| Within Temptation – Lost Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm going to try a different interpretation other than the most obvious one, because i find it more romantic and more fitting with the overall tone and mood of the song. After hearing the song a couple of times i got the strong impression that his girl, his lover, is in a madness state, a medical condition. There is no specific lyric that points in that direction but the sum of them do; "She's lost in the darkness, fading away" > this is actually the part that punctuated my theory, the darkness being her madness, and fading away is the transcendence from reality to her new dimensional plane ( pompous i know but keep with me ). "I walk against the stream" in my mind is him going against his convictions and normal way of doing things,, all for the sake of them reuniting to the time she was sane and they were happy and aware of their feelings (mutual ), which is backed up by "far from what i believe in ". Jumping back to the first verse "My hope is on fire / My dreams are for sale" signify his initial contact with the "disease" and his optimistic start to fight it together, tossing away his dreams for her (which is contradictory a bit, because she / their relationship, are his new and only dream); for me ( and this will be the last time i will say "for me" because it's obviously subjective) this argument is backed up by the way the song starts, on a mellow optimistic voice. "i dance on a wire " < Him being aware of the monumental task he has set before him and the slim chances that it will actually succeed, but pressing forward, again, for their sake " i don't want to fail her". And this is the setup for the story, further on is his madness and weakness in front of failure and crushed hopes. "I'm burning the bridges, and there's no return" - This is the first sign of weakness, of him becoming doubtful that he will actually succeed; He is burning the "turning points" and the moment he acknowledges them as "turning points" he becomes doubtful (this is psychological). "i'm trying to reach her, i feel that she yearns " is pretty self explanatory, the only thing to add is that these two lyrics signify his "goal" his only reason to press forward. The fight between doubt and the need to win her back is his starting spiral of madness. His (and notice that this is becoming more and more about his madness compared to the start where there was still hope for "them" ) manifestation of this madness is expressed through "help me i'm buried alive" "i'm still around here screaming her name(this also has another meaning that i will explain later)" "i'm losing my mind" . Further on through his back and forth madness > "she's hunting my dreamworld" is actually the initial image of her that is haunting him because it's the constant reminder of his failure "i don't want to fail her". "trying to survive" the focus turns back on her, in his mind, being preserved as a pure notion of what has been and will never be again and his struggle to keep her pure. ^ this is the point where his madness goes on another level; his brain trying to preserve his sanity trough fabrication of reality (hope you get what i mean, not sure how i should call it, english is not my first language). In the end is him becoming more aware of what has happened or better said accepting what has happened; "i tried to revive what's already drowned" > signifying his acceptance but also, to get vaguely psychological again, is his giving up on her which after what has happened will have a tremendous impact on his life and way of living on. "They think i'm a fool, Can't realize Hope plays a wicked game with the mind" a mixed feeling of not being able to regret, and this is HIS perspective, that he should actually BE able to regret but is unable because of humans being programmed to live on hope.(this is not true, that's why i stressed it's his interpretation, because i tried to be as objective as possible). "Cause i thought that love would bind" (the way she sings this verse is killing me i just can't get enough of it) and it's basically what he went on/ hoped on, when he first started this journey; it's equivalent to "and they lived happily ever after" which obviously he realized is not true, even though he subconsciously knew that it might not be the case > "i thought", which i explained throughout this interpretation, it signifies his doubt coming clean and turning into pessimism(he will now view it as a general rule, again having an impact on his life). And the story ends at " She won't come around" . The story in the shortest form possible is about a loss in love but the way it played out is truly befitting of a top row, reason i enjoyed it so much. It might not be the way the original artists (i'm just being diplomatic here) wanted to portray it, but i'm gonna stick to this interpretation because as i said i find it romantic and fitting a i said before. Right i'm done, took me an hour to type this whole damn thing, hope you enjoy. |
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