Reason 1 : "watch the sparrow falling . . ." Hamlet refers to the death of his father as a falling sparrow.
Reason 2 : "all that I feel is honor and spite / all I can do is set it right" takes from the line "O cursed spite that ever I was made to set it right."
Reason 3 : "living my life too much in the sun" is another line that's take almost directly from the play (a clever little pun) "Not so, my lord. I am too much in the sun"
Reason 4 : "only until your will is done." Hamlet is basically about a prince doing the will of his dead father: seeking revenge on his murderer.
Reason 5 : "I'll take seven lives for one" is referring to how Hamlet only intends to avenge his father's murder by killing his guilty uncle, but in the process, seven lives are taken. (Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern)
Yep. This song is fo-sho based on Hamlet.
Reason 1 : "watch the sparrow falling . . ." Hamlet refers to the death of his father as a falling sparrow.
Reason 2 : "all that I feel is honor and spite / all I can do is set it right" takes from the line "O cursed spite that ever I was made to set it right."
Reason 3 : "living my life too much in the sun" is another line that's take almost directly from the play (a clever little pun) "Not so, my lord. I am too much in the sun"
Reason 4 : "only until your will is done." Hamlet is basically about a prince doing the will of his dead father: seeking revenge on his murderer.
Reason 5 : "I'll take seven lives for one" is referring to how Hamlet only intends to avenge his father's murder by killing his guilty uncle, but in the process, seven lives are taken. (Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern)
That about settles it. Awesome song, though, eh?