In my opinion, the lyrics are about a woman having deep female (emotional) intelligence and tries to talk to the beloved man to face his demons and his past: "Let the waste cross the ancient trails to you
Far out beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste the bitter lost mistake of you
Let them cry out through your rusted scars"
(That's the past and a broken heart - all that made him this kind of hard hearted zombie). But he just can't stand it (can't leave his trails of trying not to feel anything). That hurts her deeply, and him also, but he is too much a coward to recognize.
Don't know if he really kills her, but his state of mind is really "Pistol Pete", nowadays we maybe would say "toxic", but still no sociopath.
In my opinion, the lyrics are about a woman having deep female (emotional) intelligence and tries to talk to the beloved man to face his demons and his past: "Let the waste cross the ancient trails to you Far out beneath the sorrow clouds Let them taste the bitter lost mistake of you Let them cry out through your rusted scars" (That's the past and a broken heart - all that made him this kind of hard hearted zombie). But he just can't stand it (can't leave his trails of trying not to feel anything). That hurts her deeply, and him also, but he is too much a coward to recognize. Don't know if he really kills her, but his state of mind is really "Pistol Pete", nowadays we maybe would say "toxic", but still no sociopath.