Post by MartinT on May 28, 2021 11:57:27 GMT
I have a predilection for downbeat songs with a great bass line and great singing, taking its time about it. Opium does just that, with a drone-like four note bass line that underpins the voice. Great percussion and synth sounds overlay it all, with Brendan Perry's lament overlaid and touches of Lisa Gerrard wailing. The sum of the parts is greater than the elements, as is so often the case with Dead Can Dance. One of those songs I can listen to again and again.
open.qobuz.com/track/16834900
Sometimes
I feel like I want to live
Far from the metropolis
Just walk through that door
Sometimes
I feel like I want to fly
Reach out to the painted sky
A prisoner to the wind
A bird on the wing
Sometimes
I feel the ocean in my blood
See rain from the sky above
Her salt brine tears
And now
Those tears leave a taste on my tongue
Like the warm rush you get from
Black opium
Black opium
Sometimes
I feel like I want to leave
Behind all these memories
And walk through that door
Outside
The black night calls my name
But all roads look the same
They lead nowhere
They lead nowhere
I feel like I want to live
Far from the metropolis
Just walk through that door
Sometimes
I feel like I want to fly
Reach out to the painted sky
A prisoner to the wind
A bird on the wing
Sometimes
I feel the ocean in my blood
See rain from the sky above
Her salt brine tears
And now
Those tears leave a taste on my tongue
Like the warm rush you get from
Black opium
Black opium
Sometimes
I feel like I want to leave
Behind all these memories
And walk through that door
Outside
The black night calls my name
But all roads look the same
They lead nowhere
They lead nowhere
open.qobuz.com/track/16834900
