Dream Theater - Honor thy father

Επειδή νιώθω ότι το παράκανα με τους Pain of Salvation, λέω να κάνω μια αλλαγή (ναι, μεγάλη αλλαγή κάνω πηγαίνοντας στους Dream Theater...). Αντί προλόγου, η σύντομη ιστορία του κομματιού: οι στίχοι είναι του drummer Mike Portnoy και αφορούν τον πατριό του. Όταν ρωτήθηκε τι τον ενέπνευσε στο κομμάτι, είπε σε ένα IRC chat: "I'm not very good at writing love songs, so I decided to write a HATE song!!!"(το αφήνω αμετάφραστο).






Honor Thy Father

[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]

We're taught unconditional love
That blood is thicker than water
That a parent's world would revolve
Always around their son or their daughter

You pretend I was your own
And even believed that you loved me
But were always threatened by some
Invisible blood line that only you could see

You took advantage of an outreached hand
And twisted it to meet your every need
''Gimme time to re-charge my batteries,
I'll see her when she's older and I'll bounce her on my knee''

Well listen to me you ungrateful fool
Here comes a dose of reality
You'll go to your grave a sad and lonely man
The door is now closed on your pathetic little plan

On and on and on and on it goes
It's so easy to run away with nothing in tow

How can you ever sleep a wink at night
Pretending that everything is alright
And have the nerve to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone
So Ignorant to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

I tried your 4 bill therapy
I tried to make amends
But nothing could lure you out of your selfish shell again
Expecting everyone to bow and kiss your feet
Don't you see respect is not a one way street
Blaming everyone for all that you've don e wrong
I'll get my peace of mind when you hear this song

On and on and on and on it goes
And with every passing day true colors show

How can you ever sleep a wink at night
Pretending that everything is alright
And have the balls to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone
Oblivious to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

Watch where you walk
Don't you dare cross the crooked step
Watch the way you talk
Don't cross the crooked step

On and on and on and on it goes
Chauvinistic, heartless, selfish, cold

How can you ever sleep a wink at night
Pretending that everything is alright
And have the balls to blame this shit on me

Never in my life have I seen someone
So fucking blind to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

Pain of Salvation - Nightmist

Κι ένα ακόμα πολύ ωραίο κομμάτι από τον πρώτο τους δίσκο Entropia








Nightmist

[music & lyrics: Daniel Gildenlow]

Cold winter winds blow away autumn leaves now.
Misty world fades away before my blinded eyes - why?
Now when I stand at the end of the line, I cling to life when I should decline.
I always thought I would welcome this day, but now when it's here - could there be a heaven behind that gate?
Love or hate?

Wait! ...by my side. Count the seconds till I die.
Hold my hand.
Smile and tell me that you care, 'cause I'm scared now.
Now when I stand at the end of the line, I cling to life when I should decline.
I always thought I would welcome this day, but now I can see: ...it is yet a bird of pray!

God, hear my voice!
I turn to thee - you've got to tell me: what will become of me?

[Daniel Magdic]
[Daniel Gildenlow]

Why shall I die?
Oh god! Hear my voice! Tell me there are no questions.
Please give me a few more hours of this flair life...
It's mine!
As I am leaving, alone and afraid, I'm thinking of all the mistakes I've made.
I wish of my heart I could change only one!
I'd want to say "sorry" just one more time before I am gone! (gone)

Pain of Salvation - (Foreword)

Ακόμα ένα υπέροχο κομμάτι από τους Σουηδούς. Σήμερα, έχει 2 βίντεο. Το πρώτο είναι από το επίσημο DVD, ενώ το δεύτερο από την εμφάνισή τους στη Θεσσαλονίκη στις 31/3/2007 και το βάζω λόγω της ατμόσφαιρας.













! (Foreword)

[music & lyrics: Daniel Gildenlow]

Walk with me! There are worlds to see!
Listen to me now - you. Listen to me now - you.
Do my words mean more to hear when I am standing here?
On a stage like all your silly idols do!
Open up your eyes - all. Let your walls and grins fall.
Would you reach for something new, if the crowds were reaching too?
Are you close enough to taste their tears at all?

Your hate is but a worn-out lover, sick and sear.
"Rape me again!" you beg in pain, dear friend
"But hey - just don't stop!The stillness makes me scared"

Listen to my plain words.
That's all you'll get from me: words.
The rest is up to you; would you dare to let me through?
Are you brave enough to leave me in control?

...you're all afraid...

I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of you!
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid anymore - I am a shipwrecked swept ashore.

Life won't wash away your sins.
Life can't wash away your guilt.
Life will only make your conscience... wilt!

[Daniel Gildenlow]
[Daniel Magdic]

Somewhere a child just died; yet another victim for man's endless strife.

