| Blind Guardian – Thorn Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| I think Telperion and ChildOfTheNight are right. This is a song either about Eöl, Maeglin or both. I think that really, it's about the whole family trio and Aredhel is included in it as well, although to a lesser extent. | |
| Blind Guardian – The Curse Of Fëanor Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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As is evident from the song's title itself, this is about Feanor and his rejection of Arda and the rule of the Ainur and his leading of the Noldor under his house (though he believed only him and if he died his sons should be the only high kings of the Noldor) to Middle Earth after The Kinslaying. "In anger and pain, I left deep wounds behind." He left Arda with his father killed by Melkor and the silmarils stolen. There might also be a reference here to the deep wounds that were felt by the Teleri, as well as felt by others. Although, given Feanor's character it seems doubtful he feels guilty of it himself. "But I arrived, truth might be changed by victory" Probably saying Feanor wanted to make his own truth rather than accept what others believed to be truth. For instance: it was in the best interest of the elves to reside in Arda, the silmarils should have been given up to restore the two trees etc. "A lake it was of crystal beauty But Arda's spring went by" I think this might be a reference to how originally, when the Elves, the first children of Iluvitar were awoken, they were by a lake (I forget the name of it) and there was no sun or moon but they were under nothing but starlight, and the lake beautifully reflected it. Feanor wants to go back to being in Middle Earth and at the very least bring those under his house of the Noldor to it. He wants to be the final say in everything and doesn't want the consideration of his half brother, or any of the spirits Ainur, Maia etc. The following verses in the first chorus are about The Oath and relentlessly seeking after Morgoth's destruction and retreival of the silmarils along with remembering The Kinslaying and knowing there's no going back for him, as well as a mention of when they stole the three most precious ships of the Teleri and then burned them. (Burning Soul) is a reference to what happened to Feanor's body when he died, not leaving a corpse behind but leaving merely ashes. |
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| Stratovarius – False Messiah Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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From these lyrics and others it's evident Tolkki hates Jesus and directs his anger and pain (or else he wouldn't have submitted himself to a mental clinic) towards Him. Jesus is the only One who can save you. At it’s core The Bible is a story of love and redemption. Man can only be saved by grace through the blood of Christ; the elect are saved being called by Christ. He says that He stands with arms outstretched calling out to all, it’s those who respond to Him and give their life to Jesus and thereby His grace and not works or anything else are we saved. Jesus states in Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Christ wants us to give up the ways and things of the world and follow Him. Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. A groundwork for doing so is laid out in the next verse “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” |
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| Blind Guardian – Battlefield Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I'm not sure if this song is in fact in any reference to the silmarillion, but it likely could. Blind Guardian has a lot of songs that seem to intermingle several different stories that have overlapping themes and try to combine them in a single song and pull it off quite well by remaining a rather vague in the lyrics. "The green will be stained forever" Makes me mainly think of the green mound which became an infamous landmark that the army of Morgoth in the area learned to fear since for a decent amount of time Turin hunted the area. It could be a double meaning claiming the green is stained, by it being stained because of Findulias' innocent blood which was spilled and could have been saved by Turin, and also to a lesser degree, that the area around the hill had a lot of bloodshed because of Turin. Either that or it could possibly refer to the area where Turin killed himself and his mother came by and wept and died of sorrow as well. I'd have to look up the sentence, but I think there's some special reference to that area and being green. Nice breakdown though! |
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