![]() It is possible that they just emphasise or sympathize with one another though. While the song shows some obvious signs of disdain, it does show a lot more signs of affection, in my personal opinion. I assume this because of the song 'I Don't Understand' (look it up). Chances are that both Emily and Thomson having feelings for each other. Thomson (supposedly) becomes nervous because of the feelings he quickly developes after admiring Emily's beauty. They were curious and wanted to see 'the real thing', hence why they chose to photograph mental patients rather than a sane model. ![]() They began fantasising about and romantacising mental illness and suicide. According to the book, Ophelia was very popular amongst the Victorians. 'He' is referring to the character Thomson, a young photographer who's gone to the asylum for the sake of a special project where the inmates are being dressed as Ophelia from the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare. His hands are shaking, although, I see him try to look collected, he thinks it doesn't show. "He takes my picture, although, I don't know why. To get out of the asylum, an inmate had to be brought out by a 'sane' member of society the way that a parent has to pick up their child from school or kindergarten. and no one's coming, coming to take me home". She was brought in for being a troublesome girl. It is never stated whether or not Emily has some sort of mental illness. It wouldn't be surprising if she had developed some sort of disorder during her stay in the asylum. Perhaps she's suffering from paranoia or some other mental illness? It's just a suggestion. Perhaps 'they' are figments of the her imagination. 'They', however, don't necessarily have to be guards. Inmates might hold each other's hands and try to comfort each other, but they're constantly reminded by the cruel and always-watching guards that it's useless. and so I hold tight to any hands I see, but nothing's all right, they're always watching me. They're often being tortured on a daily basis and the chances of an inmate surviving in the asylum are very slim. As I mentioned before, the inmates are being used as test subjects. "If it's like last night, this could be my last breath". Something like that, even if it is something small, could give a person hope of a future, of a life. There's a warm and inviting light coming from the room. ![]() There is, however, a small hole in the ground where you can see that there is a room below. Gas can obviously bring death, but life? Well, I've thought about it for little while and this is what I've come up with: the inmates are being kept in a place where very little light shows during the cold nights. This part confused me the first few times a heard it. and in the gaslight, that brings both life and death". This part is pretty much depicting how much hope the inmates currently have of escaping and being able to live normal lives again. "We've tried to fight this, but we can never win". Although, it is speculated that some of the men who were watching were there for more perverse reasons. The inmates were being used as test subjects and were also being operated on and used for 'educational purposes'. ![]() The reason why she's bleeding in her bed is that she recently had her uterus removed, if I remember correctly. The sound of the wheels turning and the broken machinery grinding below them are what the inmates are able to hear from their cells while the rest is describing the enviroment the inmates are being kept in. " is a description of where the mental patients (or 'the inmates', as they are referred to in the book) are being held. ![]() The shattered staircase, the bed I'm bleeding in. It grinds below us and all around I see the crooked ceilings, the old familiar halls, the dirty paper that's covering the walls. "The wheels are turning, broken machinery. This song would be referencing Emily and her story. Needless to say, neither one of their stories are very pleasant, but they're both intriguing. The majority of the book is about Emilie's experiences with a mental ward in modern day America, but is also intertwined with another young woman's story, named Emily (with a 'y'), and her experiences with an Asylum in England during the Victorian Era. My InterpretationAs with a lot of songs from the album 'Fight Like A Girl', most people would probably associate the song with Emilie Autumn's autobiographical/psychological thriller novel 'The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls'. ![]()
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