I totally agree that songs mean different things for different people but I will reiterate what others have said: this song has a pretty blunt, obvious meaning. I mean, there's a dead body being dragged through water in the video. Find whatever parallels you like - this song is about murder and not of the vampire kind. The rape part I will argue a bit though. There's only one line that really suggests that there may be rape and that's the, "I'll not be a gentleman" line. However, he repeatedly says he will treat her well and seems to be giving her a choice. But that's just me. Honestly, I think the song is purely darkly romantic about a guy that wants a girl all for his own and never wants her to change so he kills her. Whether there is rape involved, I'm not sure but I'm leaning more towards not.
I totally agree that songs mean different things for different people but I will reiterate what others have said: this song has a pretty blunt, obvious meaning. I mean, there's a dead body being dragged through water in the video. Find whatever parallels you like - this song is about murder and not of the vampire kind. The rape part I will argue a bit though. There's only one line that really suggests that there may be rape and that's the, "I'll not be a gentleman" line. However, he repeatedly says he will treat her well and seems to be giving her a choice. But that's just me. Honestly, I think the song is purely darkly romantic about a guy that wants a girl all for his own and never wants her to change so he kills her. Whether there is rape involved, I'm not sure but I'm leaning more towards not.