If I could face them
If I could make amends
With all my shadows
I'd bow my head
And welcome them
But I feel it burning
Like when the winter wind
Stops my breathing

Are you really going to love me
When I'm gone
I fear you won't
I fear you don't

And it echoes when I breathe
'Till all you'll see
Is my ghost
Empty vessel, crooked teeth
Wish you could see
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me under
And I wither underneath
In this storm

I am a stranger
I am an alien
Inside a structure
Are you really going to love me
When I'm gone
With all my thoughts
And all my faults
I feel it biting
I feel it break my skin
So uninviting

Are you really going to need me
When I'm gone
I fear you won't
I fear you don't

And it echoes when I breathe
'Till all you see is my ghost
Empty vessel, crooked teeth
Wish you could see
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me under
And I wither underneath
In this storm

I feel it
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me underneath
To this storm


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I of the Storm Lyrics as written by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson

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    If you listen early on you can hear a slight Beep Beep that sounds like a Heart Rate Monitor.

    She is either suffering a chronic illness or is dying. All the questions have to do with after she is gone, she is asking questions about her life and facing her demons before she goes. She is scared and shaking.

    AnAlbinoRavenon October 01, 2015   Link

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