MISANTROG
Music by Schendel and Groves
Lyrics by Groves
Dancing on the walls playful flickering
And though colorless they cheer me with their show
There’s no day or night, there’s no sound of life
Yet I’m not alone for the darkness walks with me
Leave me safe to be
In a place where there’s no need to see
Where the shadows are so real
And the coldness that I feel reminds me I’m alive
Good intent a Rescue plan
Police? A priest? A ‘yes you can bless you’ man?
Drag me out show me the way
Awaken me to light of day hear you say
“This is all for you my friend
Your loneliness has come to end we were sent!”
Stabbing flash it’s shocking me
Intruding light laughs mocking me mocking me
But I admit at times if I confess my crimes
A Daphne would be nice
All the light not even the sun can blaze so bright as to
Burn away the cold of the dark or keep me company
This light cannot melt what’s inside
The cold reminds me I’m alive
Please leave me to myself
The cold reminds me I’m alive
“How have you lived for all these years all by yourself?
We’ll drag you out, show you the way
Awaken you to light of day!” Heard them say
“This is all for you, old man
Your loneliness has come to an end!”
A stabbing flash is shocking me, mocking me, mocking me…
No don’t pity me or just think me mad
Despite your entourage we know it’s you that’s all alone
I know that can’t be true to someone like you
You’re unwelcome here. You trespass with your light
Leave me safe to be
In a place where there’s no need to see
Where the shadows are so real
And the coldness that I feel reminds me I’m alive
“All the love—the love of the world
Could ever change his heart or his mind
Combined with all the light of the sun
He chooses darkness for he is blind
He wants no light he’ll never see
The darkness is his legacy
We’ll leave him to himself!
The cold can keep him company!”
And so he’ll live all of his years all by himself
The album takes off nicely with David Longdon's "The Strangest Times", but then gets into immediate free fall and deeply underwater for the next few tracks, quite unexpectedly. Fortunately, it recovers with Nick D'Virgilio's "Apollo" (hey, this guy CAN write good music, although he hides this ability most of the time) and the remaining three tracks, one of which is another Longdon masterpiece. So in the end the final impression is somewhat in the positive range. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
In the wake of buying the Welcome To The Planet I also went for this older "EP" (clocking in on 70 minutes a rather big big EP...) as a final farewell to a very bright bright star that sadly doesn't shine anymore. Carsten Pieper
The Long Island metal band's third album etches arena-sized hooks into their jagged compositions, deftly balancing experimental and poppy inclinations. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 12, 2022
What can I say about Big Big Train that I haven’t said before?
This album took a little while to grow on me but by the time I saw it live I was in love with its humongous, over-egged pomposity! They do it all with such passion, excitement and amazing musicianship.
Essential. Crinklechips