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As a big fan of Dave's (Shadow of Nine) music, I'm positively chuffed to offer this as my last post of 2008. Eden's gate is the latest of Dave's brilliant pieces and I was very flattered when he asked if I would like to do a vocal version. The original instrumental (http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=102979) stands on its own - but I hope you find some merit in my additional lyricism.
Listening to the track over and over, I heard a big grandiose sound that seemed to call for epic lyrics, something Dantean perhaps. In my version, the expulsion from Eden becomes an opportunity for the lovers as the ideas of perfection, eternity, and being controlled seem less palatable in this brave new world beyond the garden. It becomes a song of new love and freedom from constraints. I am an Agnostic with deep theological interests - and this is not meant to offend in any way. The Gan Eden story has been reproduced in many of the ancient scriptures - and one that I've always read allegorically (and yes, with irony!).
Dave's original comments:
Pass me an Apple....
Happy New Year
Hope you like Eden's Gate
©Shadow Productions
2008 Socan
Listening to the track over and over, I heard a big grandiose sound that seemed to call for epic lyrics, something Dantean perhaps. In my version, the expulsion from Eden becomes an opportunity for the lovers as the ideas of perfection, eternity, and being controlled seem less palatable in this brave new world beyond the garden. It becomes a song of new love and freedom from constraints. I am an Agnostic with deep theological interests - and this is not meant to offend in any way. The Gan Eden story has been reproduced in many of the ancient scriptures - and one that I've always read allegorically (and yes, with irony!).
Dave's original comments:
Pass me an Apple....
Happy New Year
Hope you like Eden's Gate
©Shadow Productions
2008 Socan
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Lyrics
EDEN'S GATE (Lyrics by Luna Trick - Music by Shadow of Nine)
Close the Gate
We leave it here
Do not shed
A single tear
Close the Gate behind you
Banish all perfection
Eternity is gone, too
Knowledge is defection
Blazing sword of Cherubim
God needs their protection
Closed himself deep within
A jail of self-deception
Gan Eden, a memory
Four sacred rivers meeting
Paradise plus a tree
Our innocence defeating
River garden of delight
Impossible conditions
Left to face all Evil's might
No knowledge of the mission
Blamed for our delusion
But didn't he make the Serpent
Cursed for our deception
By his former Servant
Wages for our Sin is Death
But what is our offense here?
Shamed and naked in a breath
But is the Truth a thing to fear?
Is the Truth a thing to fear?
Close the Gate
We Leave it here
Do not Shed
A single tear
Take my hand
The future lies
In all the land
Before our Eyes
Eve
He said he plucked you from my bones
But you're my very soul
He banished us from our homes
Because he lost control
He said you must suffer pain
For sharing truth with me
He gave us gifts of guilt and shame
For daring to be Free
Close the Gate
Close the Gate and don't look back
We're gonna make it on our own
Get off the Godly beaten track
Where humans live like stones
Take your Breath and treasure it
For it might be your last
There might be a heaven yet
Before our days are past
Savour your enlightenment
Fruit withers on the tree
Seek only your embetterment
Our will was never Free
Close Eden's Gate
And walk with Me
Close the Gate
We leave it here
Do not shed
A single tear
Close the Gate behind you
Banish all perfection
Eternity is gone, too
Knowledge is defection
Blazing sword of Cherubim
God needs their protection
Closed himself deep within
A jail of self-deception
Gan Eden, a memory
Four sacred rivers meeting
Paradise plus a tree
Our innocence defeating
River garden of delight
Impossible conditions
Left to face all Evil's might
No knowledge of the mission
Blamed for our delusion
But didn't he make the Serpent
Cursed for our deception
By his former Servant
Wages for our Sin is Death
But what is our offense here?
Shamed and naked in a breath
But is the Truth a thing to fear?
Is the Truth a thing to fear?
Close the Gate
We Leave it here
Do not Shed
A single tear
Take my hand
The future lies
In all the land
Before our Eyes
Eve
He said he plucked you from my bones
But you're my very soul
He banished us from our homes
Because he lost control
He said you must suffer pain
For sharing truth with me
He gave us gifts of guilt and shame
For daring to be Free
Close the Gate
Close the Gate and don't look back
We're gonna make it on our own
Get off the Godly beaten track
Where humans live like stones
Take your Breath and treasure it
For it might be your last
There might be a heaven yet
Before our days are past
Savour your enlightenment
Fruit withers on the tree
Seek only your embetterment
Our will was never Free
Close Eden's Gate
And walk with Me
SmokeyVW
Wow! I like this. Lots of great sounds, great vocals.
some minor comments:
wished for a little bridge or break at:
Blamed for our delusion
the synth seems a tad bright and hides vocal at:
Take my hand
really really wanted to hear a break or something here:
For daring to be Free
(how about simply a 1/2 step up modulation? or some major change to the instrument mix?)
nice
thanks