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<i>[Past]</i>
<i><b>The Sleeper:</b></i>
Shine - lake of fire
Lines take me higher
My mind drips desire
Confined and overtired
Living this charade
Is getting me nowhere
I can't shake this charade
The city's cold blood calls me home...
Home... It's what I long for
Back home... where I belong
The city - it calls to me
Decadent scenes from my memory
Sorrow - eternity
My demons are coming to drown me
Help - I'm falling, I'm crawling
I can't keep away from its clutch
Can't have it, this habit
It's calling me back to my home
<i><b>The Miracle:</b></i>
I remember the first time she came to me
She poured out her soul all night and cried...
I remember I was told there's a new love that's born
For each one that has died...
I never thought that I
Could carry on with this life
But I can't resist myself
No matter how hard I try
Living their other life
Is getting them nowhere
I'll make her my wife
Her sweet temptation calls me home...
Home... It's what I long for
My home... where she belongs
Her ecstasy - means so much to me
Even decieving my own blood
Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles
She's taking me to my home
Help - he's my brother, but I love her
I can't keep away from her touch
Deception, dishonor
It's calling me back to my home
"...four, four, who wants the hard four?... who wants the hard four?...
<i>[calling out various bets during shooter had one, four...]
[the gambling and sex sequence.]</i>
...one, four... one and make it the hard way... ...got the shooter... ...coming out for a new player... take your best shot, gambler... ...who wants to come? better hop in... place your bets... who wants to come?"
<i>[Present]</i>
<i><b>Nicholas:</b></i>
Her story - it holds the key
Unlocking dreams from my memory
Solving this mystery
Is everything that is a part of me
Help - regression, obsession
I can't keep away from it's clutch
Leave no doubt, to find out
It's calling me back to my home
<i><b>The Sleeper:</b></i>
Shine - lake of fire
Lines take me higher
My mind drips desire
Confined and overtired
Living this charade
Is getting me nowhere
I can't shake this charade
The city's cold blood calls me home...
Home... It's what I long for
Back home... where I belong
The city - it calls to me
Decadent scenes from my memory
Sorrow - eternity
My demons are coming to drown me
Help - I'm falling, I'm crawling
I can't keep away from its clutch
Can't have it, this habit
It's calling me back to my home
I remember the first time she came to me
She poured out her soul all night and cried...
I remember I was told there's a new love that's born
For each one that has died...
I never thought that I
Could carry on with this life
But I can't resist myself
No matter how hard I try
Living their other life
Is getting them nowhere
I'll make her my wife
Her sweet temptation calls me home...
Home... It's what I long for
My home... where she belongs
Her ecstasy - means so much to me
Even decieving my own blood
Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles
She's taking me to my home
Help - he's my brother, but I love her
I can't keep away from her touch
Deception, dishonor
It's calling me back to my home
[the gambling and sex sequence.]</i>
<i><b>Nicholas:</b></i>
Her story - it holds the key
Unlocking dreams from my memory
Solving this mystery
Is everything that is a part of me
Help - regression, obsession
I can't keep away from it's clutch
Leave no doubt, to find out
It's calling me back to my home
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Julian's Verses are him talking about how his Demons (Drugs, Drinking, Gambling) Tore him and Victoria apart, and now he wants to break his bad habits and get Victoria back.
Nicholas's verses are his waking from another Dream about Victoria's life and realizes that the story he's been dreaming about (her life) is the key to the mystery about her murder. he's been dreaming about Victoria (him in his past life) and he's becoming increasingly obcsessed with discovering the whole story of her life and death, it's implied that he's been neglecting his own life and family to do so.
Edwards (The Miracle) verses are him remembering when Victoria left Julian and came to him for comfort. He took advantage of her Vulnerability and seduced her because he was in love with her too - he's torn between his guilt over betraying his brother and his desire for Victoria.
To me, this song is one of the key points in the album, and also one of the strangest. It shows, not the links between Nicholas and Victoria, but the parallels between him and the two men who she loved. The three men all follow the same lyrical patern, representing their obsession (the word is even used by Nick) and deep need for the same woman. This says to me that, while Nick and Victoria are one and the same, he has also become obsessed with her life to the same level as the men who loved her.
awesome interpretation - this song also parallels metropolis, pt. 1 more than any other song in the album itself:
awesome interpretation - this song also parallels metropolis, pt. 1 more than any other song in the album itself:
"I remember I was told there's a new love that's born For each one that has died..."
"I remember I was told there's a new love that's born For each one that has died..."
"Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taking me to my home"
"Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taking me to my home"
way i see it, this is kinda like the older, somber brother of metropolis pt. 1 - the Miracle to its Julian, if that makes any sense.
way i see it, this is kinda like the older, somber brother of metropolis pt. 1 - the Miracle to its Julian, if that makes any sense.
Never thought of that. :p Yes, this song is clearly over Obsession about secret, Addiction, and Love!
Never thought of that. :p Yes, this song is clearly over Obsession about secret, Addiction, and Love!
Julian is also a heavy gambler. This is my favorite song on SFAM.
Anybody know what the background lyrics in the chorus are saying?
EXCELLENT SONG. I JUST LOVE iT
"[The Sleeper:] Shine- lake of fire Lines take me higher My mind drips desire Confined and overtired"
The sleeper was on drugs? :/ "Lines take me higher" I think so!!...
Julian/Sleeper/Romulus have a addiction problem on Cocaine, Alcohol and gambling! You'll heard the liquor bottle on Crime Scene number 9! hence Metropolis leave him for the Miracle! and His (Miracle/Remus) obsession over Metropolis (Victoria/Rome)
Julian/Sleeper/Romulus have a addiction problem on Cocaine, Alcohol and gambling! You'll heard the liquor bottle on Crime Scene number 9! hence Metropolis leave him for the Miracle! and His (Miracle/Remus) obsession over Metropolis (Victoria/Rome)
P.s: Don't ever take Romulus and Remus mythology on Scenes from a Memory. :p
P.s: Don't ever take Romulus and Remus mythology on Scenes from a Memory. :p
Yeah, the best song from SFAM, though "Overture 1928" comes close.
Yeah........... so what's it about?
Julian Obsession with Addiction, Victoria disappointment over Julian, and Edward obsessive over Victoria as he is falling for her brother's lover!
Julian Obsession with Addiction, Victoria disappointment over Julian, and Edward obsessive over Victoria as he is falling for her brother's lover!
OH MY DEAR LORD THIS SONG IS SWEET!!!! I LOVE EVERY THING ABOUT THIS SONG!!!
I agree with the above comments. if u listen in the background of part of the song, u can hear slot machines and casino things.