Someone asked for a commentary of murder, here is what I think about it:
A total lack of syntax, only a few lapidary words are enough to create a desolate landscape, I see a plain or an immense space ( limits do not exist) without trees or hills, where violent winds blow without pause and where gallows are set, remote from dwellings.
The whole atmosphere gives me the idea of a storm approaching, something threatening like Armageddon or some apocalyptic scene, the sight getting dim could be due to this sudden shadow that is going to envelop everything, or could be the sensation of fainting or also the stage that precedes death
The title itself, murder suggests that a crime has been committed and the hanged man seems to be the one punished for this crime or he could also be the victim of the crime itself.
The five day pain is quite mysterious, as the fallen idol, the hanging could be also part of a sacrificial rite(Odin?), but I really have no clue for this
What I like is the image of the birds, its remarkable that he says mute flock of winds and not birds, as if winds and birds were one thing, it gives the idea of the impetuous violence of the winds that sweep away the flock of migrating birds. The hanged man suggests also a crowd of rapacious bird flying over it appealed by the rotting corpse
I cant see a logical explanation of the lyrics, but what I like in this song its that it creates a very bleak, ominous and gloomy atmosphere and it perfectly fits with the music.
A total lack of syntax, only a few lapidary words are enough to create a desolate landscape, I see a plain or an immense space ( limits do not exist) without trees or hills, where violent winds blow without pause and where gallows are set, remote from dwellings.
The whole atmosphere gives me the idea of a storm approaching, something threatening like Armageddon or some apocalyptic scene, the sight getting dim could be due to this sudden shadow that is going to envelop everything, or could be the sensation of fainting or also the stage that precedes death
The title itself, murder suggests that a crime has been committed and the hanged man seems to be the one punished for this crime or he could also be the victim of the crime itself.
The five day pain is quite mysterious, as the fallen idol, the hanging could be also part of a sacrificial rite(Odin?), but I really have no clue for this
What I like is the image of the birds, its remarkable that he says mute flock of winds and not birds, as if winds and birds were one thing, it gives the idea of the impetuous violence of the winds that sweep away the flock of migrating birds. The hanged man suggests also a crowd of rapacious bird flying over it appealed by the rotting corpse
I cant see a logical explanation of the lyrics, but what I like in this song its that it creates a very bleak, ominous and gloomy atmosphere and it perfectly fits with the music.
) like when you are being driven in a bed and stare at this light but then the whole song wouldn't have a meaning.
