In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Ira divina
A dolore nunc libera nos
Tacet rota temporis
Nunc est silentium
Sempiternus angelus
A malo libera nos
A malo
Holy angels of eternal light
You who fell in the primordial age
Between these dark and grey lonely mountains
Who died to protect the green of the earth
For Algalord and Elgard, Thorald and Elnor
For all the towns of the known world
For the icy northlands, the waterfalls' kingdom
The dwarves' western realms and the whole middle lands
Cold mystic night, it falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come, Dar-Kunor awaits
Unknown threat
It fills the dry air
The howling of wolves
Fades behind them
They try to find rest
Between the wild rocks
The one they'll soon see
Can be their last dawn
The angels' lament
Breaths in the cold winds
Whispers of death
Sorround the wide marsh
Dar-Kunor is there
To swallow their souls
In front of them
Another hell's gate
Cold mystic night, it falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come
Dar-Kunor awaits
Cold mystic night - It falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come, Dar-Kunor awaits
perhaps, never to return alive
Ira divina
A dolore nunc libera nos
Tacet rota temporis
Nunc est silentium
Sempiternus angelus
A malo libera nos
A malo
A dolore nunc libera nos
Tacet rota temporis
Nunc est silentium
Sempiternus angelus
A malo libera nos
A malo
Holy angels of eternal light
You who fell in the primordial age
Between these dark and grey lonely mountains
Who died to protect the green of the earth
For Algalord and Elgard, Thorald and Elnor
For all the towns of the known world
For the icy northlands, the waterfalls' kingdom
The dwarves' western realms and the whole middle lands
Cold mystic night, it falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come, Dar-Kunor awaits
Unknown threat
It fills the dry air
The howling of wolves
Fades behind them
They try to find rest
Between the wild rocks
The one they'll soon see
Can be their last dawn
The angels' lament
Breaths in the cold winds
Whispers of death
Sorround the wide marsh
Dar-Kunor is there
To swallow their souls
In front of them
Another hell's gate
Cold mystic night, it falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come
Dar-Kunor awaits
Cold mystic night - It falls on the plain
On the grey mountains reigns now the shade
Angels of light give them the faith
Time now has come, Dar-Kunor awaits
perhaps, never to return alive
Ira divina
A dolore nunc libera nos
Tacet rota temporis
Nunc est silentium
Sempiternus angelus
A malo libera nos
A malo
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