Soul Consumer
Embracing Flames: A Sacrificial Journey of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Take my hand through the flames
Invitation to face challenges and difficulties together, symbolized by "flames."
Walk with me in spirit-fire
A call to share a spiritual journey filled with intense experiences.
Their heat will fade, they'll burn away
The challenges faced will diminish over time, and hardships will be overcome.
I promise that you'll be alright
An assurance that despite difficulties, everything will eventually be okay.
I'll sacrifice, my only chance
Willingness to make personal sacrifices for the well-being of another.
Trade mine away to save your life
Expressing a readiness to trade one's own opportunities to save someone else.
Though tragedy and hollow pain
Recognition of tragedy and deep emotional pain that will accompany the sacrifice.
Are all that shall follow tonight
Anticipation that sorrow will follow the impending sacrifice.
Will he feast upon my soul
Concern about the consequences of the sacrifice on one's own soul.
Devouring all my anger, and all my sorrow
Imagery of a beast consuming emotions like anger and sorrow born out of love and rage.
This beast I've bred through love and rage
Acknowledgment of creating a destructive force through intense emotions.
Will swallow everything I know
Fear that the destructive force will engulf and destroy everything known.
I see a light of joy and fear
Observation of mixed emotions, joy, and fear reflected in the partner's eyes.
Settle softly in your eyes
An attempt to reach out for support and connection.
I reach for you, to grab your hand
The realization that the touch or connection is elusive, like a ghost's touch.
But a specter's touch is just a lie
Recognition of the painful truth that the desired connection is unattainable.
I know it hurts, I know it stings
Acknowledgment of the pain and difficulty of the situation.
But now we have to say goodbye
An acceptance of the need to part ways and say goodbye.
I'm vanishing into the void
A sense of fading away or disappearing into emptiness.
Promise me you will survive
A plea for the other person to promise survival in the face of the impending separation.
Will he feast upon my soul
Reiteration of the fear of the soul being consumed by the consequences of intense emotions.
Devouring all my anger, and all my sorrow
Reiteration of the idea of emotions, particularly anger and sorrow, being devouring forces.
This beast I've bred through love and rage
Reiteration of the destructive nature of emotions born out of love and rage.
Will swallow everything I know
Repetition of the fear that everything known will be swallowed by these intense emotions.
He'll take my soul
Explicit expression that the soul is at risk of being taken away.
He'll take my soul
Repetition of the imminent threat to the soul.
He'll take my soul
Continued emphasis on the danger of losing one's soul.
He'll take my soul
Final repetition of the fear of losing one's soul, reinforcing the urgency of the situation.
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