| Swallow The Sun – Hold This Woe Lyrics | 2 months ago |
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You know, there's a couple of live, acoustic versions of this song uploaded on YouTube if you really look and upon listening to them and the normal version of the song again I'm pretty convinced the lyrics are different, but I don't have a second opinion to really judge (and it wouldn't be unheard of if some of the lines were changed for the acoustic version, idk). "Please don't gut me again Could you just leave me here? I'll bury these wounds with you I'll be gone by nightfall The summer is gone And the relieving cold is here It's getting darker now The night is drawing closer my dear Tonight I burnt my soul for you Tonight I yearn your soul for me Tonight I burnt my soul for you Tonight The start of cold seasons Just a road of despair There is no way out of here, again to feel you near Why do you love to torture me, gut me open and leave me to bleed? And when I'm laying on the blood-red leaves You'll disappear from me again I can feel her warm white thigh As I taste the death on her lips I am doomed to hold this woe It's time to kneel I'm so alone Tonight I burnt my soul for you Tonight I yearn your soul for me Tonight I burnt my soul for you Tonight The start of cold seasons Just a road of despair There is no way out of here, again to feel you near Why do you love to torture me, cut me open and leave me to bleed? And when I'm laying on the blood-red leaves You'll disappear from me again" |
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| The Birthday Massacre – Surrender Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Maybe a bit of a crackshot but I'm going for it - I think this is about the protagonist being stalked by an abuser (partner, parent, or other - just someone they had a close relationship with) or other kind of stalker told through the lens of supernatural horror. Maybe it's a nightmare of the protagonist - the protagonist has escaped their abuser/stalker, but the 'monster' is still trying to hunt them down to be with them again. "Tonight they're calling out your name A light across the river They're coming for you Let me in and I'll explain" A supernatural metaphor for the abuser/stalker's manipulative attempts to get the protagonist to "let them in", trying to manipulative the protagonist into thinking they're in danger and the "monster" is on their side, and can help them... as long as the protagonist does as the "monster" asks. "So dark outside here I'm afraid I'll disappear" The darkness in the night can refer to both the abuser/stalker stalking them in the night after finding their new home, but more crucially and metaphorically I think it refers to the darkness inside the "monster's" mind - they cannot live without the protagonist, they are nothing without them, they will "disappear". Some people truly feel like they don't exist outside of the context of a relationship and will cling onto their SO even to the point of emotional, physical or sexual abuse, because their need to be loved is so strong they are willing to do anything no matter how unethical. "I know you're in there I sense your fear" The protagonist is in a panic at the "monster" outside the door - some abusers relish the fear they induce onto their "possessions". "Surrender I know you are hiding here Come, my dear You can hide in the night while I'm waiting here, all alone When you're sleeping, I'm out here watching at your window Can't you see me? You and I, we are the same" The use of "come, my dear" and "you and I, we are the same" makes me think this monster is indeed someone the protagonist has had some form of close relationship with. It doesn't have to be romantic necessarily. Again, "waiting here all alone" and "we're alike" sounds like more manipulative language to get the protagonist to let the "monster" inside - whether into the house, or into their life in general. "So cold outside here I'm afraid you'll disappear" AKA 'I'm afraid of losing you (therefore I will do anything within my power to have you back, which includes stalking you to further abuse you.)' "Now I know where you're hiding, and I want you to notice The river is rising I want you to know this" Could be multiple things. It could be a nightmare manifested by trauma and therefore this imagery is literal. It could be the abuser/stalker trying to assert power by terrorising the protagonist claiming they're trapped (and what would the protagonist want to do if water was rising in their home? Probably open the door!) Hell, maybe saying "the water is rising" is another manipulation, trying to claim the protagonist is in danger in another desperate attempt to get them to open the door. Or the "monster" has gotten vengeful and is actually killing the protagonist (whether in a nightmare or in reality, who is to say?) Can I just say the atmosphere in this song is absolutely brilliant, regardless! The guitar at 3:40 sounds like a screeching demon in the dark and probably the intended effect, while the breathing sounds like the protagonist potentially having a panic attack at the horror outside their door. I love this band for this very immersive theme of horror, both real and imagined :) |
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| Swallow The Sun – April 14th Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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According to an interview with Juha Raivio in 2012, this song is a tribute to Peter Steele and Type O Negative, as Peter Steele died on April 14th, 2010. Type O Negative has been one of Swallow The Sun's influences. Link: https://youtu.be/8bu_U5MjWQE?t=336 |
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| Swallow The Sun – Lights on the Lake (Horror Pt. III) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| My interpretation of this song was that of a murderous, grief-stricken father: perhaps the mother died during childbirth, and as a result of the horrendous loss, the father vengefully rejects and drowns the newborn in a lake as punishment for "taking her away from [him]". | |
| Swallow The Sun – 66°50'N, 28°40'E Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Juha made a post on his Facebook account regarding this instrumental in 2021: https://www.facebook.com/juha.raivio.official/posts/the-first-years-of-my-life-i-lived-in-lapland-very-high-up-north-in-finland-i-wr/236697361605250/ Contents of post: "The first years of my life I lived in Lapland, very high up North in Finland. I wrote this song remembering the deadly cold winters that felt like needles in your face and the never ending dark, dancing northern lights in the skies and again never ending light at the summer times, a truly magical place called Salla. I remember writing this song and for some reason seeing those landscapes from my childhood clearly through the eyes of an eagle. So I wanted to capture this flying emotion in this song. It is strange how the first years of your life have been carved so deep into your soul. -j-" |
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