Europa
Silicone Boone Lyrics

I will live and will not die
The subject claims to be alive and will not die.

Is what she told me
The subject is quoting someone else who told them that they will not die.

Now the dark oceans of her eyes
The subject is describing the darkness in someone's eyes as if it were an ocean.

Grow still and frozen
The subject is observing the stillness and frozen state of someone's eyes.

I lay her out on the open clear
The subject is placing someone in an open, clear space.

Where she’s still suited and covered
The subject has covered someone's body and they appear to be still and peaceful.

Did she know those words were
The subject questions if the person who said they would not die knew that they were the last words the subject would hear from them.

The last I’d ever hear
The subject is reflecting on the fact that the words they heard were the last they would ever hear from that person.

Two years of soundless night
The subject has experienced two years of silence during the night.

We came on you looming
The subject is describing their arrival at a looming presence.

Found your pale, unwavering eye
The subject has found an eye that is pale and unwavering.

Had foreseen our coming
The subject believes that the eye they found had foreseen their arrival.

Descending on the Conamara
The subject is describing their descent on the Conamara region.

Did we fall like matches
The subject is questioning if they fell like matches during their descent.

Or maybe more like ashes
The subject suggests that they may have fallen like ashes instead of matches.

On miles and miles of ice
The subject has fallen on miles and miles of ice.

In your arms ancient goddess
The subject is addressing an ancient goddess who is holding them.

No sun will rise to ease the cold
The subject believes that the cold will not be eased by the rising of the sun.

From this vantage of darkness
The subject is describing their current view from the darkness.

A pale, blue star’s light is fading low
The subject is observing a pale, blue star's light that is slowly fading away.

Seven miles down ice and stone
The subject has gone seven miles down into ice and stone.

Fourteen months of drilling
The subject spent fourteen months drilling to reach their destination.

We finally strike the oceans of your womb
The subject has finally reached the oceans of the goddess's womb.

Just to find that you’re barren
The subject has discovered that the goddess's womb is barren and cannot bring forth life.

O the madness that drove us to this
The subject questions the madness that drove them to their current situation.

A mistress so neglected
The subject is describing the goddess as a mistress who has been neglected.

To her bitter breasts will
The subject is suggesting that the goddess's bitter breasts will hold onto them even after death.

Clutch you even long past death
The subject believes that the goddess will hold onto them even beyond death.

Every mind gonna slide straight in the dark
The subject believes that every mind will eventually succumb to the darkness.

Every star burn hard just to be snuffed out
The subject believes that every star burns brightly only to eventually fade away.

Every flame gonna wane, gonna break
The subject believes that every flame will eventually die and break apart.

Beneath that blinding winter
The subject is describing a blinding winter that is obscuring everything beneath it.

But you’re a queen besieging every fire that dies
The subject is addressing the goddess as a queen who will avenge every fire that dies.

You avenge, ascending on a throne of ice
The subject believes that the goddess will avenge the death of fires while ascending on a throne made of ice.

We the fools you drew so you
The subject recognizes that they were fools who were lured by the goddess.

Could hang us on your neck like silver
The subject suggests that the goddess sees them like silver that she can hang around her neck.

Is what you're tellin’ me
The subject recognizes that the goddess is telling them that they will not die, just as someone else had once told them.