Another Life
RÜFÜS DU SOL Lyrics
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Remember the look on your face
It plays on my mind as I lie
Awake
I heard
Your voice at the end of a tape
Static flickers and fades
Away (away)
Yeah, I know that I've made my mistakes
But I hope that I see you again
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
Pain
It comes and goes in waves
The colors have started to fade
Away
I'll call
I'll call and I'll talk to your friends
Passing the time until it bends
And breaks
(Ooh ooh)
Yeah I know that I've made my mistakes
(Ooh ooh)
But I hope that I'll see you again
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
So I guess it's
It's time to say goodbye
Yeah, I guess it's
It's time to close the door
So I guess it's
It's time to say goodbye
Yeah I guess it's
It's time to say goodnight
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
The lyrics to RÜFÜS DU SOL's "Another Life" express the bittersweet emotions of a relationship's end. The singer remembers the look on their lover's face, and how it haunts them as they lie awake. They hear their lover's voice on an old tape, but it only flickers in and out. They know they've made mistakes, but they still hold on to the hope that they'll see their lover again in another life. Pain comes and goes like waves, and the colors of their memories begin to fade. They call and talk to their lover's friends, passing the time until it all bends and breaks. They know it's time to say goodbye and close the door, but it's hard to let go. In the end, though, they resign themselves to the fact that they'll see their lover again in another life.
The song is filled with images of fleeting moments and fading memories. The tape that holds the sound of the lover's voice is an artifact of a past era, something that holds echoes of a time that can never be recaptured. The waves represent the ebb and flow of emotions, the highs and lows of a relationship. The repetition of the phrase "I'll see you in another life" suggests a kind of reincarnation, a hope that their love will be reborn in a different time and place. The final lines, "I guess it's time to say goodnight," signify an acceptance of the end, a willingness to let go and move on.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember the look on your face
The singer recalls a specific expression on the person's face
It plays on my mind as I lie awake
The memory of the expression haunts the singer even as they try to sleep
I heard your voice at the end of a tape
The singer heard a recording of the person's voice
Static flickers and fades away (away)
The recording was distorted and eventually ended
Yeah, I know that I've made my mistakes
The artist acknowledges they have done wrong
But I hope that I see you again
Despite the mistakes, the singer wants to reunite with the person
Pain
The singer acknowledges the existence of pain
It comes and goes in waves
Pain is not constant, but ebbs and flows
The colors have started to fade away
Perhaps a metaphorical reference to the fading away of happiness
I'll call and I'll talk to your friends
The artist will try to stay connected to the person by speaking to their friends
Passing the time until it bends and breaks
The singer will endure until circumstances change
So I guess it's time to say goodbye
The artist accepts that it is time to part ways
Yeah, I guess it's time to close the door
The singer is ready to move on and leave the past behind
So I guess it's time to say goodnight
The singer is saying a final farewell to the person
I'll see you in another life
The singer hopes to reconnect with the person in the future, perhaps in a different context or lifetime
I'll see you in another life
Repeating the desire to reunite with the person in a different time or place
I'll see you in another life
The artist clings to the hope of a future reunion
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: James Douglas Roy Hunt, Jonathon George, Tyrone Ken Lindqvist
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@doomer2539
I remember the look on your face
It plays on my mind as I lie awake
I heard your voice at the end of a tape
Static flickers and fades away
And I know that I've made my mistakes
But I hope that I see you again
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
Pain, it comes and goes in waves
The colours have started to fade away
How come, I call and I talk to your friends?
Passing time until it bends and breaks
And I know that I've made my mistakes
But I hope that I see you again
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
So I guess it's, it's time to say goodbye
I guess it's, it's time to close the door
So I guess it's, it's time to say goodbye
I guess it's, it's time to say goodnight
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
I'll see you in another life
@JSinay
Most underrated song on Solace! Yet one of the best!
@Medimane
Man, all these new tunes released have so much diversity!
The production is so clean.
@felipedealmeida8854
This makes me feel sad .. lost pain. But yet its beautiful
@seba1cantero
little by little it became one of my favorite bands
@Danny760side
Found rufus the beginning of the year they are so underrated!
@christina79ish
They have the gift. To move you inside with an emotionally extactic optimistic striving to feel free... I got goose bumps up n down my arms n legs while txting this 😊 Very few hold this magic. Joy! 🤩
@MsParisandrea
I have to say, I love the creativity in the instrumental. I LOVE the vocalist's voice!! The lyrics. I just discovered this group a week ago, and I'm hooked.
@WTFxNEXT
Hearing this while reminiscing on the trip to Nevada and seeing the stars at night makes the world stop and stare at the skies feels like staring at the eyes of the universe
@heathrobert821
This is my favourite track of the album and really appropriate for this time in my life.....see you in another life!
@baltazar420cro
your lyrics are just a cure for me, they hit me so hard, every word makes sense to me, love is just so hard thing to swallow, both album were just in the right place and time for my life, like i'm living the same life, looking forward to the next stage of life, hope i will see it. :)