For those of you speculating the relevance of the video to the song lyrics, they are in fact very tightly knit. The video simply offers a 3rd person and objective perspective to the events conspiring, whereas the lyrics only provide the perspective of our protagonist.
The lyrics of the song would have you believe the man is pursuing a naive and innocent damsel whom society deems necessary to keep naive and innocent. Our protagonist has fallen madly in love with her and his desperation to have her is crippling.
The video however, reveals the other side of the coin. Our damsel is far from naive or innocent. She has in fact used her sexuality as a means to manipulate the willpower of our protagonist in aiding her in her true motives. The Perfume sprayed when she first meets the man, does nothing but further indulge this theory. It's as if she places him under her "spell". You can infer that the idea of a 5 year wait is still relevant in the video by seeing that he has fallen ill. This is most likely a metaphor for his pain of not having the one he adores, more so then a direct statement of illness.
The Removal of human heads, and the revelation of the animal heads is very simply the revelation of that individual's true primal nature. You'll notice that our protagonist, when revealed, is an innocent hare, with no inkling of the terrible danger he is in, or that he has been used. Whereas our damsel, is in fact the vicious and cunning wolf, who will take him as prey after he has fulfilled his role in her plan.
The stage is set for some form of exchange. Late, and in the forest, the man we are lead to believe is the villain (our gun-toting hawk) has met with another man. It appears he is exchanging the heads for a some of money or some other treasure. The heads most likely being direct metaphors for the most valued and prized personal possessions of the townsfolk.
We then see that our protagonist is stalking the man and waiting to seize his gains from the encounter. We can quickly infer by events that transpire afterward, that the damsel has set him up to this. He is motivated by the idea of proving his love to her, and that he may have her if he does what she has requested. He intercepts the hawk and attempts to claim the funds.
After his success, our damsel then reveals to have been watching all along. She comes to claim her winnings after having the grunt work done for her. Our protagonist, startled, flustered, and genuinely surprised to see her, then has his world shattered upon the revelation of her true motives.
When realizing, that he has in fact, been used; he attempts to end her. He fails. Her true nature is revealed and she takes his life. Collecting the items from both sides of the exchange. This we can tell because her carriage is filled with the heads, and we can assume she also leaves with the bag. She then puts her "human head" back on as her facade to move on to whatever it is she has planned next.
The part that will really get you however, is when you wonder if she was also manipulating the hawk through the same means.
The video is brilliantly presented. It is an elaborate and artistic way of telling a story with one of the most common and simplistic of themes.
I thought the same way about the video... although I couldn't connect the lyrics to the video. But I would go even further with the animal heads representing kind of the character of the former holder... like i think darwin who plays the guitar has a lion head. The stolen heads could be a metaphor for the souls, which are taken by the hawk offering him a grand prize, so the Woman then would be the devil tricking all sides and leaving them for dead.
I thought the same way about the video... although I couldn't connect the lyrics to the video. But I would go even further with the animal heads representing kind of the character of the former holder... like i think darwin who plays the guitar has a lion head. The stolen heads could be a metaphor for the souls, which are taken by the hawk offering him a grand prize, so the Woman then would be the devil tricking all sides and leaving them for dead.
R U writing a f-ing book? And there is not a stalker behind every tree. Geesh. And each one of you novelists ('each one' being facetious) provided a big pile of poo. The frggin' song's about inaction due to fear. That's it...inaction and fear. Not stalkers or livestock or Leonado Divinci or cresendos or dwarfs or pipers or protagonists or little green men who live on Mars!!!! For gawd's sake, novels????? Cripes.
R U writing a f-ing book? And there is not a stalker behind every tree. Geesh. And each one of you novelists ('each one' being facetious) provided a big pile of poo. The frggin' song's about inaction due to fear. That's it...inaction and fear. Not stalkers or livestock or Leonado Divinci or cresendos or dwarfs or pipers or protagonists or little green men who live on Mars!!!! For gawd's sake, novels????? Cripes.
