In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Give me
Release
Witness me
I am
Outside
Give me peace
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
And I wanted to believe
That I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
I can't
Help this longing
Comfort me
I can't
Hold it all in
If you won't let me
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
And I wanted to believe
That I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
In this white wave
I am sinking
In this silence
In this white wave
In this silence
I believe
In this white wave
I am sinking
In this silence
In this white wave
In this silence
I believe
I have seen you
In this white wave
You are silent
You are breathing
In this white wave
I am free
Release
Witness me
I am
Outside
Give me peace
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
And I wanted to believe
That I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
I can't
Help this longing
Comfort me
I can't
Hold it all in
If you won't let me
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
And I wanted to believe
That I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
In this white wave
I am sinking
In this silence
In this white wave
In this silence
I believe
In this white wave
I am sinking
In this silence
In this white wave
In this silence
I believe
I have seen you
In this white wave
You are silent
You are breathing
In this white wave
I am free
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Silence [[Dj Tiësto In Search of Sunrise Remix]] Lyrics as written by Sarah Ann Mclachlan Nowell Rhys Fulber
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What Merlyn said about the drug made me think... Maybe this songs talking about looking for that quick release that easy way out and after you find it you still get consumed by what you were running from because there simply is no way out.... life is just going to pull you into it deeper....
maybe depression and drugs for it. Even though you take the depression drugs they work for a while until the effects wear off and you realize your just going to get consumed by the sadness...
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Gloria in Excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus [bonae voluntatis]
Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth peace to people [of good will]
These words are at the beginning of the song as written by Delirium.
I think this song has absolutely NOTHING to do with sex, doing drugs or killing a child, period. I think it has EVERYTHING to do with the initial shock of losing someone, the time in between understanding the loss and letting go of those feelings and moving on. The rage you feel inside, when in losing someone you start to question your faith. You miss them, you don't understand why they've gone, you long to see them and wonder what heaven holds for them now they are gone.
I just lost my brother to a horrific car accident on July 17, 2008. He was riding his bike to work and in a millesecond his life was snuffed out, just like that, gone.
I have been searching for a way to contain my grief and sorrow. My grief in what's happened to him, my sorrow in the fact I will never see his beautiful face again. I too, have questioned my faith. What God would do this to a beautiful soul that loved this earth? What God of mine would take such humbled soul from this earth and leave such travisty behind? I have question where is my brother, where has he gone? Is he aware that sadness and grief is left behind in his absence? I'm angry and mad as hell at the person that hit my brother, I want to scream, I want to curse God and ask why, why, why?
I was searching for songs to add to my myspace account and love Sarah. I remembered this song and once I listened to it (again after all these years) the meaning, to me, was ever so clear.
She's mad that someone has died, she longs to see them, wonders what heaven holds for them, as well as her. She seeks comfort to undestand, she can't hold it in, yet she doesn't know how to explain her feelings. She's questioning her faith and just can't understand anything about the meaning this is supposed to bring her, she doubts her own existence and is sinking in the white wave in silence (because she can't explain just how she feels when everyone around her doesn't understand what she's going through) and she can't understand any of this.
She is, quite frankly, devasted about her loss, and in the end she has found some relief in knowing she will see that person again, one day. She sees them in this white wave (heaven) and they are silent (dead and can't talk to us after their dead) but in the white wave in the silence she sees they are breathing (alive in the afterlife).
In my deep deep pits of sorrow, that is what I have filitered out of this song. It has ease my pain on some level.
As per what i can understand... This song is about female orgasm.....
Silence is a compelling and intoxicating entity of human nature. to leave something unsaid is an unparalleled exercise of power or leverage against someone. to lust to end this silence; to search for the truth per say, is a consuming act that is pursued passionately, feverishly, and with rage. To "wonder" about heaven, is to search for silence. The lyrics to this song acknowledge the seduction of silence, but shows a person attempting to liberate themselves from the burdens of this pursuit. "in this silence i believe--i am free." it is not necessarily silence she is referring to, it can be a passionate longing for anything, love, addiction, or life in general maybe. but the meaning of this song is to free yourself from this natural desire, to liberate yourself from the burdens of a hopeless and endless pursuit
@charlietrout Your words grabbed me. I’ve never replied on anything but I’m this hour, this moment, I searched for the meaning of one of my favorite songs that autonomously played in the background of my concern for the safety of my son. What you wrote, and I just now read makes complete sense and shifted my curiosity to a better understanding of the current situation. Thank you for writing that so I could read it. Even if it’s like a decade old post… it helped me tonight.
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everytime i hear this song , i cant help myself i start dancing , i only listen to the rhythm of this song , nothign matters to me anymore .i close my eyes and fall into an ocean of feelings...it's the best song ever
WHOA----this song must have been made by a real genius!!! Gosh I cannot describe how much I love it...! One of the best songs ever!!!!
If you like this song and you like trance, check out the DJ Tiesto mix. Unbelievable. I do not know what the original sounds like, but the remix is a true work of art.
this song is actually by delerium. she only sang the song.