Bluebeard
Bluebeard's Tale: Love, Betrayal, and the Sea of Redemption
Lyrics
The maiden said I'll marry you I'll be yours and I'll be true
The maiden expresses her willingness to marry and be faithful.
I'll consent to be your bride All my days at your side
She commits to being the man's bride and staying by his side throughout her life.
That is how I'll live my life A maiden no more
Declaring her transition from maidenhood to a committed life with the man.
Her mother and her sister warned
Her mother and sister caution her about the unnatural nature of the man.
The man he was not natural born
Descriptions of the man's peculiar features, but the maiden sees true love.
His eyes were black and his beard was blue But the maiden saw her own love true There was nothing they could do
Despite warnings, the maiden believes in her love, and nothing deters her.
Maiden no more
Reiteration of the maiden's transition from maidenhood due to her commitment.
The man gave her a ring of keys Professed his love down on his knees Said everything I have is free
The man gives the maiden keys but warns about one specific locked door.
But this one door and this on key
He emphasizes the importance of not opening a particular door.
He said don't you look in there
Warning against looking into the forbidden room under the threat of death.
Or I'll kill you cold and dead I swear Gave her such a weight to bear
The consequence and weight placed on the maiden for disobedience.
Then the man, he rode away
The man departs, leaving the maiden alone with the forbidden door.
And the bride went wild night and day Only to find she wanted more
The bride's curiosity grows, and she discovers the hidden door.
She had the key, she found the door A stain that was not there before Maiden no more
She unlocks the door, revealing a stain, marking her transition.
The man came home to take her life To cut her with a cold, gray knife
The man returns with murderous intentions using a cold, gray knife.
To lay her there with all the rest Blood and bones and faded dress To cast her to the deep darkness
Describes the grim scene of the man intending to harm the maiden.
But the man with his intentions stated Found he'd underestimated
The man underestimates the forces of nature, symbolized by sea, sand, light, and life.
The forces of the sea and sand
Highlighting the powerful forces that rise against the man's evil intentions.
The light and the life of the land
Symbolic representation of the collective power of nature and life prevailing.
All rose up with a hundred hands All rose up and killed that man All rose up with a hundred hands All rose up and killed that man Maiden no more
Reiteration of the forces rising against the man, resulting in his demise, and the maiden's final transformation.
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