The weighted clouds coming by
Has me looking
Right here under the sky
And I left my home
Passed the evening fires
In the blink of an eye
I had closed the door behind me

The vapour of old love
Will transfigure through a veil of clarity
I sense my grave way below the mire

Sorrow will find you
Its voice has given way to mine
Heart pumps death into heredity
Who wants to come with me

For every dream that is left behind me
I take a bow
With every war that will rage inside me
I hear the sound
Of another day in this vanishing life
Returned to dust
And every chance I've pushed away
Into the night

Time won't let go
It's got you in debt now
And it's got me crawling all the way back to the start
I swear that I saw you there
Your hands were reaching out for mine

Sorrow will find you

For every dream that is left behind me
I take a bow
With every war that will rage inside me
I hear the sound
Of another day in this vanishing life
Returned to dust
And every chance I've pushed away
Into the night

I sense my grave way below the mire


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    My Interpretation

    To me this gorgeous song is about someone getting older and reflecting on life and regrets, what they had wished to accomplish and now may be out of time. They realize they have wasted a lot of their years on earth and never lived the life that they had aspired to in their mind.

    EternalTearsOfSorrowon January 26, 2018   Link
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    General Comment

    It's my 19th birthday and somehow this song reminds me of what I always wanted, but I never had the chance to have them. 25.01.18

    mukal10484on January 24, 2018   Link

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