First off, I have to say this album and this band are just phenomenal and it's a shame that 95% of Trans Siberian Orchestra will never know how they came about, or ever know of this album to appreciate it.
That said, this album was a concept that tells the story of a Siberian boy and a Bosnian girl who fall in love during the Yugoslavia war. I can't quite put my finger on the full meaning of this song, but it is painfully beautiful. Knowing what we know of that war, and heard stories of that time period from some once-refugees of that country, it's safe to say that relationship between the two was impossible. I think this song, being the last of the album and going over the lyrics, is the boy telling the girl to run away with him to another country. Right up to the last line in the song, we don't know if she agrees or not. All that's told is that they're madly in love and I think the boy is fleeing the country, with or without her.
First off, I have to say this album and this band are just phenomenal and it's a shame that 95% of Trans Siberian Orchestra will never know how they came about, or ever know of this album to appreciate it.
That said, this album was a concept that tells the story of a Siberian boy and a Bosnian girl who fall in love during the Yugoslavia war. I can't quite put my finger on the full meaning of this song, but it is painfully beautiful. Knowing what we know of that war, and heard stories of that time period from some once-refugees of that country, it's safe to say that relationship between the two was impossible. I think this song, being the last of the album and going over the lyrics, is the boy telling the girl to run away with him to another country. Right up to the last line in the song, we don't know if she agrees or not. All that's told is that they're madly in love and I think the boy is fleeing the country, with or without her.
@Floyd4Life correction, I meant to say "It's a shame 95% of Trans Siberian Orchestra FANS will never know..."
@Floyd4Life correction, I meant to say "It's a shame 95% of Trans Siberian Orchestra FANS will never know..."