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The Promise Of Deceit Lyrics

Evening
Coming through the crowd
I hold my head high
Straining
Out here dissonance surrounds
I hold my head high
I see the wings behind your back

Burned all the maps to reach you
Watching distant names
I saw danger
And then I felt the pressure

Downfall
This is our time
The setting sun over all I ever had

So when did you come to think
That you would tell me that I have no one
And when do you think that you
Will give back the things that you owe me

Burned all the maps to reach you
Watching distant names
I saw danger
And then I felt the pressure
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Submitted by
opethfanatic89 On Nov 08, 2009
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Cover art for The Promise Of Deceit lyrics by Katatonia

an ex whose taken away your light and the ways that you used to know. Never giving any part of herself back to you. No sex, no love, no emotion, no thoughts. Just a mask. Just an everyday ongoing pressure to please and be pleased.

Cover art for The Promise Of Deceit lyrics by Katatonia

This is how I interpret the song.

The people you would do the most for, and hold dear to you, always leave you. And this is a song about realizing that (seeing the wings behind their back..they're going to fly away) Then comes the crushing sadness afterwards..the pressure. And everything seems to be going downhill. And you're angry at them for taking something from you..themselves.

I don't mean a romantic relationship, but a friendship.

Cover art for The Promise Of Deceit lyrics by Katatonia

This song is so sad...

Realizing that the one you thought was with you... is not... is such a tragic thing.

"Burned all maps to reach you" "The setting sun over all I had"

Wow :-(

 
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