Lyric discussion by ltripley 

Cover art for Ariel lyrics by Babes in Toyland

This song is about a divine or supernatural being always coming to the aid of someone who is down and depressed. (in this case the singer). She feels that she isnt in the right place in her life and this is making her sick. She is displaced because she "Lives somewhere in between of what I've meant to be". The skies are dark "Velvet skies" , there are holes in her heart or conscience "sky and holes" and she needs Ariel to fill the void."able to close the sky and holes" The Hebrew Archangel Ariel is known as the Angel of Healing and New Beginnings.

So Ariel rises every time the narrator is confused, depressed, and empty. "you rise when you feel the Velvet skies you rise"

And until Ariel rises the singer will have to find some way to cope with the pain. Till you rise I fill your skies Till you rise I field yr skies