In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
In the misty morning, on the edge of time
We've lost the rising sun, a final sign
As the misty morning rolls away to die
Reaching for the stars, we blind the sky
We sailed across the air before we learned to fly
We thought that it could never end
We'd glide above the ground before we learned to run, run
Now it seems our world has come undone
Oh they say that it's over
And it just had to be
Ooh they say that it's over
We're lost children of the sea, oh
We made the mountains shake with laughter as we played
Hiding in our corner of the world
Then we did the demon dance and rushed to nevermore
Threw away the key and locked the door
Oh they say that it's over, yeah
And it just had to be
Yes they say that it's over
We're lost children of the sea
In the misty morning, on the edge of time
We've lost the rising sun, the final sign
As the misty morning rolls away to die
Reaching for the stars, we blind the sky
Oh they say that it's over
And it just had to be
Oh they say that it's over
Poor lost children of the sea, yeah
Look out
The sky is falling down
Look out
The world is spinning round and round and round
Look out
The sun is going black, black
Look out
It's never never never coming back
Look out
We've lost the rising sun, a final sign
As the misty morning rolls away to die
Reaching for the stars, we blind the sky
We sailed across the air before we learned to fly
We thought that it could never end
We'd glide above the ground before we learned to run, run
Now it seems our world has come undone
Oh they say that it's over
And it just had to be
Ooh they say that it's over
We're lost children of the sea, oh
We made the mountains shake with laughter as we played
Hiding in our corner of the world
Then we did the demon dance and rushed to nevermore
Threw away the key and locked the door
Oh they say that it's over, yeah
And it just had to be
Yes they say that it's over
We're lost children of the sea
In the misty morning, on the edge of time
We've lost the rising sun, the final sign
As the misty morning rolls away to die
Reaching for the stars, we blind the sky
Oh they say that it's over
And it just had to be
Oh they say that it's over
Poor lost children of the sea, yeah
Look out
The sky is falling down
Look out
The world is spinning round and round and round
Look out
The sun is going black, black
Look out
It's never never never coming back
Look out
Lyrics submitted by carlos_avdas
Children Of The Sea Lyrics as written by Ronnie Dio Michael Butler
Lyrics © T.R.O. INC.
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Oh they say that it's over And it just had to be Oh they say that it's over Poor lost children of the sea, yeah
LOOK OUT! The sky is falling down LOOK OUT! The world is spinning round and round and round LOOK OUT OUT Out out! The sun is going black, black. LOOK OUT! It's never never never coming back
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First, I found this on the net:
"Children of the Sea - there has been a lot of speculation that it is about Atlantis, but Dio has only spoke of it as a song about "ecological awareness".
So working off this basic direction, the song seems to be a commentary about mankind doing things before it truly understands the consequences of its action, ie. the reference to sailing across the air, before learning to fly, and thinking that this kind of thing would go on forever without a price to eventually pay for messing with the balance.
And finally, though we try to escape the world and darkening the sky by the millions, like locusts, we are caught in the maelstrom of the final convulsions of the Earth dying along with the Sun.
S.
Given the title of the song, I always wondered if "We'd glide above the ground before we learned to run" was a reference to how in our evolutionary history we swam (when you swim, you do glide above the ground) before we "learned to run" (or even have legs, for that matter).
@Lijemo Finally, somebody on the right track. This song is about the dinosaurs. Read the lyrics again and you\'ll see it fits perfectly.
There is a interview with Ronnie on the meaing of Children of the Sea
youtu.be/1ZUWLbEFI1g
i like how you made the x into two letters
I think it's about where Sabbath were at this point in their history. I'll go into more detail if anyone's interested. I think it's a pretty good lyric.
I think you should've ellaborated, I listened to this thinking about the old Sabbath lineup and Dio, and the opinion of people, and this song is great, so I thought it was about people comparing this sabbath with the "classic" black sabbath with ozzy osbourne
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lordjackass - You really, really, really need to utilize those to squishy-like thingies situated below your forehead when attempting to study material of this magnitude. Seriously... "Sex and death and drugs..." Wake up!
And with that, I'm off. I just felt like badgering an ignorant. And I did. :P
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And it was just a joke between some guys, but maybe this was a warning to Kevin Costner about Waterworld...? XD nah, j/k...