The basis of the Wicked Trilogy album is about music composer dubbed The Scarecrow (Tobias Sammet) slowly going insane. His insanity births Mephistopheles (Jorn Lande) in his mind, and he falls into depression after being rejected by his unrequited love (Amanda Somerville). Tobi wrote this trilogy so The Scarecrows teeters between reality and illusions; that line being clearer in some songs more than others.
Following Crestfallen in which The Scarecrow reached a new low, I believe Mephistopheles is trying to pick him up a bit while also bringing him back under control by telling him to tone back his dreams.
The Scarecrow keeps defying "his devil", but isn't actually striving to get better. Whether feeling pleasure or pain, he's trying to move forward. He does seem to be sobering up by saying his "fairy tail's over".
Mephistopheles continues to try to persuade The Scarecrow by saying "forever is a long time" to be defying him, and that the pain he feels is a result of him hesitating to take up Mephistopheles' "salvation".
The basis of the Wicked Trilogy album is about music composer dubbed The Scarecrow (Tobias Sammet) slowly going insane. His insanity births Mephistopheles (Jorn Lande) in his mind, and he falls into depression after being rejected by his unrequited love (Amanda Somerville). Tobi wrote this trilogy so The Scarecrows teeters between reality and illusions; that line being clearer in some songs more than others.
Following Crestfallen in which The Scarecrow reached a new low, I believe Mephistopheles is trying to pick him up a bit while also bringing him back under control by telling him to tone back his dreams.
The Scarecrow keeps defying "his devil", but isn't actually striving to get better. Whether feeling pleasure or pain, he's trying to move forward. He does seem to be sobering up by saying his "fairy tail's over".
Mephistopheles continues to try to persuade The Scarecrow by saying "forever is a long time" to be defying him, and that the pain he feels is a result of him hesitating to take up Mephistopheles' "salvation".