Alan Walker: Faded Meaning
Song Released: 2015
Faded Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us?
Another star, you fade away
Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us, alive
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you...
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The song is much about idealized love:
"You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us
Another start
You fade away"
Means that the loved person was a perfect complement to him, means can be darkness to his light, the purpose here is also about sin and negativity cause that could mean that a good person can love, deeply love, a bad one and this happens often, cause love it's truly blind in reality, people should not be similar to love one each other.
"Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us
Alive"
The aim was too high, impossible : a dream, a fairy tale, here idealization takes place. Now the singer think they're both not alive, cause they aren't together anymore, and they lived just together, that's the meaning, then after not anymore, they faded and are just shadows.
"Was it all in my fantasy
Where are you now
Were you only imaginary
...
Atlantis
Under the sea"
Start thinking it was just fantasy, unreal, a dream cause of the fading of emotions, very common when you lost someone forever and don't talk to that person anymore. A search for the impossible, or for something that never existed, cause it was just idealization of love, not reality.
"Another dream
The monsters running wild inside of me
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded"
Means he's now another person, that probably can't love anymore like that and have monsters, bad feelings, about the actual situation and the fact he's actually alone and faded, so a shadow of himself, based on the idealized love of above. Bad feelings, regrets, depression maybe and so on.
"These shallow waters, never met
What I needed
I'm letting go
A deeper dive
Eternal silence of the sea
I'm breathing
Alive"
Is an interesting part: he feels lonely and, probably, don't like superficial people or love, cause true love CAN'T BE superficial... Then the bad feelings realize or attempt to be realized: a deeper dive maybe means suicidal feelings in the 'eternal silence' of water: many people die this way for love, they drown. No matter if happens in the bathtube with drugs or in the sea, drowing is a typical suicidal situation where people refuse life.
"Under the bright
But faded lights
You set my heart on fire"
Probably the best part of the song: means that it was true love, under the sun means that nothing was done to hide that feelings and these feelings illuminated his life, for a while. The faded lights are about the two lovers at the beginning, that probably understood their reciprocal love in a condition of strong trust: people don't stay together alone under faded, say very dim, lights unless they trust one each other, especially girls avoid that. My idea about it is that happened outdoor, maybe in a street at evening or night, outside, in low light conditions. And there she set his heart on fire, no dubt, the first kiss I think. The lights appears now even more faded cause related to memories, as the general meaning of the song about fading away, living just of memories.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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Song is about how someone was/is in love, they thought it was all in there head, dilusional, where in fact it was not,now (the love) fading away there now calling out to this person to,( where are you know !), they want what was real.
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I think the song is about someone who the artist lost,but the relationship and feelings passed back and forth are still living but a little faded,hence the name.I think the relationship was very strong but then something special inside the one that’s left behind fades,also hence the name.
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When we see in a spiritual way may be I might be wrong
You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us?
( God is a shadow to my blessings. People did you see my abundant blessings)
Another star
You fade away
( Want to another good things but I'm doing bad things due to that you fade away because of me )
Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us, A live
(My aim is to stay away from people .
You people wanna feel the way I'm being alive)
Where are you now
Was it all in my fantasy
Were you only imaginary
Where are you now
Atlantis
Under the sea
( God,was it all in my fantasy or god are you just imaginary .
Where are you now Atlantis under the sea )
These shallow waters, never met
What I needed
I'm letting go
A deeper dive
( I'm in a thirst to see you but never seen
I'm letting myself a deeper thinking about you )
Eternal silence of the sea
I'm breathing
Alive
Where are you now?
( In this corona I'm still breathing alive where are you now ?)
Under the bright
But faded lights
You set my heart on fire
Where are you now
(Under the bright life but
Faded hope
You set my heart on holyfire where are you now)
Where are you now
Where are you now
Atlantis
Under the sea
Under the sea
Where are you now
Another dream
The monsters running wild inside of me
(Where are you now Atlantis ? Under the sea ?
Where are you now devil's running wild inside to tempt me )
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded
From india ❤️
I love Jesus -
I'm thinking that someone lost their lover, and that they think that it could have been a dream, hence the words "was it all in my fantasy? Were you only imaginary?" Now they are looking for the person, and possibly not sure they want to continue looking, worrying they are not enough.
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i strongly think the artist was tryna make this song touch people emotionally coz I think he was trying to tell people about his past and the connection he had with his partner . And it feels to not be with the person and tht it feels like his partner is so far away from him (refering to)''Atlentis , Under the sea...''
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I think its about a lover that got lost but is still very much missed. The singer is trying to grasp at the emotions felt during the relationship but these elude him.
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This song is close to my heart. I think it speaks of the feeling when you are getting into a new relationship, still unsure about where things are going and for a moment you get caught up in your past. Thinking of where your ex might be. You are making a new start, but still somewhere thinking about the good times you both had. Things you both did, and also about false or broken promises. But this time you have decided to make things work. The colour of your previous relationship is fading away slowly. And you keep on telling yourself that u are faded, ready to be full of colours again.
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I think this song is about how sometimes we are so connected to our devices that we become disconnected from the world around us. It's weird to think that something that was made to bring us closer has driven us apart more than anything us. This especially applies to the time I am posting this, as we are stuck in our houses with little to nobody to talk to.
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According to me the song is talking about a relationship which seemed to last forever I think the two had done alot together and just were meant to be
however unfoftunatelly the two get apart in one way or another but didnt actually break up
walker still wants to find out if the partner still feels the same way like before because I bet she is still madly inlove. -
To me this song has a lot of meanings...
Loneliness
Love
Searching for a better version of oneself
Importance of family and friends
Confusion...(maybe)
Dwelling in your fantasies and imaginations
Letting go of one's past...(Faded)or
Nostalgia,bittersweet yearning for the things of the past...
Nevertheless,I love the song -
It's about missing someone u loved most and consider he/ she as ur everlasting friend. On an other hand, the song may mean someone feeling lonely trying to remember good time went by or people left him/ she!
Anyway I like it's melody and it's words always! -
This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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If ya actually look into the lyrics of "Different World", it's even creepier. Alan Walker is definitely trying to say something.
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