I never made the vampire connection. I always thought of it as more of a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hide and the loss of control and inhibitions with substance abuse. The walk down Bourbon street is an allusion to being drunk. The priestly hands was what his former life was before he became all consumed with darkness and wanders the night as drunk. Enough so that he can not show his face at day.
He wishes to be pure and strong but has succumbed to the sickness of his mind (much like Mr. Hide self-destrucive nature to destroying everything in Dr. Jeckylls life). In the end of the song he give into his darkest lustful desires to go up to the women he has stalked so often to commit rape and murder- he must love what he destroys and destroy what he loves (because the innocence he loved will be lost when he rapes, he knows he will then be forced to destroy her afterwards)
It's an erie and dark song, and takes something like the stalking song of "Every Breath you take" to even a darker level of moving into action on acting on impulses.
Great song to watch live theatrically during symphoncicty
I never made the vampire connection. I always thought of it as more of a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hide and the loss of control and inhibitions with substance abuse. The walk down Bourbon street is an allusion to being drunk. The priestly hands was what his former life was before he became all consumed with darkness and wanders the night as drunk. Enough so that he can not show his face at day.
He wishes to be pure and strong but has succumbed to the sickness of his mind (much like Mr. Hide self-destrucive nature to destroying everything in Dr. Jeckylls life). In the end of the song he give into his darkest lustful desires to go up to the women he has stalked so often to commit rape and murder- he must love what he destroys and destroy what he loves (because the innocence he loved will be lost when he rapes, he knows he will then be forced to destroy her afterwards)
It's an erie and dark song, and takes something like the stalking song of "Every Breath you take" to even a darker level of moving into action on acting on impulses.
Great song to watch live theatrically during symphoncicty