Una mattina di un giorno qualunque, accesi lo stereo per ascoltare questo disco che avevo comprato il giorno precedente e sulle prime note della introduttiva "Imagination From The Other Side", andai al mio solito specchio per guardarmi e darmi una lavata. Osservai bene lo specchio e vi guardai attraverso: vidi un mondo fantastico fatto da case diroccate e da cieli dominati da draghi che si spostavano da una parte all'altra.
Spostai lo specchio ed entrai. Il disco lo sentivo scorrere sempre ma il luogo era un altro. Scesi dal monte in cui mi trovavo dopo aver superato lo specchio, ed arrivai nella vallata in cui trovai i Blind Guardian, con abiti trasandati, che stavano suonando la canzone che stavo ascoltando. Il primo che notai fu Thomas Stauch alla batteria ma non notai le sue mani perché suonava troppo veloce, poi guardai le chitarre di Andrè Olbrich e Marcus Siepen ma più che con gli occhi le osservai con le orecchie; infine notai Hansi Kursch che suonava il basso e che cantava con una brutalità che non avevo mai visto prima di allora. Subito dopo, suonarono "I'm Alive" e all'inizio di quella seconda canzone, quei draghi cominciarono ad inseguirmi. Io scappai, sentendo sempre la canzone e lasciando i Blind Guardian che suonavano. Corsi il più velocemente possibile saltando cespugli e ruscelli fino a quando arrivai in un campo. Impaurito mi accorsi che non c'erano più i draghi e che il paesaggio era un altro; continuai quindi camminando. In lontananza vidi una casetta con delle luci dentro e mi avvicinai sul finire della poderosa "I'm Alive". Arrivato alla porta, ne sentì un'altra : "A Past And Future Secret" che aveva un suono diverso dalle due precedenti perché era acustica;suonata quindi con le sole chitarre classiche e la batteria. Aprì la porta e vidi sempre loro vestiti questa volta, con abiti medievali che suonavano davanti ad un pubblico costituito da 7 elfi e da 7 nani.
Spinto dalla curiosità, mi avvicinai cautamente a loro che non si accorsero della mia presenza. Mi sedetti in una sedia ascoltando quella canzone così bella e calma. All' improvviso la canzone finì, ne cominciò un' altra molto più violenta, urlata e pesante tantè che tremò il terreno sotto i miei piedi e i nani e gli elfi spostarono lo sguardo dai Blind a me accorgendosi della mia presenza. Io cominciai di nuovo a scappare rincorso dai nani e dagli elfi. La mia seconda fuga fu quindi accompagnata da "The Script For My Requiem" con la quale il vocione di Kursch mi trapanava il timpano durante la corsa.
Scampato pericolo, mi ritrovai vicino ad una cascata dove DALL'ALTRA PARTE, c'erano sempre loro, vestiti da bardi, che suonavano "Mordred's Song" e dopo "Born In A Mourning Hall". Io mi sedetti a terra per ammirare questi due ottimi pezzi. Sul finire di quest'ultima vidi in lontananza dietro di me un uomo incappucciato: il guardiano cieco. Quell'immagine così misteriosa, non poteva che suscitare in me una grande curiosità e perciò iniziai a seguirlo per vedere dove sarebbe andato sulle note della inquietante "Bright Eyes". Il cieco mi portò in una foresta incantata dove ogni cosa da toccare, faceva passare la mano attraverso. Era ormai buio e non riuscivo più tanto bene a seguire il guardiano; così lo persi di vista, restando solo. Arrivarono poi, delle cavallette luminescenti che inizialmente mi ronzarono intorno ma che dopo, mi mostrarono la via all'ascoltare della seguente, veloce "Another Holy War ".
Una volta oltrepassata la foresta, vidi quattro cavalieri in armatura che erano di nuovo loro i quali questa volta, non suonavano ma venivano verso di me e io ricominciai correre per la mia terza fuga. Sul finire della canzone e della storia , "And The Story Ends" mi ritrovai al punto di partenza (nella vallata) capendo solo allora che la terra in cui mi trovavo era un'isola e che ne avevo percorso il perimetro(in effetti mi era sembrato di aver visto il mare vicino alla foresta). Risalì la montagna, entrai da dove ero uscito e mi ritrovai scaraventato sul pavimento del mio bagno con mia madre che bussava alla porta chiamandomi. Mi alzai, uscì dal bagno dicendole che era tutto a posto e andai a spegnere lo stereo perché il disco era finito.
