Almost 2 decades ago, @coconut33 got the first part of it right. The writer is absolutely smitten (borderline obsessed even) with a mysterious woman. But the chorus tells a different story...
"She flies strange wings, behind a thin disguise"
I view "strange wings" as the opposite of "wind beneath ones wings" - there is no "wind", the wings shouldn't be capable of flight, but still they fly. She has no "wind beneath her wings", and the second part of the line shows she's barely holding it together, "behind a thin disguise". The writer can absolutely see that, as well.
"She flies strange wings, still tears she cries"
And she doesn't WANT to always be her own rock, she doesn't want to always be the only one there for her. It's almost a cry for companionship, to have someone else take over flying for a while.
The writer can see all of it, and the struggle is that he wants to be that rock, to take over the wings so to speak. Anyone who's ever dated/married someone strong and independent knows that that's a battle in and of itself - you want to be there for them without also making them feel smothered, and it's a delicate balance. At the extreme end of it, you want to be there if they need that break to rest their wings, but don't want to replace or diminish that independent fire (at least for me, that's part of the attraction, and part of what I end up falling in love with).
"She's still a mystery, in her arms I long to be"
And last but not least, the writer describing the perils of becoming obsessed, and even frustrated - he knows she's on a difficult path and only wants to help, but that same path feels like a paradox when the person rejects the one thing they seem to want most (thus "still a mystery").
All in all one hell of a deep song, at least as I interpret it, and easily one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time (sharing a spot with Ghost Love Score and Hallowed Be Thy Name).
@GuitarGod82 Yeah man couldn’t agree more with your interpretation. Btw ghost love score is a solid track nice to see someone else listens to nightwish. Anyway man we’d best get some sleep lol
@GuitarGod82 Yeah man couldn’t agree more with your interpretation. Btw ghost love score is a solid track nice to see someone else listens to nightwish. Anyway man we’d best get some sleep lol
Almost 2 decades ago, @coconut33 got the first part of it right. The writer is absolutely smitten (borderline obsessed even) with a mysterious woman. But the chorus tells a different story...
"She flies strange wings, behind a thin disguise" I view "strange wings" as the opposite of "wind beneath ones wings" - there is no "wind", the wings shouldn't be capable of flight, but still they fly. She has no "wind beneath her wings", and the second part of the line shows she's barely holding it together, "behind a thin disguise". The writer can absolutely see that, as well.
"She flies strange wings, still tears she cries" And she doesn't WANT to always be her own rock, she doesn't want to always be the only one there for her. It's almost a cry for companionship, to have someone else take over flying for a while.
The writer can see all of it, and the struggle is that he wants to be that rock, to take over the wings so to speak. Anyone who's ever dated/married someone strong and independent knows that that's a battle in and of itself - you want to be there for them without also making them feel smothered, and it's a delicate balance. At the extreme end of it, you want to be there if they need that break to rest their wings, but don't want to replace or diminish that independent fire (at least for me, that's part of the attraction, and part of what I end up falling in love with).
"She's still a mystery, in her arms I long to be" And last but not least, the writer describing the perils of becoming obsessed, and even frustrated - he knows she's on a difficult path and only wants to help, but that same path feels like a paradox when the person rejects the one thing they seem to want most (thus "still a mystery").
All in all one hell of a deep song, at least as I interpret it, and easily one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time (sharing a spot with Ghost Love Score and Hallowed Be Thy Name).
/End 2am ramble/
@GuitarGod82 Yeah man couldn’t agree more with your interpretation. Btw ghost love score is a solid track nice to see someone else listens to nightwish. Anyway man we’d best get some sleep lol
@GuitarGod82 Yeah man couldn’t agree more with your interpretation. Btw ghost love score is a solid track nice to see someone else listens to nightwish. Anyway man we’d best get some sleep lol