Demon Hunter - The Tide Began To Rise Lyrics

Underrated song

I really like the ending

Even though it's sad

Definitely.

It's not really, the tide rises until his soul is taken to heaven his trust and faith in God through this sacrifice reminding him that love is the only reason to live.

lardplanet *The Tide Began To Rise is a song I wrote about the changes you make in life. Sometimes, in looking back, you realize that you’re not progressing and changing into the mature, spiritually mature person that you had hoped for. I talk about the times when things seemed more stable and looking back on those days in the hope that you may return to them.*
 
*At the end of the song, I wrote about how depressing it can be sometimes, knowing that we, as humans, are so limited in the love that we can give to God and our loved ones. God gives so abundantly to us, yet we are living for ourselves most of the time. The love that we do give is usually just in the time left over after we serve ourselves. The final desparate plea is that God would just take my spirit home with Him, because I’m tired of the futility of human love.*
 
*For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. - Romans **3:23*

This is how the vocalist explained the song. To me, I sometimes feel so guilty in the things that I want and wish I could just give my whole heart to God, instead of those things. Better yet, not even have the ability to love, if it's not going to be prioritized to God. I'm always questioning myself if I truly do devote myself to Him and I feel I shouldn't have to ask that. So with all of this going on my head, it's better if I were just not living this way. I'm tired of feeling selfish and wish God would just take this away from me.

I don't belong here
I never saw this on the path I walk
The blood-stained walls, the lines of chalk on the floor
It's getting so hard
I never saw the backlash when the tide began to rise
I can't remember
The way it was when everything felt right
My mouth held shut and eyes sealed tight with control

So I remember on the inside

I found a dark, infernal place I don't want to face anymore
Somehow, I won't stop feeding the pain
My heart's just the same as before

So now I'm stuck here
Between the guilty and the insincere
The words I spoke have left me here all alone
I should have known this
I never saw the backlash when the tide began to rise
I wish it all gone
I could've burned it when I had that choice
And now I'd die to kill this noise in my head

So I remember on the inside

I found a dark, infernal place I don't want to face anymore
Somehow, I won't stop feeding the pain
My heart's just the same as before

So I remember on the inside

If this is all the love my spirit can give
Just take it back tonight
There is not a reason more to live