Aphelion

Tristania:"Aphelion", (fra albummet "Beyond the veil", 1999):

Yearning for days of yore

in elysian daydreams

Burn with a fatal gloss

a confounding mirror of souls

Dance with the winterwinds

in thy visions so sanguine

Glance upon Stygian streams

where lies hidden a pale secrecy

Hark...lures of the siren

yearn for the days when blithe thou was

Sworn to a secrecy

an arcanum devotee

Mourning a life with thee

a descendance of watery argentine

Trance of thy frailty

endure the exsanguine

Glance beyond closed eyelids

the conundrum of all mysteries

Crossing in life...my heart

with silver in times...I´m weak, too weak...

Wan circling skies

secretes...silvering sorrow

Precious to me Aphelion

Thou are the fields where we wither still

Exhaust in thy wanning world

My Aphelion on a broken mirror

where the veils of night and day

seems as one

May the lids gather again

on a vast and frail crusade

Invigoration of pain pervation this time

(tekst: Morten Veland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdHKyGEqa_g

(Jeg lyttede rigtig meget til det norske goth metal-band Tristania i slutningen af 1990´erne og starten af det nye årti, men så forsvandt de ellers, mere eller mindre, ud af glemslen....altså min glemsel! Indtil da jeg for et par uger siden cruisede rundt på Youtube, og pludselig snublede over dette spændende band igen. Den fabelagtige sangerinde Vibeke Stene, som fører an i koret på "Aphelion", er helt klart Tristania´s største aktiv, men ellers skal disse nordmænd bl.a. roses for en dygtig sangskrivning, hvor de gotiske sange sjældent bliver kedelige).

The art of dying

Gojira:"The art of dying", (fra albummet "The way of all flesh", 2008):

breathing slowly, mechanical heartbeat
loosing contact with the living
almighty TV plugged, hybrid empty brain
don´t see anything real in the game
the tension is building constantly
no reason just a reflex I have, driven by clockwork
I try to keep an eye open
and I realize I haven´t close my eyes in a long time

neglected emotions leading to catastrophic voyage on the other side
I have been given so much stress and lack of confidence
I´ve been given the gift of so small hope deep inside
I haven´t close my eyes in a long time, I am trying

I cannot stomach these forms and colors anymore
but I´m here to continue, after all I have been through
I try to keep my eyes open, I am realizing
this life and death more precious than anything

I won´t bring no material in the after life
take no possessions, I would rather travel light
I´m of this kind that kills all day
but I don´t know yet how to die

art of dying, is the way to let all go
within I practice in the secret of my soul
my shape in the reflector
has now for ever, a life on it´s own

(tekst: Joe Duplantier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o4hKYNz7mY&feature=related

(Jeg kan tydeligt huske, at jeg var skuffet de første 5-6 gange, jeg lyttede til Gojira´s fjerde og seneste album "The way of all flesh". Jeg syntes, at den var kedelig, men langsomt og sikkert blev jeg klogere, og i dag er"The way...." for længst blevet en af mine heavy metal-favoritter, og især et nummer som "The art of dying" synes jeg er rigtig spændende, både musisk og lyrikmæssigt).