Hundred lashes!
-Walk proud to the pole.
Count your blessings!
-The seconds are really short.
Hundred lashes!
-Don’t forget how to breathe.
Count your blessings!
-They’ll carry you away.
I won’t stand your cowering.
Your selfpity disgusts me.
And here you’re just wallowing in you feces.
You’re a traitor…to your species.
I want my secrets kept.
The hand’s hard for the curious.
Iron grip, the whip flies furious!
This was a very moving song when I saw it live. Nightwish certainly have changed of late; and here is one of the ways: Marco getting more creatively involved…just imagine, he’s in Tarot, too!
When I'm in this state of mind
I'm wishing I was blind. Sometimes life is
more than pain, to me
I feel the power of my grief. Death would be
such a relief. All the secrets that I hide
would die, with me.
Depression is my only friend. Will this
torture never end? Let me carry on to
the dreamers sky.
I keep crying in my dreams.
Can you hear my endless screams?
When I fade away I fade, away.
Chorus: THIS FLUID ON MY CHEEK, IT DRAINS ME
I GET WEAK. MY HEART IS COLD & BLEAK
BLACK BLOOD. BLACK TEARS.
Life is like a masquerade. In debt to myself,
but I can't pay. Soon I'll call it all a day, away.
I've never felt what you call guilt.
I still believe "Do what thou wilt"
My sorrow will destroy the world I've built.
(Chorus)
Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity’s original song is quite a statement; released in 1994; the album, Purgatory Afterglow was in the memory of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. I think there is a certain Gen X bleakness about it, the disillusionment of youth. This is really, what, I would deem, is at the heart of heavy metal, and the nature of good music itself; the introspective mindset, the exploration of one’s own inner states and feelings; and also, an evokation of our current times. How Romantic [or, should I say, Modern...)...
One thing I find particularly curious is the major key tonality!
Antisophie
[Editorial] I also want to add this appendum; it’s an Eternal Tears of Sorrow ‘cover’ version, because, I think they are a great band.
Stratovarius playing at Wacken, of what was suppose to be a song from their ‘next album’. But this was not meant to be. I have seen quite a few videos of Stratovarius playing where a few mistakes have been made, this one I noticed recently. One of the commenters on the Youtube page points out that TK sings the chorus during the guitar solo (i.e. too early [see 2.49s to 3.00s]).
I think mistakes are interesting; part of that whole auratic aspect of the live. I could give the same sociological story that I always give here, but I shall spare you for now.
Very sad that they broke up, they have been an influential band; perhaps the finest exemplar of power metal (given that most of the others are so very crass).
I’ve gotten this message from one of my RSS feeds. The first two lines of it say it all…
Dear Stratovarius Fans,
It is time to stop the silence and announce what some of you have already been speculating. Stratovarius is no more.[http://www.timotolkki.com/Split.html]
It’s an end of an era, to excuse myself from punning a Nightwish album. It’s very sad news, indeed. I did like Stratovarius, especially the lyrics…however, the new band ‘Revolution Renaissance’ sounds good. Timo is also looking for new members! I might touch up my keyboard skills… (just kidding).
