July....?

[The Baying Of The Leper]

I apologise if there is already a previous thread on song meanings but I ran a bit of a search and I couldn't find it.

Anyhow the thing that really sparked my intrigue were the lyrics "It's the month of July" appearing in Departer - does anyone know the story behind the theme of July and is Departer possibly related to the song itself?

 

[Lisra]

guess july is a reference to the motif in the song.. loss, being left, etc.

 

[DarkGift]

this part:

So how come you invited me too
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love

i interpret it like he's been invited to a party or something by a girl who he is in love with, but she's a bitch pretty much

i haven't read/studied the departer lyrics yet though, so i can't say anything about the connection between the songs.

 

[DarkGift]

wtf, i don't know if that made any sense or is really related to anything you wanted to discuss. if not, ignore my last post

 

[stefan86]

It made sense about July, but I still don't get the connection ;P

 

[Lyre's Harmony]

also, in the song Onward unto battle, there is a reference of "on the 4th at night" there is a Katatonia song called March 4th where the point of view is from someone feeling abandoned. very interesting stuff

 

[stefan86]

As I mentioned in the NITND thread there's also stuff like "the dreams of sleepers" and "call on the bird". A lot of connected lyrics on this one.

 

[DarkGift]

that's kind of dream theater-ish

 

[Lyre's Harmony]

or maybe jonas is running out of lyric ideas

 

[stefan86]

that's kind of dream theater-ish

don't say that someone said some dream theater song was similar to murder and it turned into a bloody slaughter here

 

[stefan86]

or maybe jonas is running out of lyric ideas

I'm hoping it's the other option

 

[DarkGift]

don't say that someone said some dream theater song was similar to murder and it turned into a bloody slaughter here

 

[Khayman666]

i interpret it like he's been invited to a party or something by a girl who he is in love with, but she's a bitch pretty much

I'd assumed it was a wedding (You glide above - as in her dress gliding as she walks up the altar), and that his feelings were unrequited.

That, or she's dead and he wants some fun with her corpse after she visited his dreams. In July.

 

[Bound2Fate]

I'd assumed it was a wedding (You glide above - as in her dress gliding as she walks up the altar), and that his feelings were unrequited.

That, or she's dead and he wants some fun with her corpse after she visited his dreams. In July.

If it's a wedding In the White may have to do with that. I've noticed numerous lyrically references to previous albums...

 

[The Baying Of The Leper]

this part:

So how come you invited me too
You knew I wanted you
You glide above
So this night belongs to you
I know this isn't through
Are you dead to love

i interpret it like he's been invited to a party or something by a girl who he is in love with, but she's a bitch pretty much

That's sorta the impression I get also - the wedding concept seems to make a bit of sense. Lol @ the corpse comment!

Departer is still a bit of a mystery. Working from the wedding idea some of the lyrics like "This evening I kept my word, did you" makes me think perhaps a pact was made for something sentimental every July, or maybe a year from the wedding (One year from now?). "Surrender (you know it's the truth)
It's the path of our lives" kind of hints at the fact that they're meant to (and inevitably will be) together. The most confusing part is the "Brother" lyrics - possibly advice from a brother/friend? Maybe the whole song is a conversation between him and the brother about the feelings around the July event.

 

[L0bster]

Many lyricists put in the names of the months simply cus they're nice sounding words.