If SW has explained that this is a concept album about killers, rapists etc., this song can't be but about rape&kill. Check Frank West's case in wiki...
Ugh, no. It is not a concept about serial killers/rapists. There are about 6 songs on the album that follow that theme, but that's not really the full view at all. I really don't believe that PT would make something just that dark and morbid just for the sake of being dark and morbid. They don't want to be some shitty "hardcore edgy" band. They're far more intelligent than that. Really. I mean if you would just listen to the album with an open mind and forget all of that serial killer/rapist stuff you've heard, you'll see that it's about...
Ugh, no. It is not a concept about serial killers/rapists. There are about 6 songs on the album that follow that theme, but that's not really the full view at all. I really don't believe that PT would make something just that dark and morbid just for the sake of being dark and morbid. They don't want to be some shitty "hardcore edgy" band. They're far more intelligent than that. Really. I mean if you would just listen to the album with an open mind and forget all of that serial killer/rapist stuff you've heard, you'll see that it's about much more. Here's what Stephen Wilson has said:
"[The Album Title] comes from…it's related to some of lyrics. It's about people on the fringes, on the edges of humanity and society. I have an interest in serial killers, child molesters and wife beaters…not in what they did but in the psychology of why, what caused them to become unhinged and twisted? Why are they unable to empathize? It's [In Absentia] sort of a metaphor - there's something missing, a black hole, a cancer in their soul. It's an absence in the soul."
The album is not about serial killers, rapists and wife beaters as it may seem at first glance. It's about the loss of a soul. Really.
From what I've been able to actually parse so far, not every song is about a serial killer, rapist or wife beater, but every song that I've been able to fully digest and parse is in some metaphorical way about the loss of a soul. Whether it be the lack of ability to care for others(many songs), yourself (prodigal) - the loss of the soul of music (The Sound of Muzak), or whatever.
If SW has explained that this is a concept album about killers, rapists etc., this song can't be but about rape&kill. Check Frank West's case in wiki...
Ugh, no. It is not a concept about serial killers/rapists. There are about 6 songs on the album that follow that theme, but that's not really the full view at all. I really don't believe that PT would make something just that dark and morbid just for the sake of being dark and morbid. They don't want to be some shitty "hardcore edgy" band. They're far more intelligent than that. Really. I mean if you would just listen to the album with an open mind and forget all of that serial killer/rapist stuff you've heard, you'll see that it's about...
Ugh, no. It is not a concept about serial killers/rapists. There are about 6 songs on the album that follow that theme, but that's not really the full view at all. I really don't believe that PT would make something just that dark and morbid just for the sake of being dark and morbid. They don't want to be some shitty "hardcore edgy" band. They're far more intelligent than that. Really. I mean if you would just listen to the album with an open mind and forget all of that serial killer/rapist stuff you've heard, you'll see that it's about much more. Here's what Stephen Wilson has said:
"[The Album Title] comes from…it's related to some of lyrics. It's about people on the fringes, on the edges of humanity and society. I have an interest in serial killers, child molesters and wife beaters…not in what they did but in the psychology of why, what caused them to become unhinged and twisted? Why are they unable to empathize? It's [In Absentia] sort of a metaphor - there's something missing, a black hole, a cancer in their soul. It's an absence in the soul."
The album is not about serial killers, rapists and wife beaters as it may seem at first glance. It's about the loss of a soul. Really. From what I've been able to actually parse so far, not every song is about a serial killer, rapist or wife beater, but every song that I've been able to fully digest and parse is in some metaphorical way about the loss of a soul. Whether it be the lack of ability to care for others(many songs), yourself (prodigal) - the loss of the soul of music (The Sound of Muzak), or whatever.