Lost Wood
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Lost Wood
Je considère Lost Wood comme ma meilleure création de la période.
Le texte fait clairement référence au jeu Zelda : Ocarina Of Time qui a meublé mon hiver 1998.
La composition de la ligne de chant, particulièrement mélodieuse et travaillée, m’a occupé un moment. J’avais en tête de l’accompagner avec des arrangements lents et orchestraux, teintés de musique folklorique comme ceux des albums Somewhere Far Beyond et Imaginations from the Other Side du groupe Blind Guardian (1992 et 1995), voire de m’éloigner du Metal pour explorer un style plus proche de Jethro Tull, Magnum ou encore Ayreon dont le concept album Into the Electric Castle (1998) était devenu mon disque de chevet.
Les musiciens avec lesquels je collaborais alors n’étaient pas tout à fait prêts à sortir de leur zone de confort pour me suivre dans cette voie. Ce texte attend d’être mis en musique depuis tout ce temps.
There is the song of the lost child
My soul is lost in this labyrinth
This forest have a terrible secret
How to be my friend ?
My soul is lost, worry is my heart
Little kid don’t lose yourself
Or you won’t see end of your quest
How to be my friend ?
Prisoners of time
In this lost wood
We stray in this labyrinth
Prisoners of time
In this lost wood
We stray in this labyrinth
I’m so alone in my misery
Upon a grave for fantasy
Imagination left my dream
How to be friend ?
I’m so far from my dear village
In this lost wood, I’m as in a cage
And there’s something I’d never seen
How to be my friend ?
(choirs)
We pay the price for our pagan prayers
Stray in whirldusts of time
Our destiny is like broken corners
In this strange place beyond time
Stars are not those beneath we born
And we search a sign in Heaven
As wind carries ashes from the days
As I look for the rainbow edge
A strange light light comes to me from nowhere
How to be my friend ?
I guess I know this land since my birth
But I don’t remember where’s the truth
Would you really like to be there ?
How to be my friend ?
Where’s the edge of time
In this lost wood ?
Do you play for us a song
Where’s the edge of time
In this lost wood ?
Do you play for us a song
Are we victims of eternity
Prisoners of our misery ?
Burning candles are crossing our dreams
How to be my friend ?
Oh my God, I can’t believe it
On my quest way only dust I meet
May I see again all my friends
How to be my friend ?
Prisoners of time
In this lost wood
We stray in this labyrinth
Where’s the edge of time
In this lost wood ?
Do you play for us a song
Illustration : Daniel C. Muriot, tous droits réservés.