First, I'd like to point out that the definition of "opus" is a creation, so the name means "hopeless creation." I didn't know what that meant, so just wanted to touch up on that.
I believe this song is about someone trying to change their life but feeling unable to, hence the reason that this creation is "hopeless." Not only does it ask "Mr. Fate man" to give him a ninth life (a second chance, or in this case, a ninth or maybe more) but also permission to "write [his] own line," meaning take take control over his own life.
This song is really similar to Always Something from Cage the Elephant, granted that Always Something is a bit more dark. This song is talking about how this person has pretty much destroyed their own life with help of fate. Always Something is talking about how even when life is going perfectly, something always steps in the way and ruins it (wife having an affair, homeless person murdering him, etc).
First, I'd like to point out that the definition of "opus" is a creation, so the name means "hopeless creation." I didn't know what that meant, so just wanted to touch up on that.
I believe this song is about someone trying to change their life but feeling unable to, hence the reason that this creation is "hopeless." Not only does it ask "Mr. Fate man" to give him a ninth life (a second chance, or in this case, a ninth or maybe more) but also permission to "write [his] own line," meaning take take control over his own life.
This song is really similar to Always Something from Cage the Elephant, granted that Always Something is a bit more dark. This song is talking about how this person has pretty much destroyed their own life with help of fate. Always Something is talking about how even when life is going perfectly, something always steps in the way and ruins it (wife having an affair, homeless person murdering him, etc).