This song has a strong resemblence in lyrics and tone to a song that never sounded much like it belonged on its original album, The Poison Woman from Act 3: Life and Death. First, the character of the eponymous Mr. Mallum has a lot in common with the woman. The songs sound very similar, and a key phrase in both is 'A Cruel Intoxication'. Lastly, this album is on Violet, which to me represents many things, but a common one is poison, smog, smoke and shadow -- this song is a great introduction to the viscous side of violet while the other songs, no much more cheerful, evoke similar feelings.
This song has a strong resemblence in lyrics and tone to a song that never sounded much like it belonged on its original album, The Poison Woman from Act 3: Life and Death. First, the character of the eponymous Mr. Mallum has a lot in common with the woman. The songs sound very similar, and a key phrase in both is 'A Cruel Intoxication'. Lastly, this album is on Violet, which to me represents many things, but a common one is poison, smog, smoke and shadow -- this song is a great introduction to the viscous side of violet while the other songs, no much more cheerful, evoke similar feelings.