Fall Apart

As the song begins, the listener is drawn into a somber meditation on what it means to awaken from dreams - a metaphor for facing reality. 'Shall I fall in Pastures' signals hesitance to join the herd, to live a life unexamined and dictated by societal structures. The song's queries about igniting darkness and engulfing the earth in flames illustrate an inner tumult, a yearning to disrupt the status quo and resist an imposed, meaningless existence.

The refrain 'And why did you say / That things shall fall / And fall apart?' becomes an anthem of desolation. It echoes the universal truth that all things inevitably disintegrate physically and ideologically. The repetition of 'fall' emphasizes the relentlessness of this decay. At the same time, it hints at a conversation, or perhaps an internal dialogue, wherein this truth is reluctantly acknowledged.

In the subsequent verses, 'Shall we push them into Darkness' and 'stare into the Howling' present a visualization of the struggle between human consciousness and the void. The 'Howling' may symbolize the chaotic and often overwhelming nature of the world, into which the protagonists of the song feel compelled to venture, seeking meaning or perhaps acceptance of life's inherent emptiness.

The final poignant admission, 'To love is to lose / And to lose is to Die...', encapsulates the song's emotional climax. The artist, Death in June, reflects on the heartbreaking paradox of human attachment: to open oneself to love is to become vulnerable to the ultimate separation by loss or death. It exposes the fragility of human connections in the face of the immutable cycle of life and decay, leaving the listener in a state of introspective sorrow.