The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Lavender" by the artist "Tristania"

The lyrics of "Lavender" by the Norwegian band Tristania tell a story of the tragedy of missed opportunities and the inevitability of parting. The lyrical hero realizes that words have lost their value ("Whatever we might say, / It won't mean a thing today"), and an insurmountable gulf has formed between him and the addressee of the message.

The phrase "What is distant will grow more distant" symbolizes the growing distance between the characters, both physically and emotionally. The feeling of lost time and the impossibility of changing anything is emphasized by the words "And 'now' will forever be / Too late to mend. / Our 'now' will be later". "Our 'now' will be later" is a bitter acknowledgment that what could have been a shared present will remain in an unrealized future.

The third verse can be interpreted as a fleeting hope for closeness ("Someday I will be yours / For a while"), which, however, is immediately shattered by the harsh reality ("Or another smile of youth / Will die and be left with me").

"The echo of longing / No longer resounds" is a metaphor for faded feelings, exhausted passion. "Our cold longing hearts / Have stopped and beat apart" is an image of final separation, when love has turned into emptiness and loneliness.

The last lines "Ending the circle, / You keep on running. / When you see your own back / In front, / You experience death" - a philosophical reflection on the cyclical nature of life and the inevitability of the end. "Death" here can be interpreted as a metaphor for spiritual death, the loss of oneself in an endless run in circles.

Repeating the phrase "What is distant will grow more distant, / And 'now' will forever be / Too late to mend" reinforces the feeling of hopelessness and sums up the tragic ending of the relationship: "Our 'now' ended when…"