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 Группа Vanden Plas с самого начала своего творчества занималась постоянным поиском собственного звучания, выпуская разнообразные по содержанию и настроению работы - это был и очень своеобразный усложненный хард-н-хэви на дебютнике "Colour Temple", и навороченный зубровый прогрессив на "The God Thing" и "Far Off Grace" (на мой взгляд, именно за эти два диска группа получила реноме "европейских последователей Dream Theater", особенно это справедливо в отношении "Far Off Grace"), и абсолютно замечательный и ни на что не похожий диск "AcCult", представляющий собой вполне самостоятельную и оригинальную работу. Рассматриваемый альбом 2002 года "Beyond Twilight", на мой взгляд, является не просто самой лучшей работой группы, а еще и на голову выше всех остальных (за исключением, пожалуй, "AcCult" - он настолько своеобразен, что его лучше не брать в сравнение). Материал альбома, в принципе, мало похож на предшественников "Far Off Grace" и "The God Thing" - теперь это не про-театровский "математичный" прогрессив, а гораздо более легкий для восприятия, очень красивый, местами даже "припопсованный" (в хорошем смысле) прогрессив (в принципе точно определить стиль сложно, есть как чисто метальные места, так и атмосферные хардовые, а то и вовсе арт-роковые). Музыка щедро аранжирована, много отличных мелодических находок, в наличии целая россыпь абсолютно хитовых красивейших припевов и просто красивых мелодий. Если говорить о стилистических параллелях, то по восприятию и настрению альбом где-то схож с поздними работами Threshold и отдельными вещами Shadow Gallery (хотя различия в саунде все же имеются). Выделять песни не имеет смысла - альбом нужно слушать весь, но я все же выделю "Scarlet Flower Fields" и "Healing Tree" - восхитительные по свой красоте. В целом, диск можно рекомендовать абсолютно всем - как заядлым прогрессивщикам, так и просто любителям хорошей и красивой музыки. Ну и знакомство с группой лучше всего начинать с этого альбома. Отличная, яркая работа, однозначный мастхэв. |
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mine is the shade one more time
I walk the night impaled by Cyrus
Under the moon I'll be by your side
hello, hello, hello
Hello mister, please
let me introduce myself
I'm a stranger and I present you my disease
older than the sun
and older than the lies
I'm a failure
I'm the door between Hello's and Goodbye's
Where are you going to
Where are you going to
Shine on the gods here in silence
mine is the shade one more time
I walk the night impaled by Cyrus
Under the moon I'll be by your side
My flower - how I adore the shine of thy life, that I have to destroy
You can't heal the yearning of that I am suffering
My angel - everyday a little more
2. Cold Wind
I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm reliquiae of ancient times
I was banished in the heat
In a candle near "the perfect Shrine"
Patiently waiting here inside my world
And a cold wind is blowing
As the fever is rising again
And the old river sighing
Here something mysterious
Shines in your life
All your wishes may come true
I'm the master of al thousand dreams
I'm a liar but your slave
Can be anything
but I'm not what I seem to be
Patiently waiting here inside my world
And a cold wind is blowing
As the fever is rising again
And the old river sighing
Here something mysterious
Shines in your life
And zephyr touches my flame
Patiently waiting here in my world
And a cold wind is blowing
As the fever is rising again
And the old river sighing
Here something mysterious
Shines in your life
I will shine!
