Κι εκεί που έβλεπα τη δισκοθήκη μου, ξέθαψα το συγκεκριμένο. Με την ευκαιρία της προσμονής για την καινούρια δουλειά τους που κυκλοφορεί το Φεβρουάριο, πάρτε μια ιδέα...
Trollhammaren
[Music: Tundra / Trollhorn, Lyrics: Wilska]
Bland skuggor rider en odjur. Som en svarta träd. Griper hård på en mäktig hammar. Ut för svaga kristna blod.
TROLLHAMMAREN! TROLLHAMMAREN!
Trollhammaren sveper igen! Hugga ned, broder igen! Hör det sista ropet - Trollhammaren är här!
TROLLHAMMAREN!
Han är inte en människa. Inte bräcklig och svag som dig. Du ska vara maktlös. Inga ögon ser din änd.
TROLLHAMMAREN! TROLLHAMMAREN!
Sedan mörkret övertog. Räds den frostens kalla fingrar. Som griper tag och förlever. Under kommande vinternatt.
TROLLHAMMAREN! TROLLHAMMAREN! TROLLHAMMAREN!
[English translation:]
The Troll Hammer
Amongst the shadows rides a beast Like a black tree Gripping hard a mighty hammer Looking for weak Christian blood
The Troll Hammer! The Troll Hammer!
The Troll Hammer, swoops again! Strike down, brother again! Hear the last howl - The Troll Hammer is here!
He is not human Not fragile and weak like you You will be helpless No eyes see your end
The Troll Hammer! The Troll Hammer!
Then the darkness took control Fearing the cold fingers of frost That take hold and persist During coming winter night The Troll Hammer! The Troll Hammer! The Troll Hammer!
'Love, just don't stare' He used to say to me every Sunday morning The spider in the window The angel in the pool The old man takes the poison Now the widow makes the rules
'So speak, I'm right here' She used to say to me not a word, not a word Judas on the ceiling the Devil in my bed I guess Easter's never coming So I'll just wait inside my head
Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares
Voices repeating me 'Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.' Voices discussing me 'Others steal your thoughts they're not confined within your mind.'
Thought disorder Dream control Now they read my mind on the radio But where was the Garden of Eden?
I feel elated I feel depressed Sex is death, Death is sex Says it right here on my Crucifix
Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares
Voices protecting me 'Good behavior brings the Savior to his knees.' Voices rejecting me 'Others steal your thoughts they're not confined to your own mind.'
[Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo reading from the book "Cultural Revolution".] "I don't wanna be here, 'cause of my suffering, 'cause of my illness. Only love is worth having, only love is what matters, loving every people on equal terms. " "You've got to know who you're dealin' with because, like a stranger, a-heh, just might come in through here with a gun... and then, what would you do? (Heh.)" "Everything is immaterial..." "'n' you know that reality is immaterial." "This is not reality..."
I'm kneeling on the floor staring at the wall like the spider in the window I wish that I could speak Is there fantasy in refuge? God in politicians? Should I turn on my religion? These demons in my head tell me to
I'm lying here in bed Swear my skin is inside out Just another Sunday morning
Seen my diary on the newsstand Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand It's a shame no one is praying 'Cause these voices in my head keep saying...
'Love, just don't stare.' 'Reveal the Word when you're supposed to' Withdrawn and introverted Infectiously perverted 'Being laughed at and confused keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay.'
Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting Twentieth century Icon bleeding Willing to risk Salvation to escape from isolation
I'm witness to redemption heard you speak but never listened Can you rid me of my secrets? Deliver us from Darkness?
Voices repeating me 'Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.' Voices discussing me Don't expect your own Messiah This neverworld which you desire is only in your mind.
ΙΙΙ.The Silent Man
A question well served, 'Is silence like a fever?' 'A voice never heard?' 'Or a message with no receiver?'
Pray they won't ask Behind the stained glass There's always one more mask
Has man been a victim of his woman, of his father? if he elects not to bother, will he suffocate their faith?
Desperate to fall Behind the Great Wall That separates us all
When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake when there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man
If there is balance tonight He's Awake If they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man
Sin without deceivers A God with no believers I could sail by on the Winds of Silence And maybe they won't notice But this time I think It'd be better if I swim
When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake When there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man If there is balance Tonight he's Awake But if they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man
Και μια που είμαστε στο Metropolis part 2, δεν μπορούσα να αντισταθώ...
Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity
[Instrumental]
II. One Last Time
[Nicholas:] It doesn`t make any sense This tragic ending In spite of the evidence There`s something still missing
Heard some of the rumours told A taste of one`s wealth Did Victoria wound his soul? Did she bid him farewell?
[Victoria:] One last time We`ll lay down today One last time Until we fade away One last time We`ll lay down today One last time We slowly fade away
[Nicholas:] Here I am inside his home It holds the many clues To my suspicions And as I`m standing here right now I`m finally shown what I have always known
Coincidence I can`t believe As my childhood dreams slowly come true
Are these her memories Awakened through my eyes This house has brought back to life
An open door I walk on through Into his bedroom
Feeling as cold as outside The walls disappear To some woman who`s screaming A man pleads forgiveness His words I cannot hear
Κι ένα ακόμα εκπληκτικό τραγούδι με αντίστοιχα εκπληκτικό σόλο...
Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
[Nicholas:] Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where do we go when we die? What lies beyond And what lay before? Is anything certain in life?
They say " Life is too short" "The here and the now" And " You`re only given one shot" But could there be more Have I lived before Or could this be all that we`ve got?
If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone The spirit carries on
I used to be frightened of dying I used to think death was the end But that was before I`m not scared anymore I know that my soul will transcend
I may never find all the answers I may never understand why I may never prove What I know to be true But I know that I still have to try
If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone The spirit carries on
[Victoria:] "Move on, be brave Don`t weep at my grave Because I`m no longer here But please never let Your memories of me disappear"
[Nicholas:] Safe in the light that surrounds me Free of the fear and the pain My questioning mind Has help me to find The meaning in my life again Victoria`s real I finally feel At peace with the girl in my dreams And now that I`m here It`s perfectly clear I found out what all of this means
If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone The spirit carries on
Just let me catch my breath... I've heard the promises I've seen the mistakes I've had my fair share of tough breaks I need a new voice, a new law, a new way Take the time, reevaluate It's time to pick up the pieces, Go back to square one I think it's time for a change
There is something that I feel To be something that is real I feel the heat within my mind And craft new changes with my eyes Giving freely wandering promises A place with decisions I'll fashion I won't waste another breath
You can feel the waves coming on (It's time to take the time) Let them destroy you or carry you on (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world But no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you need in your mind
The unbroken spirit Obscured and disquiet Finds clearness this trial demands And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief For the fortune lies still in his hands
If there's pensive fear, a wasted year A man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, Suppression that he feels must turn to hope
Life is no more assuring than love (It's time to take the time) There are no answers from voices above (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world And no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you need in your mind
I close my eyes And feel the water rise around me Drown the bead of time Let my senses fall away I can see much clearer now, I'm blind
Find all you need in your mind If you take the time
Γενέθλια σήμερα και λέω να βάλω κλασικά. Αυτό είναι το πιο αντιπροσωπευτικό κομμάτι των Dream Theater, σε ειδική εκτέλεση με σχεδόν όλα τα μέλη, πρώην και νυν.
