This song is saying something about the relationship between Europe and America. With Europe being old and fading in importance and trying to talk about it’s history and getting ignored. The title refers both to the ancient gothic people of Northern Europe who contributed to the fall of the Roman Em...
I want to tell you something
About the grace of faded things
The draped compositions
Hiding from the new world
Behind old french doors
The last rays of the setting sun
On the cheeks of cherub faces
The traces of their tears
But you do not listen
Your mind is somewhere else
I speak with a frozen tongue
In a dead language
I want to tell you something
About the grace of faded things
The draped compositions
Hiding from the new world
Behind old french doors
The last rays of the setting sun
On the cheeks of cherub faces
The traces of their tears
But you do not listen
Your mind is somewhere else
I speak with a frozen tongue
In a dead language
There is a world between us
There is a sunken garden
Love lies bleeding there
And words they mean nothing
To anyone
Anymore
Southern Gothic was written by Ulver.
Southern Gothic was produced by Ulver.
Ulver released Southern Gothic on Fri Apr 07 2017.