Lovely song.
I was wondering about the meaning of this song (and especially about the title), and I stumbled on this: "The hangman candle has a very long shadow and a very small real body. Typically, it has no upper shadow (or at the very most, an extremely small one). To be an official hangman, the lower shadow must be at least twice the height of the real body. The larger the lower shadow, the more significant the candle becomes."
Made me think a little. The third part, "we'll lie under blossom..." describes a carefree, happy life, while the second and fourth part seems to refer to a kind of anxiety, fear that the main character cannot get rid of though her life is apparently happy and slowly takes over her, like the shadow becoming bigger than the candle. The references to the clock and ticking made me think about the passing of life, so maybe, this song could be about trying to enjoy life but without managing to forget the threat of death waiting at the end? Just a though...
Lovely song. I was wondering about the meaning of this song (and especially about the title), and I stumbled on this: "The hangman candle has a very long shadow and a very small real body. Typically, it has no upper shadow (or at the very most, an extremely small one). To be an official hangman, the lower shadow must be at least twice the height of the real body. The larger the lower shadow, the more significant the candle becomes." Made me think a little. The third part, "we'll lie under blossom..." describes a carefree, happy life, while the second and fourth part seems to refer to a kind of anxiety, fear that the main character cannot get rid of though her life is apparently happy and slowly takes over her, like the shadow becoming bigger than the candle. The references to the clock and ticking made me think about the passing of life, so maybe, this song could be about trying to enjoy life but without managing to forget the threat of death waiting at the end? Just a though...