Without a doubt about a dissatisfying relationship... I just listened to this song for the first time, and thought that I should note the short instrumental at the end of the song--it reminds me of Native American, traditional Chinese, and Venetian music between 5:20 and 5:40. I doubt this was intentional, but just looking into the symbolism of it is interesting. The Native American aspect seems to tell me that the story she speaks of will go down in history for her, almost as a myth. It also tells me that something beautiful and peaceful can easily be 'raped', for lack of a better word, by an experience that deprives one party for the sake of the other, more powerful party flourishing. The Chinese element of the song speaks to me in the sense of tradition, which is commonly associated with feeling emotional or physical pain to feel accepted. (this is, of course, important to look at from the metaphoric perspective of a relationship). The Venetian music also speaks to me on the level of tradition, but moreso on the level of masking part of yourself. People in masks often wear them not only for decoration, but also sometimes because they are self-conscious or cannot accept a certain part of themselves for what it is. She may have been 'masking' part of herself or part of the relationship because it did not fulfill her.
Wow, all that from the impression that 20 seconds of a song gave me at first listen.
Once again, I don't think this was intentional at all... it's just another aspect of the song to take into account.
Without a doubt about a dissatisfying relationship... I just listened to this song for the first time, and thought that I should note the short instrumental at the end of the song--it reminds me of Native American, traditional Chinese, and Venetian music between 5:20 and 5:40. I doubt this was intentional, but just looking into the symbolism of it is interesting. The Native American aspect seems to tell me that the story she speaks of will go down in history for her, almost as a myth. It also tells me that something beautiful and peaceful can easily be 'raped', for lack of a better word, by an experience that deprives one party for the sake of the other, more powerful party flourishing. The Chinese element of the song speaks to me in the sense of tradition, which is commonly associated with feeling emotional or physical pain to feel accepted. (this is, of course, important to look at from the metaphoric perspective of a relationship). The Venetian music also speaks to me on the level of tradition, but moreso on the level of masking part of yourself. People in masks often wear them not only for decoration, but also sometimes because they are self-conscious or cannot accept a certain part of themselves for what it is. She may have been 'masking' part of herself or part of the relationship because it did not fulfill her.
Wow, all that from the impression that 20 seconds of a song gave me at first listen. Once again, I don't think this was intentional at all... it's just another aspect of the song to take into account.