This is Reverend Bizarre's penultimate song and the final conclusion to Albert's trilogy (In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend, Crush the Insects, and finally, So Long, Suckers). The general meaning of this song is Albert's reasoning for breaking up the band, but I think it means something deeper.
The song is obviously a tribute to victim's of suicide. I think that it is about a person who has a lover (or perhaps a close friend) and they both struggle with severe depression. The "abandoned house" refers to the confinement they feel and the urge to end their life. However, seeing hope and determination, the two continue on in life before ending up in the strange "paradise" that Albert refers to - a place that is not heaven or anything, but a place that is found after all their misery is gone - redemption.
This is Reverend Bizarre's penultimate song and the final conclusion to Albert's trilogy (In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend, Crush the Insects, and finally, So Long, Suckers). The general meaning of this song is Albert's reasoning for breaking up the band, but I think it means something deeper.
The song is obviously a tribute to victim's of suicide. I think that it is about a person who has a lover (or perhaps a close friend) and they both struggle with severe depression. The "abandoned house" refers to the confinement they feel and the urge to end their life. However, seeing hope and determination, the two continue on in life before ending up in the strange "paradise" that Albert refers to - a place that is not heaven or anything, but a place that is found after all their misery is gone - redemption.