I’m home again, I won the war
And now I am behind your door
I tried so hard to obey the law
And see the meaning of this all
Remember me?
Before the war
I’m the man who lived next door
Long ago…
As you can see when you look at me
I’m pieces of what I used to be
It’s easier when you don’t see
Me standing on my own two feet
I’m taller when I sit here still
You ask are all my dreams fulfilled
They made me heart of steel
The kind them bullets cannot see (yeah)
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica, I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m not myself, I’m a replica of me
The light is green, my slate is clean
New life to fill the hole in me
I had no name last December
Christmas Eve I can’t remember
I was in a constant pain
I saw your shadow in the rain
I painted all your pictures red
I wish I had stayed home instead (yeah)
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica, I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m not myself, I’m a replica of me
Are you gonna leave me now?
When it is all over
Are you gonna leave me?
Is my world now over?
Rising from the place I’ve been
Trying to keep my home base clean
Now I’m here and won’t go back believe
I fall asleep and dream a dream
I’m floating in a silent stream
No-one placing blame on me
Nothing’s what it seems to be (yeah)
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica, I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m not myself, I’m a replica
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m a replica of…
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m a replica
Nothing’s what it seems to be
I’m a replica
Empty shell inside of me
I’m a replica of me
I’m home again, I won the war
And now I am behind your door
I tried so hard to obey the law
And see the meaning of it all
Remember me?
Before the war
I’m the man who lived
The very last lyric is a minutely altered lyric of the last lyric of the first verse... "Remember me? Before the war? I am the man who lived..." and excluding the "next door" part changes everything. The very first time I heard this song, when it finally came to an end that last part stuck with me. Stating these lyrics are powerful is an understatement. Ecliptica is an absolute masterpiece.
I started listening to Sonata Arctica when I started playing Tales from the Abyss on the PS2...
And this Replica song... It just came up at the best moment and it will forever stay with me because of that. And Tales from the Abyss as well...
Ever feel like your problems are neither too important like starving to death nor too trivial like being out of cheese but still they are destroying you. I started studying for my diploma after 3 years of absense from the University, now i am back and i am litteraly waking up, studying, eating whatever leftover i have and sleeping. I don't shower as often as i want, i eat bulshit and get heartburns, my whole body and specially my ass hurts from sitting in front of the pc all day, i am constantly sleepy and when i catch a break i am watching facebook and all the so-different lives everyone is having. This shit is getting me depressed and i feel way too dump to say it to anyone. This song reminded be of how i was "before the war"..