I'd say that this song is typical of what David Tibet usually writes. That is, it sort of sounds like some inner musings shared with the listener with some religious themes, mostly pondering themes like life and death and how everything works.
I suppose you could say that all the little symbols and pieces of imagery used in the song represent specific things (and I have a pretty good feeling that the bit about a cross appearing between a stag's horns refers to Saint Eustace, who became a Christian when he was hunting one day and had the same vision). I prefer not to really try to figure it out. It's rather confusing, really, and I don't think I really have all the knowledge of the symbols to figure it out properly. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if some of it made sense only in Mr. Tibet's mind. No offense to him or anything, but he often writes like he's insane - which I not only don't mind but I like. It always makes the narrators of his songs sound like they're insane. (Most people who are familiar with my musical tastes know that I'm fond of music that seems to be made by lunatics or else really was.)
So I take it as sort of an idea of him thinking about death and people dying and the way that works, and him phrasing it in terms that make sense in his mind. That's what it means to me.
I'd say that this song is typical of what David Tibet usually writes. That is, it sort of sounds like some inner musings shared with the listener with some religious themes, mostly pondering themes like life and death and how everything works.
I suppose you could say that all the little symbols and pieces of imagery used in the song represent specific things (and I have a pretty good feeling that the bit about a cross appearing between a stag's horns refers to Saint Eustace, who became a Christian when he was hunting one day and had the same vision). I prefer not to really try to figure it out. It's rather confusing, really, and I don't think I really have all the knowledge of the symbols to figure it out properly. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if some of it made sense only in Mr. Tibet's mind. No offense to him or anything, but he often writes like he's insane - which I not only don't mind but I like. It always makes the narrators of his songs sound like they're insane. (Most people who are familiar with my musical tastes know that I'm fond of music that seems to be made by lunatics or else really was.)
So I take it as sort of an idea of him thinking about death and people dying and the way that works, and him phrasing it in terms that make sense in his mind. That's what it means to me.