Sting - inside

내면에서는 고통과 외로움이 가득하지만 외부 세계는 끊임없이 변화하고 있다
사랑의 부재와 상처를 숨기고, 분투하는 존재들이 등장하며, 외부의 혼란스러운 상황과 대비된다
이 가사는 삶의 복잡함과 갈등을 깊이 있게 그려낸다

Inside the doors are sealed to love
Inside my heart is sleeping
Inside the fingers of my glove
Inside the bones of my right hand
Inside it's colder than the stars
Inside the dogs are weeping
Inside the circus of the wind
Inside the clocks are filled with sand
Inside she'll never hurt me
Inside the winter's creeping
Inside the compass of the night
Inside the folding of the land
Outside the stars are turning
Outside the world's still burning
Inside my head's a box of stars I never dared to open
Inside the wounded hide their scars, inside this lonesome sparrow's fall
Inside the songs of our defeat, they sing of treaties broken
Inside this army's in retreat, we hide beneath the thunder's call
Outside the rain keeps falling
Outside the drums are calling
Outside the flood won't wait
Outside they're hammering down the gate