Core members CWHK and Caroline started Sunshine Blind in 1991. Three CD's,various infamous members, and many, many national and international shows later, they leave a legacy of being the hardest working DIY trip-hop-guitar-goth-rock-&-powerhouse-vocals- band around
Hanging Lake
Sunshine Blind Lyrics
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The roses gone
The flowers line the walks
And the mourners come
The house of kings and queens
That stood so strong
But tonight, tonight
It's time that we replace the idols that have pulled us down
It's time to burn so we can build again tonight
Temple comes down
Now look at the stars
In their flickering lights
Our bright neighbors
After dayfall time
We reach for their heights
And they pass us by
But tonight, tonight
The temple comes down
It's time that we replace the idols that have pulled us down
It's time to burn so we can build again tonight
Temple comes...
These hands of mine are gonna scale your walls
Shake your foundations and tear your temple down
We've come to be
The flourishing ?
? rituals
In our place
We're the rats that join the piper
We're the lambs led to your slaughter
When we wake up, when we look round
Gonna tear your temple down x2
It's time to reap so we can sow again on fertile ground
It's time to burn so we can build again tonight
Temple comes...
It's time that we replace the idols that have pulled us down
It's time to burn so we can build again tonight
Temple comes down
Temple comes down
Temple comes down
The song "Hanging Lake" by Sunshine Blind seems to be about tearing down old systems and traditions to create a better future. The song starts with a picture of a funeral, where mourners come to pay their respects to someone who has gone. The flowers line the walks, but the time has come to replace the idols that have pulled us down. The "house of kings and queens" that stood so strong now needs to come down. The lyrics suggest that it's time to burn down the past so we can build again and create a better future.
The second verse shifts the focus to the stars in the sky. The stars represent something unattainable and lofty for humans. The lyrics suggest that we've been reaching for those heights, but they pass us by. However, tonight, tonight, the temple comes down. This could mean that even the seemingly unreachable heights can be reached, and the traditional structures that keep us from reaching them need to be torn down.
The final verses are about how we, as people, have come to flourish on our own. We no longer need to follow old rituals blindly or be led by someone else. We can tear down the temple and create something new. The song's lyrics are quite poetic and straightforward - it's time to tear down the idols, to burn the temple, and to build something new.
Line by Line Meaning
Today ? lilies
Today, there are lilies, though the roses are gone
The flowers line the walks
The flowers are arranged alongside the paths
And the mourners come
People come to mourn
The house of kings and queens
The place where people in power live
That stood so strong
That was once very powerful and unshakable
But tonight, tonight
But tonight, something is going to happen
The temple comes down
The temple is going to be destroyed
It's time that we replace the idols that have pulled us down
We need to replace the things that have been holding us back
It's time to burn so we can build again tonight
We need to destroy something in order to build something new tonight
Now look at the stars
Now we should look at the stars
In their flickering lights
In the way they flicker
Our bright neighbors
The other stars are bright like us
After dayfall time
When it becomes dark at night
We reach for their heights
We aspire to be like them
And they pass us by
But they are still beyond our reach
These hands of mine are gonna scale your walls
I am going to climb your walls
Shake your foundations and tear your temple down
I am going to destroy your temple by shaking the foundation of your beliefs
We've come to be
We have arrived
The flourishing ?
We are flourishing in some way
? rituals
Through some kind of ceremony
In our place
In our setting
We're the rats that join the piper
We are like rats following the piper
We're the lambs led to your slaughter
We are like lambs following blindly to our doom
When we wake up, when we look round
Once we finally realize what is happening
Gonna tear your temple down x2
We are going to destroy your temple
It's time to reap so we can sow again on fertile ground
It's time to see the consequences of our actions and start again on good soil
Temple comes down
The temple is falling
Temple comes down
The temple is falling
Temple comes down
The temple is falling
Contributed by Grace C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.