Isolation Years Lyrics

Lyric discussion by elstratomasta 

Cover art for Isolation Years lyrics by Opeth

I don't think it is a blood stain. It seems like its only ink from the pen.

This song is about a widow who left a note (maybe a suicide note, but I think its just a note she left before she died of natural causes). There is some kind of a mystery regarding her husband cause "she knew he was gone", which indicates she kinda figured out he died but didnt really "know". I guess the guy left her (going to war or whatnot) and never came back, leaving her isolated (alone) for all those years. It doesnt sound like suicide to me because she did live in isolation for quite some time.
"The wound in me is pouring out to rest on a lover's shore". She can finally rest in peace and be freed of her grief.

This is (one of) the sadest song I have ever heard. Awesome.

"I don't think it is a blood stain. It seems like its only ink from the pen."

I was thinking a stain of a tear drop onto some of the ink. It's pretty simmilar but if you've ever seen a tear on a peice of paper it's very distictive also.

The tear would also smudge the ink making it look like "the must have slipped to the side"