I have to disagree that this song is about Ariel's death. Well to some point it is. Since this album is a concept album based around Goethe's story "Faust". the Main Character Ariel makes a pact with the devil to find the true meaning of life and the answers to all questions, which is known as "epica". To make a long story short in the end the devil finally takes Ariel's soul, but god interupts the process. Thats why after this track you have "interlude III", where you will hear the town crier yelling, "I wish you all a happy new year", and at that point you hear foot steps of a man running in the snow. If you listen to the very end you will hear him say, " happy new year", i'm guessing that would be Ariel saying that. I'm not sure who he is talking to. So thats why I dont belive that this song is about Ariel's death, but I could be wrong. Still this song is a masterpiece!!!!
He does die in this song, but so does mephisto burn in hell, because like you said god interrupts. The last interlude is about the whole story being only a theatrical play, which is played in some town.
"In an inversion of the "Prologue in the Theatre" from Goethe's Faust, we see that this tale is in fact a play put on for the New Year's festival in the town of Gatesville."
He does die in this song, but so does mephisto burn in hell, because like you said god interrupts. The last interlude is about the whole story being only a theatrical play, which is played in some town.
"In an inversion of the "Prologue in the Theatre" from Goethe's Faust, we see that this tale is in fact a play put on for the New Year's festival in the town of Gatesville."
@kamelot1 Goethe's Faust is a play. In one of the other interludes a man asks another if he is there to see Kamelot. The story is presented as an opera on the album.
@kamelot1 Goethe's Faust is a play. In one of the other interludes a man asks another if he is there to see Kamelot. The story is presented as an opera on the album.
If this isn't Ariel's death it is certainly his final resignation to it. That is unaffected by the framing story.
If this isn't Ariel's death it is certainly his final resignation to it. That is unaffected by the framing story.
I have to disagree that this song is about Ariel's death. Well to some point it is. Since this album is a concept album based around Goethe's story "Faust". the Main Character Ariel makes a pact with the devil to find the true meaning of life and the answers to all questions, which is known as "epica". To make a long story short in the end the devil finally takes Ariel's soul, but god interupts the process. Thats why after this track you have "interlude III", where you will hear the town crier yelling, "I wish you all a happy new year", and at that point you hear foot steps of a man running in the snow. If you listen to the very end you will hear him say, " happy new year", i'm guessing that would be Ariel saying that. I'm not sure who he is talking to. So thats why I dont belive that this song is about Ariel's death, but I could be wrong. Still this song is a masterpiece!!!!
He does die in this song, but so does mephisto burn in hell, because like you said god interrupts. The last interlude is about the whole story being only a theatrical play, which is played in some town. "In an inversion of the "Prologue in the Theatre" from Goethe's Faust, we see that this tale is in fact a play put on for the New Year's festival in the town of Gatesville."
He does die in this song, but so does mephisto burn in hell, because like you said god interrupts. The last interlude is about the whole story being only a theatrical play, which is played in some town. "In an inversion of the "Prologue in the Theatre" from Goethe's Faust, we see that this tale is in fact a play put on for the New Year's festival in the town of Gatesville."
@kamelot1 Goethe's Faust is a play. In one of the other interludes a man asks another if he is there to see Kamelot. The story is presented as an opera on the album.
@kamelot1 Goethe's Faust is a play. In one of the other interludes a man asks another if he is there to see Kamelot. The story is presented as an opera on the album.
If this isn't Ariel's death it is certainly his final resignation to it. That is unaffected by the framing story.
If this isn't Ariel's death it is certainly his final resignation to it. That is unaffected by the framing story.