I remember starting there
The dirt beneath my feet
As I challenged you to come
And see the world with me
For I knew that if you could see
From below, instead of above
That you would be reviled
By the world that you loved
And maybe, if you stand close enough
You could feel my fire, my passion,
And maybe, that would be enough,
For you to feel that way too.
I remember standing there
The sand brushed between my toes
On the shore, at the end of the world
For the first time, I felt alone
Death always followed us; we knew that
It haunts us now, but what has changed?
We had eachother- and we still do.
So I wait here, for you to return.
For I knew that the fire in you
Would not go out so dimmly
Because the fire that’s in you
Is the fire within me too
There is a curse upon those who burn
As brightly as our lives have
We were never meant to last for long
That’s the truth of humankind.
I still remember, the hollow shell
I was so long ago
Life will not come to an end for me
Instead it will become complete.
And now we find ourselves here
As the world crumbles around us
This is the end, of everything
And so it is time for us to go.
But this moment is enternal
And I feel it all again
My joy, my anger, my love, my loss.
Every passing second is another life
One more that I will spend with you.
This moment- do you feel it too?
Chorus:
(Firelust) Find your soul in the dark
(Firelust) Burning bright, evermore
(Firelust) And send away your doubts
(Final Moment) Now, do you feel at home? / It’s time for you to come home
Woo, new website.
This is one of those cases where I could probably spend the next year tweaking this song in the editor, but I don’t think it would get better; it would just be different based on how I’m feeling that day.
The intro to this song was so long I just called it a different song. The song name for the first part is meant as a proper noun. I know how to spell ocarina. The song title is not ocarina.
I have this obsession with the idea of someone that is immortal falling in love with someone who is not. “Firelust” is the image of someone falling in love with fire, and every time they touch it, they get burned, but they keep on trying anyways, believing that maybe one day it won’t burn anymore. I didn’t really get to work that into the lyrics, since the song was already over 11 minutes when I finished it, but that was the idea behind the title.
I do hope lyrics work in the new thing. Otherwise this is going to be a very strange experience to listen to. For this song, I wrote the lyrics by just opening a notepad and writing down a story while paying no mind to rhyme or rhythm. The end result is bizarre and a little off-putting, but I think that fits the song well.
…Welp, lyrics are a bust, so, I sure hope the description here doesn’t have a character limit.
p.s. This song is not just an elaborate excuse to have 3 banjo solos in a heavy metal track. I swear.
-The Arcanist
