9 November 2018

(SMS) Demon Hunter - I Am a Stone



It's hard to say that I'm back on a straight line
You see, my path is in fact just a fault line
It's in my blood, it's in my lungs and it won't die
I fight these words, I bite my tongue so I don't lie

Though it's me to blame
There is no more shame in me
I just feel the same
Immune to all this pain 
And the scars don't write a song for me at all

I am a stone, unaffected
Rain hell down unto me
Flesh and bone, unaffected
Your fool I will not be

I tried to see and believe in the short sight
Accept the burn of a vain and a half-life
And how you rest your faith in these for a lifetime
The hollow lie against my hope that I won't buy

Though it's me to blame...
And the scars don't write a song for me at all
No, your tears won't line a path for me to crawl

I am a stone, unaffected...

The waters rise above my eyes
I will breathe it in and go out with the tide
And when you think this is the end
You will find me there where I have always been

I am a stone, unaffected...


According to one of the many definitions on the Farlex Trivia Dictionary, the word stone from a Germanic base means "solidity" or "stiffness". The lead singer from Demon Hunter, Ryan Clark, once in a interview said this song can talk about positive and negative aspects of unyielding attitude. 

We've all been through hard times in our lives. We've all been scarred. And time after time, we start to harden our hearts for feelings, emotions, speech. It's our "safeguard" against everything and everyone. It can even rain hell unto us, nothing will affect, because we are solid on what we believe or are.

Sometimes it is okay to create this shield, be introvert, don't speak too much. But it is not okay just keep to yourself. Just like the previous song I wrote about, I Walk Beside You (Dream Theater), you should and must have someone by your side to open your heart. Someone to pull you out of troubled waters.  It is not the end. We can't be unaffected to what's happening in our surroundings. Of course, we can't be a fool for anyone. 

Finally, don't be immune to pain. They are who we are! As I heard friends talking, every scar has a history. Remember the past. It is a remembrance, so you don't commit the same mistakes in future. Breath new life. 



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