The Phantom Agony Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AngelicMoon 

Cover art for The Phantom Agony lyrics by Epica

I can't see you I, can't hear you Do you still exist? I can't feel you, I can't touch you Do you still exist? The Phantom Agony I can't taste you, I can't think of you Do we exist at all? (I believe this is a dream. She is talking to a figure in her dream she is between reality and illusion she can't really understand or remember. This is the phantom agony wondering if you are real where you are where you should be.)

The future doesn't pass And the past won't overtake the present All the remains is an obsolete illusion (we feel that as time goes there is still future ahead, there are questions and doubts. The future i.e our doubts doesn't pass we don't get answers and the past, the certainty won't come back and we feel trapped into the present that doesn't offer awnsers or security. We feel we are trapped in an illusion)

We are afraid of all the things that could not be A Phantom Agony (a phantom i.e a ghost isn't afraid of death and future the things that scares us most of all.)

Do we dream at night Or do we share the same old fantasy? I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams(our dreams reveal us things, they are a form of communication with our inner voice. But can they provide us information about the meaning of life and the future are they common for everyone a way to learn the destiny of the world? We don't know so we wander in them searching for answers.)

Tears of unprecedented beauty Reveal the truth of existence We're all sadists (sometimes we feel pleased when we or other people cry cause this proves that we have feelings and problems we are not aloof creatures with no emotions. It makes us realise our nature and the meaning is living our life intensely is the real success)

The age-old development of consciousness Drives us away from the essence of life We meditate too much, so that our instincts will fade away They fade away (our instincts can provide us with a balanced life. We don't need to think too much cause we will loose the meaning. I think this is a bit controversial with the ending which says we should think and keep and open mind to all possibilities searching for self-realisation. I think this implies that thinking must be accompanied with insticts to be effective i.e not allow your thoughts to block your actions and emotions.)

What's the point of life And what's the meaning if we all die in the end? Does it make sense to learn or do we forget everything?( this is what we all wander the base of all meditation.)

Teach me how to see and free the disbelief in me (we need to understand what we truly want but sometimes we find too hard and want someone to teach us.This is only partly true us you can teach someone your perception but everyone has his or her own you have to discover yours which is a mix of your experience emotion and the effect you have taken) I'm afraid of my own exchange of views (we need security and stability we are afraid to listen to ourselves as it may change our perception.) What we get is what we see, The Phantom Agony (the ghost agony do we really exist? Where should we be, are we lost or not concious or not?We feel that way cause different perpectives collide we don't know what to believe and sometimes this ends up here.)

The lucidity of my mind has been revealed in new dreams I am able to travel where my heart goes In search of self- realisation This is the way to escape from our agitation And developed ourselves Use your illusion and enter my dream... (our dreams amd emotions i.e where our heart goes are the key. They can provide us with all we need,our self-realization the way to accept ourselves. In order to understand the meaning we have to keep an open mind and try understand our dreams and emotions, what they truly mean for us...If we use them we can enter our common dream, true happiness.)

This is an GORGEOUS song truly intense and with a deep controversial meaning. For me it is about having a broad-mind so that you can interpretate your dreams your emotions and your fears. This interpretention alongside with your insticts can guide you to find true happiness... The phantom agony is actually the deeper questions about our inner voice. We should detect our own phantom agony and turn it into our reality composed from dreams and spontaneity. It is one of the hardest interpretentions I have made and I hope it is helpful... It is just my opinion though :-)!!!

My Interpretation