Lyric discussion by chapstickaddict 

I really disagree with the theory that William is Isaiah resurrected. If that was the case, I don't think Isaiah's soul would come back to haunt/escort The Rake to the afterlife in The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!).

Agreed, thank you. Neither would his voice be the voice of a child. Neither would anyone able to wrestle the rake in self-defense be fit for a cradle. "Entombed"? sure, poetic. "Cradle?" I'm going to go pretty strongly toward a literal cradle. I think there's little reason to doubt.

Granted, all, it would have added a lovely bit of coherency to an already great album, but the support for it just isn't there.

"Entombed" could be referring to the fact that if she hadn't saved the baby William, he would've died.

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