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 Дебют под названием «Sign of Truth» получился неплохим, мне он показался авансом, перед выходом второго альбома. Действительно, когда я услышал «Anima Mundi», я понял, что не ошибался, и в свою реальную силу музыканты выложились именно тут. Правда начало альбома получилось немного невнятным («Divine»), а вторая композиция «Bringer of War» оказалась вообще позорной.
Далее, начиная с заглавной песни, начался великолепный и качественный пауэр европейской школы. Появилось разнообразие мелодичных ходов, появилась даже какая-то непредсказуемость, Олаф Хайер на дебюте намекнул, что может петь и мужским голосом, здесь же практически на протяжении всего альбома вокал не вызывает никаких нареканий (уж как позорно пел старина Олаф у сеньора Турилли).
И наконец, душа мира приводит нас к шедевру под названием «March for Freedom». Великолепный эпический марш свободы заставляет нас прочувствовать то, что чувствуешь, когда Эрик Адамс призывает к чему-то великому, честному и, несомненно, страшному для определённой группы людей, объединённой под общим названием…
Эта песня не является не в коем разе пародией на Manowar, эта песня спета в духе Manowar, это дань уважения великим воинам и эта великая песня надолго засядет в головах. Альбом очень хорош и однозначно оправдал надежды и авансы, возложенные на него. |
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And by my honour I hereby swear
Love will conquer all
It's my gift to replenish life
Can you feel the surge of vitality?
If you join me and heed my call
Together we'll redraw reality
I'm the wish of a thousand hearts
A wish to set things right
And by my honour I hereby swear
Love will conquer all
'Cause I am the maker of miracles
Chaos awake in my hand
I am your fate
I am darkness and light
In my heart and my soul I'm divine
'Cause I am the maker of miracles
Chaos awake in my hand
I am your fate
I am darkness and light
In my heart and my soul I'm divine
2. Bringer Of War
A cold cunning razor smile
Is cutting through your spine
Words of evil, deeds of greed
Into the mouth of the nation he is sowing his seed
What?s done can?t come undone
But don?t let us do it again
Have all we taught been so wrong
If not "Why are you singing his song"
Remember, a single spark can ignite the fire
Inside it?s womb your his sole desire
The Bringer Of War
Like a phoenix he arose from the ashes
But did you ever see him come?
Eventhou his eyes are shining true
He?s not the savior for me, nor for you
What?s that sound I?m hearing?
Hasn?t he been hear once before?
A malefactor, promissing to take down the sun
It seems like our past has come undone
Remember, a single spark can ignite the fire
Inside it?s womb your his sole desire
The Bringer Of War
3. Anima Mundi
Dreams are engaging in battle
Cosmos is rising to fight
Our world is neglected and falling
Gaia, she screams in the night!
On the verge of decay and destruction
Hope is what keeps her alive
Sending her plea to her people
That nothing is written in stone
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
Live the dream
Be the Anima Mundi
Clouds are beginning to muster
Oceans are stirring beneath
Life as it was may be lost now
'Cause Gaia, she screams in the night!
On the edge of the ending eternity
Hope is what keeps her alive
Sending her plea to her people
That fate can be altered somehow
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
Live the dream
Be the Anima Mundi
A star on the night sky
Guiding her hopes
Her dreams are in motion
A sign of light
All will be well again
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
Live the dream
4. Heart Is Crying
Never thought I'd be caught in the web
Like a lamb lying down to be slaughtered
Put down your walls for a minute
I want to let you know what is on my mind
I am trying to find the words
To reveal the scenery
I was never enough for you
And it splits my soul in two
Every time you go
My heart is crying
Every time you walk away I'm dying
I know I have to be strong and fight it
But when you look at me I fail to hide it
I can't let you go
I just want you to know
I'm like a leaf that keeps on falling.
Never thought I'd be lost on my own
Never dreamed I would suffer such pain
Now put down your walls for a minute
We have to work this out, doesn't matter how
I am trying to find the words
To reveal the scenery
I was never enough for you
And it splits my soul in two
Every time you go
My heart is crying
Every time you walk away I'm dying
I know I have to be strong and fight it
But when you look at me I fail to hide it
I can't let you go
I just want you to know
I'm like a leaf that keeps on falling.
