Nightfall
Embracing Night's Embrace: Threnodian's Poetic Ode to Shadows
Lyrics
Oh fading sun
The speaker addresses the fading sun.
Why does your light cower
Questioning why the sun's light appears diminished or retreats.
Before the oncoming of the moon
Wondering about the sun's reluctance before the approaching moon.
As dusk descends
Describing the onset of dusk.
in a caviled smile
Characterizing dusk with a hesitant or uncertain smile.
of silver light
Depicting the moon's light as silver.
Extolled only by
Acknowledging the moonlight praised only by nighttime phantoms.
Phantoms in the night
Highlighting the ethereal nature of the night.
May I remember
Expressing a desire to remember moonflowers.
Moonflowers
Linking walking unseen to true freedom.
To walk unseen, truest freedom
Suggesting an act of reverence for forgotten fauna.
Offering reverence to forgotten fauna
Reflecting on the tranquility found in darkness.
May I remember the still found in the black
Describing the dissolution of judgment.
Judgement dissolved
Characterizing the world as a haven.
This world a haven
Expressing a longing for a return to a nurturing source.
Once more
Emphasizing the speaker's soul taking flight.
Nurtured at the source
Desiring to enter the blessed night.
My soul takes flight
Metaphorically conveying a spiritual journey.
Into the blessed night
Expressing a desire to be immersed in the night.
Burrowed in a hollow tree
Describing a sheltered or hidden place in a hollow tree.
Cut out my eyes
Metaphorically suggesting a desire to be blinded or not witness certain things.
Repudiate
Using "Repudiate" to reject or disown the languid gnashing of day.
The languid gnashing of day
Rejecting the slow, grinding struggles of daytime.
Such stillborn dreams
Describing dreams that never come to fruition.
Inside a womb of thorns
Metaphorically describing a difficult and painful environment.
The promise of the sun
Referring to the unfulfilled promise of daylight.
Bury the promise of the sun
Expressing a desire to bury the unfulfilled promise of sunlight.
Bury
Reiterating the desire to bury.
Bury
Repeating the desire to bury, emphasizing closure.
Oh fading moon
The speaker turns attention to the fading moon.
Why must your shadow cower
Questioning why the moon's shadow appears diminished or retreats.
Before the judgement
Connecting the moon's retreat to the judgment of the sun.
Of the sun
Expressing a sense of inevitability or submission to the sun's judgment.
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