“Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws” but what if you didn’t get those angel wings you were promised? The rib cage is to symbolize the depleting beaths taken before transitioning to the next life, the addition of bat wings representing the transition into a realm of darkness, and false hope. Together, they represent a fear of death and the uncertainty surrounding it.
“Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws” but what if you didn’t get those angel wings you were promised? The rib cage is to symbolize the depleting beaths taken before transitioning to the next life, the addition of bat wings representing the transition into a realm of darkness, and false hope. Together, they represent a fear of death and the uncertainty surrounding it.