Pain of Salvation - Her Voices

Song from the album "The Perfect Element pt.I"

Looking at you I see her face
Through all these years, just waiting
It all catches up to you when you slow down

I'm back in that yard, tasting that shame
Of pushing her down, Of kids and her games
...their strongholds

We had a bigger world - we had a better view
I guess I never fully realized then
What she lost when I cut that loss

So she filled the void with unearthly friends
Voices of hers - greater... than us

We had a bigger world - we had a better view
I wish she'd never told us about her voices
We were strong, we were much too strong

Never forgive - never forget

We picked and pierced, we ripped and we tore
We hit and we scratched to make in her a hole
Glares and eyes - whispers and notes
Attached to her every pose

We fed her shouts
For the collection of her voices
I was too weak to collect
But so, it turned out, was she
Both paid in soul for the cutting of that loss

Their ugly truth
Outnumbered by far her beautiful dream
And I closed my eyes
Were her eyes in yours already when we met?
Am I still paying debts to recover Life?

Now I can see she proved to be right
As she was called down
It's sad though...
...that I turned out to be one of her voices.

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• pain
• of
• salvation
• her
• voices
• the
• perfect
• element
• music
• progressive
• daniel
• gildenlow

[rhpositivo84]

Great comment Zaothus!

[Zaothus]

If aliens landed outside my front door and gave me one opportunity to justify humankind's worthiness within the grand cosmic arena, or they nuke the entire surface of the Earth, I would hand them a copy of "The Perfect Element pt. 1" and simply tell them: "Enjoy".

[InPerfection88]

excellent piece

[OskarVlk]

the interlude is PERFECT

[CompulsiveDesigns]

I turn up my bass really loud for the beginning, those chords are so physically relaxing on the bones.

It's hard to believe a song as amazing as this isn't my favorite off the album. Such a good album. So good.

[MorbidAzagthothDeath]

4:46 favorite part, if i had to choose

[Ragnagord]

I miss this Pain of Salvation so much

[syberyon]

@azrial4421 Why the fuck are you even alive? Or more important, why the fuck are you here on this video? You're not worthy of it

[dribflow]

@azrial4421 you sorry sorry excuse for a human being

[maddearth]

@Zaothus could not agree more :)

[tabananje]

@Zaothus What if they are disciples Road Salt One? :-0

[Requeium]

@Zaothus i rather doubt they would use nukes, they'd probably just vaporize the earth =P but good point ;)

[flippinfl00b]

PoS has been my fav band for about 3-4 years now, but i had gone a long time without listening to this album b/c it got deleted from my computer. Anyway, a couple months ago i listened to this song, for the first time in what felt like a year, while i was driving, and i'm not exaggerating that i legit almost started to cry.