Peter Gabriel's Song 'Blood Of Eden'

Peter Gabriel’s song “The Blood of Eden” tells us a story about a failed relationship. At the beginning, the man experiences a self-recognition; he sees his reflection in the window and realizes that there is darkness in his heart, which has been there since the beginning of his life. It is destroying not only him, but also his relationship. This darkness represents his bad actions, his mistakes, and his suffering.
The man sees that he is losing his loved one; his grip is slipping; the distance between them is growing, and he has to fight for it because he does not accept that end. He wants to get her back and fill the hole that is growing inside him.
In Genesis, the Garden of Eden is the paradise of Adam and Eve, so the word Eden represents the man’s paradise. The man is losing his paradise by carrying darkness in his heart. The man and the woman are now in the blood; their paradise is bleeding, and their relationship is being destroyed. Therefore, the blood of Eden is the failure of the relationship, and the list of their own paradise.
Furthermore, the man cannot get insurance because they don’t take credit, only gold, meaning that if he does not act well, he cannot obtain protection …show more content…
Humans have this particular characteristic of never being satisfied. We always want more, or we want something not reachable: “But through much of it we have no goal, only a desire for a state – that state that would amalgamate the thrill of the hunt with the torpor of perfect repletion.” We want to experience at the same time the thrill of the hunt and the satisfaction of the kill. When we fall in love, we are in a hunt to get the loved one; we fight for him or her; we have big expectations, and we are excited. Once we have whom we want next to us, we can feel the gratification of being loved, the satisfaction of the kill. However, both feelings are different and cannot be simultaneously experienced. Therefore, we will never get what we