What does the Dark Passion Play album artwork symbol mean?

[hasanmoukalled]

What does the anchor like symbol mean? Thank you.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kcZB72AW5...h-dark_passion_play-2cd-retail-2007-front.jpg

 

[orcslayr23]

It's a pendulum, like in the song The Poet and the Pendulum.

 

[hasanmoukalled]

It's a pendulum, like in the song The Poet and the Pendulum.

What is its specific name? If I want to Google Image search it. And what does it mean? Thanks for your reply

 

[C.]

You would have to read the lyrics to "The Poet and the Pendulum" to best understand the symbolic meaning of the pendulum in coordination to the album.

Welcome to the board!