Turning Key
from Vena Portae by Vena Portae
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This song is inspired by seraphim, "burning ones", flaming messenger angels from the first testament, coming down to earth like spaceships, watching over all the lost souls of man. It's about searching for a god who has vanished, or never really existed. It's about building towers higher than Babel. It's about loneliness, despair, aspirations, curiosity, angels and spaceships.
lyrics
Oh, we heard the calling from
The eaves, where we would sleep some more
The embers burned and so did our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The towers where we could climb no more
The way was lost, along with our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The stairs of our father’s house
Like memories, they followed our sleeping hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
Oh, there’s no one calling from the towers
So we will build them higher
Than before, build with our fearsome hearts
Oh, there’s no one calling from the stairs
Of our father’s house
We closed the doors and followed our fearsome hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
The eaves, where we would sleep some more
The embers burned and so did our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The towers where we could climb no more
The way was lost, along with our sleeping hearts
Oh, we heard them calling from
The stairs of our father’s house
Like memories, they followed our sleeping hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
Oh, there’s no one calling from the towers
So we will build them higher
Than before, build with our fearsome hearts
Oh, there’s no one calling from the stairs
Of our father’s house
We closed the doors and followed our fearsome hearts
There’s a turning key
There’s a burning light
How they call to me
I can hear them from the rooftop
Souls out in the night
credits
from Vena Portae,
released August 18, 2014
Dom: Samples, electric guitar, vocals
Emily: Samples, guitar, piano, vocals
Ruben: Samples, bass, electric guitar, piano, pump organ, air organ,
juno synth, toy piano
Jesper: Drums
Dom: Samples, electric guitar, vocals
Emily: Samples, guitar, piano, vocals
Ruben: Samples, bass, electric guitar, piano, pump organ, air organ,
juno synth, toy piano
Jesper: Drums
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Aug 2014
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