Forest Stream is a symphonic black / doom / gothic metal band from Chernogo… Read Full Bio ↴Forest Stream is a symphonic black / doom / gothic metal band from Chernogolovka, Russia, formed in 1995. Their music is generally considered highly depressive and has alot of symphonic elements. Forest Stream's music combines elements of doom metal, death metal, black metal and gothic metal, and has been compared to Katatonia's "Dance of December Souls" album.

Discography:
Snowfall (demo, 1999)
Last Season Purity (demo, 2001)
Tears Of Mortal Solitude (full-length, 2003)
the crown of winter (full-length, 2009)

Snowfall
Forest Stream Lyrics

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Come and take me away Procession waits for ceremony
White hearse among the trees And endless line of black hoods
Nothing will break the solemnity First Gates are closed
Another opens for me to fall into oblivion... ... Mountains of the grief
Guards of my ethereal sleep I never thought how hard this road is
The road that I have been led to nowhere I have left this all to contemplate
The snowfall
To realize myself...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the Forest Stream's song Snowfall carry a feeling of acceptance and surrender to the inevitability of death. The opening lines of "Come and take me away procession waits for ceremony", indicate a sense of readiness to depart from the physical world and start the journey to the spiritual one. The hearse, the black hoods, and the closed gates create the atmosphere of a somber farewell. The lyrics convey that the singer is resigned to his fate and that nothing will disrupt the solemnity of the moment.

The second stanza conveys a sense of letting go of the pain and the struggles of life. The lyrics "Another opens for me to fall into oblivion [...] Mountains of the grief, guards of my ethereal sleep," imply a willingness to depart from the world and find peace and serenity in death. The last stanza encapsulates a sense of realization and introspection. "I have left this all to contemplate the snowfall, to realize myself," suggests a desire to reflect on life and death, to come to terms with the inevitability of death and the idea of moving from the physical to the spiritual world. The song expresses emotions of acceptance, surrender, and introspection, and possibly a glimpse of hope that the journey towards the spiritual world will lead to self-realization.

Line by Line Meaning

Come and take me away
I am ready to be taken away.

Procession waits for ceremony
There is a ceremony being held and people are waiting for it to begin.

White hearse among the trees
There is a white hearse parked among the trees.

And endless line of black hoods
There are many people wearing black hoods standing in a line.

Nothing will break the solemnity
There is a solemn atmosphere and nothing will disrupt it.

First Gates are closed
The first gates have been closed.

Another opens for me to fall into oblivion...
Another gate has opened and I am about to enter into oblivion.

... Mountains of the grief
I am confronted with mountains of grief.

Guards of my ethereal sleep
The guards are watching over my sleeping body.

I never thought how hard this road is
I did not expect this journey to be so difficult.

The road that I have been led to nowhere
The road I have been led down seems to go nowhere.