Lyrics
These mist covered mountains
Refers to mist-covered mountains, symbolizing a distant and perhaps difficult journey.
Are a home now for me
Describes mist-covered mountains as a new home for the speaker.
But my home is the lowlands
Contrasts the new home with the speaker's true home in the lowlands.
And always will be
Expresses a commitment that the lowlands will always be the true home.
Some day you'll return to
Suggests a hope or prediction that the listener will return to their original home.
Your valleys and your farms
Refers to the listener's valleys and farms, emphasizing the connection to the land.
And you'll no longer burn
Indicates that the listener will no longer have a burning desire to be comrades in war.
To be brothers in arms
Emphasizes the desire for peace and the end of being brothers in arms.
Through these fields of destruction
Describes the landscape as fields of destruction, likely referring to the aftermath of war.
Baptisms of fire
Mentions baptisms of fire, symbolizing intense and transformative experiences in battle.
Ive watched all your suffering
Expresses the speaker's empathy for the listener's suffering during battles.
As the battles raged higher
Highlights the increasing intensity of the battles.
And though they did hurt me so bad
Acknowledges personal pain caused by the battles but indicates loyalty.
In the fear and alarm
Despite fear and alarm, the listener did not abandon the speaker.
You did not desert me
Commends the listener for not deserting the speaker during difficult times.
My brothers in arms
Reiterates the bond between the speaker and the listener as brothers in arms.
There's so many different worlds
Reflects on the existence of diverse worlds and realities.
So many different's suns
Emphasizes the existence of many suns or possibilities within these different worlds.
And we have just one world
Stresses the shared responsibility for the singular world that everyone inhabits.
But we live in different ones
Recognizes the paradox that people live in different worlds despite sharing one planet.
Now the suns gone to hell
Describes a dramatic shift in the celestial bodies, possibly symbolizing a dark or challenging time.
And the moons riding high
Contrasts the setting sun with the rising moon, indicating a transition or change.
Let me bid you farewell
Suggests a farewell as the speaker bids goodbye, possibly in the face of impending challenges.
Every man has to die
Expresses the inevitability of death for every individual.
But its written in the starlight
Connects mortality to cosmic elements, implying a predetermined fate.
And every line on your palm
References astrology and fate, emphasizing the predetermined nature of life events.
Were fools to make war
Conveys a sense of folly in engaging in war, given the shared humanity of all involved.
On our brothers in arms
Reiterates the message against making war on fellow human beings, emphasizing the bond as brothers in arms.
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