There are two major themes in the VIDEOS for these songs, which is childbirth and religion, namely Jesus Christ in particular. This leads me to think that it tells the story of Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, I suspect that the videos are also about the life of Jesus, including his crucifixion and resurrection.
In the Y video, we finish our saga of the birth and death of Christ.
In the beginning, we see our Jesus/Baby character, sitting on a throne and boredly throwing papers around. He is now also wearing the same crown and holding the same ball and scepter that Jonna Lee was donning in the T video. He then gets up from his throne, drops his crown, ball, and scepter, and walks around in a strange manner. This scene seems to be a depiction of Christ before he is killed -- He is the king and leader of his disciples, on the metaphorical throne of his kingdom.
We then see Jonna Lee in a fetal position underwater, just as a real fetus lies in amniotic fluid before being born. At the same time, she sings of "this ugly truth" "little hope, sprung from necessity" "Little ghost" and "They would never stop hunting you." This all seems to speak of Christ, how he spoke of the truth, the "ugly truth" of his crucifixion, how his "little hope" is "sprung from necessity," the "little ghost" is like the Holy Ghost of the trinity, and finally, the people who would "never stop hunting you (Jesus)" references the people who were out to kill Christ.
The video then transports us into a forest of trees wrapped in foil, and we see one tree in particular that has what obviously resembles a vagina and a urine hole above it. Jonna Lee, covered entirely from head to two in her own hair (Long hair is also a symbol of fertility) pops out of the tree-vagina, and takes a lightbulb from the urine-hole above her, and she holds it above her head. This scene is a very direct and obvious reference to childbirth, what with how Jonna Lee herself just came out of a giant vagina in a tree. I mean really.
Jonna then tip-toes around the forest, holding the light abover her head as she sings.
Finally, however, she stops, as the light above her head is gone, and is now replaced with a hallway of fluorescent lamps that have suddenly appeared before her, all turning on one after another, illuminating the image of Jonna, making her look heavenly, like an angel.
The camera then switches angle, however, to face the tree-vagina, and as we enter it, we now enter the next scene.
The next scene is an important one, as we see a knight in shining armor throwing axes, arrows, and swords into the trees around him. With each penetration he makes into the trees, a splash of milk flies into the Baby/Jesus's face, and he looks like he is in pain. This scene acts as a brilliant double-entendre for not just being born (The knight is like a doctor, delivering a baby from the womb, breaking down the walls of the placenta just as the trees are broken down) but also as a metaphor for the crucifixion of christ. The arrows, swords, and axes are like nails being driven into Jesus' hands and feet, and the pain is apparent in the Baby/Jesus' face.
We are then transported into a mysterious room that is covered in paper, including Jonna Lee wearing a dress made of blank white sheets. She hears an infant's voice, though, and turns around to see a newborn baby standing before her. As she continues to sing the song, it becomes apparent that the two stories -- one of childbirth and one of Jesus Christ -- have culminated. The baby has been born (and is now standing before Jonna Lee) but also Jesus has been resurrected (represented by the baby also). Jonna then sings "With your mind, you dream of life now," which speaks of the fact ther her baby has been brought into the world at last.
Jonna's body is then wrapped in foil, however, and as we see just her blackened face amidst a black frame, she speaks the final words of the song: "I've seen the truth and it's nothing liek you said. I've seen your picture of a perfect world. Now you can touch the halo around my crowned head. so many questions, so many things unsaid." This stanza is an incredibly obvious allusion to the message of Jesus christ, how it causes people to "see the truth" of a "perfect world," and the mentions of "halos" and "crowned heads" and "so many questions, so many things unsaid" act as even more obvious references to the bible and its imagery.
Now, although the song is over at this point, the video is not: We return to the knight in shining armor, but now he lies in the forest, dead from an impalement wound. This can be seen as the non-believers of Christ being proven wrong (their ideology has been "impaled" if you will) and they now remain in the forest of doubt, dead.
