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Jul 30th 2017!⃝Chorus 1/2:
The main message, the question "in the end as you fade into the night, who will tell the story of your life?" Is a double-meaning. It is a reference to celtic beliefs that there is no heaven. Instead, you live on in the legacy you made yourself; the mark you made in the world, the good or bad name you make for yourself, it is the people you affect who tell your life story.
Verse 1-2
Verse 1 asks once our soul, our consciousness, takes it last rest, what is there left? Are we able to live in heaven, or our legacy, or are we just dead, an empty husk cask back to earth? Verse 2 speaks of the desire to relive the glory of our lives, wether in heaven or our life-story to be immortal.
Chorus 2/2:
The other half of the chorus speaks of mobility & honor to those who under Celtic beliefs have eternal life in their legacy. Similar to Beowulf accepting death, those who have forged a gallant & righteous tale of their life has no reason to fear death.
Verse 3-4:
This verse speaks of a philosophical belief. Unlike some christians who believe all are born under the 1st great sin of man (when Kain murdered his brother) other theological/philosophical beliefs see us born as pure innocence, sinless or "saintly". And the next part says though we sin and do evil to the world, we desire to see ourselves as good or righteous people even if we are not. Verse 4 says that who we are is not just our personality, behavior, and the physical body we inhabit, but the people we affect, ideas we spread, as the main message of the song states our legacy. And even if we perish with no afterlife to live in, we will live on under the Celtic idea of immortality through our legacy
So the overall message is simple...even if there is no heaven, no afterlife, no spirit to exist outside your earthly shell, you will still live through not just your life story but by your mark on history & by your influence on both the people you affect and by the people THEY affect.
