Released on August 18, 1998

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[Instrumental Intro]


[Verse 1]

Deserted again, you speak to me through the shadows

Walking in closed rooms, using cold words

Captured by the night

The yearning escapes from my embrace


[Verse 2]

Strange silhouettes whisper your thoughts

Scream your sadness

And they all turned away

Unable to face more of this death


[Verse 3]

Credence in my word

Written in dust, tainted by memories

I confess my hope

Recognize my loneliness


[Verse 4]

Your laughter weeps the truth

Push me into the corner

Confirming the epitaph of my soul

And displaying the once unknown karma


[Instrumental Outro]

“Written in dust,”
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Writing something in dust suggests that it is fragile and temporary. Despite the weight he gives his own words, they cannot last, much like his memories and connection to the living.

“Credence in my word”
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I think in this context credence means that he believes fully what he is saying. “Credence in my word” would suggest that his own word is weighted with the meaning he is imbuing it with, giving it its own kind of power.

“Karma”
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The name of the following song on My Arms, Your Hearse.

“Deserted again, you speak to me through the shadows Walking in closed rooms, using cold words Captured by the night The yearning escapes from my embrace”
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His Lover left him alone after he tried to kill her.

He sees her shadows walking in closed rooms,talking by cold words after what she saw in that night.

He Lost interest in her.

“Unable to face more of this death”
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Everyone is moving on from him, and he is coming to terms with that, as he has no other options.