Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 7.45/10 [22 votes]Album: One Second / Original Release Date: 1997-07-14Genre: Heavy MetalSong Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Through the searching lights that weave and darts
Comes the stranger that cares not for your heart
The pain of living life this way must take its toll on you some day
Your jaded eyes can see embarrassment or harm
The frail skin that bleeds emotionally on guard
All lowest forms of life are pounding you inside
Your hollow cold display your tires masquerade
Let the image that you present entice
Unlike the mirror that shows the strains of vice
This act of contact your decay while willing souls will more than pay
Lydia is written by Gregory John Mackintosh, Nicholas John Arthur Holmes. ✔️
When was Lydia released?
It is first released on July 14, 1997 as part of Paradise Lost's album "One Second" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 2nd track on this album. ✔️
What is the meaning behind Lydia lyrics?
When we take a closer look to the meaning, the song 'Lydia' by Paradise Lost explores how people create false identities to protect themselves from showing their actual feelings and inside weaknesses. The character Lydia shows how people battle between their need to show a fake self to the world and their experience of deep emotional suffering which creates internal conflicts that affect their mental state. Lydia lyrics mostly show feelings of anxiety through songs about broken relationships which lead to feelings of extreme sadness and self-reflection and feelings of rage. The song emphasizes two main elements which include the need for people to experience emotional distress and personal battles and their journey to understand their true self and the false image which they present to others. The lyrics show themes which involve emotional distress and personal battles which children under parental supervision should not watch due to their unsuitability for younger audiences. The material contains no offensive words or sexual content but its emotional intensity and themes of harm and decay require parents to decide which material requires their approval. ✔️
Songwriter(s): Gregory John Mackintosh, Nicholas John Arthur Holmes Record Label(s): 2011 The End Records under license from Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Official lyrics by