This is just a wonderful song, musical brilliance. The lyrics are so power and captivating.
ANYHOO! onto my interpretation:
These lyrics seem to be about a love, unrequited or broken, either way the persona in the lyrics was heavily reliant on this love, and because of some event, he has died (emotionally or spiritually)
"There is nothing to me.
There is nothing though there was a time
I had felt elation before all sensation died" - this hints more towards the reading of a broken love, where he once felt a love, but then 'died' in some way
"I cannot breathe.
I can't deny that I've been feigning for you
every vital sign, defied"
&&
"I can't deny that I've been faking for you
Every sign of life"
^ This suggests that the persona has been pretending to be 'okay' so that whom ever broke them doesn't see their pain and/or their lack of life.
"I deny you sympathy just as I have been denied."
^ Suggesting it was a violent/brutal cut off of love, with no sympathy and now the persona is going to do the same.
"I died for the last lie
and the heartbreak for the first time"
^ this part suggests that the love/relationship was based on a lie that inevitably caused heartbreak
"This is what you taught me.
This is what you taught-and I learned well-
To recognize that feeling easily can be dispelled."
^(This is my favorite part) This gives the listener the feeling that the persona has lost/abandoned a sense of humanity by 'dispelling' their emotions because of this love.
"Show your wounds, I'm bored with mine.
Nothing is new.
Don't despair, I rarely cry."
^This stanza leads the listener to believe that there has been some sort of reunion between the lovers and now the persona is going to make their ex-lover 'suffer' in a way by uncovering their (the ex-lover's) wounds and hiding their own.
"Oh my dear, please dry your eyes.
Who could harm you?
To hurt you is to be despised,
As I'd love to."
In this stanza, the ex-lover is sort of elevated to a place where people worship them, and therefore despise those who hurt them, and the persona will hurt their ex-lover even if means being hated.
TL;DR: This song is basically about a broken lover who hides their pain and lack of emotion (which was killed by the relationship) from their ex, and at some stage when they meet again the persona is willing to hurt their ex-lover in the same manner that they were hurt.
This is just a wonderful song, musical brilliance. The lyrics are so power and captivating.
ANYHOO! onto my interpretation:
These lyrics seem to be about a love, unrequited or broken, either way the persona in the lyrics was heavily reliant on this love, and because of some event, he has died (emotionally or spiritually)
"There is nothing to me. There is nothing though there was a time I had felt elation before all sensation died" - this hints more towards the reading of a broken love, where he once felt a love, but then 'died' in some way
"I cannot breathe. I can't deny that I've been feigning for you every vital sign, defied"
&&
"I can't deny that I've been faking for you Every sign of life"
^ This suggests that the persona has been pretending to be 'okay' so that whom ever broke them doesn't see their pain and/or their lack of life.
"I deny you sympathy just as I have been denied."
^ Suggesting it was a violent/brutal cut off of love, with no sympathy and now the persona is going to do the same.
"I died for the last lie and the heartbreak for the first time"
^ this part suggests that the love/relationship was based on a lie that inevitably caused heartbreak
"This is what you taught me. This is what you taught-and I learned well- To recognize that feeling easily can be dispelled."
^(This is my favorite part) This gives the listener the feeling that the persona has lost/abandoned a sense of humanity by 'dispelling' their emotions because of this love.
"Show your wounds, I'm bored with mine. Nothing is new. Don't despair, I rarely cry."
^This stanza leads the listener to believe that there has been some sort of reunion between the lovers and now the persona is going to make their ex-lover 'suffer' in a way by uncovering their (the ex-lover's) wounds and hiding their own.
"Oh my dear, please dry your eyes. Who could harm you? To hurt you is to be despised, As I'd love to."
In this stanza, the ex-lover is sort of elevated to a place where people worship them, and therefore despise those who hurt them, and the persona will hurt their ex-lover even if means being hated.
TL;DR: This song is basically about a broken lover who hides their pain and lack of emotion (which was killed by the relationship) from their ex, and at some stage when they meet again the persona is willing to hurt their ex-lover in the same manner that they were hurt.