anonymous Aug 19th 2012 !⃝This song reminds me of a book I read called "The Count of Monte Cristo" where through the envy and evil of others; a man lost his position, family, wife, decency basically his life.
Through God's will and circumstance however after years of suffering in a jail for a crime he did not commit he got out, however now with the knowledge and the possession of what was considered unfathomable money and power he then does back to those who have caused him such damage and unspeakable terror what they did to him.
He takes everything from them from honor to wealth and power and for the most part leaves them to live instead of die so that they too may suffer forever. He even buys the horrid jail and took ownership of the very place that crippled him for years.
I think this song is about revenge, it is about having not a goal you created for revenge, but having revenge's hand forced, it talks about commitment and enduring to the end, it speaks of not giving but taking new life, where you cannot change your past it talks of closing chapters of those things that cripple us inside.
It even goes on to give you the feeling associated in it by such lines such as "stand here beside me baby in the orange glow" where he or they bask in the glory of their bidding. It speaks of unity in those who have endured as well, this "place" he "purchased" is a jail of sorts but it is unique to each person's struggle. Hence the saying "some just laugh and some just sit and cry" Though the pain is the same some will take it in stride and acceptance others will be paralyzed by it forever, others (like most of the world) will wonder "why" did this happen (religious aspect perhaps)
The final thing I have to say is my favorite line "I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war". What is worth fighting for is subjective but the fact remains that this situation or revenge was something planned, it was meditated it was powerful and revolutionary in a sense. Think of yourself taking arms, why would you do so? Think of the magnitude of the task of starting a war.
This man, was not just getting a weapon, he was stirring within the hearts of men (or self) the reasoning of change and revolution, revenge and persistence in the cause, to me even buying a gun is just a outward display of an inward feeling such as the feeling we have to a flag (why do we fight war with more power when we are represented by a flag?) The flag can be anything at all, but the cloth has an internal significance. So does the purchase of a weapon, we are procuring the means to execution of some goal.
I don't know if this is really a song of dark love towards anyone, but I really think it is about something inside of a man, when all has been taken and what remains is his faith only towards revenge, and I think that even after it is extracted, I think this song shows no way of having that man find his way to any happiness, it will just end in a sort of "emptiness"
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