It's not JUST that, though. That's where she got the idea for it, but the song seems much more to be about how someone who makes coffins is someone whose entire lifework has no point but being put in a hole and never seen again. It's about someone whose entire life has no legacy because he has a completely invisible effect, and how sad it is that someone who, y'know, has such a large job (building coffins for kings and queens, gypsies and thieves alike) but who will never be remembered for it (when each one's made you can't see it again).
I don't think it's about that. Maybe to some extent, but it's mostly about how death doesn't differentiate between rich and poor, good and bad. We're all going to die some day and be put in a hole, no matter who we are.
I don't think it's about that. Maybe to some extent, but it's mostly about how death doesn't differentiate between rich and poor, good and bad. We're all going to die some day and be put in a hole, no matter who we are.
It's not JUST that, though. That's where she got the idea for it, but the song seems much more to be about how someone who makes coffins is someone whose entire lifework has no point but being put in a hole and never seen again. It's about someone whose entire life has no legacy because he has a completely invisible effect, and how sad it is that someone who, y'know, has such a large job (building coffins for kings and queens, gypsies and thieves alike) but who will never be remembered for it (when each one's made you can't see it again).
I don't think it's about that. Maybe to some extent, but it's mostly about how death doesn't differentiate between rich and poor, good and bad. We're all going to die some day and be put in a hole, no matter who we are.
I don't think it's about that. Maybe to some extent, but it's mostly about how death doesn't differentiate between rich and poor, good and bad. We're all going to die some day and be put in a hole, no matter who we are.