Free Thought Manifesto: Down Tempo Music

"Terrorist"

"Terrorist" Just a Word... 'Terrorist' is just a word, one I wish I'd never heard... When it's used to vilify, without the need to question why... Only fools would swift condemn, that which has not befallen them... Until you know what lies behind, the actions of a tortured mind... Thank your God for sparing you, the suffering others have lived through... Where are the cries of just demand, for Arabs driven from their land?... Blame the victim, turn the cheek, praise the bully, kick the weak!... Mock the man who truth does speak... Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, greed, corruption, torture, lies!... Blair invasion, sly persuasion, annihilation, massacred nation... Keep on running, karma's coming!... Money talks, truth walks, oil spills, greed kills... Tide is turning, London's burning!... Bombs will fall and blood will flow, as sure as my own name I know... Until corrupt dictators go, brutal, rotten, to the core... Their day has come, they rule no more... Show me the man who will not fight, to save his child, his home, his right!... You can call him what you like, you're not in his sorry plight... Cowards stay and Martyrs go, I know not where, but this I know... Speak your truth and stand your ground, fight your corner... When all around, point the finger, purse the lips, pin the label, 'Terrorist'!... Just a word, but one that sticks, even when the cap don't fit... But for the grace of God go I, remember that, before you cry... False accusation, names of shame, at those who may not be to blame,... Their crime, refused to play the game, of meek acceptance, dumbing down,... Your life, your choice; Warrior / Clown...

Sunday, April 20, 2014

In Memoriam

Artist: Nox Arcana
Music: Peter Bjärgö
Lyrics: Cecilia Bjärgö

The memory of a long life
The aching of a loved one
The reminiscence of what's been
The feeling of hurting
In Sadness
In Memoriam

The recall of compassion
The longing of your warm embrace
The fear of being left alone
The feeling of sorrow
In sadness
In memoriam

The remembrance of a dark time
The emotions of profound grief
The fear of falling down to deep
The feeling of mourning
In sadness
In memoriam

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Pandora's Music Box

Artist: Nox Arcana

Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawls neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpses shell

The demons squeal in sheer delight
It's you they spy, so plump, so right
For although the groove is hard to beat
It's still you stand with frozen feet
You try to run, you try to scream
But no more sun you'll ever see
For evil reached from the crypt
To crush you in it's icy grip

The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller...

... Can you dig it?

Lyrics from: Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Recital: Vincent Price

Friday, April 18, 2014

Lost In The Darkness

Artist: Nox Arcana

Lost in the darkness,
Silence surrounds you.
Once there was morning,
Now endless night.

If I could reach you,
I'd guide you and teach you
To walk from the darkness
Back into the light.

Deep in your silence,
Please try to hear me;
I'll keep you near me
Till night passes by.

I will find the answer.
I'll never desert you -
I promise you this -
Till the day that I die...

NOTE: The above lyrics are also called "Lost In The Darkness" from "Jekyll and Hyde," and are not from Nox Arcana's "Lost In The Darkness."

They were independently added by me, CZ.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Lost In Time

Artist: Nox Arcana

One Look from you
I turn my back against the past
Your hand on my cheek
the presence of your soul I feel
A caress from you
I see the future so bright and clear
A word of love in my ear
I am lost in Time

As the wind strokes my hair
A shiver in my skin
I see your face in front of me
Forever you are my beloved

A smile on your lips
I feel a tear in my eye
Your hands seek mine
I feel your warm embrace
Your arms around me
I close my eyes and hear your heart
A word of faith in my ear

I am lost in your soul

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Dream

When you are gone, and reason gone with you,
Then fantasy is queen and soul, and all;

So, if I dream I have you, I have you,
For all our joys are but fantastical;

After a such fruition I shall wake, And,
but the waking, nothing shall repent.

An excerpt from the poem: Elegy X: The Dream
Poem by: John Donne
1572 – 1631
Song: Calling
By: Nightmares On Wax
Visual content owned by: Act Zero Films
Directed and edited by: Brian Gonzalez
Sound content owned By: [Merlin] Warp Records