Here In Silence
Silent Echoes: Reflecting on Lost Innocence and Weeping Meadows
Lyrics
Summer skies are gone for ever
Expressing the permanence of lost summer days.
Nothing left but to remember
Reflecting on memories as the only remnants.
Morning leaves a bed of echoes
Morning leaves behind lingering echoes.
Tears of blood in weaping meadows
Describing a sorrowful scene with tears resembling blood in sorrowful meadows.
Can you see me, can you hear me
Possibly a plea to be noticed or acknowledged.
Can you leave me here in silence?
Questioning the possibility of being left alone in silence.
Drums and flags and trumpets playing
Depicting a scene of military or war activities.
Armies in the night are praying
Portraying nighttime prayers of armies engaged in conflict.
Hymns of hate to have their souls blessed
Describing hymns of hatred seeking divine approval for violent actions.
For the morning's blood shed harvest
Referring to the aftermath of a violent conflict with a bloody harvest at dawn.
Can you reach me, can you hold me
Questioning if emotional connection is possible.
Can you leave me here in silence?
Asking about the potential abandonment in silence.
Take my children, golden children
Symbolic reference to sacrificing the speaker's children for a cause.
Grow them, train them, cut them, kill them
Describing the process of molding and sacrificing the speaker's offspring.
For the justice of your Jesus
Linking the actions to a religious cause, possibly criticizing religious justifications.
For the service of your leaders
Connecting actions to serving political leaders, questioning their motives.
Can you feel me, can you touch me
Asking if there is a genuine emotional connection amid the chaos.
Can you leave me here in silence?
Questioning the possibility of being abandoned in silence despite the emotional connection.
Innocence is gone forever
Stating the irreversible loss of innocence.
Nothing left but to remember
Reiterating the theme of cherishing memories when everything else is gone.
Autumn cracks the leaves of pity
Depicting the withering of compassion or empathy with the changing seasons.
Winter chokes the cries of mercy
Describing the harshness of winter silencing cries for mercy.
Can you free me, can you love me
Asking for liberation and love amid the harsh realities.
Can you leave me here in silence?
Questioning the possibility of being abandoned in silence despite the plea for love.
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