High life
When I come home
You're just lying there
Face against the wall
Never had a care
I am just a traveler
There's no light in this room
And the body's aching at night
Would I be acting up
If I said it's not enough?
Who knows who else who is with
No one is with the traveller
There's a light in my eyes
And a future invisible now
Heard it's your birthday
Candles in a row
Better blow them quick
Before they're melting on the floor
You were never a traveler
There's no light in your room
And the bodies don't ache in the night
Would I be acting up
If I said not that much?
Who else would do anything for the traveler?
There's a light in her eyes
And a future visible touch
I was looking out of the window at the sky
Starless vigil of the life that has gone by
Saturn turning and I feel there's not much more
For a vision of the night turn off your light
You're just lying there
Face against the wall
Never had a care
I am just a traveler
There's no light in this room
And the body's aching at night
Would I be acting up
If I said it's not enough?
Who knows who else who is with
No one is with the traveller
There's a light in my eyes
And a future invisible now
Heard it's your birthday
Candles in a row
Better blow them quick
Before they're melting on the floor
You were never a traveler
There's no light in your room
And the bodies don't ache in the night
Would I be acting up
If I said not that much?
Who else would do anything for the traveler?
There's a light in her eyes
And a future visible touch
I was looking out of the window at the sky
Starless vigil of the life that has gone by
Saturn turning and I feel there's not much more
For a vision of the night turn off your light
Lyrics submitted by meowmeow82
The Traveller Lyrics as written by Victoria Garance Alixe Legrand Alex Kristian Scally
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The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
The first stanza to me seemed literal about coming home and not feeling loved "going through the motions of a relationship"
I am just a traveller/body aching- This is the realization of being someone who appreciates life in its purest form. Someone here for love as opposed to the chase of societal acceptance/money. Life is not forever we are merely just here for a short while. Much like silver souls and being driven by spirit.
Would I be acting up if I said its not enough? There is nothing blatantly wrong with this relationship it is just not what she wants. She wants another 'traveller'
Who knows who else is with- Missed opportunities with others who may be the travelers she likes to believe they are still single and unsatisfied. This is where you may delve into the thought of soulmates. Finding someone else with the light in their eyes who can appreciate this life. The invisible future is these other opportunities never happening.
Heard its your birthday now- This is almost mocking the non-traveller as they are getting old and celebrating it even tho their life is still so shallow. Theres some kind of literary element with 'blow' and them melting away as that represents the non travellers (money people not looking for love but yet for social acceptance)
Her partner is not a traveller. She cannot get them riled up and they are quite content not having the itch/ache to get out there and do the glorious things that come with our short lives.
Would I be acting up if I said not that much? This is giving in and becoming complacent with her partner even tho she knows they are not the 'one'
She feels she cant do any better and that this person is the best shot they have. Wrapping up the song with accepting her life being relatively little in the grand scheme as we can often times find solace in the fact that we are so small compared to the rest of our worlds. To feel small and to be able to fully embrace the night you must turn your light (thrive, want for the deeper more for fulfilling goals in life) off in order to enjoy being small. Nobody should ever enjoy being small and giving into a 9-5 lifestlye of money, cars, jobs. Our time here is far too short to spend it worrying about other peoples thoughts of us. So to me this is a rather dim ending. Beautiful song!