The mentioning of Mona Lisa explains the entire song. In the ballad of mona lisa, he's angry with her because she's a prostitute and he wants to sting her, but in this song it's not enough, he murders her in her bed. Then is filled with this nostalgic, euphoric love. It's confusing but if you think about it "Here I am composing a burlesque,Out of where they rest their necks, Sunken in their splintered cradles And ramshackle heads, They asked for it, as a girl, You have set your heart on, Haunting me forever from the start, It's never silent." Is very Lizzie Borden. "Where they rest their necks is either their pillow or the guillotine (if you still want to continue with the fairy tale theory". Basically he went psychotic and killed her, but blames her for it.
The mentioning of Mona Lisa explains the entire song. In the ballad of mona lisa, he's angry with her because she's a prostitute and he wants to sting her, but in this song it's not enough, he murders her in her bed. Then is filled with this nostalgic, euphoric love. It's confusing but if you think about it "Here I am composing a burlesque,Out of where they rest their necks, Sunken in their splintered cradles And ramshackle heads, They asked for it, as a girl, You have set your heart on, Haunting me forever from the start, It's never silent." Is very Lizzie Borden. "Where they rest their necks is either their pillow or the guillotine (if you still want to continue with the fairy tale theory". Basically he went psychotic and killed her, but blames her for it.