The Widetrack Chronicles 31
Widetrack III lyrics (part 1: Burning the Sun)
Ron from Widetrack here...
As we near completion of Widetrack III, I thought it might be time to give you some deeper insight as to its overall themes and influence...
As stated in a previous blog, this is our first "concept album"...
After the second album was released and we'd played a number of shows to promote it - including a slot at the 2009 Voodoo Music Experience (AKA "Voodoofest") in New Orleans - song ideas began to emerge for the next one...
Meanwhile, my 10-year marriage was coming to an end...
All at once, I started down the rabbit hole of divorce in the modern age...
I leaned on friends for support, only to find that an alarming number of them were going through their own divorces...
Helping one another cope and understand where things went wrong in each of our particular situations was a true blessing...
It really made a difference to my well being, having the opportunity to be there for friends who were hurting, as they were for me when I was at my lowest...
Eventually, many of our stories ending up inspiring the lyrics of the third album...
There are bits of many different people in these songs...
These stories began to form a narrative that runs throughout the album... A tale of two people and their journey towards the darkness and back into the light...
But for now, in the interest of allowing you to read your own experience into the songs, I will just post the lyrics and leave the explanations up to your personal interpretations...
Would love to hear your feedback of what they mean to you, though...
As always, thanks for reading, my friend... :)
Burning the Sun
Still online
The vital time we hold
Signing off from life
To find the open road
It must end
Burning the sun
On the lam
The soul that flies
Far outside
The fates we've broken with
All we are so longs
To finally begin
It must end
Burning the sun
On the lam
And the soul that flies
Is on the lam
Burning the sun
The last run
Before the darkness descends
Seasons cycling
Through one constant frame
Only vices left
To relieve your wait
Demons on your back
Feeding off your faith
Knowing not for certain
If its real or feigned
Feeling all the while
Nothing's bound to change
Knowing something more
is somewhere
Burning the sun
On the lam
And the soul that flies
Is on the lam
Burning the sun
The last run
Before the darkness descends
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