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Adonais Lyrics
HE BREAKS THE SPELL STILL YOUNG
AWAKES FROM OUT THIS DREAM OF LIFE AND LEAVES US SLEEPING STORM RACKED BLIND CONSUMED BY PHANTOM PALE DISPLAYS OF GRIEF HE SLIPS FROM OUT THIS SHADOW LAND OF PAIN WHERE HEADS GROW SORROW GREY AND AGE DESTROYS ALL HOPE AND SPIRITS CRUSHED LAMENT AND HIDE AWAY BUT WORDLESS WATCH THE SOFT SKY SMILE AND BREATHLESS HEAR THE LOW WIND SIGH "WHAT DEATH MAY JOIN NO MORE LET LIFE DIVIDE" "DREAM YOURSELF AWAKE" HE CALLS "ETERNITY AWAITS US ALL OPEN YOUR EYES AND BE WITH ME BE WITH ME... " HE BREAKS THE CHAINS STILL YOUNG DISPELS THE HATEFUL SHADES OF TREACHEROUS TIME AND LEAVES US SLEEPING TORTURED MUTE DEVOURED BY GHOSTLY SHAPES OF LIFE HE SLIPS FROM TIES OF DUST TO BE THE WORLD WE DREAM HE LIVES A PART OF EVERYTHING WE FEEL THE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL AND BRAVE OF HEART BUT WORDLESS WATCH THE SOFT SKY SMILE AND BREATHLESS HEAR THE LOW WIND SIGH "WHAT DEATH MAY JOIN NO MORE LET LIFE DIVIDE" "DREAM YOURSELF AWAKE" HE CALLS "ETERNITY AWAITS US ALL OPEN YOUR EYES AND BE WITH ME BE WITH ME... " "DREAM YOURSELF AWAKE" HE CALLS "ETERNITY AWAITS US ALL OPEN YOUR EYES AND BE WITH ME FOREVER... " |
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06-21-2002
Adonais is inspired by a Keats poem.
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03-08-2003
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05-08-2004
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05-08-2004
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12-12-2004
I look at the line, "What death may join no more let life divide" as sort of a call to action, as in, don't deny yourself any part of life.
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12-25-2005
A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord"
Also: Adonai
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01-14-2007
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01-21-2007
This song is a romanticism of death. Adonais' death in particular is considered here to be an awakening from the dream of life, where the dead soul is freed from the constraints of earthly living. The spirit of the departed appears to be calling to the loved one left behind (starting with the wind's words in the chorus), seducing that person with the promise of being together forever.
Incidentally, the Cure altered lyrics to one of their own songs in concert once immediately following Ian Curtis' (singer for Joy Division who hung himself) death, and they also did a cover of J.D.'s "Love Will Tear Us Apart" several years later. It isn't unlikely that Smith had Curtis in mind when writing this.
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09-22-2007
it is so beautiful. so devine. i am so glad they made Join The Dots... these b-sides deserve the chance to shine and form tears in their listeners eyes.
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