When I first heard this I always pictured it being from a womans perspective. Wich of course most likely isn't the case, since writers often write from their own experiences.
But anyways, this gave me a completley diffrent experience and picture of what this song is about. Wich proberly isn't the right one. But still kinda intresting.
To me this song is about a woman who lives in an abusive relationship. She is together with a man who on the outside looks like your ordanary innocent man that has a good life. ("Prosperous in your ways")
But he is filled with anger from his failures. Wich has created a very dark passenger/personality.
This angry sadistic personality sometimes shows, by small outbursts of anger and bad temper.
("Faint flickering of your power")
She tries to live by this persons "rules", to avoid the abuse. But this person has no real reason for the abuse other then his own anger and low self esteem. Comming from repeted short commings and failures in his life.
His temper is unpredictable. ("Runs a thick tide beneath")
This anger makes it impossible for her to reason with him, or to please him. Becuse he will always take his anger out on her. ("This test I can't persist")
The real evil and pain come at night when he beats her and rapes her.
While laying there night after night withstanding this abuse, being weak hearted and not able to withstand it she shuts down emotionaly to be able to withstand the pain.
("It is the end for the weak at heart always the same
A lullaby for the ones who've lost all reeling inside")
I picture her laying there while he has his way with her, she sees her own eyes relfect in HIS necklace.
And when it's finaly over. She feels empty and emotionless. But also at peace.
She falls asleep only to wake up the next morning to the sound of him.
And relapse into reality witch is nothing but misery.
This is most likely not what the song is about, it's just the feeling I got the first time I heard it. And when I read the lyrics I could easly fit them into my interpretation of it all.
This post actually makes a lot of sense. A lot more than mine. To me the meaning of this song has been about a man who is doing battle with his dark passenger and both of them are trying to get rid of the other. But from this song it sounds like the dark passenger is winning. But that's just me
This post actually makes a lot of sense. A lot more than mine. To me the meaning of this song has been about a man who is doing battle with his dark passenger and both of them are trying to get rid of the other. But from this song it sounds like the dark passenger is winning. But that's just me
@ravage01 Since the first time I heard this song, I was 13 years old and I did not understand English- For some reason my interpretation matches with yours until the part where you mention it is the woman\'s perspective from an abusive relationship. I always play the same movie in my head, of a woman who can feel from the distance how her lover is weak and evil and it is unfaithful to her multiple times. She feels every touch of his body with the other woman, but in her body what she feels is an acute pain like stabs....
@ravage01 Since the first time I heard this song, I was 13 years old and I did not understand English- For some reason my interpretation matches with yours until the part where you mention it is the woman\'s perspective from an abusive relationship. I always play the same movie in my head, of a woman who can feel from the distance how her lover is weak and evil and it is unfaithful to her multiple times. She feels every touch of his body with the other woman, but in her body what she feels is an acute pain like stabs. She twitches on the floor and brings down the drapery from the room where she is agonizing.\r\nNow I am 32. I am living a hell of an experience, quite similar to this movie I reproduced in my mind, always when I listened to this song. Life is very weird
This will be long, sorry. :)
When I first heard this I always pictured it being from a womans perspective. Wich of course most likely isn't the case, since writers often write from their own experiences.
But anyways, this gave me a completley diffrent experience and picture of what this song is about. Wich proberly isn't the right one. But still kinda intresting.
To me this song is about a woman who lives in an abusive relationship. She is together with a man who on the outside looks like your ordanary innocent man that has a good life. ("Prosperous in your ways")
But he is filled with anger from his failures. Wich has created a very dark passenger/personality. This angry sadistic personality sometimes shows, by small outbursts of anger and bad temper. ("Faint flickering of your power")
She tries to live by this persons "rules", to avoid the abuse. But this person has no real reason for the abuse other then his own anger and low self esteem. Comming from repeted short commings and failures in his life. His temper is unpredictable. ("Runs a thick tide beneath") This anger makes it impossible for her to reason with him, or to please him. Becuse he will always take his anger out on her. ("This test I can't persist")
The real evil and pain come at night when he beats her and rapes her.
While laying there night after night withstanding this abuse, being weak hearted and not able to withstand it she shuts down emotionaly to be able to withstand the pain. ("It is the end for the weak at heart always the same A lullaby for the ones who've lost all reeling inside")
I picture her laying there while he has his way with her, she sees her own eyes relfect in HIS necklace.
And when it's finaly over. She feels empty and emotionless. But also at peace. She falls asleep only to wake up the next morning to the sound of him. And relapse into reality witch is nothing but misery.
This is most likely not what the song is about, it's just the feeling I got the first time I heard it. And when I read the lyrics I could easly fit them into my interpretation of it all.
One of my favorite Opeth songs btw.
This post actually makes a lot of sense. A lot more than mine. To me the meaning of this song has been about a man who is doing battle with his dark passenger and both of them are trying to get rid of the other. But from this song it sounds like the dark passenger is winning. But that's just me
This post actually makes a lot of sense. A lot more than mine. To me the meaning of this song has been about a man who is doing battle with his dark passenger and both of them are trying to get rid of the other. But from this song it sounds like the dark passenger is winning. But that's just me
@ravage01 Since the first time I heard this song, I was 13 years old and I did not understand English- For some reason my interpretation matches with yours until the part where you mention it is the woman\'s perspective from an abusive relationship. I always play the same movie in my head, of a woman who can feel from the distance how her lover is weak and evil and it is unfaithful to her multiple times. She feels every touch of his body with the other woman, but in her body what she feels is an acute pain like stabs....
@ravage01 Since the first time I heard this song, I was 13 years old and I did not understand English- For some reason my interpretation matches with yours until the part where you mention it is the woman\'s perspective from an abusive relationship. I always play the same movie in my head, of a woman who can feel from the distance how her lover is weak and evil and it is unfaithful to her multiple times. She feels every touch of his body with the other woman, but in her body what she feels is an acute pain like stabs. She twitches on the floor and brings down the drapery from the room where she is agonizing.\r\nNow I am 32. I am living a hell of an experience, quite similar to this movie I reproduced in my mind, always when I listened to this song. Life is very weird