Witch Image
Prequelle
2018
Duration: 3:30
Track number: 8
Times played live: 48
Writers
Lyrics by: Tobias Forge
Music by: Tobias Forge
Theme
A reflection on mortality and the brevity of life, presented as a mirror to the listener's own existence. Within Prequelle's narrative, 'Witch Image' serves as meditation on the futility of seeking immortality or believing we can live forever. The song functions as a spiritual self-portrait, confronting the inevitable end that awaits all, regardless of power or status.
Lyrics
You Have never stood this
close to where you want to be.
You have always waded in the shallows
between me and the deep blue sea.
You'd never want me to appear,
you never want this to be over.
You never want it to reach out
to the edge of time.
While you sleep in earthly delight
someone's flesh is rotting tonight.
Like no other to you,
what you've done you cannot undo.
I have always kept you
closer than you've known.
I am riding in the shadows
behind you on a pale white horse.
You'd never want me to appear,
you never want this to be over.
Someone's flesh is rotting tonight.
Like no other to you,
what you've done you cannot undo.
While you sleep in earthly delight,
still your soul will suffer this plight.
Like your father in Hell,
what you've sold you cannot unsell.
While you sleep in earthly delight
someone's flesh is rotting tonight.
Like no other to you,
what you've done you cannot undo.
While you sleep in earthly delight,
still your soul will suffer this plight.
But like a mother would save
her own child from digging a grave.
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