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Navigate The Seas Of The Sun Lyrics
Distant earthrise long ago
Lingers at the borders of our minds
Mysteries spinning in the dark
In the frozen emptiness of time
We were lost and we never knew
Who we were and what we left behind
Living half lives we were blind
To the new frontiers that opened up our eyes
To find our minds were spinning,
souls entwined in a spiral dance
The ancient ways have found us, again,
to give us one last chance
Living in this place, staring into space we find
We might share the corners of our lives
Infinity runs deep, eternety that we can't keep
Melting through the frozen wastes of time
So we go and will not return,
To navigate the seas of the sun
Our children will go on and on
To navigate the seas of the sun
So we go and will not return,
To navigate the seas of the sun
Our children will go on and on
To navigate the seas of the sun
We can't go on tomorrow, living death by gravity,
Couldn't stand it anymore,
we sail our ships to distant shores
Purple gold and blue,
Living colours every hue,
Flowers in the garden of the gods
No one can ever know
If you never saw them grow
This darkness, is really full of light
Well beyond the earth,
beyond all things that gave us birth
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
If god is throwing dice,
and Einstein doesn't mind the chance
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
INfinity runs deep, eternity that we can't keep
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Flowers of our souls, purple blue and gold we find
To navigate the seas of the sun
So we know who we are even in this frozen waste
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Living in this place, staring into space we find
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Well beyond the earth,
beyond all things that gave us birth
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
If Einstein is throwing dice,
and God doesn't mind the chance
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Flowers of our souls, purple blue and gold we find
To navigate the seas of the sun
And who we were before-
Eternity that we can't keep
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Lingers at the borders of our minds
Mysteries spinning in the dark
In the frozen emptiness of time
We were lost and we never knew
Who we were and what we left behind
Living half lives we were blind
To the new frontiers that opened up our eyes
souls entwined in a spiral dance
The ancient ways have found us, again,
to give us one last chance
We might share the corners of our lives
Infinity runs deep, eternety that we can't keep
Melting through the frozen wastes of time
To navigate the seas of the sun
Our children will go on and on
To navigate the seas of the sun
So we go and will not return,
To navigate the seas of the sun
Our children will go on and on
To navigate the seas of the sun
Couldn't stand it anymore,
we sail our ships to distant shores
Living colours every hue,
Flowers in the garden of the gods
No one can ever know
If you never saw them grow
This darkness, is really full of light
beyond all things that gave us birth
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
If god is throwing dice,
and Einstein doesn't mind the chance
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
INfinity runs deep, eternity that we can't keep
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Flowers of our souls, purple blue and gold we find
To navigate the seas of the sun
So we know who we are even in this frozen waste
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Living in this place, staring into space we find
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Well beyond the earth,
beyond all things that gave us birth
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
If Einstein is throwing dice,
and God doesn't mind the chance
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Flowers of our souls, purple blue and gold we find
To navigate the seas of the sun
And who we were before-
Eternity that we can't keep
We'll navigate the seas of the sun
Song Info
Submitted by
otm On Jun 08, 2005
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I can't believe no one has commented on this... this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I think I like it even more then Tears of the Dragon. I don't know what it means but it's spiritually mystical and it has a beautiful sound. The singing is amazing!
The "seas of the sun" is space. This song is about leaving earth and "sailing" to new worlds. Pretty much says it here:
"Well beyond the earth, beyond all things that gave us birth We'll navigate the seas of the sun"
I love this part:
"Purple gold and blue, Living colours every hue, Flowers in the garden of the gods No one can ever know If you never saw them grow This darkness, is really full of light"
Just check out some Hubble pictures and you will know what he is talking about.
Maidenfun is right, "seas of the sun" is space, what do you think why is he mentioning Einstein... My opinion is that he is singing about how we came here (human beings), and how we thought that earth is a flat plate and we new nothing about our planet until "new frontiers opened up our eyes" (ex. Gallileo...).
"So we go and will not return, To navigate the seas of the sun Our children will go on and on To navigate the seas of the sun " 0 it's obvious that one day we will leave this place forever and imprint to space to find other harbour and so our children will do the same thing, and on and on and on...
"Purple gold and blue, Living colours every hue, Flowers in the garden of the gods No one can ever know If you never saw them grow This darkness, is really full of light" here he is describing picture of space, he means on stars coloured in every possible hue, milliards of gallaxies and stars as God's flowers in His garden which is space...
I must Change What i said before. The album was not about space. I truly forgot about how the final song was about Macbeth. That said. I see no reason to dispute that this song is about space travel. "The suns Seas" is a term ocasionally used to discribe the space surounding the sun filled with high levels of radioactive activity. The quote mentioned by Eienstien, (mentioned earlier) was a reference to the machanics of the world, but of course, still referes to the universe.
As for space being desolate. what we currently KNOW of it yes. But this song is not about what we know. it is about what and how we dream. These are his visions, his perspective and his ideas of journying to another world, more vibrant and beautyful than our own......not a document of the traveling. as that would talk about the vast nothingness.
The "seas of the sun" is space. This song is about leaving earth and "sailing" to new worlds. Pretty much says it here:
"Well beyond the earth, beyond all things that gave us birth We'll navigate the seas of the sun"
I love this part:
"Purple gold and blue, Living colours every hue, Flowers in the garden of the gods No one can ever know If you never saw them grow This darkness, is really full of light"
Just check out some Hubble pictures and you will know what he is talking about.
The whole album is about Space. This song is about the journey to our "NEW EARTH"
"Purple gold and blue, Living colours every hue, Flowers in the garden of the gods"
That is visions of a planet that we would live on. one more beutiful than we can imagine.
This album is not about space. If you listened to A Tyranny of Souls, you'd know that. Especially if you've read MacBeth... it's tough to relate MacBeth to space. I do my research on this stuff.
However, I can't seem to find what this song is about. I honestly think that this is straight up, just a love song. It's not about going into outer space, it's about finding a new world, taking a chance, etc. I'm sorry, but to me it just seems to beautiful to be talking about space. Space isn't referred to as a magical new world, it's a desolate land where survival is naught. The song makes me think of a beautiful place that you couldn't find on earth because you find it in your soul.
Yeah, tyranny of souls isn't just about space. River of no return is about the river Styx or possible all the rivers of the dead in Greek mythology. Kill Devil Hill is about the right brothers flight. Power of the sun is a rather nihilistic look at Networking.
I know two things about Dickinson: First, he'll often write rather abstract songs. This is an example of one. I don't think their is an over all meaning, rather a description of how he feels sometimes.
Secondly: He loves science fiction, evident in Skunkworks on.
Oh, and to answer you about the Einstein thing, it was my favorite part.
"God doesn't throw dice with the Universe" is a quote by Einstien which he often said in defiance to quantum mechanics. I think it's a some what clever double entendre stabbing at both determinism and how much science resembles religion. This is most evident when he reverse God and Einstein in one of the final lines, suggesting people are the creators of their own understanding.
beautiful song, about sailing into darkness of space... :)
my favourite part : "Purple gold and blue, Living colours every hue, Flowers in the garden of the gods No one can ever know If you never saw them grow This darkness, is really full of light"
Alright, after digging for a while, I found out that this one is based on Erich Von Däniken's theory about extraterrestrial presence on Earth long ago and about man dealing with that in the future.