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The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here

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This breaking vow rests so near my tongue
Anchor on the cloud
Shade upon the sun
You took my word for it
The vanishing of doubt will unfold my empty space
Your time froze over

I must lead the way to this conclusion
I left you in hell with these words I say to you
See how death will bestow seclusion
The one you are looking for is hidden from you

In my absence now
When time will pass and nothingness abide
See the evening rise and take my word for it
Focuses beyond your vision will unfold my empty space
Time froze over

I must lead the way to this conclusion
I left you in hell with these words I say to you
See how death will bestow seclusion
The one you are looking for is hidden from you

Do you remember when it didn't used to be so dark?
And everything was possible
Still?

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sabrewulf On Oct 11, 2012

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2012-10-11 02:07:00

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by EmperorPear

10y ago

Taken from an interview with Jonas Renkse from cvltnation.com:

J: I believe this song is about feeling… like, people expect you to be a certain person, and sometimes you don’t feel like that person. So it’s written from that perspective pretty much. Like, “The one you are looking for is hidden from you” to me, means like you expected to see someone else here, but maybe I’m not that person. And I think that’s thing you can adapt to in a lot of situations basically because a lot of the time most people already have an opinion before they meet someone.

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