Sons of Winter and Stars

I haven't analysed the whole song yet so forgive me if this doesn't fit every line, but I have an interpretation for the following segment. Tell me what you think.

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"So old I've become (Thousand years staring into emptiness) But now I realize (That it was just an illusion) All this time I thought it was you that would save the sun Oh rain comes and washes the hate away Now I am at the crossroads with questions Somewhere, someday I will find what I am here for Who am I?

I'm wondering now where will you take me From the horizon the light comes alive Into the mountains high we set our way Will we find our way in this long winter night I see the land of fading sun and rising mountains And I finally feel that I've found my home But oh, it feels so cold when my dreams wither in fragments of time... Revealing that this land will die..."

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To me, this segment represents chasing new ambitions and eventually losing interest "So old i've become but now i realise all this time i thought it was you who would save the sun". The "sun" in this line is something that brings warmth and light, two common motifs in Wintersun songs that (in my opinion) represent happiness. "You" I believe is referring not necessarily to a person but to a concept, maybe a hobby or an interest. Something that once brought the speaker happiness. Over time they have realised that this object does not actually give them any permanent gratification. "The rain comes and washes the hate away" shows the full cycle of their growth in relation to this object. They loved it, they realised it couldn't "Save the sun", and hated it, but then the "rain" (not 100% sure what the symbolism is here but its safe to say its some sort of realisation, maybe the rain blocking out the sun symbolising depression?) came and washed the hate away, they realised it never actually promised them that overarching happiness they desired in the first place. "Now i am at the crossroads with questions. Somewhere, someday I will find what I'm here for. Who am I." Is a fairly transparent line, just serving to clarify the previous ones.

The next verse I feel tells of the speaker, now armed with a better understanding, finding something new in their life "I'm wondering now where will you take me" Again "you" being something that brings them happiness. The speaker wonders aloud how their life will change with the introduction of this new object. "From the horizon the light comes alive" I believe represents them coming back from their depression (The horizon being the line between night and dark, or happiness and sadness) and dreaming of the potentials of this new obsession of theirs "The light comes alive" being the happiness taking on its own life and weaving ideas of where things could go. "Into the mountains high we set our way, will we find our way in this long winter night?" The speaker hopes and dreams that through this new aspect/object/obsession in their life that they might be able to find some greater happiness. "I see the land of fading sun and rising mountains and i finally feel that i've found my home" The speaker recognises in this line that the hope they saw may not have been permanent as they had hoped for as the "fading sun" shows that while it still brings them joy, it won't do so forever. Even so, they felt in this situation that they belonged here, that this part of their life, "this land", was the meaning they had been seeking all this time. "But oh it feels so cold when my dreams wither in the fragments of time, revealing that this land will die" Represents them learning from the past and solemnly accepting that their obsession "This land" will not sustain them forever, and that they must move on from it. "But oh it feels so cold when my dreams wither in the fragments of time" shows how despite the fact they know how "this land" will die and stop bringing them happiness, its still a crushing feeling to watch as all the dreams from earlier in the verse start to wither away and stop seeming so attainable.

In my opinion, this section represents the speaker's experience in going through a hedonic treadmill, where changes to their life they thought would bring them permanent happiness ended up only being temporary, and the start to their journey to not only understand this phenomenon, but also to be able to prevent it setting them back into depression.