The band was founded in September 2006 in Kaliningrad (ex Koenigsberg). The… Read Full Bio ↴The band was founded in September 2006 in Kaliningrad (ex Koenigsberg). The constant members of Sunset Wings are: Alexey Popov (guitars, voice), Tatiana Korotkova (voice, percussion, harmonica), Vladimir Petropavlovskij (flute, recorder, tin whistles), Anna Ivanova (cello). Sunset Wings has started with songs on traditional ballads and verses of Rossetti, Beddowes, Blake, Keats, Kipling and during 2006-2007 recorder their debut album "Covering for Solace" at Brudenia Studio. The album was supported by musicians of the friendly Koenigsberg band Romowe Rikoito and was released by Wrotycz Records in 2009.

Flowers
Sunset Wings Lyrics

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Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time
Who countest the steps of the Sun
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done

Where the Youth pined away with desire
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
Arise from their graves, and aspire

Where my Sun-flower wishes to go

The wind-flower and the violet
they perished long ago
And the brier-rose and the orchis died
amid the summer glow
But on the hill the golden-rod
and the aster in the wood
And the yellow sun-flower by the brook
in autumn beauty stood
Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven
as falls the plague on men
And the brightness of their smile was gone
from upland, glade, and glen

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn
The humble Sheep a threat'ning horn

While the Lilly white shall in Love delight
Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright

Overall Meaning

Sunset Wings's song "Flowers" is a beautiful ode to nature that reflects on the fleeting nature of beauty and the eternal cycle of life and death. The song opens with the lines, "Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of the Sun," which is a reference to William Blake's poem "Ah! Sun-flower," in which the singer is a flower who wishes to be taken to a place where the "traveller's journey is done." The singer in "Flowers" is similarly tired of the passing of time and longs for a place where there is no more striving or suffering.

The second verse of the song reminds us that all living things must eventually perish, but that there is still beauty to be found in the world. The wind-flower and violet have already died, but the golden-rod, aster, and sun-flower still stand tall, even as frost starts to settle over the land. The final two lines of the verse use a metaphor to underscore the theme of the song - the idea that living things must sometimes hurt and harm in order to survive. The modest rose puts forth a thorn, the sheep a "threat'ning horn," but the pure and innocent lily remains untouched by such violence.

Overall, "Flowers" is a haunting and beautiful song that invites listeners to contemplate the beauty and fragility of life. It reminds us that while all things must eventually perish, there is still beauty to be found in the world, even as the cold grip of winter starts to take hold.

Line by Line Meaning

Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time
Oh, Sunflower! Tired of the passing of years

Who countest the steps of the Sun
who tracks the sun's movement

Seeking after that sweet golden clime
searching for a beautiful golden place

Where the traveller's journey is done
where the traveler's journey reaches its end

Where the Youth pined away with desire
where young people suffered from yearning

And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
and the pale young women covered in snow

Arise from their graves, and aspire
rise from their graves and desire

Where my Sun-flower wishes to go
where my Sunflower desires to travel

The wind-flower and the violet
The windflower and the violet

they perished long ago
have long since died

And the brier-rose and the orchis died
And the brier-rose and the orchis have died