Metropolis - Part I - "The Miracle And The Sleeper"
[Images: Dream Theater] [Words: Petrucci]
The smile of dawn Arrived early May She carried a gift from her home The night shed a tear To tell her of fear And of sorrow and pain She'll never outgrow
Death is the first dance, eternal
There's no more freedom The both of you will be confined to this mind
I was told there's miracle for each day that I try I was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has died I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid I was told if you dream of the next world You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire
As a child, I thought I could live without pain without sorrow As a man I've found it's all caught up with me I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid
Somewhere like a scene from a memory There's a picture worth a thousand words Eluding stares from faces before me It hides away and will never be heard of again
Deceit is the second without end
The city's cold blood teaches us to survive Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive
The third arrives...
Before the leaves have fallen Before we lock the doors There must be the third and last dance This one will last forever Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taken you to your home
It can only take place When the struggle between our children has ended Now the Miracle and the Sleeper know that the third is love
Και φυσικά, δεν θα μπορούσε να λείπει αυτό. Η άχρηστη πληροφορία της ημέρας: Υπάρχει ένα group στο Facebook που προτρέπει τον κόσμο να κάνει download το κομμάτι αντί για τη διασκευή που θα κάνουν στο αγγλικό X-Factor την Πρωτοχρονιά. Μην κάθεστε, κάντε το!
KILLING IN THE NAME
Killing in the name of! Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Huh!
Killing in the name of! Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya But now you do what they told ya Well now you do what they told ya
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Uggh!
Killing in the name of! Killing in the name of
And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control (7 times) And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control And now you do what they told ya!
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites Come on!
Yeah! Come on!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! Motherfucker! Uggh!
Μαύρη επέτειος σήμερα μετά τα γεγονότα του προηγούμενου Δεκέμβρη. Κι όμως, κάπου μέσα μου κωλοτρώγομαι για διαμαρτυρίες... Υπάρχει όμως και μια φωνή συνείδησης που βλέπει την ωμή πραγματικότητα: Θα βάλουν μυαλό όλοι οι στρατόκαυλοι που πρώτα πυροβολούν και μετά, αν θυμηθούν, ρωτάνε; Έτσι, θα διαμαρτυρηθώ όπως ξέρω καλύτερα. Γι αυτό, χωρίς πολλά πολλά...
BULLET IN THE HEAD
This time the bullet cold rocked ya A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika Nothin' proper about ya propaganda Fools follow rules when the set commands ya Said it was blue When ya blood was read That's how ya got a bullet blasted through ya head
Blasted through ya head Blasted through ya head
I give a shout out to the living dead Who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized So serene on the screen You were mesmerised Cellular phones soundin' a death tone Corporations cold Turn ya to stone before ya realise They load the clip in omnicolour Said they pack the 9, they fire it at prime time Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mutha fuckas lost their minds
Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high
Run it!
Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high
Checka, checka, check it out They load the clip in omnicolour Said they pack the 9, they fire it at prime time Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz And mutha fuckas lost their minds
No escape from the mass mind rape Play it again jack and then rewind the tape And then play it again and again and again Until ya mind is locked in Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' ya They say jump and ya say how high Ya brain-dead Ya gotta fuckin' bullet in ya head
Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high Just victims of the in-house drive-by They say jump, you say how high
Uggh! Yeah! Yea!
Ya standin' in line Believin' the lies Ya bowin' down to the flag Ya gotta bullet in ya head
Ya standin' in line Believin' the lies Ya bowin' down to the flag Ya gotta bullet in ya head
A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! A bullet in ya head! Ya gotta bullet in ya fuckin' head!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Υ.Γ. Επειδή δεν σταματάει η μέρα μόνο στην επέτειο του θανάτου του Αλέξη, χρόνια πολλά σ'όσους/όσες γιορτάζουν σήμερα.
Ένα ακόμα εκπληκτικό κομμάτι που ξέθαψα σήμερα. Πρόκειται για διασκευή (το αυθεντικό είναι του Leonard Cohen) που βρίσκεται στο live DVD της μπάντας.
"Hallelujah"
Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you To a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
There was a time you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Maybe there's a god above But all I've ever learned from love Is how you shoot somebody who outdrew ya. And it's not a cry of joy that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah
Ακόμα μια βραζιλιάνικη μπάντα, αυτή τη φορά από το χώρο του power metal.
Heroes Of Sand
Sealing light Nothing to see Like a miracle life Starts with the pain Forever this will be
Close my eyes Thunders won't cease Crawling down to the edge I break down and weep Tears on the river deep Oh! Back to the sea
Shout loud Moving ahead Ride the horses of justice Virtues of men, yawns!
Down and out Losing my head Like a dream you're returning Back from the dead-awake! Shadows will fade some day All the heroes go down Shed their blood on the land Dreaming somehow The divine will now stand Heroes go down With their hearts in their hands Building their castles on the sand
Haunted by the heavy clouds Thunder scaring away Howling like a mountain wolf Warriors are leading the way
Και επιστρέφουμε στα κομμάτια. Το συγκεκριμένο δεν μπαίνει για κάποιο ιδιαίτερο λόγο, πέρα του ότι μ'αρέσει πολύ. Το αυθεντικό κομμάτι γράφτηκε από τον José Maria Cano των Mecano και έχει διασκευαστεί από πολλούς, μεταξύ των οποίων η Ελένη Δήμου, Montserrat Caballé και η Sarah Brightman. Οι στίχοι αναφέρονται στην ιστορία μια τσιγγάνας, που προσεύχεται στο φεγγάρι για έναν άντρα. Στο τέλος, το φεγγάρι πραγματοποιεί την ευχή της, αλλά ορίζει ότι το πρώτο παιδί θα είναι δικό του. Κι έτσι, γεννιέται ένα παιδί άσπρο, ο γιος της Σελήνης. Η συγκεκριμένη διασκευή μου αρέσει και σαν εκτέλεση.
Tonto el que no entienda cuenta una leyenda que una hembra gitana conjuró a la luna hasta el amanecer llorando pedía al llegar el día desposar un calé tendrás a tu hombre piel morena desde el cielo habló la luna llena pero a cambio quiero el hijo primero que le engendres a él que quien su hijo inmola para no estar sola poco le iba a querer
estribillo
Luna quieres ser madre y no encuentras querer que te haga mujer dime luna de plata qué pretendes hacer con un niño de piel Hijo de la Luna
De padre canela nació un niño blanco como el lomo de un armiño con los ojos grises en vez de aceituna niño albino de luna maldita su estampa este hijo es de un payo y yo no me lo cayo
estribillo
Gitano al creerse deshonrado se fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano ¿de quién es el hijo? me has engañao fijo y de muerte la hirió luego se hizo al monte con el niño en brazos y allí le abandonó
estribillo
Y en las noches que haya luna llena será porque el niño esté de buenas y si el niño llora menguará la luna para hacerle una cuna y si el niño llora menguará la luna para hacerle una cuna
Και η μετάφραση για τους μη ισπανομαθείς...