I think you are very close, definitely helped me in understanding this. Something to support your idea here:
I think you are very close, definitely helped me in understanding this. Something to support your idea here:
The man who presents the bag is the same guy who is driving the carriage at the end, he also seems to be the frog who is seen chasing a lady who is of unknown significance (as someone else pointed out, the boar is probably the elderly lady).
The man who presents the bag is the same guy who is driving the carriage at the end, he also seems to be the frog who is seen chasing a lady who is of unknown significance (as someone else pointed out, the boar is probably the elderly lady).
So it seems that the whole thing was just a plot to steal all the heads by paying the hawk off, but then get out of it with their money in the end by playing the rabbit against him. Very clever, this to me is what art should be.
Would you please do the world a favor and stop using the word protagonist. And why so many paragraphs for such a simple song. You remind me of my very bright Advanced History teacher who would talk forever and say what the average person could say in a minute. We all wanted to slap him. The song is really self-explanatory. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out. (Heck, I figured it out:)
Would you please do the world a favor and stop using the word protagonist. And why so many paragraphs for such a simple song. You remind me of my very bright Advanced History teacher who would talk forever and say what the average person could say in a minute. We all wanted to slap him. The song is really self-explanatory. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out. (Heck, I figured it out:)
@Emprah The Video, was done by Bent Image Lab. They happen to be located in the same city, that Ramona Falls hails from. that would add to your theory, that the video, and the song may be closer than average. Also, I'm going to think, that the faces(heads)(masks), are meant to our civilized personas. By being stripped of those masks, we're reverted back, to animal instincts. that's the impression the video gave me.
@Emprah The Video, was done by Bent Image Lab. They happen to be located in the same city, that Ramona Falls hails from. that would add to your theory, that the video, and the song may be closer than average. Also, I'm going to think, that the faces(heads)(masks), are meant to our civilized personas. By being stripped of those masks, we're reverted back, to animal instincts. that's the impression the video gave me.
@Emprah - I'm digging your analysis of the video. i got the overall concept but missed out on some of these key details and how they may further tie the video to the song. I'm not sure this is a different, outsider's take on the situation, but perhaps it is more reflective of the speaker's internal turmoil about everything going on. It plays well into the idea that the members of "civil" society clothe their own primal natures with innocent trappings, while clandestinely fulfilling their own animalistic nature (on their terms). The video to me is kind...
@Emprah - I'm digging your analysis of the video. i got the overall concept but missed out on some of these key details and how they may further tie the video to the song. I'm not sure this is a different, outsider's take on the situation, but perhaps it is more reflective of the speaker's internal turmoil about everything going on. It plays well into the idea that the members of "civil" society clothe their own primal natures with innocent trappings, while clandestinely fulfilling their own animalistic nature (on their terms). The video to me is kind of the speaker's desire and feeling of rejection playing out on his own terms..like a chaotic thought process as he dismantles the excuses and disguises.
Definitely interesting to get email notifications that bring me back to a post I had forgotten about, just to see people upset that interpretations of a Song/Music Video were discussed at length on a site dedicated specifically to doing so.
Definitely interesting to get email notifications that bring me back to a post I had forgotten about, just to see people upset that interpretations of a Song/Music Video were discussed at length on a site dedicated specifically to doing so.
Can't please all of the people all of the time, I suppose. Thankfully, that's never been a concern of mine.
Can't please all of the people all of the time, I suppose. Thankfully, that's never been a concern of mine.
Those commenting more recently, thank you for bringing my attention back to this discussion. I really enjoyed the video, and watched it again after having not seen it in quite some time.
Those commenting more recently, thank you for bringing my attention back to this discussion. I really enjoyed the video, and watched it again after having not seen it in quite some time.
For those of you speculating the relevance of the video to the song lyrics, they are in fact very tightly knit. The video simply offers a 3rd person and objective perspective to the events conspiring, whereas the lyrics only provide the perspective of our protagonist.
