"Cemetery Of Splendour" by Jenny Hval is a song about the emptiness and abandonment that can be found in both physical spaces and personal experiences. The lyrics describe the feeling of performing in an empty bar and the potential that no one in the audience seems to recognize. The song also explores the afterlife as a place that may have been anticipated but ultimately falls short of expectations. The imagery of the song is filled with descriptions of abandoned places, from empty halls and boarded up windows to discarded cigarette butts and candy wrappers. The lyrics suggest that these abandoned spaces are following the narrator's steps and associating with her own sense of emptiness. Towards the end of the song, the lyrics shift to a list of natural objects - trees, rocks, pine cones - and the objects of human detritus that can be found among them. This description seems to emphasize the fleeting nature of human existence in comparison to the permanence of the natural world. Overall, "Cemetery Of Splendour" is an introspective song that explores themes of emptiness, abandonment, and the impermanence of human existence.
