This song is utterly brilliant from start to finish. While some songs have made me cry before, I was usually already in a sad state before listening to it. This one is different, I can't suppress my tears in any way, especially when paying attention to the lyrics. It's beyond my comprehension.
I've been deciphering the song for the past half hour. I think I'm pretty close. In my opinion it's clearly about dying (e.g. after a long struggle, a terminal disease etc.) and accepting it ("take away all the fear, and let me fall asleep").
That's what the fadeout at 2:30 symbolizes. The person who spoke up to that part has just passed away. The next part "She will never return" is contemplation by the lover/friend who was with her in her last moments, saw it happening.
I'm still not sure what the first line of the chorus is. At 3:59 it's clearly not "Goodbye". "You know" sounds possible, but I'm still unsure. I wished that Ulrich himself would chime in to fill in the gaps.
This song wouldn't be out of place at a funeral. Too bad that the lyrical content is so incomprehensible, although the vocoder surely adds to the atmosphere.
Lyrics below: a single question mark symbolizes a missing word; if followed by something between brackets, that's a possible substitution for the question mark in front of it.
heaven, hell take me back
to the dream ?
life has been; just once
answer my prayer
take away all the fear
and let me fall asleep
let me fall asleep
fall asleep
you ? (know?)
you have to let it go
don't cry
so hard to say goodbye
she will never return
never again be
part of what has once
felt so secure
? ?
as it is getting oh so cold
it is getting cold
getting cold
you ? (know?)
you have to let it go
don't cry
so hard to say goodbye
This song is utterly brilliant from start to finish. While some songs have made me cry before, I was usually already in a sad state before listening to it. This one is different, I can't suppress my tears in any way, especially when paying attention to the lyrics. It's beyond my comprehension.
I've been deciphering the song for the past half hour. I think I'm pretty close. In my opinion it's clearly about dying (e.g. after a long struggle, a terminal disease etc.) and accepting it ("take away all the fear, and let me fall asleep").
That's what the fadeout at 2:30 symbolizes. The person who spoke up to that part has just passed away. The next part "She will never return" is contemplation by the lover/friend who was with her in her last moments, saw it happening.
I'm still not sure what the first line of the chorus is. At 3:59 it's clearly not "Goodbye". "You know" sounds possible, but I'm still unsure. I wished that Ulrich himself would chime in to fill in the gaps.
This song wouldn't be out of place at a funeral. Too bad that the lyrical content is so incomprehensible, although the vocoder surely adds to the atmosphere.
Lyrics below: a single question mark symbolizes a missing word; if followed by something between brackets, that's a possible substitution for the question mark in front of it.
heaven, hell take me back to the dream ? life has been; just once answer my prayer take away all the fear and let me fall asleep
let me fall asleep fall asleep
you ? (know?) you have to let it go don't cry so hard to say goodbye
she will never return never again be part of what has once felt so secure ? ? as it is getting oh so cold
it is getting cold getting cold
you ? (know?) you have to let it go don't cry so hard to say goodbye
so hard to say goodbye
you have to let it go
so hard to say goodbye