I always heard this song as a story about a couple or friends who suffer some kind of tragedy, the 'crimson in the shade' and the song is about how they try to get by, they move to a different town where they hope 'things will be better' as long as they depend so much on each other. In my head I also always saw this song (even though it was probably written before the death of the drummer) as partly a rallying call about the band, they have to stick together as a band to get over the tragedy they've gone through.
I always heard this song as a story about a couple or friends who suffer some kind of tragedy, the 'crimson in the shade' and the song is about how they try to get by, they move to a different town where they hope 'things will be better' as long as they depend so much on each other. In my head I also always saw this song (even though it was probably written before the death of the drummer) as partly a rallying call about the band, they have to stick together as a band to get over the tragedy they've gone through.