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Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
[Chorus]
Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep never die)
I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
[Chorus]
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet my end
[Chorus x3]
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me
Into madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
[Chorus]
Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep never die)
I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
[Chorus]
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet my end
[Chorus x3]
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But I've got to admit, to me, this song is about something you can't even face, it hurts that much. It's my favorite song, but not for its general meaning, but for the power it gives you to stay on your feet, no matter how bullied or how hated or abused you are. Don't turn away, Don't try to hide, Don't close your eyes, Don't turn off the light.
To me, it sounds like you are in hell calling for God to save you.
It's a plea to save you from you falling into hell but God isn't listening now because you are forbidden to enter Heaven. "Speaking to the atmosphere" and then you realize He's not going to listen or save you and it makes you crazy. Knowing you are in hell is too much and you lose it. "this truth drives me into madness"
The part "I can stop the pain if I will it all away, if I will it all away" is basically showing why you are in hell to begin with. You still don't accept that God has control and that you needed to give everything to Him in the first place. To trust in him to take care of you in life. It could also be kind of a coping idea in trying to convince yourself you can control the pain.
"i'm frightened by what i see
but somehow i know that there's much more to come
immobilized by my fear
and soon to be blinded by tears"
Is basically describing how frightening and horrible your surroundings are now. How scared the souls that go to hell must be and to know that it only gets worse.
The "fallen angels at my feet" - demons are everywhere.. possibly pulling you down more. "Whispered voices at my ear" - they are speaking horrible things to you. "Death before my eyes" - I am not claiming to be an expert but I do believe you actually are cast into "death" when in hell. They say you live forever if you go to Heaven.. but I believe they say you die in hell. (don't take me 100% on that). So death is all around you. You are watching everyone die in hell. "Lying next to me, I fear" - its all around you so of course its right next to you. "She beckons me. Shall I give in. Upon my end shall I begin, forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end" - forsaking what you've fallen for.. so whatever belief that brought you into hell, you are forsaking and turning to God. But in the end you have to be cast into hell.
it sounds like the chorus is a cry for help. "Dont turn away" - please dont turn away from me, Lord. "Don't try to hide" - Dont be outside my sight. "Don't close your eyes" - another way of saying don't look away from the fallen. "Don't turn out the light" - everyone sees Heaven as this bright beautifully lit place
Everyone pretty much agrees the latin is saying "save us from danger. save us from evil" If you listen to the song.. the latin sounds like its getting a bit louder each time.. and eventually she fades away. Its all the fallen souls she's among crying out in unison to the Lord to save them from hell.
So there's my interpretation. Sorry it's so long.
just means don't give up, don't turn away or try to hide, face up to to life and don't give into those people who taunt you and want to cause you nothing but pain and suffering, god know what lies behind them in their past :) they could of done some awful things to other people too. Don't go to sleep and stay awake in yourself, be rid of all the negative people out there, fight them off. It also sounds like a cry of help in the first verse too, help to fight off all the negativeness, all the pain but nobody is there to help when you fall into all of your pain. You can will it all away though if you had the strengh to confront these negative people and emotions and be rid of them but you fear doing so and you feel like your helpless, you cant do it on your own that your not strong enough but you know you have to fight it to will it all away, if you don't you will continue to fall into your anguish.
I for one think that this song is about the fall of man kind in Adams point of veiw...Now don't go calling me some crazy religious chick...I'm actually Atheist sooo >.>
catch me as i fall
obviously This is adam wishing For someone (god) to step in as he is about to give into temptation
say you're here and it's all over now
speaking to the atmosphere
Again here i believe that he is talking to god
no one's here and i fall into myself
this truth drives me into madness
According to a passage in Paradise lost ( an epic poem of the fall of satan and the banishment of adam and eve from the garden of eden) The Truth from the tree of knowledge gives adam and eve nightmares
i know i can stop the pain if i will it all away
don't turn away
(don't give in to the pain)
don't try to hide
(though they're screaming your name)
don't close your eyes
(god knows what lies behind them)
don't turn out the light
(never sleep, never die)
To me this whole chorus is about Adam fighting the guilt from taking a bite from the apple and acquiring the Knowledge of God. By they I just assuming demons the followers of satan taunting him for giving in so easily.
i'm frightened by what i see
but somehow i know that there's much more to come
well when God finds out that they've taken a bite of the apple they're going to be in deep Shyte sooo
immobilized by my fear
and soon to be blinded by tears
He's obviously afraid of the visions and being kicked out of eden
i can stop the pain if i will it all away
don't turn away
(don't give in to the pain)
don't try to hide
(though they're screaming your name)
don't close your eyes
(god knows what lies behind them)
don't turn out the light
(never sleep, never die)
Guilt again.
fallen angels at my feet
Fallen angels oh come on Satan was the original "fallen angel"
whispered voices at my ear
Satan and his army whispering
death before mine eyes
when Adam and eve were banished from the garden of eden they became mortal and thus death before there eyes
lying next to me, i fear
she beckons me , shall i give in
This is the only verse that speaks of Eve as she Beckons him to take the apple and he gives in
upon my end, shall i begin
forsaken all i've fallen for
Original sin anyone...according to that we are all forsaken until we've begin again...until we've been baptized
i rise to meet the end
he rises to speak to god..which will be his end (so he thinks)
don't turn away
(don't give in to the pain)
don't try to hide
(though they're screaming your name)
don't close your eyes
(god knows what lies behind them)
don't turn out the light
(never sleep, never die)
or she is remembering her sister, who died at the age of 3. i don't know. i really don't know.
Amy has a talent for articulating a story so well, that the true meaning is hard to see, but still right in front of your nose! some of her songs are heartbreaking though... my immortal,hello,tourniquet,whisper, snow white queen...
Servatis a periculum
[save us from danger].
Servatis a maleficum
[save us from evil].
Once you have that 'key,' the poetry all seems to fit nicely into place. She's a fallen, sinful woman, despairing at the emptiness and pain and misery of her life, but a voice inside her (the chorus) keeps telling her not to turn away from Christ.
In the final stanza:
fallen angels at my feet
whispered voices at my ear
Is the continuing temptation of the sinful life and the people in it who are dragging her down.
death before mine eyes
lying next to me, i fear
She knows the sinful path she is following leads to nothing but death .... and probably soon.
she beckons me , shall i give in
upon my end, shall i begin
The 'she' is probably the voice inside her that has been trying to save her.
forsaken(ing) all i've fallen for
i rise to meet the end
She forsakes her life of sin, deciding to "die to the world."