[mygalinasoo]

My computer is going into the shop today, so I can't do the post I really hoped to do for this, which is a shame with it being the first NoH song of the week. However, I will leave it up to you guys. I will say that I love that the song itself brings no resolve which fits perfectly with it being the beginning of the cycle.

I think there are two main points I need to mention, that when she sing-s 'Shattering Sea, closing my eyes' she is referring both to a denial of her part in what has just happened ('that is NOT my blood') and that as she closes her eyes, she is withdrawing into her mind/delusion, where she basically starts tripping balls. It's the real turning point.

It also outlines the main metaphoric dichotomy of fire vs. water. His temper flairs (as the shattering sea, which she closes her eyes to protect herself from), then hers does the same as a reaction. Even the details of the 'g-rains of sand' being heated to the point of becoming molten, then being cooled to a sea of glass.

If someone would have told me a few years ago that we'd have a song that started like Raining Blood, ended like Bonnie and Clyde, and in between meshed together Hungarian Wedding Song and Ruby, I'd of laughed in their face, but I'm so glad that we do have that now.