This song is stunning. Already some great commentary going on here so all I'm going to say is this: I'm reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and just stumbled upon this sentence, "Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic." It's early in chapter three in case you want to read it yourself.
I think this song is about a deep and dark depression, someone who feels so vacant that they don't feel anything. It's clearly about a deeply flawed man who may not have always lived a truthful life, he's traveled the world and had amazing experiences by any one's measure, but he's too numb and depressed to feel any of it. He knows he should feel something, but he can't. All of his accomplishments are devoid of any meaning or happiness and he's waiting for a total blackness to fall over him. I don't think he wants to die; he just...
I think this song is about a deep and dark depression, someone who feels so vacant that they don't feel anything. It's clearly about a deeply flawed man who may not have always lived a truthful life, he's traveled the world and had amazing experiences by any one's measure, but he's too numb and depressed to feel any of it. He knows he should feel something, but he can't. All of his accomplishments are devoid of any meaning or happiness and he's waiting for a total blackness to fall over him. I don't think he wants to die; he just can't feel anything. His depression has so utterly engulfed him.
This song is stunning. Already some great commentary going on here so all I'm going to say is this: I'm reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and just stumbled upon this sentence, "Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic." It's early in chapter three in case you want to read it yourself.
I think this song is about a deep and dark depression, someone who feels so vacant that they don't feel anything. It's clearly about a deeply flawed man who may not have always lived a truthful life, he's traveled the world and had amazing experiences by any one's measure, but he's too numb and depressed to feel any of it. He knows he should feel something, but he can't. All of his accomplishments are devoid of any meaning or happiness and he's waiting for a total blackness to fall over him. I don't think he wants to die; he just...
I think this song is about a deep and dark depression, someone who feels so vacant that they don't feel anything. It's clearly about a deeply flawed man who may not have always lived a truthful life, he's traveled the world and had amazing experiences by any one's measure, but he's too numb and depressed to feel any of it. He knows he should feel something, but he can't. All of his accomplishments are devoid of any meaning or happiness and he's waiting for a total blackness to fall over him. I don't think he wants to die; he just can't feel anything. His depression has so utterly engulfed him.