This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
1. Echoes on the Wind
It's the calm before the storm
It's the quiet before the roar
It's the time when all will be decided.
(All will be decided)
But nobody hears
The Echoes on the Wind
It's the end of the chain
(Destruction of the feelings)
It's the end of our game
(We're seeing as before)
It's the end of man's evolution
(The end of the evolution)
But nobody hears
The echoes on the wind
2. Radioactive Grave
Do you hear the sirens?
Do you see them burst?
Do you feel the fire?
(Grunt)
I can hear them crying
I can see their fear
I can see them dying
(Grunt)
Do you hear them calling
Do you see them hurt?
Do you feel them falling?
(Grunt)
I can't think of waiting
I can see their hearts
I can see them fading
(Grunt)
Do you hear the sirens?
Do you see them burst?
Do you feel the fire?
(Grunt)
I can hear them crying
I can see their fear
I can see them dying
(Grunt)
3. 2085
Silence's so loud
Not a soul left alive
Darkness's a shroud
2085
All our dreams have disappeared
They burned down, tree of life
Confirming all that we feared
2085
Don't give up
Remember how we felt
Fire rushing through our veins
Now it's the time
To rise up from our hell
Now it's the time to free our brains
The meaning of life is to
Give life meaning
Don't you fast, move too slow.
Restore the balance
Between thinking and feeling
Open up and let it flow
No side has won
Struggled to survive
Our quest here is done
2085
All our hopes have disappeared
Our race will
Not describe
Time will not bring color here
2085
Don't give in
Remember all we learned
The spark of life if did ignite
We're again, The rest for which we earth
We're again, A wealthy fire
We must resolve this human equation
We're already dead if we don't try
To welcome challenge, genetic variation
Stop the machines, prepare to die
4. To the Planet of Red
[Instrumental]
5. Spirit of the Wind
He's the last man alive
(Searching for the answer)
Knowing he won't survive
(To the mystery of live)
He lives the past, and dreams of the future
(Dreaming of the future)
And soon he'll set free
(And the sleeper will awake)
The Spirit of The Wind
6. Complete the Circle
Make us whole
Migrator soul
Follow you home
Complete the Circle
We must survive
Restore our lives
Always be sure
Complete the Circle [x2]
Send back visions
Into the past
Of war and decay
Hear the final cries!
I see them dying
We have to teach them
Migrator soul
We're gain over to fly
We're already die
We found a way
I know we're knocking at the end
Listen to the One man
We gave them a language
What did they say
What did they learn
We have no chance
We are the future
We are the pain
Complete the Circle!
It's the calm before the storm
It's the quiet before the roar
It's the time when all will be decided.
(All will be decided)
But nobody hears
The Echoes on the Wind
It's the end of the chain
(Destruction of the feelings)
It's the end of our game
(We're seeing as before)
It's the end of man's evolution
(The end of the evolution)
But nobody hears
The echoes on the wind
2. Radioactive Grave
Do you hear the sirens?
Do you see them burst?
Do you feel the fire?
(Grunt)
I can hear them crying
I can see their fear
I can see them dying
(Grunt)
Do you hear them calling
Do you see them hurt?
Do you feel them falling?
(Grunt)
I can't think of waiting
I can see their hearts
I can see them fading
(Grunt)
Do you hear the sirens?
Do you see them burst?
Do you feel the fire?
(Grunt)
I can hear them crying
I can see their fear
I can see them dying
(Grunt)
3. 2085
Silence's so loud
Not a soul left alive
Darkness's a shroud
2085
All our dreams have disappeared
They burned down, tree of life
Confirming all that we feared
2085
Don't give up
Remember how we felt
Fire rushing through our veins
Now it's the time
To rise up from our hell
Now it's the time to free our brains
The meaning of life is to
Give life meaning
Don't you fast, move too slow.
Restore the balance
Between thinking and feeling
Open up and let it flow
No side has won
Struggled to survive
Our quest here is done
2085
All our hopes have disappeared
Our race will
Not describe
Time will not bring color here
2085
Don't give in
Remember all we learned
The spark of life if did ignite
We're again, The rest for which we earth
We're again, A wealthy fire
We must resolve this human equation
We're already dead if we don't try
To welcome challenge, genetic variation
Stop the machines, prepare to die
4. To the Planet of Red
[Instrumental]
5. Spirit of the Wind
He's the last man alive
(Searching for the answer)
Knowing he won't survive
(To the mystery of live)
He lives the past, and dreams of the future
(Dreaming of the future)
And soon he'll set free
(And the sleeper will awake)
The Spirit of The Wind
6. Complete the Circle
Make us whole
Migrator soul
Follow you home
Complete the Circle
We must survive
Restore our lives
Always be sure
Complete the Circle [x2]
Send back visions
Into the past
Of war and decay
Hear the final cries!
