I who could have walked with the live soulsabove the earth,I who could have slept among the live flowersat last;so for your arroganceand your ruthlessnessI am swept backwhere dead lichens drip
she is talking about Orpheus and how he ignored her which led her to go with hades to the underworld. Even after he made a deal with hades he was so close to bringing Eurydice back but right before he looked back which forever condemned her to the underworld
I will tell the secret to you, to you, only to you. Come closer. This song is a cry for help: Help me! Only you, only you can, you are unique
"I will tell the secret to you" she is referencing the song that is what the sirens tell them it makes them feel special and that they have to do something. They listen every time which is ultimately what gets them killed
Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly mind. Then Doubt pushed through with its spiked head. And once Doubt ruptured the web, All manner of demon thoughts Jumped through— We destroyed the world we had been given
us as people never appreciate what we have we want what others have and the world can be a bad place because we are never content with what we have
A man sits mournful, his mind in darkness, so daunted in spirit he deems himself ever after fated to endure.
He is haunted by what happened and he has essentially given up and he has no hope but he tells himself what he is going through can get better
A few greasy looking smears and next to them, written in soft pencil— by a beautiful girl, I could tell, whom I would never meet— “Pardon the egg salad stains, but I’m in love.”
I find this part of the text particularly interesting although confusing. "A few greasy looking smears and next to them written in soft pencil" it does not really make since but that is what makes it draw my attention