Star-Crossed
Sirenia Lyrics


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A wanderer in time
comes strolling through my mind
It seems she lost her way
It seems she led astray
The sun sets in her eyes
A lunar moon arise
Her life all seems in vain
A mystery...arcane

Summer's on the wane
My life it seems so frail
Descend again to the sombre fields of pain
Winter's on a rise
I've held it's cold inside through all my life
like a star-crossed winter child

A waning silvereye
A starless winter sky
No scent of morning dew
Her tears all frozen through
This wanderer comes my way
All aeons seems as days
A sea so deep and wild
A star-crossed winter child

Dusk creeping upon us
The dawn...ne'are to appear
The nightfall weeps along thus
it's the darkness that we fear
Fall for me lost angel
I'll fall for thee as well




To the world we're only strangers
like a winter's chill in hell...

Overall Meaning

In Sirenia’s song “Star Crossed”, the singer contemplates upon a wanderer who has lost her way in time and tries to reconcile with her life, which seems to be filled with mystery and obscurity. The wanderer’s sun has set, and the moon rises to symbolize the passing of time. The singer juxtaposes her own frailty and pain with the impending winter season, which is about to rise, and comments on how she has held onto the cold within herself through all her life, like a star-crossed winter child. The wanderer, who is described as a waning silvereye, comes closer to the singer, and time seems to be fleeting in her presence. The wanderer's tears are frozen inside her eyes, and her life seems to be a deep and wild sea. The last verse speaks of darkness and the fear attached to it. The singer seeks companionship from the wanderer, and despite being strangers to the world, they both find solace in each other.


The lyrics of “Star Crossed” are metaphorical and cryptic. The song seems to be about the transience of life, the endless search for meaning and purpose, and the continuous cycle of birth and death. The wanderer in the song is a symbol of the passage of time, and the singer tries to hold onto her presence as a means of sustaining her own life. The references to the changing seasons and the star-crossed winter child signify the inevitability of change and the eventual acceptance of it.


Line by Line Meaning

A wanderer in time
Someone who roams through different eras of history


comes strolling through my mind
Intrudes on my thoughts with her presence


It seems she lost her way
Seems to have lost her sense of direction and purpose


It seems she led astray
Seems to have misguided and misled others


The sun sets in her eyes
She is coming to the end of something and feeling melancholic


A lunar moon arise
The moon takes over from the sun as the main light source


Her life all seems in vain
Her existence appears to be without purpose or meaning


A mystery...arcane
A strange and mysterious enigma


Summer's on the wane
The end of summer is near


My life it seems so frail
My existence appears to be weak and vulnerable


Descend again to the sombre fields of pain
Return to a place of great sadness and despair


Winter's on a rise
The colder months are coming soon


I've held it's cold inside through all my life
I've endured this chilling feeling for my entire existence


like a star-crossed winter child
Like someone fated to experience great sorrow during the winter


A waning silvereye
A bird of diminishing brightness


A starless winter sky
A sky without any points of light during the colder months


No scent of morning dew
The symbol of a new day is absent


Her tears all frozen through
She is in such an icy state that even her tears don't melt


This wanderer comes my way
This restless traveler crosses my path


All aeons seem as days
Time feels different for this traveler than it does for others


A sea so deep and wild
A vast and untameable body of water


A star-crossed winter child
Someone cursed to only experience tragedy in the colder months


Dusk creeping upon us
Nightfall gradually approaching


The dawn...ne'are to appear
A new day isn't likely to come anytime soon


The nightfall weeps along thus
The darkness creates a gloomy and sorrowful atmosphere


it's the darkness that we fear
The unknown and eerie things that happen in the dark are unsettling


Fall for me lost angel
Let yourself be vulnerable with me, oh wandering spirit


I'll fall for thee as well
I'll let myself be vulnerable to you as well


To the world we're only strangers
To others, we are unknown and unfamiliar


like a winter's chill in hell...
As uncomfortable and painful as freezing cold in a place of eternal suffering




Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MORTEN VELAND

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