Reveries
Dreams Unveiled: Hammerfall's Reveries Explored
Lyrics
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Repetitive vocalizations, possibly representing a melodic or rhythmic element without specific lyrical content.
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
-Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
-Nah-nah-nah-nah
-Tick-tock, time is marching on
Time is passing, and the speaker acknowledges the need to rest.
Better close them tired eyes
Suggests the importance of closing one's eyes, possibly to rest or escape reality.
Once a wizard, star of Arabia
References to a past where the speaker was both a wizard and a soldier with ambitious goals.
Once a soldier aiming high
-Knock, knock who's there? Leave me be
The speaker desires solitude, asking to be left alone.
It's a life based on my own decisions
Life is built on the speaker's own decisions and actions.
Let me find my fields of Elysium
Yearning for a utopian place ("fields of Elysium") where darkness fears to tread.
Where all my darkness fear to tread
-Ohh, dream of dragons, fairy maids
Imagery of mythical elements like dragons, fairy maids, hydra, and sirens, possibly symbolizing challenges and temptations in life.
Slay the hydra, swing the blade
-Fear the perils, but beware
-Of the sirens
-Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Repetitive vocalizations, possibly representing a melodic or rhythmic element without specific lyrical content.
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
-Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
-Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
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-Hells bells, glory bells let them toll
References to death ("resurrection"), night flights, and dreaming, possibly about the afterlife or transcendence.
Ain't no calling for your resurrection
-Scary night flights, troubled lullabies
-Dream away on your wings of steel
-Stomp, stomp, bang, bang, not a sound
Describes a lack of fanfare or guidance when something significant passes, and the inevitability of time's passage.
No parade to guide you of its passing
-You know that one day you turn away and it's gone
-While the endless time continue massing
-Ohh, time's too slow for those who wait
Reflection on time, waiting, trusting fate, and the contrast between its slowness and quick passage for those who grieve.
Close your eyes and trust your fate
-Time's too long for those who grieve
-Never-ending
-Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Repetitive vocalizations, similar to the opening and possibly serving as a concluding musical element.
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
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-Reveries
"Reveries" - Reflections, thoughts, or daydreams that may encompass the themes presented in the song.
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