Frozen Flame
Kayak Lyrics

The lyrics of Kayak’s “Frozen Flame” are enigmatic but profound in meaning as they depict the delicate balance of life, love, and loss. The beginning of the song creates imagery of a feminine and nurturing force, perhaps that of Mother Nature, who enfolds humans in her “sweet embrace” and offers the “promise of life”. The use of the word “divine” and “fragrant” add to the sacredness of the moment, and how the force is both captivating and intoxicating. The next line, “watching the world with an innocent soul” creates an oxymoron between the innocence of the force and the complexity of its influence on the world, further adding to the enigma of the song.

As the song progresses, the feminine force, like the changing of seasons, takes on a different form, always elusive and never what one has seen. The lines, “touches the heart but never is what you’ve seen”, and “Is she more than a dream withing a dream”, suggest that the feminine force is beyond human’s comprehension and knowledge, it is mystical, and perhaps even more, a being of nature rather than human.

However, in the end, the song takes a tragic turn, suggesting that the force had planned its own fall, like the Biblical character Eve, who brought about mortality to the human race with a bite of an apple. The force, in this case, is the “frozen flame”, once bright and alive, now gone, leaving nothing but ashes and a name. The lines, “No moral no choice between a sinner and saint”, suggest how humans are left with the burden of choices with no “sacred” force in control, as everything comes to an end, leaving humans alone to understand their own existence.