This song perfectly captures the horror aspect of the albums sound because through my point of view, its terrifying
The way I see it, the song starts with the narrorator who is screaming but no sound can come out because of the pure shock and horror of walking in on a woman (possibly a lover, but definitely someone close) who has just hung herself
She is innocence slowly spinning around as she hangs from the ceiling, her feet floating above the floor with an worn dress, she pretty much resembles a ghost at first glance but it turns out much worse ("so you wanna mess with me" - the initial fake scare of the ghost)
The dots and dashes on the wall are her suicide note. I presume those dots and dashes spell out the chorus until the point when the narrorator stops himself from reading (ENOUGH ALREADY!)
When he sees her spinning there, he recalls a time when he could have prevented this - "Should I have stepped in, and blown it all down?"
In his despair, confusion, and light of the moon, he then mistakes her again for a ghost and begins talking to her. She tells him to follow her and he'll be surprised by being able to see things in a different light (a coded sunrise)
His grip on reality begins to loosen and then thats the end of his story...
@SoapManpv
I think you are pretty spot on, great analysis!
However, I don't think that he is stopping himself from reading the note when saying "Enough already". I'd say that the girl (assuming that she was young as she is the "innocence") was basically writing that she already experienced so much problems and trouble (all that is said in the chorus) that she had enough. "Enough already, let me in!" as in "I've had enough of all the stuff life throws at me, open heavens gate so that I can step in and get away from all of this!"....
@SoapManpv
I think you are pretty spot on, great analysis!
However, I don't think that he is stopping himself from reading the note when saying "Enough already". I'd say that the girl (assuming that she was young as she is the "innocence") was basically writing that she already experienced so much problems and trouble (all that is said in the chorus) that she had enough. "Enough already, let me in!" as in "I've had enough of all the stuff life throws at me, open heavens gate so that I can step in and get away from all of this!".
This song perfectly captures the horror aspect of the albums sound because through my point of view, its terrifying
The way I see it, the song starts with the narrorator who is screaming but no sound can come out because of the pure shock and horror of walking in on a woman (possibly a lover, but definitely someone close) who has just hung herself She is innocence slowly spinning around as she hangs from the ceiling, her feet floating above the floor with an worn dress, she pretty much resembles a ghost at first glance but it turns out much worse ("so you wanna mess with me" - the initial fake scare of the ghost)
The dots and dashes on the wall are her suicide note. I presume those dots and dashes spell out the chorus until the point when the narrorator stops himself from reading (ENOUGH ALREADY!)
When he sees her spinning there, he recalls a time when he could have prevented this - "Should I have stepped in, and blown it all down?"
In his despair, confusion, and light of the moon, he then mistakes her again for a ghost and begins talking to her. She tells him to follow her and he'll be surprised by being able to see things in a different light (a coded sunrise) His grip on reality begins to loosen and then thats the end of his story...
@SoapManpv I think you are pretty spot on, great analysis! However, I don't think that he is stopping himself from reading the note when saying "Enough already". I'd say that the girl (assuming that she was young as she is the "innocence") was basically writing that she already experienced so much problems and trouble (all that is said in the chorus) that she had enough. "Enough already, let me in!" as in "I've had enough of all the stuff life throws at me, open heavens gate so that I can step in and get away from all of this!"....
@SoapManpv I think you are pretty spot on, great analysis! However, I don't think that he is stopping himself from reading the note when saying "Enough already". I'd say that the girl (assuming that she was young as she is the "innocence") was basically writing that she already experienced so much problems and trouble (all that is said in the chorus) that she had enough. "Enough already, let me in!" as in "I've had enough of all the stuff life throws at me, open heavens gate so that I can step in and get away from all of this!".
@SoapManpv One reason I love this song so much is that there are many different completely viable interpretations. This one makes a lot of sense.
@SoapManpv One reason I love this song so much is that there are many different completely viable interpretations. This one makes a lot of sense.