Curtain Call
Echoes of Lost Innocence: Thorns Of Ivory's Curtain Call
Lyrics
Take me back when nothing mattered
Reflecting on a time when nothing was of great importance.
We were free, the soul alive
Recalling a period of freedom and vitality in the soul.
Weight of the world had not yet found us
The burdens of the world had not yet affected them.
Standing tall
Feeling strong and confident.
We all belonged
A sense of belonging and unity.
On our knees, ours heads now hang low
Facing hardship, possibly feeling defeated.
We've lost our way the way we bestowed
Having lost the right path or values once possessed.
Bring back a womb of comfort
Yearning for a return to a comforting and secure place.
Take me back when life was simple
Desiring a return to a simpler and easier life.
All this time they lead to the slaughter
Realizing that all the time has led to a destructive outcome.
Slaughter
Repetition for emphasis, emphasizing a sense of massacre or devastation.
We are but lambs to slaughter
Comparing themselves to helpless lambs led to destruction.
We are the ones who fall
Acknowledging their own vulnerability and tendency to fall.
This is a new day dawning
Anticipating a new and significant change or challenge.
Curtain Call
Referring to a decisive moment or event, possibly an ending.
Bring forth your sons and daughters
Invoking the future generations to face a similar fate.
Everyone will fall
Expressing a fatalistic view that everyone will eventually fall.
Curtian call
Reiteration of a decisive ending, the "Curtain Call."
On our backs we've all been battered
Acknowledging shared struggles and hardships.
The will is gone, we can't break free
Feeling trapped or unable to break free from challenges.
Innocence has now been shattered
Loss of innocence and the introduction of guilt and fear.
Feed the guilt, and breed the fear
Associating guilt and fear with shattered innocence.
With arrogance we lost it all
Highlighting the role of arrogance in their downfall.
Piece by piece, we sold our soul
Incremental loss of essential qualities, possibly morality.
Now we're lost, a life in tatters
Feeling lost and experiencing a life in ruins.
Leave me down next time I fall
Expressing a desire to be left alone during hardships.
All this time they lead us to the slaughter
Reiterating that time has led them towards destruction.
Slaughter
Repetition for emphasis, emphasizing a sense of massacre or devastation.
Time and tide won't wait for us
Time and tide wait for no one; emphasizing the inevitability of change.
All our ash will turn to dust
Symbolizing the transient nature of life, alluding to mortality.
Is there any point to this at all
Raising existential questions about the purpose of it all.
Time and tide won't wait for us
Reiterating the fleeting nature of time and life's impermanence.
All our ash will turn to dust
Reiteration of the inevitability of decay and death.
What's the point
Raising a rhetorical question about the meaning or purpose of existence.
So take this hell from me
An urgent plea to be relieved from suffering or hardship.
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