Well, i see the song pulled so many memories in every one of us)
as for the video, that's my take at it:
First, Tori is driven somewhere in a car, tied up, in the junk. I guess, it represents the miscarriage: like she never thought of anything bad to happen, she just took this long ride called life, never actually thinking who sat at the wheel. (Turns out, many of us never actually know - or want to know who the driver is, do we?)
And this very attitude got her trapped: literally and metaphorically. She thought she was a big star, riding in that chick car? Nope, ma'am...you put too much trust in someone you didn't know - so, it might mean she smoke, was toying with drugs, ate junkfood, didn't care about her lifestyle etc.
You see, when things feel deceptively secure, do we ever wonder what happens? Sorry, but the answer is 'generally not'.
And so the driver (I think he is the Inner Enemy - as a Jungian philosopher Clarissa Pincola Estes puts it - btw, you better check her up,cause her book 'Women who run with the wolves' seems to me to be often read and re-read by Tori - they have so much in common when it comes to the WOMAN issues)...well, the driver gradually takes over Tori, who lost the control and isn't watchful anymore.
But! The miscarriage happens - that is the BUMP into the tree. When I was thinking about why this dreadful driver is searching for Tori (I was sure he trapped her and was going to kill her), it just klicked! He was taken by surprise as much as she was - only for her (for her Inner Woman, in Ms Pincola's terms) it was the awakening moment - and for him the moment of panic: she got free, she may run away, she may take over him and rule her life from then on!
It is almost as if he's more afraid than she is - remember how the driver is truly anxious to find her - the Inner Enemy can't be when the Inner Woman (or Man) is free.
And she wanders through the forest (her doubts and fears, and at the same time - the place of primal instincts that help her survive the pain), plunges - blindly - into the river, where the tissue falls from her eyes (she is re-baptized, re-born, she got cleared of the lies around her, she SAW. Also water may mean the water in the womb hat surrounds the baby - she came back to that moment and SAW).
Finally, she gets to the other side (another meaningful symbol - the river means a para-normal experience, like communicating with the Other World: she went inside (remember her words about the time of Boys for Pele when she told about going inside and letting all those suppressed parts of her woman free?) and she watched the things in a different light).
And when she gets out of the water, the driver can no longer get her - remember how he looks at the river- he's perplexed and annoyed, he can't get to the other side - he has to stay where he is and go back.
Well, i see the song pulled so many memories in every one of us) as for the video, that's my take at it: First, Tori is driven somewhere in a car, tied up, in the junk. I guess, it represents the miscarriage: like she never thought of anything bad to happen, she just took this long ride called life, never actually thinking who sat at the wheel. (Turns out, many of us never actually know - or want to know who the driver is, do we?) And this very attitude got her trapped: literally and metaphorically. She thought she was a big star, riding in that chick car? Nope, ma'am...you put too much trust in someone you didn't know - so, it might mean she smoke, was toying with drugs, ate junkfood, didn't care about her lifestyle etc. You see, when things feel deceptively secure, do we ever wonder what happens? Sorry, but the answer is 'generally not'. And so the driver (I think he is the Inner Enemy - as a Jungian philosopher Clarissa Pincola Estes puts it - btw, you better check her up,cause her book 'Women who run with the wolves' seems to me to be often read and re-read by Tori - they have so much in common when it comes to the WOMAN issues)...well, the driver gradually takes over Tori, who lost the control and isn't watchful anymore. But! The miscarriage happens - that is the BUMP into the tree. When I was thinking about why this dreadful driver is searching for Tori (I was sure he trapped her and was going to kill her), it just klicked! He was taken by surprise as much as she was - only for her (for her Inner Woman, in Ms Pincola's terms) it was the awakening moment - and for him the moment of panic: she got free, she may run away, she may take over him and rule her life from then on! It is almost as if he's more afraid than she is - remember how the driver is truly anxious to find her - the Inner Enemy can't be when the Inner Woman (or Man) is free. And she wanders through the forest (her doubts and fears, and at the same time - the place of primal instincts that help her survive the pain), plunges - blindly - into the river, where the tissue falls from her eyes (she is re-baptized, re-born, she got cleared of the lies around her, she SAW. Also water may mean the water in the womb hat surrounds the baby - she came back to that moment and SAW). Finally, she gets to the other side (another meaningful symbol - the river means a para-normal experience, like communicating with the Other World: she went inside (remember her words about the time of Boys for Pele when she told about going inside and letting all those suppressed parts of her woman free?) and she watched the things in a different light). And when she gets out of the water, the driver can no longer get her - remember how he looks at the river- he's perplexed and annoyed, he can't get to the other side - he has to stay where he is and go back.