A legend tells of a gipsy woman Who pleaded with the moon until dawn. Weeping, she begged for a gipsy man To marry the following day.
"You'll have your man, tawny skin," Said the full moon from the sky. "But in return I want the first child That you have with him. Because she who sacrifices her child So that she is not alone, Isn't likely to love him very much."
Chorus: Moon, you want to be mother, But you cannot find a love Who makes you a woman. Tell me, silver moon, What you intend to do With a child of flesh. A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, Son of the moon.
From a cinnamon-skinned father A son was born, White as the back of an ermine, With grey eyes instead of olive -- Moon's albino child. "Damn his appearance! This is not a gipsy man's son And I will not put up with that."
Chorus
Believing to be dishonoured, The gipsy went to his wife, A knife in his hand. "Whose son is this? You've certainly fooled me!" And he wounded her mortally. Then he went to the woodlands With the child in his arms And left it behind there.
Chorus
And the nights the moon is full It is because the child Is in a good mood. And if the child cries, The moon wanes To make him a cradle. And if the child cries, The moon wanes To make him a cradle.
Ένα επικό τραγούδι από τους Kansas, που αδίκως έγιναν γνωστοί σε πολλούς μόνο για το Dust in the wind. Από τα πιο γνωστά κομμάτια για όσους τους γνωρίζουν. Απολαύστε.
Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man Though my mind could think I still was a mad man I hear the voices when I'm dreaming I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more
Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean I set a course for winds of fortune But I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry no more No!
Carry on, you will always remember Carry on, nothing equals the splendor The center lights around your vanity But surely heaven waits for you
Carry on my wayward son There'll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don't you cry (don't you cry no more)
Προειδοποιώ από την αρχή: αυτό το κομμάτι είναι από τα πρώτα που έγραψε ο Steve Vai όταν έφυγε από την μπάντα του Frank Zappa. Το οποίο σημαίνει ότι είναι ένα πολύ προκλητικό κομμάτι για όλους τους σοβαροφανείς. Όσο για το κομμάτι, νομίζω ότι οι στίχοι τα λένε όλα.
Fuck yourself with a rubber hose Stick it in your mouth and down your throat Up your nose and in your heinie hole I don't care where it goes And it don't matter if you're straight or gay You should fuck yourself anyway Now, you don't have to listen to a word I say But I know you, you'll be humpin' away Fuck yourself with your neighbor's nose If you can't use that, use a 10-foot pole Stick it up your ass and go for a stroll Everyone will know you've been to this show
If you can't take, eat my stool Masturbate with some crazy glue I don't care what you do Fock yourself with a garden tool Fuck yourself with politics Ahh they're full of fuckin' fuckin' shit I mean you know we've been lied to ever since we were born It's amazing that we've been getting fucked that long Fuck yourself with the world wide web Man you could ride that sucker right from your bed You may even meet a Tom, Dick, Jane or Billy Then grab onto your modem and fuck yourself silly
Fuck yourself with your heart and soul Give it everything you got, hey I'm talkin' to you If you can't even fuck yourself, How ya gonna fuck somebody else? Fuck yourself with my microphone I'll give it to you later when we're all alone We can turn it up loud And see if you come, but Don't get your jizz on my microphone Fuck yourself with organized religion Now that is some seriously sinnin' business If the Lord sees their pathetic crimes He'll be fuckin' them 'til the end of time
And can someone explain to me this racist crap I know it isn't white, but it isn't black And to all you people who only see things your way Well, you can suck my dick and take all day Fuck your nose with a pound of blow Watch your money get up and go but when you burnt your brain and you say I don't know! I hate to tell you but I told you so Fuck yourself with this grunge rock noise I mean, stuff those albums in your groin They come down on me because I know how to play - Hey... fuck you! Fuck yourself with a copy of Rolling Stone Or are they too holy for your holiest of holes Now those people think they're holier than Moses But aren't they just a bunch of fuckin' posers Fuck yourself with your mother's jewelry I won't tell, I ain't a stooly If you pounce hard enough you'll cough up a ruby Your blood will be rich and so will your doodie Fuck yourself with the latest fashion With your spikes and your hair and those cute little buttons And if you happen to have some leather and lace Fuck yourself 'til you're blue in the face Fuck yourself with your income tax They're fucking you and that's a fact Before you know it your money's all spent And you've just been fucked by the government Fuck yourself with your lawyer friend You're the only one that's getting fucked in the end I have been so fucked by legal bills that my asshole is the size of Beverly Hills Fuck yourself with your full-length sweater With your minks and your diamonds and your Irish Setter With your cash and your trash and your sinks and your drinks Just fuck yourself 'til you can't even think
Those of you who enjoy this song thank you thank you, I love you Let's get it on But for those of you who are totally outraged Fuck yourself with your face
Ακόμα ένα κομμάτι Epica, ένα που βρίσκω εκπληκτικό και μου αρέσει πάρα πολύ.
Chasing The Dragon
Free my mind Heal my scars Erase the past Dark days to forget And memories to last In my heart
Free me now
Make me forget And forgive There's no use To go on and live Show me a way To the sun
Heal my scars
Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don't deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here
Let my eyes take in The beauty that's here That's left on this earth My ears long to hear A melody
Give me sight
Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don't deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here
Poison is slowly seeping through my veins Stealing the only dignity in me
I pick them up and let them fall To cause your pain and hit them all [grunts]
One more life to live is what I want
I'll take the joy away from them See to it, they will all be damned
One more chance to heal what I have harmed
The dragon is wreak havoc in my brain Plays my emotion, a never ending game
Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don't deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here
One more life to live for me
I want the night just to colour the day The morning to chase all my nightmares away Don't you deny that we're all human beings We all have our flaws that can make ourself obscene
Obscene...
Give me what I want Give me what I need right now That's what I want That's what I need, get it!
Dolendo novit mortalis vitam
Tell me what I want Tell me what I need right now That's what I want That's all I need, cure me
Dolendo discit mori mortalis Losers
Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don't deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here
Σήμερα λέω να κάνω τη διαφορά. Αυτό το κομμάτι είναι από το καινούριο CD των Epica, που κυκλοφόρησε πρόσφατα.
