The lyrics are actually from Carmina Burana - a collection of Old German and Latin medieval poems written by monastics if I recall correctly. They are about life, earthly love, some seem didactic. This collection Carl Orff took and set to music. The Carl Orff opera starts with the famous "O, Fortuna!". It's about fate, fortune, the wheel of life. The lyrics start "O fortune! Like the moon, how changeable you are!". Then there's a lot of songs about spring, drinking, gambling, 'the illness of love' as they called it back then just as we do now, and its prescribed remedies and erotic yearnings. Then it ends with a praise to Venus followed by another 'O Fortuna', as is quite fitting with the idea of cycles of life and fortune repeating themselves.
Now, the lyrics of this particular song actually come from three different songs in the collection. To be honest, musically I'd much pefer ToT's version over that of Carl Orff. No offense. I did and still enjoy Carl Orff's version as a whole. But the lyrics that ToT has picked are about erotic physical attraction and Carl Orff's music that accompanies those particular lyrics don't seem to convey that feeling very well. Nothing compared to what gothic metal can do. Am I young, or what, hehe:)
The lyrics are actually from Carmina Burana - a collection of Old German and Latin medieval poems written by monastics if I recall correctly. They are about life, earthly love, some seem didactic. This collection Carl Orff took and set to music. The Carl Orff opera starts with the famous "O, Fortuna!". It's about fate, fortune, the wheel of life. The lyrics start "O fortune! Like the moon, how changeable you are!". Then there's a lot of songs about spring, drinking, gambling, 'the illness of love' as they called it back then just as we do now, and its prescribed remedies and erotic yearnings. Then it ends with a praise to Venus followed by another 'O Fortuna', as is quite fitting with the idea of cycles of life and fortune repeating themselves. Now, the lyrics of this particular song actually come from three different songs in the collection. To be honest, musically I'd much pefer ToT's version over that of Carl Orff. No offense. I did and still enjoy Carl Orff's version as a whole. But the lyrics that ToT has picked are about erotic physical attraction and Carl Orff's music that accompanies those particular lyrics don't seem to convey that feeling very well. Nothing compared to what gothic metal can do. Am I young, or what, hehe:)