3. Scarlet Flowerfields
One day before the rain only for a moment the earth inhales again
It seems like time stood still before the wind creeping to the trees upon the hill
And a blind man finds a way between the beauty and decay
Over roses in the dust, behind doors are made to rust
Lies a field of a thousand nails beneath cemetery vales
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
on the Scarlet Flower Fields
The scent of sweet perfume is a lair of pale illusions with a tainted Paris tune
The dark an lonely side binds this liquid marriage for shadows and the light
Somewhere by the fireside lies a man, eyes open wide
Flee on the effect of plants, he translates and understands
For the hidden side to see in this secret poetry
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
On the Scarlet Flower Fields
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
And one day before the rain
He is searching there again
Where no one ever meets
On the Scarlet Flower Fields
On the Scarlet Flower Fields
On the Scarlet Flower Fields
On the Scarlet Flower Fields
4. Healing Tree
Leaves are falling under my wings
I hear a young boy cry "Why my father, why my mom
How can I say goodbye"
It ain't easy to get by again
Maybe we are leaving from time to time again
Where we go around from here
Will we shed another tear
Like the seasons we are leaving to return again
Where we go around from here
Will we shed another tear
Like the seasons we are leaving to return again
For your mother - for your dad
Here is a secret door
I'm the tree of magic and consolation
For three thousand years or more
When my leaves are falling down again
You can meet them here from time to time again
Where we go around from here
Will we shed another tear
Like the seasons we are leaving to return again
Where we go around from here
Will we shed another tear
Like the seasons we are leaving to return again
It's the end of the seasons, all the people are leaving
There's no other way, no other way
Where we go around from here
Will we shed another tear
Like the seasons we are leaving
To return again
Where we go around from here
Will we shed anohter tear
Like the seasons we are leaving
To return again
5. End Of All Days
When a life falls into dust and the paradise is lost
There is something to remind us in our head
There is something to remember - helping us to understand
And the price we have to pay for a life we fade away
These are the words I hear somebody say
Is there anybody else - can find the end of days
Is there anybody else
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE - CAN FIND THE END OF
THE END OF ALL DAYS - THE END OF ALL DAYS
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
On some ordinary day in the end of 1963
While a distant tune of spring lies in the air
We are waiting for the fall of lives an years
And the price we have to pay - for a life we fade away
These are the words I hear somebody say
Is there anybody else - can find the end of days
Is there anybody else
Is there anybody else - can find the end of days
Martha's vineyard near the bay, here we found another trace
Nothings plannes but just a curse or a spell on mothers earh
This line is defeated before we release it
When we see the command forces die
AND THE ECHO OF THE LAUGHTER
IS NOT SO FAR AWAY TO IGNORE THE CRIES
On this ordinary day
JFK has gone
And witnessed by a hundered million eyes
Who saw him fall - asking why
Hsi mantra was a paragram of KEN I DIE
AND THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY - FOR A LIFE FADING AWAY
Is there anybody else - can find the end of days
Is there anybody else
WE ARE THE REASON FOR - WE ARE THE FALLEN CHILDREN
The end of all days
6. Free The Fire
I fly with the wind
so close to the sun
I hide in the attic still searching for air
That feeds my intention to flee
All the children alone
Can you whisper my name
Now the decision is made
Before they believe what I am
FREE THE FIRE
LIFE IS BURNING MY NAME
FREE THE FIRE
ONLY ASHES REMAIN
SEE the creeping oil
an ocean for my flames
WHEN SAROS'S AFFECTING THE TIDE
TURN THE SEA
So many reflectins of me
And the king of all idiots
Try composing my name
I hear his voice from the hill
Sing about Rome: fall into flames
FREE THE FIRE
LIFE IS BURNING MY NAME
FREE THE FIRE
ONLY ASHES REMAIN
FREE THE FIRE
LIFE IS BURNING MY NAME
FREE THE FIRE
ONLY ASHES REMAIN
