| Blind Guardian – Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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There's a thing to remember about Morgoth here. He's not a coward...yet. He's the only one of his kind 'to know fear.' And in the words of countless heroes, feeling fear does not make one a coward, it makes them smart. Giving into fear makes a coward. Morgoth does not give in to his fear. Almost certain that he will lose, Morgoth takes the field against a being that looks for all the world to be the Angel of Wrath himself, shining sword aloft. Morgoth is the Dark Souls player walking into Gwyn's chamber, the Final Fantasy player taking on the optional, world ending side boss. He knows he's probably screwed, but he's not going down without a fight, so he walks in, mace in hands, and fights this embodiment of divine wrath. And despite everyone's expectations, including his own!, he wins... Sort of. This, this is where he becomes a coward. The wounds Fingolfin inflicts never leave him. Forever on, he is marked by his narrow victory, and even more so his brush with mortality. Something he never thought to experience. In this, Fingolfin's valor is rewarded. Though the Elvenking dies, his wrath unquenched, his foe is forever crippled, mentally and physically, never to be the threat to the Elven people Fingolfin feared. Hansi Kursh loves villains and martyrs, and you can tell from the energy of the song. In the fight, Hansi is rooting for the badass villain Morgoth, but in the long run, he admires the courage and self-sacrificing nature of the Elvenking. So the song glorifies Morgoth's moment of triumph, but the ending makes it clear that while Morgoth won, Fingolfin might have been the victor in the long run, eliminating the threat Morgoth posed to his people. |
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| Blind Guardian – Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[phil602:38954] There's something you need to know about Hansi to understand this song, and a lot of Blind Guardian and Demons & Wizards songs. He's the kinda guy that admires a hero...but is captivated and intrigued by a villain. He started a whole second band (composed of metal legends from Blind Guardian and Iced Earth) to make an album about heroic failures, villain's moments of power, and other tragic failures of myth, legend, fiction and history. It's a little like Star Wars. We all know Luke is the hero...but between him and Vader we all know who's cooler, and it isn't the dude with a bowl cut. |
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