I decided to interpret this as Ophelia speaking since it is from the Opheliac album.
I think the first part has to do with how she was fallen in love with Hamlet even though she has been warned by her father and her brother not to
God, God help me
Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
I think this part has to do with how she has always been dependent on men to tell her what to do--which has kept her from being true to herself (the main theme of Hamlet)
Places, everyone, this is a test
Throw your stones, do your damage, your worst
And your best, all the world is a judge
But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
This part probably has to do with how everyone is always telling Ophelia what to do and how she must remain pure, but what Ophelia does is worse because she not only carries out what they tell her to do but suppresses her own feelings to do so--which leads to her madness
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
For I am with you, and also with You
Ophelia then has to choose between faithful to her father or to Hamlet
God help me
Ophelia is shown to be religious when she tries to make herself feel better about her father's end by saying that "he made a good end" which means that he was with god at his last minutes. Therefore, it makes sense that she is asking for help from god. However, by now she has suffered a lot and is likely contemplating suicide and is asking for help; however, as she was always dependent upon others, when the branch accidentally break, she was happy that the decision was made for her to die. Just as Laertes can be seen as Hamlet's foil for being quick to decide to fight after his father's death, Opelia can be seen as the other foil for deciding (or having another make the decision for her till the end) to die.
This falling into the river can be portrayed by the strings at the end of the song.
I decided to interpret this as Ophelia speaking since it is from the Opheliac album.
I think the first part has to do with how she was fallen in love with Hamlet even though she has been warned by her father and her brother not to
God, God help me Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
I think this part has to do with how she has always been dependent on men to tell her what to do--which has kept her from being true to herself (the main theme of Hamlet)
Places, everyone, this is a test Throw your stones, do your damage, your worst And your best, all the world is a judge But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
This part probably has to do with how everyone is always telling Ophelia what to do and how she must remain pure, but what Ophelia does is worse because she not only carries out what they tell her to do but suppresses her own feelings to do so--which leads to her madness
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose For I am with you, and also with You
Ophelia then has to choose between faithful to her father or to Hamlet
God help me
Ophelia is shown to be religious when she tries to make herself feel better about her father's end by saying that "he made a good end" which means that he was with god at his last minutes. Therefore, it makes sense that she is asking for help from god. However, by now she has suffered a lot and is likely contemplating suicide and is asking for help; however, as she was always dependent upon others, when the branch accidentally break, she was happy that the decision was made for her to die. Just as Laertes can be seen as Hamlet's foil for being quick to decide to fight after his father's death, Opelia can be seen as the other foil for deciding (or having another make the decision for her till the end) to die.
This falling into the river can be portrayed by the strings at the end of the song.