Spellbound tells a story of child and the vulnerability he faces when gaining knowledge as a young infant. Through its lyrics, you can easily see that the first verse speaks about the inability of the child to escape the voices speaking to him, because he cannot talk, walk, and make decisions as an infant. In other words, he is stuck in his bed, confined within the cradle bars, as the voices (arguably that of his parents and relatives) forces a language onto him—a language he will grow up to master, whether he likes it or not. The second verse also illuminates his vulnerabilities by stating that “You hear laughter, cracking though the walls, it sends you spinning”―suggesting that the laughter (which can also mean knowledge) is actually a torment because it is a knowledge that is forced onto the child (who is still confined in his bed) on what the society deems humorous or serious when there is an absence of laughter.
Following the footsteps of the adult that had taught him since infancy, the child grows up rebellious because he had realized that some of the knowledge forced onto him were fabricated, that he would now have to un-learn everything he had learn and relearn everything anew. So he turns violent to his elders, because he is spellbound to the knowledge that have molded him up until this very point.
The body movement of the lead singer is simply a gesture to depict a command/knowledge forced onto the vulnerable crowd, to hypnotize them and make them delusional at her wish.
Spellbound tells a story of child and the vulnerability he faces when gaining knowledge as a young infant. Through its lyrics, you can easily see that the first verse speaks about the inability of the child to escape the voices speaking to him, because he cannot talk, walk, and make decisions as an infant. In other words, he is stuck in his bed, confined within the cradle bars, as the voices (arguably that of his parents and relatives) forces a language onto him—a language he will grow up to master, whether he likes it or not. The second verse also illuminates his vulnerabilities by stating that “You hear laughter, cracking though the walls, it sends you spinning”―suggesting that the laughter (which can also mean knowledge) is actually a torment because it is a knowledge that is forced onto the child (who is still confined in his bed) on what the society deems humorous or serious when there is an absence of laughter. Following the footsteps of the adult that had taught him since infancy, the child grows up rebellious because he had realized that some of the knowledge forced onto him were fabricated, that he would now have to un-learn everything he had learn and relearn everything anew. So he turns violent to his elders, because he is spellbound to the knowledge that have molded him up until this very point. The body movement of the lead singer is simply a gesture to depict a command/knowledge forced onto the vulnerable crowd, to hypnotize them and make them delusional at her wish.