i think that this song's meaning can relate to any person who has lost in any way someone they love/loved.. the theme of this song is beatifully dreary and mournful, yet so gentle and elegant...
what i love about insomnium is the way they use nature and with its wind and fading light and so on to reference how we feel. -
"Trail amidst the snow-clad trees, winding is the way
Sunless is the path we roam, bitter is the air we breathe
Fell is the icy blast, coming from the hills
Blowing through my ailing heart, wailing in the emptiness inside"
"The clouds are moving heavily, across the livid sky
Yonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to black
For the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since gone
Cruel is the winter's reign, merciless the grasp of despair"
and just as the bright colours (hues) of day fades beyond the horizon into night (grey to black), he was once happy and cheerful and that faded away as the one whom he loved faded away......
for me, this song is more than just great guitar riffs and vocals accompanied by deep lyrics.
Approx 5 years ago, I was extremely close to a very woman and had to leave her for reasons that are irrelevant. and this song was the song that related almost exactly to how i felt at that time. i could still picture her standing at the entrance of my verander, the lovely curvature of her body.. i remembered the her scent. gosh, it was a very difficult time for me. and yet, like in the song, this beautiful image of her was unbearable, unnattainable, and formed out of yearning and rue.....
i truly did believe our love was lost forever....
which brings me to the reason for posting up a comment now after all these years. to my surprise and amazement, she has returned into my life a few days ago... which brings me back to song now.....
gosh, i love insomnium... and i guess i may have never stopped loving her........
i think that this song's meaning can relate to any person who has lost in any way someone they love/loved.. the theme of this song is beatifully dreary and mournful, yet so gentle and elegant... what i love about insomnium is the way they use nature and with its wind and fading light and so on to reference how we feel. -
"Trail amidst the snow-clad trees, winding is the way Sunless is the path we roam, bitter is the air we breathe Fell is the icy blast, coming from the hills Blowing through my ailing heart, wailing in the emptiness inside"
"The clouds are moving heavily, across the livid sky Yonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to black For the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since gone Cruel is the winter's reign, merciless the grasp of despair"
and just as the bright colours (hues) of day fades beyond the horizon into night (grey to black), he was once happy and cheerful and that faded away as the one whom he loved faded away......
for me, this song is more than just great guitar riffs and vocals accompanied by deep lyrics. Approx 5 years ago, I was extremely close to a very woman and had to leave her for reasons that are irrelevant. and this song was the song that related almost exactly to how i felt at that time. i could still picture her standing at the entrance of my verander, the lovely curvature of her body.. i remembered the her scent. gosh, it was a very difficult time for me. and yet, like in the song, this beautiful image of her was unbearable, unnattainable, and formed out of yearning and rue..... i truly did believe our love was lost forever....
which brings me to the reason for posting up a comment now after all these years. to my surprise and amazement, she has returned into my life a few days ago... which brings me back to song now.....
gosh, i love insomnium... and i guess i may have never stopped loving her........