Breaking Benjamin - Anthem of the Angels Lyrics Meaning
I think it's about sitting next to a loved one who has turned into a vegetable. Let me elaborate.
White walls surround us: They're in a hospital.
No light will touch your face again: Sunlight, the person won't leave the hospital alive.
Rain taps the window: It's really depressing.
As we sleep among the dead: The hospital, of course, is filled with dead/dying people.
Days go on forever: Days feel stretched out infinitely.
But i have not left your side: Despite the aforementioned, he's still waiting beside his loved one.
We can chase the dark together: They can both experience the unknown simultaneously.
If you go then so will I: Elaborating on the previous line, he struggles to see a reason to live in a world without his loved one.
There is nothing left of you: The loved one is a vegetable.
I can see it in your eyes: His eyes are void of emotion.
Sing the anthem of the angels: ????
And say the last goodbye: This is the last time you will leave this person.
Cold light above us: It's a surgical light.
Hope fills the heart and fades away: They think they might be able to save him, and realize they can't.
Skin white as winter: The Vegetable's skin is pale.
As the sky returns to grey: As their hope fades, things quickly become as depressing as before
Days go on forever
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together
If you go then so will I
There is nothing left of you
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you: He doesn't want to cut life support.
But I can't bring you back to life: How ever, he probably should pull the plug as the person is hopeless.
Sing the anthem of the angels
Then say the last goodbye
You're dead alive (x4): The loved one's a vegetable.
There is nothing left of you
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
Sing the anthem of the angels