Nectar Lyrics

Lyric discussion by scuzlup 

Cover art for Nectar lyrics by Opeth

I personally think this song is about a sperm. No reall, look. . .

The first stanza shows the sperm being awakned by interactions between the man and woman (lullaby=music, tale=conversation, embrace=intercourse)

"Cursing me with every glance" means that the parents don't want a child, but with "I swear I will always love you", the sperm says that they won't regret having a child.

The second and third stanzas (Bring me through. . . fall inside) detail the sperm's feelings about release and getting to the egg.

In the fourth stanza, the sperm witnesses so many of his fellow sperms dying. He regrets that they had so little chance to survive and feels pain at their passings.

"Mine is yours, mine is yours In the wake of dawn The mist of morning linger before it leaves Invisible eyes, red reflection It is you Smiling in the midst of the moor"

Here the sperm is talking to the egg as if together they had already made a child, hence the "invisible eyes". He is happy at the end the end result.