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the hollow light
is still on the fields
where the winter has warmed
and the snows have drained waway
and the hunter's cry
is still on the air
as the bullet flies home
but the heart that's pierced with it
still is racing
still is racing, alone.
the silver shoals
of the light in the deep
brush the glitterin skein
where the great, dark body writhes
and the trembling jaw
the unfathoming sounds
of leviathan, bound
as his heart, though weakening
still is racing
still is racing, alone
you are racing
you are racing,
alone.
is still on the fields
where the winter has warmed
and the snows have drained waway
and the hunter's cry
is still on the air
as the bullet flies home
but the heart that's pierced with it
still is racing
still is racing, alone.
the silver shoals
of the light in the deep
brush the glitterin skein
where the great, dark body writhes
and the trembling jaw
the unfathoming sounds
of leviathan, bound
as his heart, though weakening
still is racing
still is racing, alone
you are racing
you are racing,
alone.
Lyrics submitted by thiagozero
Track duration: 02:52
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This is currently my favourite song on the album, it brings tears to my eyes. The combination of the melody, his voice, the lyrics, the slight change in the chord structure in the 2nd verse, it's just perfect.
Yes, the metaphor is about Leviathan, a legendary massive creature living in the bottom of the sea. Not strictly speaking an immortal being, but something that lives for a long, long time, destined to be the only one of its kind and ultimately die alone. I just wonder about the first verse. Somehow, even though some animal has been shot, through the heart, it still isn't dying. Maybe that is just the first part of the metaphor, about how your heart still keeps beating although it has been broken by someone?
Love the images of nature that this album is full of, by the way.
If the post above about Leviathan is true, its f*cking awesome!