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Dead Man's Shadow Lyrics
Tonight I'll see the line of thousand ghosts
Those once were alive behind my eyes
And I'm on the crossfire of my manic thoughts
Under the yoke of the hidden evil
Why did you follow my footsteps?
Why did you present yourself against me?
Now I have to run, I have to leave behind
The things I've done
Over the plains, over the mountain tops
Covered with snow, to the unknown, into the
Foreign lands there shall I go
But I know they're after me and it is my time to bleed
Those restless dreams keep on teasing
I can see your eyes just before you died
And the blood red scar between my shoulder blades
It is making me mad
Dead man's shadow!!
-Wavering above me
Dead man's shadow!!
-A restless soul haunting me
Now I have to run, I have to leave behind
The things I've done
Over the plains, over the mountain tops
Covered with snow, to the unknown, into the
Foreign lands there shall I go
But I know they're after me and it is my time to bleed
Those restless dreams keep on teasing
I can see your eyes just before you died
And the blood red scar between my shoulder blades
It is making me mad
Dead man's shadow!!
-Wavering above me
Dead man's shadow!!
-A restless soul haunting me
Those once were alive behind my eyes
And I'm on the crossfire of my manic thoughts
Under the yoke of the hidden evil
Why did you present yourself against me?
The things I've done
Over the plains, over the mountain tops
Covered with snow, to the unknown, into the
Foreign lands there shall I go
But I know they're after me and it is my time to bleed
I can see your eyes just before you died
And the blood red scar between my shoulder blades
It is making me mad
The things I've done
Over the plains, over the mountain tops
Covered with snow, to the unknown, into the
Foreign lands there shall I go
But I know they're after me and it is my time to bleed
I can see your eyes just before you died
And the blood red scar between my shoulder blades
It is making me mad
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Hmm... To me this is about leaving the "ghosts" of your past behind and living in the present.
"Tonight I'll see the line of thousand ghosts Those once were alive behind my eyes And I'm on the crossfire of my manic thoughts"
His bad memories could his thoughts.
"Now I have to run, I have to leave behind The things I've done Over the plains, over the mountain tops Covered with snow, to the unknown, into the Foreign lands there shall I go"
He is leaving the things he has done or memories.
"Those restless dreams keep on teasing I can see your eyes just before you died"
He remembers them again.
"Dead man's shadow!! "
His past?
What do you guys think?
I forgot to mention that this is an amazing song. :)
Good interpretation. and badass song
My interpretation is that the song's narrator is a soldier or a mercenary who is now forced to escape (either from some material threat or from his past actions), with his past haunting him. The ghosts of those he's killed now follow and torment him.
"Tonight I'll see the line of thousand ghosts Those once were alive behind my eyes"
He has witnessed the death of many (it is unclear if he himself has killed them or he has just been a witness) and the memory haunts him.
"Into the foreign lands there shall I go But I know they're after me and it is my time to bleed"
He's escaping but he knows that he's going to suffer. "They" might refer to his thoughts or may refer to some actual people who are after him (which makes sense if he's been a mercenary).
"Those restless dreams keep on teasing I can see your eyes just before you died"
This one seems to me to either describe the mental pain he's gone through after killing someone in a close encounter (having been able to see the victim's eyes) or after seeing a friend die in his arms.
"Dead man's shadow Wavering above me Dead man's shadow Restless soul haunting me"
This part is more in line with the interpretation that he has killed someone.