| In Flames – Stay with Me Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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So I listened to the song again several times after reading all of your interpretations. This is what I came up with. This could be a dialogue between two people, one is the abused/depressive one (A), the other is the person (B) who tris to protect the abused/depressive one. Starting at "I don't know if you're ready", it is the abused/depressive person (A) talking. The other one (B) keeps saying "stay with me" as he/she doesn't wat to see (A) go. Progressively, (A) tells (B) how he/she's been to dark places and finally sees the light, as in the tunnel of light that one is supposed to see when they die. (A) sees this as a deliverance and prefers this light, to the darkest of night = what (A) has been living. Meanwhile, (B) keeps begging to "stay with me". When (A) finally passes away, (B) cries from sadness and lonelyness. Also "open your eyes, breath in, breath out, breath in life" could simply describe (B) talking to dead or dying (A). I don't believe that the whole lyrics are supposed to be only one person talking. At least in that scenario I can't make sense of the "I don't know if you're ready" piece. Anyways, for anyone with a depressive or abused loved one, this song says so much about this feeling of powerlessness while trying to help with all your heart and soul, and you can't understand why would the other one want to go and not be able to see all the good things to enjoy on the other side of the door. |
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