About

Lyrics : Simone Simons
Music : Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons, Yves Huts

Versions

Album Version (05:13) – Consign to Oblivion album
Orchestral Version (05:18) – Consign to Oblivion 10th anniversary expanded edition, Consign to Oblivion 10th anniversary expanded edition 2LP purple

Lyrics

When darkness will reign and blind us all
When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall

We cannot tell when morning comes
Is there a choice to live another day ?
It’s hard to find a new direction in your fragile life
The precious time of your existence is now to come
Don’t throw your life away by cheating time
Sugared placebos only fool your mind

Now I want
The water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus

What is this pace, the type of dance ?
I cannot tell which steps I have to take
I’d like to leave, just run away, my feet are tangled up
So hard to face the pace of the clock
What do you think, will it ever stop ?
So will I fall and not get up ?
I take it all in stride

Now I want
The water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

Everything has a reason for its happening
Can’t you tell it’s your own spell and
Everyone has to dance this dance like anyone
Can’t break free of destiny

We should open new doors and
Close the ones that we’ve left behind

Now I want
The water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus
Et post nos occludimus

Translation

(translation : source)

Trivia

“This song is about our fate. Everyone has to experience his own fate, whether you like it or not. Some try to defy destiny, but will find out soon enough that even that was part of their fate. I don’t believe in chance and my opinion is that you have to experience your fate. You must not try to influence the future to erase the past. Sometimes you are very uncertain of your future. You don’t know how long you will live. When you are young you think you’ve got your whole live still ahead of you, but just as well, you could suffer from some terminal disease ! Something like that makes you aware of the fragility of life. These lyrics are pretty easy to interpret, I think.” – Simone Simons