World could be better than this! There are so many ways to live (leave) a life...
Would you claim you live yours... right? Right?! No!
Take a stand! World is in your hand!

I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of you!
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of you!
We're just the same me and you.
The same me and you (Walk with me!)
...I see myself in you...

Pain of Salvation - Gone

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Gone

You are all defining me
Like you know me inside out
And if I let it get to me
You'd damage me beyond repair

And I have always done my best
To block it out and keep myself
But lately it has been so hard
And I don't know where I end and you start

These are the words that I have bled
These are the tears that I have shed
These are the bleak roads that I dread
This is the home to which they led

Can you hear me now?
Can you see me now?
Can you touch me now?

Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone

And I have given more than most
I've fucking overdosed on honesty
But then when I've given everything
Then what will there be left of me?

And who'll stand by this troubled man
With a burning mind and a fever inside?
See, if I cannot direct this flame
It might just burn everything in its way

These are the words that I have bled
These are the tears that I have shed
These are the bleak roads that I dread
This is the home to which they led

Can you hear me now?
Can you see me now?
Can you touch me now?

Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone
Deep inside I'm gone --

I just never seem to be enough
You're too many mouths to feed
Too many reached out hands to hold
Too many broken hearts to heal
And in the end, I'll spread too thin
And gently over-bleed
Sadly overestimating
The amount of me

I let you crawl into my head
I let you crawl under my skin
I let you taste every tear I've shed
I'm always letting you right in --

So crawl over the words I've bled
I'm not really there
Undress and crawl into my bed
I'm not really there
I'm gone
Oh yeah...
You see, deep inside I'm gone

Pain of Salvation - Road Salt

Μια που έλεγα σε παλαιότερο post για τη συμμετοχή των Pain of Salvation στη φετινή Eurovision, καιρός να δώσω περισσότερες πληροφορίες. Τελικά, στον ημιτελικό που έγινε το Σάββατο, δεν κατάφεραν να περάσουν στον τελικό για την επιλογή τραγουδιού της Σουηδίας. Ωστόσο, το κομμάτι που επέλεξαν είναι πολύ ωραίο (αν και προσωπικά βρήκα την παρουσία των υπόλοιπων σκηνικά κάπως άκυρη, αλλά θα τολμούσα να πω ότι ο Daniel και η παρέα του μ'έχουν συνηθίσει σε κάτι τέτοια...)









Road Salt

This time I’ll try not to get hurt
This time I’ll stay untouched with pain and dirt
This time I’ll stick to what I’ve learned
This time I’ll fly so low I won’t get burned

Maybe it’s not enough
Maybe this time it’s just too much
Maybe I’m not that tough
Maybe this time the road is just too rough
Walk down, so I sit down, mmh…

I’ve walked this road so many years
I’ve worn down all my boots, I’ve cried all tears
So many crossroads left behind
So many choices burned into my mind

Maybe it’s not enough
Maybe this time it’s just too much
Maybe I’m not that tough
Maybe this time the road is just too rough
To take me home

To take me home
To take me home
To take me home
But I walk on

Pain of Salvation - Linoleum

Μια που κυκλοφόρησε καινούριο βίντεο, δεν θα μπορούσα να το αφήσω απ'έξω...







Linoleum

She keeps the world at bay
With walls built to stand come-what-may
And with that coldness on display, they held until today
She would hold her own
Running all alone
Ridding her road of every grain
To stay in control

But now
She cries
Alive

Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum
The bottled up and stored

She's won every war
And when she's out that door
She will push ahead of you, frowning at the poor
She would move so fast not to end up last
Aiming for the finish line
To smile at those she'd passed

But now
She cries
Alive

Suddenly she is down on all four
And the walls will support her no more
Cries her eyes out like never before
Onto this linoleum
The bottled up. And stored --

And sometimes
Oh, just sometimes
That's really all it takes:
A hand on her shoulder
Then she breaks

Sometimes that's really all it takes:
(Yes then)
A word of kindness and she breaks
(She breaks)
And then the sum of damage done
(Well she breaks)
Spills out on stale linoleum
(She breaks)

Sometimes that's really all it takes:
(She breaks)
A gentle touch and then she breaks
(She breaks)
To see the sum of damage done
(She breaks)
Stain this linoleum
(Oh, she breaks)

Sometimes that's really all it takes:
(Oh, she breaks)
A word or touch and then we break
(Oh, she breaks)
And all this world's linoleum
(She breaks)
Can't hold the sum of damage done --

(She's becoming her last casualty)
Itsy bitsy Spider
Climbed the water spout
(If she breaks then at last she'll be free)
Down Came the Rain
And washed the spider out
(But she keeps it together once more)
Now she stays on the ground
So she'll never fall
(And runs another day to fight another war)
See she would rather drown
Than lose control