find her A curse for every mile of ocean crossed <-- In my mind the mother is now trying desperately to stop her from leaving, cursing her as she realizes she's gone. The story plays out a little bit like a fairytale.
For I must die for what I've done A twist of fate a desert sun For I see what I destroy Sweet reflection knife into me For I see what I destroy I can see what I've begun <-- It seems like the mother is now realizing what she's done to this child was wrong and that she's not going to be able to take care of herself in the normal world. Perhaps she feels she's emotionally handicapped her and the guilt of that is driving her to madness.
Just my interpretation. I've heard Vienna's explanation, but it's pretty vague, so I just made this little story to go with it. It reminds me of a fairytale.