I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
[euro bonus]
DOWNSTREAM THE RIVER
THE BOAT IS MOVING ON
PASSING FIELDS OF SILENCE
LONG TIME GONE
A PARAGON OF BEAUTY
A SACRED, HOLY GROUND
GAZING AT IN WONDER
SAFE AND SOUND
ETERNAL BLISS IS REACHING IN
THE VALLEYS OF THE SOUL
THE SPIRITS OF YOUR FONDEST DREAMS ARE HERE
THE PURPLE PATCH OF MEMORIES
IN RUBY LETTERS CARVED
THE ARCHWAY OF FORGOTTEN WORLDS APPEAR
[CHORUS]
THE WIND DIES DOWN IN THIS EVE
IN A WIDE LAND OUTWARD BOUND
CAST THE ANCHOR, ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
FLOW ON TIME FOREVER
AS IF THERE WAS NO YESTERDAY
ROAM ON SACRED GROUND RIGHT ON YOUR WAY
THIS LAND BLOOMS FOREVER
IN AMENITY
THE FLARE PATH OF EXISTENCE
MYSTERY
THE CHALICE OF THE PUREST WINE
THE CRYPTIC COLONADE
THE SPIRITS GONE TO GLORY KNOW THE RHYMES
PREVAIL THEM FROM OBLIVION
THEY'RE RELICS OF THE PAST
IN A WAKING DREAM OF FORMER TIMES
[CHORUS]
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
IN THE PRIMING OF A DAY
I CAN SEE THE DAWN
FROM THE CREST TO GOLDEN BAY
I AM ALL ABLAZE
I WAS ONCE LOST NOW I'M FOUND
I'M NOT LONELY HERE
ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT
I WAS ONCE LOST NOW I'M FOUND
I HAVE SEEN THE DAWN
ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
DOWNSTREAM THE RIVER
THE BOAT IS MOVING ON
PASSING FIELDS OF SILENCE
LONG TIME GONE
A PARAGON OF BEAUTY
A SACRED, HOLY GROUND
GAZING AT IN WONDER
SAFE AND SOUND
ETERNAL BLISS IS REACHING IN
THE VALLEYS OF THE SOUL
THE SPIRITS OF YOUR FONDEST DREAMS ARE HERE
THE PURPLE PATCH OF MEMORIES
IN RUBY LETTERS CARVED
THE ARCHWAY OF FORGOTTEN WORLDS APPEAR
[CHORUS]
THE WIND DIES DOWN IN THIS EVE
IN A WIDE LAND OUTWARD BOUND
CAST THE ANCHOR, ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
FLOW ON TIME FOREVER
AS IF THERE WAS NO YESTERDAY
ROAM ON SACRED GROUND RIGHT ON YOUR WAY
THIS LAND BLOOMS FOREVER
IN AMENITY
THE FLARE PATH OF EXISTENCE
MYSTERY
THE CHALICE OF THE PUREST WINE
THE CRYPTIC COLONADE
THE SPIRITS GONE TO GLORY KNOW THE RHYMES
PREVAIL THEM FROM OBLIVION
THEY'RE RELICS OF THE PAST
IN A WAKING DREAM OF FORMER TIMES
[CHORUS]
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT
IN THE PRIMING OF A DAY
I CAN SEE THE DAWN
FROM THE CREST TO GOLDEN BAY
I AM ALL ABLAZE
I WAS ONCE LOST NOW I'M FOUND
I'M NOT LONELY HERE
ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT
I WAS ONCE LOST NOW I'M FOUND
I HAVE SEEN THE DAWN
ROAM A WHILE ON SACRED GROUND
Lyrics submitted by ~*Marishka*~
On Sacred Ground Lyrics as written by Arne Stockhammer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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