This song is partially inspired by lyrics from the song “Diana | Sanction
This song is partially inspired by lyrics from the song “Diana” from Comus’s album First Utterance, which is in turn based on the 1634 play “Comus” by John Milton.
The central theme is of a woman lost in the forest and her attempted seduction / rape by a character named after the ancient Greek god of festivity – Comus. The woman and her captor represent the polar opposites of chastity and debauchery, temperence and indulgence. In Milton’s story the woman refuses Comus' advances until she is rescued. Opeth’s interpretation seems to be a darker take on that story.
