I know this isn't why it was originally written, and I won't be too popular for bringing classics into pop songs, but this song really reminds me of Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights.
The verses are about her mindset, and how she's 'not afraid of anything' (she's a proud, strong-headed girl) but then suddenly, she dies of illness.
The reason this struck me was because there are lots of references in the book about how Heathcliff and Cathy are one and the same (e.g. 'I am Heathcliff', 'I cannot live without my life') and it makes me think of Cathy in death, wondering how it feels to him to be separated and different from one another for the first time.
I know this isn't why it was originally written, and I won't be too popular for bringing classics into pop songs, but this song really reminds me of Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights.
The verses are about her mindset, and how she's 'not afraid of anything' (she's a proud, strong-headed girl) but then suddenly, she dies of illness.
The reason this struck me was because there are lots of references in the book about how Heathcliff and Cathy are one and the same (e.g. 'I am Heathcliff', 'I cannot live without my life') and it makes me think of Cathy in death, wondering how it feels to him to be separated and different from one another for the first time.
Make of that what you will... :)