So I've been listening to this song. Now, I've heard it before and I've always liked it too. But I've only just listened to it and attempted to comprehend the lyrics. Is this song really about accepting death? Rather, not fighting it? It's a great song but it's quite 'dark'. I like. What do you guys think?
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Oh yeah it's definitely a dark song but a great song nonetheless
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The song is about the inevitability of death and the foolishness of fearing it, and was written when Dharma was thinking about what would happen if he died at a young age. Lyrics such as "Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity" have led many listeners to interpret the song to be about a murder-suicide pact, but Dharma says the song is about eternal love, rather than suicide. He used Romeo and Juliet as motifs to describe a couple believing they would meet again in the afterlife. He guessed that "40,000 men and women" died each day, and the figure was used several times in the lyrics.
"I felt that I had just achieved some kind of resonance with the psychology of people when I came up with that, I was actually kind of appalled when I first realized that some people were seeing it as an advertisement for suicide or something that was not my intention at all. It is, like, not to be afraid of it (as opposed to actively bring it about). It's basically a love song where the love transcends the actual physical existence of the partners."
— Buck Dharma, lead singer
I love B.O.C. Godzilla also. I always have to turn it up to 11.
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Yeah after looking into the lyrics that was what I got from it. Dark but beautiful song.
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The most incredibly detailed explanation I could have hoped for! Thank you!
I listened to (Don't Fear) The Reaper for the first time in like a year yesterday and then it played twice at work yesterday and once today and now there's this thread about it and are you sure you're not the NSA? I mean it's kinda weird how it's suddenly popping up everywhere.
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I love the song but I am very angry that I didn't go see them in the London, Ontario area when they were here a year ago or so. I wanted to go and maybe there are some things I could have done to get to the concert but without family or friends to get me there or go along it was no concert for me.
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We're watching
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