This song is about someone who's dying and looking back.
Lily kershaw herself stated that it was about "death", inspired by a "life crisis" and a "troubesome romantic relationship".
Also the title "As it seems" suggest that she'll concentrate on the desillusion that comes with age.
Knowing that, here's my interpretation of a the less literal lines:
Well I knew what I didn't want to know
And I saw where I didn't want to go
***She basically lived a life full of hardship.
So I took the path less traveled on
***She made her own choices, and perhaps left a new trail that will become the road more often traveled.
And I'll let my stories be whispered when I'm gone...
***My stories=her life, her memory, her experiences.
When I'm gone= When she's dead.
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
Well in this life, you must find something to live for
'Cause when the darkness comes calling
***When you're time has come (when you're dying)
You go back to where you were before
***"The dust returns to the ground it came from"....
'Cause this life is as fragile as a dream
***She realizes that as a human she's mortal, that she can die any time.
Also the use of "dream" emphasizes that life is full of illusions (and desillusions)
And nothing's ever really as it seems...
As it seems
As it seems
As it seems
Well I lost my innocence when in I let him dive
***This probably means that she lost her virginity, but also she let him fall in love with her, and that by doing so she not only a "victim" anymore.
But the way he looked at me made me feel alive
And now I know nothing at all
***Could be that depiste her life experiences she still can't answer the "important questions of life" or that she's senile and forgetting because she's old.
But the release that comes when you're in mid fall...
***Just before winter, just before death.
In mid fall
In mid fall
In mid fall
'Cause in this life, you must find something to live for
'Cause when the darkness comes calling
You go back to where you were before
'Cause this life is as fragile as a dream
And nothing's ever really as it seems
This song is about someone who's dying and looking back. Lily kershaw herself stated that it was about "death", inspired by a "life crisis" and a "troubesome romantic relationship". Also the title "As it seems" suggest that she'll concentrate on the desillusion that comes with age.
Knowing that, here's my interpretation of a the less literal lines:
Well I knew what I didn't want to know And I saw where I didn't want to go
***She basically lived a life full of hardship.
So I took the path less traveled on
***She made her own choices, and perhaps left a new trail that will become the road more often traveled.
And I'll let my stories be whispered when I'm gone...
***My stories=her life, her memory, her experiences. When I'm gone= When she's dead.
When I'm gone When I'm gone When I'm gone
Well in this life, you must find something to live for 'Cause when the darkness comes calling
***When you're time has come (when you're dying)
You go back to where you were before
***"The dust returns to the ground it came from"....
'Cause this life is as fragile as a dream
***She realizes that as a human she's mortal, that she can die any time. Also the use of "dream" emphasizes that life is full of illusions (and desillusions)
And nothing's ever really as it seems...
As it seems As it seems As it seems
Well I lost my innocence when in I let him dive
***This probably means that she lost her virginity, but also she let him fall in love with her, and that by doing so she not only a "victim" anymore.
But the way he looked at me made me feel alive
And now I know nothing at all
***Could be that depiste her life experiences she still can't answer the "important questions of life" or that she's senile and forgetting because she's old.
But the release that comes when you're in mid fall...
***Just before winter, just before death.
In mid fall In mid fall In mid fall
'Cause in this life, you must find something to live for 'Cause when the darkness comes calling You go back to where you were before 'Cause this life is as fragile as a dream And nothing's ever really as it seems
As it seems As it seems As it seems
***I hope it helped.