I think the song is about a man who commits suicide after the death of his lover.
He commits suicide because he can’t let her go, she’s left pieces of herself in him. It’s for love (i’ll call this my love song’), even though others think he was immoral for doing so- the angels ‘scorn’ him (cherubim and seraphim = angels).
He wishes he could make her live again- ‘Can’t be the heart she lost’.
She’s just a corpse now, an empty vessel- ‘No wants, no radiance, gone’- her soul’s in another place.
Her death has left him ‘staling’, ‘cold’, almost just a corpse himself. He has sex with other people ‘mix new flesh with flesh’, but there’s no emotional connection there, just bodies. This continues the idea that he feels corpse-like.
His soul ‘turns’ and ‘churns’ because he’s apart from her, the only way his soul can ‘rest’ is if their souls are together again.
I love the metaphors for death in this song, and of course the music! So many layers, and they fit together so well.
Hmm I’ve interpreted the song quite literally, but it could just be about the metaphorical death of the guy because his girlfriend left him- ‘mix new flesh with flesh’ could mean the girl’s sleeping with other guys. But I like my original interpretation better :P
Actually, because I'm bored and I can't sleep I'm gonna do a metaphorical interpretation of this song now :D
I think the song is about a man who commits suicide after the death of his lover.
He commits suicide because he can’t let her go, she’s left pieces of herself in him. It’s for love (i’ll call this my love song’), even though others think he was immoral for doing so- the angels ‘scorn’ him (cherubim and seraphim = angels).
He wishes he could make her live again- ‘Can’t be the heart she lost’.
She’s just a corpse now, an empty vessel- ‘No wants, no radiance, gone’- her soul’s in another place.
Her death has left him ‘staling’, ‘cold’, almost just a corpse himself. He has sex with other people ‘mix new flesh with flesh’, but there’s no emotional connection there, just bodies. This continues the idea that he feels corpse-like.
His soul ‘turns’ and ‘churns’ because he’s apart from her, the only way his soul can ‘rest’ is if their souls are together again.
I love the metaphors for death in this song, and of course the music! So many layers, and they fit together so well.
Hmm I’ve interpreted the song quite literally, but it could just be about the metaphorical death of the guy because his girlfriend left him- ‘mix new flesh with flesh’ could mean the girl’s sleeping with other guys. But I like my original interpretation better :P
Actually, because I'm bored and I can't sleep I'm gonna do a metaphorical interpretation of this song now :D