Red Clouds
Red Clouds: Love Lost and Unforgotten
Lyrics
I've surfaced from the wreckage
I have emerged from a destructive situation
By creating more damage
Causing more harm in the process
Those I loved, where we grew up
The places where my loved ones and I grew up
Are now nothing but shells with
Now only remnants with broken bones
Broken bones, abandoned and left alone
Abandoned and left alone
Where did the love go?
Questioning the disappearance of love
Could you pull me close, if you wanted to let me go?
Asking if someone would hold me close, even if they plan to let me go
Beautiful body of glass
Referring to a fragile and beautiful body made of glass
Did the love die in the silence?
Wondering if love perished in silence
Red clouds bury the sky
Symbolizing a bleak atmosphere with red clouds covering the sky
The body lives, but the heart has died
The physical body persists, but the emotional core has perished
I’ve travelled so far
Expressing a long journey
Reclaimed my life, but lost so much more
Recovering one's life but losing much more in the process
The love i once had has moved on
Acknowledging that past love has moved on
How can I live with the fact
Contemplating how to live with the knowledge
That he’s fallen for another man?
Realizing a loved one has fallen for another man
Oh, how I’ve lost my way
Feeling lost and without direction
Nobody cares I blew out my brains
Sense of isolation and desperation
Soldier of none, is the sea still flames?
Questioning if the sea, once ablaze, is now calm
Or did the fire die besides amity?
Contemplating whether the fire of passion has extinguished
The red clouds bury the sky
Continuing the imagery of red clouds shrouding the sky
The body lives, but the heart has
Reiteration that the body endures, but the heart is broken
Oh King, where did thou go?
Addressing a figure, possibly a king, and questioning their whereabouts
Trapped inside a bitter man
Feeling trapped within a bitter individual
Who overturned your throne.
Questioning the overthrow of someone's metaphorical throne
I'm the last one left
Expressing a sense of being the last survivor and extremely lonely
And the most alone
Highlighting extreme loneliness
The choir sings, “love come back home
A choir singing, pleading for love to return
To me.”
Direct appeal to a royal queen, questioning if she fears the death of love
Royal queen, are you terrified that the love has died?
Reference to a royal figure and questioning their terror
Trinity, can you feel the change?
Asking if a trinity can perceive the change in the situation
A decade has passed since we had the rain
Noting the passage of time without rain
Now red clouds bury the sky
Red clouds symbolizing a dark and ominous atmosphere
Your bodies live, but your hearts have died
Parallel to line 11, stating that bodies live, but hearts are lifeless
You won’t even recognise my face
Anticipating that others won't recognize the speaker's face
These tired eyes have seen nothing but disdain
Expressing weariness and having witnessed only disdain
No you won’t even see us at all,
Expecting to be overlooked entirely
The red clouds swirl the sky
Continuation of red clouds imagery, swirling in the sky
Our bodies live, but hearts have...
Reiteration of physical survival with emotionally dead hearts
I didn't even get to say goodbye...
Expressing regret at not having the opportunity to say goodbye
These violet eyes can do nothing else but cry.
Describing the speaker's violet eyes shedding tears
And the grave where you now lie is
Noting the grave where the subject lies, adjacent to the speaker's
Filled in next to mine
Continuation of red clouds imagery, swirling in the sky
The red clouds swirl the sky
Reiterating physical survival while the heart remains lifeless
My body lives, but my heart has died.
Affirming the speaker's physical existence, but emotional death
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