| Nightwish – Turn Loose The Mermaids Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I feel it's about Life and Death. At the start he is a child, the graveyard is described as being "far, far" away Then it seems to be about love with a woman (the song is possibly from her prespective) and loosing her love somehow. The mermaids bringing back his tears could represent his mistakes and regrets, maybe for the lost love? I think "The beauty in the spyglass on the old mans porch" May symbolize him pineing for her, and longing to have those days of love back. Finally she seems to be back with him, or it's a diffrent woman, telling him to not regret his mistakes because they made him who he is, and comforting him before he dies. At anyrate I'm almost 100% sure that: "At the end of the river the sundown beams All the relics of a life long lived Here, weary traveler rest your wand Sleep the journey from your eyes" Is about death. The end of the river is the end of life (The waters of life), The sundown beams mean sunset, the sun is setting on his life. All the relics of a life long lived in a sense is him, he embodies all of his memories, his wisdom, his knowlage, his emotions, everything that he's gathered over his long life he takes with him. The rest speaks for it's self. :) I love this song so much, it reminds me of someone who was, and still is very close to my heart. :) |
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