![]() ![]() I sang it whenever I was in the car today to pay tribute to the passing of Ninja, my sugar glider. My interpretation can't account for the whole song, but I've had it turning over in my head all day anyway. ![]() Whatever it is, we all face it eventually so there's no use being afraid. Solve the gear puzzle for some minor loot, then enter. Flip the switch to stop the spikes altogether, then head upstairs. "The dark and cold" is another metaphor for the unknown, which is where all of us are in our final moments. Use the same code on the second set of bells, then head across the spikes. No stumbling over blind attempts to appeal to the unknown for entrance to whatever possible afterlife and such. He knows what he faces is a mystery, and he's just going to move forward gracefully. The narrator is asking the audience to leave all that out of it. Perhaps asking who tells the story (who is god? why does he let us die? what does he has in store for us? etc.) only bogs down our lives. We all face death, we're all commemorated in some fashion, and death is a momentous occassion for all of us. Perhaps they see their past as a collection of tales, and death is the only song left for them. The narrator is finished with their life. The bard's song (death) will lift all our burdens. I think "the bard's song" is a metaphor for death itself. Time will change everything, all memories will fade, and we can't possibly know what lies ahead ("far from home" being symbolic of the unknown beyond). Recognizing the time that's behind them, and admitting that their time has peacefully come.īut now hear my song, about the dawn of the night.Ĭomforting the audience with the notion that death is a new beginning (*dawn* of the night), and requesting that we sing with them to ease their passing while paying a romantic tribute to the moment. "When hours have gone by, I'll close my eyes." Here's a few lines that really seem to point to a death theme, in my opinion. This is an old drinking song that fits perfectly for InXiles upcoming game The Bards Tale. There are numerous allusions to concepts of ending, finality, mortality, and erosion of memory. It's really a very moving depiction of a final farewell - quite likely from a deathbed. ![]() I can't speak for the band's intention with this song, but I think interpretation can go beyond a song for the sake of romanticizing the historical legacy of the bard or representing a specific story. My OpinionI had a change of perspective with this song today as it was in my car and I had a pet die lastnight. ![]()
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