(ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this song is about madness and love. love and madness. the interchangable nature of these two things when the one becomes obesession and stops being love. when you fall into that hole where it is all infatuation and no heart. its a trick of the mind, a twisting of words, a fever to the boiling point and an itch that cannot be scratched. obsession. i've lived with it for nearly eight years. i still dwell on it. it still hides inside and i let it out once in a while when i want to feel that pain and help remind myself i am still alive. this song is about the fact that if you cannot let go, if you cannot get rid of this obsession-- it will end you. it will be the end of you. it runs your life. it will end it as well. sometimes, you need to know when to stop beating a dead horse, and just give up the ghost. the reference to coitus- for those of you unaware, its a fancy term for sex and orgasm, whereas quietus is a fancy term for death. the title references a nasty rumor that still circles around catherine the great, czarina of russia, who was known for her love of animals and their genitalia, especially horse cocks. rumor had it she died from injuries sustained from being crushed under the weight of a horse she was attempting to have sex with.)
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