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Out where the stones lay like bones by the ocean
Out where the waves crash contempt on the land
Someone was trembling for fear of the tempest
Somebody silently reached for their hand
Said, understand that if you're cold I'll keep you warm
And besides, there's so much beauty in a storm
So come down with me to the shore
And what's more, I adore you
So tell me, what is there to fear
You think some seraph up above is trying to rob us of our love
Because the sky's not clear
My dear, you know there's not
Now listen to the rain upon the rooftop
But the wind picked up
Out where the stones stand up like thrones beside the ocean
Out where the waves make a grave of the sea
The lovers struggled in the middle of the tempest
And water angrily crawled up onto the beach
Said, hold my hand and stay with me
We'll be released
But the tide clung like an anchor to her feet
And though he tried to make the water line recede
It pulled her out into the sea
He could not break apart the waves to bring her safely back in
He watched her hand break through the surface once
Then disappear again
Forever wait inside the sea for me, my dear
I hear you
You speak in every curling wave
And sing in every violent breeze
Someday not far away from here
My dear, I swear I'll see you
And we will hear the seraphs cry
For they will still envy you and I
How they envied you and I
How they envied you and I
How they envied you and I
Out where the waves crash contempt on the land
Someone was trembling for fear of the tempest
Somebody silently reached for their hand
Said, understand that if you're cold I'll keep you warm
And besides, there's so much beauty in a storm
So come down with me to the shore
And what's more, I adore you
So tell me, what is there to fear
You think some seraph up above is trying to rob us of our love
Because the sky's not clear
My dear, you know there's not
Now listen to the rain upon the rooftop
But the wind picked up
Out where the stones stand up like thrones beside the ocean
Out where the waves make a grave of the sea
The lovers struggled in the middle of the tempest
And water angrily crawled up onto the beach
Said, hold my hand and stay with me
We'll be released
But the tide clung like an anchor to her feet
And though he tried to make the water line recede
It pulled her out into the sea
He could not break apart the waves to bring her safely back in
He watched her hand break through the surface once
Then disappear again
Forever wait inside the sea for me, my dear
I hear you
You speak in every curling wave
And sing in every violent breeze
Someday not far away from here
My dear, I swear I'll see you
And we will hear the seraphs cry
For they will still envy you and I
How they envied you and I
How they envied you and I
How they envied you and I
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Poe describes the death of a lover, near the ocean, and the jealously of the "winged seraphs".
I think it pays more homage rather than the same meaning.
I would say you're right about this song being an homage. The original poem seems to be about the impermanence of things and how that stops us from ever being truly happy while this song is about fear and jealousy ruining a relationship.
"he could not break apart the waves, saw her hand break through the surface"... This is beautiful to me, like a dear loss, that he's come to terms with ... " Forever wait inside the sea for me, my dear
I hear you"... He'll always come back looking for her, always come back to be with her...always find a way back to her and always find a way to hear her...even if it's through the gust of the wind or the crashing of the ocean on the seashore....
I have two ideas about the meaning to this though:
I think she could have commited suicide. Either she went through something difficult and he didn't help her or she didn't tell him and she couldn't take it anymore. With all the references about the ocean, I would say she drowned.
Or
She died when they were most in love. Probably murdered. The storm could be when they found her but then:
'He watched her hand break through the surface once
Then disappear again'
There was a moment where they thought she might live but she didn't.
The whole way through the song he seems to love her and when she dies, he loves her even more.
He says:
'Someday not far away from here
My dear, I swear I'll see you'
He believes his love for her will bring them back together one day
'And we will hear the seraphs cry
For they will still envy you and I'
He believes even the angels will be jelous of the amount of love they have for eachother.
In my opinion, this song is beautiful, a great metaphoric story of love and death <3
But I am guessing if it is not literal, the song is about a man fearing his relationship is going to end, and his girlfriend assures him everything is fine, but then as he thought, it was not and his girlfriend leaves.
Just an opinion.
"Forever wait inside the sea for my, my dear
I hear you
You speak in every curling wave
And sing in every violent breeze
Someday not far away from here"
That just seems a little cliche to me. Maybe because I don't know how to love.