Album Concepts on "The Blackwater Park"

[Kevinmetal]

Thanks Arash,

Song interpretations are still welcome though.

Kevin
http://opeth.fqelite.com

 

[RjBeals]

Kevin - Extremely impressed with your new section. Thanks for the "Plain English" translations of the album concepts. Sometimes, Opeth lyrics are soo poetic, I don't get them !

 

[Totikus]

I was always under the impression that Bleak was sort of a vampire story...

"A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away
Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line"

It seems like the line's showing him where to bite... also

"Break of morning, coldness lingers on
Shroud me into nightmares of the sun"

He has nightmares about the sun since the light hurts him...

"Night fall again
Taking what's left of me
Slight twist, shivering corpse"

The night changes him, his 'meal' leaves behind a corpse...

That's just what I see in the words.

Actually Korlich and the rest, Mikael has said that 3 songs on BWP deal with the disgust for humanity, most likely The Leper Affinity, The Funeral Portrait and Blackwater Park.
Harvest for example is about being on your death bed. Not much disgust for humanity there. You can't really make out anything like that out of Dirge For November either. As for Bleak, Mikael himself said that he doesn't know what it's about.

 

[Kevinmetal]

That's a cool interpretation Totikus! After reading this it could be about a vampire indeed. I've put it on the website! Thanks.

Kevin
http://opeth.fqelite.com

PS: Robert - Thanks for the nice comments. I'm glad you like it.