| Draconian – Death, Come Near Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm kinda into death and thrash metal... I really wasn't into gothic from the very beginning (though I'm starting to enjoy post-punk artists XD), but for these artists I've always done an exception. And that song symbolizes everything I like about them... The wonderous, heavy atmospheres they convoy, the vocal artists (especially the female one ._.), the absolute cure for the harmonic enviroment of every song... and last, but not least, their poetical talent, which is the matter that counts most, when talking about the meaning of their songs. First of all, the song is a symbolistic hymn to death. It's a poem dense with sorrow and melancholy. The protagonist is not clear: we don't know if it's a man or a woman, we don't know if there's just one or a whole group. In my opinion, that alone gives the idea of universality of a certain pain. There's no distinction, as long as one's capable of coming in such a situation, when someone gets to befriend the same painful demon that's slaughtering his emotions ("...The rapture of grief is all..."). Melancholy is hereby pictured as a feeling so immense and deep that captures every single one of us and links everyone into this suffering and, eventually, into death ("...Death, come near us and give us life..."). Death is then pictured, in an existencialistic manner, as a Saviour from the pain that stems from living. On the other side, that's a feeling that isolates someone from the world and makes he feel like he's a vagabond, a man with no country ("...in my heart astray... For the solitude of those left behind..."). Love is very important too. As much as one yearns for love so deeply and becomes aware of the void inside him ("...the tears fills the void in my heart astray..."), he's got nothing to but to hope for love to come ("...I seek the night and hope to find love..."). That feeling, however, is so bewildering that the protagonist loses his faith ("...the lost hopes are grieving..."), his hope ("...Oh, shed a tear for the loss of innocence...") and wants to come to a final resolution with Death herself ("...Give me love or give me death... Death come near me, I've summoned you..."). A beautiful artwork, entwined with excellent poetry and strong emotions. Everytime I get to listen to this, I get trapped into its charming, melancholical spiral... Withering inside the burning pessimism I often come to assume, when I gaze in the world and ask myself if there's still love left for me... If my dedication and my trust in love is just going to waste... Anyway... It's plainly Art. |
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| Enslaved – Større enn Tid - Tyngre enn Natt Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Such an amazing song, yet noone happened to give a translation to this one... I found it on mp3lyrics.com, I'll copy-paste to you. [LARGER THAN TIME, HEAVIER THAN NIGHT] The rooster fell dead in the dust Before the break of dawn But I knew time The horse hung from worn out straps With ungreatfulness Wipped into his eyes But I pulled the plow myself The peasant laid himself down on the fields Neither plenty nor free - but I cleared new land Growths withered, eternal oaths shattered Colours faded, hearts froze cold The noise silenced, but mine was victory and might Larger than time - heavier than night Mountains fell, forestgreen to black Time turned to silence, water to sand The sun went cold, gone all but one light Larger than time - heavier than night Days ended, and the stars died Before the wanderers reached home But I knew the way Ships sunk with all warriors and heralds Laid to rest in bottomless pits But I spotted new and unknown shores The gods suddenly aged When the golden walls fell But I gave them new powers. I think is about individualism, a man achieving great goals without the help of anyone. But, knowing Enslaved, it could also be a reference to some norse mythological material. Someone could figure it out? |
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| Manowar – Heart Of Steel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| A song of strenght and persistence. You should fight for the ideals you believe in and never give up, even if the mass looks down on you. A metal song born for metal (aka "The Music For Exalted, Vandalic Teenagers", a very sad sterotype, even for a joke.) | |
| Manowar – Kingdom Come Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Just fucking epic. A song about waiting for your moment to come, no matter what. A powerful song of faith and passion. |
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| Morbid Angel – Blasphemy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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... scateater, your comment made me roll on my chair. Lol! I hate those early thrash and death metal recordings, though... BTW, I think that the Bible has just an enormous series of fictional events that depicts the Christian ethical system and ideology. Satan and God, then, being an abstract idea, which had to be concretized to fit as simplest as possible into the conscience of the people. This song, in my opinion, fails on the power of the words. The lyrics doesn't allude to anything, they get right to the point and I find it a little less interesting, since I find that such overload of direct, raw blasphemy becames boring, if too much redundant. But I can understand: Blasphemy was one of first MA recordings, a very raw display of hartred towards the so loved religious institutions. Quiffporn: Your musical tastes and your cultivated musical knowledge doesn't allow you to offend other people's tastes. And I think that calling a band "gayish" is some kind of offense. Just watch your tounge. Metalheads are very territorial and if you don't watch out, they will likely pursuit you to death. Ahhh... I fucking love this earaching beauty. Metal. |
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| Metal Church – Anthem to the Estranged Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is simply a masterpiece. It talks about a very influent man, maybe an economist ("Roaming aimless through the streets of supply and demand") that has lost everything, realizing at last what was he risking to loose, when he was still rich. In my opinion, it refers to anyone. To every single man feeling miserable for stupid, senseless things, a song about the relativity of misery, according to one's routine and wealth, about deep, dark despair. About false friends and fake happiness. About loneliness. About careless society. About fate. In fact, most metalheads has surely experienced things like loneliness, harsh feelings towards society, fake friendships, fake happy periods... I, in fact, went through them all. Sometimes, I feel like I'm still stuck into those feelings, into those fears... That's the reason why I feel this song so near to myself. I love that one. The guitar work is sensational, too. Mike Howe's vocals carries such force and spirit that tears my heart apart every time. That is a harsh metal ballad, being "metal" as much as it is a "ballad", which is truly difficult. A powerful anthem, like the title itself says. |
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| Judas Priest – Before The Dawn Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Don't agree about the "dying" theme. I think it's about two lovers, that are going through a hard story. In the night, one of the lovers fears that the other would leave him, so he's afraid and desperate, because he knows that it would be that way. After the dawn, he eventually realized that he waited too long to try to fix it up and it went all away. It could be also about dying or about dead loved ones, but that's the meaning I feel more near to myself. I quote everyone who said that JP are really underrated, when it comes to the lyrics. I think they're absolutely... magical. They're the Judas Priest, theyrselves, that's the best I may pretend from a band. |
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| Judas Priest – Angel Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I really don't think that artists do want to say something in particular when they write songs. Judas Priest's been ever the metal band talking about the harshness of living on the society border, about the feeling of anguish, when nobody understands you, and about loneliness, in some way. Maybe this song just talks about loneliness. About someone being on the edge and praying for something higher to put him out of his misery or, at least, to give him hope into a better future. Or about a boy loving a girl (wouldn't be the first time) that wants to protect that girl from the "world of sin", even from himself, because he's all covered in sin. Running from the reality into a better world. Maybe with the help of drugs, dunno, there are many ways. But I don't really think that an artist, especially a metal artist, would do such a lyric for a song talking, for example, specifically about drugs. Just my opinion! |
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| James Blunt – 1973 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Melancholic song... both the melody and the text stir their focus on blurry memories of happy moments, reviving the laughs and the joy of an evening out with friends or with your loved one... and, as someone else also said, having part of you still stuck in that situation, with those people that, probably, today are not the ones they used to be anymore... what remains is a neverfading memory of those evenings... I love this song... because of the melancholic atmosphere it causes... Blunt makes that impression on me very often... And I like it! ^^ Great song! |
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