Canciones para una vida - Sonata Arctica - A Monster Only You Can't See

 

A  MONSTER  ONLY  YOU  CAN'T  SEE

Desde la segunda mitad de la carrera de los finlandeses Sonata Arctica, el eterno debate entre los defensores de la evolución sonora de la banda y los nostálgicos del sonido inicial de la misma parecía irremediablemente avocado a asumir que el grupo directamente habría pasado la página del power para adentrarse en ese indeterminado sonido que venían haciendo. Parece haber un cierto halo de esperanza con la supuesta mirada atrás en terrenos compositivos esperada para la nueva obra, "Clear cold beyond" que se espera para el 8 de marzo del inminente 2024, sobre todo encarnada en su primer sencillo "First In Line" que ya dejé en el blog, hoy, a través de este segundo adelanto, "a monster only you can't see", la cosa no me queda tan clara, pero desde luego sigue dando mejores vibraciones que lo que venían mostrando años atrás, el caso es que este segundo adelanto tiene un innegable trasfondo navideño, y está cocinado a medio gas, con ese componente progresivo que, en el fondo, sinceramente, y con los antecedentes mencionados hace que me tome el nuevo disco con pies de plomo hasta escucharlo en su conjunto. Sea como sea el tiempo lo dirá, espero que se powericen de nuevo, y que la nueva obra resulte adicitva, hasta entonces dejo un enlace a youtube de este "A monster only you can't see".

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0Qh_lVivc 

 

 Far in the skies
Where the stars attach to the strings
You have seen angels fall, when a monster clips their wings

Darkness tonight
Someone whispers in the void
The loveliest things in your ear
You’ve been warned, you must avoid

When you hear the bells, heed the call
Tread without a fear, my friend
On your shoulder we behold
A monster only you can’t see

Anymore
Can we keep the rain abay
Once, you were sliding away
All the way down, without a rail, you

Tried a new way
Driving everyone away
Your eyes cannot lie like your face
There is no glory in disgrace, but

Friends are near
We are here
We still carry all those
Things you believed in, asshole

We have bent the rules
We have lied
Loved and known you’ll rise again
Friends will do all this for you

Child is aborn
Oh so feeble in this place
You are the guide they adore
Hopelessly lost within a maze, but

Friends are near…
We have bent the rules…

We will bend the rules
We will fight
Help you, we will win tonight
Spread your wings and you will rise

Sure, your mind weighs like a boulder
There’s a monster on your shoulder
Words and phrases, meanings, faces
Virtues, vices,
Your luck’s based on balanced dices

We are you, you are us
Always, you’re one of us
Respect, asshole
You don’t know just how much we sometimes have sacrificed to be there for you

Your keys and the keyholes once will be found
Dreams and reality, aligned
You’ve grown and found things you thought were left behind
Smile and you will see this world smile back at you

We’ve bent rules for you
We have lied
Loved and known you’ll rise again
Friends will do it all for you

We will bend the rules
We will fight
Help you, we will win tonight
Spread your wings and you will rise

We will bend the rules
We will fight
Love and know you’ll rise again
Friends will do all this for you

We will bend the rules... 

By Nash