Clive - Rest [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

V1:
Tempers flare in the winter air
So cold as I grow old in despair
You were there, now you’re not. Disappeared and I’m lost
You appear only in my nightmares ‘cause you’re gone
Sitting in your chair holding tissues wishing you were here
As I write this, I’m thinking that you’re there
On a night just like this on the other side
Writing to me, whisper in my ear if you can hear me
Missing you so dearly but visiting you yearly’s ridiculous
I’m thinking, “is this supposed to cheer me up?”
Tearing up, pouring beer in a cup
And for what? So I can be numb? See I’m stuck
‘Cause I’d rather feel the pain than forget you
Maybe I’ll stay to say what I didn’t get to
I want to cherish every memory from the day that I met you
To the day that I let you go

Chorus:
Rest now, my dearest friend
One day we’ll meet again
Rest now and lay your head
To the Earth and I’ll see you in the end

And all that we have done
And all that could have been
Our story will pick up where it left off
When we meet again

V2:
Hearing angry parents express their stress with
Death threats and talk of debts met with bills
That interfere with matters that truly matter in here
Like why we were sitting there just listening at the stairs
Hearing every argument topic from business to affairs
When you held me near to help me from the fear
Now, all I ever hear are the dripping of their tears
Life is hard and I don’t want to keep on living it in fear
I’m beginning to look more like you every year
It’s almost like I can catch a glimpse of you in the mirror
The image is crystal clear, so vivid as if you’re here
But just as soon as you’re there, I move and you disappear
I lose you and it’s unfair -- illusions I grin and bear
All alone (like) on the phone, who is it that I hear?
I wonder if these wounds will soon repair
But until then, these illusions are my souvenirs

Chorus

V3:
Riding in the hearse with you...
Sitting beside each other for the final time and it hurts
But you always told me to stay strong so I remain calm
As the rainfall symbolizes change
Just a minor pain...
‘til it increases with each step creeping until I’m freezing cold
As roses are being thrown and the priest is holding me
I see some folks just reach for phones and speak in tones with humour
Then it hits me...the world’s already moved on
Sympathetic, yes, but yet it doesn’t stop for too long
Like audiences who listen then it's off to a new song
From the twilight skyline emerges a new dawn
‘Cause with a loss, only you can feel the pain
On a sunny day, only you can see the rain
This is my letter to heaven in a song
To say we’re not together but not apart ‘cause you’re forever in our hearts