Lovebites - “Swan Song”
► Lovebites - “Swan Song”.
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• If this was the last day you could live on this earth
• World you still go on, accusing someone for today
• It's better to fail than not do anything at all
• It is not the length, but depth of life that counts
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• If you've never hoped, you've never been though despair
• Ignorance is bliss, it's easier to not care
• You might think it's meaningless to sacrifice a life
• Sometimes the life of one can save so many more
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• Oh, brave soldier
• Oh, gallant warrior
• Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla
• Believe what's in your soul
• For death will come to all
• You shall rest peacefully in God's Heaven
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• Floating lotus
• You are so graceful
• Saintly and glorious
• Till the end of time
• Floating lotus
• You are so beautiful
• Sing me your sweet song
• The legend of the swan
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► The words of this song were written by the lyricist-songwriter and vocalist of the Japanese metal band Lovebites - Asami, back in 2019, long before 02/24/2022…
► Already at the very first listening (on the album “Electric Pentagram” of 2020), the melodious music, insightful performance, the very essence and symbolism of the lyrics cause a flutter in the heart.
► A song about heroism, about someone who, being an ordinary person, turned into a soldier, a zealot of his own destiny and freedom, an uncompromising defender of his family, loved ones and the Motherland. From a gray, frightened commoner to a brave soldier-protector - one step, a step of re-evaluating the true values of life in times when your friends and relatives are tortured and killed, and you yourself, in the best case, await the fate of a hidden slave under the heel of a bloody invader.
► A hero at the call of his own conscience, ready to sacrifice his own life for the will and lives of others - he goes to the end, overcoming fear and death. He carries out the greatest work of his life... perhaps the last - this is his "swan song".
► At live performances, Lovebites concerts, the performance of “Swan Song” is immediately preceded by “Etude revolutionnaire Op. 10, No. 12 (c-moll)", the so-called "Revolutionary Etude" by F. Chopin, which is masterfully played on the piano by the guitarist, pianist and one of the band's composers - Miyako. With this in mind, the meaning of the words Asami wrote becomes completely clear. After all, F. Chopin wrote his most famous work in exile, at a time when, in the 1830s, in his homeland, the invaders from the russian empire brutally butchered the participants of the Polish liberation uprising and terrorized the local population en masse. Having almost no chance of victory, the Polish rebels fought to the last for freedom and their relatives...
► “Swan Song” was one of the first Lovebites songs that made me instantly fall in love with this incredibly talented band. And from 24.02.2022, the "Swan Song" will forever sound directly in my heart, because - how many professional soldiers, and even more - those ordinary people, who (in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine or territorial defense) proudly stood up to defend their will , freedom, Motherland? There are hundreds of thousands of them! At the call of the soul, they fearlessly create History, protecting literally tens of millions of lives behind their shoulders. And thousands of these Heroes have already sung their "swan song" and departed... "...Till the end of time".
► On February 24, 2022, when the first enemy rockets flew overhead, during the panic, the same “Swan Song” sounded in my ears as if for the first time, as if right now Asami is looking through my eyes at the burning airfields, barracks, schools and hospitals... right now she sees the long lines of people lining up at territorial assembly centers to get their weapons and stop the invading terrorist... like she's writing the lyrics to the "Swan Song" right now.
► Asami is a wonderful lyricist and just an incredible singer and today is her birthday. Always energetic, sincere and open to people, Asami inspires everyone around her and other people around the world with herself and her creativity. My sincere congratulations to this fantastic Lady! Peace and happiness, dear Asami, until the end of time!
► (The link to listen to the song “Swan Song” on the official Lovebites YouTube channel is at the bottom of the post ▼▼▼ ).
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Lovebites - “Swan Song”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y2-Argg20c