Where are those men who went along the paths With gentle eyes and sorrow for crime and shame? Small brothers in the dark forests with wolves and snow, Where are those men who went so brazenly towards death? They smiled widely in the face of snowdrifts and cold and arrows. Small brothers in dark forests, walking miles upon miles, From people’s homes and farms where evil lurks. Who hears their silver bells in the cloudy night? Where have the brothers and the minstrels gone? I have been told that in the valley they still live on.
It's tough to pick just one song, and these ones also deserve mention
By the way, the story this last song tells--a surreal journey to the inside of the Earth--seems like a classic sort of Min+Mer (Si+Ne) trope. The only thing I don't relate to about it is that it seems sort of closed-in & claustrophobic.
Kahawa - ooh, I've always liked Deep Forest's stuff. This one strikes me as particularly magestic with a bit of shamanistic magic thrown in
Somehow it reminds me of Si; like a soothing song of the Earth. It feels grounded yet sublime to me, and with a continuous flow representing an ancient wisdom..
I don't know what it represents to you, though. What is the meaning evoked in your heart/soul? (My interpretation may be due to how I've experienced Si as a channel into Nature. For me it has manifested as an affinity for great forests and a sacred reverence for the Earth as home to Humanity.)
Your song has such a *human* sentiment @general Ignorance ^^ It's simple yet beautiful, with a feeling of wishing to stay, but feeling restless.. like a grounded bird preparing for flight. It also feels energetic and a bit scattered, reminds me of Pe (do you know what your type is btw?)
wow Hrafn , your song is such a ballad of man's beginning It's profound in a primal way, a cry for the original nature and life of humanity, and it feels strong, seated, deserving of reverence. Perhaps this represents the rooted power of fully conscious Si
It seems like the first two songs hearken back to a previous time, and relate to the human condition from a very embodied place. That last one is fascinating too, in a different way! Yes, a myth of Min+Mer - exploration into the depths of the Earth through a mystical means.
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I have about 12 songs or so in what I call “The Soundtrack of My Life.” But if I had to pick only one that really sings to the core of my being, it’s probably ‘Nova’ from VNV
I picked it because it simultaneously makes me feel hopeful and melancholy. I appreciate the imagery of doing things because people like them or expect you to. I think it captures the feeling of unique experiences that can come out of nowhere and make you truly feel alive or in love. That being said tragedy is sometimes the proper end to things. The lyrics paired with the music are just a rush of emotion for me every time I hear it.
Here is an alternate version which changes the emotions felt when I listen to it:
Kahawa - ooh, I've always liked Deep Forest's stuff. This one strikes me as particularly magestic with a bit of shamanistic magic thrown in
Somehow it reminds me of Si; like a soothing song of the Earth. It feels grounded yet sublime to me, and with a continuous flow representing an ancient wisdom..
I don't know what it represents to you, though. What is the meaning evoked in your heart/soul? (My interpretation may be due to how I've experienced Si as a channel into Nature. For me it has manifested as an affinity for great forests and a sacred reverence for the Earth as home to Humanity.)
"particularly magestic with a bit of shamanistic magic thrown in" yeah, good description. It's definitely soothing. 'Peaceful' is the word that describes it for me. There's a sense of triumph in there too; quiet, confident, non-bombastic victory in the midst of anything else. And yeah, it's very earthy for me (although I was raised to fear anything approaching 'new age' and love of nature outside of the Christian worldview). I think I have my mental shoes off whenever I hear it, and I'm connected to the earth.
What a beautiful sentiment chilledtozero <3 I think your song captures the tragedy of self-purity quite well.. it has undertones of beauty, melancholy and even righteousness.
Although one may be kept authentic and beautiful, retaining their integrity, shutting the corruption of the world out is synonymous with shutting the self *in*. This is a very Ji dilemma, I think.
Meta - oooh, I looked up the lyrics of your song and they are perfect!
I was born as all the world here was born As tones, words and stories of the primeval song I need no bow, I need no sword My kingship’s known to gods Let their song go on
I need you to be the guide The mirror to the sky and sea Portray all above and below The gate of life and death
The sea of my loneliness It needs to have a sky To go with my story I also need to have your words
Like a king has his moon A queen has her sun To make the song go on
Make the song go on The creator of gods Make the song go on and on On and on
Be my guide of life and death
This seems, to me, to be a description of life from an archetypal point of view. And it's so accurate in such a poetic way - we are "As tones, words and stories of the primeval song."
