Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: goth
Song Meaning of “An Heir To Emptiness” by Daylight Dies
They say death is the great equalizer, a truth that life will eventually follow and fade into nothingness. That’s the feeling of “An Heir To Emptiness” a song by Daylight Dies that reflects on this inevitability. In the lyrics, they focus on the idea of identity and worthlessness in the face of mortality: “We have become nothing but shadows of a future that will never truly be, heirs to emptiness.”
The chorus of the song is a somber reminder of life’s shortness and its impermanence: “The days we’ve waited, never knowing what for/Thin layer of hope, a dream to become more/As sure as sun turns to moon we’ll be gone/forgotten heirs to nothingness.” The band captures the despair of mortality and acknowledges that all our struggles and goals are for naught, as we will soon begin to fade away forgotten.
The theme of emptiness touches many aspects of life, be it relationships, goals, passions, and ambitions, and for most, it’s hard to accept our ultimate insignificance into eternity. At the end of the song, the lyrics ask: “What will be left to show for all these years we have wasted?” With this, the band holds us accountable for what we’ve done here, and encourages us to explore our mortality while we are still able to. “An Heir To Emptiness” is a poignant reflection on life that will hopefully lead some to find peace in the notions of death.