Oh Darkness
Embraced by Soulful Fire: Unraveling the Depths of 'Oh Darkness'
Lyrics
The first time I saw your face
The speaker recalls the first time they saw someone's face.
There was a fire in your soul
There was a passionate and intense energy in the person's soul.
I felt that first embrace
The speaker remembers the initial embrace with a feeling of fire in the other person's soul.
As a fire in your soul
The intensity of the embrace is likened to a fire in the person's soul.
Where has it gone now?
Expressing a sense of loss or change in the relationship, questioning where the initial passion has disappeared to.
Where has it gone now?
-Haven't seen you in a long long time
The speaker hasn't seen the person for a long time.
Except maybe in my dreams
However, thoughts of the person linger in the speaker's dreams.
But nothing's ever yours to keep
Nothing in the relationship is permanent or belongs to the speaker.
Nothing's ever as it seems
Reality may be different from appearances.
Except the fire
Except for the enduring presence of the metaphorical "fire" in the person's soul.
Except the fire
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
The speaker invokes darkness, possibly symbolizing challenges or emotional turmoil, to envelop them.
Roll over me tonight
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
-Roll over me tonight
-The first time I saw your face
Repetition of earlier lines, reinforcing the memories of the passionate encounter.
There was a fire in your soul
-I felt that first embrace
-As a fire in your soul
-Where has it gone now?
Continued uncertainty and questioning about the disappearance of the initial intensity.
Where has it gone now?
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
Repetition of the plea for darkness to roll over the speaker, suggesting a desire for emotional release or protection.
Roll over me tonight
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
-Roll over me tonight
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
-Roll over me tonight
-Roll me over, roll me over
A call to be rolled over, possibly implying a surrender to emotions or fate.
And I want you
An expressed desire for the person to become the metaphorical "fire" in the speaker's life.
To be the fire
Reiteration of the wish for the person to be the enduring and passionate force in the speaker's life.
To be the fire
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
Repetition of the plea for darkness to roll over the speaker, emphasizing the emotional plea for solace or transformation.
Roll over me tonight
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
-Roll over me tonight
-Oh darkness, oh darkness
-Roll over me tonight
-Roll me over, roll me over
A final plea to be rolled over, suggesting a surrender or acceptance of the unknown.
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