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The Giant Lyrics
Falling from my life deep to the sea
Drowning from living to the depths of me
Like the water that burns in my lungs
And the light that slowly fades above me
I'm bleeding rivers and they carried me to the sea
Crushing in this pressure turning to stone
Roots rip my flesh and fill my skull
As worms dance around my drowning body
Feasting for the one that has gone...
But I'm arriving, closing the door, ocean floor
Seven steps from my cradle
Closer to the end with every breath
What is this hell that was made for living?
I am arriving
The giant has grown too big inside me
Mountains of black stone, a volcano of dirt
When it went wrong? Why am I here now?
But not for long...
Climbing up from this nest of nothingness
My faithful steps behind me
Marking my trail with circles, a path for you all
We've ripped out from the womb
Through blood and pain this life, and we cry
Ripped out, given, but made to be taken away
I've been hiding this giant for too long
And it's grown like a parasite inside me
Under this shadow I've been walking
Now it's taken over me, and she...
The pure girl, leave me before it's too late or I will cut your wings
For I can't control this that burns
It flows inside, through my every vein
It fills my fingers and burns my throat
Chains my heart again
Insane pain
I throw myself into this stream
And let it take me down, underground
Here I end, from her I begin
The line is broken like my fragile body
Flesh rots before the giant's eyes as he awakes from his silent rest
Rips open my chest, steps out from this crest
Don't take over me please, leave this lonely man, please leave
Drowning from living to the depths of me
Like the water that burns in my lungs
And the light that slowly fades above me
I'm bleeding rivers and they carried me to the sea
Crushing in this pressure turning to stone
As worms dance around my drowning body
Feasting for the one that has gone...
But I'm arriving, closing the door, ocean floor
Closer to the end with every breath
What is this hell that was made for living?
I am arriving
Mountains of black stone, a volcano of dirt
When it went wrong? Why am I here now?
But not for long...
My faithful steps behind me
Marking my trail with circles, a path for you all
We've ripped out from the womb
Through blood and pain this life, and we cry
Ripped out, given, but made to be taken away
And it's grown like a parasite inside me
Under this shadow I've been walking
Now it's taken over me, and she...
The pure girl, leave me before it's too late or I will cut your wings
It flows inside, through my every vein
It fills my fingers and burns my throat
Chains my heart again
Insane pain
And let it take me down, underground
Here I end, from her I begin
The line is broken like my fragile body
Rips open my chest, steps out from this crest
Don't take over me please, leave this lonely man, please leave
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Sounds like a guy overly obsessed with a girl?
Does anyone know what the woman is whispering at the end of this song? It sounds like maybe, "Taste the years of silence, it will come".
This song is about depression, which grows inside of him, ruining his relationships and ultimately controlling him. It is a being inside of him that is too large to subdue. He cannot escape from it either.
The lines whispered by the woman at the end are "Taste the air so silent\It will come" which is a repeated line in the next song (Descending Winters).
I can understand every lyric and I can also accept the depression explanation of the lyrics except from the part of the pure girl. What is the song talking about there? What does the pure girl symbolizes?
I think the whole album is about Twin Peaks, because of their song Ghost Of Laura Palmer. The Giant is also a character in TW, who's appearing in Dale Cooper's visions.