Thanks, I appreciate that. We all have bad experiences. I believe that you either defeat your inner demons and put them to work for you.. or you become their slave. I prefer to do the former rather than the latter. ; )
I'm a Schizophrenic who was molested, and you think this is where I get all offended, no, actually. This is fucking fantastic. Life for me is a confusing mess that nobody can make heads or tails of. This song is a confusing mess that nobody can make heads or tails of. On the off chance you actually see this Voltaire, good job, you did good with this one.
+Marquis Andrealphus Hahaha, the first time I consented to sex was when I was 3, I was made pretty much to multiply our population exponentially, jargon and data meant to replicate jargon and data in a population that fucks every 5 minutes with a mate, making the population bisexual... I had such an high libido that I was lustful yet caring, and pretty much consented to EVERYTHING... Despite that I'm not physically strong, and if someone wanted, I could be killed very very easily...
I don't get offended by much of anything. Life is too short for it and I am a minority too disorganized to have a voice, and I don't know if I want my people to have a voice.
Neo Nazi Neighbor Neil Why would I be? The svastika is fucking proto language! It came before words! Doesn't matter what it means to you. The language geeks in me is happy to see it found a use.
I keep coming back to this, again and again. It's too relatable, and it's a small, twisted piece of comfort. At least someone else has felt the same way.
Not only is this still my favourite album but after redescovering your music Voltaire...rhis is still I think one of my most favourite songs ever. Always gives me goosebumps.
:( Well, that sucks... I can't get your album on iTunes. It's not available in the Netherlands. Apple sucks! At least I do have the actual CD... Signed and all! Still love this album! Greetings from your non-goth fan!
You are so wonderful. You have grown to be a man that is to be admired and emulated, at least as far as I am concerned My eyes are literately tearing up right now and I am thinking "now way, now way, now way" as I think of a kid like you being put through something like that. You are one hell of a strong person if you came out like this after something like that. I admire you greatly. I hope you never falter in your awesomeness, but I send love and strength toward you either way.
Can't stop thinking of Francis Dolarhyde, the "Tooth Fairy" from Tomas Harry's Red Dragon... If it was an experiment Voltaire, I dare to say it was a goddamned succeful one! Kind of gives me the creeps...
I was trying to think of an intelligent way to say I agree with this aside from "This!!!" but I couldn't, so I will simply respond with just that. This!!!
I have many times in the past however, the Vancouver shows were not that well attended the last time I was up there. Toronto on the other hand, always sells out... so I've leaned away from playing in Vancouver so as not to make the promoters there take a financial risk on a show.
For many years, I had thought that this song was from the perspective of someone with schizophrenia. But there's something underneath all of that, something dark that prods at the dark areas of humanity. Brilliant Voltaire.
We all love Voltaire when he sings about dark things in a joyful tone, treating them like a joke We underrate him when he sings about dark things without doing that
Fun to go back to this after so many years. Reminds me of where I was versus where I am now. I still enjoy the song, though the reasons why have shifted.
I know the song came out ages before the film I'll mention.... But, gee whiz. This vaguely reminds me of the Masters Of Horror film Chocolate. It's so hard to pinpoint why. Voltaire, you sir are a master at your craft.
Glad to see an artist acknowledge this. As a student in an entertainment major I know that the promoter really does take all the financial risk for a concert.
Love this, that one line "And then the lamp shade smiled at me, it said believe it said believe" I'm just imagining a lamp shade smiling at him in a dark room XD
well I like to imagine what the sequences would be like for different songs in musicals, and this one never fails to be a pretty huge mindfuck. I mean, has anyone actually sat down and listened to the fucking lyrics?!
So here I was, painting away while listening to your album with my headphones up to the last, and an ad comes on and nearly blows my eardrums. Not bad, all things considering, that the last sounds I would have heard would be Voltaire
With the color of the trimming on your jacket in your picture, it almost looks like a giant head with tiny arms and legs. I looked closer but it still kinda looks like it some times when I come to this video
Two words come to my mind when listening to this song: sanity and reality. Such loose words they are for we cannot see, hear or smell the world through our skulls. Flawed as they are; our eyes, ears and noses let us experience "reality" which then is processed by our equally flawed minds. In such circumstances who are we to define "sanity"?
