I agree with Musicophile, except it doesn't neccesarily have to be Serj speaking for himself. The lyrics may be portraying the feelings of a character who is going through grief.
As I see it, the narrator has decided he wants to spend the rest of his life with someone, for example by marriage. They spend a big part of their lives together despite pain and doubt, because they believe their love will survive.
Then his spouse wants a divorce. The rest is, in my opinion, what goes through his mind as he desperately tries to cling on to the life they could've had together. The design was to spend their lives together, but now they've broken the mold so he begs her to stay with him to the borders of destiny (forever). You could argue that as the song climaxes, he frantically jumps back and forth between the five stages of grief:
Denial: "I can't think that it's all over." "I want to repress your goodbye."
Anger: "Do you think that you don't need me, do you wanna deceive me?"
Bargaining: "Please follow me to the borders of destiny."
Depression: "The falling ground screams goodbye."
Acceptance: "The dreams when you see that goodbyes aren't for long."
@singdongdingdong The way you tied in the Kubler Ross was brilliant. It escaped me initially, but the emotionality is undeniable throughout. For me, it coincides with my divorce in many key emotions, raw and painful ones. However, different somewhat for me as i loved her but knew that staying in the relationships would be my downfall...'the falling ground screams goodbye'. So the inner conflict is enormous, as well as the isolation..'dissapearing inside' 'turn and hide'. I wonder if for the narrator it was also about this death of idea, 'the design' if you will? At any rate, if you're able...
@singdongdingdong The way you tied in the Kubler Ross was brilliant. It escaped me initially, but the emotionality is undeniable throughout. For me, it coincides with my divorce in many key emotions, raw and painful ones. However, different somewhat for me as i loved her but knew that staying in the relationships would be my downfall...'the falling ground screams goodbye'. So the inner conflict is enormous, as well as the isolation..'dissapearing inside' 'turn and hide'. I wonder if for the narrator it was also about this death of idea, 'the design' if you will? At any rate, if you're able to relate this to a personal experience, then this is strong stuff.
I agree with Musicophile, except it doesn't neccesarily have to be Serj speaking for himself. The lyrics may be portraying the feelings of a character who is going through grief.
As I see it, the narrator has decided he wants to spend the rest of his life with someone, for example by marriage. They spend a big part of their lives together despite pain and doubt, because they believe their love will survive.
Then his spouse wants a divorce. The rest is, in my opinion, what goes through his mind as he desperately tries to cling on to the life they could've had together. The design was to spend their lives together, but now they've broken the mold so he begs her to stay with him to the borders of destiny (forever). You could argue that as the song climaxes, he frantically jumps back and forth between the five stages of grief:
Denial: "I can't think that it's all over." "I want to repress your goodbye." Anger: "Do you think that you don't need me, do you wanna deceive me?" Bargaining: "Please follow me to the borders of destiny." Depression: "The falling ground screams goodbye." Acceptance: "The dreams when you see that goodbyes aren't for long."
@singdongdingdong The way you tied in the Kubler Ross was brilliant. It escaped me initially, but the emotionality is undeniable throughout. For me, it coincides with my divorce in many key emotions, raw and painful ones. However, different somewhat for me as i loved her but knew that staying in the relationships would be my downfall...'the falling ground screams goodbye'. So the inner conflict is enormous, as well as the isolation..'dissapearing inside' 'turn and hide'. I wonder if for the narrator it was also about this death of idea, 'the design' if you will? At any rate, if you're able...
@singdongdingdong The way you tied in the Kubler Ross was brilliant. It escaped me initially, but the emotionality is undeniable throughout. For me, it coincides with my divorce in many key emotions, raw and painful ones. However, different somewhat for me as i loved her but knew that staying in the relationships would be my downfall...'the falling ground screams goodbye'. So the inner conflict is enormous, as well as the isolation..'dissapearing inside' 'turn and hide'. I wonder if for the narrator it was also about this death of idea, 'the design' if you will? At any rate, if you're able to relate this to a personal experience, then this is strong stuff.