Natalie is, as far as I can see, in a literal closet here, though that may just be a stylistic choice for the shooting of the video. It looks like quite literally an old plaster walled closet.
What I find most interesting is the way the video interplays with the lyrics and the choices for what is sung and what is heard. Even the audio is clearly on different tracks giving the illusion that you have two separate identities speaking to one another.
There's a lot of speech in this song about what she is giving up, even though there is no distinct statement of why, it feels like it is a protective response.
"I mercy killed my craving."
"I've opened up my eyes for this. See the cold magnificent emptiness. Give what I want for how it is, for the stone inside and the bitterness."
It very much feels like a song that is about a hard acceptance of a pragmatic worldview that conflicts with the ideals that she held as a younger woman.
Natalie is, as far as I can see, in a literal closet here, though that may just be a stylistic choice for the shooting of the video. It looks like quite literally an old plaster walled closet.
What I find most interesting is the way the video interplays with the lyrics and the choices for what is sung and what is heard. Even the audio is clearly on different tracks giving the illusion that you have two separate identities speaking to one another.
There's a lot of speech in this song about what she is giving up, even though there is no distinct statement of why, it feels like it is a protective response.
"I mercy killed my craving."
"I've opened up my eyes for this. See the cold magnificent emptiness. Give what I want for how it is, for the stone inside and the bitterness."
It very much feels like a song that is about a hard acceptance of a pragmatic worldview that conflicts with the ideals that she held as a younger woman.
"I mercy killed my craving."
"I mercy killed my craving."
This response form has a sound of a response to the call of "Giving up everything" with the response of "And this is what I have done."
This response form has a sound of a response to the call of "Giving up everything" with the response of "And this is what I have done."