Maybe try coming with Fan Expo? That's a HUGE event here and could be great for bringing in new fans in the Vancouver area. I can always be hopeful :P The problem with going out to Toronto is that flying within Canada is $1000's of dollars. :(
Well, they kill mostly because of sexual excitation during the killing, they like it because if felt good. Sometimes because of the voices in the head, but killer with schizophrenia and with hearing and visual hallucinations is pretty rare. But sometimes they have violent temper and psychotic dementia at the same time. They just kill, because they like it or they want others to suffer like themselves did. Still awesome song, one of my favorites. And sorry for being bore.
Last night a moth came to my bed Filled my tired and weary head With horrid tales of you I can't believe it's true But then the lampshade smiled at me It said "Believe" It said "Believe" I want you to know it's nothing personal First time i had sex i was 3 First time consenting was 13 Though you weren't there you remind me of those hands Roses are red, Violets are blue If i'm skitsofrenic than i am too Whatever it takes to escape I hope you understand Why i'm forced to take your life in my hands I want you to know it's nothing personal Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!" Did i ever tell you? You look like my mother She once left me in the supermarket I promised myself that i'll never feel that way again Did i ever tell you? You look like my dear old mother I hope you understand Why i'm forced to take my life in your name I want you to know it's nothing all the same Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!" Last night a moth came to my bed Filled my tired and weary head With horrid tales of you I can't believe it's true But then the lampshade smiled at me It said "Believe" It said "Believe" I want you to know it's nothing personal I hope you understand Why i'm forced to take your life in my hands I want you to know it's nothing personal Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!" I hope you understand Why i'm forced to take my life in your name I want you to know it's nothing all the same Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!" It's not easy being the chosen It's not easy being the chosen It's not easy being the chosen It's not easy being the chosen
volt, I dont know what it is but for the longest time now I've been addicted to your music I've listend to nothing but your stuff for about a week now lol any tips for someone wanting to write music ?
Well ... Habitually, I have no problem to understand a song in English, even if my native language is not English, but can someone explain me the meaning of this song please ?
@The Lair of Voltaire, I'd just like to ask, if you've ever thought of doing a show in Malaysia? Probably not a very lucrative idea, since I believe i'm your only fan here, but...you know.
Voltaire do you planning or wanting to do a show in Israel? I'm not sure who many fans you have here but I now several how wold like you to come to show in Israel.
Voltaire, I know you probably get tired of, or get annoyed by, all the requests for where you should tour or do concerts... But I have a suggestion. I know some other fans, and I could spread your name among my friends. I would just love to know if you would ever consider doing a show somewhere in Kentucky? You could probably get a great turnout somewhere like Louisville, or Lexington.
Senior mc totally fucking awesome, you appear to have typo'd your own name. Unless it was intentional to see if we notice. We have, now for the sakes of us OCD people, please fix it
I'unno. Change Mother into Sister and suddenly this song is about me. So I wouldn't doubt that it happened to him. Rape is actually more common than people are willing to admit. Hell, it's common in the animal kingdom. Some animals only mate by rape.
No, "The Chosen" was written with the premise of getting inside the mind of a serial killer and viewing things from their perspective. It's a song about a killer.
I hate it when friends bring up virginity-loss stories, because mine doesn't make for good giggly girly chit chat. I was 4 and my sister was 5 and had to be re-potty-trained after, and he was by all accounts a great guy before Huntington's trashed his brain, then he died in a car wreck because why the hell were people letting him drive at that point, but not before passing his illness on to my little brother who died at 19. I don't blame the man, I blame the disease. Get my revenge by donating to Huntington's research. This song is cathartic, though.
I always thought is was about a male serial killer. Sexual abuse happens both ways. It's also a nod to quite a few serial killers of the 20th and early 21st century. Most of them came out of horrible childhoods and family situations.
He covered that in "Ask Voltaire" #2, or #3, I think. Write music. Work on making the art, and then everything that comes with that will follow. This advice is given under the assumption that you have yet to actually start writing a song, so no offense is meant if you already have. But don't take it from me, I'm just a fellow fan. Go ahead and watch the videos!
