Let's take a look: The lyrics start with, "A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream," and goes on with lightning in a summer cloud, flickering lamp and a phantom of a dream. Other than the "phantom of a dream" bit, these are all descriptions of natural phenomenon. My initial thinking is that this is something about the greatness of nature. There's a counter-position as well, which arrives soon in the next stanza: "Aspirations/Chained to grindstones at your feet." To me, it's obvious that the eliciting of "grindstones at your feet" refers to you being held back, whether by something that prevents you from reaching your aspirations or, more likely, by the aspirations themselves. A few lines later, it says, "I can't offer an explanation/There's no one here but love." This SEEMS to be suggesting again that nature and life as itself is a wonderful thing, but humans screw it all up, presumably with our aspirations. Now, what ARE those aspirations? The next line gives us a clue: "No conflict/No mind tricks/Mother Earth guide my ship/Comfort me/Despite me/Oh, mercy, radiate your grace on me." This sounds like he's saying that he wants to be led not by man, not by his leaders and not by his own ambitions (not the line "despite me," meaning "even though I don't deserve it or I fight against you due to my humanly drives) but by the natural order of life before man's social constructs. It doesn't seem to be specifically anti-war, although it clearly _is_ against war, but rather against man's civilization, civilizing everything until it's so civilized that it's a place where no civilized person would go. Hope that helps!
Lyrics: A summer cloud A flickering lamp A phantom and a dream Aspirations Chained to grindstones at your feet Contradictions Behold what you're afraid to see Dear world I can't offer an explanation There's no one here but love No conflict No mind tricks Mother Earth guide my ship Comfort me Despite me Oh mercy, radiate your grace on me Out of the ground Where I hide my tangled head To the North Star And the alchemy is met Dear world I can't offer a reservation There's no one here but love No conflict No mind tricks Mother Earth guide my ship Comfort me Despite me Oh mercy, radiate your grace on me Laugh and spit Into the air Laugh and spit There could be holy fallout There should be holy fallout There will be holy fallout Dear world I can't offer a reservation There's no one here but love A star at dawn A bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in A summer cloud A flickering lamp A phantom and a dream No conflicts No mind tricks Comfort me Remind me
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one of the best songs by this band, IMO
this and carbon base anatomy are my favorites hands down
Just the intro alone is such a work of art. What an insane song.
Definitely up there as one of my favourite Cynic tracks. Just beautifully constructed/written track.
El mejor tema
Estamos de acuerdo
también está infinity shades, me parece que es sublime.
El mejor
I'll never not miss Sean Reinert and Sean Malone
dope
#1 most underrated band of all time in my opinion
What a song...
Breathtaking solo with a beautiful tone
Does anybody know what the lyrics are about..."holy fallout???"
Let's take a look:
The lyrics start with, "A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream," and goes on with lightning in a summer cloud, flickering lamp and a phantom of a dream.
Other than the "phantom of a dream" bit, these are all descriptions of natural phenomenon.
My initial thinking is that this is something about the greatness of nature. There's a counter-position as well, which arrives soon in the next stanza:
"Aspirations/Chained to grindstones at your feet."
To me, it's obvious that the eliciting of "grindstones at your feet" refers to you being held back, whether by something that prevents you from reaching your aspirations or, more likely, by the aspirations themselves.
A few lines later, it says, "I can't offer an explanation/There's no one here but love."
This SEEMS to be suggesting again that nature and life as itself is a wonderful thing, but humans screw it all up, presumably with our aspirations.
Now, what ARE those aspirations? The next line gives us a clue:
"No conflict/No mind tricks/Mother Earth guide my ship/Comfort me/Despite me/Oh, mercy, radiate your grace on me."
This sounds like he's saying that he wants to be led not by man, not by his leaders and not by his own ambitions (not the line "despite me," meaning "even though I don't deserve it or I fight against you due to my humanly drives) but by the natural order of life before man's social constructs.
It doesn't seem to be specifically anti-war, although it clearly _is_ against war, but rather against man's civilization, civilizing everything until it's so civilized that it's a place where no civilized person would go.
Hope that helps!
Blessed may you be, searcher!
Lyrics:
A summer cloud
A flickering lamp
A phantom and a dream
Aspirations
Chained to grindstones at your feet
Contradictions
Behold what you're afraid to see
Dear world
I can't offer an explanation
There's no one here but love
No conflict
No mind tricks
Mother Earth guide my ship
Comfort me
Despite me
Oh mercy, radiate your grace on me
Out of the ground
Where I hide my tangled head
To the North Star
And the alchemy is met
Dear world
I can't offer a reservation
There's no one here but love
No conflict
No mind tricks
Mother Earth guide my ship
Comfort me
Despite me
Oh mercy, radiate your grace on me
Laugh and spit
Into the air
Laugh and spit
There could be holy fallout
There should be holy fallout
There will be holy fallout
Dear world
I can't offer a reservation
There's no one here but love
A star at dawn
A bubble in a stream
A flash of lightning in
A summer cloud
A flickering lamp
A phantom and a dream
No conflicts
No mind tricks
Comfort me
Remind me