I demand nothing
But I want it all
What privillege do we get under the sun,
That gives us the right to the throne
Species come and go,but the earth stands forever fast,
All river runs towards the sea, but the sea is never full,
To discover the loneliness, and to be proud to show the wounds,
Will forever wander alone through the years?
But I wont let you near,begging for you to understand,
The fear that lives in my soul which is an untouched spring
Read, what is written on the silent mouth,
What is written in the soul,
For which is written in the shining silence,
We all have to read
My body will be bent from the burdens,
When the shaking floor of life force,
Reveals it's chasm underneath,
If only one could be two steps ahead
But I want it all
What privillege do we get under the sun,
That gives us the right to the throne
Species come and go,but the earth stands forever fast,
All river runs towards the sea, but the sea is never full,
To discover the loneliness, and to be proud to show the wounds,
Will forever wander alone through the years?
But I wont let you near,begging for you to understand,
The fear that lives in my soul which is an untouched spring
Read, what is written on the silent mouth,
What is written in the soul,
For which is written in the shining silence,
We all have to read
My body will be bent from the burdens,
When the shaking floor of life force,
Reveals it's chasm underneath,
If only one could be two steps ahead
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Embody The Invisible Lyrics as written by Bjoern Ingvar Gelotte Anders Par Friden
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Then, the next stanca seems to be a description of evolution - the picture of the river running into the sea fits quite nicely: evolution is an ongoing stream of creatures and species who slowly mutate, die out or become. The "fast" standing earth builds a strong contrast to all this dynamic movement. This is really a relativation of man's position in nature.
The third stanca is where things become a bit fuzzy, I think. The "lonliness" is a very important part of the song - it corresponds to the "silence" and the "untouched spring" mentioned in the refrain.
Men are said to be wandering "alone through the years" and maybe the author points to the strength every human pretends to have - nobody likes to "show his wounds", i.e. to reveal his weakness.
Still, the refrain cries for the listener to read "what is written in the soul", to "understand" the authors inner conflict, his "burdens", but without getting "near": the author is himself not able to show his weakness, he is also human.
There is the wish to be "two steps ahead" - even more than just in the future, but really far ahead, leaving all the worldly pain behind. Death is not really seen in a negative way here - rather the time before death, because his body, the material part of his life, "will be bent from the burdens", so maybe there is even a positive view to death and a wish for what will be afterwards.
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Amazing song, gotta say.