I think it's about a guy who has been plagued by visions of the perfect woman. He sees her and he looks for things that would be wrong with her, such as how she reminds him of his mother abandoning him. He is schizophrenic, wanting both to kill himself and the woman. His emotions finally fill to the point where he kills himself and the woman while trying to comfort her, saying that he is releasing her from him and from life. I think either he was chosen by fate, or she was chosen by him.
I don't have a favorite song of yours, they are all awesome (I identify with "When you're evil"). But I really like "Good Night, Demonslayer". Correct me if I'm wrong, but it talks about someone (father/uncle/whatever) who, instead of try to tell a kid that monsters do not exist, encourages him to think he is some kind of hero that defeat them. When I was a kid, I felt bad because my parents did not believed me. This song shows exact what all parents should do: believe it. Am I right?
well no :) it's just she thing's the "other" side of her looks her of her mother. and it was just logical for me to think that a daughter would look more like her mother than a boy. but oh well, i just gave i you my thoughts, i dont really care about if others thinks i'm wrong
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It's an experiment in getting into the mind of a serial killer and trying to understand how they justify their actions to themselves.
I believe your experiment may be conclusive.
Is certainly accurate, just to a point.
@@mortyfray1337 r u
@@mortyfray1337you speak from experience?😂😂
Sounds like you've accidentally read "Crime and punishment"
It's literal and based on personal experience.
Same. Love you voltaire!
Thank you! I love your music it is beautiful and is complex yet simple in a way that is unexplainable
Revisiting this album after a decade or so, because I have a cd player again, it's such a gem. Really strong debut ❤️💎
I'm sorry to hear that, I love your music.
You are amazing and love your music too.
Thanks, I appreciate that. We all have bad experiences. I believe that you either defeat your inner demons and put them to work for you.. or you become their slave. I prefer to do the former rather than the latter. ; )
I'm a Schizophrenic who was molested, and you think this is where I get all offended, no, actually. This is fucking fantastic. Life for me is a confusing mess that nobody can make heads or tails of. This song is a confusing mess that nobody can make heads or tails of. On the off chance you actually see this Voltaire, good job, you did good with this one.
+Marquis Andrealphus same here and its really comforting to know other people went through the same
+Marquis Andrealphus Hahaha, the first time I consented to sex was when I was 3, I was made pretty much to multiply our population exponentially, jargon and data meant to replicate jargon and data in a population that fucks every 5 minutes with a mate, making the population bisexual... I had such an high libido that I was lustful yet caring, and pretty much consented to EVERYTHING... Despite that I'm not physically strong, and if someone wanted, I could be killed very very easily...
I don't get offended by much of anything. Life is too short for it and I am a minority too disorganized to have a voice, and I don't know if I want my people to have a voice.
Neo Nazi Neighbor Neil Why would I be? The svastika is fucking proto language! It came before words! Doesn't matter what it means to you. The language geeks in me is happy to see it found a use.
Marquis Andrealphus yeah.
the violin and cello in this album remains one of a kind, truly incredible
roses are red violets are blue I'm not paranoid, wait! who are you?!
im your mom.
I keep coming back to this, again and again. It's too relatable, and it's a small, twisted piece of comfort. At least someone else has felt the same way.
It saddens me that this song has so little views and likes when its one of my favourites
Same it's one of my favorites
Can we take a minute to talk about how friggin awesome the cello part in this song is. Outstanding.
This SONG.
it's one of my favourites
THIS song.
Honestly can’t decide between “The Devil’s Bris” and “Raised By Bats” which is my favorite Voltaire album.
Not only is this still my favourite album but after redescovering your music Voltaire...rhis is still I think one of my most favourite songs ever. Always gives me goosebumps.
There's just something so haunting about this song. Like, wow.
I agree, even though Ex Lover's Lover has more disturbing lyrics, this song has a haunting feeling
:( Well, that sucks... I can't get your album on iTunes. It's not available in the Netherlands. Apple sucks! At least I do have the actual CD... Signed and all! Still love this album!
Greetings from your non-goth fan!
You are so wonderful. You have grown to be a man that is to be admired and emulated, at least as far as I am concerned
My eyes are literately tearing up right now and I am thinking "now way, now way, now way" as I think of a kid like you being put through something like that. You are one hell of a strong person if you came out like this after something like that. I admire you greatly.
