After their marriage, Eurydice is bitten by a snake, dies and goes to the underworld (Afterlife). Orpheus is so distraught that he descends to Hades and begs to have her back. His singing voice is so beautiful that his wish is granted. But he fucks up and glances back at her before they return to the land of the light, which dooms him to lose her back to Hades.
The music video to the song shows a modern retelling of this tale, and the two lovers are referenced in consecutive tracks earlier in the album - Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) and It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus).
Actually, this song is about the Greek mythological tale of the lovers Orpheus and Eurydice:
http://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/orpheus-eurydice.htm
After their marriage, Eurydice is bitten by a snake, dies and goes to the underworld (Afterlife). Orpheus is so distraught that he descends to Hades and begs to have her back. His singing voice is so beautiful that his wish is granted. But he fucks up and glances back at her before they return to the land of the light, which dooms him to lose her back to Hades.
The music video to the song shows a modern retelling of this tale, and the two lovers are referenced in consecutive tracks earlier in the album - Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) and It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus).