Sunday, April 4, 2010

Is Severus Snape a "Creep?"

When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
You're so fucking special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

She's running out the door
She's running out
She's run, run, run, running out

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here

I don't belong here

"Creep," by Radiohead, obviously.

Doing research for a class, I came across the lyrics and read some comments others have left regarding it, and saw one where someone said that Thom said in an interview that he wrote this about an obsession he had that lasted about eight months, and it ended badly, and she knows who she is. I decided this song should be dedicated to Snape and Lily, from the wonderful world of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter. Snape was so in love with Lily that when she rejected him, he ran in the opposite direction, and wrapped himself in darkness. "I don't care if it hurts, I want to have control." Snape was so hurt by Lily's rejection that he went somewhere, anywhere (to Voldemort) to try to get over the pain she caused (even though HE caused it, Snape was very emo, ha), but he couldn't forget her, and even though he was trying to submerse himself in a new life, he just couldn't get over his feelings for her, and when he found out she was going to die, he betrayed his new life to save her. And when that went wrong, he was stuck with a constant reminder of her, day in and day out, once Harry got to school. Sure, Harry looked like his dad, whom Snape hated, but repeatedly it was mentioned that Harry had his mother's eyes, and how many hours had Snape spent looking into those eyes, or wishing he could look into them? So every time he saw Harry, he saw Lily, and relived the pain of her rejection and death, and continued to live a tortured life. But even through the pain, he'd so whatever it took to keep Lily's child safe, hoping that that act, somehow, could be his redemption, could let Lily forgive him when they met again in the afterlife. But in the meantime, he was just a creep.

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