ossobuco wrote:I seriously don't get Metallica so far, not to mention the Roses Grow thing.
I may need explication.
In the video/song, the character played by Nick Cave, is entranced by the beauty of Eliza Day, played by Kylie Minogue, and he courts her with a rose, and because he doesn't want her beauty to fade, he ultimately kills her.
The song was inspired by the John Everett Millais painting, Ophelia: