Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Morning comes darkness drops
Upon this day a shadow falls
Silence warps through the halls
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
A hundred years from today
Lamplights ablaze? paves my way
Till Jesus saves my early grave
I will be gone, gone, gone
Drop the anchor lift my heart
From stem to stern I'm torn apart
Mount my horse? pack my cart?
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
Seek the hull? leave the deck
Silver moon silhouette
In due time you will forget
That I am gone, gone, gone
I will be gone, gone, gone
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
Upon this day a shadow falls
Silence warps through the halls
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
A hundred years from today
Lamplights ablaze? paves my way
Till Jesus saves my early grave
I will be gone, gone, gone
Drop the anchor lift my heart
From stem to stern I'm torn apart
Mount my horse? pack my cart?
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
Seek the hull? leave the deck
Silver moon silhouette
In due time you will forget
That I am gone, gone, gone
I will be gone, gone, gone
Since I've been gone, gone, gone
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone
Lyrics submitted by kid galahad
Shadows Fall Lyrics as written by James Skelly Nicholas Power
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think this song is about some one leaving and sinister things began to happen after that person left.
The second half of the song is more about someone who is about to leave.
I dont think this song has any real meaning I think they wrote the lyrics just to match the mood of the song. Still this song is awsome.
If I were to fall asleep listening to this cd I bet I would dream about being in a boat in the middle of the ocean on a foggy day. The whole CD is one big Sea Shanty
to me, this is about a guy feeling like everything the place he's in and everything it used to hold for him has died, so to speak. there is nothing left there for him anymore, so he's leaving at the crack of dawn and not looking back. he knows he'll be forgotten, which is part of why he's leaving in the first place.
"seek the hull, leave the deck silver moon, silhouette in due time you will forget that I am gone..."
I've been listening to this song a lot lately, so spooky and yeah, foggy ocean ship sailing imagery which I love. =P