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Cover art for In My Absence lyrics by Dark Tranquillity

Mikael Stanne:

"As the title suggests, it's about being far from the ones you love. You are sorry that you haven't done everything you could for them. You are separated from what's most important for you in your life. But it's a feeling we've pretty much lost today."

Source: Bulgarian "Pro-Rock" Magazine, #67, March 2010 [Since the article was in Bulgarian, this is my translation, not his exact words in English, but you get the meaning.]

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