Marching To The Heartbeats Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jjech 

Cover art for Marching To The Heartbeats lyrics by Cult of Luna

"The sun, the light in your eyes, trapped me in a cage." Spoken by the protagonist; attraction steals his heart and shackles him.

"When you saw me you saw yourself." Spoken by the object of the protagonist's love; the protagonist's feelings are unrequited – they're completely internal to the protagonist and therefore in a sense 'unreal' – the object of his attraction feels nothing similar.

"We were the ones that marched and fell." Coming from a collective of unfamiliar voices; bound by the delusional love within his mind, the protagonist can only stumble through life. Refusal to release his star-crossed attraction weighs heavily upon his soul. As the scene zooms outward, we realize that our protagonist is not unique; thousands more are somewhere along the highway, all bound by the same ties.

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