Pain of Salvation

Of Two Beginnings

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She is twelve, I'm only ten
Buried in this soft mountain of pillows
Parents away
She asks me have I been touched?
Have I done the thing with anyone yet?
Silence - a shy no

When there’s nothing that we'd rather share
than that bodily warmth if we'd dare
But she's already twelve and I am
just a child, WARM AND SHY

She's so OLD - already twelve and I am only ten
That was me, young and free, there and then

Now in this hotel room I lie wondering who I am
Never quite as sure after a life of questioning
Finding out at last that freedom is A STATE OF MIND
But still not knowing how to get along with this mankind

Finding out at last that freedom is a state of mind...

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Octavarium64

2013-12-20 18:48:29

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by The Lost Hero

19y ago

Now that's a song about sexual abuse if ever there was one.

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by 2006200720082009

19y ago

This must be a metaphor...12 year olds and 10 years old don't have sex lol.

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by Aghoraphobic

17y ago

Clearly this is literal. He's in the Budapest hoteal remembering his first time.

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by LTSpanky

17y ago

Maybe it's a metaphor for how experienced he was at the time.

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by Aran

14y ago

Age doesn't really matter if it's something you've already been conditioned to. This actually sets up the entire journey of the album - she brings him into a world he wasn't ready for. It doesn't really end well for anyone.

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by Octavarium64 12y ago

The premature sexual metaphor is extremely uncomfortable, but since I believe Daniel's intended meaning (expressed by Aran above) is that love and sex, and even the intimacy that sex represents which can also be found in different forms of relationships, are too much for a child or young adult to handle, and giving oneself away too soon is a choice that we'll regret forever, I can eventually swallow it. It's still not something I would play around young listeners for a LONG time, if ever.

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