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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "The Lonely Sea" by the artist "Wyrd"

The poem "The Lonely Sea" by Wyrd paints a picture of deep despair and existential loneliness. The lyrical hero stands on the edge, overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness and a desire to destroy everything around him.

Already in the first lines, hopelessness is felt: the verses thrown into the sea are likened to the dead. The image of the setting sun, traditionally symbolizing the end, takes on an ominous connotation here. The sea is described as "lonely", which emphasizes the hero's isolation from the world.

The repeating lines "I know where the sun sleeps at night" and "I know where the sun hides at night" seem simple at first glance, but in the context of the entire poem they take on a sinister connotation. The hero seems to possess secret knowledge inaccessible to others. The contradictory images of the "deep sea" and the "tall spruce" heighten the feeling of unreality, dream, delirium.

The hero's song, symbolizing his soul, his creative principle, disappears, swallowed by darkness. Nature mourns with him – twilight "weeps bitterly" for the song. The sea, described as "endlessly raging", reflects the inner state of the hero, his restless soul.

The second part of the poem marks a transition from despair to destruction. The words addressed to the unknown interlocutor strike the hero like "stones". The sadness that gripped him is compared to the suffocating cold. The desire to "clench countless stars in one's fist" speaks of the desire for total control, for power over forces that are beyond human comprehension.

The hero curses the world, wishing to destroy the sun, the moon, day and night – everything that personifies the natural order. His goal is not just destruction, but the creation of chaos, in which there will be no place for anything, not even for himself. The smile with which he is ready to depart from life is frightening in its doom.

The final lines sum it up: the hero finds his last refuge at the bottom of the "gloomy sea", likening himself to the sun, which, according to him, sleeps in the depths of the sea. The image of "blooming fire" against the background of the gloomy sea creates an eerie contrast, emphasizing the finality of the hero's choice.

The sun sets below the foam of the ocean

And the shore is fast asleep

I stood on the mountain and sang

When my verses hit the water they were already dead

I know where the sun sleeps at night

Down in the lonely sea

I know where the sun hides at night

Up a tall spruce-tree

The song vanished behind the pine-trees

And the dusk cried it away

Below the depths of the ever storming sea

My song of something that will never return

I know where the sun sleeps at night

Down in the lonely sea

I know where the sun hides at night

Up a tall spruce-tree

Struck by your words like stones

The grief comes like winters cold, cutting breath

I want to turn the sun and the moon from their paths

And press the countless stars in my fist

I shall curse this world

Turn back the sun

Turn back the moon

I shall curse this world

Turn back the day

Turn back the night

And when I have trampled it all underfoot

Smiling I'll turn my back on life

I know where I'll sleep tonight

Down in the lonely sea

And when the dawn has blown upon its fire

I'll rest deep below the depressing sea.

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