I Pity No One Below the Sun
Eternal Regret: Julia Morrison's Melancholic Tale of Lost Love
Lyrics
My dearest maid
Expresses affection to someone referred to as "my dearest maid."
You lied again
Accuses the maid of lying.
The king recited to me
Mentions a king reciting information about the maid's love for him.
Your love of him
Refers to the maid's professed love for the king.
He swore his silence
Describes the king swearing to keep the information secret.
Then spoke in tongue
Notes the king breaking his silence and speaking in an unknown language.
My dear misguided maiden
Addresses the maid as "dear misguided maiden" and suggests her world has disappeared.
Your world is gone
Repeated emphasis on the disappearance of the maid's world.
Your world is gone
-Your world
-Your world is gone
-Your world is gone
-Your world is
-I pity no one
Declares the speaker's lack of pity for anyone beneath the sun.
Below the sun
Expands on the lack of pity, specifying it for those below the sun.
In blessed light we're dying
Suggests a spiritual or blessed aspect to the impending death described.
Will you die young
Raises questions about dying young, with emphasis on the uncertainty.
Will you die young
-Will you
-Will you
Repeats the uncertainty about the prospect of dying young.
The drawbridge closes
Describes the closing of a drawbridge in the speaker's kingdom.
My kingdom's tired
Expresses weariness in the speaker's kingdom.
We fight incessant sparrings
Describes constant internal conflict or disputes within the kingdom.
From inside
-From inside
-From inside
-From inside
-From inside
-Your wisdom's absent
Remarks on the absence of wisdom in the context of the maid's situation.
Your shadow speaks
Suggests the maid's shadow is vocal or expressive.
Begin the process
Encourages initiating the process of living free, emphasizing freedom.
Of living free
-Of living free
-Of living free
-Of living free
-Of living free
Reiterates the idea of living free as a concluding statement.
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