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| Kamelot – Mourning Star Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Indeed, wars, but I would think about religion wars more than everything else. "How can there be a reason for war / For the life of a human that suffers" ? Isn't that a reference to the Christ ? Further referenced with "You gave the world all this pain." Jesus - a messiah of peace, who brought so many wars... And Mourning Star is a play on words : Morning Star is both the name of a weapon and a nickname for Lucifer - hence the religious part. The soldier who sings those lyrics is a nonbeliever - but in the heat of the battle, the fear of death makes him want to find salvation - so he clings to religion. |
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| Epica – Force of The Shore Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song sounds like a metaphor of the fear to change. Men are afraid of going forward, so they hide themselves behind illusions. The "shore" represents these illusions, but "Behind the shore the sea is filled up with sentiment and strength". The sea represents another way of life, better than the previous one. Then there's a touch of "memento mori" philosophy : we cannot regret the past, or cling to our fears, because there isn't much time left. So men are left with the choice : cling to a past that cannot be revived nor undone - or face the future and free themselves from the Force of the Shore. |
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| Nightwish – Amaranth Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This is quite an interesting interpretation. Wasn't Lucifer cast down to earth because he just wanted to surpass God ? Is this a sin - try to go past all limits, and to give the best of yourself ? Freedom, hope, dreams... is this a sin to God ? God is supposed to act like a father to His angels and men. Why would He want to prevent people from aiming higher ? This, in my opinion, is the meaning of pride. What Lucifer did... was just another way to free himself from fate, to reach freedom at last. |
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| Nightwish – Dead Boy's Poem (feat. Sam Hardwick) Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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To me the Dead Boy is symbolized by the song itself. How does it begin ? "Born from silence". Then, after the chorus the third verse includes "Died for the beauty, the one in the garden". Then, there is the second chorus, and... no more singing (apart from the very end of the song). The Boy is Dead. The only thing that remains is his poem. He wanted eternity, but without success ("failed in becoming a god"). He bids farewell to the world. But at the end, there is the verse "A lonely soul, an ocean soul". This is a "resurrection" for the boy, who found immortality in the poem he wrote...
There is also a strange - almost symbiotic - relationship between the poem and the boy. They seem to overlap. As said eloquently : "The sweet piano writing down my life". This is an obvious paradox, as the boy wrote the song, but was "written down" as well. The Dead Boy is the Poem itself. "For I have given it my strength and it has become my only strength." |
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