I believe this song is about the struggle of finding truth in life.
"So it begins.....we stand before the dawn."
I think this illustrates the the relentless will of one to believe in a higher power.
"The sun seems to have been rising
Ever since I can recall
Ending a sense of permanence
To this lying world"
I think this is saying that by standing on the horizon with your arms open(keeping faith) you are awaiting the guaranteed rise of the sun(reaping the rewards of faith).
Your lung’s not worth the air
Your life’s not worth its weight in flesh
To hope for something more
To dream of substance
This is where the song just fucks you in the ear. It breaks the disallusion from the earlier verses and describes humanity's insignificance from a realist point of view. They hope for something more in the sense that they are not just lifeforms ment to perpetuate nature, they dream of substance(tangible existance after death).
"Like a million before us
We need to die
Like a billion before us
We need to die"
Saying how we are not special, in that our perception of existance after death is reflected on by the deaths of all humanity. We need to die to wake up from this constantly perpetuated notion of existance.
"Masochistic
Don’t think this won’t be remembered Won’t be remembered
Sarcastic perpetuation
Of stagnation"
Reflects the mother-child approach of religion to the masses. Your actions now will be seen no matter how hidden you think they are. However I think the latter two lines contradict this mother-child approach, saying it continues the cycle of not progressing in life.
"There is nothing as empty
As waiting to die
We spend our lives wasting as time eats us alive"
This song confuses me in that at times I never know when the lyrics are directed against apathetics or believers. Apathetics in that they let themselves get caught up in the material world. Believers in that they get caught up in a reality miles out the realm of practicality.
"There sun seems to have been falling ever since I can recall
The only sense of permanence
In this dying world
Sit back and watch as time eats us alive"
I believe this is symbolically contradicting the second verse and displaying the non-believer point of view. Everything ends, that's all there is to it. No more veils.
"With broken arms
And hollow wings
I’ll await your return
To open the eyes"
I believe this is reverting back to the believers view of life. "Broken arms" from the inital line saying:
With open arms we stand before the dawn
"Hollow wings" beings empty, waiting for a saviour to de-hollow(wtf?) them and let that person ascend.
Believing them in full faith to come back, and open the eyes of non-believers.
Embrace the worst: Empty Horizons
The notion of a higher presence is very comforting, but this line expresses the realist viewpoint of an empty life after death. An empty horizon = no sun, and if I'm right, the sun is a symbol for a saviour, God/incarnate.
This is just my interpretation of the song, it's important to remember that. Don't let me views on it influence yours, I have no idea if they're legit. It's pretty difficult to piece this to the rest of the album, especially with songs like Moments of Oblivion. Two almost completely different ideas.
I believe this song is about the struggle of finding truth in life.
"So it begins.....we stand before the dawn."
I think this illustrates the the relentless will of one to believe in a higher power.
"The sun seems to have been rising Ever since I can recall Ending a sense of permanence To this lying world"
I think this is saying that by standing on the horizon with your arms open(keeping faith) you are awaiting the guaranteed rise of the sun(reaping the rewards of faith).
Your lung’s not worth the air Your life’s not worth its weight in flesh To hope for something more To dream of substance
This is where the song just fucks you in the ear. It breaks the disallusion from the earlier verses and describes humanity's insignificance from a realist point of view. They hope for something more in the sense that they are not just lifeforms ment to perpetuate nature, they dream of substance(tangible existance after death).
"Like a million before us We need to die Like a billion before us We need to die"
Saying how we are not special, in that our perception of existance after death is reflected on by the deaths of all humanity. We need to die to wake up from this constantly perpetuated notion of existance.
"Masochistic Don’t think this won’t be remembered Won’t be remembered Sarcastic perpetuation Of stagnation"
Reflects the mother-child approach of religion to the masses. Your actions now will be seen no matter how hidden you think they are. However I think the latter two lines contradict this mother-child approach, saying it continues the cycle of not progressing in life.
"There is nothing as empty As waiting to die We spend our lives wasting as time eats us alive"
This song confuses me in that at times I never know when the lyrics are directed against apathetics or believers. Apathetics in that they let themselves get caught up in the material world. Believers in that they get caught up in a reality miles out the realm of practicality.
"There sun seems to have been falling ever since I can recall The only sense of permanence In this dying world Sit back and watch as time eats us alive"
I believe this is symbolically contradicting the second verse and displaying the non-believer point of view. Everything ends, that's all there is to it. No more veils.
"With broken arms And hollow wings I’ll await your return To open the eyes"
I believe this is reverting back to the believers view of life. "Broken arms" from the inital line saying:
With open arms we stand before the dawn
"Hollow wings" beings empty, waiting for a saviour to de-hollow(wtf?) them and let that person ascend.
Believing them in full faith to come back, and open the eyes of non-believers.
Embrace the worst: Empty Horizons
The notion of a higher presence is very comforting, but this line expresses the realist viewpoint of an empty life after death. An empty horizon = no sun, and if I'm right, the sun is a symbol for a saviour, God/incarnate.
This is just my interpretation of the song, it's important to remember that. Don't let me views on it influence yours, I have no idea if they're legit. It's pretty difficult to piece this to the rest of the album, especially with songs like Moments of Oblivion. Two almost completely different ideas.