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Nightingale Lyrics
No perception of passing time
The words struggle to escape her mind
New perspectives to redefine
Birdsong awakens her from the storm
Shuffle the sequence of old paradigms
The rhyme and metre still misaligned
Another page lay burning in the fire
The ink and the feather hold their secrets well
Nightingale
I dream in daylight
One fateful night
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by my inner totem
Poetic justice arriving after all
When characters and places start to form
A sullen emperor endures his requiem
Can he live with this lament?
A mechanical animal
A dangerous game
That clockwork song it sings
Will send you to your grave
Now heed the nightingale's cautionary tale
Away, away, for I will fly to thee
One fateful night
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by my inner totem
One fateful night
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem inside
Dig in with your claws
I push my talons into your skin
Heal me with your song
You are forgiven for all your sins
Dig in with your claws
Sleep now in blissful anaesthesia
Heal me with your song
Still no perception of passing
Nightingale
I dream in daylight
Nightingale mine
See me take flight
One fateful night
Unspoken binds unravel me
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem
One fateful night
Unspoken binds unravel me
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem
The words struggle to escape her mind
New perspectives to redefine
Birdsong awakens her from the storm
The rhyme and metre still misaligned
Another page lay burning in the fire
The ink and the feather hold their secrets well
I dream in daylight
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by my inner totem
When characters and places start to form
A sullen emperor endures his requiem
Can he live with this lament?
A dangerous game
That clockwork song it sings
Will send you to your grave
Away, away, for I will fly to thee
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by my inner totem
Unspoken binds unravelled
I'm ever of the chosen
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem inside
I push my talons into your skin
Heal me with your song
You are forgiven for all your sins
Sleep now in blissful anaesthesia
Heal me with your song
Still no perception of passing
I dream in daylight
Nightingale mine
See me take flight
Unspoken binds unravel me
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem
Unspoken binds unravel me
My signal fire still burning
I feel like I'm guided by the totem
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I believe this song to be inspired by "The Nightingale" (Danish: "Nattergalen") which is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health. Well received upon its publication in Copenhagen in 1843 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection, the tale is believed to have been inspired by the author's unrequited love for opera singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish nightingale". The story has been adapted to opera, ballet, musical play, television drama and animated film.
@EternalTearsOfSorrow I can totally see that, and would never have come up with that explanation on my own. Thanks for the insight!
@EternalTearsOfSorrow I can totally see that, and would never have come up with that explanation on my own. Thanks for the insight!