Operation: Drewing Around. Installment 13: Black Cathedral.

[rabekriegerin]

At it again: my attempt(s) to explain Drew's English lyrics to non-natives of the language!

Operation: Drewing Around
Installment Thirteen: Black Cathedral

13; a fitting number for this song.

The song... This is the first track on Drew Sarich's new "Silent Symphony" CD. There's an old understanding that the first and last songs of a CD should

Comments

[zoicite]

I am completely obsessed with the repeated "i'm draggin you to hell"'s at the end of this song. The music, his voice, OBSESSED.

And man, I love The Nowhere, soooo. It's possibly my favorite. Though that's been changing daily.

[rabekriegerin]

The way Drew can bend his voice... the sheer quantity of emotion he can pour into an open vowel... when he sings "I'm dragging you to hell", you'd swear your soul is snagged and headed that way right this instant, and you're too enraptured to even think of fighting. Fabulous.

I jokingly refer to The Nowhere as "The Pirate Song". There's no sound quite like a carful of Drew aficionados together when that song comes up on the CD. All other conversations immediately get dropped for the thrill of joining in.

[sternkind26]

"you'll learn to love the steps we've been dancing"

- possibly my favourite line and stuck in my head quite often. Black Cathedral is one of the best songs on Silent Symphony (actually, my #2).

(and it sounds so much better on the CD than when he sang it live with that strange choir. I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to the CD lol)

[elibecca]

This is a wonderful explanation for a great song. Thank you so much for that.

I have only some minor questions / remarks.

This slick seasoned pro's
gone and blown out your sunlight

Do we know what the "slick seasoned pro" is? Is it him before he reveals to her who he really is (a vampire)?
Would make sense because through biting her he "blows out her sunlight" because it will never again be possible for her to see it.

That she has to learn to love them, means she doesn't love them now.

So true. I mean who wants to live in the darkness forever! :D

now you're trapped in this black cathedral

This makes me think of the ballroom scene in "Tanz der Vampire". Sarah comes voluntarily but from the moment she enters the ballroom there is no way back. This is the point of no return. :D

Can we say that "black cathedral" stands for the moment before the guy bites? It is just a metaphor, isn't it?

strained to regain
all this cost
tonightThis is the only stanza I have problems with. She tries to get back what she needed to pay (a life as a

[rabekriegerin]

I'm holding off on Isolation Street till the video comes out ;) but expect "I Might Just..." soon.

"Pro" is slang for "professional".. it means that when it comes to this business of catching her full attention and making her trust him, he's very good at what he does. This is also where we find out that she is naive and uncertain, and that she relies on him to 'protect' her in this strange new environment.

I think of the "Black Cathedral" as symbolic of their whole relationship. There is love involved, or at least, desire and attraction, so it is beautiful and appealing. But it is also cold and chilling, because there is damnation and endless hunger and insatiable need.

As for "strained to regain all this cost"... I think of it like this. She has come to this point and is about to pay the ultimate price, to cross the point of no return. There is nothing she can do to go back to the way she (they) were before, and her previous innocent understanding. But, now that she's here, she should try with all her might to squeeze every

[elibecca]

I'm holding off on Isolation Street till the video comes out ;) but expect "I Might Just..." soon. Looking forward to... :)