I hope you never falter in your awesomeness, but I send love and strength toward you either way.
Man I'd love to get the instrumental; this song is awesome.
Can't stop thinking of Francis Dolarhyde, the "Tooth Fairy" from Tomas Harry's Red Dragon... If it was an experiment Voltaire, I dare to say it was a goddamned succeful one! Kind of gives me the creeps...
I was trying to think of an intelligent way to say I agree with this aside from "This!!!" but I couldn't, so I will simply respond with just that.
This!!!
Yessss I totally agree! It suits so much to Francis....
I have many times in the past however, the Vancouver shows were not that well attended the last time I was up there. Toronto on the other hand, always sells out... so I've leaned away from playing in Vancouver so as not to make the promoters there take a financial risk on a show.
so good guy voltaire you even think at financial partners ^^ keep up the good work.
Roses are red,Violets are Blue.If I'm schizophrenic, then I am too.Whatever it takes to escape.A song about molestation and psyche damage.
I don't have a favorite but I tend to get excited about the most recent one. Tours are listed here: voltaire(dot)net/calendar
For many years, I had thought that this song was from the perspective of someone with schizophrenia. But there's something underneath all of that, something dark that prods at the dark areas of humanity. Brilliant Voltaire.
We all love Voltaire when he sings about dark things in a joyful tone, treating them like a joke
We underrate him when he sings about dark things without doing that
Fun to go back to this after so many years. Reminds me of where I was versus where I am now. I still enjoy the song, though the reasons why have shifted.
I know the song came out ages before the film I'll mention....
But, gee whiz. This vaguely reminds me of the Masters Of Horror film Chocolate. It's so hard to pinpoint why. Voltaire, you sir are a master at your craft.
Because Monsieur Voltaire puts the Dark in his Dark Cabaret songs.
This song is too real.
I've never gone through this, but I know some who have, and this song just makes me feel for them even more.
Glad to see an artist acknowledge this. As a student in an entertainment major I know that the promoter really does take all the financial risk for a concert.
This...this is pretty dark in a completely amazing, wonderful way. Holy crap.
So ironic that such a beautiful peaceful melody goes with such depressing lyrics.
Love this, that one line "And then the lamp shade smiled at me, it said believe it said believe" I'm just imagining a lamp shade smiling at him in a dark room XD
#pixar #creepy
I would love to visit Malaysia! ; )
I just got into ur videos god the vampire feel and ur voice is just wow .
Gonna say ur really underrated artist we need u to be in spotlight ❤️❤️
I would like that but I doubt I have many fans there...
well I like to imagine what the sequences would be like for different songs in musicals, and this one never fails to be a pretty huge mindfuck. I mean, has anyone actually sat down and listened to the fucking lyrics?!
I have, and oh god...
Good ole Voltaire, I never could stay away from this stuff
it's a Voltaire song ! as unique as all another Voltaire's songs and lyrics.
I love this song
i remember listening to this years ago lol one of my fav songs.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
If I'm schizophrenic,
Then I am too.
-Voltaire, 2012
So here I was, painting away while listening to your album with my headphones up to the last, and an ad comes on and nearly blows my eardrums. Not bad, all things considering, that the last sounds I would have heard would be Voltaire
And though we've never met, I've seen your image in a million waking dreams. Your eyes they call to me, set me free..
i dream of covering this at my school
i completely forgot about that part. XD
With the color of the trimming on your jacket in your picture, it almost looks like a giant head with tiny arms and legs. I looked closer but it still kinda looks like it some times when I come to this video
+Blake Rhoades it's from AQW, a browser MMO RPG where Voltaire is featured as a character every friday he 13th XD
Baribo Bangito I remember it, but when I made that comment, I think I was on a phone and couldn't really see it. It looked super weird. :D
+Robert Graham They're talking about +Tony Lyle's profile picture.
I love the lyrics in this!
Roses are red, violets are blue
if I'm schizophrenic, then I am too
whatever it takes to escape
Two words come to my mind when listening to this song: sanity and reality. Such loose words they are for we cannot see, hear or smell the world through our skulls. Flawed as they are; our eyes, ears and noses let us experience "reality" which then is processed by our equally flawed minds. In such circumstances who are we to define "sanity"?
