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Concerning the composition history, it all started with the two chords of the verse, leading to the chorus through different variations in the arrangement. While harmonically the chorus followed almost naturally, I spent some time working on a chorus melody able to ‘open up’ the obsessive mood of the verse with its quite dreamy feel. Having benefited from the contribution of different musicians to record some parts (saxophone, drums and percussions), the recording sessions have been multiple and stretched through a pretty long period, until I could find a really satisfying result. Finally, from the thematic point of view, the song explores fear from different perspectives and in its different forms. I think we can’t (and shouldn’t) live apart from or suppress this complex feeling. It is definitely ‘embedded’ in our nature. What scares us of fear is surely its destructive, even annihilating side, but I think we sometimes overlook its potential to foster strength and bring renewal.
Our Beauty in the Fire
Our Beauty in the Fire – Fear Lyrics
A vacant smile, no space for tears
A dream I’ve had in years
Don’t hallow the end
Foolish and wise I’ve always been
Uneasy in my skin
Why, why hallow the end?
Why hallow the end?
The night is so tiring
The day is so strained
We’ve travelled so long
To be astray
The night’s made for beauty
A stranger once said
The beauty has fled
Resilience my duty
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Don’t parade my ghosts again
Just guess what brings me down to you
These strings are real, please understand
The frame has fallen to the floor
I’m sore, between pictures of the end, of the end
Stuck in my own self, in my limits
In my airy words
The night is so tiring
The day is so strained
We’ve travelled so long
To be astray
The night’s made for beauty
A stranger once said
The beauty has fled
Resilience my duty
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Don’t expose my ghosts again
Don’t hallow the end
Why hallow the end?
Don’t
Don’t
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