Unleashed
Declining, all color fading Defining, time coming for me Rescinding, my inspiration Receding consciousness
Back in the day, I can recall that, My thoughts were unclouded and sage There was no black staining the walls of my memories Now there's a haze pushing me sideways And leaving me nothing to gain Taking me back, locking me cold in disparity
Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself
When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free
Color declines, all that defines me Is falling away, far behind Nothing to keep me with the time, the here and now
Where am I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Yearning again only to be myself
When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free
Time is just a concept And always the first thing to fade Agony and weakness Nothing we can never evade Years are cruel, they break us Bringing on decay and despair Awareness and perception Something we can never repair
Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no more losing Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no misery Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no agony Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no despairing (We despair) Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no repairing (No repair)
Freedom for me is all I'm really wanting, needing Give me power to break out I can't hold on for any longer My time has come to end it all
No one to blame, fate's only random It's nothing we'll ever explain So it remains
Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself Free
When will I be unleashed? It's not the way it should be Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free
Unleash my consciousness
When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free
Το έχω πάρει απόφαση ότι θα βάζω εδώ τραγούδια από μερικά συγκροτήματα που γουστάρω να ακούω. Τι να πει κανείς...
People Passing By
[lyrics by: daniel gildenlow] [music by: daniel gildenlow/daniel magdic] [Part first: awakening]
[Daybreak:] A September sun emerges through clouds, chasing across the sky. Thoughts are evoked behind detached eyes but people are just passing by: With smiles for protection. Unable to see behind the creature that he seems to be. Once he was a child with burning desires with hopes and dreams of what was to come. So he's lost some faith but still there are fires deep inside that he must drench to numb.
If we could try to share some of his wounds just for a while. But we're all just people passing by!
[daniel magdic]
[Midday:] He's searching through crowds for one that is gone. Rejecting the facts one more day. Talking too loud to silence the glow. Coldness becoming his way. Empathy can't reach through all that blame! Smiles now forgotten, locked in their frames! Now he's counting time in beggings and bottles fading away beneath old news. So he lost a war: "will I be dead very long?" He can still hear his voice through the coldness!
If we could try to ease some of his pain just for a while. But we're all just people passing by!
[Part second: memorials (instrumental)]
[Part last: nightfall] Once he was strong, and filled with visions. With life ahead he set his aims. Then things went wrong. Now his ambitions have turned to smiles conserved in frames. Still could be strong could be a prophet! He would teach truth to every man! He'd see the light through every shadow, but Entropia denies he can!
He's sitting numb while dusk is falling. Alone he whispers his "goodnight"
Turning away, when sleep is calling, from all the people passing by...
Ακόμα ένα κομμάτι Queen, από το τελευταίο δίσκο που ηχογράφησε ο Freddie Mercury πριν πεθάνει.
Innuendo
While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow Till the mountains crumble into the plain Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' Tread that fine line Oh we'll keep on tryin' yeah Just passing our time While we live according to race, colour or creed While we rule by blind madness and pure greed Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion Through the eons, and on and on Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' We'll tread that fine line Oh oh we'll keep on tryin' Till the end of time Till the end of time
Through the sorrow all through our splendour Don't take offence at my innuendo
You can be anything you want to be Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be Be free with your tempo, be free be free Surrender your ego - be free, be free to yourself
Oooh, ooh - If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky If there's a point, if there's a reaason to live or die If there's an answer to the questions we fill born to ask Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask Oh we'll keep on tryin' Hey treat that fine line Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah And whatever will be - will be We'll just keep on trying We'll just keep on trying Till the end of time Till the end of time Till the end of time
I Want It All Adventure seeker on an empty street, Just an alley creeper, light on his feet A young fighter screaming, with no time for doubt With the pain and anger can't see a way out, It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say, Gotta find me a future move out of my way, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
Listen all you people, come gather round I gotta get a game plan, gotta shake you to the ground Just give me what I know is mine, People do you hear me, just give me the sigh, It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth Here's to the future for the dreams of youth, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it all,
I'm a man with a one track mind, So much to do is one life time (people do you hear me) Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies So I'm living it all, yes I'm living it all, And I'm giving it all, and I'm giving it all, It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth, Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now, I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now
Αυτό το τραγούδι είναι από το album The Perfect Element, κατά πολλούς το καλύτερο album τους. Αφορά την ιστορία ενός ζευγαριού που ψάχνει να βρει το "τέλειο στοιχείο" για τη σχέση του. Δεν θα επεκταθώ, γιατί θα χρειαστεί να πω πάρα πολλά. Όσοι θέλετε, βρείτε και ακούστε το album για να μάθετε την ιστορία. Προς το παρόν, απολαύστε το κομμάτι.
Reconciliation
I thought I'd seen hell Thought I knew it all Now I know too well Hell is to wake up But it makes all the difference
Tasting the tears in my mouth Taking the weight on my shoulders The hours and days of your life Don't necessarily make you older
I'm sick of running away Along these bloody streets I'm sick of predators and prey Of being everybody's end!
I've washed my hands of your blood Thought it would leave me clean But with time on my hands It turned to mud forming this crust of sin
Now - to be truly free I'll let it come to me So -break me if you must When you break this crust Freedom is to see
Hear this voice, see this man Standing before you I'm just a child Just a man learning to yield
I hate these hands soaked in blood I hate what these eyes have seen Up to my knees in filth and mud How it hurts to become clean
I was always on my mind But never on my side Run - but if you run away You'll always have to hide So if you need to run Run for help!
Κι ένα ταιριαστό για την ημέρα τραγούδι, αν και ελάφρως αργοπορημένα.
Halloween
Masquerade, masquerade, Grab your mask and don't be late Get out get out well disguised Heat and fever in the air tonight Meet the others at the store, Knock on other people's door Trick or treat they have to choice, Little ghost's are makin'lotsa noise
But watch out... beware - listen... take care
[Chorus] In the streets on Halloween There's something going on No way to escape the power unknown In the streets on Halloween The spirits will arise Make your choice, it's hell or paradice Ah - It's Halloween Ah - It's Halloween... tonight!
Someone's sitting in a field, Never giving yield Sittinh there with gleaminf eyes, Wating for big pumpkin to arise Bad luck if you get a stone, Like the good old Charlie Brown You think Linus could be right The kids will sy it's just a stupid lie
But watch out... beware - listen... take care [Chorus]
Listen now - we are calling you... And there is magic in the air
[Solo] [Kai]
Magic in the air... on Halloween Black is the night full of fright You'll be missing the day What will be here very soon Changing your way A knock at your door It is real or is it a dream On trembling legs you open the door And you scream... on Halloween [Solo] [Kai / Mike / Kai / Mike]
Darkless Where am I now Is there anybody out there What has happened Am I in heaven Or is it hell
I can see a light comin' It's comin' nearer It's shining It's shining so bright It's shining on me
[Solo] [Kai / Mike / Rhythm change] [Mike / Kai / Mike / Kai]
I am the one, doom's in my hands Now make your choice, Redeemed or enslaved
I'll show you passion and glory He is the snake I'll hive you power and abudance He's the corrupter of man
Save me from the evil one Give me strenght to carry on I will fight for all mankind's Deliverance and peace of mind
Ένα πιο κλασικό κομμάτι αυτή τη φορά. Το βίντεο αποτελεί σκηνές από διάφορες περιόδους και βιντεοκλιπ των Queen και αποτελεί φόρο τιμής στον τραγουδιστή Freddie Mercury.
Empty spaces - what are we living for? Abandoned places - I guess we know the score.. On and on! Does anybody know what we are looking for?