Time will go on eventually
My heart will heal again
But you will forever be the one
The one that haunts my heart and soul
forever more
My heart is crying...
5. What
I have never been so worried as I am today
I'm thinking of the way we're movin? closer to the end
There?s no turning back this time
How can we survive a crime like this?
Cause there will be nothing left
If we don't realize that soon will everything be too late
What are we heading for?
It's so hard to realize
If we don't open up our eyes
Cause it will be far too late
When our progress has ended it all
Rise up people, gather all, together we are strong!
We?re not gonna sit in silence when hell is breakin? loose
There?s no turning back this time
How can we survive a crime like this?
Cause there will be nothing left
If we don't realize that soon will everything be too late
What are we heading for?
It's so hard to realize
If we don't open up our eyes
Cause it will be far too late
When our progress has ended it all
6. Eyes Of The World
Longing to see what I wanted to be
It never got out of my soul
To really fullfill what my dreams?ve always been
Though sometimes it feels just too far
What if I never had chosen this path?
What if this might never be?
Life is short and it just slips away
Live free now right here and today!
On a long and windy journey
I will pray I never fall...
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
So many can't think far
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
But see who you are!
A bright newborn star
Yours is the power of living the dream
To follow the waves of the see
You know that to live is love and be loved
To give and to fight, to be free
All I can see is the truth in your eyes
The love and the goodness inside
I pray there is shelter wherever you go
For keeping you safe from the storm
On a long and windy journey
I pray you?ll never fall...
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
So many can't think far
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
But see who you are!
A bright newborn star
7. March For Freedom
Luther King, Theresia and Mandela
All heros of the world
In a time known as the dark era
They fought and meant to be heard!
Dedicated, filled with spirit
Truthfully they followed their harts
They had a dream that they would die for
It's time to gather us all!
Keep on walk and march for freedom
All over lands and seas
Keep on walk and march for freedom
Mankind is set to be free!
Light the torch, step out of the darkness
Feel the wind of change
On the path to freedom and glory
There's only one way to be free!
Keep on walk and march for freedom
All over lands and seas
Keep on walk and march for freedom
Mankind is set to be free!
8. Closer To The Sun
Too many ways to be the fool?
Too many lies to see the truth?
Become the one you'd never be?
Go back find yourself deep inside, I'm telling you to
Fly with me, fly together
`til the end of time
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
Still having dreams and future hopes?
You tried your best, you didn't flee?
Life's still just one big mystery?
Follow your path, stick to your dreams, they're telling you to
Fly with me, fly together
?til the end of time
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
I wonder if you dare or have the power and the will?
9. Forever More
When I'm down and out without the strength to carry on
The sun still reaches your hair as it's always done
Will I ever see you again, just one last time?
Anyhow I cannot feel any peace of mind
All around the world the fallen ones will see
That love was never ever meant for me
I?m torn apart but how could I flee?
I would die for you, so please come rescue me
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
I will love you forever ever more
I realize that life is never easy
But in my heart, I'd hoped for something greater
A dream I guess, but something to hold on to
A rainbow on a darkening, rainy sky
'Cause my body's caught, but still my soul is out there
They can take away my life, but not my freedom
My love is all that matters, you'll see
I would die for you, so please come rescue me
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
I will love you forever ever more
When I'm down and out without the strength to carry on
The sun still reaches your hair as it's always done
Will I ever see you again, just one last time?
Anyhow I cannot feel any peace of mind
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
I will love you forever ever more
10. Paradise Land
I'm standing here facing a city in silence
Forces of nature have taken control
Streets layin? empty hand houses are fallin?
They had to flee for their lives
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
One lonely madman or beasts of mankind
Watch out so they?ll never get to your mind!
They came unexpected with evil intensions
They came to loot, to divide and destroy
Faces were frozen in pain, tears were fallin?
From innocent children's eyes
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
I just don't get it, I can't understand
Why things can't be solved here in paradise land?
Man, woman, children everyone
Were thrown out of their homes
And forced to become refuges
With nothing they could call their home
Sparkling beaches once full of life
are laying desolate
They had there dreams and future hopes
Until it all were whipped away
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
One lonely madman or beasts of mankind
Watch out so they never get to your mind!
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
I just don't get it, I can't understand
Why things can't be solved here in paradise land?