"Why did you change?
Why did you bend and break?
When the water turned to wine, did it feel the same?'
Fairly simply this is the chorus. It would mainly be about Macduff questioning Macbeth's very drastic change from the beginning of the story; Being seen as a powerful, brave and noble man of war, into a murderous monster, along with someone who's almost cowardice ( how he couldn't kill Macduff's family himself ). It could also be a spin of Macbeth's rise to power "When the water turned to wine, Did it feel the same". I see that in a way that it could be referenced from him going from something pure, clean and transparent, to turning into blood/wine something impure. The line could be interpreted also explaining how he went from water of a poorer less powerful man to wine which signifies in this light wealth/ his change over to king.
You suck the bottle dry
Touch fingers to the night
Feels like I've been here before
Now there's an empty hole where you were long ago
But things are different when you're young
This Verse would've been from the perspective from first Lady Macbeth ( that was my first idea at least). Explaining her love for Macbeth, and that now he's become a different unloving and cold man, and that when he was young their relationship was much better. Explaining how she thought that making him king would also make him a better man, when in fact it did the opposite. I also thought I could use this to work with Banquo but I decided if I were to use this song, the next verse was more fitting. The nights are getting cold
Those faces growing old
And there is nothing you can do
So sing your sad excuses
You've got the scars to prove it
And I'm sure they'll sing along"
Those faces growing old
And there is nothing you can do
So sing your sad excuses
You've got the scars to prove it
And I'm sure they'll sing along"
This verse was the one that I found more fitting to Banquo than to the other characters. Explaining that there isn't anything that macbeth can do to escape his face and his punishment for his deeds as Macduff's army grows nearer to him. and to "Sing his sad excuses" Excuses for the reason Banquo, Duncan and Macduff's family were all slaughtered, or his excuses for Macbeth's reasoning not to be afraid of Macduff such as the witches prophecies.
So that's how things would've gone if I had indeed chosen to use this song as opposed to the other one. It was a close decision.
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