2:48 is so beautiful and underrated. You just heard the clean vocals, when the speaker says the child is going to die. Then the guitars explode in the background and he growls suddenly, that "the emerald forest was quiet". The one guitar pitch slides lower, just tilting you. Just creates this UNSETTLING mood. The forest is quiet but in his mind, he is SCREAMING, knowing he has to live on without the child.
In the entire song there is a contrast between growls and clean vocals - whenever he is talking to his deceased son he speaks clearly, but pained. When he tells the story about the afterlife, the Emerald Forest, he actually unleashes that pain. I think that his son has already died in the song, at least, that is how I interpreted it. The song is about him actually burying his son and saying goodbye, telling him one last time he will be going to the afterlife. The music itself also gives an extremely clear vibe of the stages of grief he is going through. In the first part he tells his son that he will bury him at the highest place, calmly, consoling his child, but expressing that he is cursed to stay. Then all hell breaks loose, and as he tells his son about the afterlife he is literally screaming in anguish. The music starts of aggressively, clearly displaying anger and pain. The lyrics describe the beautiful forest. It switches to a slower pace, and in the lyrics the father thinks about how the sounds and shapes in the forest remind him of the fading life of his son. The music embodies the despair that comes with it. He then starts talking to his son again, consoling him that nothing can hurt him anymore, and that he will be fine in the afterlife, away from pain, and that he will lead him there. Then music then breaks loose again, sounding absolutely heart-wrenching and agonising. He actually screams in anguish, and the music turns quiet for a few seconds before it turns to absolute destruction - this is where the last few moments the father has with his son take place. He knows, lowering the body of his son into the ground that this is final, his heart pumps adrenaline through his heart as he sees his son leave his arms. In the lyrics he explains how he cannot join his son on the last narrowing path in the afterlife. Again, he screams in pain, because this was the last moment he had with his son. He is now absolutely forlorn, he tells his son that the blackbird will take him from here on, and he lets go, finally. He surrenders his son to the Blackbird - Death. The music calms down, and he is left alone with the emptiness in his heart where his son was, only moments before.
@@JesseHDG The entire song embodies the band's motto, (Gloom, Beauty and Despair). These guys are just fucking awesome, and even better at a live show.
That idea is as ancient as literature itself, and it's the very core of every tragedy: the pain and mourning always remain with the one who outlives the loved one. It's in the Sumerian literature (the earliest known) where you see that: Inanna (immortal goddess) is the wretched one, and not Dumuzid (the mortal human). An eternal being, in love with a non-eternal one, is condemned to mourn eternally upon the lover's death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumuzid#Death
2:48 is so beautiful and underrated. You just heard the clean vocals, when the speaker says the child is going to die. Then the guitars explode in the background and he growls suddenly, that "the emerald forest was quiet". The one guitar pitch slides lower, just tilting you. Just creates this UNSETTLING mood. The forest is quiet but in his mind, he is SCREAMING, knowing he has to live on without the child.
In the entire song there is a contrast between growls and clean vocals - whenever he is talking to his deceased son he speaks clearly, but pained. When he tells the story about the afterlife, the Emerald Forest, he actually unleashes that pain. I think that his son has already died in the song, at least, that is how I interpreted it. The song is about him actually burying his son and saying goodbye, telling him one last time he will be going to the afterlife. The music itself also gives an extremely clear vibe of the stages of grief he is going through. In the first part he tells his son that he will bury him at the highest place, calmly, consoling his child, but expressing that he is cursed to stay. Then all hell breaks loose, and as he tells his son about the afterlife he is literally screaming in anguish. The music starts of aggressively, clearly displaying anger and pain. The lyrics describe the beautiful forest. It switches to a slower pace, and in the lyrics the father thinks about how the sounds and shapes in the forest remind him of the fading life of his son. The music embodies the despair that comes with it. He then starts talking to his son again, consoling him that nothing can hurt him anymore, and that he will be fine in the afterlife, away from pain, and that he will lead him there. Then music then breaks loose again, sounding absolutely heart-wrenching and agonising. He actually screams in anguish, and the music turns quiet for a few seconds before it turns to absolute destruction - this is where the last few moments the father has with his son take place. He knows, lowering the body of his son into the ground that this is final, his heart pumps adrenaline through his heart as he sees his son leave his arms. In the lyrics he explains how he cannot join his son on the last narrowing path in the afterlife. Again, he screams in pain, because this was the last moment he had with his son. He is now absolutely forlorn, he tells his son that the blackbird will take him from here on, and he lets go, finally. He surrenders his son to the Blackbird - Death. The music calms down, and he is left alone with the emptiness in his heart where his son was, only moments before.
@J db Excelent!
@@JesseHDG ❤🤘
@@JesseHDG The entire song embodies the band's motto, (Gloom, Beauty and Despair). These guys are just fucking awesome, and even better at a live show.
❤ Aleah forever ❤🎼🎼🎼❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is my favourite song!! It's great!! 🖤
Isn't it quite cursed that Juha wrote this song before he knew Aleah would die?
"You will be taken, I was meant to stay my loved one"
That idea is as ancient as literature itself, and it's the very core of every tragedy: the pain and mourning always remain with the one who outlives the loved one. It's in the Sumerian literature (the earliest known) where you see that: Inanna (immortal goddess) is the wretched one, and not Dumuzid (the mortal human). An eternal being, in love with a non-eternal one, is condemned to mourn eternally upon the lover's death.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumuzid#Death
came here to hear Aleah voice
has a Wintersun Time 1 feel.
Great work
Un deuil boulversant.
Dream Theater - Space Dye Vest
6:27 mmm
I think he meant he became gay as in happy after listening to this
i've read somewhere that Aleah is singing in this song...but i didn't heard her :S hmmmm
You can hear her
edam icin gelsin bu
gay
Yeah, you.
No u
True, does make you feel happy
Пиздец ты дурочек
ur mom