The first verse seems like it's describing the beginning of life on earth to me. Erosion shaping continents, tar pits rising. The bitter dancer is the earth, constantly spinning in its orbit. To the singer, the day this person came into their life is as monumental as the day the earth began.
Several lines, daylight sleeper, midnight feeder, remind me of a vampire, though I obviously don't think that's the literal meaning. But whatever or whoever it is who has settled into his life, possibly against his will, is a leechlike creature, draining away his life.
I think the suggestions that it might be a personification of Death are likely considering the third verse. He should have known it would come, because it's a natural part of life, but it's a part that people don't consider. They walk around 'blind in the sun' pretending it isn't there. But though Death makes sense there, I don't quite like how it fits with the rest of the song, especially the end. But then again, FF is known for adressing their songs to more than one person. Perhaps the singer knows he's dying, so he's holding the people he cares about at arms length to keep them and himself from getting hurt?
That still leaves the bit about his son kind of ambiguous though...
The first verse seems like it's describing the beginning of life on earth to me. Erosion shaping continents, tar pits rising. The bitter dancer is the earth, constantly spinning in its orbit. To the singer, the day this person came into their life is as monumental as the day the earth began.
Several lines, daylight sleeper, midnight feeder, remind me of a vampire, though I obviously don't think that's the literal meaning. But whatever or whoever it is who has settled into his life, possibly against his will, is a leechlike creature, draining away his life.
I think the suggestions that it might be a personification of Death are likely considering the third verse. He should have known it would come, because it's a natural part of life, but it's a part that people don't consider. They walk around 'blind in the sun' pretending it isn't there. But though Death makes sense there, I don't quite like how it fits with the rest of the song, especially the end. But then again, FF is known for adressing their songs to more than one person. Perhaps the singer knows he's dying, so he's holding the people he cares about at arms length to keep them and himself from getting hurt?
That still leaves the bit about his son kind of ambiguous though...