White Skies and Grey Lands
Elegy of Fading Love: Embracing the Dance of Vultures
Lyrics
The rain became the shroud
The rain symbolizes a covering or veil.
That hide us from the sun
The shroud conceals individuals from the sunlight.
Your loss painted that winter morning
Your loss is depicted in the imagery of a winter morning.
Like a picture
Comparing the loss to a picture, emphasizing its visual impact.
Of white skies and grey lands
Describing the imagery of the loss: white skies and grey lands.
Of white skies and grey lands
Reiteration of the visual theme of white skies and grey lands.
No farewell, no last words
No formal goodbyes or final words, only the lingering taste of wine.
Only the taste of the wine
Emphasizing the sensory experience of the wine as a memory.
As I carry your coffin
The speaker carries the burden of the loss, symbolized by a coffin.
I still hear your voice
Despite the physical absence, the voice of the lost one is still heard.
I lead the black procession
The speaker leads a somber procession towards a stone, likely a grave.
I take you to the stone
Transporting the departed to their final resting place.
You teach me how to dance
The lost one taught the speaker to dance, possibly metaphorical for coping with grief.
To the tune of the vultures
The dance is set to the tune of vultures, suggesting a dark and ominous atmosphere.
If nothing stays forever
Reflecting on impermanence, questioning the value of persistence.
If all we love just fades away
Contemplating the transient nature of love and its eventual fading.
Why should we try, why should we pray
Raising existential questions about effort and prayer.
To a deaf god of nothingness
The futile appeal to a god perceived as indifferent or non-existent.
A cold winter morning feast
Describing a cold and bleak morning feast, possibly a metaphor for mourning.
Clothes of ashes, glasses of sand
Symbolic elements of mourning attire and desolation.
Then you taught me how to dance
The lost one taught the speaker to dance again, reinforcing coping mechanisms.
To the song of the vultures
Dancing to the song of vultures, suggesting a morbid acceptance of the inevitable.
If nothing stays forever
Reiteration of the theme of impermanence and the transient nature of things.
If all we love just fades away
Reemphasizing the idea that everything beloved eventually fades away.
Why should we try, why should we pray
Persisting queries about the purpose of trying and praying in the face of inevitable loss.
To a deaf god of nothingness
A repeated expression of the futility of appealing to a seemingly indifferent god.
The rain became a shroud
Repetition of the rain as a shroud, reinforcing the theme of concealment.
A picture
Reiterating the idea of loss as a visual representation, a picture.
Of white skies and grey lands
Reiteration of the imagery of white skies and grey lands.
Of white skies and grey lands
Repetition of the visual elements, underscoring their significance in conveying grief.
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