1) Serenity is a progressive power metal band from Austria. They have released two demos - Starseed V.R. and Engraved Within, and have also recorded a tribute to Rage. In 2007 they joined the Austrian metal label Napalm Records which brought their first full-length album Words Untold & Dreams Unlived to life. The band's second full-length album, Fallen Sanctuary, was released on August 29, 2008. Third shot Death & Legacy was released on February 25th, 2011. The latest album to date is War of Ages, released on March 22nd, 2013.
2) Serenity is a traditional doom metal band formed in Bradford, England, UK in 1994. They recorded their first demo at the local Inner City Studio, featuring three tracks. This was sufficient to land the group a deal with Holy Records through whom they issued their debut album Then Came Silence in 1995. A handful of live appearances raised the band's profile and in the summer of 1996 Serenity recorded their second album Breathing Demons, which proved to be their final release, the band breaking up on the eve of a UK tour. Members of Serenity went on to form Khang and later Lazarus Blackstar.
3) Serenity was a gothic doom metal band from Bucharest, Romania. The band was previously known as Hovercraft and released a demo tape titled "An Inquiry Into the Essence" in 1995. In 1997 they changed their name to Serenity, and in 1998 they released the full-length album The Name. The group split up around 2000 and reformed in 2005 before splitting up again in 2006.
4) Serenity is a psychedelic folk / folk rock band formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1972.
5) Serenity is a metalcore/hardcore punk, from San Diego, California, formerly known as Final Path. They currently have released a solo EP, In The Way Of Salvation, and a split EP with metalcore bands Mvrmvr and Buriedbutstillbreathing, Ephemeral Certainty.
Derelict
Serenity Lyrics
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To see your only son like this
? wherever you may be these days
It has been a year now that I can find no sleep
No matter what I try I fail
So I can see precisely how my body fades away
A skeleton to anyone, a symbol of decay
(Chorus:)
I live in hell
There's no other words for this place
I cannot tell
What turned my life into this maze ? I'm left alone
On the whole
A derelict is what I am
A fallen soul
A wandering shadow of a man losing his mind
The ones who are against me, I fear them all around
What have I done, what is their plan
Is it just paranoia, I don't know what's going on
A victim of conspiracy or haunted by a phantom?
(Chorus:)
I live in hell
There's no other words for this place
I cannot tell
What turned my life into this maze ? I'm left alone
On the whole
A derelict is what I am
A fallen soul
A wandering shadow of a man losing his mind
In Serenity's song "Derelict", the singer is expressing their feelings of hopelessness and despair. The lyrics are addressed to the singer's mother, who is likely worried and hurt by her son's current troubled state. The lyrics convey a sense of exhaustion and sleeplessness; the singer mentions that they've been unable to get any sleep for an entire year, despite trying everything they can think of. The repeated failure to get rest has taken its toll on the singer's body; they compare themselves to a skeleton and a symbol of decay.
The chorus repeats the singer's declaration that they live in hell, which is the only way they feel they can describe their current situation. The singer is lost and unable to understand how they ended up in this dark place. They feel like a derelict, a fallen soul wandering aimlessly, and losing their mind. The singer is also deeply suspicious of those around them; they fear that they're being targeted by others, possibly even the victim of a conspiracy.
The song's lyrics paint a powerful and emotional picture of someone who feels utterly alone, and whose world seems to be crumbling around them. The lyrics convey a sense of hopelessness and despair, but also a sense of anger and defiance. This is a song that speaks to anyone who has ever felt lost, alone, and trapped in their own inner demons.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh mother, sure it makes you cry
Mother, I know it hurts you to see me in this condition
To see your only son like this
To see your child suffering like this
? wherever you may be these days
I don't know where you are now
It has been a year now that I can find no sleep
I haven't slept well in a year
No matter what I try I fail
I can't seem to find any solution
So I can see precisely how my body fades away
I can see my own body deteriorating
A skeleton to anyone, a symbol of decay
I'm nothing but a shell of myself, slowly wasting away
I live in hell
My life is a living hell
There's no other words for this place
I can't find any other way to describe my situation
I cannot tell
I don't know
What turned my life into this maze ? I'm left alone
I don't understand how I got here and I feel completely isolated
On the whole
Overall
A derelict is what I am
I'm a hopeless wreck of a person
A fallen soul
I've lost my way and my hope
A wandering shadow of a man losing his mind
I feel like a ghost in my own life, slowly losing my grip on reality
The ones who are against me, I fear them all around
I'm scared of those who are working against me, I feel like they're everywhere
What have I done, what is their plan
I don't know what I did to deserve this or what those who are against me want
Is it just paranoia, I don't know what's going on
I'm not sure if I'm just being paranoid or if there's really something happening
A victim of conspiracy or haunted by a phantom?
Am I a victim of a conspiracy or haunted by something supernatural?
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GEORG NEUHAUSER, JAN VACIK, MARIO HIRZINGER, THOMAS BUCHBERGER
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