Another hero - another mindless crime. Behind the curtain, in the pantomime. Hold the line! Does anybody want to take it anymore? The Show must go on! The Show must go on! Inside my heart is breaking, My make-up may be flaking, But my smile, still, stays on!
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance. Another heartache - another failed romance. On and on! Does anybody know what we are living for? I guess i'm learning I must be warmer now.. I'll soon be turning round the corner now. Outside the dawn is breaking, But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free!
The Show must go on! The Show must go on! Yeah! Ooh! Inside my heart is breaking! My make-up may be flaking! But my smile, still, stays on! Yeah! oh oh oh
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday, will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends!
The Show must go on! Yeah! The Show must go on! I'll face it with a grin! I'm never giving in! On with the show!
I'll top the bill! I'll overkill! I have to find the will to carry on! On with the, On with the show!
Ένα ακόμα εκπληκτικό κομμάτι, το τελευταίο που έγραψε και ηχογράφησε ο Freddie Mercury πριν το θάνατό του. Έχει αρχίσει να με πιάνει μια μελαγχολική νοσταλγία τον τελευταίο καιρό, αλλά δεν βαριέσαι...
Υ.Γ. Χρόνια πολλά σ'όσους γιορτάζουν σήμερα (26/10)
You Don't Fool Me Words and music by Queen
You don't fool me You don't fool me You don't fool me You don't fool me You don't fool me... Da da da da dah Da da da dah Da da dah You don't fool me - those pretty eyes That sexy smile - you don't fool me You don't rule me - you're no surprise You're telling lies - hey, you don't fool me Mmm, mama said be careful of that girl Mama said you know that she's no good Mama said be cool, don't you be no fool Yup bup ba ba ba ba da da da dah! You don't fool me You don't fool me You don't fool me She'll take you You don't fool me, she'll take you You don't fool me, and break you Sooner or later you'll be playing by her rules Baby you don't fool me, yeah You don't fool me, you don't have to say "don't mind" You don't have to teach me things I know Sooner or later you'll be playing by her rules Oh (fool you) oh (rule you) She'll take you (take you) And break you (break you) Yeah Mama said be cool Mama said she'd take you for a fool She'll take you, and break you Ba ba ba ba bap bap ba baah La la la la la lah You don't fool me You don't fool me...
Κι επειδή το προηγούμενο ήταν κομματάκι μελαγχολικό, πάρτε κάτι χαρούμενο ν'ανέβει η διάθεση.
Start wearing purple wearing purple start wearing purple, for me now all your sanity and wits, they will all vanish I promise, it's just a matter of time...
I know you since you were a twenty and I was twenty but thought that some years from now a purple little little lady will be perfect for dirty old and useless clown
So yeah, start wearing purple wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me now! All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise, it's just a matter of time!
I know it all from Diogenis to Foucault from Lozgechkin to Paspartu I ja kljanus obostzav dva paltza schto muzika poshla ot Zvukov Mu!...
Start wearing purple wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me now! All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise, it's just a matter of time!
So yeah, start wearing purple wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me now!... So why don't you start wearing purple? Why don't you start wearing purple... Start wearing purple for me now!
All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise, it's just a matter of time!...
So Fio-Fio-Fioletta! Etta! Va-va-va-vaja dama ti moja! Eh podayte name karetu, votetu, i mi poedem k ebenjam! So yeah, start wearing purple wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me now! All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish, I promise, it's just a matter of time!...
Ακόμα ένα κομμάτι από Dream Theater. Κομμάτι που αποτελεί σήμα κατατεθέν του αποχωρήσαντα πληκτρά Kevin Moore, και που οι υπόλοιποι δεν έχουν παίξει ποτέ ζωντανά. Απολαύστε...
Space-Dye Vest
Falling through pages of Martens on angels Feeling my heart pull west I saw the future dressed as a stranger love in a space-dye vest
Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart Beauty projection in the reflection Always the worst way to start
[Sample is Julian Sands from the film "A Room With A View".] "But he's the sort who can't know anyone intimately, least of all a woman. He doesn't know what a woman is. He wants you for a possession, something to look at like a painting or an ivory box. Something to own and to display. He doesn't want you to be real, or to think or to live. He doesn't love you, but I love you. I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms. It's our last chance... It's our last chance..."
Now that you're gone I'm trying to take it Learning to swallow the rage Found a new girl I think we can make it as long as she stays on the page
This is not how I want it to end And I'll never be open again
[Sample from "The Trouble With Evan", from the Canadian series "The Fifth Estate".] "...I was gonna move out...ummm...get, get a job, get my own place, ummm, but... I go into the mall where I want to work and they tell me, I'm, I was too young..."
[Sample is Jim Hill from a news commentary about the OJ Simpson freeway chase.] "Some people, gave advice before, about facing the facts, about facing reality. And this is, this without a doubt, is his biggest challenge ever. He's going to have to face it. You're gonna have to try, he's gonna to have to try and, uh, and, and, and get some help here. I mean no one can say they know how he feels."
[Sample from the Conan O'Brien show.] "That, so they say that, in ya know like, Houston or something, you'd say it's a hundred and eighty degrees, but it's a dry heat. In Houston they say that? Oh, maybe not. I'm all mixed up. Dry until they hit the swimming pool."
[Sample from "The Trouble With Evan", from the Canadian series "The Fifth Estate".] "...I get up with the sun... Listen. You have your own room to sleep in, I don't care what you do. I don't care when. That door gets locked, that door gets locked at night by nine o'clock. If you're not in this house by nine o'clock, then you'd better find some place to sleep. Because you're not going to be a bum in this house. Supper is ready..."
There's no one to take my blame if they wanted to There's nothing to keep me sane and it's all the same to you There's nowhere to set my aim so I'm everywhere Never come near me again do you really think I need you
I'll never be open again, I could never be open again. I'll never be open again, I could never be open again.
And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend And I'll never be open again And I'll have no more dreams to defend And I'll never be open again
Ένα ακόμα κομμάτι από τους Βραζιλιάνους. Ένα κομμάτι που μιλάει για τη διαμάχη Παλαιστίνιων-Ισραηλινών το 1993. Ρίχνοντας μια ματιά και γνωρίζοντας τη σημερινή κατάσταση, έχει αλλάξει κάτι; Και γιατί έχω την εντύπωση ότι θα μπορούσε άνετα να αναφέρεται σε οποιαδήποτε σημερινή (ή όχι) διαμάχη κρατών;
Territory
Unknown man Speaks to the world Sucking your trust A trap in every world
War for territory War for territory
Choice control Behind propaganda Poor information To manage your anger
War for territory War for territory
Dictators' speech Blasting off your life Rule to kill the urge Dumb assholes' speech
Years of fighting Teaching my son To believe in that man Racist human being Racist ground will live Shame and regret Of the pride You've once possessed
Το video αυτό τραβήχτηκε κατά τη διάρκεια του ακουστικού live που έκαναν ο Daniel Gildenlöw και ο Johan Hallgren τον Ιανουάριο του 2007. Θα παραθέσω απλά τη σημείωση του Daniel στο booklet: "We are eleven and she is the love of my life But one week from now she will turn her back on me Four years from now she will give me hope, then sleep with my best friend Five years from now it is the two of us but by then there is nothing left of this aching love and this soaring love. But I don't know that now Because we are eleven and she is the love of my life."
