Trouble with the compossed verbs


I saw this phrase:

> 描いていた忘れていたこと

Can there be a sentence or phrase with two verbs in progressive past state?

What does this phrase mean?

Which type of nuance provides こと to the verb?

This phrase makes sense?

Given that:

描いていた is progressive past form of 描く (to draw; to paint; to sketch; to picture
in one's mind; to imagine)

And:

忘れていた is progressive past form of 忘れる (to forget)


~~In this example, 描いていた is modifying a noun phrase 忘れていたこと. That is, there
are two nested relative clauses.

Compare:

  * 描いてい **た** 忘れていたこと  
something I have forgotten, which I have drawn

  * 描いてい **て** 忘れていたこと  
something I have drawn and then forgotten

The former is still a bit difficult to understand without the full context,
but this is the literal translation. If you're curious why I didn't use past
progressive forms (e.g. "was forgetting"), please read: [When is Vている the
continuation of action and when is it the continuation of
state?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/5010)

~~

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**EDIT:** OP said this was the entire sentence, but actually this was a
sentence fragment in a song. And OP even removed the important space between
描いていた and 忘れていた...

This is a simple example of anastrophe where the object of the verb is
expressed after the verb.

> 描いていた 忘れていたこと  
>  凍った太陽と燃えていた指針を
>
> I was drawing what I had forgotten — the frozen sun and the burning compass

