Return
E. Oks Lyrics
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I have returned with my soul in my hands
I have come back from hell to be with you
I'm ready to face my nightmare
I'm ready to leave everything behind and finish you
Are you ready to die?
Are you ready to leave my world?
Face my own nightmare
I will destroy you for having moved away from her
I'll kill you a million times to never see you again
You don't feel so powerful anymore without my soul
You can no longer feel your soul in my nightmare
Feel my power as I destroy your soul
Piece by piece
Feel my anger nailed in your heart
You won't be able to breathe anymore
You won't be able to see the red sky again
Face my own nightmare
Face your own destruction
I will destroy you for having moved away from her
I'll kill you a million times to never see you again
Feel my anger
Feel my hate
Feel all my life falling into you
Feel all my misfortune fall on you
You can't escape from here anymore
Your time has come to die slowly
The time has come for you to die by my hand
Are you ready to die?
Are you ready to leave my world?
Are you ready to die?
Are you ready to leave my world?
Peace has come to nightmare
Hope has returned in the red hour
There is no turning back now
You will burn in your own hell
Just as I burned in my own hell
In E. Oks's song "Return," the singer is reflecting on the loss of someone dear and how time has changed the way they view their memories. The first stanza refers to the physical body of the person who has passed and how memories of them have become "thin and dull," losing their emotional impact. The singer acknowledges that forgetting the details of the person is even worse than their physical loss. The chorus, "Return," serves as both a plea to the deceased to come back and as a representation of the singer's desire to revisit that time in their life where they felt alive and whole with the person they have lost.
In the second stanza, the singer reflects on the impact that the person had on their life. The person filled a void and made them feel truly alive, but as time passed, life lost its fervor, and the singer feels jaded and antiseptic. The final lines, "You were supposed to grow old. Reckless, unfrightened, and old, you were supposed to grow old. Return. You were supposed to return," emphasize the singer's desire for the person to still be in their life, growing old alongside them. The song captures the heart-wrenching longing for someone who has gone, and the desire to bring back what was lost.
Line by Line Meaning
Now its years since your body went flat and even memories of that
Are all think and dull, all gravel and glass. But who needs them
Now -- displaced they're easily more safe -- the worst of it now: I
Can't remember your face.
It has been a long time since you passed away, and the memories of you have become less vivid over time. I do not have any use for these memories now and find it safer to displace them. The worst part about all of it is that I cannot remember what your face looks like.
For a while, with the vertigo cured, we were alive -- we were pure.
The void took the shape of all that you were, but years take their
Toll, and things get bent into shape... Antiseptic and tired, I can't
Remember your face.
There was a time when we were free and pure. After you left, the emptiness left behind took on your form. As time passed, the memory of you became distorted and faded. Now, I feel apathetic and weary, and the memory of your face eludes me.
You were supposed to grow old. Reckless, unfrightened, and old,
You were supposed to grow old.
You were meant to live a long life, full of fearlessness and adventure. You were supposed to grow old.
Return.
Come back to me.
Return.
Come back to me.
You were supposed to return.
I am still waiting for you to come back to me.
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Written by: Alexander Bindels
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