Second Love
Day after day Nothing's changed you're far away But I need you to know that I can't sleep anymore By the nights Night after night The stars are shining so bright Though our pain is larger than the universe tonight
I want you to know I can't sleep anymore By the nights By the nights Day after day I want you to say That you're mine You are mine
Year after year Tear after tear I feel like my heart will break in two You came like a wind I couldn't defend You cut my heart so deeply The scars won't mend
I'll never believe in love anymore After this After this Can never change or rearrange What we lost What we lost
[Gildenlöw]
Time after time I am wasting my time Living in a past where I was strong But now I am gone I leave no shadow when I'm alone I'll stay forever in my dreams where you are near
Want you to know I can't sleep anymore By the nights By the nights Day after day I want you to say That you're mine You're mine
Θα προσπαθήσω να είμαι σύντομος. Το κομμάτι αυτό προέρχεται από το Remedy Lane, ένα δίσκο που αναφέρεται σε κάποια προβλήματα ενός ανθρώπου, τα οποία τον κάνουν να θυμάται περιστατικά της ζωής του. Το συγκεκριμένο είναι το τελευταίο κομμάτι. Πιστεύω ότι όποιος διαβάσει τους στίχους θα βγάλει τα συμπεράσματά του...
Beyond The Pale
And SEX was always there from when I was only eight years - tempting me leave thirsty Sweat, skin, a PULSE divine to balance this restless MIND - it seemed so wonderfully physical Oh the BLOOD, the lust, the bodies that color the world: all drugs to die for! Won't you share my fire? How can LOVE make that world a minefield of forbidden GROUND? A map of untouchable skin and SILENCED desire?
And love was there in vain, PROFOUND and deep but traced with pain - too early for a child of TEN Loving the pure and sane he sought the goddess unstained - watching them turn to flesh again HUNGRY for both the PURITY and SIN Life seemed to him merely like a GALLERY of how to be And he was always much more HUMAN than he wished to be But there is a LOGIC to his world, if they could only see
Wishing - Sickened - Ill - Ticking
SOMEONE still this hunger (it's in my blood) always growing stronger (ticking) BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest you're burning me
This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see She's so young so why don't I feel free now that she is here under me?
Naked - Touching - Soft - Clutching
And then after all it lead me here to wake up again Seeking a love that might make me feel free in myself but then it proves to be Something that hurts inside when we touch, so I move on, I lose my way Astray I'm trying too much to feel unchained, to burn out this sense of feeling cold And every day I seek my prey: someone to taste and to hold I feel alive during the split second when they smile and meet my eyes But I could cry 'cause I feel broken inside! COME and DROWN with me- the UNDERTOW will sweep us away! And you will see that I'm ADDICTED to my HONESTY Trust! 'Cause after all my sense of TRUTH once brought me here But I've LOST control and I don't know if I am true to my soul I've lost CONTROL and I don't know if I am true to my soul Losing control and I don't know if I am TRUE AT ALL
[Johan Hallgren] [Daniel Gildenlöw]
And we were always much more human than we wished to be... And I remember when you said you've been UNDER him - I was suprised to feel such pain And all those years of being faithful to YOU despite the hunger flowing through my veins And I have always tried to calm things down - SWALLOW down swallow down "It's just another small THORN in my crown" But suddenly one day there was too much blood in my eyes, and I had to take this WALK down REMEDY LANE of whens and whys...
Empty - Licking - Clean - Choking
SOMEONE still this hunger (possessing my mind) always growing stronger (craving) BUDAPEST I'm learning, Budapest I'm burning me This is not who I wanted to be, this is not what I wanted to see She's so young so why I don't feel free now that she's under me? In the morning she's going away in a Budapest taxi I've paid Seeking freedom I touched the untouched - it's too much - I'm BEYOND THE PALE...
Prematurity is the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be Prematurity is truly the story of both you and me, and we were always much more human than we wished to be We were always much more human than we wished to be - we were always much more human than we wished to be We will always be more human then we wish to be
WE WILL ALWAYS BE SO MUCH MORE HUMAN THAN WE WISH TO BE...
Ακόμα ένα εκπληκτικό κομμάτι, για 2 πολύ σημαντικούς λόγους. Πρώτο και κυριότερο, το κομμάτι αυτό γράφτηκε από τον Ronnie James Dio εν έτει 1985, με σκοπό να συγκεντρωθούν χρήματα για τα παιδιά της Αφρικής που υπέφεραν από την πείνα. Το κομμάτι κυκλοφόρησε το 1986 και, μαζί με τα We are the World των USA for Africa's και Do they know it's Christmas? των Band Aid, κατάφεραν να συγκεντρώσουν ένα σημαντικό ποσό. Δεύτερο, το κομμάτι αυτό αποδεικνύει εμπράκτως πως η metal κοινότητα στηρίζει τέτοιες ενέργειες. Άλλωστε, στο κομμάτι αυτό συμμετέχει πλήθος γνωστών και σημαντικών metal μουσικών της εποχής, όπως οι Dio, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche), Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult), Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch και Don Dokken(Dokken), Neal Schon (Journey), Dave Murray και Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) και πολλοί άλλοι. Απολαύστε...
Stars
Ronnie James Dio (Dio): Who cries for the children? I do
Dave Meniketti (Y&T): Some time in the night When you're feeling the cold
Ronnie James Dio: Take a look at the sky above you
Rob Halford (Judas Priest): Those are faces in the light If the story were told
Ronnie James Dio: They are calling you, calling you Yeah We are magic in the night
Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot): We are shadow, we are light
Dave Meniketti: We are forever you and I
Chorus (vocal lead: Rob Halford): We're stars We're stars
Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult): We can be strong We are fire and stone
Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt): And we all want to touch a rainbow
Geoff Tate (Queensryche): But singers and songs Will never change it alone We are calling you, calling you
Don Dokken (Dokken): We're the beating of a heart The beginning we're the start
Paul Shortino: Forever we will shine Yeah
Chorus (vocal leads: Paul Shortino, Don Dokken, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate): We're stars We're stars We're stars We're stars
Chorus (vocal leads: Dave Meniketti, Eric Bloom, Rob Halford) We're stars We're stars We're stars We're stars
We're stars, yeah We're stars We are shadow, we are light We're stars We are magic in the night We're stars, oh yeah We're stars We're stars We are magic in the night We're stars We are shadow, we are light
We're stars We're stars We're stars We're the magic We're stars We're stars We're the beating of a heart
We're stars Forever we will shine We're stars We're stars We're stars We're stars
Επιστροφή από τις διακοπές (όσοι πήγαν...) με ένα ωραίο κομμάτι που πιστεύω ότι περιγράφει αρκετά τη σύγχρονη κοινωνία, όχι μόνο την Ελληνική, αλλά γενικά. Το video είναι φτιαγμένο από fan της μπάντας και πραγματικά η δουλειά του είναι εκπληκτική.
