where there is not love, we must provide it

The red gloves stand out to me like they have blood on their hands after fighting in the Battle at Gardens Gate: they’re back from the war and are seeking answers/looking to faith after the atrocities they witnessed.

The Master seems to be the answer - she brings them back to the natural world and it’s almost like they have a cleanse (the water imagery, flowers, them being in the woods, wearing white) to purge their past.

But then things start to turn south as the music picks up: they put every ounce of their being into what the Master is giving them and let it fully consume them to the point where they lose their agency. Basically they start to girlboss too close to the sun with the Master (I lowkey think Danny aka the archer straight up shoots the Master around 3:15). The red tinted images, fire, bow and arrow, and the sword bring violence to their seemingly safe space, so it’s like they can’t truly escape from the horrors of war. 

The shots of the Master in the water with the sword and flowers feel like a nod to Sir John Everett Millais’ painting, Ophelia, which is frequently interpreted as a message of both growth and decay: the refuge she brought them is something that comes and goes.

In the last shots of Josh by the fire, the silver bands across his eyes (representing a rebirth or new beginning?) have been traded for tears of red, as if his eyes have been bleeding. In spite of this, he still expresses his love and devotion for the Master, seemingly delusional to the destruction that has happened.

I wonder why josh was the only one in the conclusion of the video…why is he the only one that was taken by the madness ? Where are the others what happened to them? Does it have something to do with josh wearing a red cape and only one red glove in comparison to the others ?

The red gloves stand out to me like they have blood on their hands after fighting in the Battle at Gardens Gate: they’re back from the war and are seeking answers/looking to faith after the atrocities they witnessed.

The Master seems to be the answer - she brings them back to the natural world and it’s almost like they have a cleanse (the water imagery, flowers, them being in the woods, wearing white) to purge their past.

But then things start to turn south as the music picks up: they put every ounce of their being into what the Master is giving them and let it fully consume them to the point where they lose their agency. Basically they start to girlboss too close to the sun with the Master (I lowkey think Danny aka the archer straight up shoots the Master around 3:15). The red tinted images, fire, bow and arrow, and the sword bring violence to their seemingly safe space, so it’s like they can’t truly escape from the horrors of war. 

The shots of the Master in the water with the sword and flowers feel like a nod to Sir John Everett Millais’ painting, Ophelia, which is frequently interpreted as a message of both growth and decay: the refuge she brought them is something that comes and goes.

In the last shots of Josh by the fire, the silver bands across his eyes (representing a rebirth or new beginning?) have been traded for tears of red, as if his eyes have been bleeding. In spite of this, he still expresses his love and devotion for the Master, seemingly delusional to the destruction that has happened.

I wonder why josh was the only one in the conclusion of the video…why is he the only one that was taken by the madness ? Where are the others what happened to them? Does it have something to do with josh wearing a red cape and only one red glove in comparison to the others ?

I’m in….

The red gloves stand out to me like they have blood on their hands after fighting in the Battle at Gardens Gate: they’re back from the war and are seeking answers/looking to faith after the atrocities they witnessed.

The Master seems to be the answer - she brings them back to the natural world and it’s almost like they have a cleanse (the water imagery, flowers, them being in the woods, wearing white) to purge their past.

But then things start to turn south as the music picks up: they put every ounce of their being into what the Master is giving them and let it fully consume them to the point where they lose their agency. Basically they start to girlboss too close to the sun with the Master (I lowkey think Danny aka the archer straight up shoots the Master around 3:15). The red tinted images, fire, bow and arrow, and the sword bring violence to their seemingly safe space, so it’s like they can’t truly escape from the horrors of war. 

The shots of the Master in the water with the sword and flowers feel like a nod to Sir John Everett Millais’ painting, Ophelia, which is frequently interpreted as a message of both growth and decay: the refuge she brought them is something that comes and goes.

In the last shots of Josh by the fire, the silver bands across his eyes (representing a rebirth or new beginning?) have been traded for tears of red, as if his eyes have been bleeding. In spite of this, he still expresses his love and devotion for the Master, seemingly delusional to the destruction that has happened.

Another thing that jumped out to me was the master burning that wreath, to me it seemed like a reference to Jesus’ crown of thorns. I interpreted it as them having traded one master in for another. Maybe that first master is their own agency, maybe a worldly connection, maybe the previous “master” that they fought against in the battle at gardens gate?

There also seemed to be a lot of imagery that I associated with sacrificing, especially congregating at a fire.

What a day to meet the master

I’ve been waiting for so long

Final day to meet the master

It’s my time to go home