Longing for SIlence

Story Behind The Song

"After we had been playing it live and rehearsing for months, it became a new animal. All of a sudden it became apparent that the higher level of these new songs made it impossible to just breeze through anymore. Some songs almost wrote themselves for me, all of a sudden I felt like the bar had been raised and this song represented the first challenge for me personally." - Alex Richard "So I get these drum tracks with some vocals sung over them and I start to try to see what I can do with this. I ended up taking a riff that Rich and I used to jam on, after I totally butchered it all up and that's the intro. I went with an adaptation of the original "Halloween" theme as a vocal rhythm, because nothing else would've been disturbing enough (wait until Distant Dark). I finally wrote the quiet, peaceful interlude from an acoustic piece that I've been trying to find a home for for months. Add some tweaks from the guys and here you go...Longing for Silence." - Scott Williams "I knew that recording Longing for Silence would be one of the more challenging songs to get done, due to the tempo change during the interlude set up for the guitar solo. In the second half of the interlude the song shifts tempos from 100 bpm (beats per minute) into a driving 150 bpm and then returns to 100 bpm through to the end of the song. In the interlude, the effect takes the listener from a sedated state and thrusts them into complete chaos and then return them to the general theme of the song. The best way to record this was to get the guitars down 1st in 3 sections. This established the tempo map for the rest of the instruments." - Agrippa

Song Description

Longing for Silence was released on March 8th, 2011 as an exclusive Facebook fan early preview of Agrippa93's upcoming album. It's development began in 2009, shortly after the 1st album, Beneath the Cypress tree, existing as just vocals over a basic drum pattern with a rough arrangement. It was put aside collecting dust for just over a year and reemerged to be worked on as a potential song for the follow up album.

Song Length 8:00 Genre Rock - Heavy Metal, Rock - Progressive Rock
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Sadistic, Disturbed
Subject Murder, Rape, Violence Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Verse 1
I'm recieving them loud and clear
Every night do what they want me to
I'm recieving them loud and clear
Wash the blood from my hands

Pre Chorus 1
Constant chatter from in my mind
Ignoring voices - a hopeless fight
Haunting whispers - they hiss my name
Bloodied hands every night's the same.

Chorus 1
They know my name
I hear them call
Coersing me to take the blade

I can't resist
Their voices strong
I cannot keep them silenced long

Silence
Silence

Verse 2
Trying to escape the chatter
Breaking from this trance
Step outside my situation
Longing for silence

Pre Chorus 2
Constant chatter from in my mind
Ignoring voices - hopeless fight
Haunting whispers - they hiss my name
Bloodied hands every night's the same.

Chorus 2
They know my name
I hear them call
Coersing me to take the blade

I can't resist
Their voices strong
I cannot keep them silenced long

I am longing for the silence
End the voices
Stop me from the violence

Interlude
Silence the voices in me
End this bloodshed wont you please?
I cant hide my deeds much longer
Shades of blood are all I see
Oh, the voices call to me
I hear them whispering
I hear them whispering my name

Verse 3
I'm recieving them loud and clear
Every night do what they want me to
I'm recieving them loud and clear
Wash the blood from my hands

Pre Chorus 3
Constant chatter from in my mind
Ignoring voices - hopeless fight
Haunting whispers - they hiss my name
Bloodied hands every night's the same.

Chorus 3
They know my name
I hear them call
Coersing me to take the blade

I can't resist
Their voices strong
I cannot keep them silenced long

I am longing for the silence
End the voices
Stop me from the violence

Lyrics Agrippa Music Agrippa93
Producer Agrippa/Williams Publisher Sickle Pation Studio
Performance Agrippa93 Label Sickle Pation Studio

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