- celestialskylightb
Supernova - Lyrics & Backstory
The embers burn
In the corner of a violent storm
Collapsing all around us
The end moves on
Son, you should learn to see the signs
They feign
They’re designed
To keep you from the constant web of lies
They create
It’s got to be telling you something
When its crumbling under its own weight
Built on a base of nothing
Tumbling in towards its fate
The embers burn
In the corner of the violent storm
This place
This shining star
Elements of who we are
Wake up
To realize
We’re holed inside
An ultra bright
Supernova
The world has turned
The sides have caved in on us all
You’ve shined
For far too long
Far to strong
Far too bright
You’ve lied
For far to long
You set it right
You set it right
Supernova
Supernova - Backstory
The song Supernova has come after a hiatus from songwriting for several months. While this new year started out great with hope and chance to return to some form of normalcy after the 2 year pandemic times, it quickly took a turn after the first two months and it's been a difficult time since. There has been a lot unfolding around the world in general and this song in some sense has been a chance to process all the current events and express it as a song. Supernova is both literally about the phenomenon of a once massive powerful bright star exploding and coming to it's inevitable final stages while collapsing in wards on itself and also a metaphor for a powerful system also exploding and collapsing inwards in a self destructing final blaze. A number of global events and happenings during the first half of 2022 appear to be signs of systems whether political, ideological, institutional, societal or even natural showing signs of collapse because they have outlived their time and coming to an end. Much like a supernova, there is a last hurrah or push to burn whatever fuel is left in these systems to keep it going but there are clear signs after the explosion, these systems and ideas are headed for a complete collapse and will meet an inevitable end.

Image credit - kjpargetter <a href='https://www.freepik.com/photos/space-galaxy'>Space galaxy photo created by kjpargeter - www.freepik.com</a>