Running for her life
The dark rain from her eyes still falls
Breathtaking butterfly
Chose a dark day to live

Save one breath for me

A Loner longing for
The cadence of her last breath

Why do I miss someone
I never met, with bated breath I lay
Seawinds brought her to me
A butterfly, mere one-day miracle of life
And all the poetry in the world
Finally makes sense to me

Save one death for me

A Loner longing for
The cadence of her last breath

Put to rest all that`s not life
Drink for beauty and fill my blank page

Sometimes a dream turns into a dream

A Loner longing for
The cadence of her last breath


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Cadence of Her Last Breath Lyrics as written by Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen

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    I came up with another interpretation the other day. I was thinking about how a lot of their songs are really Tuomas's point of view - naturally, since he writes the lyrics - despite the fact that a woman is singing. When looking at it from his perspective, the song stops being about a suicide and turns into something like a homicide. It's more like he, the obsessor, becomes infatuated with this woman from a distance, and harbors some possible violent tendencies toward her; he is "the loner" who is "longing for the cadence of her last breath." Lot of support for this interpretation, like the "missing someone I never met" line, and the bit about her being brought on seawinds implies that the singer may not be talking about herself.

    I don't know, I still feel suicidal vibes from this track, but this seems like a nifty alternative view.

    Krissychanon November 05, 2007   Link

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