Adesso sono davanti al computer, e rivivo quei fantastici momenti di pura avventura che in realtà sono durati 49 minuti e 18 secondi ma DALL' ALTRA PARTE, un giorno.
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01 Imaginations From the Other Side (07:18)
Where are these silent faces
I took them all
they all went away
now you're alone
to turn out every light so deep in me
hold on, to late
Will I ever see them back again
or did they all die by my hand
or were they killed
by the old evil ghost
who had taken
the ocean
of all my dreams
which were worth to keep
deep inside my heart
I wish I could get them back
from the everflow
before they'll fade away
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
out of the dark
back to the light
then I'll break down
the walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side
where's the ocean's daughter
was Peter Pan in Mordor
no one's there to keep alive
all these fairy tales
may I return to Oz
will I meet the "Tin Man"
"Coward Lion" where are you
without brain the scarecrow's lost
in the middle of the lake
stranded in the real world
left in a world
no place for daydreams
serious life
I fall into
I fall into a dark hole
and i can't come out
Do you know
if Merlin did exist
or Frodo wore the ring
did Corum kill the gods
or where's the wonderland
which young Alice had seen
or was it just a dream
I knew the answers
how they're lost for me
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
out of the dark
back to the light
then i'll break down
the walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side
I hope there is a way back
with my talisman
so I look into myself
to the days when i was just a child
come follow me to wonderland
and see the tale that never ends
don't fear the lion nor the witch
I can't come back
i'm lost but still i know
there is another world
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
far out of nowhere
it got back to my mind
out of the dark
back to the light
then I'll break down
the walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side
02 I'm Alive (05:29)
I run through the dark fields
of the plains
reach level 99
the pain cuts deep down
through my vain
how will I break the ice
welcome to my reality
dream forever
sunlight instead of neon light
how will it be
welcome to my grave
and feel the dream is over
nothing can stop me
I reach out for the top
caught in an old cage
the system failed
built up on lies
now I see that I'm alone
in asylum's cage
I'm left alone
I'm alive my friend
I can feel the shadows everywhere
I'm alive
I left the shadows
far behind me
another one is waiting in the dark
they say the system keeps
the last chance to survive
caught in this labyrinth
of walls and lots of lies
the bean to understand
there's more above than ice
to reach the top
I crept deep down
the answers given in the past
a senseless worth
in useless brains
magic runes
without a meaning
besides the dark
there should be nothing left
caught in an old cage
the system failed
built up on lies
now I see that I'm alone
in asylum's cage
I'm left alone
I'm alive my friend
I can feel the shadows everywhere
I'm alive
I left the shadows
far behind me
another one is waiting in the dark
SOLO
outside they say death is waiting
but it creeps down through the shaft
finds pleasure in our helpless fear
fills empty rooms
with morbid thought
they've locked the door
and hold the key
sitting beside you
when silent screams
changing my mind and dreams
oh, It's never ending
caught in an old cage
the system failed
built up on lies
now I see that I'm alone
in asylum's cage
I'm left alone
I'm alive my friend
I can feel the shadows everywhere
I'm alive
I left the shadows
far behind me
another one is waiting in the dark
I'M ALIVE!!!
03 A Past and Future Secret (03:47)
Oh, I haven't been here for a while
In blindness and decay
The circle's been closed, now
My song of the end
My song of the end
I've seen it all
Listen crowd
I'll tell you everything
Though I have to say
I don't know much
Talking about a past
And future secret
Most called him once
A future king
Far back in the past
I saw his ending
Long before it started
I knew his name
He's the one who took the sword
out of the stone
It's how the ancient tale began
I hear it in the cold winds
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
I had seen it in my dreams
My song of the end
I can't stop the darkening clouds
I feel cold
When I cry out for the bark
Take him back to Avalon
Dwell on for a new age
So long sleep well my friend
Take him back to Avalon
I will wait and guard
The future king's crown
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
It was nice but now it's gone
My song of the end
It was fixed the whole time
My song of the end
I saw it all
04 The Script for My Requiem (06:08)
Hallowed be the fatherland
god he knows
how long I'd been away
from here I did start for a search so
full of decease
I still hear my cryouts
from the old cellar's inside
Born in the days of medieval
my inner voice
is alway asking why
I came from nowhere
without a task, without a name
no fear of evil
fate, so god please lead me through
forgotten realms
mysterious dreams
in sunless rooms I'd sworn
I'll finish what I started, once
I'll find my holy grail
in the holy land
Ref.:
Returning of the miracles
it's my own requiem
the jester's tears
they are inside me
agony's the script for my requiem
Returning of the miracles
it's my own requiem
is the script already written
jester's tears I cry
yes, I cry
I went out of my mind
in desert lands
insanity's pawn
out of control
much too long I've been isolated
from my thoughts
enclosed by the leader's spell
bewildered to marc
as a glory knight
and I tried
Still I hear the scream of thousands:
"Crucify, crucify
Take it all
our gold, our home, our life,
but we didn't kill your Christ!!