7. Can You Hear Me
We had all the gods among us
For an endless summer long
Now i'm tired of it all
So why can't we leave it
We are dancing in the halls
To a sentimental waltz
What a scary situation
To see the icon fal
CAN YOU HEAR ME
CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING
ARE YOU WAITING THERE FOR ME
You can heal with your embrace
I need something to amaze
Put a knife into my face
And that's what they told me
We are dancing in the halls
With my blood upon the walls
What a funny situation
These endless summer days
CAN YOU HEAR ME
CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING
ARE YOU WAITING THERE FOR ME
CAN YOU HEAR ME
CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING
WITH MY FALLING MEMORIES
8. Phoenix
All the kings horses are coming down
To leave the empire
And something was sent to protect us now
Reborn by the fire
AND WHEN THE ASHES ARE FALLING
ON A DECEMBER MORNING
Let the sunlight rise again
WHEN THE PHOENIX IS GOING TO RISE
AND THE SUNLIGHT SHINES AGAIN
LET A FREEDOM CROSS THESE MINDS
WHEN THE PHOENIX IS GOING TO RISE
AND THE SUNLIGHT SHINES AGAIN
Thes was in 639
December the 7th
The end for the "kingdom of a thousand years"
Was sent out from heaven
There are too many souls who had lost their way
And many too many are passing by
When we're looking into the darkest of all
nights
There is something every time
But nothing will restrain - a tiny light from shining
WHEN THE PHOENIX IS GOING TO RISE
AND THE SUNLIGHT SHINES AGAIN
LET A FREEDOM CROSS THESE MINDS
WHEN THE PHOENIX IS GOING TO RISE
AND THE SUNLIGHT SHINES AGAIN
9. Beyond Daylight
Sooner or later
You follow me into my world
There yonder the skies - somewhere
Sittinghere inside my cell
This is not a fairytale
What do you think I am
On which side do I depend
Scary monster - hollow man
Here is just an easy way in
There is just an easy way out
FOLLOW ME INTO MY WORLD
FOLLOW ME OVER AND UNDER THE SKIES
FOLLOW THE PILOT OF SOULS
SOONER OF LATER WE ARE BEYOND DAYLIGHT
I hear them coming down again
Another rope will tie my hand
They think I'm a liar, a cheating messiah
But hear my story 'til the end
Here is just an easy way in
There is just an easy way out
FOLLOW ME INTO MY WORLD
FOLLOW ME OVER AND UNDER THE SKIES
FOLLOW THE PILOT OF SOULS
SOONER OF LATER WE ARE BEYOND DAYLIGHT
If The Only Possibility Is To Be Excluded
Then The Impossible Must Be True
My name is killroy murdoch
Nobody believes my name
I was born as an endless circle
I'm born as and endless game
Ghost kings came over desert stone
To see where the salt lake lies
All the animals are minerals
Here in scarlet: petrified
God's second cast
Forgotten in the salt lake shore
But I will still remind you
In the oldest dreams to win the final war
I can see the day arrive
I can hear the morning birth
Even when you take my view
Steal my tongue
The serins will never fly aqay
And they are singing just for me
Cause I invented them for my story
And I never have to worry
On my private way to Golghata
Is where the story ends
Or where it just began
You're all a piece of paper
On the psycho pathway to the cross
You're my neighbour
In the story I invented?!
I cut a scar through my face with a knife
More than a withness when Kennedy died
Fused the absinth for charles baudelaire
I was fire, warer and air
Was a king long before Christ was born
Walk the night and I've never seen dawn
I can see where your wishes began
Now you wish you don't know who I am
FOLLOW ME INTO MY WORLD
FOLLOW ME OVER AND UNDER THE SKIES
FOLLOW THE PILOT OF SOULS
SOONER OF LATER WE ARE BEYOND DAYLIGHT
Follow me into my world
Follow me into my world
10. Point Of Know Return
I heard the men saying something
The captains tell they pay you well
And they say they need sailing men to
Show the way and leave today
Was it you that said "How long, how long?"
They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave for all the brave
Was it you that said, "How long, how long
How long to the point of know return?"
Your father, he said he needs you
Your mother, she said she loves you
Your brothers, they echo the words
"How far to the point of know return"
"How long, how long?"
Today I found a message floating
In the sea from you to me
You wrote that when you could see it
You cried with fear the point was near
Was it you that said, "How long, how long
How long to the point of know return?"