I think this song may be an interpretation of an event at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451. At the beginning of the book, Montag's wife tried to commit suicide from pills and is resuscitated, possibly from the shallowness of the world.
With the theme of the Dystopia album, I feel this as a possibility.
The CD is only loosely a concept album. There are songs like Anthem that aren't obviously based on any work of literature or film. I think this is one of those songs; to me it sounds like a song about suicide.
The CD is only loosely a concept album. There are songs like Anthem that aren't obviously based on any work of literature or film. I think this is one of those songs; to me it sounds like a song about suicide.
First we have a mixture of the emotions and experience of a young girl, and hints at some past tragedy. There are a lot of references to finally sleeping, to not being able to face another day, to wars not fading, which could be a description of clinical depression. The chorus talks about the inability to feel basic (or...
First we have a mixture of the emotions and experience of a young girl, and hints at some past tragedy. There are a lot of references to finally sleeping, to not being able to face another day, to wars not fading, which could be a description of clinical depression. The chorus talks about the inability to feel basic (or positive) emotions; despair is partly the absence of emotion. People who despair aren't sad, or angry, they are past the breaking point. This again aligns with depression.
What follows is clearly a description of suicide by pills. "Just one more shot of whiskey to chase the pills that help her sleep. Now she is one step closer (to) her quest for inner peace."
The last verse describes CPR. It's a bit strange that being revived would "forge a new perspective", but beathing upon lifeless chests is not a bad metaphor for how CPR feels. That verse is a bit inaccurate, as people who induce some form of coma via medication don't magically wake upon being rescucitated, but then it's just a song.
@Necroxon I think you're right. And maybe there is a time gap between "She now begins to breathe" and "Awakened from this nightmare". Just with the new life she got she may process what she feels
@Necroxon I think you're right. And maybe there is a time gap between "She now begins to breathe" and "Awakened from this nightmare". Just with the new life she got she may process what she feels
I think this song may be an interpretation of an event at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451. At the beginning of the book, Montag's wife tried to commit suicide from pills and is resuscitated, possibly from the shallowness of the world. With the theme of the Dystopia album, I feel this as a possibility.
The CD is only loosely a concept album. There are songs like Anthem that aren't obviously based on any work of literature or film. I think this is one of those songs; to me it sounds like a song about suicide.
The CD is only loosely a concept album. There are songs like Anthem that aren't obviously based on any work of literature or film. I think this is one of those songs; to me it sounds like a song about suicide.
First we have a mixture of the emotions and experience of a young girl, and hints at some past tragedy. There are a lot of references to finally sleeping, to not being able to face another day, to wars not fading, which could be a description of clinical depression. The chorus talks about the inability to feel basic (or...
First we have a mixture of the emotions and experience of a young girl, and hints at some past tragedy. There are a lot of references to finally sleeping, to not being able to face another day, to wars not fading, which could be a description of clinical depression. The chorus talks about the inability to feel basic (or positive) emotions; despair is partly the absence of emotion. People who despair aren't sad, or angry, they are past the breaking point. This again aligns with depression.
What follows is clearly a description of suicide by pills. "Just one more shot of whiskey to chase the pills that help her sleep. Now she is one step closer (to) her quest for inner peace."
The last verse describes CPR. It's a bit strange that being revived would "forge a new perspective", but beathing upon lifeless chests is not a bad metaphor for how CPR feels. That verse is a bit inaccurate, as people who induce some form of coma via medication don't magically wake upon being rescucitated, but then it's just a song.
@Necroxon I think you're right. And maybe there is a time gap between "She now begins to breathe" and "Awakened from this nightmare". Just with the new life she got she may process what she feels
@Necroxon I think you're right. And maybe there is a time gap between "She now begins to breathe" and "Awakened from this nightmare". Just with the new life she got she may process what she feels