Glory

yeah, there is a hint that he is dying, but i guess it is more of a spiritual death.

i see it as a soldier who is rather victorious in the war, but defeated in his principles. he tried hard to reconcile war and faith, how he should kill to glorify his God, but at the end of the day, his guilt tells him that things should not be that way. glory is sarcastically used. "one for the glory and one for the souls that i've slain" begs the question whether being known and honored is worth the death of so many. half of him does enjoy the glory, but another half finds his deeds miserable.

oooh, first post... as if no one's commented on this yet? crazy. this song rocks. what i get from it is that this guy's been separated from the rest of his army, and he's dying in the cold. Sounds to me like he saying about how he prayed for the souls he took, and for glory, but didn't get any glory. and so he's sad :( love this song so much...I've listened to it constantly for the last few days.

I agree pretty much. But yea this song rocks! I think that he's been killied while Crusading. And now he's dying and praying for forgiveness for his sins, and he's wishing he could have know Glory.

This is a soldier out (alone maybe?) waiting to die in battle. He knows his death is out in that field "silently watching the rain carving the earth on my grave" and he thinks about his life and the souls that he killed. Amazing song. The music in the background sets the mood to what he is feeling.

"Glory" This song was originally meant as a small piece to complement the record. After a few rehearsals it turned into a very Baroque and moving piece. We envisioned a String Quartet to complement the arrangements and that just what we did. The final result for us was beautiful. "The paths of glory lead but to the grave."