Burning Low
Embers of a Silent Heart: Stormalong's Poetic Descent
Lyrics
I'm not just having a bad night
I'm experiencing more than just a difficult night.
I can wish but nothing's fixed in daylight
I can hope for improvement, but nothing gets better in the light of day.
The sunlight penetrates my window
Sunlight enters my room.
But I can't feel any warmth in me
Despite the sunlight, I can't find any warmth within myself.
The spring of my youth feels so cold
The vitality and energy of my youth feel distant and cold.
And I am burning low
I am emotionally depleted or drained.
There's an oil lamp inside my soul
There's a source of light (symbolized by an oil lamp) within my soul.
And it's burning low
That inner light is diminishing or fading.
And oh my love, I know I've grown quiet
Expressing awareness that I've become quieter in the relationship.
No more the enthusiastic guy you once liked
I've lost the enthusiasm that you once found appealing.
I don't light up rooms when I arrive
I no longer bring excitement or energy when entering a room.
(I'm burning low)
Reiteration of emotional depletion or burning low.
There's an oil lamp inside my soul
Emphasizing the diminishing inner light (oil lamp).
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low.
The only light there is when I'm alone
The only light present when I'm alone is dim and fading.
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low when alone.
There's an oil lamp inside my soul
Continued emphasis on the diminishing inner light.
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low.
The only light there is when I'm alone
Reiterating that the inner light is the only one when alone.
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low when alone.
The flickering flame, can it be saved?
Questioning if the flickering flame of the inner light can be saved or revived.
It casts a shadow of the old days
The flickering flame casts a shadow on memories of better times.
When I could set fire to the waves
Recalling a time when I could bring excitement and color to life.
Bursting colours, now it's so pale
Contrasting vibrant past experiences with the current pale state.
I surround it with my palms as defense
Protecting the fading inner light with my hands.
Carry it to where my rage is
Taking the inner light to where my intense emotions (rage, hate, pain) are.
Where my hate is, where my pain is
Expressing the desire to let emotions burn.
Let them all burn, let them all burn
Repetition of the desire to let everything burn.
Maybe the fire would grow (Would grow)
Speculating that allowing the emotions to burn might lead to growth.
Maybe the fire would grow
Repetition of the idea that the fire might grow.
Maybe the fire would grow
-In that oil lamp inside
Reiteration of the inner light in the oil lamp inside the soul.
Inside my soul, soul, soul
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low.
It's burning low, low, low, low
-Inside my soul, soul, soul
-It's burning low, low, low, low
-There's an oil lamp inside my soul
Emphasizing the diminishing inner light.
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low.
The only light there is when I'm alone
Reiterating that the inner light is the only one when alone.
And it's burning low, low, low, low
Repetition of the idea that the inner light is burning low when alone.
It's burning low
Emphasizing that the inner light is indeed burning low.
I'm burning low
Reiteration that I am emotionally depleted or drained.
I'm burning low
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