I get from this song the vibe that someone is torturing the one they love and it's causing both of them pain. There's some juxtaposition because the torturer is saying "mercy" which is something you'd expect the person being hurt to say. I think it's shown that the one being tortured is someone they love because of the line that says "caress me with pain". A caress is usually a motion done lovingly with tender and affection, but that word in this song seems oddly used since it's paired with pain. Like their form of love is painful to bear. And it's killing the person delivering that love, but they won't walk away despite the pain they're causing and the hatred it's building in their loved one. It seems like there might also be some unrequited love in here or at least a hate/love relationship; the one bearing the love is filled with "rage" at the other's 'loving' affections. The torturer/lover knows they're wrong to force their love on that person, but are unwilling to stop and yet hate to see that person cry because of them ("mercy don't cry there's too much pain to come"). It's a bit confusing at this part: "and feed your hate I shiver each time that you say mercy". It seems like these lines are from the POV of the torturer and that they're ok with their beloved's hatred towards them growing stronger. The "shiver" is probably from fear of the one they love (?). And then towards the end it seems like the person who hates the one who loves them is finally crying out "mercy", but I'm not sure.
Somehow this kind of reminds me of the relationship between a slave and a master like Epps and Patsy from 12 Years a Slave. She hates him for because he owns her, rapes her, acts possessive of her. He also acts like he has feelings for her and doesn't want to hurt her yet hurting her seems necessary to him (that scene where he didn't want to whip her and so had Solomon do it).
I get from this song the vibe that someone is torturing the one they love and it's causing both of them pain. There's some juxtaposition because the torturer is saying "mercy" which is something you'd expect the person being hurt to say. I think it's shown that the one being tortured is someone they love because of the line that says "caress me with pain". A caress is usually a motion done lovingly with tender and affection, but that word in this song seems oddly used since it's paired with pain. Like their form of love is painful to bear. And it's killing the person delivering that love, but they won't walk away despite the pain they're causing and the hatred it's building in their loved one. It seems like there might also be some unrequited love in here or at least a hate/love relationship; the one bearing the love is filled with "rage" at the other's 'loving' affections. The torturer/lover knows they're wrong to force their love on that person, but are unwilling to stop and yet hate to see that person cry because of them ("mercy don't cry there's too much pain to come"). It's a bit confusing at this part: "and feed your hate I shiver each time that you say mercy". It seems like these lines are from the POV of the torturer and that they're ok with their beloved's hatred towards them growing stronger. The "shiver" is probably from fear of the one they love (?). And then towards the end it seems like the person who hates the one who loves them is finally crying out "mercy", but I'm not sure.
Somehow this kind of reminds me of the relationship between a slave and a master like Epps and Patsy from 12 Years a Slave. She hates him for because he owns her, rapes her, acts possessive of her. He also acts like he has feelings for her and doesn't want to hurt her yet hurting her seems necessary to him (that scene where he didn't want to whip her and so had Solomon do it).
@v8pluver The song is actually pretty clearly about a BDSM relationship. You're thinking about it too much.
@v8pluver The song is actually pretty clearly about a BDSM relationship. You're thinking about it too much.