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Song Meaning
Although the title of this song may seem to allude to a particular group of people, the song is actually meant to be quite general in focus and nature. It's an anthem for those who feel like they've been "forgotten" or left behind. The narrator revels in sadness and solitude for much of the song. He starts out using the words "you" and "you're," then switches to first-person ("I"), then brings forward a sense of community and empathy by using "we" and "we're." At the very end of the song (and at the final closing of the entire trilogy as a whole), the narrator offers these words of encouragement to "the forgotten": "Don't look away from the arms of love."
Lyrics
Where in the world is the forgotten?
They’re lost inside your memory
You’re draggin’ on
Your heart’s been broken
As we all go down in history
Where in the world did the time go?
It’s where your spirit seems to roam
Like losing faith to our abandon
Or an empty hallway from a broken home
Don’t look away
From the arms of a bad dream
Don’t look away
Sometimes, you’re better lost than to be seen
I don’t feel strange, it’s more like haunted
Another moment trapped in time
I can’t quite put my finger on it
But it’s like a child that was left behind
So where in the world’s the forgotten?
Like soldiers from a long-lost war
We share the scars from our abandon
And what we remember becomes folklore
Don’t look away
From the arms of a bad dream
Don’t look away
Sometimes, you’re better lost than to be seen
Don’t look away
From the arms of a moment
Don’t look away
From the arms of tomorrow
Don’t look away
From the arms of a moment
Don’t look away
From the arms of love
They’re lost inside your memory
You’re draggin’ on
Your heart’s been broken
As we all go down in history
Where in the world did the time go?
It’s where your spirit seems to roam
Like losing faith to our abandon
Or an empty hallway from a broken home
Don’t look away
From the arms of a bad dream
Don’t look away
Sometimes, you’re better lost than to be seen
I don’t feel strange, it’s more like haunted
Another moment trapped in time
I can’t quite put my finger on it
But it’s like a child that was left behind
So where in the world’s the forgotten?
Like soldiers from a long-lost war
We share the scars from our abandon
And what we remember becomes folklore
Don’t look away
From the arms of a bad dream
Don’t look away
Sometimes, you’re better lost than to be seen
Don’t look away
From the arms of a moment
Don’t look away
From the arms of tomorrow
Don’t look away
From the arms of a moment
Don’t look away
From the arms of love
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