Mainly, in this song, the Fiddler (figure of Death, Reaper, whatever you wanna call it) took the life of the boy by accident, and now he wants to make it up for him by getting him a companion. Most of the song is written on the girl's point of view, at the moment of the car crash that takes her life away. First, she hears mundane voices calling, and recalls the dream she had last night about a fiddler with a sad boy. The fiddler told her that the boy was taken too early, and asks her if she is willing to be taken too. The accident is then described (where I have two theories: one, she is old enough to drive and crossed a red light, or she is a young girl and crossed the street on a red pedestrian light). The reaper then comes to take her, saying the poor old boy is still waiting for her. He once again pities his misdoing, and then he tells her to hold his hand so she be taken away from her pain.
Only sentence I have yet not been able to break down: What does that "It would be nice" before the drums kick in mean?
I also like it that the fiddler, while a frightening figure (confirmed by the album cover, which has a skeleton playing a violin in front of a boy and a girl), is not necessarily evil in this song.
Mainly, in this song, the Fiddler (figure of Death, Reaper, whatever you wanna call it) took the life of the boy by accident, and now he wants to make it up for him by getting him a companion. Most of the song is written on the girl's point of view, at the moment of the car crash that takes her life away. First, she hears mundane voices calling, and recalls the dream she had last night about a fiddler with a sad boy. The fiddler told her that the boy was taken too early, and asks her if she is willing to be taken too. The accident is then described (where I have two theories: one, she is old enough to drive and crossed a red light, or she is a young girl and crossed the street on a red pedestrian light). The reaper then comes to take her, saying the poor old boy is still waiting for her. He once again pities his misdoing, and then he tells her to hold his hand so she be taken away from her pain. Only sentence I have yet not been able to break down: What does that "It would be nice" before the drums kick in mean? I also like it that the fiddler, while a frightening figure (confirmed by the album cover, which has a skeleton playing a violin in front of a boy and a girl), is not necessarily evil in this song.
@titon i think it means that it would be nice of her to help the boy by preventing him from being lonely.
@titon i think it means that it would be nice of her to help the boy by preventing him from being lonely.