Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Close your eyes now
And give in to the night
Soar above the stars
Forget what's behind
Don't stare up at the setting sun
Or the light of dawn
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a gilded trail of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Above the golden way of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Beyond the trail of stars
The light will lure you
To lands forged by demise
To the shores of death
The blooming meadows
Seduce and intoxicate
With a deceiving scent
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a trail of stars
I've seen the lights up in the sky
Like beacons from another shore
So don't look back, don't look ahead
Just close your eyes, give in to the night
Close your eyes now
Give in to the night
Soar above the stars
The blooming meadows
Seduce and intoxicate
With a deceiving scent
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a gilded trail of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Above the golden way of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Beyond the trail of stars
And give in to the night
Soar above the stars
Forget what's behind
Don't stare up at the setting sun
Or the light of dawn
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a gilded trail of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Above the golden way of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Beyond the trail of stars
The light will lure you
To lands forged by demise
To the shores of death
The blooming meadows
Seduce and intoxicate
With a deceiving scent
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a trail of stars
I've seen the lights up in the sky
Like beacons from another shore
So don't look back, don't look ahead
Just close your eyes, give in to the night
Close your eyes now
Give in to the night
Soar above the stars
The blooming meadows
Seduce and intoxicate
With a deceiving scent
Follow the thread of gold
Drift on its tide
It's a path of stars
Ride on the golden stream
And break the waves
In a gilded trail of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Above the golden way of stars
Rise, rise, rise
Beyond the trail of stars
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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What a magnificent song and atmosphere, Tomi's and Anneke's voices are perfect match together, too! ????
While Amorphis' lyrics are inspired by Finnish mythology and folklore, I think that this song is about the belief that one's soul could visit spirit realms while the body was sleeping, yet meanwhile "a cord of life" would tie and keep soul & body together, (because then the dreamer couldn't die anyhow). Story begins when one is falling asleep and then going to a dream worlds, visiting otherworldly dreamscapes beyond stars.
So I think the soul is "following the thread of gold" and "path of stars" to these other worlds, wanting also enjoy the present moment while the nightly adventure, not living in past ("don't stare up at the setting sun") or looking for future ("or the light of dawn"). There are really beautiful sceneries in those worlds, but there might be also some kind of dangers (maybe kind of negative spirits?) dressed in beauty, if one isn't aware enough to notice what's really behind them ("blooming meadows seduce and intoxicate with a deceiving scents").
That's my interpretation of this great song, it has become one of my favourites from Amorphis ????