Since this became a Nightwish related thread, I thought I'd share my minor rewrite of the B-side "Sleepwalker (heavy version)."
My version:
Close your eyes
Sense the ocean where passion lies
Verily, the senses
Abandon all defenses
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Hold me near you
So close I'll sear you
Seeing, believing
Dreaming, receiving
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, impending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Sleepwalker, s-e-d-u-c-e me (this is hard to get by the censors, more grammatical than "seducing")
I dare enter your ecstasy
Lay down now to sleep
In my dreams you're mine to keep
Original version:
Close your eyes
Feel the ocean where passion lies
Silently the senses
Abandon all defenses
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Hold me near you
So close I sear you
Seeing, believing
Dreaming, deceiving
A place between sleep and awake
End of innocence, unending masquerade
That's where I'll wait for you
Sleepwalker seducing me
I dare to enter your ecstasy
Lay yourself now down to sleep
In my dreams you're mine to keep
I'd point out that children do not like masquerades, and the song seams targeted at an experience while very young. I've been told there's a masquerade in "Eyes Wide Shut."
K, now that I've watched the movie I'd classify it as horror because of the black mass and a murder mystery. Mrs Kidman finds the mask that Mr Cruise leaves at the mansion and leaves it on his bed at the end. That seams to signal that she will divorce him some day. This is the same couple from Days of Thunder. I tried watching Moulin Rouge and it seams very silly.
Anyway, the password is "Corinthize" and it means fornicate. The password they give him is a typical false password given out amongst children, "Fidelio." The meaning of the word "Corinthize" is from brainscape.com. I had forgotten about it. It's under "bible study."
There is a humurous tack to the story of Eyes Wide Shut, when William wants to find a black mass, he asks an old classmate whose qualification is being a musician.
IIRC, Satanists have 8 levels of password, Corinthize is only the first. The eighth is the secret name of the mansion in Eyes Wide Shut. The devil does have a secret full name, "Fidelio" is the one that will damn you unless you know its fake. I wouldn't know it unless I knew saint Michael's name were Michael I Ledeen.
Also, the first password of heaven is "charity," which according to the bible is a Christian's first virtue. The 10th is "lacrimae" which means "angel's tears."
For the other side, the 9th password is "serendipity" and the 10th is "sin." The irony is that saint Michael, not the devil, knew the 10th password to Satanism.
There is a Christian version of a masquerade but I don't remember it being altogether to my taste.
If the password to the 10th level of heaven is "lacrimae" this is the same as saying that the 10th level of heaven is named "lacrimae." Not the same for hell. The password for the 11th level of hell is "lethargy." The place is called "grim" by saint Michael or "mordant" by the devil. Mordant implies the practice of mordantry, which is ****** with your father.
I think the 11 level of heaven is "mend."
The thing is, adults will coerce children into black mass. You need to know your passwords just like you really need a towel for interstellar travel. Another one, and I **** you not, I think the 12 level of hell has the password "Grimlock." Saint Michael calls it "****." The devil calls it "Sludge."
Charity as the chief virtue of Christianity comes out from a printed New Testament I received in prison. The bible is unfortunately somewhat randomly redacted.
The idea is that, if you know the passwords, because you should have permission to be there in the first place, they'll let you go!
Also, the idea of musicians making a deal with the devil originates from a play called Faust. I'm reading it and the contract appears to be with the Austrian emperor. Was that the reason for Anschluss Adolf? Supposedly signed at the Crossroads in Leipzig. It's not easy to follow, there's a lot of ancillary conversation. Crossroads is also a good movie.
I remember guitar lessons. Some story about the Crossroads "...." Me, "What city can you find a history of the Crossroads." Reply, "Vicksburg."
The white pages listing of the devil, which isn't that osbscure is "Robert ..." it might be Robert H Downey. Not to be confused with Robert J Downey. That is not his most hidden name.
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