Still Day Beneath The Sun

Opeth

There is a light that hits the gloom around
Shows the footprints round this grave
Dried up roses scattered on the mound
Honoring the one engraved

Will ever the morning
Carry away
The souls of those for whom we cry?

Leaving, grieving
Seeking, meeting
Binding, unwinding
Sighing "You"

Still day beneath the sun
Asking you who is the one
And when the day is late
We know who must forever wait

Black procession through the narrow aisles
Another's gone for all to see
Near the site for one who lost his trials
Sleeping 'neath the ground is me

Will ever the morning
Carry away
The souls of those for whom we cry?

Leaving, grieving
Seeking, meeting
Binding, unwinding
Sighing "You"

Still day beneath the sun
Asking you who is the one
And when the day is late
We know who must forever wait


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    I believe that it's talking about the relationship between the dead and those that love them. You would think it would be the dead who would wait forever, but for the living, the time it takes them to finally die and join their love seems like it lasts an eternity. It's basically about how much harder it is for the living to go on after someone dies that they love.

    BTW, because of the spelling of site, It is probably referring to a monument or a headstone.

    Megalodon2112on August 22, 2008   Link

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