Sisters
Church Lyrics

Anna sits beside her research
Anna is sitting quietly, working on her research

Silence in the dappled moonlight
It is a quiet night with patches of light filtering through the trees

Sleeping cat and dying fire
The cat is sleeping and the fire is slowly dwindling

Embers of the past conspire
Memories from the past come together to shape the present moment

All her books are closed and scattered
Anna has finished reading her books and they are now scattered around her

And she feels that nothing matters to her
Anna feels like nothing in her research is important anymore

Outside this dream her sister frequents
Anna's sister exists in a different reality than Anna does

Like a cobweb catching fragments
Anna observes her sister's reality as if she is looking through a cobweb, seeing only bits and pieces of it

She approaches like a vision
Anna's sister seems to appear out of nowhere, as if she is a vision

She says "Anna, do you hear me?
Anna's sister speaks to Anna, asking if she can hear her

But the picture's always shuttered
Anna struggles to fully comprehend her sister's reality

All the distant thoughts that flutter to her
Anna occasionally catches glimpses of her sister's thoughts, but they are fleeting and distant

I can see them all, I can hear them call
Anna's sister is able to perceive and understand Anna's thoughts and emotions

And as she falls I lean to say goodbye
As Anna's sister disappears, Anna says goodbye to her

Breathing all the wasted hours
Anna reflects on all the time and effort she has put into her research, wondering if it was all for nothing

Talking to the dying flowers
Anna speaks to the wilting flowers in her room, a symbol of her disappointment and frustration

Dwarfed by spires and tangled towers
Anna feels small and insignificant in comparison to the world around her

We don't ask the reason why
Anna has stopped asking why she is doing her research, and is simply going through the motions

Anna comes and goes in shadows
Anna's presence is often unnoticed or overlooked

Paintings of the open windows
Anna's paintings depict open windows, symbolizing her desire for a connection to the outside world

Her photograph is always faded
Anna's photograph is old and faded, implying a sense of nostalgia or longing for the past

Her sister's eyes are blank and shaded
Anna's sister's eyes are empty and unreadable, hinting at a disconnect or distance between them

Don't you understand her science
Anna's sister's reality is so different from Anna's that Anna struggles to comprehend it

Merging in a strange alliance to her
Despite their differences, Anna and her sister are connected in a strange and inexplicable way

We're together in the future
Anna and her sister will continue to be connected in some way, even in the future

You and I and her together
Anna, her sister, and someone else (possibly the listener) will all be linked in some way

All our fated are intermingled
The destinies of all three (or more) of them are intertwined

We are plural, we are single
Together they are greater than the sum of their parts, but they are also individual beings with their own thoughts and emotions

We are leaving for a meeting
They are going to some sort of meeting together

And last seen the weather sleeting for her
The last thing they saw was the cold sleet falling, possibly signaling a difficult journey ahead