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Dirge For November Lyrics

Lost, here is nowhere
Searching home still
Turning past me, all are gone
Time is now
The omen showed, took me away
Preparations are done, this can't last
The mere reflection brought disgust
No ordeal to conquer, this firm slit
It sheds upon the floor, dripping into a pool
Grant me sleep, take me under
Like the wings of a dove, folding around
I fade into this tender care
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In my opinion blackwater park is a concept album talking about a place called "blackwater park" that during winter is infested by leper. I think that the whole story is narrated by the same man that in the first two songs sees his lover dying by leper, until in harvest she dies. After he also becomes infected and he is disgusted by the fact that everyone has abandoned him, so in "dirge for november" he decides to commit suicide. In "the funeral portrait" he is a ghost , infact in the last song we can read the word "Fluttering",and he describes how his dead body is covered by snow. Finally in the last song he is like a spectator that describes the other lepers death and he reflects about how healthy people were insensitive whit this situation. Sorry if my english is wrong but I'm italian :D That's just my interpretation

I think you nailed it with that interpretation.

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One Word : Suicide.

Cover art for Dirge For November lyrics by Opeth

One word: fuckingawesomeandoneofthebestopethsongsever!

Cover art for Dirge For November lyrics by Opeth

it doesnt have alot of lyrics.. which is kinda bad when a song is almost 8 minuites long. still is awesome though. "suicide" does cover it pretty well

Cover art for Dirge For November lyrics by Opeth

just talking about the best fucking opeth song.

it's definitely about suicide, or the consideration of it anyway. the lyrics are pretty spine tingling. almost like the way a master surrealist paints. the words and phrases are few and turse. but they paint pictures like the most effective poem does.

michael, its hard not to label him a genuis (especially in an age when almost everybody is dubbed an artist). he's a fucking poet.

lost here is no where searchin home still turning past me all are gone time is now

every line paints a vivid image. reeking with sorrow and dispair. fucking brilliant.

the music i must admit is what drives this heartwrenching ballad. so theatrical and dramatic... almost like a climax to the perfect greek tragedy.

makes me wanna forget about everything and remember how important and necessary music really is in this dreary grey dismal world.

the ending... what can i say about the ending? the simple melodies running as though in part writing reminds me of the faculty of memory. the ending speaks to you of reverie.

HOD

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"Like the wings of a dove, folding around I fade into this tender care "

one of the best lines ever

Cover art for Dirge For November lyrics by Opeth

that guitar part from 0:40 to 1:40.. man i just cant handle it, so amazing, deep, inspiring , so much feelings on that part...

soo deep,

Cover art for Dirge For November lyrics by Opeth

It describes the last peaceful-like moments of someone’s life of loneliness, suffering and self hate as they commit suicide. A lost soul that became convinced that it was his/her fate; “The Omen showed, took me away.”

Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has even mentioned himself that this track is about suicide and has also noted that it's actually his favorite from the record Blackwater Park, saying "it's just so dark and simple."

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I love this song very much.. hence my screen name and all. But I think that, although "suicide" does cover it really well, it's kind of about.. the thought process DURING the act of suicide, you know? Anyone could write a song about 'cutting yourself and dying because of blah blah' (and that's why we have emo) but this song is so much deeper, just going into the mind of the author.

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opeth is the best band on the planet. I love how bi-polar their music is and i love the dual nature of mikaels voice and this song shows the best sides of opeth