So much about this song just started making sense.
... Marry me? Hah. Love your lyrics, fantastic to see the twisted side coming out and you do it so well!
The moth: You got any lamps
I love this song and the topic
Maybe try coming with Fan Expo? That's a HUGE event here and could be great for bringing in new fans in the Vancouver area. I can always be hopeful :P The problem with going out to Toronto is that flying within Canada is $1000's of dollars. :(
damn the four people who gave this wonderful song a thumbs down!
Well, they kill mostly because of sexual excitation during the killing, they like it because if felt good. Sometimes because of the voices in the head, but killer with schizophrenia and with hearing and visual hallucinations is pretty rare.
But sometimes they have violent temper and psychotic dementia at the same time. They just kill, because they like it or they want others to suffer like themselves did.
Still awesome song, one of my favorites.
And sorry for being bore.
One of your bests song, i bought this one along with a couple others on Itunes!
Rare are the songs which give me shivers. This one did.
I'd love to make a movie based on this song.
Beautiful. You are an amazing songwriter!
Hi Voltaire! I was wondering.. do you ever tour up and into Canada? Specifically Vancouver? :P
Hey, I'd come to both! It's just too bad you play at 18+ normally.
Last night a moth came to my bed
Filled my tired and weary head
With horrid tales of you
I can't believe it's true
But then the lampshade smiled at me
It said "Believe" It said "Believe"
I want you to know it's nothing personal
First time i had sex i was 3
First time consenting was 13
Though you weren't there you remind me of those hands
Roses are red, Violets are blue
If i'm skitsofrenic than i am too
Whatever it takes to escape
I hope you understand
Why i'm forced to take your life in my hands
I want you to know it's nothing personal
Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams
Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!"
Did i ever tell you? You look like my mother
She once left me in the supermarket
I promised myself that i'll never feel that way again
Did i ever tell you? You look like my dear old mother
I hope you understand
Why i'm forced to take my life in your name
I want you to know it's nothing all the same
Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams
Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!"
Last night a moth came to my bed
Filled my tired and weary head
With horrid tales of you
I can't believe it's true
But then the lampshade smiled at me
It said "Believe" It said "Believe"
I want you to know it's nothing personal
I hope you understand
Why i'm forced to take your life in my hands
I want you to know it's nothing personal
Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams
Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!"
I hope you understand
Why i'm forced to take my life in your name
I want you to know it's nothing all the same
Though we never met i've seen your image in a million waking dreams
Your eyes they call to me "Set me free!"
It's not easy being the chosen
It's not easy being the chosen
It's not easy being the chosen
It's not easy being the chosen
volt, I dont know what it is but for the longest time now I've been addicted to your music I've listend to nothing but your stuff for about a week now lol any tips for someone wanting to write music ?
Well ... Habitually, I have no problem to understand a song in English, even if my native language is not English, but can someone explain me the meaning of this song please ?
MrLednard I would say it has something to do with psychosis and murder... though that's purely speculation on my part.
Mailea Stera Yeah, that's the part that I have understand, but I think there something else
***** Oh ... Sweet story
MrLednard Telling him to kill himself actually.
Morgan Greg He is talking to himself in this.
I love this song!
'Votlaire' you are seriously brilliant.
This is fucking beautiful.
Your voice is simply amazing, it gives me goosebumps. Great song, keep it up!
You should do a "Draw My Life" video.
Sine Streete yeah! Definitely!
oh voltaire you so awesome
I really like this song. One of the best IMO. :-)
@The Lair of Voltaire, I'd just like to ask, if you've ever thought of doing a show in Malaysia? Probably not a very lucrative idea, since I believe i'm your only fan here, but...you know.
Hi Voltaire when is your next concert in Kitchener Ontario going to be?
Aurelio Voltaire, men u are the best, and i love your music :)
hello there ahaha
Voltaire do you planning or wanting to do a show in Israel?
I'm not sure who many fans you have here but I now several how wold like you to come to show in Israel.
Awesome
Voltaire, I know you probably get tired of, or get annoyed by, all the requests for where you should tour or do concerts... But I have a suggestion.
