I agree with untabubba - there's a lot of imagery about death here. A few plays on words (square to rights / last rites double meaning) and a lot of words that essentially be summing up a person's life. And some reflection of funeral practices, such as heart weighting, which I think is hinted at here.
@DSzy And further, the position of the song in the album. A general theme in the album is the dichotomy between beauty and tragedy (hence the title of the album). And we start out with a general tragedy that nobody alive remembers and at the end of the album after the reference to the Newtown tragedy, it would make sense to focus on something that everybody alive will face.
@DSzy And further, the position of the song in the album. A general theme in the album is the dichotomy between beauty and tragedy (hence the title of the album). And we start out with a general tragedy that nobody alive remembers and at the end of the album after the reference to the Newtown tragedy, it would make sense to focus on something that everybody alive will face.
I agree with untabubba - there's a lot of imagery about death here. A few plays on words (square to rights / last rites double meaning) and a lot of words that essentially be summing up a person's life. And some reflection of funeral practices, such as heart weighting, which I think is hinted at here.
@DSzy And further, the position of the song in the album. A general theme in the album is the dichotomy between beauty and tragedy (hence the title of the album). And we start out with a general tragedy that nobody alive remembers and at the end of the album after the reference to the Newtown tragedy, it would make sense to focus on something that everybody alive will face.
@DSzy And further, the position of the song in the album. A general theme in the album is the dichotomy between beauty and tragedy (hence the title of the album). And we start out with a general tragedy that nobody alive remembers and at the end of the album after the reference to the Newtown tragedy, it would make sense to focus on something that everybody alive will face.