To me this song is about being in an emotional pain or depression where death seems like a relief, an escape. Imagining it, playing things out in your mind gives a sense of closure and that stops the hurting.
I'm talking from personal experience 25 years ago. When I heard this song back then, I was really surprised how perfectly it described what I was going through and actually doing, lying on the floor of my flat imagining I'm dead. That dark period is long gone but I don't often listen to this song. It's beautiful, but very dark, at least to me.
To me this song is about being in an emotional pain or depression where death seems like a relief, an escape. Imagining it, playing things out in your mind gives a sense of closure and that stops the hurting.
I'm talking from personal experience 25 years ago. When I heard this song back then, I was really surprised how perfectly it described what I was going through and actually doing, lying on the floor of my flat imagining I'm dead. That dark period is long gone but I don't often listen to this song. It's beautiful, but very dark, at least to me.
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