Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
At magic mountain
Nobody sings today
Nobody speaks today
Close my eyes
And hope to see
Weeks go by like a day
In a lowland
I live here on magic mountain
No one leaves magic mountain
At magic mountain
Nothing changes
Everything stays the same
Cross my heart
And hope to live
All the time
With a little fever
I stay here on magic mountain
No one leaves magic…
My heart can hear you sing
My heart can see you speak
But I never make it in the flatlands
I must stay on magic mountain
Nobody sings today
Nobody speaks today
Close my eyes
And hope to see
Weeks go by like a day
In a lowland
I live here on magic mountain
No one leaves magic mountain
At magic mountain
Nothing changes
Everything stays the same
Cross my heart
And hope to live
All the time
With a little fever
I stay here on magic mountain
No one leaves magic…
My heart can hear you sing
My heart can see you speak
But I never make it in the flatlands
I must stay on magic mountain
Lyrics submitted by Sepulchrave
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I think this song is talking about drugs. They are seemingly helpful - the place is referred to as "Magic" Mountain - but once you are hooked, there is no way out: I live here on magic mountain No one leaves magic mountain The girl is obviously very deep in her drug obsession, and each day has lost its meaning: At magic mountain Nothing changes Everything stays the same Although the girl still has hope, she admits that she has lost all worth in her life. My heart can hear you sing My heart can see you speak But I never make it in the flatlands I must stay on magic mountain (I think the flatlands or lowlands refer to normal life, pre-drug use.)
To shed some light on the book this is based off of:
The main character goes to visit his cousin in a sanitarium isolated in a mountain. Everyone there is being treated for tuberculosis and death is very prominent in this place. The main character, whom only planned on stay in this place for three weeks, contracts tuberculosis and ends up staying there for seven more years. The last six years that he is there go by extremely quickly hence:
"Weeks go by like a day" Is referring to a major point within this novel, being that living such a monotone life in this secluded island makes you go into a routine that feels as though time passes extraordinarily quickly.
Although your examination about how this might be referring to drugs (Which it seems every other song now-a-days is assumed to be about drugs) is a bit off. Since "Lowlands" and "Flatlands" is what is referred to in the novel about ordinary life that doesn't rush by you, life not on the "Magic" mountain.
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Sepulchrave,is your name drawn from Gormenghast at all?
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It is a reference to Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. A lot of their songs are based on literature and it's amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzing how they do it, omg.