Since then the band has developed the strength of the band, both in composing material and in the stage of performance.
The band has also opened for alot of more known bands, including everything from Napalm Death to Moonspell, also playing a lot of concerts in their home country as headliners.
Innocent Shades
Poema Arcanus Lyrics
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Flowing fears and pain , suffering embraces me
....Driving me along unknow ways...
Tears blur my eyes , remembering in agony
And silent cries , mortals under reign of death
The Tyrants close their eyes
Never see the Innocent Shades
Sorrow is what them all , expect
Blood tainted hands , distorted life and brain
Weep eternally , over their thrones of flesh
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Hiding in darkness
Under the real suffering
Of a senseless death
............Innocent Shades.........
The lyrics of Poema Arcanus's song "Innocent Shades" depict a feeling of despair and hopelessness. The first two lines of the lyrics set the tone of the song, with the singer expressing the depths of their loneliness and the overwhelming embrace of fear and pain. The phrase "unknow ways" suggests that the singer is lost and has no direction, despite being driven along by their suffering. The next line talks about tears blurring the singer's vision, and the agony of remembering something that has caused them great pain. The phrase "mortals under reign of death" adds a sense of foreboding and finality, almost like the singer has accepted their fate and awaits the inevitable.
The chorus mentions tyrants who close their eyes to the innocent shades. This could represent a metaphor for people who turn a blind eye to suffering around them, and instead, choose to focus on their own selfish desires. The second stanza talks about the "blood-tainted hands" of these so-called tyrants, and the eternal weeping over their "thrones of flesh", suggesting that they'll never find peace, no matter how much they accumulate in life. The final stanza contrasts the darkness of suffering with the meaningless nature of death, implying that the singer's suffering is insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Line by Line Meaning
Here in the depths , of my solitude
In the depths of my loneliness and isolation
Flowing fears and pain , suffering embraces me
Feeling overwhelmed by fear and pain, they cling to me like an embrace
...Driving me along unknow ways...
Forcing me down unknown paths
Tears blur my eyes , remembering in agony
Crying until my vision blurs, remembering the pain in agony
And silent cries , mortals under reign of death
Even when we cry silently, we are still mortals ruled by death
The Tyrants close their eyes
The oppressive rulers refuse to see
Never see the Innocent Shades
They never acknowledge the suffering of the innocent
Sorrow is what them all , expect
They anticipate and even desire sorrow in others
Blood tainted hands , distorted life and brain
Their hands are stained with blood, their lives and minds distorted
Weep eternally , over their thrones of flesh
They will forever cry over their power and privilege
Hiding in darkness
The innocent are forced to hide in darkness to survive
Under the real suffering
The true suffering that the tyrants inflict
...Innocent Shades...
The innocent people who suffer needlessly
Contributed by Lillian I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.