TL;DR - it's a song about being afraid to leave your comfort zone; probably agoraphobia; definitely not about a murder
The first stanza, the guy is stoic. Like a rock - he's not moving. Like a Planet - he's REALLY not moving - like a fucking atom bomb - all that mass is becoming a dangerous force.
The second stanza, he's depressed - possibly because nothing can make him feel? He's seen it all before - from the first movements of life (in an orgy) to the end of life. It's illustrating his situation, plumbing the depths of his stoicism.
The hummingbird and the ugly laughing man are things behind the window. There's a world outside that is being analyzed, calculated through the window. The ugly man (a person he should be superior to) is laughing. This ugly person is doing something he can't.
Blood on the door? All I can think of is Passover, the blood protects your house from the angel of death. Ergo - he's afraid of something outside! Something is keeping him inside.
He's afraid to go outside and there's a world out there he only sees through the window. But the blood keeps out the bad things (in passover) but if he washes it, it will still be there. This is cool because if you wash it - it will run. It doesn't get clean. He can't leave. He's trapped by this fear.
Wash me clean and I will run until I reach the shore - is also a nice play on words! If he could only escape he would run away!! Washing him clean, probably means helping him overcome his fears which are trapping him inside.
I've known it all along - The next 3 things are witnessed by their action. You know they are there, but you can't see them. Well, except for actors - you know they're not real, but you can see them - so, I suppose that's a reverse description.
The hammer by the window is a means of escape (breaking the window).
The knife on the floor is a means to escape (suicide).
He's only got two options if he wants his situation to change.
I think the turbines in darkness suggests the power to do something is constantly working. He's motivated to do something. He's tormented!
the blood on the door is his protection, but because he's scared to go out it's also his lock.
The generator is his will to act. Stifled by his prison.
TL;DR - it's a song about being afraid to leave your comfort zone; probably agoraphobia; definitely not about a murder
The first stanza, the guy is stoic. Like a rock - he's not moving. Like a Planet - he's REALLY not moving - like a fucking atom bomb - all that mass is becoming a dangerous force.
The second stanza, he's depressed - possibly because nothing can make him feel? He's seen it all before - from the first movements of life (in an orgy) to the end of life. It's illustrating his situation, plumbing the depths of his stoicism.
The hummingbird and the ugly laughing man are things behind the window. There's a world outside that is being analyzed, calculated through the window. The ugly man (a person he should be superior to) is laughing. This ugly person is doing something he can't.
Blood on the door? All I can think of is Passover, the blood protects your house from the angel of death. Ergo - he's afraid of something outside! Something is keeping him inside.
He's afraid to go outside and there's a world out there he only sees through the window. But the blood keeps out the bad things (in passover) but if he washes it, it will still be there. This is cool because if you wash it - it will run. It doesn't get clean. He can't leave. He's trapped by this fear.
Wash me clean and I will run until I reach the shore - is also a nice play on words! If he could only escape he would run away!! Washing him clean, probably means helping him overcome his fears which are trapping him inside.
I've known it all along - The next 3 things are witnessed by their action. You know they are there, but you can't see them. Well, except for actors - you know they're not real, but you can see them - so, I suppose that's a reverse description.
The hammer by the window is a means of escape (breaking the window). The knife on the floor is a means to escape (suicide). He's only got two options if he wants his situation to change.
I think the turbines in darkness suggests the power to do something is constantly working. He's motivated to do something. He's tormented!
the blood on the door is his protection, but because he's scared to go out it's also his lock.
The generator is his will to act. Stifled by his prison.
@leemod AWesome! thanks to people like you, those who are not 100% fluent can get an idea of how deep are BR songs. I love this band.
@leemod AWesome! thanks to people like you, those who are not 100% fluent can get an idea of how deep are BR songs. I love this band.