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Speedhoven Lyrics
Welcome to this wonderworld
Everybody take your sledges
Winterland Plutocracy
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
Everybody in their box
Waiting under rights of action
Raise your heads and hold your breath
I can't stand your putrefaction
I can smell your brain decay
As you look down at the stage and
Drive me mad and then insane
Welcome to the show
You've been waiting for the one
To bring you joy and ecstasy
And you've been waiting for a song
And you demand to feel the tragedy
But when it's right out of control
And it's not your song anymore
And you are ready to forget
The truth that you'd been asking for
I'm not afraid to sacrifice
And I don't care bout your advice
As I spread my wings and fly
No love - it's pain you've come to feed
In mental strain I crawl and bleed
You make me please
Forever roaming
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming
Every starless night
You will hear the cries
You'll never get:
I'll never be the one that you want me to be
And all the treasures that you hold
All your diamond rings and gold
All your flake and look and tongue
I have tried and it was wrong
You tried to push me up a notch
But all I made was an itchy crotch
Fornication, ass galore
I wanted love and I want more
Muckrakers waiting for the prey
Muckrakers want me to obey
But you will never own me
Though you pay
This opera is haunted they will say
That's where they've driven the light insane
Forever roaming
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming
Every starless night
You will hear the cries
Forever roaming
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever you'll hear it scream
In a cold winter night I had a vision
Taking me by my hand
Leading me to the door
To rescue me from the wastelands
The glance of the shining ivories
A world that they can't understand
Out of sound, out of reason
The voice of their laughter was gone
Taken away, time for a change
I'm walking over
Flying away, flying away
Dying into another world
Pure and divine
And the laughter dies
Welcome to this wonderworld
Everybody take your sledges
Winterland Plutocracy
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
Forever roaming
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming...
Everybody take your sledges
Winterland Plutocracy
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
Waiting under rights of action
Raise your heads and hold your breath
I can't stand your putrefaction
As you look down at the stage and
Drive me mad and then insane
Welcome to the show
To bring you joy and ecstasy
And you've been waiting for a song
And you demand to feel the tragedy
And it's not your song anymore
And you are ready to forget
The truth that you'd been asking for
And I don't care bout your advice
As I spread my wings and fly
In mental strain I crawl and bleed
You make me please
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming
Every starless night
You will hear the cries
I'll never be the one that you want me to be
And all the treasures that you hold
All your diamond rings and gold
All your flake and look and tongue
I have tried and it was wrong
But all I made was an itchy crotch
Fornication, ass galore
I wanted love and I want more
Muckrakers waiting for the prey
Muckrakers want me to obey
But you will never own me
Though you pay
That's where they've driven the light insane
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming
Every starless night
You will hear the cries
Forever roaming
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever you'll hear it scream
Taking me by my hand
Leading me to the door
To rescue me from the wastelands
A world that they can't understand
Out of sound, out of reason
The voice of their laughter was gone
I'm walking over
Flying away, flying away
Dying into another world
Pure and divine
And the laughter dies
Everybody take your sledges
Winterland Plutocracy
Down the slope don't fear the hedges
You will hear it scream
The cries of Speedhoven
Forever roaming...
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I'm not sure about the meaning of the song.
After reading the lyrics, I think that maybe it is about Tobias claiming that he will write the music he wants to, and not the music that people want him to write.
"You've been waiting for the one To bring you joy and ecstasy And you've been waiting for a song..."
"I'm not afraid to sacrifice And I don't care bout your advice As I spread my wings and fly"
"You'll never get: I'll never be the one that you want me to be"
"Muckrakers want me to obey But you will never own me Though you pay"
Maybe it makes sense because a lot of people criticize Edguy for the "softer" style of their new albums. Tobias always says that it's their music, and they feel it's the natural evolution of their style.. So this song may be about how Tobias feel about this situation.
What do you think? Any other possible meanings?
That sounds pretty accurate...but what the hell is the word "Speedhoven"?
"Well as the title implicates it’s about basically a little bit about the Beethoven story. Taking the story into today, the idea behind the song was that Tobi thought that even Beethoven had a lot of critics when he was riding his greatest symphonies. This song is about the idea that maybe Beethoven just turned deaf because he wanted to finish his final masterpiece without having to listen to the critics. So that’s the idea behind the song, and it’s not to be taken too seriously, but the idea behind it is really great I think." (Jens Ludwig)
Ah, I see. I'm also maybe thinking that perhaps "Speedhoven"...lots of people want him to return to his traditional power speed metal (like that which he wrote on [i]The Metal Opera[/i] and [i]Theatre of Salvation[/i]). I don't know. XD