This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Under dark waters the light glows
In the eyes of cats at night it shows
All pain and sorrow left behind
And through the darkness my love shines
A thousand miles we are apart
So tightly wrapped in thorns my heart
My song is herad in owls' cries
And through the darkness my love shines
It lights the green fog on the hill
It burns in shooting stars as wishes are fufilled
Glowing as bright as fireflies
Yes, through the darkness my love shines
In the flames of candles in your room
In the smallest sliver of a waning winter moon
Electric like a neon sign
Yes, through the darkness my love shines
Burning like pagan fires of long ago
Luminescent my heart shines for you -
So don't let go
And in the darkest hour of night
Moments before sleep comes and dreams come into sight
Just know that you are on my mind
And through the darkness my love shines
Through the darkness, my love
And through the darkness
And through the darkness my love shines
In the eyes of cats at night it shows
All pain and sorrow left behind
And through the darkness my love shines
A thousand miles we are apart
So tightly wrapped in thorns my heart
My song is herad in owls' cries
And through the darkness my love shines
It lights the green fog on the hill
It burns in shooting stars as wishes are fufilled
Glowing as bright as fireflies
Yes, through the darkness my love shines
In the flames of candles in your room
In the smallest sliver of a waning winter moon
Electric like a neon sign
Yes, through the darkness my love shines
Burning like pagan fires of long ago
Luminescent my heart shines for you -
So don't let go
And in the darkest hour of night
Moments before sleep comes and dreams come into sight
Just know that you are on my mind
And through the darkness my love shines
Through the darkness, my love
And through the darkness
And through the darkness my love shines
Lyrics submitted by Alucard
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This is such a good song, I think probably the best on the cd! I think it is about a long distance relationship and no matter how far he is away from this girl he will still love her no matter what.
When I saw them live last week he dedicated this song to the memory of Johnny Ramone which I thought was the sweetest thing ever.
I wish he was singing it to me~ :)
Some of the lyrics are wrong in the posted version.
Under dark waters the light glows In the eyes of cats at night it shows All pain and sorrow left behind And through the darkness my love shines
A thousand miles we are apart So tightly wrapped in thorns my heart My song is herad in owls' cries And through the darkness my love shines
It lights the green fog on the hill It burns in shooting stars as wishes are fufilled Glowing as bright as fireflies Yes, through the darkness my love shines
In the flames of candles in your room In the smallest sliver of a waning winter moon Electric like a neon sign Yes, through the darkness my love shines
Burning like pagan fires of long ago Luminescent my heart shines for you - So don't let go~
And in the darkest hour of night Moments before sleep comes and dreams come into sight Just know that you are on my mind And through the darkness my love shines
Through the darkness, my love.... And through the darkness.... And through the darkness my love shines~
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"xcupids victimx: I wish he was singing it to me~ :)"
I think my first wish came true....
I think that its obvious its about love shining through a distance, like when two people are apart. But I also think "the darkness" is bad times. Like even though we go through rough patches, you still know I love you and will always.
"Luminescent my heart shines for you - So don't let go"
I think that part is saying even though its tough right now, I still love you even though it might not seem like I show it, so please dont leave.
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