I think that the song is a portrait of a man's suicide after a relationship falls apart.
He has a drinking problem, and it's forced his partner to leave. The song is him musing on how he cannot change, and in the end he kills himself. That's what the much darker instrumental section is for. The first section is the man relenting about the direction his life has taken, and the hopelessness he feels, while the last lines:
"A drop in the ocean
A significant motion"
Give his intention to kill himself, while the very last lines:
"Nothing melts in this cold
But Russia on ice is burning a hole"
Ties the entire thing back to the beginning. Meaning that he has ended where he has started, with nothing changed. This leads to the dark and heavy section, which I suppose is the soundtrack to his suicide, showing his anger at himself and his ex partner, and the inherent violence. Russia on Ice I think has a double meaning, it could be a metaphor for the character's drinking problem, or it could be a description of the relationship, and the unstable nature of it.
@kitthehacker Suicide isn't an act of prolonged violence. To me that dark, heavy section sounds like rage - if there was a music video, I could see that section showing the protaganist in a blind drunken rage, smashing up his furniture and screaming.
@kitthehacker Suicide isn't an act of prolonged violence. To me that dark, heavy section sounds like rage - if there was a music video, I could see that section showing the protaganist in a blind drunken rage, smashing up his furniture and screaming.
On the other hand, the bells tolling at the end do sound as if something final happened as sysys pointed out below. This could just be drinking oneself to death however.
On the other hand, the bells tolling at the end do sound as if something final happened as sysys pointed out below. This could just be drinking oneself to death however.
I think that the song is a portrait of a man's suicide after a relationship falls apart.
He has a drinking problem, and it's forced his partner to leave. The song is him musing on how he cannot change, and in the end he kills himself. That's what the much darker instrumental section is for. The first section is the man relenting about the direction his life has taken, and the hopelessness he feels, while the last lines:
"A drop in the ocean A significant motion"
Give his intention to kill himself, while the very last lines:
"Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole"
Ties the entire thing back to the beginning. Meaning that he has ended where he has started, with nothing changed. This leads to the dark and heavy section, which I suppose is the soundtrack to his suicide, showing his anger at himself and his ex partner, and the inherent violence. Russia on Ice I think has a double meaning, it could be a metaphor for the character's drinking problem, or it could be a description of the relationship, and the unstable nature of it.
@kitthehacker yours vision is the version i think. Maybe this is it, this is what was steven's mind when he wrote it.
@kitthehacker yours vision is the version i think. Maybe this is it, this is what was steven's mind when he wrote it.
@kitthehacker yours vision is the best version i think. Maybe this is it, this is what was steven's mind when he wrote it.
@kitthehacker yours vision is the best version i think. Maybe this is it, this is what was steven's mind when he wrote it.
@kitthehacker Suicide isn't an act of prolonged violence. To me that dark, heavy section sounds like rage - if there was a music video, I could see that section showing the protaganist in a blind drunken rage, smashing up his furniture and screaming.
@kitthehacker Suicide isn't an act of prolonged violence. To me that dark, heavy section sounds like rage - if there was a music video, I could see that section showing the protaganist in a blind drunken rage, smashing up his furniture and screaming.
On the other hand, the bells tolling at the end do sound as if something final happened as sysys pointed out below. This could just be drinking oneself to death however.
On the other hand, the bells tolling at the end do sound as if something final happened as sysys pointed out below. This could just be drinking oneself to death however.