this song reminds me of shakespeare's ophelia and how she committed suicide to break the cycle of being dominated by her father and lover. she disovers the "darkest pit" in her, which is also her newly found pleasure, and silently rebels against her father's and hamlet's conflicting expectations from her. hamlet "offers a handshake" (his hand into marriage, love) yet this is a crooked one. "she loves him" but she lets herself drown, perhaps while murmuring "i'm gonna keep me to myself this time"..
traditionally, critics have seen ophelia as a tragic female character. if you reconsider her story under…