Doomsday

I think this song is about the death of Tom Searle, the first lead guitarist of the group.\nIt talks about the feeling of loss, and the emptiness that his death has left in the hearts of the other members.\n\nLet\'s start with the first verse :\n\n"Remember when Hell had frozen over?\nThe cold still burns underneath my skin"\nHell is known to be a really hot place lol, but there it has frozen : it\'s like everything\'s changing. The next line is an antithesis between the cold and the burn : he feels cold inside and it hurts.\n\n"The water is rising all around me\nAnd there is nothing left I can give"\nHe feels like he\'s drowning, and he cannot be saved, he can\'t go anywhere.\n\n"All these tears I\'ve shed\nI saw the wildfire spread\nYou said you cheated death\nBut Heaven was in my head"\nHe obviously cried a lot after his death, because he saw "the wildfire" spread. I think the wildfire is his pain, and he felt it grow stronger and stronger.\nThe deceased person thought he could cheat death, but he couldn\'t. We can think he had a serious desease which has caused his death, but he didn\'t want to let anyone worry about it. Finally, there is an antithesis with the first line of the verse : it started with Hell, and he says heaven. This sentence means it was only hope, and reality was really different.\n\nSo this verse talks about his pain, about all his suffering.\n\nNow, let\'s take a look at the chorus :\n\n"They say "the good die young"\nNo use in saying "what is done is done" \'cause it\'s not enough\nAnd when the night gives way\nIt\'s like a brand new doomsday"\nThe line "the good die young" is a phrase that we say to reassure and try to console mourning people, just like the other phrase "what is done is done", like some simple phrases could remove the pain, but there is "no use" in saying that, it will not be enough. This loss feels like an new doomsday, an apocalypse to him.\n\n"What will be will be\nEvery river flows into the sea, but it\'s never enough\nAnd when the night gives way\nIt\'s like a brand new doomsday"\nHere are two others phrases said to reassure, he\'s trying to reassure himself in saying that it\'ll be better, but like the others, it\'s not enough to remove the pain in this moment.\n\nHe then say "no matter what they say, it\'s like a brand new doomsday" : it means that a hurt person can\'t be healed with some words, especially when the wound is caused by the loss of someone you loved.\n\nLet\'s see the second verse :\n\n"The embers still glow when I\'m sober\nThe gold in the flame burns brighter now\nI have to rebuild, now it\'s over\nMaybe now I\'m lost, I can live"\nI think he is justifying the fact that he started drinking to forget. When he doesn\'t drink, the pain is still here. I\'m not very sure about that though... He says he has to rebuild what he has lost, he has to get well as it\'s over, he has hope.\n\n"Souls don\'t break, they bend\nBut I sometimes forget\nI have to do this for you\nAnd the only way out is through\nYeah, death is an open door"\nThis verse is really full of hope. He says that even if he is hurt now, his soul won\'t break, he won\'t die. He sometimes forget this fact as he is overwhelmed by his pain, but he has to remember, to honor the memory of his deceased loved one. He knows he has to suffer this phase to get out of depression.\n\nThis verse was him remembering that there is a hope, and he has to stand up and look towards the future in the memory of the one he\'s lost.\n\nLet\'s see the last verse, my favorite in this song !\n\n"Words the prophets said\nStill swimming through my head\nNow there\'s no stars left in the sky\n\'Cause this well will never run dry"\nSo, he speaks about the prophets and I don\'t really understand why so let\'s skip xD The well he\'s talking about probably symbolizes his tears, and his sadness. He says his sadness will never totally disappear. \n\n"What if I completely forget?\nWhat if I never accept?\n\'Cause when you fade away\nIt\'s like a brand new doomsday"\nIt\'s this part that I love most. After the verse about his hope, here are his doubts. He\'s afraid he\'s never gonna forget these feelings, and I will conclude this analyse here. This song is a really beautiful song about a mourning man. He passes through depression after the loss of a loved one, and thinks the world is gonna end. He feels like it\'s an apocalypse, a "brand new doomsday", but pain never lasts forever : there is still hope, and we have to carry on in the memory of our loved ones. Even if we never forget, because it\'s impossible, "the only way out is through".\n\nHope you agree with this ! I really love this song, it\'s one of my favorite bands :)