Where are they now?
They are gone.
I saw them run,
Run to the sea.

Under the waves all has been said.
Can you hear them.
Their voices are free.
Free from the sun's stare,
Free from the noise of lost souls.

An exiled sound washed in with the tide.
Their voices are free.
Free from the sun's stare,
Free from the noise of lost souls.

On the waves their voice carries on.






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    this song makes me rock and tingle and feel all sorts of deep shit. i think it's about the clarity people live life with once they've refused to be lost souls and be free as gods on earth.

    precipitateon June 30, 2011   Link
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    That seems this song is about a particular type of death. Some of you said the it's about the suicidals, but I think it's about people killed in war, kille by the government, killed by some kind of injustice, forming a big tide with all their voices and their spirits, finally free, all in the same place.

    Apc10on December 22, 2013   Link
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    Ahh, very poetic, this wonderful band. I hope I get to see them at the DNA in San Fransisco in november

    JofaGuhton August 17, 2002   Link
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    This song is amazing, the band has so much talent.i think the lyrics are simply beautiful.

    SaTaNsWiZaRd0666on September 28, 2002   Link
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    amazing song, love it, seems to come from another world, but does anybody have a clue what it's about?

    ForYourMaliceon October 26, 2007   Link
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    I think this song is a sort of an anthem for the dead, for our ancestors.

    MarlonMoraison January 09, 2010   Link
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    I'm pretty sure this song is about people who drown themselves. Its about how these people are freed when they are dead, and how people need to remember those who choose to end their lives.

    ratllehead44on January 08, 2012   Link

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