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Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place
Where I was lost but left to trace
By carving riddles on the lonesome vine.
Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born,
I just walked in one frosty morn.
Into the vision of some vacant mind.
Oh once I held a pony by its flying mane,
And once I called the shadow in the turning game
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
Aw Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns.
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path.
Aw but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains,
I drink my water when it rains,
And live by chance among the lightning strikes.
Oh once I held a glacier to an open flame
And once I felt like wildcat in the fallen game.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear.
Oh the singers on the edge to feed the canyons mouth
They will go on forever til they sing you out of time.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear.
Where I was lost but left to trace
By carving riddles on the lonesome vine.
Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born,
I just walked in one frosty morn.
Into the vision of some vacant mind.
Oh once I held a pony by its flying mane,
And once I called the shadow in the turning game
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
Aw Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns.
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path.
Aw but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains,
I drink my water when it rains,
And live by chance among the lightning strikes.
Oh once I held a glacier to an open flame
And once I felt like wildcat in the fallen game.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear.
Oh the singers on the edge to feed the canyons mouth
They will go on forever til they sing you out of time.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear.
Lyrics submitted by steelpulse, edited by quarrelina
Track duration: 03:34
"Burden of Tomorrow" as written by Kristian Matsson
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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She wont stay with a man like that.. So he has to prove her that he is willing to fight and do anything for the best of them two. It's my opinion
to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree.
Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place
Where I was lost but left to trace
By carving riddles on the lonesome vine
i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles."
Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born
I just walked in one frosty morn
Into the vision of some vacant mind
i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives.
Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane
And once I called the shadow in the turning game
The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music.
Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path
i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path."
Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains
I drink my water when it rains
And live by chance among the lightning strikes
Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative.
Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth
They will go on forever til they sing you out of time
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us.
to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree.
Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place
Where I was lost but left to trace
By carving riddles on the lonesome vine
i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles."
Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born
I just walked in one frosty morn
Into the vision of some vacant mind
i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives.
Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane
And once I called the shadow in the turning game
The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music.
Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path
i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path."
Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains
I drink my water when it rains
And live by chance among the lightning strikes
Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative.
Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth
They will go on forever til they sing you out of time
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us.
to me, this reads like an artists' battle between reflecting and recreating those darker places, and not getting so drawn into them that they consume you. call it Sylvia Plath but maybe to a lesser degree.
Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place
Where I was lost but left to trace
By carving riddles on the lonesome vine
i think that this verse establishes that, with the "lonesome places" of the earth that he describes being more a metaphor for his artistic mind. it's a "lonesome vine," his consciousness, but he's left there by us, the music lovers, to recreate all of it by way of writing music, or "carving riddles."
Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born
I just walked in one frosty morn
Into the vision of some vacant mind
i don't think it's meant as derogatory, but we're the "vacant minds" in this song, in the way we'll listen to a song (at least ones with meaningful lyrics) with an open mind, wondering what it's all about and then working to relate the message to our own lives.
Oh once I held a pony by its flagging mane
And once I called the shadow in the turning game
The first two lines of each chorus he talks about something awesome he's already done, referring maybe to previous good songs he's done or to general life accomplishments. it's like he's saying how he's done so much good already, yet we're (the audience) is still pushing him to further explore his creative side and keep producing those lyrics.
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the stranger" he starts to describe in later verses, and "you" is us, the fans/audience. the stranger is a metaphor to the dangers of always looking deeper into himself, "the stranger" being the side of himself that could potentially get swept away (later mentioning suicide) if he dwells too much in those darker places that we all have in some manner. the reason "we" (the listener/audience) should fear it is that we could potentially lose him. the way he phrases it, i don't read it like he's being vein, but more in a way warning that he may stop this exploring (hence, stop writing). if he means it going as far as suicide, then he would be a burden to us from having that happen to him or maybe that we even pushed him to it because we kept wanting him to write these lyrics so we would have more music.
