Edge of Sanity - Crimson (1/5)

Part 1 of 5.

HQ (stereo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9i-jaMaEpo&fmt=18

Epic 40 minute track from that crazy chart topping summer of 1996.

Prologue:

In a very distant future, the last generation of planet earth has come to a point where they cannot breed anymore. When everybody has lost their faith, a child is born. This child must be a gift from the skies of life-divine.


Lyrics:

Another sky is young.
Another frozen future has passed.
Another breed, another cast.
The rivers will run, brought to life by the sun,
the circle is still unbroken.

Oh, what a sight to see.
Reborn life, destined for all eternity.

Hail the king!
For he has chosen not to drain the godsent child,
a gift from the skies of life divine.
Now we know.
A glimpse of hope grow inside, a change of tide.
Answered prayers of survival.

Miracles.
The offspring of the unknown gods beautifies
the aura of this dying breed.
So they succeed in their quest for continued time.
Celebrate
the knowledge of the everlasting, never-dying.

Cursed to be walking in the shadows of death
for a lifetime.
No more fears for what the years will bring.
Rebuild the shattered dream.
And now a brighter future has come.
Another end remains undone.
And an era begins,
bringing life free from sins.
Oh, it's a token, the circle is broken.

(The drop of blood from her mouth slowly fell down to the ground. The child inside dried her out. The king's beloved is no more.)

The chosen one felt the time had come
to show the world what had grown within.
This day of life,
a sacred moment in time,
when joy and pain collide.

It takes a life to create a life.
Now she's gone.

Anger and hate.
fear and despair fills up his mind.
In search for answers he can't find.
What god would end a life so pure.
She was the one worth dying for.
Alone with princess angel-sent.
Her eyes so blue, my hate relents.
Her destiny is in my hands.
She was born to rule these desert lands.

A sacrifice. A life arises.
When one love has come, another dies.
I let her go and I do not know
where to find her soul so alone.

Oh, does she hold the power?
Is she a blessing from the skies?
Is this the answer to where the secret lies?
And in her eyes I see a light is shining through.
I feel that there is hope for a world so brave and new.

Many seasons have changed
and the king is old and weak.
The princess has come of age,
but still the gift of life they seek.
In the chambers of crimson sleep.
In this vault of souls to reap.
The future lies in the hands of the shrewd
or the earth will die in solitude.

The darkest night,
the enchanted skies were united in a storm.
Unholiness and all that's unblessed
appeared in another form.
Like a raging plague all across the land
all the women gave birth to man.
Raped by the wind and forced to bring life
to the hundred bastard sons.
The unholy ones will give strength for all evil to live
and the fires of death burn high.
The time has come for the king to die.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• crimson
• edge
• of
• sanity
• progressive
• metal
• melodic
• death
• dan
• swanö
• mikael
• åkerfeldt
• opeth
• katatonia
• bloodbath

[phahq]

@guitars4thewiz

ADD sucks, and i'm very sorry for your condition. However, asking musicians not to compose long songs just because some people with short attention spans don't like them is like asking painters not to use so many colors on their painting because some people are color blind, and can't really perceive all of them. Can't please them all, man.

[IndependentVictor]

oh my god,

''you went to an edge of sanity concert''

''fuck yeee''

how long was it?''

''about an hour''

''how many songs did they play?''

''4''

''lol''

[phahq]

@vincentjurg

I'd like to say the same, but i can't... I, more than often, dismiss lyrics completely, mostly because i don't really care about them; i usually just focus on the sonic experience as a whole, instead of music+lyrics. Sometimes i envy people who can feel excited about the lyrical content of a song. I do enjoy a lot of instrumental songs/bands, so it doesn't really bother me a lot.

[vincentjurg]

@phahq I have ADD, and I can listen it through without any distraction. But that's only when I've had my medicine. You're right actually! I think it's pretty cool that the music fits the lyrics, and the lyrics fit the music. I think you can't listen to only part 2 because then you'd be missing a lot, so when you have listened to part 1, you immediately want to listen to part 2 because the story grabs you. At least I've had that. Do you have that too?

[churras13]

most underrated metal band imo

[symbolicjohnson7]

@FireLinkAnime

Lol I know what progressive death metal is.

Purgatory afterglow and crimson my favorite albums

[FireLinkAnime]

@symbolicjohnson7 Actually it's called Tech/Extreme Prog Metal, Tool is listed as this genre too.

[FireLinkAnime]

6:08 <----- For Melodic Awesomeness! XD

[symbolicjohnson7]

This genre should be called Epic Metal

[chriswilliamstool]

check this out!!! tool - bottom ;)

[chriswilliamstool]

is he shouting at me? or is this here his real voice