Kingdom of Loss
Someone sells us toys in a cheap cartoon Someone sells us cars in the latest Bond that's coming soon Someone sells us trends through a sitcom star Someone sells herself in a docu-soap that goes too far
Life on sale!
"Could someone please just tell me what happened? I mean, first we paid for fast-food that will make us all fat and tired. So then we pay for elevators, so we won't have to climb the 3 stairs up to our apartments. Then we buy freaking stairmaster machines so we can burn away while watching someone make real food on TV. Now if that doesn't make us winners, I don't know what will. I bet we would hang ourselves if the world would just cut us a slack. And now you think maybe you should see a shrink, help (me) feel alive again, yeah, that's a plan! Just tell us who to pay."
Someone sells us man in a White House speech Then woman tightly pressed between two bouncing breasts, on a Baywatch beach Someone sells us us everywhere I turn Then introducing them to earn stock-points on our concern
All for sale, all for sale It's all for sale, all for sale
Welcome down to planet Earth Please don't ask us what it's worth You will notice that the world you found Is slightly tattered and worn down
Someone sold us every stain Now if you wish to complain There's an open spot at 6 PM It's when Caucasia is listening
If you're tearing down my world Please just try to do it gently If you're tearing down my world Please just try to do it gently There is love inside For a dream that has to die
"See, it's really all about time and choice. The fast food saves us enough time to squeeze lunch in exactly when we want it. The elevators save us just a little more, the stairmaster let us choose exactly when to walk the stairs. Time is so important these days, it's becoming a fucking disease, and I guess in a way it is since it's bound to kill us all in the end.Now with all the time and money we stashed away on others' expenses, I can only assume that the tickets to hell are really expensive and for some reason, it's important to be first in line."
Someone sells us god in 2-for-1 with shame Someone sells us war and the marketing, looks just the same Someone sells us fear on TV each day A shape for every taste; if the flavors right, we gladly pay
All on sale, all on sale We're all on sale, all on sale
Welcome to the only Earth Please enjoy your only birth You will learn to take more than you give Buying scars you must live with Someone sold us every scar They somehow made us what we are We all long that spot at 6 pm But no one is really listening
No, no Not anymore We're all too busy buying sex, buying war Buying self-confidence, security, insurance plans Just buying forever
As you're tearing down our world Please just try to do it gently There's still love inside As you're tearing down our world Please just try to do it gently There's still love inside For the dream that has to die
Sleep is too quiet dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion soaking from spirits but still far too dry. Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defenses
"Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier. The soldier was watching them both fade away. Nine words create an oblivion ocean: "Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand! Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land.
When life is wearing thin we pray: the gods are close at hand when man is astray.
But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods for just taking his son?
Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Words can create an oblivion ocean: "dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again (then)
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land.
Αυτά είναι τα πέντε κομμάτια που συγκροτούν την AA Saga, ή αλλιώς τα 12 βήματα κατά του αλκοολισμού. Ο drummer Mike Portnoy ξεκίνησε να τα γράφει το 2001, όταν και άρχισε τις συναντήσεις με του Ανώνυμους Αλκοολικούς για να αντιμετωπίσει το πρόβλημά του. Όπως έχει αναφέρει και ο ίδιος, ήθελε μέσω αυτών των κομματιών να βοηθήσει όποιον έχει ανάγκη, είτε αλκοολικός είτε με άλλο πρόβλημα. Τα παραθέτω για τον ίδιο λόγο. Αφιερώστε χρόνο όποτε μπορέσετε και δώστε τους σημασία.
Υ.Γ. Ξέρω ότι κάποια video δεν είναι και τα καλύτερα. Ωστόσο, δυστυχώς, αυτά ήταν ό,τι καλύτερο μπορούσα να βρω. Αν κάποιος πραγματικά το θέλει και μπορεί, ας αναζητήσει τα τραγούδια και ας τα ακούσει σωστά. Υ.Γ. 2. Τώρα που υπάρχει πλέον και ολόκληρο το βίντεο, δείτε τα όλα μαζί σε ένα στο τέλος.
The Glass Prison
This Dying Soul
The Root of All Evil
Repentance
The Shattered Fortress
12 Step Suite
Και οι στίχοι...
The Glass Prison
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[I. REFLECTION]
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful Been beaten to a pulp Vigorous, Irresistable Sick and tired and laid low Dominating, Invincible Black-out, loss of control Overwhelming, Unquenchable I'm powerless, have to let go
I can't escape it It leaves me frail and worn Can no longer take it Senses tattered and torn
Hopeless surrender Obsession's got me beat Losing the will to live Admitting complete defeat
Fatal Descent Spinning around I've gone too far To turn back round
Desperate attempt Stop the progression At any length Lift this obsession
Crawling to my glass prison A place where no one knows My secret lonely world begins
So much safer here A place where I can go To forget about my daily sins
Life here in my glass prison A place I once called home Fall in nocturnal bliss again
Chasing a long lost friend I no longer can control Just waiting for this hopelessness to end
[II. RESTORATION]
Run - fast from the wreckage of the past A shattered glass prison wall behind me Fight - past walking through the ashes A distant oasis before me
Cry - desperate crawling on my knees Begging God to please stop the insanity Help me - I'm trying to believe Stop wallowing in my own self pity
"We've been waiting for you my friend The writing's been on the wall All it takes is a little faith You know you're the same as us all"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
Enter the door Desperate Fighting no more Help me restore To my sanity At this temple of hope
I need to learn Teach me how Sorrow to burn Help me return To humanity I'll be fearless and thorough To enter this temple of hope
Believe Transcend the pain Living the life Humility Opened my eyes This new odyssey Of rigorous honesty
Serenity I never knew Soundness of mind Helped me to find Courage to change All the things that I can
"We'll help you perform this miracle But you must set your past free You dug the hole, but you can't bury your sole Open your mind and you'll see"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
[III. REVELATION]
Way off in the distance I saw a door I tried to open I tried forcing with all of my will and still The door wouldn't open [replaced with "but" in this line]
Unable to trust in my faith I turned and walked away I looked around, felt a chill in the air Took my will and turned it over
The glass prison which once held me is now gone ["now" is not heard in this line] A long lost fortress Armed only with liberty And the key of my willingness
Fell down on my knees and prayed "Thy will be done" I turned around, saw a light shining through The door was wide open
This Dying Soul
[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[IV. REFLECTIONS OF REALITY (REVISITED)]
Hello, Mirror - so glad to see you my friend, it's been a while Searching, Fearless - where do I begin to heal this wound of self-denial
Face yourself man! Brace yourself and trace your hell back
You've been blinded, living lie a one way cold existence all the while Now it's time to stare the problem right between the eyes you long lost child
I wanna feel your body breaking Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix this dying soul
Born into this world a broken home Surrounded by love yet all alone Forced into a life that's split in two A mother and a father both pulling you
Then you had to deal with loss and death Everybody thinking they know best Coping with this shit at such an age Can only fill a kid with pain and rage
Family disease pumped through your blood Never had the chance you thought you could Running all the while with no escape Turning all that pain in to blame and hate
Living on your own by twenty one Not a single care and having fun Consuming all the life in front of you Burning out the fuse and smoking the residue
Possessive obsessions selfish childish games Vengeful resentments Passing all the blame
Living out a life of decadence Acing without thought of consequence Spreading all your lies from coast to coast While spitting on the ones that matter most
