This song is interesting because it seems to briefly hint at a much larger story. The first thing we're told of the world being described is that there is darkness in it. A little girl is mentioned, as well as some unnamed thing that is seeking to keep her (and, presumably, all of the people of the city) asleep and under its spell.
There's an obvious connection/reference to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah ("Fire is raining down/Never look back, never ever look back"). Thus, it seems like the sleeping city found judgement in the end, but that someone (perhaps the little girl?) survived by leaving the city at the eleventh hour.
And that is all we're told. Such a rich story, told in such scattered fragments!
This song is interesting because it seems to briefly hint at a much larger story. The first thing we're told of the world being described is that there is darkness in it. A little girl is mentioned, as well as some unnamed thing that is seeking to keep her (and, presumably, all of the people of the city) asleep and under its spell.
There's an obvious connection/reference to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah ("Fire is raining down/Never look back, never ever look back"). Thus, it seems like the sleeping city found judgement in the end, but that someone (perhaps the little girl?) survived by leaving the city at the eleventh hour.
And that is all we're told. Such a rich story, told in such scattered fragments!