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”
Long I have journeyed and far I have roamed
Weary of searching, I rest by a stone
Then without warning the earth swallowed me
Falling through blackness forever it seemed
Where is this I find myself now?
I hear a voice, familiar somehow....
"Come hither, Come hither" The voice cries to me
Blind in the darkness then what do I see?
The vision of my dream
Floating in liquid flame
Silently beckons me
Across this hellish plain
With dragon's wings she stands
Blood-thirsty ax in hand...
What Brings you to this deathly land?
What do you seek in the land of the damned?
Searching and Searching I finally find
Give me the Ax and let vengeance be mine!
Make me a promise and so it shall be
Swear on your life-blood and so it shall be
Strike me a bargain you cannot betray
Then you may have it and take it away
We'll meet again and you'll do what I ask
Anything I wish no matter the task
This fire that burns inside
It must be satisfied
Burns me to sleep at night
Burns me at dawn's first light
This oath I take and swear
Then let the king beware
Weary of searching, I rest by a stone
Then without warning the earth swallowed me
Falling through blackness forever it seemed
Where is this I find myself now?
I hear a voice, familiar somehow....
"Come hither, Come hither" The voice cries to me
Blind in the darkness then what do I see?
The vision of my dream
Floating in liquid flame
Silently beckons me
Across this hellish plain
With dragon's wings she stands
Blood-thirsty ax in hand...
What Brings you to this deathly land?
What do you seek in the land of the damned?
Searching and Searching I finally find
Give me the Ax and let vengeance be mine!
Make me a promise and so it shall be
Swear on your life-blood and so it shall be
Strike me a bargain you cannot betray
Then you may have it and take it away
We'll meet again and you'll do what I ask
Anything I wish no matter the task
This fire that burns inside
It must be satisfied
Burns me to sleep at night
Burns me at dawn's first light
This oath I take and swear
Then let the king beware
Lyrics submitted by JackH83
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