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Trials of the Past Lyrics
So young, so how were you to know
You're a carrier, a carrier, of the light inside of you?
Glows green in the pitch black night
Can't tell anyone, it's hurting you
So hold it in, cover up, pull up your sheets
A torpedo cruising in the ocean, and soon it's due
So I got to sit up, sit up
For my heart to come down
The ghoulish entities, they come floating through the walls
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
And the ghoulish entities, they come floating through the walls
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
I was always floating around the city
Go with the flow without ever knowing where I wanna be
So I got into crazy situations
A loyal soldier who acts, but never asks:
"Why am I flying on my back?
With the moon looking down?
Where's my band? Where's anything at all?
And why's the ceiling going to black?"
The ghoulish entities, they come floating through the walls
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
And the ghoulish entities, they come floating through the wall
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
Don't, that hurts, and anything's coming unless you go,
And you can't break the chasing ghosts
So much so, when they come back but never ask
At your side, at your soul
When they come back but never ask
The ghoulish entities, they come floating through the walls
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
And the ghoulish entities, they come floating through the wall
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
You're a carrier, a carrier, of the light inside of you?
Glows green in the pitch black night
Can't tell anyone, it's hurting you
So hold it in, cover up, pull up your sheets
A torpedo cruising in the ocean, and soon it's due
For my heart to come down
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
Go with the flow without ever knowing where I wanna be
So I got into crazy situations
A loyal soldier who acts, but never asks:
"Why am I flying on my back?
With the moon looking down?
Where's my band? Where's anything at all?
And why's the ceiling going to black?"
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
And the ghoulish entities, they come floating through the wall
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
And you can't break the chasing ghosts
So much so, when they come back but never ask
At your side, at your soul
When they come back but never ask
Ghostly enemies, they come floating through your door
And the ghoulish entities, they come floating through the wall
From the past, from the past
And they're somewhere right before you like the ghost of Christmas past
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Strong sense of imagery in this song, great lyrics. The harmonies add to the "haunted" feel.
The chorus (from "'the ghoulish enemies' to 'ghost of christmas past') is like a "cry" out to above, the verses setting up the story of the past and loss. After he establishes the setting and tone, he cries out above. Sensing the ghosts stir up internally and revisit him, possibly at night.
"So i've got to sit up for my heart to come down" is like he's having a terrible nightmare, panic, loss, something unfinished that's come to revisit him.
But more than that... they're here to stay. "And you can't break the chasing ghosts, So much so, when they come back but never ask, At your side, at your soul" like not only have the ghosts revisited them, but he has joined them.
This song is about regret.
So young so how were you to know know know You're a carrier a carrier of the light inside of you Glows green in the pitch black night night night Can't tell anyone anyone it's hurting you
This verse expresses him justifying his past. He can't let anyone know his remorse. The light is forgiveness towards himself because his regret is so dark.
What to be, down cruising in the ocean, and sin it's due
It's as though he's waiting to do something wrong because that's the pattern. "Sin is due"
So I got to sit up, sit up up up For my heart to come down down down down down So I got to sit up, up up up up For my heart to come down down down down down
He can't bear the pain the remorse causes him.
From the past from the past and they're somewhere right before you like The Ghost of Christmas Past
The ghoulish enemies reveal to him the past, the present, and the future.
I was always floating around the city Go with the flow without ever knowing where I wanna be So I got into crazy situations A loyal soldier who acts who acts who acts. But never asks
His actions are unpredictable but also not malicious. He floats about through life a bit carelessly. The ghost are haunting memories that won't let him rest.