Scatter the roots of our passage tonight.

discard the memories we chose to survive.

All of our senses overshadowed by a song.

Pining for strength and reprieve from the strong.

When she was five years old there's cake and bright lights.

And when she was ten she became the maid's bride.

With temperance and beauty and salvation unknown.

A life isolated, painless, and young.

Stand up and face it although you're half dead.

Try to remember though they've taken your head.

Why we sleep fully dressed and rise early from bed.

who did this to us?

who did this to us?

So partial to memory, the pearls of our dead.

But where do we keep them? put'em here by the steps.

While I climb to the top and I find where I am.


Lyrics submitted by calskia, edited by beeeat, Cirilaum

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    Great song, very gorgeous, but I can't understand its meaning at all. The text suggests me that it talks about a person who lives in a condition of oppression. Other people (a religious community maybe?) makes this person do things and play a role that he/she doesn't understand

    In my opinion the character could be the "She" in the second stanza or someone who knew her well.

    Masettoon July 23, 2014   Link

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