Darkening
Ephemeral Golden Wars: Embracing Life's Transience in 'Darkening'
Lyrics
The sky brimming with light
The sky is filled with light.
The sun and the stars and the moon had a fight
The celestial bodies, including the sun, stars, and moon, seem to be in conflict, described metaphorically as a golden war or a means of coming together.
A golden war or a way to unite
Questioning whether the conflict in the sky is a destructive war or a way to find unity.
Lick them out of their shapes
Metaphorically urging to erase or reshape these celestial entities.
Like there is no tomorrow and no yesterday
Live in the present moment without concern for the past or future.
Stuck in-between the future and the blank space
Feeling stuck between the anticipation of the future and an empty, undefined space.
Stuck in-between
Emphasizing the feeling of being trapped or stuck in-between.
Stuck in-between
-Stuck in-between
-Stuck in-between
-Melt the gold into a shield
Suggesting transforming gold into a protective shield for the challenges of life.
To protect you on the battlefield
The golden shield is intended to safeguard someone on the metaphorical battlefield of life.
A golden shield an open shield a golden shield
Describing the shield as both golden and open, highlighting the vulnerability that comes with protection.
Protection becomes vulnerable
When protection becomes too close, it can become vulnerable.
When it gets to close
Exploring the fragility of things we love when they are in close proximity.
All that we love will come to an end one day
Expressing the inevitability that everything we cherish will come to an end.
A brief stay
Describing life as a brief stay.
Aah brief stay
Repeating the notion of a brief stay with a sigh.
Then all of the light will turn from yellow to grey
Anticipating that all the light will fade to grey when life ends.
From yellow
Highlighting the transformation from the brightness of yellow to the darkness of grey.
Too grey
-A life with the fear of death
Reflecting on a life lived with a constant awareness of death.
Do not fight it ooh do not flight
Advising not to resist death but to save energy for winnable battles.
Save your strength for the battles that you can win
Comparing facing challenges to swimming in water when unable to swim.
Water when you cannot swim
Highlighting the importance of breath and life as air escapes from the mouth and skin.
Air pouring out of our mouth and your skin
Suggesting that internal qualities, like bubbles within, contribute to staying afloat.
What makes you float is all the bubbles within
Exploring the presence of colors, feelings, and pictures within, representing internal richness.
Colours within feelings within pictures within
-The angels that will guard you life
Referring to angels as protectors throughout life until death.
Until the day that you will die
Emphasizing the inevitability of death, regardless of the protection provided by angels.
Dying slow dying fast dying first or dying last
Considering different ways of dying, whether slow, fast, first, or last.
I do not want you to leave
Expressing a desire for a loved one not to leave, reciprocating the commitment.
And neither leave you
-Still
Using "Still" to signify a pause or reflection in the narrative.
The love that we share will come to an end one day
Acknowledging that the love shared will eventually come to an end.
Like Everything
Comparing the inevitable end of love to the impermanence of everything.
Like Everything
-Then all of the light will be a red that is darkening
Anticipating a darkening red, symbolizing the fading of light and warmth in love.
A red that is darkening
Repeating the idea of a red that is darkening, emphasizing the gradual loss of warmth and intensity.
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