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Open Ground Lyrics
Digging in the ground
Digging in the mud
Sweat streams down my face
My spit tastes like blood
Hide me with locks from your hair
I cannot breathe
Bleeding …
Dying …
Digging …
Falling apart
The torch went out
The room went dark
Running in the fog
Crawling through the mud
Tears fall down my face
My spit tastes like blood
Cover me with locks from your hair
Through my mind
My driven mind
We both knew
Love is blind
Insanity is always near
Deep in my bag full of fear
I cannot see
The pain that trigged your screams
I cannot see
From the corner of my eye
I feel them closing in
I know they caught the scent of me
And then they went for me…
I chose for you to stay with me
Digging in the mud
Sweat streams down my face
My spit tastes like blood
I cannot breathe
Dying …
Digging …
Falling apart
The torch went out
The room went dark
Crawling through the mud
Tears fall down my face
My spit tastes like blood
My driven mind
We both knew
Love is blind
Insanity is always near
I cannot see
The pain that trigged your screams
I cannot see
I feel them closing in
I know they caught the scent of me
And then they went for me…
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Nice song. Not their best, but I still like it. I believe it's about a man who kills his girlfriend because he doesn't want her to ever leave him ("I chose for you to stay with me").
I would have to disagree. I think it is about the tradition is some cultures where a man who dies can choose to take his wive(s) along with him - i.e. they are buried alive. In this case, however, it may be that the man is buried in a big tomb, where the woman is going insane, because she knows she will die. And the rats or whatever vermin it is that has picked up the scense of the dying person are not very nice company...
I would have to disagree. I think it is about the tradition is some cultures where a man who dies can choose to take his wive(s) along with him - i.e. they are buried alive. In this case, however, it may be that the man is buried in a big tomb, where the woman is going insane, because she knows she will die. And the rats or whatever vermin it is that has picked up the scense of the dying person are not very nice company...
To me, this unreal situation (which is al too real for many...
To me, this unreal situation (which is al too real for many women in the world) is the heart of the song and the main reason for me to enjoy it (in a morbid way, maybe).
I like it. In a weird way, it reminds me of Romeo and Juliet.
I like it very much...
This is probably my least favourite song in Tristania's collection, to be honest. But it's not terrible, IMO.