So bleak. To me this song is about death and the ultimate end of everything including 'fond affections'. The end of life will be as the beginning was, "There is no light at the end of it all" as there was nothing before we were born. "There's no light in the beginning"
But what is even more bleak is that when we are in that death bed, when it is being 'forced upon you' we will either be very old or very sick, or both and that person next to us, waiting for us to die, will probably be either repulsed by our decrepit age or will be as old & cold as ourselves (Now it's just that person by your side remaining distant). In any case, even our loving partners love will cool (I can tell by your face that your heart is getting colder).
Basically, there is nothing to look forward to. Let's all sit down and cry. It's bleak, awful, but honest & a brilliant translation of the music.
So bleak. To me this song is about death and the ultimate end of everything including 'fond affections'. The end of life will be as the beginning was, "There is no light at the end of it all" as there was nothing before we were born. "There's no light in the beginning" But what is even more bleak is that when we are in that death bed, when it is being 'forced upon you' we will either be very old or very sick, or both and that person next to us, waiting for us to die, will probably be either repulsed by our decrepit age or will be as old & cold as ourselves (Now it's just that person by your side remaining distant). In any case, even our loving partners love will cool (I can tell by your face that your heart is getting colder).
Basically, there is nothing to look forward to. Let's all sit down and cry. It's bleak, awful, but honest & a brilliant translation of the music.