I see them dying
We have to teach them
Migrator soul
We're gain over to fly
We're already die
We found a way
I know we're knocking at the end
Listen to the One man
We gave them a language
What did they say
What did they learn
We have no chance
We are the future
We are the pain
Complete the Circle!
Lyrics submitted by RainbowDemon
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Thought I'd repost the lyrics with the lyrics to the 'grunts' as well as letting everyone know which singer is responsible for which lines. Enjoy:
[1. Echoes On The Wind]
[Tom Englund:] It's the calm before the storm It's the quiet before the war It's the time when all will be decided. [Steve Lee:] All will be decided [Tom Englund:] If nobody hears the echoes on the wind
[Tom Englund:] It's the end of the chain [Steve Lee:] Destruction of the fittest [Tom Englund:] It's the end of our reign [Steve Lee:] We've seen it all before [Tom Englund:] It's the end of man's evolution [Steve Lee:] The end of evolution [Tom Englund:] For nobody heeds the echoes on the wind
[2. Radioactive Grave]
[*] [Hansi Kursch:] Do you hear the sirens? [Daniel Gildenlow:] Do you see them burst? [Steve Lee:] Do you feel the fire? [Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] All the world's a radioactive grave! [Tom Englund:] I can hear them crying [Bob Catley:] I can see the fear [Jorn Lande:] I can see them dying [Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] Washed away by deadly gamma waves!
[Hansi Kursch:] Do you hear them calling? [Daniel Gildenlow:] Do you see them hurt? [Steve Lee:] Do you feel them falling? [Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] All the world's a blazing funeral pyre!
[Tom Englund:] I can hear the wailing! [Bob Catley:] I can see the wrath! [Jorn Lande:] I can see them failing [Jonas Renske and Floor Jansen:] Washed away by a scorching sea of fire!
[repeat *]
[3. 2085]
[Jonas Renske:] Silence's so loud, not a soul... left alive Darkness's a shroud 2085 All our dreams have disappeared They burned down... tree of life Confirming all that we feared 2085
[Bob Catley:] Don't give up, remember how we felt Fire rushing through our veins Now it's the time to rise up from our hell Now it's the time to free our brains
[Steve Lee:] The meaning of life is to give life meaning Go too fast, move too slow. Restore the balance between thinking and feeling Open up and let it flow
[Jonas Renske:] No side has won, struggle to... survive Our quest here is done 2085 All our hopes have disappeared Our race will... not thrive Time will not recall the year 2085
[Daniel Gildenlow:] Don't give in, remember all we learned The spark of life if did ignite We regained the rage for which we yearned We regained our will to fight
[Jorn Lande:] We must resolve this human equation We're already dead if we don't try To welcome challenge, genetic variation Stop the machines, prepare to die!
[4. To The Planet Of Red]
[Instrumental]
[5. Spirit Of The Wind]
[Tom Englund:] He's the last man alive [Steve Lee:] Searching for the answer [Tom Englund:] Knowing he won't survive [Steve Lee:] To the mystery of live [Tom Englund:] Relives the past, and dreams of the future [Steve Lee:] Dreaming of the future [Tom Englund:] And soon he'll set free [Steve Lee:] And the sleeper will awake [Tom Englund:] The spirit of the wind
[6. Complete The Circle]
Make us whole, migrator soul Follow you home, complete the Circle We must survive, restore our lives The way I'll show, complete the circle [x2]
[Hansi Kursch:] Send back visions Into the past Of war and decay
[Floor Jansen:] Hear the final cries! I can see the fear In a world without walls
[Anneke van Giersbergen:] Through their eyes
[Tom Englund:] I see them dying We have to teach them Migrator soul
[Daniel Gildenlow:] We will gain our will to fight We're at the dawn We found a way
[Steve Lee:] I know we'll make it in the end Listen to the one man
[Bob Catley:] We gave them language What did they say? What did they learn?
[Jorn Lande:] We have no choice We are the future We are the pain Complete the Circle!
[Steve Lee:] AH!!!!
"The meaning of life is to give life meaning"
Best lyric ever.
Also, the "Complete the Circle" segment has some of the best vocals ever recorded.. highlight to Anneke van Giersbergen.