This suggests that his mother's soul was taken as payment to the devil. " If one cut the source of the flow, and everything would change, would convitction fall?" The final part of this song is slightly confusing. " To see a beloved son, In despair of what's to come" this is a haunting ( sends chills down my spine every time) foreshadowing of the future of Mikeal. He has no will to live any longer, and he talks of the ghost ( probably that of his mother's) seeing a premonition. The next part ( with the amazing heavy riff underneath) explains Mikeal's feelings to his mother's passing. After this soft interlude we continue the story as Mikeal talks of the Reaper coming to stalk his mother " Rose up to it's call, In his arms she'd fall" and thus her life was complete. Interpretated a couple ways, but I see it as the main character ( lets refer to him as Mikeal from here on in) running away.or the dark unaware could mean he too has dabbled in the black unholy arts. The next part reads " Road into the dark unaware, winding ever higher" This could be ![]() Kinda self explanatory, his mother is posessed and the demon kills her. The next verse compounds this theory of mine.ĭraining the weakness, penetrating inner light" That " Devil cracked the earthly shell" a hint towards posession of sorts. However, with the next 3 verses, he takes her death in a different direction, claiming This starts off with the notion that his mother has died due to sickness of some sort. " ghost of mother, lingering death, ghost on mother's bed.īlack strands on the pillow, contour of her health, twisted face upon the head" ![]() Mikeal starts off with is classic death metal vox, growling the lines: ( and I recall Still Life had a smidge better of a story) Pick it up as soon as possible, and sit back and enjoy this excellent piece of work. The ending is great, and almost made me want to shed a tear. ![]() The beautiful songs coupled with an amazing and increasingly climactic story of a man who longs for redemption from his horrible past. To start off, this is my first review of any sort for Opeth's 2005 release, "The Ghost Reveries" which is a must have in any metal head's collection. Everything seemed clean that is unstainedĭecide what is clear and what's within a haze
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