| We Are The Fallen – Sleep Well, My Angel Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[techhnofreak13:21400] I liker this interpretation a lot. It makes sense to me, primarily based upon the emotions that this song evokes in me...For justifiable reasons, my mom had to leave me when I was almost 5 years old. We were reunited 9 years later...no harm, no foul so to speak...and this song definitely does NOT evoke the emotions that I remember experiencing at that time. I am also a recovering drug addict and alcoholic [fortunately by the grace of God not dead of an overdose - although I did overdose twice, and hospitalized for alcohol poisoning...on my 17 birthday :( ] Alright, so said...now, at age 56 and in recovery nearly 30 years, obviously I have had many heart to heart discussions with my mom - I have also lost loved ones to drug and alcohol abuse who it was beyond my ability to aid (you can only help someone who genuinely wants help). This song definitely evokes [in me] those sorrowful and painful memories and regrets about having lost a beloved child or friend..."what could I have done more" and so on... |
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| Within Temptation – Say My Name Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Well - the person who is "lost" does not necessarily have to be a parent - perhaps a grandparent. This song is obviously relating some personal experience of Sharon's...no way she could have such heart and emotion into this otherwise. It's also very personal for me; My grandpa had a sever stroke when I was 30 y/o. It not only crippled him by 80%, but it severely damaged his mind as well... He was no longer able to grasp names...strangely though, he could remember his children by their birth order, so like...my Mom wasn't Lilly, she was 8. My uncle Tom was 1. Pap would 'babble' about Aunt Doris who died when I was five y/o so he would say something to the effect that "I wish to die and be with 2". When I would be with him, he wouldn't even know my name, but he did get visibly encouraged - he knew I was someone important to him (He raised me most of my childhood, and was responsible for tens of thousands of dollars worth of medical bills because I was born cripple and Grandpa paid to have my legs corrected through a series of surgeries over the first 10 years of my life)... My Pap was crippled like that for over 22 years, and yes, eventually the crippling of his mind did become so terrible that he lost all recognition or even concern for human relationships. If/when he would speak at all, it was simply "I want to be dead and stay with my wife" and things like that...yes, Grandma had died like 3 years before Pap had the stroke. Well...the song definitely "hits home for me". |
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