The meaning of the lyrics of the song "In the Light of Dying Summer" by the artist "Until Death Overtakes Me"

The poem "In the Light of Dying Summer" by the Belgian band Until Death Overtakes Me is a somber and beautiful elegy dedicated to a lost love. The lyrical hero addresses his beloved, who seems to have taken her own life.

The image of "dying summer" creates an atmosphere of melancholy and fading, reflecting the hero's state of mind. The warmth of the departing summer cannot warm his beloved, who no longer belongs to this world ("its warmth does not warm you, hanged").

Frozen tears-dreams symbolize unfulfilled hopes and shattered dreams. The eyes of his beloved, once full of life, are now "dimmed," no longer seeing dreams. Her face, which held memories of the past, has lost its individuality.

Nature becomes a silent witness to the tragedy. The ray of light gently playing in the leaves and the wind playing in the beloved's hair create an illusion of life, but this only emphasizes her lifelessness. The trees stretching out their branches like grieving hands and their "cold and ancient voices" enhance the feeling of hopelessness.

The hero perceives the death of his beloved as something unreal ("thoughts of death... are unreal and distant"). He clings to memories, but dreams, like freezing leaves, fall into oblivion.

In the final lines of the poem, the hero himself finds himself on the verge of despair. The pain of loss is so strong that he feels darkness enveloping his own life. He "falls" in the same "light of dying summer" as his beloved, unable to change what has happened.