These are my final lines,
I've lived all my nine lives,
My nights are over, cannot feel your heart anymore

I lived only trough you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
I do not want to die,
But no more can I love you!

How hard it is to understand
My wish to die hand in hand?
This night's like a dream
You will be the last thing I will see

I hold your hand, close my eyes all I love finally dies
Drank the poison most foul with you
But why do you smile?

Don't smile
Don't you smile
You're supposed Wither away with me, so, Juliette
Please don't smile
I'm paralyzed and you are still alive.

Life is but a long, sad game
Lifeless souls, avoiding shame
Two dead swans is all what we need
To pave the winding memory lane.

No hellos, no bad goodbyes
Wailing, distant, silent cries
You can live with my pain,
It's your own you cannot take?

You played the game and lost,
I wonder how you can,
Hold the cards for a dead man

The light and the clarity
Welcome change for the life in the darkness,
Sea of my sanity

Lost in the vanity
All I ever wanted, to be lost in you,
My burden, the hatred

My own reality
Mirrors and smoke
The final truth unfolds

Your reality
Mirrors my hopes,
Where you will need me

They never find us again once the trail has gone cold
They never find us again once the trail has gone cold
I'm a restless soul, I'll make the best ghost
All things good end into a

Minute of silence!
I get myself in line
One minute of silence
To face my own demise
One minute of silence
This is not what I signed for
One minute of silence
You double-crossing, filthy whore

I sit with someone in the dark
I'm so afraid to see it's me again
You had a change of heart,
Now we're all getting hurt

Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to my life again
Walk with me, every curve, every bend
This promenade that seems to come to an end

You know what you meant to me,
Emptied the room in your life that I paid for
When I lost my sanity
I made a mess I am now here to clean

It is too late to regret anything tonight
After what has come to light
You have played me for a fool, for all this time?
The story may rewrite itself after I'm gone
One more breath, the day will dawn

How hard it is to understand
My wish to die hand in hand?
These wounds stay open all night long,
You are the last thing I will see

I lived only by you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
My sole reason to die, for
There's no life without you

These are my final lines, I've used all my nine lives,
My life is over, cannot feel your heart anymore

I lived only by you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
Have no reason to live,
I can't feel the love anymore

This is, the end
Why?
You're closing my eyes


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Juliet Lyrics as written by Toni Kakko

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    My Interpretation

    To me, this is a Romeo and Juliet gone wrong. There are allusions to the play - The name Juliet, the poison that he drank at the end of the play when he thought she was dead (From the poison she drank herself to stop her heart from beating for a while, to fool her parents). If Juliet had decided not to drink the poison that actually killed her, he survived a few more moments, and she didn't really love him (Possibly for killing her cousin), this would fit perfectly. Which would make Tony the anti-Shakespeare. xD

    But yeah, even if it seems to fit, somewhat, into the Calebverse, I like to think of it as the way described above. Let's walk through this.


    '"These are my final lines, I've lived all my nine lives, My nights are over, cannot feel your heart anymore"'

    Lines are spoken in plays. Not songs, traditionally. This, coupled with the title, made me think of Romeo and Juliet the first time I heard the song. After that, the nine lives - Romeo fought with the opposing clan many times, and survived, he wasn't given a death sentence by the king for fighting in Verona streets, as promised (Was exiled, instead), and had plenty of other good luck. He's used them all up, and luck has caught up to him. The nights would be referring to the nights he was able to sneak into Juliet's room at night, and stay with her until the morning. And he cannot feel her heart anymore because of the poison the Friar gave to her to fool her parents so she could get out of marrying Paris.

    'I lived only trough you, My scar, my heart, my truth, I do not want to die, But no more can I love you!!!

    How hard it is to understand My wish to die hand in hand? This night's like a dream You will be the last thing I will see'

    Shakespeare's works were always over-exaggerated. Romeo, for example, lived only for Rosaline, until he saw Juliet, and then he was head-over-heels for her. He lived only for her; she was his everything. This is where it gets interesting - Romeo no longer loves Juliet. Maybe because she died before him, and he cannot forgive that.

    He then goes on to explain he wanted to die hand in hand with her, and now he's accepting the next-best thing. He's killing himself, and she's the last thing he will ever see. This is good enough for him; it has to be, because she's already dead.

    'I hold your hand, close my eyes all I love finally dies Drank the poison most foul with you... But why do you smile?

    ...Don't smile Don't you smile You're supposed Wither away with me, so, Juliette Please don't smile I'm paralysed and you are still alive.'

