Cadence of Her Last Breath Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AngelicMoon 

Cover art for Cadence of Her Last Breath lyrics by Nightwish

I think that the true interpertation of this songs lies between the "Love" and "Killer" version... A girl of amazing beauty has a relationship with a loyal boy that would die for her but she craves for adventure so she leaves the boy to follow an attractive and mysterious stranger who is a poet. She dresses up well and gets ready to meet him in his house for a romantic dinner. However he is serial killer that wants her to be his muse and thinks that her death by poison to preserve her beauty "drink for beauty" will "fill his blank page" that is inspire him to write his best poem. However she manages to escape "running for her life" and crying "the dark rain from her eyes still falls". She is beautifull but chose the dangerous stranger rather then the boy that loves her " Breathtaking butterfly chose a dark day to leave". The song has som verses with multiple meanings. "Why do i miss someone I've never met" refers to the boy and the girl. Now she is in deathly danger she undersatnds that the boy was her true love while the boy believes she was mysterious and didn't really opened herself to him. "Seawinds brought her to me A butterfly, mere one-day miracle of life And all the poetry in the world Finally makes sense to me" These lines are both for the boy and the killer. The whole story takes place on an island and she must have be born somewhere else and moved there that's way seawinds brought her there. They both need her, the killer and the boy, the boy cause he loves her desperately though she left him and the killer to inspire him to write. "Save one breth for me" This refers only to the boy. He followed the girl and sees her running and the poet chasing her and he wants to live to protect her that's why the chorus in the second verse says "Run away x4" cause he stays to fight the killer so that she can escape. "Save one death for me" This is when she left him. He thought life was meaningless and wanted to die without her by his side. "Sometimes a dream turns into a dream" the most controversial part of the song. The girl dreamt the attractive stranger but he was a killer and she found out she truly wanted the boy. The killer dreamt his breathtaking muse but she is running away and he has to face her boyfriend. The boy dreamt the girl to love him but now he is protecting her without knowing if she truly wants him. Nobody is content at this part of the song and we don't know who will win and if the girl will be saved. "A Loner longing for The cadence of her last breath" Ok this one is pretty clear the loner is both the boy and the killer but the killer wants her dead while the bopy wants her alive and happy. This song is about love true and fake and how sometimes we are unable to see what we really want. The story of the song is pretty intense and I thin it could become a movie! :-) I love this song and I thank tha users for their comments that helped me make my interpetation as I read lots of them to reach a conclusion!!! I hope this one is helpful to the others! :-)

My Interpretation