Ero indeciso se scrivere questa recensione. Questo Epilogue è un disco che al primo ascolto ti appassiona, al secondo ti affascina, al terzo dici "carino" e dopo un mese è a prendere polvere. Perché??
È un buon disco, ma privo di personalità. Ci sono episodi molto belli, poche cadute di tono ma troppa, troppa uniformità. Non è facile dimenticare il ritornello di Hollow Heart o la straordinaria poesia di Garden of Stones (che contiene una hidden track suicidica molto triste e poi mezz'ora (!!!!!) di schitarrate), ma questi finlandesi devono trovare qualcosa di più per rendere più originale il loro buon lavoro.
Molto bello l'artwork, che rende l'idea del contenuto del CD.
Non mi dilungo più di tanto, e concludo con la succitata Garden of Stones
"Snow has covered her grave
And flowers have withered away
Cold wind cries in the trees
Frozen tears mark my grief
The flickering, weak candlelight
Shatters the dead of the night
I bury my face in my hands
I try to speak but I can't
With a breeze arrives a sparrow
Lands on her gravestone
I raise my head and realize
I am no longer alone
Haven of shadows in the garden of stones
Cold wind blows out the flame
And darkness surrounds me again
The sparrow starts silently singing
A song only she and I know
I shed a tear on her grave
And silently whisper her name
As cold wind still shakes the trees
I know she now rests in peace
With a breeze leaves the sparrow
Flies into the unknown
I bow my head and realize
I want to follow
Her..."
[Epilogue - Hidden track]
"Now I write this final letter
To whom it may concern
It is time to close a chapter
The last one in this world
Soon as I'm done writing
It's time for me to go
I make the final cut
And let the red stream flow
I'm thrown in death's embrace
I feel its soothing warmth
Calmess on my face
I close my eyes for evermore
Down the road to the unknown
I walk the narrow
And I feel the comfort
Of leaving life behind
Soon as I'm done walking
I've left the world behind"
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03 Hollow Heart (03:57)
Memories of you
Haunt me every day
A never healing wound
And nothing left to say
I die a little every day, I die a little anyway
For the memories, for Hell inside of me
No true emotions
No true regrets
No true devotion can live off bitterness
My hollow inside
My hollow heart
My restless soul is longing to depart
Come surround me with your grace
Wash away my deep disgrace
Take me in to your sweet embrace
Where I can live in sin
I die a little anyway, I die a little every day
For the memories, for Hell inside of me
No true emotions in my hollow heart
07 In Solitude (04:57)
I'm not the one to die for
Don't grieve for me
After i am gone
No one remembers
Let me die in solitude
Under pale grey clouds
Let me sleep forever
Six feet under ground
This life ain't what i wanted
Don't cry for me
I'm not worth your pain
I'm not worth your tears
I say goodbye
And raindrops taste like tears
In the pouring rain i stand and die alone
In my final hour
As i kneel on the leaves
I can feel a wave of warmth
Wash over me
Then it's really over
My earthly misery
I'm not to be remembered
Don't cry for me
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