There are two major themes in the VIDEOS for these songs, which is childbirth and religion, namely Jesus Christ in particular. This leads me to think that it tells the story of Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. At the same time, however, I suspect that the videos are also about the life of Jesus, including his crucifixion and resurrection.
In the Y video, we finish our saga of the birth and death of Christ.
In the beginning, we see our Jesus/Baby character, sitting on a throne and boredly throwing papers around. He is now also wearing the same crown and holding the same ball and scepter that Jonna Lee was donning in the T video. He then gets up from his throne, drops his crown, ball, and scepter, and walks around in a strange manner. This scene seems to be a depiction of Christ before he is killed -- He is the king and leader of his disciples, on the metaphorical throne of his kingdom.
We then see Jonna Lee in a fetal position underwater, just as a real fetus lies in amniotic fluid before being born. At the same time, she sings of "this ugly truth" "little hope, sprung from necessity" "Little ghost" and "They would never stop hunting you." This all seems to speak of Christ, how he spoke of the truth, the "ugly truth" of his crucifixion, how his "little hope" is "sprung from necessity," the "little ghost" is like the Holy Ghost of the trinity, and finally, the people who would "never stop hunting you (Jesus)" references the people who were out to kill Christ.
The video then transports us into a forest of trees wrapped in foil, and we see one tree in particular that has what obviously resembles a vagina and a urine hole above it. Jonna Lee, covered entirely from head to two in her own hair (Long hair is also a symbol of fertility) pops out of the tree-vagina, and takes a lightbulb from the urine-hole above her, and she holds it above her head. This scene is a very direct and obvious reference to childbirth, what with how Jonna Lee herself just came out of a giant vagina in a tree. I mean really.
Jonna then tip-toes around the forest, holding the light abover her head as she sings.
Finally, however, she stops, as the light above her head is gone, and is now replaced with a hallway of fluorescent lamps that have suddenly appeared before her, all turning on one after another, illuminating the image of Jonna, making her look heavenly, like an angel.
The camera then switches angle, however, to face the tree-vagina, and as we enter it, we now enter the next scene.
The next scene is an important one, as we see a knight in shining armor throwing axes, arrows, and swords into the trees around him. With each penetration he makes into the trees, a splash of milk flies into the Baby/Jesus's face, and he looks like he is in pain. This scene acts as a brilliant double-entendre for not just being born (The knight is like a doctor, delivering a baby from the womb, breaking down the walls of the placenta just as the trees are broken down) but also as a metaphor for the crucifixion of christ. The arrows, swords, and axes are like nails being driven into Jesus' hands and feet, and the pain is apparent in the Baby/Jesus' face.
We are then transported into a mysterious room that is covered in paper, including Jonna Lee wearing a dress made of blank white sheets. She hears an infant's voice, though, and turns around to see a newborn baby standing before her. As she continues to sing the song, it becomes apparent that the two stories -- one of childbirth and one of Jesus Christ -- have culminated. The baby has been born (and is now standing before Jonna Lee) but also Jesus has been resurrected (represented by the baby also). Jonna then sings "With your mind, you dream of life now," which speaks of the fact ther her baby has been brought into the world at last.
Jonna's body is then wrapped in foil, however, and as we see just her blackened face amidst a black frame, she speaks the final words of the song: "I've seen the truth and it's nothing liek you said. I've seen your picture of a perfect world. Now you can touch the halo around my crowned head. so many questions, so many things unsaid." This stanza is an incredibly obvious allusion to the message of Jesus christ, how it causes people to "see the truth" of a "perfect world," and the mentions of "halos" and "crowned heads" and "so many questions, so many things unsaid" act as even more obvious references to the bible and its imagery.
Now, although the song is over at this point, the video is not: We return to the knight in shining armor, but now he lies in the forest, dead from an impalement wound. This can be seen as the non-believers of Christ being proven wrong (their ideology has been "impaled" if you will) and they now remain in the forest of doubt, dead.