WithinSilence
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"Rivers of sand unentwine through my hands.
To know what they've seen, well, my burdens all pale."
- Hands Like Houses, Oceandust
| Within Temptation – Lost Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Personally, I think this song's about a girl who's emotionally dying (meaning the still-alive part of her is singing to the dying part of her). I must sound sort of crazy already, but let me step by step explain how I'm thinking. My hope is on fire My dreams are for sale I dance on a wire I don't want to fail her This part means she's losing hope; that she's beginning to think her dreams (for how she wants her future to look like) will go forever unrealized. She's living a life where she's always afraid of doing something 'wrong', and tries her best not to disappoint herself (be it socially, academically or something else). I walk against the stream Far from what I believe in I run towards towards the end Trying not to give in She's not fitting in with the people around her, although she's still not managing to be herself. Every single day is a struggle for her. She's lost in the darkness Fading away I'm still around here Screaming her name The one she was before all of the pain started is beginning to (figuartively) die. Just like innocence becomes spoiled, she's losing an irreplacable part of herself. The darkness is symbolizing despair. She's haunting my dreamworld Trying to survive My heart is frozen I'm losing my mind Her physical self is, to her horror, becoming disconnected from her wilting emotions. Help me, I'm buried alive Buried alive Meaning she's trapped and powerless, unable to change her situation. I'm burning the bridges And there's no return I'm trying to reach her I feel that she yearns She's still watching herself perish, but no matter how she tries she can't stop the process. The part of her that is dying is not strong enough to survive her everyday life, and there's nothing she can do to change that. The next few parts have already been explained. I tried to revive what's already drowned They think I'm a fool Can't realise, Hope plays a wicked game with the mind 'Cause I thought that love would bind I cannot revive what's already drowned She won't come around She tried being who she can't be anymore, but obviously you can't be who you're not. She is bitter because she had hoped that keeping the love inside of her alive would have been enough to regain her orginal personality, but she realizes that that part of her will be lost forever (hence the name of the song). And that's my interpretation. The only problem with it that I can see, is the use of the word 'they' in the last paragraph I talked about. I'm not sure who she's referring to... Maybe she means that the people around her expected her to miserable, and was thereby surprised when she tried acting happy (though she did it to revive the dead part of her)? |
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