Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6003266-20160626071652/@comment-26206856-20160706032932

You forgot one song: This Will Be the Day.

To me, the intro songs all seem to be world based whereas the rest are character based.

Red Like Roses - World based; intro to characters

This Will be the Day - World based; intro for S1

I May Fall - Originally I thought it was about Yang with her power to take a hit and come back swinging, but after a better look since S3, it's Ruby's view. Foreshadowing to the events in S3 where hope is lost, they're outnumbered, Pyrrah forsakes her friends, Penny dies, shields are shattered (coliseum and multiple references to Pyrrha, Penny and emotional sheilds being broken), they band together as friends and find courage to fight back and make a final stand. Ruby overcoming the loss of Penny to stand and fight the Nevermore is the main point of "I will (probably) fall, but not today". It also deals with Ruby knowing she isn't perfect and will fail at times, but is determined to push through (much like when her leadership was brought into question).

Wings - I see this as Raven to Yang. With Yang constantly searching for her mother, searching for her with Ruby for long hours, and being considered a 'stray' since her mom left her, etc. The 'broken wings' seems to refer to her mother being a missing piece to her being, which has crippled her, but Raven knows Yang can survive on her own and will 'take flight soon'. This pairs well with Qrow's speech to Yang and Ruby before he leaves after playing Soaring Ninja with them (and a Wings instrumental plays in the background) in S3E4.

Time to Say Goodbye - World based; Intro to S2. Also hints to Die.

Die - This is a song from Yang, becoming angry about the change in pace of life much like she is when it plays in S2E4. She's reflecting on her peaceful youth and how it's changed; they've become warriors plopped in the middle of the brink of war to fight against bad guys like Roman. It's a very nice coming of age type song for her to tell the truth. I have a full dissection here if you wanna read through it, though the thread is very old by now.

All Our Days - To me is Yang to Ruby. It makes even more sense when you realize an instrumental part is played in the background of S1E3 when Yang is talking to Ruby and worrying over her friend status, acclimation to the school and boy interests.

Sacrifice - Cinder or Salem, which I'm still deciding over the best logical breakdown for with new info from S3. Originally after S2 I had a decent breakdown linking it to Adam which has less of a strong backing now. Most likely it's Salem to Oz, which paints Oz as doing something fishy by killing people somehow either by creating Huntsmen and sending them to their deaths, killing to understand the Maiden powers, or something we don't know about yet.

When It Falls - World based; intro to S3, but also could be taken as Cinder/Salem to the people of Remnant and the Headmasters.

Cold - I'm kind of reading this as Taiyang to Summer. Again, the wing motif is brought up which ties in well as a parallel to Yang. It also describes his shut-in lifestyle since she left ('every day feels like winter'). This also ties with the fact that we ended with Ruby leaving in winter. Summer was a SEW which helped her seem unbeatable in Taiyang's eyes. The 'moving forward never felt as hard as today' is that moment when he's reminded of Summer because Ruby now knows what she is. (Assuming he knew Summer was a SEW). It's tough to say though since apparently the song was written more to Monty and not really as an in-universe thing.