"She seems dressed in all the rings
Of past fatalities
So fragile yet so devious
She continues to see it"
She is not a real girl. Something symbolic. Something ancient. Something fatal. Something imaginary.
"I get nervous, perverse, when I see her it's worse
But the stress is astounding
It's now or never she's coming home
Forever"
But he sees her. In real life. This means he identifies his imaginary woman with a woman who actually exists. But she "makes him sad", because the real girl and the imaginary girl will never be the same.
"I am a slave and I am a master"
The way his imagination works. He's free to create in his mind, but he's also controlled by his insticts.
"I won't let this build up inside of me"
But he's not psychotic yet. He knows that he must keep himself sane, or something terrible will happen.
"She seems dressed in all the rings Of past fatalities So fragile yet so devious She continues to see it"
She is not a real girl. Something symbolic. Something ancient. Something fatal. Something imaginary.
"I get nervous, perverse, when I see her it's worse But the stress is astounding It's now or never she's coming home Forever"
But he sees her. In real life. This means he identifies his imaginary woman with a woman who actually exists. But she "makes him sad", because the real girl and the imaginary girl will never be the same.
"I am a slave and I am a master" The way his imagination works. He's free to create in his mind, but he's also controlled by his insticts.
"I won't let this build up inside of me" But he's not psychotic yet. He knows that he must keep himself sane, or something terrible will happen.
(countinued in Vermilion, Pt. 2)