There are a lot of references to Annabel Lee in this song, not just the one lyric where he specifically mentions that poem.
The last stanza of Annabel Lee:
"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea."
Some lines from this song:
"So that I will look beautiful in my silent sepulcher"
"I heard truth like the sounding sea"
"For the moon never shines, and the stars never rise without bringing me dreams haunted by the ghosts of those bright eyes"
Annabel Lee is about a man who loves a woman, but then she gets sick and dies. Her body is placed in a sepulcher by the sea, which he lays down beside each night. He blames her death on their love, saying that even the angels in heaven were jealous, so they took her from him.
In this song it's the man who gets sick and dies, and the love between the woman (Arienette) and him wasn't as strong. She ended up leaving him because, try as she might, she couldn't make him better, and she couldn't bear to see him suffer.
In "The Joy in Forgetting/The Joy in Acceptance" he says "And you speak of a fever that burns you inside as you explain to your mother how you have wanted to die... And you will be happy the minute you try, so won't you try?" In this song he also speaks of a fever, so I'm thinking that maybe he wants to die, or at least sees it as inevitable, so he won't even try to get better. Arienette says that she'll never leave, but he claims to know that she will eventually. He thinks that her leaving him is an inevitability, just like his death. This mindset could be what drove her away, along with not wanting to see him suffer.
But, like the man in Annabel Lee, he can't get over her after she leaves. He dreams of her every night and sees her all the time. He wants Jetsabel to get rid of her things because he can't stand to be reminded of her all the time, but it probably won't work.
One thing I don't understand is when he says "like the lies I believed too easily." At first I thought it meant that he believed Arienette when she said that she'd never leave, but obviously not, since he says that he knows she will. I don't know what other lie he could be talking about, though.
One more thing. "Just to freeze in my place by the rod iron gate" - That should be WROUGHT iron gate. ;]
I agree with your assessment of the song , any fan of Poe can easily pick out the references to his poetry . but i feel like there is something deeper going on hear as well it reads much like wuthering heights
I agree with your assessment of the song , any fan of Poe can easily pick out the references to his poetry . but i feel like there is something deeper going on hear as well it reads much like wuthering heights
There are a lot of references to Annabel Lee in this song, not just the one lyric where he specifically mentions that poem.
The last stanza of Annabel Lee: "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea."
Some lines from this song: "So that I will look beautiful in my silent sepulcher" "I heard truth like the sounding sea" "For the moon never shines, and the stars never rise without bringing me dreams haunted by the ghosts of those bright eyes"
Annabel Lee is about a man who loves a woman, but then she gets sick and dies. Her body is placed in a sepulcher by the sea, which he lays down beside each night. He blames her death on their love, saying that even the angels in heaven were jealous, so they took her from him.
In this song it's the man who gets sick and dies, and the love between the woman (Arienette) and him wasn't as strong. She ended up leaving him because, try as she might, she couldn't make him better, and she couldn't bear to see him suffer.
In "The Joy in Forgetting/The Joy in Acceptance" he says "And you speak of a fever that burns you inside as you explain to your mother how you have wanted to die... And you will be happy the minute you try, so won't you try?" In this song he also speaks of a fever, so I'm thinking that maybe he wants to die, or at least sees it as inevitable, so he won't even try to get better. Arienette says that she'll never leave, but he claims to know that she will eventually. He thinks that her leaving him is an inevitability, just like his death. This mindset could be what drove her away, along with not wanting to see him suffer.
But, like the man in Annabel Lee, he can't get over her after she leaves. He dreams of her every night and sees her all the time. He wants Jetsabel to get rid of her things because he can't stand to be reminded of her all the time, but it probably won't work.
One thing I don't understand is when he says "like the lies I believed too easily." At first I thought it meant that he believed Arienette when she said that she'd never leave, but obviously not, since he says that he knows she will. I don't know what other lie he could be talking about, though.
One more thing. "Just to freeze in my place by the rod iron gate" - That should be WROUGHT iron gate. ;]
I agree with your assessment of the song , any fan of Poe can easily pick out the references to his poetry . but i feel like there is something deeper going on hear as well it reads much like wuthering heights
I agree with your assessment of the song , any fan of Poe can easily pick out the references to his poetry . but i feel like there is something deeper going on hear as well it reads much like wuthering heights