This really is a truly beautiful piece of songwriting and music. And that incredible scream at the beginning sends a shiver down my spine.
To me this song portrays one of the most awful things in love - death - in a beautiful and almost happily-toned way. It depicts how couples may love each other so strongly, so fiercely, that they are willing to die for a chance to join their lover in some other world.
On a more analytical note, this could also be seen as depicting the delirium and denial of loss that comes with severe grief. How some people partially lose their mind when their lover is gone.
My great-grandparents were together for over 60 years and my widower great-grandfather survived only a few weeks after his wife's death. He didn't have to live with the pain for long, or maybe he lived for her. At the time I saw this is tragic but now I realise it is actually quite a beautiful way to end your lives together. This song portrays this perfectly.
This really is a truly beautiful piece of songwriting and music. And that incredible scream at the beginning sends a shiver down my spine.
To me this song portrays one of the most awful things in love - death - in a beautiful and almost happily-toned way. It depicts how couples may love each other so strongly, so fiercely, that they are willing to die for a chance to join their lover in some other world.
On a more analytical note, this could also be seen as depicting the delirium and denial of loss that comes with severe grief. How some people partially lose their mind when their lover is gone.
My great-grandparents were together for over 60 years and my widower great-grandfather survived only a few weeks after his wife's death. He didn't have to live with the pain for long, or maybe he lived for her. At the time I saw this is tragic but now I realise it is actually quite a beautiful way to end your lives together. This song portrays this perfectly.