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”
[Lyrics and Music by Jens Johansson]
Would you move the mountain,
Would you build a tower,
Would you drink the sunshine,
Like a wilted flower?
Would you waste that hour
If you knew this full moon would be
The last one you'd see?
Would you gaze in wonder
While the world was turning,
While the moon made quiet
All the years of yearning?
Would the flame keep burning,
If you knew the powers that be
Could set you free?
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
Swam around in circles,
In the angry ocean
Had a dream of safety
That's lost emotion.
Could a faded notion
Make you find your way back to shore,
Looking for more?
So we head for safety,
But we never get there
And I brush the shadows
From your scary nightmare
On the road to nowhere,
Would you help me carry my cross and set me free?
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
[Solo ? Jens]
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
Would you move the mountain,
Would you build a tower,
Would you drink the sunshine,
Like a wilted flower?
Would you waste that hour
If you knew this full moon would be
The last one you'd see?
Would you gaze in wonder
While the world was turning,
While the moon made quiet
All the years of yearning?
Would the flame keep burning,
If you knew the powers that be
Could set you free?
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
Swam around in circles,
In the angry ocean
Had a dream of safety
That's lost emotion.
Could a faded notion
Make you find your way back to shore,
Looking for more?
So we head for safety,
But we never get there
And I brush the shadows
From your scary nightmare
On the road to nowhere,
Would you help me carry my cross and set me free?
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
[Solo ? Jens]
Don't know why you had to go
In the stormy night, a flame in the darkness
And we'll never really know
If you'll ever see me again.
Lyrics submitted by SergeF2007, edited by skualninja
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This song, I believe it speaks about having lost your lover. Who "had to go" as in, passed away, and because the afterline is always but a wonder, there's no way of telling "if you'll ever see me again."
So many lines speak of possibilities that weren't, the wonders of what would have one done, if only they knew, saw it coming, anything. And now, for the one remaining alone - who no longer knows the feeling of safety, seeing how his lover was suddenly taken away from him - his life feels like a read to nowhere, carrying a cross (representing burden).
And I think the "Set you/me free" line represents death.
@Alexlayer I feel strongly that their song When Mountains Fall is closely connected to this one. It's literally about a dead lover and lost chances. I think this song can seem kind of vague but with the other in mind a pretty clear picture is painted.