Trials of the Past Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gizzelmeow 

Cover art for Trials of the Past lyrics by SBTRKT

This song is about regret.

So young so how were you to know know know You're a carrier a carrier of the light inside of you Glows green in the pitch black night night night Can't tell anyone anyone it's hurting you

This verse expresses him justifying his past. He can't let anyone know his remorse. The light is forgiveness towards himself because his regret is so dark.

What to be, down cruising in the ocean, and sin it's due

It's as though he's waiting to do something wrong because that's the pattern. "Sin is due"

So I got to sit up, sit up up up For my heart to come down down down down down So I got to sit up, up up up up For my heart to come down down down down down

He can't bear the pain the remorse causes him.

From the past from the past and they're somewhere right before you like The Ghost of Christmas Past

The ghoulish enemies reveal to him the past, the present, and the future.

I was always floating around the city Go with the flow without ever knowing where I wanna be So I got into crazy situations A loyal soldier who acts who acts who acts. But never asks

His actions are unpredictable but also not malicious. He floats about through life a bit carelessly. The ghost are haunting memories that won't let him rest.