The lyrics of the song would have you believe the man is pursuing a naive and innocent damsel whom society deems necessary to keep naive and innocent. Our protagonist has fallen madly in love with her and his desperation to have her is crippling.
The video however, reveals the other side of the coin. Our damsel is far from naive or innocent. She has in fact used her sexuality as a means to manipulate the willpower of our protagonist in aiding her in her true motives. The Perfume sprayed when she first meets the man, does nothing but further indulge this theory. It's as if she places him under her "spell". You can infer that the idea of a 5 year wait is still relevant in the video by seeing that he has fallen ill. This is most likely a metaphor for his pain of not having the one he adores, more so then a direct statement of illness.
The Removal of human heads, and the revelation of the animal heads is very simply the revelation of that individual's true primal nature. You'll notice that our protagonist, when revealed, is an innocent hare, with no inkling of the terrible danger he is in, or that he has been used. Whereas our damsel, is in fact the vicious and cunning wolf, who will take him as prey after he has fulfilled his role in her plan.
The stage is set for some form of exchange. Late, and in the forest, the man we are lead to believe is the villain (our gun-toting hawk) has met with another man. It appears he is exchanging the heads for a some of money or some other treasure. The heads most likely being direct metaphors for the most valued and prized personal possessions of the townsfolk.
We then see that our protagonist is stalking the man and waiting to seize his gains from the encounter. We can quickly infer by events that transpire afterward, that the damsel has set him up to this. He is motivated by the idea of proving his love to her, and that he may have her if he does what she has requested. He intercepts the hawk and attempts to claim the funds.
After his success, our damsel then reveals to have been watching all along. She comes to claim her winnings after having the grunt work done for her. Our protagonist, startled, flustered, and genuinely surprised to see her, then has his world shattered upon the revelation of her true motives.
When realizing, that he has in fact, been used; he attempts to end her. He fails. Her true nature is revealed and she takes his life. Collecting the items from both sides of the exchange. This we can tell because her carriage is filled with the heads, and we can assume she also leaves with the bag. She then puts her "human head" back on as her facade to move on to whatever it is she has planned next.
The part that will really get you however, is when you wonder if she was also manipulating the hawk through the same means.
The video is brilliantly presented. It is an elaborate and artistic way of telling a story with one of the most common and simplistic of themes.
Brilliant interpretation and well said. Thanks for sharing =)
Brilliant interpretation and well said. Thanks for sharing =)
Fantastic analysis and excellent writing. Thank you so much.
Fantastic analysis and excellent writing. Thank you so much.
I thought the same way about the video... although I couldn't connect the lyrics to the video. But I would go even further with the animal heads representing kind of the character of the former holder... like i think darwin who plays the guitar has a lion head. The stolen heads could be a metaphor for the souls, which are taken by the hawk offering him a grand prize, so the Woman then would be the devil tricking all sides and leaving them for dead.
I thought the same way about the video... although I couldn't connect the lyrics to the video. But I would go even further with the animal heads representing kind of the character of the former holder... like i think darwin who plays the guitar has a lion head. The stolen heads could be a metaphor for the souls, which are taken by the hawk offering him a grand prize, so the Woman then would be the devil tricking all sides and leaving them for dead.
R U writing a f-ing book? And there is not a stalker behind every tree. Geesh. And each one of you novelists ('each one' being facetious) provided a big pile of poo. The frggin' song's about inaction due to fear. That's it...inaction and fear. Not stalkers or livestock or Leonado Divinci or cresendos or dwarfs or pipers or protagonists or little green men who live on Mars!!!! For gawd's sake, novels????? Cripes.
R U writing a f-ing book? And there is not a stalker behind every tree. Geesh. And each one of you novelists ('each one' being facetious) provided a big pile of poo. The frggin' song's about inaction due to fear. That's it...inaction and fear. Not stalkers or livestock or Leonado Divinci or cresendos or dwarfs or pipers or protagonists or little green men who live on Mars!!!! For gawd's sake, novels????? Cripes.