I know some other fans, and I could spread your name among my friends. I would just love to know if you would ever consider doing a show somewhere in Kentucky? You could probably get a great turnout somewhere like Louisville, or Lexington.
How many drugs were involved in making this song?
i would really like to know the chords for this song, i can't find them anywhere & i'd really like to be able to play this song
Hey, ok so I was trying to look up Born Bad and Aniversary, but I cant find them on the lair of voltaire has he ever posted those?
Ya,so like
Senior mc totally fucking awesome, you appear to have typo'd your own name. Unless it was intentional to see if we notice. We have, now for the sakes of us OCD people, please fix it
That...
Is f*cking briliant.
Carry on, good sir. Carry on.
I'm confused on the meaning of the song. could someone explain it to me please. I'm Have a headache and i'm not thinking right
BRASIL_ muito boa suas musicas seu fâ br XD vlw
Uhm yes please!
Did this really happen to him?
I'unno. Change Mother into Sister and suddenly this song is about me.
So I wouldn't doubt that it happened to him. Rape is actually more common than people are willing to admit. Hell, it's common in the animal kingdom. Some animals only mate by rape.
No, "The Chosen" was written with the premise of getting inside the mind of a serial killer and viewing things from their perspective. It's a song about a killer.
Kyo Mao was your sister hot?
***** oh look its a rare brand of scum
Claude Wicked where I am a collector of rares
the song is exactly 4 minutes and 44 seconds long, that is quite the coincidence.
I'm extremely curious as to the motivation for this song...
This night actually big moth came to my room while listening this song. How ironic.
I hate it when friends bring up virginity-loss stories, because mine doesn't make for good giggly girly chit chat. I was 4 and my sister was 5 and had to be re-potty-trained after, and he was by all accounts a great guy before Huntington's trashed his brain, then he died in a car wreck because why the hell were people letting him drive at that point, but not before passing his illness on to my little brother who died at 19. I don't blame the man, I blame the disease. Get my revenge by donating to Huntington's research. This song is cathartic, though.
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope life has improved for you in some way since then.
Congratulations on your Bravery. What you just did there was VERY strong.
Holy shit.
not necessarily........ Plus internet screen-names don't exactly accurately reflect the person behind them =/
This makes biology homework so much more fun.
Dexter has entered the chat.
What was the result?
Song is not about evil dead or acid sadly :( ... "I consented?
!7:13 "
I always thought is was about a male serial killer.
Sexual abuse happens both ways.
It's also a nod to quite a few serial killers of the 20th and early 21st century.
Most of them came out of horrible childhoods and family situations.
He covered that in "Ask Voltaire" #2, or #3, I think. Write music. Work on making the art, and then everything that comes with that will follow.
This advice is given under the assumption that you have yet to actually start writing a song, so no offense is meant if you already have. But don't take it from me, I'm just a fellow fan. Go ahead and watch the videos!
Wait...the title, sir, says 'Votlaire'.
I think it's about a guy who has been plagued by visions of the perfect woman. He sees her and he looks for things that would be wrong with her, such as how she reminds him of his mother abandoning him. He is schizophrenic, wanting both to kill himself and the woman. His emotions finally fill to the point where he kills himself and the woman while trying to comfort her, saying that he is releasing her from him and from life. I think either he was chosen by fate, or she was chosen by him.
I don't have a favorite song of yours, they are all awesome (I identify with "When you're evil"). But I really like "Good Night, Demonslayer".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it talks about someone (father/uncle/whatever) who, instead of try to tell a kid that monsters do not exist, encourages him to think he is some kind of hero that defeat them. When I was a kid, I felt bad because my parents did not believed me. This song shows exact what all parents should do: believe it.
Am I right?
does anyone know the chords for this song ?
well no :) it's just she thing's the "other" side of her looks her of her mother. and it was just logical for me to think that a daughter would look more like her mother than a boy. but oh well, i just gave i you my thoughts, i dont really care about if others thinks i'm wrong
it's black friday
Also it could be because the person posting that is a girl and relates to the meaning for the story she just gave
There's a typo in the title. You put Votlaire instead of Voltaire.