Cassiopeia カシオペア | |
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Appears On | Astronomy |
Track | 2 |
Length | ???? |
Written By | Music: Mörck, Holmlid - Lyrics: Mörck |
Preceded By | Supernova |
Followed By | Contact |
Cassiopeia is the second track of Dragonland's fourth full-length album, Astronomy. Elise Ryd of Amaranthe is featured in this song as well as a solo by Marios Ilipoulos of Nightrage
Lyrics[]
Astronomy[]
Booklet Lyrics[]
- "The sages of ancient Greece told many tales and myths of momentous tragedy and heart gripping sadness. The story of the Aethiopian queen Cassiopeia, however, is without a doubt one of the most poignant litanies the ancient world has to offer:
She was as bafflingly beautiful as she was vain, and she continuously boasted about being more graceful and admirable than her sisters, the ephemeral Nereids. For this, she awoke the wrath of Poseidon himself, who sent down an abhorrent monster to plague both man and beast. According to the white-bearded oracle Ammon this was to continue until Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda, was sacrificed before the Cyclopean Gorgon.
Andromeda accepted her appalling fate, but was saved by Perseus and Cassiopeia's intervention moments before being devoured by the beast.
The Olympian Gods, however, had not forgotten Cassiopeia's atrocious boasting, but upon elevating her to the top spire of Olympia to further punish her, they too, were struck by her stupefying beauty. Thus, her amercement was to spend eternity among the stars, lonesome and deserted, but her beauty is to this day for all men to enjoy when the firmament is clear on a summer's night. It is said that you can still hear the winds of the Adriatic coast whisper the following words with a ancient, ethereal melody:"
Beautiful queen of the waters
Borne by celestial mother
Sublime astrological divinity
Punished for vain intervention
She sacrificed godlike ascension
Stripped of Olympian serenity
"Solar winds
will carry me far away from here
take me to my journey's end"
Hear a goddess cry
a silent hopeless sigh
from a sanctum divine
From the stars she still whispers
Envied among all her sisters
Entwined in a kingdom of infinity
The tears of an astral descension
derived from her moonlit dimension
A star that is fading to obscurity
"So, my wings
will carry me far away from home
bring me to my final rest"
Solo: Mörck
Solo: Marios Iliopolous
Hear a goddess cry
a silent hopeless sigh
from a sanctum divine
Hear a godless cry
when astral angels die
in a sanctum divine
Normal Lyrics[]
- "The sages of ancient Greece told many tales and myths of momentous tragedy and heart gripping sadness. The story of the Aethiopian queen Cassiopeia, however, is without a doubt one of the most poignant litanies the ancient world has to offer:
She was as bafflingly beautiful as she was vain, and she continuously boasted about being more graceful and admirable than her sisters, the ephemeral Nereids. For this, she awoke the wrath of Poseidon himself, who sent down an abhorrent monster to plague both man and beast. According to the white-bearded oracle Ammon this was to continue until Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda, was sacrificed before the Cyclopean Gorgon.
Andromeda accepted her appalling fate, but was saved by Perseus and Cassiopeia's intervention moments before being devoured by the beast.
The Olympian Gods, however, had not forgotten Cassiopeia's atrocious boasting, but upon elevating her to the top spire of Olympia to further punish her, they too, were struck by her stupefying beauty. Thus, her amercement was to spend eternity among the stars, lonesome and deserted, but her beauty is to this day for all men to enjoy when the firmament is clear on a summer's night. It is said that you can still hear the winds of the Adriatic coast whisper the following words with a ancient, ethereal melody:"
(chanting) Elize Ryd
Beautiful queen of the waters
Borne by celestial mother
Sublime astrological divinity
Wohh
Punished for vain intervention
She sacrificed godlike ascension
Stripped of Olympian serenity
"Solar winds Elize Ryd
will carry me far away from here Elize Ryd
take me to my journey's end" Elize Ryd
Hear a goddess cry Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
a silent hopeless sigh Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
from a sanctum divine Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
From the stars she still whispers
Envied among all her sisters
Entwined in a kingdom of infinity
The tears of an astral descension
derived from her moonlit dimension
A star that is fading to obscurity
"So, my wings Elize Ryd
will carry me far away from home Elize Ryd
bring me to my final rest" Elize Ryd
Solo: Mörck
Solo: Marios Iliopolous
Hear a goddess cry Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
a silent hopeless sigh Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
from a sanctum divine Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
Hear a godless cry Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
when astral angels die Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
in a sanctum divine Elize Ryd (lead), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
Hear a goddess cry Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
a silent hopeless sigh Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
from a sanctum divine Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
Hear a godless cry Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
when astral angels die Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
in a sanctum divine Elize Ryd (lead), Elize Ryd (chanting as backing), Jonas Heidgert (backing)
Casting[]
Lineup[]
- Jonas Heidgert - vocals
- Olof Mörck - Guitars (lead)
- Elias Holmlid] - Synthesizers, Keyboards
- Jesse Lindskog - Drums
- Nicklas Magnusson - Guitars (rhythm)
- Christer Pederson] - Bass
- Elize Ryd - Female vocals
Trivia[]
- Olof Mörck stated in an interview that the song tells the tale of Queen Cassiopeia, wife of King Cepheus of the mythological Phoenician realm of Ethiopia, who claimed that both her and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than all the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus. To avoid the God's wrath, she sacrificed her daughter Andromeda by chaining her to a rock near the water's edge, but the Greek hero Perseus saved Andromeda, soon becoming her husband. Poseidon decided that Cassiopeia didn't deserve to escape punishment for her vainness, so he put her in the heavens as a constellation for all eternity.