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A Day on Earth

by Opus Doria

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1.
Prologue 05:09
The land we tread is a mystery. And always there remains the eternal question: What can be the purpose of an existence doomed to flicker out? Can it be that life is a mistake, and that death is right, For we are all equal when we pass before it. But our drive to live cries out the contrary. Can it be, that if we submit to our destiny Till the hour of our death, that we will learn That we have been dead from the moment of our birth? A book always has a last page, a moment when it is closed. And yet, without an author, or a story, there can be no book. That is why, I ask myself if being the author of our own lives Does not mean, that in some way we live forever. Making, sometimes, choices that no reasonable spirit could imagine. The One that will come to you seeks a path. I send him to you for he yearns for liberty and an impossible selfless love. In coming to you, he must give up his struggles, his sorrows and sufferings; His pride, and even his need to be loved. He must risk his life to finally live, so that others may know this freedom: So that he may become, Himself, capable of this unattainable love. Today, he took the kind of decision that no rational spirit could entertain. He accepted the Mission.
2.
The Mission 03:38
Sent on a winter night Alone, riding to his destination Braving darkness and flashes of light, That he could accomplish his mission: Bring the letter that will arise Finally peace and justice in this land Neither cold nor rain can stop him His enemies are legion in the dark Though the wolves are lurking in the night A secret hope inflames his lion heart! The mouth of the white frame foaming Rider of the impossible in the wind Brambles, thorns across the way Face covered with blood, the sword by the side Messenger still carrying away The desire to honor his solemn promise! Finally above the mounts the day rises He stood steady in his frantic race
3.
Alone, and looking out at the vast ocean, I feel all my dreams dying, one by one The memories I thought lost are reappearing, The waves cast them at my feet like so much junk But what if it was best to all forget? With anger and regret With bitterness and rage I’m left crying on the beach My tears are better than the ocean At wiping out my traces on the strand In the breakers I can see some faces spinning In the eddies I must seek them at the edge My memories are swirled up in the water My hopes are swallowed up in the abyss What can I do now to avert my doom? In my ravaged tearful face I catch a glimpse of yours, Such an object of desire to now forego! From your distant untouched lips comes forth no word to me, Just the caress that of your hand one night I felt And what if it is best to forget you? With anger and regret With bitterness and rage I’m left crying on the beach. My tears are better than the ocean At wiping out my traces on the strand In the breakers I can see some faces spinning In the eddies I must seek them at the edge My memories are swirled up in the water My hopes are swallowed up in the abyss What can I do now to avert my doom? All my broken dreams, my distant memories, All those far-off, unknown, human shapes, I just don’t know what it’s all done to me! I just deliver myself to its dread embrace As I sought you through those wild crystal waters From the depths the wrecks of memory re-appear Dragged up by demented mermaids are the treasures That I hoped no more to find! And now my cries are borne away by raging waves and tearing skies The howling wind, my tears, dries off my cheeks, And now at last I can know who I am!
4.
In their eyes, the blue of the sky The blue and the sparkling gold, Two lost children, Two lost children in the Promised Land Two lost children walking hand in Hand Two lost children, walking on the Earth, Strangers to the madness all around Riding the Phoenix they escape It’s just love that frees them from the ground Riches of your Kingdoms do not tempt them, Possibilities of Power just leave them cold Only the treasures of their hearts unleash a wind It’s the power of Love that forms them growing old Two lost children, walking on the Earth, Strangers to the madness all around Riding the Phoenix they escape It’s just love that frees them from the ground Just one amidst this tumult, his eyes seek only her, Despite her chains, her arms reach out to him: They are the perfect Seekers From the prisons of your lives, they seek only Liberty They scorn your insults, scorn your systems, search for Life... Two lost children, walking on the Earth, Strangers to the madness all around Riding the Phoenix they escape It’s just love that frees them from the ground Two lost children, walking on the Earth Strangers to the madness all around Seeking, searching, here and there and always For the Love of a perfect World!
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Epic Race 05:42
6.
Voices coming from beyond the sky Whisper in my ears into my heart Stars and secrets of another world Penetrate into my soul Freedom, beyond the earth, Giving the sun a song of victory, Chasing away shadows and despair, For a world of honor and glory! In the depths of the universe, Many angels with their silver wings, Such beautiful warriors of light, Guide us towards the end of times Freedom, beyond the earth, Giving the sun a song of victory, Chasing away shadows and despair, For a world of honor and glory! Freedom, beyond the earth, Giving the sun a song of victory, Chasing away shadows and despair, For a world of honor and glory! Freedom, beyond the earth Giving the sun a song of victory Chasing away shadows and despair, For the glory of eternity!
7.
It’s the end of a long quest, a real new beginning, Renouncing forever the futile search for meaning, Renouncing forever the futile search for pleasure, To search on far horizons for life’s real, deepest measure Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead! In your ignorance you struggle; you’ll struggle till you’re dead Bewildered by your questions, dismayed by your ideas, Felled by your vain certainties and staggered by your tears, He listened to you weeping the existential scream But in all your futile fighting, what do you really mean? Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead! In your ignorance you struggle; you’ll struggle till you’re dead On him fall the tears of Heaven On him and on the Earth around Let your tears pass from misery to action Let none forget his tears That in his life fell to the ground Adieu to you all! Your Sage has gone on far ahead In your ignorance you struggle; you’ll struggle till you’re dead Of him there will remain a living memory What will we all make of His dark history?

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A Day on Earth, New album 2014

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released May 1, 2014

Christel Lindstat (vocals); Flavie Nicogossian (cello, choir); Yannick Hubert (bass); Bruno Rodrigues (guitars); Laura Nicogossian (keys, choir); Benoît Brune (drums, choir)

All music and lyrics: Laura Nicogossian

Guests: Julien Cloup (flute); Pascal Jean (oboe)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Xavier Collard at Notilus Studio (www.notilus-studio.com)

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OPUS DORIA France

Opus Doria is a french symphonic metal band who took life in the fall of 2009, with compositions mixing the lyricism and rigour of classical music and the rythmic power of metal, and some allusions to epic film music. The band released their first album "Infraworld" in 2011, "A Day on Earth" in 2014 and "The Compass Rose" in 2016. ... more

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