Running power mad with no control Fighting for the credit they once stole No one can ever tell you what to do Ruling other's lives while the can't stand the thought of you
A living reflection seen from miles away A hopeless affliction having run astray
I wanna feel your body breaking Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix this dying soul
Now that you can see all you have done It's time to take that step into the kingdom All your sins will only make you strong And help you break right through the prison wall
[V. RELEASE]
Come to me my friend (Listen to me) I'll help this torture end (Help to set me free) Let your ego go (I can't carry this load) You can't go through this alone (I feel so hopeless and exposed) You'll find your peace of mind (Give me some direction) You can no longer hide (Break out of this isolation) Let humility (Openness, honesty) And become what you can be (A healing tranquility)
Help me Save me Heal me I can't break out of this prison all alone
These tormenting ghosts of yesterday Will vanish when exposed You can't hold onto your secrets They'll only send you back alone
Your fearless admissions Will help expel your destructive obsessions With my help I know you can Be at one with God and man
Hear me Believe me Take me I'm ready to break right through this prison wall
The Root Of All Evil
[Music: Dream Theater, Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
[VI. READY]
Proud enough for you to call me arrogant Greedy enough to be labeled a thief Angry enough for me to go and hurt a man Cruel enough for me to feel no grief
Never could have just a part of it I always need more to get by Getting right down to the heart of it The root of all evil has been running my whole life
Dirty enough for me to lust Leaving nothing left to trust Jealous enough to still feel envious Lazy enough to sleep all day And let my life just waste away Selfish enough to make you wait for me
Driven blindly by our sins Misled so easily Entirely ready to leave it behind I'm begging to break free
Take all of me The desires that keep burning deep inside Cast them all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me be what I can be
[VII. REMOVE]
Self-centered fear has got a hold of me Clutching my throat Self righteous anger running all through me Ready to explode
Procrastination paralyzing me Wanting me dead These obsessions that keep haunting me Won't leave my head
Help to do for me what I can't do myself Take this fear and pain I can't break out this prison all alone Help me break these chains
Humility now my only hope Won't you take all of me Heal this dying soul
I can feel my body breaking I can feel my body breaking I'm ready to let it all go I can feel my body shaking Right down to the foundation The root of it all
Take all of me The desires that keep burning deep inside Cast it all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me what I can be I am ready Come to me Take me away
Repentance
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
[VIII REGRET]
Hello, mirror, so glad to see you my friend It's been a while...
Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage running through my head Patterns of my life I thought adorned me Revealing hurtful shame and deep lament
Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me As the pen begins to trace my darkest past Signs throughout my life that should have warned me Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And sometimes you've got to be strong When you think it's too late
Staring at the finished page before me All the damage now so clear and evident Thinking about the dreaded task in store for me A pit of fear at the thought of my amends
Hoping that this step will help restore me To face my past and ask for forgiveness Cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street Could this be the beginning of the end?
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And just when you're through hanging on You're saved
[IX RESTITUTION]
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) "Until that moment, I'd never felt like I'd failed at anything...And I felt like I failed her...And I failed myself, and I failed my children...It's still really hard to deal with."
Steve Vai "I want to thank you for helping me to see my own selfishness and to tell you how regretful I am it has hurt you."
Chris Jericho (WWE wrestler, singer of Fozzy) "I'm sorry I didn't visit you in the hospital, Grandpa when you were on your deathbed. I'm sorry I didn't come to your funeral...I don't know if I was selfish or just too scared to face it. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life."
David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth, F5) "I'm here to confess with you that what I did, was wrong... And I'm asking for your forgiveness..."
Steve Hogarth (Marillion) "The only unforgivable thing hauls itself out of bed, looks over my shoulder at the bloody English weather..."
Joe Satriani "I really regret not being able to see my friend Andy..."
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) "One of my best friends who's the godfather of my daughter, he asked me to sing or play something at his wedding, and I turned it down because I was busy and too much of a chicken shit to do it...And I feel sorry for that, because it was a very very close friend of mine..."
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield) "So, I wanted to apologize to anyone that I've upset or offended.. they're just words, it's just an opinion, but unfortunately, I tend to express it as a fact, and that's kind of arrogant. Isn't it?"
Jon Anderson (Yes) "I think it's the betrayal...it still haunts me."
Neal Morse "I'm sorry for what I did back then... I was a different person. I really was and I'm so sorry. I wish it wouldn't have happened, but it did, and I'm sorry. Forgive me. I'm sorry..."
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) "I guess I'm simply sorry for being me and not you. I so often wish you could be here with me to show me the way..."
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
David Ellefson "You're only as sick as your secrets, but the truth shall set you free..."
Corey Taylor "The truth is the truth and the only thing you can do is to live with it."
The Shattered Fortress
[Music by Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess and Myung, Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[X. RESTRAINT]
Freedom calls my name Serenity keeps me sane Happiness -- it dulls the pain Honest to see my place
Open to other ways Willingness to understand Justice but do not judge Courtesy for others' flaws
Kindness -- it's not that hard Self-restraint of tongue and pen Inventory -- my daily friend Analysis let down your guard
Look in the mirror What do you see? The shattered fortress That once bound me
Faithful ascent, through darkest fires I've found the path to take me higher
You're smart enough for me to trust go live your life now Just keep these steps in your life and you'll know how If you're not sure, ask yourself, "Have I done to them as I would have them do to me?"
Look in the mirror What's that you see? The shattered fortress Fly now be free
Faithful ascent, through darkest fires I've found the path to take me higher
I once thought it better to be right But now I have finally seen the light Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn from mistakes I live with serenity now Not self-righteous hate
[XI. RECEIVE]
(Help me be a channel of Thy peace That where there is hatred, I may bring love; That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness; That where there is discord, I may bring harmony; That where there is error, I may bring truth; That where there is doubt, I may bring faith)
Now that you can see all you have done (That where there is despair, I may bring hope; That where there are shadows, I may bring light)
It's time to take that step into the kingdom (That where there is sadness, I may bring joy)
All your sins will help to make you strong (That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted. That I may seek to understand than to be understood)
And help you break right through the prison wall (That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved, for it is by self-forgetting that one finds, it is by forgiving that one is forgiven)
Keep all of me, The desires that once burned me deep inside Help me live today And help to give me grace To carry out your ways
I am ready, help me be all I can be I am ready, help guide me and keep me free
[XII. RESPONSIBLE]
I am responsible when anyone, anywhere Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there I am responsible when anyone, anywhere Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there
