I understand what Blind Guardian are talking about..just a half of it...
They are talking about losing some abilities you know you once had, you REMEMBER you once had. The ability to dream, to imagine...
the ability to be happy when you discover something new, albeit very trivial... like when you discover what's behind a bush in a park.
Those verses "To turn out every light so deep in me...", "Before they'll fade away...", "The walls around my heart..."... tells about that. I have experienced something similar since the faculty...
I know the stars very well, I started learning them when I was 12 (I remember Jupiter was in the same place as today, and it needs 12 years to revolve around Sun
)... I remember how happy I was with every new star in the sky I learned... like this
And today it's like this
...
Yes I have the job, pension and health insurance, bank account, tax card and stuff, but I think it has not much to do with that. It has more to do with some changes, some chemistry in your head... irreversible changes... the verses "I can't come back, I'm lost but still I know, There is another world..." tell on that.
And I also know that world is still out there, it's just that I cannot feel it anymore. It's restricted for me, like Inner Circle subforum here...
And Tuomas *insertnick* Holopainen also wrote a lot of lyrics on that topic.
However, right now I'm too pissed off at him to be able to analyze them in an unbiased way...
@Saphira: as I said I could tell much more on this topic, but you're still too young for that. I don't want to encumber you before it's time... But feel free to drop me some lines when you get 24!
