Chiodos Lyrics related to The Handmaid's Tale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu3N3HwrgH4

CHIODOS LYRICS

"The Undertaker's Thirst For Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)"

My eyes are glistening with the ghosts of my past

The memories that we once had

Now that you've turned the world against me

I'm only trying to win them back

With my eyes sewn shut

To shut down and bathe in these words about me

And now you're standing alone with your eyes to the sun

Standing alone with your eyes to the sun

That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together

Worlds are ruined this way,

And we've all been there time and time again

Before the battle always seem so still

And I will see you someday again in the clouds

And I will see you someday again in the clouds

All the world's a stage!

And all the world's a stage!

With my eyes sewn shut

To shut down and bathe in these words about me

And now you're standing alone with your eyes to the sun

Standing alone with your eyes to the sun

That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together

Worlds are ruined this way,

And we've all been there time and time again

Time

My eyes are glistening with the ghosts of my past

And what we once had

All the world's a stage

I existed because I dreamed

And well, I dream no more

I've given up on the entire human race

[Spoken:] Empty is the sky before the sun wakes up

Empty is the eyes of animals in cages

Empty are the faces of women in mourning

When everything has been taken from them

Me? Don't ask me about empty

The link at the top of the post is just so you can listen to the song being sang (there's no actual video it's just their last album cover). This is one of the amazing bands I listen to if you happen to enjoy this song, you should check more of their stuff out. Ok but that's enough of me trying to sell some of their albums. This song can be related to The Handmaid's Tale in so many different ways. I was listening to it, and it was so perfect. I italicised what I thought were the exceptionally pertenent parts of the song. Some of the relations are extremely obvious. Offred's eyes glisten with the ghost of Luke. Luke, despite that Offred thinks he IS, WAS what Offred once had. Offred dreams of her escape from Illiad, but the dreams of her reunited with Luke, her daughter, and some semblance of a normal life become harder and harder for her to picture each passing day. Perhaps the most moving lyrics are the part that are actually spoken. Offred is empty. She is like an animal in a cage. When she sees the sun, it gives her joy, but on cloudy days or in the bleakness of winter she is left feeling emptier. The line "Empty are the faces of women in mourning when everything has been taken from them" could not be any more perfect in relation to the novel. The handmaid's have nothing left. They do not even have access to an escape, even one which may entail ending their life. Is there anything at all left for the women? The only thing they can hold onto is the hope (like the pillow) that the people from their former lives are ok. But as I mentioned earlier, that dream becomes increasinly difficult to picture.