Aww Xavier's on the border of the sun
Swings on the chambers of your guns
And tries to shoot the chord and light the path
i don't have the historical knowledge to know who Xavier is, but again he's referring to lyrics that still explore that darker side, through "swings on the chambers of your guns." and then it's the end product of the song, where the individual listener gets some sort of closure or general betterment from the lyrics by the way those lyrics are an attempt to empathize with the listener and enlighten them in some positive way, by the way he is trying to "shoot the chord and light the path."
Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains
I drink my water when it rains
And live by chance among the lightning strikes
Again on the positives/negatives of exploring his inner self. he gets something positive out of the experience when it happens on him ("I drink my water when it rains") but in that journey he has to try and not be harmed when negative things happen ("and live by chance among the lightning strikes"). who knows if his creative exploring will lead to something positive or negative.
Oh the singer's on the edge to feed the canyon's mouth
They will go on forever til they sing you out of time
But I will fight this stranger that you should fear
So I won't be a burden of tomorrow dear
"the singer" is him, and "feeding the canyon's mouth" is his reference to suicide. "They" is us, the audience, who will forever be pushing him to produce more songs and "sing you out of time" is again pushing him until he has nothing left/suicide. but the positive is that he'll keep fighting those negative feelings when he writes so that he won't kill himself and that knowledge won't therefore burden us.
Personally I think it's essentially about the struggle between ones adventurous and imaginative spirit and so called “common sense” or societal norms (this is a struggle familiar to most artists and can manifest itself in ways that could be considered extreme narcissism or delusions of grandeur).
Fighting the stranger is I believe a metaphor for exorcising ones own demons and coming to terms with ones own nature in order to find balance; therefore circumventing the potential future “burden”on a loved one (caused by having to dealing with unresolved internal issues).
Maybe the song is about different attitudes, beliefs and faiths; it seems to incorporate Greek mythology (flagging mane of the horse who pulls the sun), Christianity and matters of science (the earth's rotation). Maybe fighting the stranger we fear is the creation of religion or scientific method to explain away the unknown, possibly death and what happens in the afterlife; maybe the vacant mind is one which cannot explain something and so religion, and thus the creation story, walked in one frosty morn. Religion certainly would be a burden if it only imposed all those regulations without offering something in return, such as the promise of heaven and rewards in the afterlife for being virtuous in this one.
The talk of light could be the sun; lots of cultures worshipped the sun as a deity. However the part "Aww but hell I'm just a blind man on the plains/ I drink my water when it rains/ And live by chance among the lightning strikes" has me in two minds.
It could describe religion / faith in that it is unthinking and blind; you believe in something without needing to necessarily analyse it. Drinking water when it rains means that you take what you're given to a certain extent; you get what you need only when it falls from the sky. Maybe it menas that religion encourages people to wait for miracles and luck rather than to make their own sometimes. This is echoed by the lightning; except this could mean to add that it only takes one piece of concrete information to destroy faith; it lives in a thunderstorm basically, and one strike is all it would take to destroy it.
However, this could equally describe humans. We're all blind men on the plains not knowing for sure about anything, including the afterlife or when we wil die. Drinking water when it rains could mean only drink when we are certain we can get more and maybe it refers to living one day at a time. I would couple this with living by chance among lightning strikes and even with the blind men line. We live blindly, one day at a time, never knowing when our time will come. So we use religion to reassure ourselves that our time will come because it is the deity's will and this takes away the stranger we fear; death and the afterlife.
Just some of my thoughts and feelings of what this song means to me; I love it :)
R
And once I felt like wildcat in the fallen game"
The glacier could be a heart? Flame = a love?
Or just like something daring he did,cause I mean, a glacier's pretty big.
Wildcat in the fallen game = feeling like a winner, victory? idk. I don't know really how to describe the feeling I get from the lyrics, it's just there.
My favourite is "I'm just a blind man on the plains
I drink my water when it rains
And live by chance among the lightning strikes"
Gets me every time
Everyone seems to be most interested in the second stanza, and I agree it's probably the best in the song: "Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born/ I just walked in one frosty morn/ Into the vision of some vacant mind."
It sound like Greek Mythology to me. Wasn't Athena born out of Zeus' head?
That would probably support the theory of a divine narrator.