Firelight
Eternal Flames: Within Temptation's Poetic Reflections
Lyrics
I paid my dues all for truth
I have fulfilled my obligations in pursuit of truth.
Can't leave it here, leave it here, leave it here forgotten
Truth should not be abandoned or forgotten.
Silence rules as blind as fools
Silence prevails, and those who are blind act as fools.
Will never learn, never learn, never learn to break away
Some individuals will never learn to break away from their ways.
Oh, why can't we rise again?
Expressing a desire for a collective rise or revival.
When all the days go by a firelight
During moments illuminated by firelight.
We'll never fade out in the night
Commitment to enduring, not fading away during the night.
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
Despite being estranged, there's a magnetic attraction to challenges or difficulties.
We are like fire to the rain
Comparing the relationship to fire's interaction with rain, suggesting intensity.
Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
Highlighting the oddity that love can obstruct or complicate situations.
It never goes away, never goes away
Love persists and never completely fades away.
I paid my dues all for truce
Reiteration of fulfilling obligations for the sake of a truce or peace.
I'll leave it here, leave it here, leave it here forgotten
The truce or peace should not be abandoned or forgotten.
Love will rule over truth
Emphasizing that love will prevail over truth.
Will never learn, never learn, never learn to break away
Some individuals will never learn to break away from the dominance of love.
Oh, why can't we rise again?
Expressing a desire for a collective rise or revival, echoing line 6.
When all the days go by a firelight
During moments illuminated by firelight (repeated imagery).
We'll never fade out in the night
Commitment to enduring, not fading away during the night (repeated imagery).
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
Despite being estranged, there's a magnetic attraction to challenges or difficulties (repeated theme).
We are like fire to the rain
Comparing the relationship to fire's interaction with rain, suggesting intensity (repeated imagery).
Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
Reiteration of the strange interference of love in life's challenges.
Isn't it strange that love is in the way?
Further emphasizing the oddity that love can obstruct or complicate situations.
When all the days go by a firelight
During moments illuminated by firelight (repeated imagery).
We'll never fade out in the night
Commitment to enduring, not fading away during the night (repeated imagery).
And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame
Despite being estranged, there's a magnetic attraction to challenges or difficulties (repeated theme).
We are the fire to the rain
Emphasizing the role of the relationship as fire to the rain (repeated imagery).
Isn't strange that love is in the way
Reiteration of the strange interference of love in life's challenges.
It never goes away, away
Love persists and never completely fades away (repeated theme).
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