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5. Animus, Anima: To Hold All (6:55) (Ambient/ Ambient Rock)A very simple C-B-C-G melody played sparsely can be heard about 10 seconds into the song after some ambient effects and another sample in the background. After another 10 seconds comes the melody again. It progressively becomes more normal and played at a normal rate, before the ambient effects are turned up. Over the top of the melody quietly sings Jason in a dark, creepy tone as if it was through a megaphone. The song is very relaxed. He sings like this through the entirety of the first verse. After the first verse, things get a little faster, but no louder. A different melody is played, with ghostly vocals singing the first line of the chorus. Jason then proceeds to sing the rest of the chorus in a quite uplifting way. Things go back to slower for the second verse, which is practically identical to the first, except with different lyrics. Once it goes to the chorus, things get a bit sprightlier, with light synths and sound segments raising the mood of it slightly, but everything else is exactly the same. After these choruses, the notes are extended on for about 10 seconds, and the mood darkens again. A quiet alternative riff then happens for the “go now” bit, although it is no louder and the vocals are no more obtrusive than elsewhere in the song. An ambient segment happens for about 30 seconds, which consists on light harps, violins and synths, before it returns back to the chorus, in a dark tone for 2 time again. It gets slightly louder for the next bit, the bridge, but it’s still the same riff. The vocals are slightly louder and more high pitched this time, but are still relaxed. More and more synths are piled on top of the song, as well as natural noises. After this, it goes into one more chorus, before the last 4 lines are whispered quietly beneath the layers of ambient, which then fade the song out. Please don’t ask why...
We don’t need to fight,
Are we all?
Susceptible to light?
Please don’t cry...
(I am lost)
I am the one,
Who fought?
Beneath the sun,
And the air...
Tell me why,
We won’t fight.
Are you blind?
Can we fly?
Don’t cry...
(I am lost)
I am the one,
Who fought?
Beneath the sun,
And the air...
Go now, go now,
Go now, burn beneath the sun.
Go now, go now,
Go now, burn until you’re done.
(I am lost)
I am the one,
Who fought?
Beneath the sun,
And the air...
(I am lost)
I am the one,
Who fought?
Beneath the sun,
And the air...
Do you know what it’s like?
To hold all in your palm.
To hold your eyes in your arms.
Between the lies and the psalms.
(I am lost)
I am the one,
Who fought?
Beneath the sun,
And the air...
To hold all.
To hold all.
To hold all.
And I feel... awake.AND ON TO SIDE 2!Lacuna (9:54) (Avant-Garde Metal/ Experimental Metal)Aggressive electronic segments with no melody or tune introduce this side along with distorted synths and evil, demonic vocalisations in the background. A massive drum segment then comes in followed by a fast-paced, complex riff from the rhythm, which is a bit like a demonic waltz. The drums furiously pound away as if they were black metal once the main riff, crazy tapping and sliding, bursts its way through. This song is utterly chaotic. Everything is just as manic when the first chorus comes in with Jason screaming it ferociously, possibly harder than he ever has before. After this first verse, he erupts a massive bellowing scream, which lasts for about 13 seconds as the riff changes to a simpler one, but still retains the heaviness at the same manic speed. It then goes into the next vocal segment, which consists of classically high pitched screams from Jason and manic vocalisations in the background, along with his traditional wall of sound production technique in full utility. It then goes back into the chorus, and the crazy riff returns alongside many different vocal tracks. Some are screaming, some are singing and some are growling. Then, in a clusterfuck of sound, all the guitars do one singular crazy melody, which is like a distorted arpeggio sequence, before it all cuts out into a simple acoustic melody, accompanied by soft drum beats, but still with an electronic bass. This then continues in polyrhythms as Jason sings the next two bits softly similar to that which you would find in traditional rock. At the end of the “Gaia” segment, many symphonic and orchestral instruments build up tension, as well as Jason screaming through a megaphone whilst they do so, until it all boils down into a simple marching riff, with no drumming or anything as a background. After the next two lines, it then goes into a crazy guitar solo with Jason speaking softly beneath it in a sinister tone. This lasts for quite a while, until the same polyrhythms as the acoustic part come back, except in heavy electrics this time. After that part, it then goes into a quiet reference to Jungle 55 with the drumming and Jason screaming beneath the layers of ambience, before everything slows down into an absolutely gargantuan riff, with massive drum beats and a complex bassline beneath it. Jason shouts the next part (“Are we free?”) in a similar manner to a dictator, whilst screaming and crying occurs underneath this. This extends the nightmarish feel. It then goes back through a crazy arpeggio sequence into the chorus near the beginning for one more refrain. Everything then cuts out into a music box, with a vocoded Jason singing quietly beneath an acoustic and a violin, in a sad manner. The song ends on the extended note of the music box. Hey goodbye,
You know I tried,
But to my surprise,
This man is dying,
It's cold, so cold, my son.
Nothing ever bothers me now.
Your eyes are broken!
Vandalised by the truth, close them again,
Hide what shames you most,
For a closed eye is better than a broken one.
Your head softens; soften like the words from your mouth.
I am flying in a paper plane,
Shoot me down like you shot down your hopes.
Hey goodbye,
You know I tried,
But to my surprise,
This man is dying,
It's cold, so cold, my son.
Nothing ever bothers me now.
(I was aware I was dazed by the sonic stars,
Mountains crumble beyond the clouds,
So hey now, put your fear behind you,
For one by one, you will disperse with the sun.
Further, Gaia,
Wasting time and light in irony,
Oxygen thief, reach out for me.
One is Gaia, Gaia is me.)
Ready?
Moving out!
(We've finally found our own world, this is our night. We don't have to worry about whether it's wrong or right. Because for once, this is our night. In a few hours reality will creep back into our lives and attempt to suffocate what air we have left to breathe, but before that happens, I'm telling you now, this is our night. When the sun finally appears through the cracks of the curtains, just close your eyes, this is our night. And when a week has passed, and you're wishing you were back there, just remember, this is our night.)
Let’s take this down,
Let’s dredge ourselves into oblivion!
Let’s take this down.
(In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.)
And now, the show begins...
Are we free? Are we hurt?
Are we deserving, or just deserved?
And our sentence, have we served?!
This is not what I was intended for!
Are we human? Are we dirt?
Are we the observing, or the observed?
We cannot overlook the fact that we all die eventually!
Use your time, and abide!
(Further, Gaia,
Wasting time and light in irony,
Oxygen thief, reach out for me.
One is Gaia, Gaia is ki.)
Hey goodbye,
You know I tried,
But to my surprise,
This man is dying,
It's cold, so cold, my son.
Nothing ever bothers me now.
A beautiful, evil winter’s day,
Turns into a greyer shade of grey.
Yet grey is grey anyway.
I’d rather not live any other way. |
