We
open on a campfire with a group of people huddled around; they have their backs
to us save for one of them who is the main focus behind the campfire. He is
dressed in a typical camper outfit with a dark unzipped hoodie and jeans; he
leans forward and begins to tell the story of 'The Poet and the Muse.'
Throughout the music video we consonantly cut back to the storyteller
dramatically telling the tale to the other campers.
As
he tells the story to the other campers we pan up towards the sky, which fades
us into the story the man is telling. We see a young couple cuddling
together while looking over a lake in the middle of the countryside; there is
a rather large yet quaint house behind them. After a short montage of
the couple we fade to a misty version of the lake in which we see the woman
walk towards the lake and disappear under the water.
Cut
back to the storyteller, we see that he is getting really into the story he is
telling. Back at the lake we see the man go running down to the lake and scream
out in mute for his love. He runs along the lake screaming for her to reply as
the day fades into night. He then collapses to his knees after a few seconds of
standing in shock, and begins to sob. Head facing towards the ground, he looks
up slightly with tears running down his face. It seams like he has an idea. Cut
back to the campfire as we see the man telling the story as the other campers
seem more interested and engaged into the story. We then see the man in his
study writing down something, he hesitates before finally writing the final
words.
The
man goes to his door slowly and opens it to see his love dressed completely in
a black mourning gown. Looking from behind the woman we see the mans shocked
and disgusted face. Without ever seeing the woman, the man leads her towards
the lake. When they get to the edge he embraces her before pulling both of them into the deep dark waves.
After along time of staring at the black waves we cut back to the storyteller
who leans in closer and in a creepy tone tells them about the possible haunting
of their spirits.
As
the beat picks up the storyteller gets thoroughly into the story, standing up.
Throughout the final chorus we see a montage of the couples happier times in
their lives (possibly through pictures on a shelf,) as well as the storyteller
continuing to tell the story. Finally we see that the place the campers are at
is the same lake the story is set.
