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Advent

In the hour of darkness
Our worlds collide
Assailed by madness
That has plagued our lives
At the point of departure
On the eve of despair
Your recourse to reason
Seems to make no sense at all

Refrain
The light of hope
Shines in your eyes
Dementia has gone
Purged from inside

Throughout our wand'rings
In a land of lies
We fell from God's grace
Into a sea of storms
In the self-relevation
Celebration of love
These both are virtues
We seem to have left behind

Refrain
Refrain

Lay bare your heart
Induce the will of love
To restore what little faith
That you may have lost
As morning brings re-birth
A new day will dawn
To ease our troubled minds
Turn away on your side
And dream of days to come...
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Cover art for Advent lyrics by Dead Can Dance

The turbulent storms that we endure through the course of life and what they can lead to..Dimentia and such..very haunting and beautiful this song.

Cover art for Advent lyrics by Dead Can Dance

I imagine a couple in bed at night, before going to sleep, (s)he is thinking about how badly things are becoming for them.

Self-renovation of their lives together and the celebration of their love has completely got forgotten through the years, and is now irreparably left behind, replaced by storms (of s**t :D).

Eventually, (s)he just tries to wash away all these bad feelings inside, and tries to put some hope in the fresh new energy that a new day can give to you ("dawn will easy our troubled minds"), so just says to the partner to turn on his/her side now, time to sleep.

"Dream of days to come" sounds like: dreams of nice days of love together we might have, but it leaves some bitter flavour in my mouth, like that there is no hope that those dreams could become true never anymore. They've gone through too many storms (of s**t), it's hard to heal that.

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