Love Is the Match of Death

Peter lightheart suggests a connection with adam's deep sleep during the time of eve's building. The song is making claims about reality itself, claims about reality that are witnessed to in the vows of lovers. As a power and as a force, love is the match of death. It is enduring and unyielding. Its strength being compared to the very flame of the lord. Jealousy is an integral part of true love. Such a love cannot be overcome. Even the great forces of chaos are d against it. Love cannot be bought. No price can be put upon it. A jealous love is, in the words of the hymn, a love that will not let me go