Wow, overall this is a tight, amazing song. I couldn't ask for anything more from Eleventh He Reaches London. The concept about the album seems to be more or less about colonial Australia. In their single, Girt By Piss, it's themes are pretty apparent.
My first guess is that it is a family analysis. The family is probably one far away and one losing faith in the concept character (let's just call him Don). "It strains away/ Gathering height/ Closer to God but/ Further from me". I have strong beliefs that the character is sent as a convict because of his crimes in England, away from his family. It fits with the name "Hollow Be My Name".
My second guess is that the tree is a object merely to compare Don's existence, or at least, to god [I tore the limbs/ Stripped off the bark/ If I can't grow here/ Neither will he]. Obviously, Don is angrily questioning is faith and meaning of life. The song features some very strong, depressive lyrics, most of them are stagnated on Don's self-proclaimed pathetic life. Just about everything he does is in vain, just like growing the tree in the barren earth. What I can't get is how the tree is named "he" in one verse ONLY.
But meh this is my comment on this site, so I've probably got most of this wrong.
Wow, overall this is a tight, amazing song. I couldn't ask for anything more from Eleventh He Reaches London. The concept about the album seems to be more or less about colonial Australia. In their single, Girt By Piss, it's themes are pretty apparent. My first guess is that it is a family analysis. The family is probably one far away and one losing faith in the concept character (let's just call him Don). "It strains away/ Gathering height/ Closer to God but/ Further from me". I have strong beliefs that the character is sent as a convict because of his crimes in England, away from his family. It fits with the name "Hollow Be My Name". My second guess is that the tree is a object merely to compare Don's existence, or at least, to god [I tore the limbs/ Stripped off the bark/ If I can't grow here/ Neither will he]. Obviously, Don is angrily questioning is faith and meaning of life. The song features some very strong, depressive lyrics, most of them are stagnated on Don's self-proclaimed pathetic life. Just about everything he does is in vain, just like growing the tree in the barren earth. What I can't get is how the tree is named "he" in one verse ONLY. But meh this is my comment on this site, so I've probably got most of this wrong.