Alan Walker: Lily Meaning
Lily Lyrics
Afraid of the big, wide world
She grew up within her castle walls
Now and then she tried to run
And then on the night with the setting sun
She went in the woods away
So afraid, all alone
They warned her, don't go...
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I think this song is about a young girl(Lily) who has been sheltered from the harsh realities of the world. She hears about some of the things going on and she wants to become part of that world, not realizing what lies ahead. She runs away and is found by someone with malicious intent(the "creature"). They promise her all of the things she's looking for, and, still unaware of their true intentions, she accepts. Eventually, she realizes what's going on, and tries to run from them, and succeeds to an extent. She finds her way back into a place where she is lost and screams for help. This cry is heard by no one, though, and the person catches up to her, ensuing the second verse. She continues running and succeeds in getting away, eventually back to her home. She recounts the story to the people closest to her, in the form of the song. They try to find the person but fail. Because of this, the song continues to apply to other girls.
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My thoughts of Lily are that Lily is a little girl (duh) that wants to go on a mission to find something that could help her find an answer to all the questions shes been asking. When she goes on this mission, she comes along a man (who is the creature in de song) who wants to ¨help¨ her complete this mission. But in the end, he betrays her and hypnotises her (great grammer, i know) But then the spell wears off, but he still wont let her escape him.
So basically I think Lily is about a girl who wanted to go out, but got fooled by someone, and got kidnapped. -
when i first heard this song, i always thought this was literally a fantasy story. so here goes!
there’s a princess named Lily who was always kept away from the outside world as the people in her community always told her that the world was very bad. since she was told of this from a very young age, Lily was afraid of the world she never knew of. but she was a really curious girl and although afraid, she tried running away but always came back running home because of her fear. then one day, she came back out and ran for good from home and suddenly realized she was lost in the woods. she became afraid and alone. then, the “creature” (which i always thought was some sort of spirit or entity) came to her and promised her that she’ll be okay if she lets them “in”, meaning that she has to trust them.
in the end she does and for a while she managed to survive the “outside world” with this entity or spirit guiding to wherever she wanted. the second verse (which was a little intense) was about Lily running into trouble with another spirit (a bad one). then before she went into deeper trouble, the good entity that wanted to help her came and save her, leading her to a safer place, opposing to the return of the reff.
so basically, the rest of the song is more or less like a reprise between Lily and this “creature”. -
I feel like this song could represent an abusive relationship. This “monster” being the abuser, s/he lures Lily in with love and support (thus the “just let me in”. Lily finds herself believing in this person and relying on them. One day she realizes that this person is abusive, yet by then she has already spiraled down the never ending staircase of reliance. She finds herself trapped, because she needs the very one who corrupts her soul. Her necesity could also be represented by the command “follow everywhere I go”.
Thanks for reading my interperatation :)
~yuuki.kyoro -
I think it’s about drugs. Just let “it” in and it will control and takes you up and down. Sometimes when you wake up, you know you’re in trouble and try to get some help. But it follows you and keep saying “just let me in, ooh..”
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i think it is about depression. Lily is a girl who has had a hard life and then starts to feel depressed and the creature are her demons that are trying to get in by tricking her that their good and that they promise her anything. So Lily lets them in and then people noticed something is wrong she makes a friend and the demons go away, but as the demons go her friend goes.
Sorry if it's too deep. -
Lily was a princess who hated her life and she was told not to go in a dark forest for her own safety. She didn't listen and went in the forest alone. But she instantly regretted her choice and she got lost. Then something, a creature, came from behind her and wanted to become her boyfriend/girlfriend. It hipnotized her so she would fall in love with him/her. Lily was under the spell for some time, but then it broke and "she awoke again" means she was aware of what she was doing again. Then she ran to look for help but the creature was not willing to give up so he/she followed lily and tried to hypnotize her. But it didn't work and she ran again trying to find help in vain and the creature came back. And that's where the song ends. Dun dun dun~
It was more of a story than a theory but I hope you enjoyed it! Lily is a very mysterious song... Good luck imagining the rest of the story! What will happen to lily? -
I think that Lily is a girl who grew up sheltered and protected, as the lyrics imply at the beginning, and never truly knew of the dangers of the outside world. She ventures outside of her home out of curiosity as a young teen, and runs into a manipulative man, the 'creature'. I see the 'creature' as a child predator since the lily flower represents purity, and what could be more pure than a young girl who knows nothing of the life's harshness? So, the 'creature' manipulates her with promises that she'll get whatever she wants, and she soon realizes the danger that she's in. Lily tries to call out for help, but her pleas fall on deaf ears and the 'creature' captures her again since the last part of the lyrics are most likely the creature. Sorry if that was a bit dark, but that's how I see it.
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i think this song is about basically, Lily, has a very hard life. people will target boys and girls who have hard lives, act like their friend, give them money, help them, then they sell her to another illegal person for a slave. people sometimes survive this. the illegal people who do this hide from police. "She knew she was hypnotized, and walking on cold thin ice. then it broke." i forgot what this is called, but people who have survived this or escaped said its the most horrible thing ever. and yes, we live in a free country. NO for some awful people.
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It's about a girl who was sheltered and over-protected as an adolescent. Older she's out in the world on her own and she's struggling with either an abusive/toxic relationship or a substance abuse addiction. Trying to break free from the problem and asking for help. She gets away but it's always calling her back.
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I think the song is about drug abuse.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I think that this song means that there's more important stuff than being closed up in box with all your problems ,but when I heard the song it reaminded me about what we are here for.I think lily was having so many PROBLEMS and she sisieded to ran away to a forest where she was in danger because raven thought she ran away from her PROBLEMS her depression is going to follow her because its inside of her.
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I think that this song means that there's more important stuff than being closed up in box with all your problems ,but when I heard the song it reaminded me about what we are here for.I think lily was having so many PROBLEMS and she sisieded to ran away to a forest where she was in danger because raven thought she ran away from her PROBLEMS her depression is going to follow her because its inside of her.
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Loved all these theories, but I’m sure it’s about Lilith. Read a bit about mythology and y’all will understand ♥️
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