Jurgenrap, I think you're possibly right, definitely about finding solace. Here's my thoughts:
Basically, looks like initially a group is perhaps cast from their home or something, and now must trek "across the marshy mud landscape." This journey is so long that they can't even remember why they left/ had to leave in the first place ("until the meaning is forgotten"). Obviously all this trekking has left their faces "stretched and sallow."
So, the group journeys onwards (into the chilling night, as it were), until they find another group or castle (something about VDGG always makes me think medieval times). They think "finally! Sanctuary!" so they try to get in, in an almost violent way (they've been journeying a long time! - think of "Scrabbling at the lock" -- which, sidenote, might be where The Ex got the title for their album of the same name). But, this second group ultimately rejects them, leaving the first group obviously shocked. It's much akin to finding a mirage in a desert and discovering it isn't real.
Something tells me a similar thing has happened to the group which has rejected the first group, as they violently respond to the groups attempt at entry (swifty comes the arrow). What makes me think this? "I'd like to help you somehow, but i'm in the self-same spot, my condition exempts me" -- perhaps this group was recently attacked, and don't have resources to support the first group. Also, this attack has hardened the second group -- their "box of compassion" is empty. They trust no one.
So, the first group cries "Compassion!" they beg of the second group to help them. They will not leave, so the second group is forced to shoot many arrows their way, impaling the narrator.
Jurgenrap, I think you're possibly right, definitely about finding solace. Here's my thoughts: Basically, looks like initially a group is perhaps cast from their home or something, and now must trek "across the marshy mud landscape." This journey is so long that they can't even remember why they left/ had to leave in the first place ("until the meaning is forgotten"). Obviously all this trekking has left their faces "stretched and sallow." So, the group journeys onwards (into the chilling night, as it were), until they find another group or castle (something about VDGG always makes me think medieval times). They think "finally! Sanctuary!" so they try to get in, in an almost violent way (they've been journeying a long time! - think of "Scrabbling at the lock" -- which, sidenote, might be where The Ex got the title for their album of the same name). But, this second group ultimately rejects them, leaving the first group obviously shocked. It's much akin to finding a mirage in a desert and discovering it isn't real. Something tells me a similar thing has happened to the group which has rejected the first group, as they violently respond to the groups attempt at entry (swifty comes the arrow). What makes me think this? "I'd like to help you somehow, but i'm in the self-same spot, my condition exempts me" -- perhaps this group was recently attacked, and don't have resources to support the first group. Also, this attack has hardened the second group -- their "box of compassion" is empty. They trust no one. So, the first group cries "Compassion!" they beg of the second group to help them. They will not leave, so the second group is forced to shoot many arrows their way, impaling the narrator.