I'm not entirely sure what is going on in this song lyrically, but it seems like the singer is calling himself the wooden doors because he wants to be the last vestige of a simpler, more nature-oriented way of life. He wants to close himself off from excessive material influence and try as hard as he can to live a life that is devoid of the trappings of modern capitalism. He wants to be a great protector and lover of nature and oppose meaningless development.
'Seek not the fallen to unlock these wooden doors'--Again, this assessment may be too simplistic, but it sounds like it suggests that Haughm wants to distance himself from those who have fallen to vice, greed, and the rape of the earth. He doesn't want them close to him or the great sanctity of the natural environment. It's as if their very presence could somehow pollute it.
Of course wooden doors are commonplace in material society, but much of Agalloch's imagery is associated with wood. Indeed their very name means a type of wood resin that comes out of trees.
I'm not entirely sure what is going on in this song lyrically, but it seems like the singer is calling himself the wooden doors because he wants to be the last vestige of a simpler, more nature-oriented way of life. He wants to close himself off from excessive material influence and try as hard as he can to live a life that is devoid of the trappings of modern capitalism. He wants to be a great protector and lover of nature and oppose meaningless development.
'Seek not the fallen to unlock these wooden doors'--Again, this assessment may be too simplistic, but it sounds like it suggests that Haughm wants to distance himself from those who have fallen to vice, greed, and the rape of the earth. He doesn't want them close to him or the great sanctity of the natural environment. It's as if their very presence could somehow pollute it.
Of course wooden doors are commonplace in material society, but much of Agalloch's imagery is associated with wood. Indeed their very name means a type of wood resin that comes out of trees.