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Inside the cradle without the sun,
On frozen tides he tries to carry on,
By a mistake it was all gone
Still seeking the twin for the tainted swan,
Who glows in all the shades of grey,
But he is facing the lightless dawn again
Small hours' mist,
Upon the frozen land,
Weariness in the wayfarer's eyes,
No time to catch his breath
He walks alone recalling,
The omen of the swan from his dreams,
Wading through the gloomy backwoods,
By the surging darkened stream
New sun once rose behind the fell,
Brought her sisters down to the earth,
They called the Maiden Saivo,
To guide the swan to the furthest shore
He knows the signs of the sullen skies,
And rhymes to open her sleeping eyes,
Just can't let go of his dream and start to live alone
On frozen tides he tries to carry on,
By a mistake it was all gone
Still seeking the twin for the tainted swan,
Who glows in all the shades of grey,
But he is facing the lightless dawn again
Small hours' mist,
Upon the frozen land,
Weariness in the wayfarer's eyes,
No time to catch his breath
He walks alone recalling,
The omen of the swan from his dreams,
Wading through the gloomy backwoods,
By the surging darkened stream
New sun once rose behind the fell,
Brought her sisters down to the earth,
They called the Maiden Saivo,
To guide the swan to the furthest shore
He knows the signs of the sullen skies,
And rhymes to open her sleeping eyes,
Just can't let go of his dream and start to live alone
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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In my opinion Swan Saivo is about insurmountable loss & being trapped in this region of the dead to suffer with ones pain unable to feel alive because the burden of just keeping ones hope up has becomes it\'s very own source of misery. \n\nsaivo - one of the Sami regions of the dead, where the deceased, called saivoolmak, lead happy lives in the saivo world with their families and ancestors; they build tents, hunt, fish, and in every way act as they did on earth. In Finland it was usually believed to be under special double-bottomed lakes connected by a small hole. The saivo localities were regarded as sacred and as sources of power that could be used by the shaman, or noiade. When the noiade wished to go into a trance, he would call to his aid his guardian spirits.