I love the back and forth of the dialogue from what I assume are the patient and doctor/nurse. The part that interests me the most is
"With the bite of the teeth of that ring on my finger,
I'm bound to your bedside, your eulogy singer.
I'd happily take all those bullets inside you and put them inside of myself."
It seems like this is from the perspective of a loved one of the patient who may in fact be their care-taker in the hospital as well. Foreshadowing not only the fact that that they will be there by their side in the hospital as long as it takes for them to pass on, but also that they will be the one to recount the life of the soon-to-be-deceased is quite a disturbing thought. You can really envision their thought process and the site of this inner-dialogue.
This is pretty spot on I think. The "ring" is literal, the narrator and the patient are married, hence he feels it is not only his role to take on her pain, but also that it will be up to him to carry on her memory. He's bound to her.
And he met her in the hospital, where he was her caretaker (not sure if it was as an orderly, a nurse or even a doctor.)
This is pretty spot on I think. The "ring" is literal, the narrator and the patient are married, hence he feels it is not only his role to take on her pain, but also that it will be up to him to carry on her memory. He's bound to her.
And he met her in the hospital, where he was her caretaker (not sure if it was as an orderly, a nurse or even a doctor.)
I think this is just off the mark. The whole album has to be taken as one whole story, and at this point in the narrative they are just starting their relationship. They do not get married until "Two," as a desperate act before she dies ("two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry"). This song shows their destructive abandon in their relationship, and this line illustrates that he in fact was married when they met and left his wife to care for her. She takes off his wedding ring with her teeth when he...
I think this is just off the mark. The whole album has to be taken as one whole story, and at this point in the narrative they are just starting their relationship. They do not get married until "Two," as a desperate act before she dies ("two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry"). This song shows their destructive abandon in their relationship, and this line illustrates that he in fact was married when they met and left his wife to care for her. She takes off his wedding ring with her teeth when he climbs into bed with her .
He is a caretaker in a Hospice, she is a bipolar late stage bone cancer patient with little hope for survival who can not get a bone marrow transplant due to past suicide attempts. It is really all there, fantastic in its subtlety. This song is just a part of it.
I love the back and forth of the dialogue from what I assume are the patient and doctor/nurse. The part that interests me the most is
"With the bite of the teeth of that ring on my finger, I'm bound to your bedside, your eulogy singer. I'd happily take all those bullets inside you and put them inside of myself."
It seems like this is from the perspective of a loved one of the patient who may in fact be their care-taker in the hospital as well. Foreshadowing not only the fact that that they will be there by their side in the hospital as long as it takes for them to pass on, but also that they will be the one to recount the life of the soon-to-be-deceased is quite a disturbing thought. You can really envision their thought process and the site of this inner-dialogue.
This is pretty spot on I think. The "ring" is literal, the narrator and the patient are married, hence he feels it is not only his role to take on her pain, but also that it will be up to him to carry on her memory. He's bound to her. And he met her in the hospital, where he was her caretaker (not sure if it was as an orderly, a nurse or even a doctor.)
This is pretty spot on I think. The "ring" is literal, the narrator and the patient are married, hence he feels it is not only his role to take on her pain, but also that it will be up to him to carry on her memory. He's bound to her. And he met her in the hospital, where he was her caretaker (not sure if it was as an orderly, a nurse or even a doctor.)
I think this is just off the mark. The whole album has to be taken as one whole story, and at this point in the narrative they are just starting their relationship. They do not get married until "Two," as a desperate act before she dies ("two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry"). This song shows their destructive abandon in their relationship, and this line illustrates that he in fact was married when they met and left his wife to care for her. She takes off his wedding ring with her teeth when he...
I think this is just off the mark. The whole album has to be taken as one whole story, and at this point in the narrative they are just starting their relationship. They do not get married until "Two," as a desperate act before she dies ("two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry"). This song shows their destructive abandon in their relationship, and this line illustrates that he in fact was married when they met and left his wife to care for her. She takes off his wedding ring with her teeth when he climbs into bed with her .
He is a caretaker in a Hospice, she is a bipolar late stage bone cancer patient with little hope for survival who can not get a bone marrow transplant due to past suicide attempts. It is really all there, fantastic in its subtlety. This song is just a part of it.