Lyrics
Those who serve and those who rule
Reference to various societal roles – those who serve, rule, lepers, kings, and mindless fools.
Lepers, kings and mindless fools
Highlighting diverse individuals, including empire leaders and tyrants' tools, all subject to time's effects.
Empire leaders, tyrant's tools
Emphasizing the transient nature of all, regardless of status or role.
All will fade with time
Alluding to the impermanence of everything as time passes.
Hail the cowards, brave at heart
Acknowledging both cowards and the brave, ugly and beautiful, and those disconnected from their souls.
The ugly and the beautiful
Recognizing the diversity of individuals living transient lives.
Those who never felt their souls
Referring to those who may lack self-awareness and connection to their inner selves.
All live transient lives
Reiterating the theme of transient lives for all.
All side by side
Emphasizing the unity of all individuals, side by side.
As the tragedy strikes
Introducing the concept of tragedy striking in life.
Fearless through life's joy and pain
Encouraging fearlessness in facing the joys and pains of life.
Though they are gone
Recognition of those who have passed away.
Their spirit lives on
Asserting that their spirit lives on even after death.
Until our paths cross again
Expressing the hope of meeting again in the future.
Those who left marks in this place
Repetition and continuation of the themes introduced in previous lines.
Those who dreamt they'd move the world
-Those whose minds inspired our ways
-All the young and stale
-All side by side
-As the tragedy strikes
-Fearless through life's joy and pain
-Though they are gone
-Their spirit lives on
-Until our paths cross again
-The end justifies the means
Stating that the end justifies the means, emphasizing a lifetime of extremes and eventual clarity for the blind.
A lifetime of extremes
-Those that are blind soon shall see
-The end justifies the means
-A lifetime of extremes, those that are blind
-The ones that are blind soon shall see
-All will be the mourning ones
Encouragement to embrace the present time and avoid drowning in memories, as it is the current moment that matters.
All the daughters, all the sons
-Still we're here, but soon we're gone
-Circle of all life
-Let's embrace the time we have
-From our birth to our last breath
-Don't drown in your memories
-For now is your time
-The faith of the earth rests on the shoulders of the fallen ones
Metaphorically expressing the weight of responsibility on those who have passed and the assurance of a new dawn.
Know however long the night the dawn will break
-Passing the flame from one generation to the next that comes
-Stay here, only the soul will remain, only the soul will remain
-Only the soul will remain
Repetition of the idea that only the soul remains in the end.
Only the soul will remain
-Mortal are we
Reflecting on human mortality, the fading of memories, and the acceptance of whatever comes in life.
Soon blurred memories
-Forgotten will be our life's gain
-So let it be, whatever may be
-Until our paths cross again
Repeating the hope for paths to cross again in the future.
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