I think you are very close, definitely helped me in understanding this. Something to support your idea here:
I think you are very close, definitely helped me in understanding this. Something to support your idea here:
The man who presents the bag is the same guy who is driving the carriage at the end, he also seems to be the frog who is seen chasing a lady who is of unknown significance (as someone else pointed out, the boar is probably the elderly lady).
The man who presents the bag is the same guy who is driving the carriage at the end, he also seems to be the frog who is seen chasing a lady who is of unknown significance (as someone else pointed out, the boar is probably the elderly lady).
So it seems that the whole thing was just a plot to steal all the heads by paying the hawk off, but then get out of it with their money in the end by playing the rabbit against him. Very clever, this to me is what art should be.
Would you please do the world a favor and stop using the word protagonist. And why so many paragraphs for such a simple song. You remind me of my very bright Advanced History teacher who would talk forever and say what the average person could say in a minute. We all wanted to slap him. The song is really self-explanatory. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out. (Heck, I figured it out:)
Would you please do the world a favor and stop using the word protagonist. And why so many paragraphs for such a simple song. You remind me of my very bright Advanced History teacher who would talk forever and say what the average person could say in a minute. We all wanted to slap him. The song is really self-explanatory. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out. (Heck, I figured it out:)
@Emprah The Video, was done by Bent Image Lab. They happen to be located in the same city, that Ramona Falls hails from. that would add to your theory, that the video, and the song may be closer than average. Also, I'm going to think, that the faces(heads)(masks), are meant to our civilized personas. By being stripped of those masks, we're reverted back, to animal instincts. that's the impression the video gave me.
@Emprah The Video, was done by Bent Image Lab. They happen to be located in the same city, that Ramona Falls hails from. that would add to your theory, that the video, and the song may be closer than average. Also, I'm going to think, that the faces(heads)(masks), are meant to our civilized personas. By being stripped of those masks, we're reverted back, to animal instincts. that's the impression the video gave me.
@Emprah - I'm digging your analysis of the video. i got the overall concept but missed out on some of these key details and how they may further tie the video to the song. I'm not sure this is a different, outsider's take on the situation, but perhaps it is more reflective of the speaker's internal turmoil about everything going on. It plays well into the idea that the members of "civil" society clothe their own primal natures with innocent trappings, while clandestinely fulfilling their own animalistic nature (on their terms). The video to me is kind...
@Emprah - I'm digging your analysis of the video. i got the overall concept but missed out on some of these key details and how they may further tie the video to the song. I'm not sure this is a different, outsider's take on the situation, but perhaps it is more reflective of the speaker's internal turmoil about everything going on. It plays well into the idea that the members of "civil" society clothe their own primal natures with innocent trappings, while clandestinely fulfilling their own animalistic nature (on their terms). The video to me is kind of the speaker's desire and feeling of rejection playing out on his own terms..like a chaotic thought process as he dismantles the excuses and disguises.
@Thisaintozkido - Jeeze. This isn't ratemyprofessor.com. Nobody is here to receive your "critique" of our forum-style analytical exposition.
@Thisaintozkido - Jeeze. This isn't ratemyprofessor.com. Nobody is here to receive your "critique" of our forum-style analytical exposition.
Definitely interesting to get email notifications that bring me back to a post I had forgotten about, just to see people upset that interpretations of a Song/Music Video were discussed at length on a site dedicated specifically to doing so.
Definitely interesting to get email notifications that bring me back to a post I had forgotten about, just to see people upset that interpretations of a Song/Music Video were discussed at length on a site dedicated specifically to doing so.
Can't please all of the people all of the time, I suppose. Thankfully, that's never been a concern of mine.
Can't please all of the people all of the time, I suppose. Thankfully, that's never been a concern of mine.
Those commenting more recently, thank you for bringing my attention back to this discussion. I really enjoyed the video, and watched it again after having not seen it in quite some time.
Those commenting more recently, thank you for bringing my attention back to this discussion. I really enjoyed the video, and watched it again after having not seen it in quite some time.