Crudelis Amor (Cruel Love or Brutal Passion) This title refers to the passage in Virgil’s work The Aeneid where he talks about Pasiphae and the bull whose violent love/lust results in the birth of the minotaur. The love was brought on by a curse from Poseidon and so was not completely natural. Like many rock songs, this is about lost or cursed love. It’s that violent love/lust one feels that’s not completely reciprocated. We’ve all been there.