This is likely my favorite Opeth song, off of my favorite album of all time. Here's my question. Mikael sings, "Hangman clutching at his tools/I will come for you." Uhhhhh, what's he talking about there? :Smug: Is it just me? 
Lyrics in 'White Cluster'
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AndICried
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Hangman = executioner (someone who is payed to formally kill people)
So my interpretation is this (from the lyrics you've given, ignoring the conceptual story aspect of the album): The speaker is likening himself to a hangman, and saying that your death will be in his hands.
So my interpretation is this (from the lyrics you've given, ignoring the conceptual story aspect of the album): The speaker is likening himself to a hangman, and saying that your death will be in his hands.
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I always thought that a hangman was the guy being hung? At this point in the story the main character (Godhead?) is about to be hung for ery (if my interpretation is correct.)
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no no no.....you've all got it wrong. Michael has a secret hidden passion to be a repairman. The word "hangman" is totally irrelevant (satan told me in my sleep), and Mr. Godhead has a sudden urge to grab his "tools" (open to interpretation) and go out and fix something. Just ask Michael - he'll set you straight
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John Gargo
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how could I forget......Godhead's night of passion with Bob Villa, and subsequent breakup, followed by violent acts of spite, resulting in Bob Villa's death (Godhead killed him with a Black Rose)
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ChrisEmerson
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hangman clutching at his tools.. ie preparing to execute the main character of the story.
i will come for you... this is death coming for him.
thats how i see it anyway.
AndICried - fucking cool picture...
i will come for you... this is death coming for him.
thats how i see it anyway.
AndICried - fucking cool picture...
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The demon of the fall (AKA Hugh Grant) molested Melinda Messenger, that's why Godhead gets pissed off.
To me it always sounded like an empty sort of promise, that he'd get him back somehow. You know, saying "death won't stop me", even though it damn well will.
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hmmm maybe.
or maybe it means 'i will come for you' is directed AT the hangman, meaning he will come back to haunt him / get his revenge
or maybe it means 'i will come for you' is directed AT the hangman, meaning he will come back to haunt him / get his revenge
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in all actuality, he could be writing lyrics about kicking pink bunnies, or his friend Astronaut Dave, and I still wouldn't care..
Well, if I'm not mistaken Melinda is killed in Serenity Painted , so my assumption was that Godhead was saying that he was going to come for her in because he's about to die himself. (The little instrumental epilogue confirms this I believe) Heh my main question is about this hangman clutching at his tools thats what I really can't think of anything other than Godhead wanting to get one last spooge before his neck breaks, hah. The line after just seems to further this idea.
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