It describes the last peaceful-like moments of someone’s life of loneliness, suffering and self hate as they commit suicide. A lost soul that became convinced that it was his/her fate; “The Omen showed, took me away.”
Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has even mentioned himself that this track is about suicide and has also noted that it's actually his favorite from the record Blackwater Park, saying "it's just so dark and simple."
It describes the last peaceful-like moments of someone’s life of loneliness, suffering and self hate as they commit suicide. A lost soul that became convinced that it was his/her fate; “The Omen showed, took me away.”
Frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has even mentioned himself that this track is about suicide and has also noted that it's actually his favorite from the record Blackwater Park, saying "it's just so dark and simple."