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Green Waves Lyrics
Sailor on the seven seas
his heart is filled with sadness and grief
No one knows what hides inside
behind his harrowed face
A short gaze at the sky
"A distant place is the place for me
Mother! Why didn't you give me wings?"
The wind is so hard
And with it comes rain
Beating deep inside my soul
The sea, she once was my friend,
now she's claiming me
I'm falling and it feels so right
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
Dreaming of heroics in the deep
but this is not my sleep
I know your secrets and your past
My words shall echo last
Oh yeah!
I think I was 12 years old
when I realized I wasn't immortal
And now in this world of green waves
it's all coming back to me
I've been here before
I remember a storm
Beating deep inside my soul
The sea, she once was my friend,
now she's claiming me
I'm falling and it feels so right
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
I'm moving towards the beyond
I'm falling and it feels so right
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
his heart is filled with sadness and grief
No one knows what hides inside
behind his harrowed face
"A distant place is the place for me
Mother! Why didn't you give me wings?"
And with it comes rain
Beating deep inside my soul
The sea, she once was my friend,
now she's claiming me
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
but this is not my sleep
I know your secrets and your past
My words shall echo last
Oh yeah!
when I realized I wasn't immortal
And now in this world of green waves
it's all coming back to me
I remember a storm
Beating deep inside my soul
The sea, she once was my friend,
now she's claiming me
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
I'm moving towards the beyond
I know I'm heading towards my eternal night
But a light in the deep tells of dawn
So I'm moving towards the beyond
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For me, the song is a metaphor. The narrator/song writer is a sailor on the seas of his life, realizing finally that he is going to die soon enough ("moving towards the beyond"/"Realized I wasn't immortal"/"It's all coming back to me"). This song is a look back at his life, his feelings, and almost a tribute to what he's done, and ultimately the realization, as aforementioned, that he is going to die.
I also think it is interesting that he mentions not being given wings. I wonder if this is the writers way of saying that if he had wings he could have escaped all of this and lives his life differently, or that he could have gotten to "heaven" faster?
Those are just my thoughts as I listen to this now for the thousandth time without really wondering about the lyrics.