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Brahmin's Lament Lyrics
You´ve been losing yourself within these liquid silk skies
Where all those dead roads have lead you, when the wishing well run dry
And still you chase strange idols of a long-gone mislead youth
Stared deep in god´s blank image, but couldn´t find the whole truth
You´ll die again to rise and then
You´ll see it all depends on what you´ll do
Hear all the Brahmins sing in an endless refrain that soon you´ll be born again
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
While trotting down your way towards a cold and lonely death
Where their voices won´t fade away, but keep on echoing through your aching head
And still you just won´t listen, there ain´t no use to tell
You had a thousand years to learn, but still can´t face your true self
You´ll die again to rise and then
You´ll see it all depends on what you´ll do
Hear all the Brahmins sing in an endless refrain that soon you´ll be born again
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
Yes soon you´ll live again
And be damned wear this like a stain
Yes soon you´ll live it again
And you may finally breakthrough
Hear all the Brahmins sing in an endless refrain that soon you´ll be born again
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
Within the distant mumbling of the priest recalls the voice of the wind
Saying: "yours is the holy land, you may claim it again!"
Where all those dead roads have lead you, when the wishing well run dry
And still you chase strange idols of a long-gone mislead youth
Stared deep in god´s blank image, but couldn´t find the whole truth
You´ll see it all depends on what you´ll do
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
Where their voices won´t fade away, but keep on echoing through your aching head
And still you just won´t listen, there ain´t no use to tell
You had a thousand years to learn, but still can´t face your true self
You´ll see it all depends on what you´ll do
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
And be damned wear this like a stain
Yes soon you´ll live it again
And you may finally breakthrough
And far beyond the shadows of another world you´ll see it all at a glance
Go break that faceless mirror and end to live in pain
Within the distant mumbling of the priest recalls the voice of the wind
Saying: "yours is the holy land, you may claim it again!"
Song Info
Submitted by
sokorny On Oct 12, 2016
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Sorry that the info below is not a cohesive statement, but hopefully it helps to clarify the base ideas behind this song. Essentially it's about reincarnation or samsara, being reborn after your merit has run out. The brahman's lament, or expression of sorrow, is for the death and soon to be rebirth of the person still stuck in the cycle, who has again failed to truly comprehend the identity of his or her soul.
The meaning of Samsara:
Excerpt from Devi Bhagavata Purana on Samsara and the Brahman: [book 7] ".... The Goddess explains she is the Brahman that created the world, asserting the Advaita premise that spiritual liberation occurs when one fully comprehends the identity of one's soul and the Brahman. This knowledge, asserts the Goddess, comes from detaching self from the world and meditating on one's own soul"
Correction in the first paragraph, it should say: Essentially it's about reincarnation or samsara, being reborn when their time in the afterlife runs out, which is proportional to one's merit.
Correction in the first paragraph, it should say: Essentially it's about reincarnation or samsara, being reborn when their time in the afterlife runs out, which is proportional to one's merit.