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I walk with the crowd, alone,
Unseen, or am I imagining?
it's easy keep hiding at home
Still healing
I teach myself how to stay calm
When they wish to behold me
They may, take and divide my time
The secret, no one told me...
Like creatures of the night, they follow...
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
This need I still can recognize
To swim in the oceans of vanity
Some of us enjoy the rain
[Choir:] and thunder
For me all the shadows are bright
I'm burning in the starlight and I
Hope to feel light as a kite
And fly towards the twilight of my life
Like creatures of the night, they follow...
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
And now they
have disappointed my broken heart
I'm dancing, they're demanding
The unknown and innocent days are gone
Taken without asking
Safe, further away,
I'll disappear like a mountain without a trace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
"They live like the vultures, for a filthy anecdote
They go thru my bones to find just one odd note
I welcomed them kindly, thus they have the right
To leave me in darkness with my shattered heart"
A face of a newly wedded clown
Doesn’t offer you the high
Now you're lower than the poor souls you feed
Built the walls out of silence
I will not be taken there anymore
What is wrong with your eyes?
Sad for the right reasons?
I'll show you the ashes of life
No empathy behind your eyes
Sleeping like an angel every night
I don't feel Safe,
Can’t disappear without getting my last embrace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
Safe, further away,
Can’t disappear without getting my last embrace
Once the time finally comes
Will they dig me up from my unmarked grave?
Unseen, or am I imagining?
it's easy keep hiding at home
Still healing
When they wish to behold me
They may, take and divide my time
The secret, no one told me...
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
To swim in the oceans of vanity
Some of us enjoy the rain
[Choir:] and thunder
I'm burning in the starlight and I
Hope to feel light as a kite
And fly towards the twilight of my life
Bearing the wrong side
Is hard for me sometimes
And now they
I'm dancing, they're demanding
The unknown and innocent days are gone
Taken without asking
I'll disappear like a mountain without a trace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
They go thru my bones to find just one odd note
I welcomed them kindly, thus they have the right
To leave me in darkness with my shattered heart"
Doesn’t offer you the high
Now you're lower than the poor souls you feed
I will not be taken there anymore
What is wrong with your eyes?
Sad for the right reasons?
I'll show you the ashes of life
Sleeping like an angel every night
Can’t disappear without getting my last embrace
They tied a knot on my life
It gets tighter when I try to hide.
Can’t disappear without getting my last embrace
Once the time finally comes
Will they dig me up from my unmarked grave?
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Submitted by
sergef2007 On Jul 23, 2007
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One of the best songs of Unia and nobody comment on it? This one is (I think) simple. I think its a protrait of Tony himself!. Think, he talks about peope who enjoys the rain (and thunder) He then speaks of his wishes (Fly towards the twilight of my mind) Then he speaks of many of his fans that download the music
"And now they have disappointed my broken heart I'm dancing, they're demanding The unknown and innocent days are gone Taken without asking"
And the ones that download the music dont feel any kind of guilt or hate against tony..
"No empathy behind your eyes Sleeping like an angel every night"
finally he express the disavantage of being a known person. You cant dissappear! Every place you go there'll be fingers pointing at you if you are famous!
This is my theory... I think its right
I agree that he's sick of being famous..."I'm burning in the starlight"...and wishes he could live the rest of his life happily and light, without the weight of all his stress. But he's been disappointed, because he's forced to perform for us, the days when it was just good fun have been stolen away. He'd feel safe if he could go away but he could never go unnoticed, like if a mountain suddenly disappeared.
I agree that he's sick of being famous..."I'm burning in the starlight"...and wishes he could live the rest of his life happily and light, without the weight of all his stress. But he's been disappointed, because he's forced to perform for us, the days when it was just good fun have been stolen away. He'd feel safe if he could go away but he could never go unnoticed, like if a mountain suddenly disappeared.
He feels that nobody cares, we sleep so easily every night while he is tormented by these thoughts. He can't be...
He feels that nobody cares, we sleep so easily every night while he is tormented by these thoughts. He can't be by himself until he has attended to everybody else. When finally he has died, trying to rest in peace with an unmarked grave in hopes that no one will find him, will he be disturbed even then?
I think I read in an interveiw that they write to make them happy, and they write about actual things, not fantasies. They also said they write about death of a freind or loved one. SO I think this is about a guy and his lover was murdered, and this makes him popular in this area, because they all talk about it. at the end of the song would be were he meats the killer, depitedd from the lines: "Built the walls out of silence I will not be taken there anymore. What is wrong with your eyes? Sad for the right reasons? I'll...
I think I read in an interveiw that they write to make them happy, and they write about actual things, not fantasies. They also said they write about death of a freind or loved one. SO I think this is about a guy and his lover was murdered, and this makes him popular in this area, because they all talk about it. at the end of the song would be were he meats the killer, depitedd from the lines: "Built the walls out of silence I will not be taken there anymore. What is wrong with your eyes? Sad for the right reasons? I'll show you the ashes of life
No empathy behind your eyes Sleeping like an angel every night"
First stanza is him running away (I will not be taken there anymore) Then he meets the murder, and asks him the questions. Then he finds out he's not sad or anything because it says "No empathy behind your eyes Sleeping like an angel every night"
Also, In the same interveiw I read, it says he lets people come up with the meanings, because they explain the better than him. so basically, they're both right.
Hmm..I have to say I never would have interpreted this song as being about Tony and about the fans, etc. To me, it is about the people of his past who have hurt him and who cannot just be forgotten, no matter how far he tries to run away. He feels like he can't escape the past.
Hmm..I have to say I never would have interpreted this song as being about Tony and about the fans, etc. To me, it is about the people of his past who have hurt him and who cannot just be forgotten, no matter how far he tries to run away. He feels like he can't escape the past.
I believe this song's about a person who's different from everybody else... think of an artist, how weird he is compared to the whole society or gruop of people. You know, Artist tend to be so self-centered, unable to understand anyone but their own feelings. That's what I think this song is about.