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09-12-2010, 03:15 PM
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Seeker
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Universe
Posts: 34
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What do you make of this song? Avantasia's Farewell
Hey,
I'm doing a Reading Log for my module, Unpopular Texts, for which we write about texts which could cause offense in society. One of the texts I am doing is the song, 'Farewell' by Avantasia:
Gabriel]
Days had come, winters had gone,
and we gamboled like siblings in Paradise.
I was your knight, holding you tight
as a brother when I saw your crying eyes.
Time went by and we had to say goodbye.
Staring up to the clouds above
Children - so little and sad.
Hoping the saints could help one day
Lead us together again.
Holding the key to the alley of dreams
still in hands.
Time telling me to say farewell
but I knew that I would fight hell
and I knew: We will
go for another time we can see,
for another time we'll be free,
for no more farewell.
[Anna]
Stepbrother tell me where have you been
when they brought me to this godforsaken place.
Sign of the cross - they took me away
for healing with herbs by the way of grace.
Now I wait for the day to feed the flames.
[Gabriel]
I have been caught in a cage of despair.
My heart as a monk's cell so empty and bare.
But no holy water can make me
forget you again...
Time telling me to say farewell
but I knew that I would fight hell
What do you make of it?
Love and Light,
Ara
__________________
"Anger is like holding hot coal with the intention of throwing it at somebody: you are the one getting hurt."
Guatama Buddha
If you're going through hell, keep going..
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09-12-2010, 04:10 PM
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Well UoL, the references to fighting hell and the empty bare cell of despair, appear to me to be analogies for the dark night of the soul, or depression, or the ongoing struggle to remain hopeful in this sometimes difficult world. Most interesting line to me:
But no holy water can make me forget you again...
I intrepret that to mean the writer has come to the realization that spiritual/religious doctrine and dogma creates a kind of 'clouding of the mind' effect. I myself experienced this epiphany a decade or so ago. As a long-time spiritual seeker, it was as if I awoke from a self-created dream. My inner sight is clear now and I will NEVER be bound to a particular spiritual/religious path again.
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