If Death's Your Only Friend
Embracing Destiny: Giants of Atlantis' Powerful Message
Lyrics
Hold on hope is waiting for me
Expressing the need to hold on to hope, anticipating a positive outcome.
Tell my friends that I'm not sorry
Sending a message to friends, indicating a lack of remorse or regret.
Look out
A call to be vigilant or attentive.
Search and you'll see
Suggesting that searching will reveal something significant.
The whole world opens up
Emphasizing a sense of exclusivity or opportunity opening up for the speaker.
Just for me
-Just for me
-Just for me
-We all pretend to be
Acknowledging a collective tendency to pretend or assume roles.
The kings and the queens
Referring to individuals as kings and queens, possibly symbolizing power or authority.
Only time will tell
Highlighting the uncertainty of the future, emphasizing that time will reveal the truth.
At the end of it all
-Hold onto
Reiterating the importance of holding on to hope.
Hope
-Hold on hope it waiting for me
Repetition of earlier lines, reinforcing the themes of hope and self-affirmation.
Tell my friends that I'm not sorry
-Look out
-Search and you'll see
-The whole world opens up
-Just for me
-Just for me
-We all pretend to be
-The kings and the queens
-Only time will tell
-At the end of it all
-Hold onto
-Hope
-Taking you where you may see
-Things that eyes of mine have seen
Describing a journey with vivid imagery, encouraging focus on personal goals.
The shores approaching, the sea it gleams
-So set your sites on what you need
-Come with me
Inviting someone to join the speaker in a quest for destiny, portraying a dreamlike place of fulfillment.
To search for our destiny
-This place in our dreams
-Is where we're meant to be
-Never did I want to be a slave to all this misery
Expressing a reluctance to be burdened by misery, likening it to decay.
It eats at me and tears away with each and every passing day
-Like a flower I decay
-I'm watching the light fade
Observing the fading of light, possibly metaphorical for the decline of optimism.
Never did I want to be a slave to all this misery
Repetition of the theme of resisting misery, using the metaphor of decay and daily struggles.
It eats at me and tears away with each and every passing day
-Like a flower I decay
-I still chase my destiny
Continuing the pursuit of destiny despite challenges, reinforcing the dreamlike destination.
This is where we're meant to be
-I have found serenity
Affirming the discovery of serenity in the envisioned place, reinforcing a sense of fulfillment.
This is where we're meant to be
-I have found serenity
-This is where we're meant to be
-I have found serenity
-This is where we're meant to be
-I have found serenity
Repeating the affirmation of finding serenity in the intended destination.
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