The Autumn Song (Pandora's Box)

This is a bit of an oldie.

Ok, not really. But I wrote this early 2009 so its somewhat old.

Here it is:

I watch the lights as they fade to black
Just keep walking, never look back
Now my friends are so far away
All the reasons I had to stay

And now the magic of that beautiful summer will die
So, I just want you to know
That these fairy tales will never fade to grey
Won't you remember me?

The sun sets on our innocence
Ditching school, climbing over the fence
Our music fades with our yesterdays
This is the very price I pay

Where is the place I call my home?
Where the hell am I supposed to go?
To all the friends I left behind
Here I am,
So long, goodbye
The times we had won't ever die

Open the box and what will you find?
Maybe sorrow?
Is that so?
Maybe hope?
Or maybe both? I don't know

But that's just life
It comes in all its forms
I'll be back one day
So won't you wait for me?

(Chorus 1)

I swear, I'll come home one day you see.

(END)

This was like one of the first songs I wrote with metaphors.

Put simply, this was a song I wrote leaving home when I was first coming to Australia.

The 'seasonal' metaphor represents life in general, with summer being depicted as a time of good times and innocence, although I am probably still in that phase of my life now. Autumn, is the point in life where one has to come to terms with responsibilities and grow up.

In a sense, in order to be worlds away from my friends and family, I had to grow up and not be such a wuss anymore, hence why this is the Autumn Song.

I also talk about ditching school in this song. This refers how me and some of my friends would ditch school after exams (although we weren't allowed to) by jumping over the fence, in the security camera's blind-spot and how that was part of the major high school memories I had back home.

Finally, the metaphor of Pandora's Box comes alive in the bridge of the song. In Greek myth (from what I know), Pandora was tasked by Zeus to keep a box/jar-thing safe and closed but in the end, she opens it and unleashes all the evils within upon the world (illness, toil, suffering, etc) but at the bottom of the box, she found hope.

This links to how, despite all the heartache I suffered from leaving home, I faced this time in Australia with a hopeful and optimistic attitude.

And that's pretty much the gist of the song.

Hope my (3) readers enjoyed that. :)

Until next time :)