    He holds her hand as he dies (Which I believe actually happened in the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet) after drinking the poison ('Most foul') that was meant to kill him. She wakes up from her poison-induced coma at this time, smiling to see him, or more likely to see him dying. He's sad that she's smiling, because he's going to die without her. He's paralyzed - can't move - and she's smiling to see him die (A possible motive for this is that he killed her cousin, and she's getting revenge).

    At this point, Romeo goes into a coma of his own before he dies, reflecting on things. He focuses on how sad life is, and about how everyone's really alone. I think he's felt betrayed at this point, and has started to wallow in self-pity.

    'No hellos, no bad goodbyes Wailing, distant, silent cries You can live with my pain, It's your own you cannot take?

    You played the game and lost, I wonder how you can, Hold the cards for a dead man'

    At this point, Juliet regrets what she has done, and is considering taking her own life. She's still confused about whether she loved her cousin or Romeo more. That's the 'Wailing, distant, silent cries' that Romeo hears as he is unconscious. In his mind, he is now lashing out at her for what she's done.

    'The light and the clarity Welcome change for the life in the darkness, Sea of my sanity...

    Lost in the vanity... All I ever wanted; to be lost in you, My burden, the hatred...

    My own reality... Mirrors and smoke The final truth unfolds

    ...Your reality... Mirrors my hopes, Where you will need me...'

    As he gets closer to death, Romeo's mind clears up. He sees the light that is often talked about before someone dies, and it gives him clarity. His mind was foggy after first losing consciousness, and he hated it. It seemed like an eternity because of his internal battle to comprehend what was happening, and now he finally has his light. Now he's getting lost in the Euphoria of the light (Lost in the vanity), and he is going over his life with Juliet.

    After this, he begins to realize what is happening once more with Juliet - His own life is ended (Mirrors and smoke; he's lost in it once more), and begins to understand the truth of everything that has happened. He hopes Juliet will regret what she did, which is covered in the next section, where her reality mirrors his hopes - She will need him. During this time, she is considering killing herself once more.

    'They never find us again once the trail has gone cold They never find us again once the trail has gone cold I'm a restless soul, I'll make the best ghost All things good end into a...'

    Romeo thinks he and Juliet will never be found (After all, this whole scene takes place in her family tomb). Because of what she has done to him, he cannot rest in peace, and will become a ghost, haunting the place for as long as possible.

    'Minute of silence!

    • I get myself in line One minute of silence
    • To face my own demise One minute of silence
    • This is not what I signed for... One minute of silence
    • You double-crossing, filthy whore...'

    He's beginning to accept that he's really going to die, and nothing can save him. He lashes out at Juliet once more for what she did to him, and probably regrets ever meeting her (This is not what I signed for).

    'I sit with someone in the dark I'm so afraid to see it's me again... You had a change of heart, Now we're all getting hurt...

    Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to my life again Walk with me, every curve, every bend This promenade that seems to come to an end'

    He's sitting in the dark tomb with Juliet, or he's in his mind once more. I get confused about this part. The 'You had a change of heart' refers to her, but when he addresses the 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' he is obviously talking to himself. Probably about his friend who died, or Tybalt, whom he killed. He is walking with them in death as he is about to pass over to the afterlife.

    'You know what you meant to me, Emptied the room in your life that I paid for When I lost my sanity I made a mess I am now here to clean

    It is too late to regret anything tonight After what has come to light ...You have played me for a fool, for all this time? The story may rewrite itself after I'm gone One more breath, the day will dawn'

    At this point, Romeo is wanting to make amends for whatever he did to anger Juliet (I made a mess now I am here to clean - the actual sung words). He knows it's too late to regret anything, confirms that Juliet was playing him, and predicts the story will be rewritten (Maybe this is pre-Shakespeare; the real story of Romeo and Juliet). Romeo has one more breath in him before he dies for good.

    'How hard it is to understand My wish to die hand in hand? These wounds stay open all night long, You are the last thing I will see...

    I lived only by you, My scar, my heart, my truth, My sole reason to die... for There's no life without you

    These are my final lines, I've used all my nine lives, My life is over, cannot feel your heart anymore

    I lived only by you, My scar, my heart, my truth, Have no reason to live, I can't feel the love anymore...'

    Romeo goes over everything once more in his head, coming to terms with everything that has happened, and almost happily passing over the threshold to the afterlife...

    'This is... the end... Why...? You're closing my eyes... '

    Like a real human, Romeo questions his death once more, and Juliet closes his eyes. He then dies peacefully.

    The only thing left out completely is whether or not Juliet killed herself as well. In Shakespeare's play, she did, but Romeo was already dead. He had no way of knowing that. It could also be that she went on to live her life, and Shakespeare's version wasn't entirely accurate. The story was rewritten after Romeo died, that is.

    RyuheiAoion October 10, 2009   Link

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