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WIZ – это шведская группа, сайд-проект вокалиста Фредди Перссона и гитариста Джейка Фредена из пауэр металической банды Nostradameus. Честно говоря, Нострадамуса я считаю настолько закоренелым и неисправимым клоном, что даже близко подходить к нему страшно. Потому покупая дебютный альбом WIZ я очень долго вслушивался в диск, пока абсолютно не убедился что «Shattered-Mind-Therapy» не имеет ровным счётом ничего общего с печально известным пророком. То, что заставило меня купить этот диск и заставляет также периодически прослушивать его вновь - это очень качественный гитарно-ориентированный пауэр метал шведского разлива. Качество записи просто убойнейшее – Фредерик Нордстром и Микка Юсилла постарались на славу! Стоит заметить что тексты песен довольно-таки сильно подходят к буклету диска, так как и буклет и лирика отображают достаточно мрачные аспекты нашей жизни – ненависть, печаль, неудачная любовь, разбитые сердца и прочее. Как вокалист, Фредди Персон на «Shattered-Mind-Therapy» открывается совершенно с другой стороны – на этом альбоме нет глупого воинственного настроя и эпики присущей всем работам Настродамуса, атмосфера альбома характеризуется жизненными реалиями, где чаще всего имеют место быть страх и сомнения, чем отвага и доблесть, таким образом и Фредди поёт достаточно эмоционально. Возможно, мелодически альбом кое-где и напоминает о главной группе ребят, но это проявляется только в самых динамичных песнях. Особенно хочу отметить открывающую энергичную композицию «Mr. Sandmаn», настраивающую на тёмный лад, более спокойную «In Your Eyes», прогрессивную и необычную «Super Psychic Woman», а также другие. В целом, диск «Shattered-Mind-Therapy» очень крепкий, как раз под определение одного из альбомов года. Поклонники Нострадамуса здесь не встретят ничего интересного, за исключением знакомого вокала, а вот всем любителям качественного хэви-пауэра настоятельно рекомендую ознакомится. |
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I hate when you say you love me
Morning of hopelessness
Big black storms spin round and round
Thrown out of the dream
Reality laughs and hits me
Humiliated by my self
By you're precious images
[CHORUS]
Mr. Sandman, take those dreams away
Mr. Sandman, give my dreams away to her
I fear the power of love
Afraid, to trust my feelings
I don't know what to feel
Dark dreams, brings back memories
Throw those dreams away
Put away the memories
If I've meant nothing to you
You ain't gonna get the pleasure
[CHORUS]
Please Mr. Sandman
Let me sleep forever
Please Mr. Sandman
Lete me dream forever now
[CHORUS]
2. In Your Eyes
[M & L: J. Weicht]
Some day
Somewhere
Some how
You'll be there
Beside me
Friendly
You read me
I want you to see
Please won't you let me inside
Your eyes say more
Then thousand words
You precious one
Look at me
A million to one
That's what it will be
To find someone like us
Like you, like me
Please won't you let me inside
[CHORUS]
I see dreams
Inside your eyes
I see dreams
Hiding in disguise
I see dreams
Inside your eyes
Though you tell me lies
The wait in vain
The games we play
Those crystal eyes
Reflects your soul
Black diamonds
Theatre
So beautiful
Ans still we lie
Please won't you let me inside
[CHORUS]
You don't trust my eyes
Do you see your lies
You don't trust my eyes
They reflects your lies
[CHORUS]
3. Super Psychic Woman
[M: J. Weicht and J. Fredйn; L: J. Weicht]
I'm right back at the same point
As the time when you left me bleeding
I can't handle the pain of lost
Looking forward seems to be absurd
My mind is so fucked up
And everything I think of relates to you
Can't you hear me cry for help
The care and help that should be coming from you
Reaches you tired of living
She's telling me the future of my life
[CHORUS]
Super psychic woman
Super psychic woman
Help me super psychic woman
Do you ever think of me?
And if you do what goes through your mind?
bpen your eyes
Can't you see I'm suicidal
Life sucks without you
If she didn't tell me things that brings me hope
I wouldn't be here
She puts calm and peace in my soul
She improves the life that I'm living
Reaches you tired of living
She's telling me the future of my life
[CHORUS]
4. One Chapter Of A Fairytale
[M & L: J. Weicht]
Day by day as the years goes by
Same shit different day, every time
In middle of nowhere, in middle of all
In middle of nothingness I stand tall
Lonely can be strong
I hear a woman's voice echo in my mind
Daydreams, nightmares and visions of you
Blinding moment hurts my eyes
Stumbling in darkness as time goes by
Lonely can be strong
[CHORUS]
Time to try your wings
Spread them in the wind
And ride on the winds of change
How many days?
How many dreams?
