Firefly
Gravesend Lyrics


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One day the sun will fade away
Exposing blackened days
The sun will fade away
One day the light wont lead the way
Darkness dominates
The sun will fade away
And she withers away As she stares at the sun She is set on the sun As her eyes they go blind She excepts the unknown As she wrestles with time And she fades away
And she drowns me
She defines me
She confines me
As i dream about her past
And she forgets
How she fought me
And she taught me
All that fades

***PRE-CHORUS***
What you say
What you want
You cant have
Cause your fucked
And your fucked
With a fist
And your thrown
And your dissed
And you wait For the day
That they say you're through
Then you turn around and ask
What you and I are running to

***CHORUS***

And the confusion it circles Of all that is left behind And the glare turns to mist It engulfs and it traps yor mind...Realize...
What is realized
What you cant fighT
What you cant help
All the sentiment the world has felt
It reveals
All it conceals
What the mass feels
As they fade

***PRE-CHORUS***
And they sway
As they stray
And they bleed
As they climb
The long ladder
That laughs In their face
As they cry
Now the battle is won
All the bodies laid out
Not their morals What the war was about

***CHORUS***

Collect All thats hidden All that grows inside you And it bleeds through you Everyday Can erase you In between the horizons As they bleed As they fade

One day the sun will fade away
Exposing blackened days
One day you will fade away
One day the light wont lead the way




Darkness dominates
One day you will fade away

Overall Meaning

The song "Firefly" by Gravesend revolves around the theme of death and the inevitability that all things will eventually come to an end. The opening lyrics speak of a time when the sun fades away exposing blackened days and darkness dominates. This can be interpreted as the end of the world and the beginning of an apocalyptic era where everything comes to an end. The singer then talks about a woman who is staring at the sun as her eyes go blind and she withers away, accepting the unknown as she wrestles with time. This can be interpreted as a metaphor for death where the woman is facing her end as she slowly fades away.


The pre-chorus talks about being trapped and unable to escape one's fate. The use of the word 'fucked' emphasizes the feeling of being helpless and powerless in the face of death. The chorus emphasizes the idea that everything eventually fades and nothing can be done to stop it. The confusion and all that is left behind engulfs and traps one's mind. It is about realizing that everything eventually comes to an end and there is nothing that can be done to fight it.


Overall, "Firefly" is a powerful song about the inevitability of death and the futility of fighting it. It is about coming to terms with one's fate and accepting it.


Line by Line Meaning

One day the sun will fade away
At some point in the future, the sun will disappear


Exposing blackened days
This will cause a period of gloom and darkness


One day the light wont lead the way
Eventually, there will be no guiding light


Darkness dominates
Darker times will take over


And she withers away As she stares at the sun
A woman loses strength from looking into the sun


She is set on the sun
She is focused on the sun


As her eyes they go blind
Her eyes lose the ability to see properly


She excepts the unknown
She resigns to the inevitability of not knowing what will happen


As she wrestles with time
She tries to fight against the passage of time


And she fades away
She disappears gradually


And she drowns me
She overwhelms me


She defines me
She shapes my identity


She confines me
She limits my potential


As i dream about her past
I imagine what her life was like before


And she forgets
She loses memories


How she fought me
How she resisted me


And she taught me
What she taught me


All that fades
Everything eventually disappears


What you say
Your words


What you want
Your desires


You cant have
You can't have everything you want


Cause your fucked
Because you're in trouble


And your fucked
And you're in even more trouble


With a fist
Through violence


And your thrown
You'll be cast aside


And your dissed
You'll be disrespected


And you wait For the day That they say you're through
You wait for the moment when you'll be rejected


Then you turn around and ask What you and I are running to
You question the purpose of your actions and decisions


And the confusion it circles Of all that is left behind
The chaos surrounds what remains


And the glare turns to mist
The light becomes obscured


It engulfs and it traps yor mind...Realize...
It consumes and captures your thoughts - understand this


What is realized
What you come to understand


What you cant fighT
What you cannot resist


What you cant help
What you cannot prevent


All the sentiment the world has felt
All the emotions that humanity has experienced


It reveals
It exposes


All it conceals
All that it hides


What the mass feels
What people as a whole experience


As they fade
As they disappear


And they sway As they stray
They are influenced as they wander


And they bleed As they climb
They suffer as they attempt to progress


The long ladder That laughs In their face As they cry
The arduous and unfair struggle that causes heartache


Now the battle is won
The conflict is resolved


All the bodies laid out
The aftermath of the struggle


Not their morals What the war was about
The real purpose of the fight was lost


Collect All thats hidden
Gather up what is concealed


All that grows inside you
Everything that develops within


And it bleeds through you Everyday
It affects you constantly


Can erase you
Can destroy you


In between the horizons
The unknown future


As they bleed As they fade
As everything unravels and disappears


One day you will fade away
At some point in the future, you will disappear


One day the sun will fade away
At some point in the future, the sun will disappear


One day the light wont lead the way
Eventually, there will be no guiding light


Darkness dominates
Darker times will take over




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