This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
What has come over me
What madness taken hold of my heart
To run away, the only answer
Pulling me away
To run upon my sight
So now recovering
Sweet shadow taking hold of my mind
Another day has been devoured
Calling me away, bringing the question
Why
For saving me from all they've taken
Let my honor fall again
Giving me the strength to face them
Feeling it taking over now
I'm about to take it all away
There can be no better way of knowing
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
This self-discovery
Redemption taking hold of my mind
This serenade of haunting voices
Calling me away
To piece from the sight
So much felicity
Downgrade and taking hold of my head
Leading me away from hibernation
Strong and I'm unafraid
Never a question why
For saving me from all they've taken
Let my honor fall again
Giving me the strength to face them
Feeling it taking over now
I'm about to take it all away
There can be no better way of knowing
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
Give in to the night
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
Night, night, night
Give into the night
Night, night, night
Give into the night
Give into the night
What madness taken hold of my heart
To run away, the only answer
Pulling me away
To run upon my sight
So now recovering
Sweet shadow taking hold of my mind
Another day has been devoured
Calling me away, bringing the question
Why
For saving me from all they've taken
Let my honor fall again
Giving me the strength to face them
Feeling it taking over now
I'm about to take it all away
There can be no better way of knowing
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
This self-discovery
Redemption taking hold of my mind
This serenade of haunting voices
Calling me away
To piece from the sight
So much felicity
Downgrade and taking hold of my head
Leading me away from hibernation
Strong and I'm unafraid
Never a question why
For saving me from all they've taken
Let my honor fall again
Giving me the strength to face them
Feeling it taking over now
I'm about to take it all away
There can be no better way of knowing
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
Give in to the night
In a world beyond controlling
Are you going to deny the savior
In front of your eyes?
Stare into the night
Power beyond containing
Are you going to remain a slave for
The rest of your life?
Give into the night
Night, night, night
Give into the night
Night, night, night
Give into the night
Give into the night
Lyrics submitted by ab0ve, edited by hollowwolf, ExitLight7, EternalTearsOfSorrow
The Night Lyrics as written by David Draiman Dan Donegan
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I think the night either refers to the darkness within or to the dark night of the soul. "Are you going to remain a slave for the rest of your life? Give into the night" is a way of saying that the only choice is to face the darkness or turn back and succumb to conformity.
Anybody who has devoted themselves to becoming their own person knows that the road is not paved, there is no indication of where it begins or ends, and there is no place to rest. It eventually becomes easier but there will inevitably be a time of confusion when a shadow blocks out the sun. If you fear the night you will stumble and die. If you embrace the darkness with resolve you will eventually find the light. This song embodies the moment of truth when the fate of one's soul hangs in the balance. "Are you gonna deny the savior in front of your eyes? Give into the night." This, to me, speaks of clarity within the confusion and a willingness to bear the weight of one's choices. Freedom is worth any pain or struggle one incurs along the way.
I love your post, even if it may not be particularly what I feel about the meaning, still great words ;-)... I think anyone who tries to make the world fit themselves, rather than trying to fit the world, experiences these feelings at one point or another. Though the path may not be paved, it is always much more rewarding when you make your own way, it just takes time.
This is a perfect interpretation of the song, and precisely what the lyrics mean to me. I especially love the last line in your post: "Freedom is worth any pain or struggle one incurs along the way." Thank you for deepening my understanding.
In a time, where freedom is becoming more and more scarce. It is refreshing to know that there is still people out there who truly know what freedom is all about. <br /> <br /> As far as the meaning of the song. ArisenPhoenix is 100% correct. This song speaks about breaking away from status quo. It speaks about individuality and not always following the popular ideas. <br /> <br /> "Freedom is worth any pain or struggle one incurs along the way". ARISEPHOENIX <br /> Well said......<br /> <br /> <br /> Sometimes, even popular ideas are proven wrong. We must always be open to the possibility that there could be a much better way to doing things. That's what makes our species special. It's because we have intelligence and we can learn from previous experiences. (Even thoug, we dont always learn) Intelligence is double edged sword just as technology has brought many good things but it also has the potential to destroy us all.<br /> <br /> "It has become appallingly clear that technology has surpassed our humanity. It is my hope that our humanity will one day surpass our technology."<br /> Albert Einstein
@ArisenPhoenix A beautiful answer. Now all that's left to figure out is how to combine faith and freedom;)
I think this song is about facing the darkness within.
Mark Twain once said "Every person is a moon, with a dark side which he never shows to anybody." There is darkness in every person, but we spend so much time trying to deny it and fight against it that we waste our lives in the process. The darkness is part of us, so without it, we can never be whole, destined to spend our lives searching for what we are missing because we can't believe that what we are missing is that other piece of ourselves that we are so desperate to deny.
I believe this song is about accepting that darkness within yourself in order to find salvation. It's about yin and yang, about finding harmony within the balance between good and evil, love and hate, light and darkness. It's about embracing the darkness within, in order to walk in the light.
That is seriously a great interpretation. I agree with you completely. The way you wrote it makes so much sense, I am just in awe at how well you worded it.<br /> <br /> (By the way, I think my response kind of sounds a bit sarcastic, so I want to say I am serious and I don't mean it to sound that way... just to make sure you know that.)
This song is kick ass! It is one of my favorites on the new CD! I really can relate b/c I am trying to find the real me right now, but my family pressures me to be something else sometimes.
I totally agree with lakajj about the song being about someone trying to become their own person.
Great song!
My interpretation of this song is someone trying to become their own person and decide for themselves what they want to be and trying to resist the pressure from outside sources to conform to their beliefs.
Sorry, I realize I messed up one of the lyrics I quoted: "Are you gonna deny the savior in front of your eyes? Stare into the night"
Just a quick lyrics correction
It's actually "Letting my ARMOR fall again" instead of honor...
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This song could also just be about giving into the power of the night. Like a person is being tempted to and is torn about becoming a vampire/lycanthrope. This is probably a quest for revenge for some wrong commited and the one who suffered is being told that they can have power beyond containing if they give into the power that comes with the night and being a creature assosiated with it.
Though I agree about the conformity issue being what the song is about I just thought I'd give another possible meaning ^^
The night doesn't have to refer to something dark, it could just mean something unexplored and therefore unknown, like this person's inner self.
it sickens me to know there are dumbasses like you in the world.
i think it is talking about someone standing up against oppression "are you going to deny the savior in front of you". This person is seen by the norm as a bad person or a shady character "the night" but this person is standing up for them selves and others "giving me the strength to face them"