The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Opus Relinque" by the artist "Tristania"

The lyrics of the song Opus Relinque by the Norwegian band Tristania tell the story of the deep inner turmoil and despair of the lyrical hero. He feels on the verge of death, torn apart by conflicting thoughts and visions. The image of "bloody visions" and washing wounds with "your saliva" points to a painful and possibly destructive relationship.

The hero's apathy grows, he is tired of the "slaughter of light" - probably a metaphor for struggle and suffering in the world. He seeks solace in oblivion ("to be quiet with phantoms"), but he is tormented by memories of "past love," which seems to have become the source of his pain. "Bloody rebirth" may mean the hero's attempt to rise from the ashes of the past, but this transformation is painful, as evidenced by "faces like transparent masks."

The hero feels exiled, wandering through lands "where angels fear to tread." He is a "hidden torture," perhaps a suffering soul misunderstood by others. "The watching souls" haunt him, giving him no rest, reminding him of "the age of lost innocence." The image of the "Lamb of God" hints at a religious subtext, perhaps a sense of guilt and the search for redemption.

The finale of the song is an appeal to the flame, which the hero calls upon to incinerate him and make him "the most dissolute martyr." It is a desperate cry of the soul seeking liberation from pain.