Reach out for your holy grail
enslave us and make us
your god's sacrifice!!"
Ref.
Still I'm confused
if I was dreaming
too late I realized
I'd been another fool
I pay the price
Returning of the miracles
it's my own requiem
the jester's tears
they are inside me
agony's the script for my requiem
Returning of the miracles
it's my own requiem
is the script already written
jester's tears I cry
05 Mordred's Song (05:27)
I've lost my battle before it starts
My first breath wasn't done
My spirit's sunken deep
Into the ground
Why am I alone
I can hear my heartbeat
Silence's all around
See hate will rise
So don't come closer
Fear your child
Born with a king's heart
But fate fooled me
And changed my cards
No one asked if I want it
If I like it
Chorus:
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No Jokers on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Nothing else,
But laughter is around me
Forevermore
No one can heal me
Nothing can save me
No one can heal me
I've gone beyond the truth
It's just another lie
Wash away the blood on my hands
My father's blood
In agony we're unified
I never wanted to be
What they told me to be
Fulfill my fate then I'll be free
God knows how long
I tried to change fate
Chorus
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
07 Bright Eyes (05:15)
Fool just another
fool just another
...
I've been waiting
for signs of god
create- enslaved- behaved-
everything is out of control
Leave me alone
isolation bears hope
there's something else waiting
a promised destiny
freezing me
I feel restless and low
these days full of sadness
had joyfully changed
into fear
My freakshow will start tonight
don't miss the right time
Ref.:
Bright eyes
blinded by fear of life
no Merlin is by my side
everything is out of control
everything is out of control
in my future plans
everything is out of control
noone's left to hurt
everything is out of control
sorrow's gone away
Broken memories
walking upstairs
step by step
I see the whole world burning
the poet dies in Neverland
how it burns
Hey, mother stubborn
I really hate you
if you say yes I will say no
ashes to ashes
but dust won't be dust
if you go there
I will go back
Ref.:
Bright eyes
blinded by fear of life
betrayed by sunrise
bright eyes
blinded by fear of life
no Merlin is by my side
Hey, father stubborn
you're ying
and I'm yang
I feel alone
who really cares
Born into ashes
to lose all the games
with a smiling face
Ref.:
Bright eyes
blinded by fear of life
and dark dragons rise
bright eyes
blinded by fear of life
no Merlin is by my side
So I sit still in my room, today
winter's here
in summer's season
shall I say
I was wrong
if I'm right
farewell to my last hope
10 The Wizard (03:17)
He was a wizard of a thousand kings
And I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine
He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again
Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts
'Cause then I know we'd find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
Peace that love can bring
So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars,
They're guiding with their light
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Altre recensioni
Di Fallen
"Chiudete gli occhi e lasciate che il mondo attorno a voi perda contorni e colori… un arpeggio lento, decadente apre su una voce disperata, stanca, che chiude la strofa con un'eccezionale prestazione."
"Correrete verso lo specchio, per assicurarvi di essere ancora gli stessi… ma sì, certo, il vostro viso è sempre lì, …è tutto come prima… o forse no?"
Di metalselo
Le tetre melodie che aprono il tutto, accompagnate da rieccheggianti rintocchi di campane, ci avvolgono e paralizzano, buttandoci prepotentemente dentro questa 'Other Side'.
Un nuovo stile ormai sacro per molti metallari, che di fronte a tanta originalità non hanno potuto far altro che dire 'Follow The Blind!'
Di PAZZO AL SACCO
Questo è il disco Totale "Heavy Metal"!
L’Heavy Metal è un unico regno, è questo disco, è il suo trono.
