A very deep, dark metaphor of a drug/alcohol addict in their moment of hitting rock bottom, nearing the end of their life, going through withdrawal.
"I keep wandering through the storm" - Drug dependency is often depicted as a chaotic storm.
"Burdened by the oaths I've sworn"- Meaning all the times they've promised their loved ones they would never do drugs, quit drugs, go to treatment.
"I assure you it's a tragic life form
I'm a wanderer in the dark
Here's no light, not even a spark
And the darkness got a grip on my heart" - They're explaining how it's a low way to live. They have no hope, no ambition. They're just wandering through, looking for the next hit. The darkness is the addiction and that's all they care about.
"Onwards and onwards I go
But to where I do not know
I keep on making my way
Through the snow
There's no shelter here to find
No shred of hope left on my mind
And my guardian angel left me behind" - They are homeless, with no real place to go. The drugs have filled their mind and believe everyone has deserted them. The person used to have someone in their life who tried to help them but then kicked the addict out.
A very deep, dark metaphor of a drug/alcohol addict in their moment of hitting rock bottom, nearing the end of their life, going through withdrawal.
"I keep wandering through the storm" - Drug dependency is often depicted as a chaotic storm.
"Burdened by the oaths I've sworn"- Meaning all the times they've promised their loved ones they would never do drugs, quit drugs, go to treatment.
"I assure you it's a tragic life form I'm a wanderer in the dark Here's no light, not even a spark And the darkness got a grip on my heart" - They're explaining how it's a low way to live. They have no hope, no ambition. They're just wandering through, looking for the next hit. The darkness is the addiction and that's all they care about.
"Onwards and onwards I go But to where I do not know I keep on making my way Through the snow There's no shelter here to find No shred of hope left on my mind And my guardian angel left me behind" - They are homeless, with no real place to go. The drugs have filled their mind and believe everyone has deserted them. The person used to have someone in their life who tried to help them but then kicked the addict out.