The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Land of Snow And Sorrow" by the artist "Wintersun"

The lyrics of "Land of Snow And Sorrow" by the Finnish band Wintersun paint a picture of deep sadness, loneliness, and despair, yet also a glimmer of hope for release through death. The lyrical hero finds himself in an icy wasteland, both literally and metaphorically.

The "Land of Snow and Sorrow" is a metaphor for the hero's inner state. The cold, the wind that leaves scars - all reflect his emotional pain, emptiness, and hopelessness. He is lost ("I fell behind the light"), haunted by the past ("memories follow me by night"), and consumed by despair ("all I lived for is now gone and sorrow is all I feel").

The stars falling like tears are a symbol of fading hope. Yet, at the same time, they remind the hero of someone he loved ("the stars are shining like your eyes"), and this gives him the strength to go on, towards death ("I will follow them this cold winter night"). For him, death is not an end but a welcome release from suffering ("darkness will always be a part of my heart, until the winter takes me in its embrace").

The image of sleep, the final sleep, reinforces the sense of irreversibility and acceptance. The hero has come to terms with his fate and waits for the "winter to take him in its embrace", to bring him the longed-for oblivion.