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Rating: "When silence beckons
And the day is closing
When the light of your life sighs
And love dies in your eyes
Only then will I realize
What you mean to me"
There are bands that over the years have managed to evolve, setting a different type of genre but never neglecting the emotional factor. Such bands are aware that art expressed with passion and love, in any form it may be, is synonymous with beauty. The genius of turning melancholy, sadness, and pleasure into sensations that caress the human soul, making it fragile as snow melted by the warmth of the sun, is not easy. But Anathema in this are monumental stones.
The creativity of Cavanagh is nothing short of sublime. His lyrics, his words are poetry, poetry in motion that lies in the most hidden recesses of our hearts. This album for those who seek these emotions can only be fascinated and cradled by the wisdom of this masterpiece. Yes, because "Hindsight" is a sort of romantic and sweet reissue of their most excellent tracks. A collection in acoustic version of the most suggestive ballads that have made their career a pillar, an example for those who seek bliss, diversion, the place to take refuge in music during the saddest moments of life.
The marvelous work opens with "Fragile Dreams" the second track of the album "Alternative 4", where the harmony touches absurd heights, a versatile piano frames the candid sound of a violin that feels like a "muse", inspiring Cavanagh's voice. Another factor to note is the interpretation of this, which I believe has been the true standard-bearer of Anathema's charm. His great strength, his soul, his mastery in identifying with any of his compositions is phenomenal. "Inner Silence" is the clear example of what I mentioned earlier. The pure poetry, love described in all its entirety with the use of only six simple phrases, it's hard to hold back tears in front of such wonderful sensitivity. Bitterness and pain are the interpreters in "One Last Goodbye", a song dedicated to the mother of the Cavanagh brothers, the regret of a son who with difficulty dedicates his affection, because the bond that ties a mother to her child is insurmountable. Unfortunately, suffering is part of every man's life, but from a bad experience, from the darkness a glimmer of light will never cease to beat, the hope of being able to find peace and affection will always be there. "Are You There" is the confirmation, a semi-acoustic ballad complements it, leading to "Angelica", the excellent reworking in this "collection", along with "A Natural Disaster" the highest peak of the album. Where we find a splendid female voice with an excellent tone and personality as the protagonist.
I can therefore affirm with adequate certainty that "Hindsight" is an extraordinary work, recommended to everyone. I, in particular, am already very attached to it because their music has been my salvation in my saddest moments, my suffering has been soothed by the mantle of this group's art, which I consider one of my all-time favorites.
THANK YOU ANATHEMA, I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER....
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Fragile Dreams (05:30)
Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed
Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you
Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years
Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you
02 Leave No Trace (04:52)
Born to the glare of the senses
Spoon fed reality infused
A new inherent
Passive contentment
You are so easily amused
Here and now
We are gone in a heartbeat
A dream in the
Passage your time
Chances are fading
This world isn't waiting
The moment is passing you by
Questions lie beneath the surface
The fools are fooled once again
Benign coincidence
We stole our existence
And gladly cast it to the wind
Here and now
We are gone in a heartbeat
A dream in the passage of time
Chances are fading
This world isn't waiting
The moment is passing you by
Slowly spinning on the wind back home
03 Inner Silence (03:40)
When the silence beckons,
And the day draws to a close,
When the light of your life sighs,
And love dies in your eyes,
Only then will I realise,
What you mean to me
04 One Last Goodbye (06:03)
How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone
I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you finally gave way
Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away and my being
In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
And somehow I knew you could never never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away
Oh I wish, I wish you could have stayed
06 Angelica (05:00)
Where are you tonight?
Wild flower in starlit heaven
Still enchanted in flight
Obsessions lament to freedom
A timeless word, the meanings changed
But I'm still burning in your flames,
Incessant, lustral masquerade,
Unengaged, dilit love didn't taste the same
And I still wonder if you ever wonder the same
And I still wonder...
07 A Natural Disaster (06:20)
It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day
And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change
You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change
Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.
08 Temporary Peace (05:10)
Deep inside the silence staring out upon the sea
The waves are washing over half forgotten memory
Deep within the moment laughter floats upon the breeze
Rising and falling dying down within me
And I swear I never knew, I never knew how it could be
And all this time all I had inside was what I couldn't see
I swear I never knew, I never knew how could be
All the waves are washing over all that hurts inside of me
Beyond this beautiful horizon lies a dream for you and I
This tranquil scene is still unbroken by the rumours in the sky
But there's a storm closing in voices crying on the wind
The serenade is growing colder breaks my soul that tries to sing
And there's so many many thoughts when I try to go to sleep
But with you I start to feel a sort of temporary peace
There's a drift in and out
Drift in and out
Drift
09 Flying (06:27)
Started a search to no avail
a light that shines behind the veil
trying to find it
and all around us everywhere
is all that we could ever share
if only we could see it
feel there's truth that's beyond me
life ever changing weaving destiny
and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth
layers of dust and yesterdays
shadows fading in the haze
of what I couldn't say
and though I said my hands were tied
times have changed and now I find
I'm free for the first time
feel so close to everything now
strange how life makes sense in time now
and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth
back down to earth back down to earth x2
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By Raiden7.0
Songs excellently rearranged to the point of being fresh and pleasant to listen to.
An album played with heart and with the desire to create something more than just a simple acoustic work.