One chapter of a fairytale
Shades of night fall upon the ground
Shining star, shadows start to rise
Dreaming, thinking for to long
Crossroads to nowhere will lead me home
Lonely can be strong
[CHORUS]
Now the time has come
To say goodbye
[CHORUS]
5. Sun Moon Stars
[M & L: J. Weicht]
I fly above my self
So cold and beautiful dead
I've crossed the point of no return
And now you understand
A life in misery
So full of sorrow and pain
I couldn't face it no more
I hope you'll always remember me
[CHORUS]
No pain, I'm free at last
In paradise, sun moon stars
Regret you were mean to me
And regret that you sat me free
Life depends on love
And I depend on you
[CHORUS]
I lived for you
There's nothing to say or to do
I cared for you
Then please realize that we're thru'
I love you
I no longer feel as you do
I can't live without you
But I can live without you
[CHORUS]
And now when I am gone
I live forever inside of you
And now when I am gone
I live forever inside of you
6. Down
[M: J. Weicht and F. Persson; L: J. Weicht]
See he wind blowing in the trees
The cold wind bites my chin, freezing breeze
Looking out my window every day
I'm tired and broken down, here I'll stay
'Cause I'm
Broken down
Landed hard
All alone along with my thoughts
Broken down
My conclusion
I'm hated, soon she forgets
Thru'my window same thing every day
People passing by, not a soul to stay
I feel so forgotten, no once calls
Depressed and down I am, my spirit falls
'Cause I'm
Broken down
Landed hard
All alone along with my thoughts
Broken down
My conclusion
I'm hated, soon she forgets
[CHORUS]
Why do I let my self fall down?
Why do I let my princess wear her crown?
I kneel and bow my head, she brings me down
I'm a prisioner in my own broken soul
In my life I've always had a goal
To live beside my princess every day
She made me falling down by going away
'Cause I'm
Broken down
Landed hard
All alone along with my thoughts
Broken down
My conclusion
I'm hated, soon she forgets
[CHORUS]
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7. Understand
[M & L: J. Fredйn]
Out in this world of hatred and sin
The young ones are supossed to live by thir fear
Th violent abuse, we've seen too much
Dead there he lies for beliefs and his race
When will we realize that it's time to stop?
Stop all the fighting and talk it all out
To learn our children what's wrong or what's right
Instead of teaching how to win in war
I'm not the same as you are
Respect me for the one that I am
[CHORUS]
Voices are calling from inside my head
I can not see them, who makes me feel bad
I know that I'm not God's prodigal child
Spread your eyes, open and understand
Into the world of future unreal
I hope it will be soon someday
A better place for you and for me
To rise our child's, it may take us a while
Is it a wish, or is it the truth?
Ask someone else, 'cause I don't have a clue
Now it's the time to make up your minds
The way of the world depends on your choice
I'm not the same as you are
Respect me for the one that I am
[CHORUS]
Understand...
Understand...
[CHORUS]
8. Return Of Atlantis
[M & L: J. Weicht]
Child of Poseidon
An island of blessing
A city of silver and gold
Mountains and valleys
Paradise gardens
A kingdom of wealth and grace
Five walls in circles awaits intruders
Atlantians on a crusade of greed
The wealthy wants treasures
The wealthy wants power
The wealthy is blinded and more wants more
Over the ocean
Towards the Antique
Leaving a kingdom they're searching for
Five walls in circles awaits intruders
Atlantians on a crusade of greed
[CHORUS]
Atlantis is rising
Returning from the sea
Return of Atlantis
An untold history
Attacking the Antique
Child's of Olympus
Betraying the Gods brings punishment
The ground started trembling
The sea started raging
Dragging Atlantis to final rest
Five walls in circles awaits intruders
Atlantians on a crusade of greed
[CHORUS]
The legend lives on...
Guarding the one
Sunken and gone
Five walls in circles awaits intruders
Atlantians on a crusade of greed
[CHORUS]
9. Empty Words
[M & L: J. Weicht]
A dream in the night
Wakes a voice from the past
Screaming my name
Burning my soul
Memories arise
And awakes my confusion
And as I fall
Wraps me in consciousness
For better of for worse
You told me you would be there fo me
The time is running
But frozen inside
Moments of a past
Trepped in my mind
Somehow, someway
On the crossroads of life
The story's been told
Over and over
'Til death will do us part
You told me you would be there for me
[CHORUS]
You're just a memory, a dream
Caught up inside
And you are just a love letter
Empty words on a note
[CHORUS]
10. From The Ashes We Rise
[M: J. Weicht; L: F. Persson]
This is the end of a dream
This is the end as it seems
But somewhere deep within our minds
We've kept this golden dream alive
Forever
[CHORUS]
Ashes, from the ashes we rise
Thru' sadness we've been paying the price
Once, almost dead now reality
Now we are here, where we wanted to be
'Cause somewhere deep within our minds
We've kept this golden dream alive
Forever
[CHORUS]
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