santel

in the video the childs legs appear to be attempting to run while the child is unconcious, suggesting that the child wants to run away but he cant. I agree with the part about tearing the pages from the diary. the dark figure attempting to brush the child is not a symbol of him trying to kill the child, only to recreate the child in his own image. the lyrics in the song suggest that this cycle is repetitive, and the dark figure is trying to repeat what has been done to him, but the only the child can chose to become it.. when he is touching the childs face he taps it and breaks the center piece, but then places a new one in its place, suggesting that he is tearing the child apart only to build him back up again. when it shows the dark figure putting the child back together it shows that the figure made the boy who he is inside. the bee is similar to the boy, he is free to move about inside his container, but ultimately subject to the will of someone else. the caterpillar with the boys face suggests what he could have become. when the camera focuses on the dark figure and it goes inside his head, it shows that he is made of the same machinery as the child. it then flashes back to his childhood and shows him becoming the dark figure, his round childish features become scared and chisled. he finally shows his frustration with not being able to paint the child by leaving the brush with the child. this shows that a person is not able to subject someone to their will, it is ultimately their decision. the child ultimately succumbs to the pressure and paints itself. it will one day become the dark figure in some other child's hell. it shows the new dark figure then trying to paint a child, only it cannot. the child resists but is stopped. the cycle of molestation has begun anew.