And much of the rest of the song seems to be describing the relationship to one's Anima/Animus, as they are the other side of ourselves who guide us..
This is beautiful Something I've noticed about Fi is that it often has such a real, yet artfully composed, view of humanity. This song seems to reflect that.
I found it as a gem in a part of my life where I was starting to understand what my story is composed of, where I want to go with it and how I want to display my marks. It is an archetypical "Story of Origin" - but It's also very specific in how it attests the story of the protagonist. It's a king who knows the words of others piecing together their story and letting them live on in testament to their own. He finds great power in knowing but fails to attest to himself and the struggle isn't influencing but an identity where he can see himself as a creator. It puts the perspective of life and death - what It means and the lack of knowledge on the table. I find comfort in the duality and inexplicit nature of the king.
It doesn't help that as an album - the picture begins to form with songs such as "My enemy" showing the curse of the king.
He set out to take my life And the power of my soul His spells against my might My wrath he did ignite
Your brain replaced by mine Your mind changed into mine You lose sight of yourself Your world no longer yours
The lightning of my eyes crumbles you My fingers as snakes drag you to mire The trembling earth now melts under you Your legs turn to sludge from my ire
I feel your feelings now I know now what you knew I see how you have lied Plunge you into your grave
Under the ground I force you To Underworld I curse you To arms of death deliver And damn inside a rock
Remorse is useless there And mercy never shown Bribery’s futile there No promises hold
No one feels your pain No one there will listen No one takes your hand No one helps you now
But I will show him mercy Let him return to life I will show him mercy I will let him go back
being the Kings Tale - and
I have a wish to sing Of time before the beginning When nothing was all But how to sing of nothing?
So I sing of the beginning The birth of all creation The borders of nothingness The substance of inception
The solitude of space my uncaring mother My father salt of the sea
Still unborn I remained Unopened the narrow gate Unborn in my hiding place No release by my maker
Wrapped around my darkness I knew my that time was waiting I felt the passage of days and nights And northern stars
The solitude of space my uncaring mother My father salt of the sea The void and infinity were never ending Time had no beginning
The songs were born into my mind The knowledge of the stars The stories before and after The spells of war and peace
The birth of the world was my birth too I found the land, began the time From shorelessness of the sea From underneath the space
I have a wish to sing Of time before the beginning…
being the story of origins. Both of these were contending songs with "You I need" - but I simply couldn't part with the essential nature of the original story having many, many ties to it.
On a side note - I found a standalone that's quite fitting.
Lyrics:
A course was set but with a planet this far gone was there ever any hope at all? I vaguely recollect the ache of our ambition, our brief age of contrition We set out, we had a mission
Once our common cause, I would give my all The sun could not outshine me It wasn’t something new, just something real and true
There is a fire in my heart and somewhere deep inside a cry for war still overtakes the silence
All they ever see is my face, it’s all part of the show, our masquerade, always Dawn is only so near, and our pain and our pride is all we have here, always
We are too busy standing tall, caught up, and too afraid what happens if we stumble, if we fall? We build our homes of sticks and weeds and fear the wind too much to risk planting new seeds But that’s just what we need now
But you’re still on my mind, in my sights, and if I have to carry on alone, I will conquer on my own I stand outside the world, A Guardian, I will defend it with my life and I am soaring ever higher
…all we have
Personally - I've recently found this. Although a different artist, I think that this fits within the story of the king as he wakes up from the experience of "My Enemy" where he was spared but brought back out through misalignment. There is just so much to say about the stories and how they interact with how I personally see my world. Perhaps I'll say something more when the time comes where I understand where I've been as opposed to where I am going.
@estira It is almost impossible for me to say which song is me as in all of me, I seem to lack that personal overwiev. However I have always found it easier to see what qualities I *want* to develop or drop... This song is very much like the FeNe/NeFe atmosphere that I am drawn to sink in to in daydreams and manifest from time to time. (Not identical to but similar to the persona of the singer).