Malam tadi ku bermimpi kau datang dengan segala lelah,
Yang tak pernah kau temui,
Ingin bisa ku meraih walau dengan sedikit harapan,
Mungkin bisa kau miliki,

Kuingin kau miliki sejuta harapan dan pasti kan menanti

Dingin nafasmu mendesah kau berat dengan
Segala beban selalu menyesaki diri,

Ingin dapatku menanti hingga kau sanggup untuk berdiri
Dengan apa yang kau miliki…

Kuingin kau miliki sejuta harapan dan pasti kan menanti

Only through struggle have I found rest

With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand
Hollow out this machine like chest
With it’s gears that turn to make me feel assembled
As I fade away

Only through struggle have I found rest
Remove from me
This deception that I called love
That I called love

With it’s gears that turn to make me feel assembled
As I fade
I fade away

Only through struggle have I found rest
With a piece of me taken away
I begin to understand

The sky is still falling, is there any end in sight?
And some are talking to themselves as missiles fly through the night
But in the beginning there were words with half a cause
Now everyone is singing it and waiting for the applause

They don’t think about you when the payments keep on coming
But only to use you for a way

To make themselves appear like an angel in the room
They soothe their guilty conscience and tell it what to do
Synthetic compassion and some poor-mouth bad advice
To get ahead they lay in bed and sleep safe all through the night

A million to nothing, like zombies they are frightening
Just smile and wave and pass on by
Denial is so strong but the guilt just keeps it going
And give them a reason to say “hi”

sumber :

• http://reflectionof.me/
• http://www.myspace.com/nouseforaname

Kerasnya hatimu
Aku tak mampu
Aku tak mau
Meminta

Betapa diriku
Terus mencoba
Tapi merasa
Ku tak berdaya

Sepanjang waktumu
Tak kau biarkan
Tak kau lepaskan
Keinginanmu

Mencoba bertahan
Dari hatiku
Keinginanku
Memilikinya

Kepada hati itu
Aku terlena
Dimana kau berada
Aku terbawa

Kepada hati itu
Kuterus mencoba
Dimana kau berada
Engkau milik-Nya

Harumnya nafasmu
Sangat sejuk
Sangat pantas
Dijiwamu

Begitu terasa
Lapar dahaga
Kasih dan cinta
Yang engkau punya

ada yang memar, kagum banggaku
malu membelenggu
ada yang mekar, serupa benalu
tak mau temanimu

lekas,
bangun tidur berkepanjangan
menyatakan mimpimu
cuci muka biar terlihat segar
merapikan wajahmu
masih ada cara menjadi besar

ada yang runtuh, tamah ramahmu
beda teraniaya
ada yang tumbuh, iri dengkimu
cinta pergi kemana?

memudakan tuamu
menjelma dan menjadi indonesia

Selama ini, kiprah saya sebagai pendengar setia musik tidak bisa lepas dari genre yg namanya Power Metal. Mulai dari pertama saya kenal musik metal, kalo gak salah kelas 1 SMP, saya udah dengerin Helloween dan langsung kepincut sama deru dobel pedal+deep bass-nya, alunan gitar melodik, dan suara melengking khas metal. Waktu itu albumnya yang Better Than Raw. Dan waktu itu saya putuskan saya adalah seorang Power Metalhead.

Lalu berlanjut pas SMA, ada band baru yg personelnya jg tidak terlalu jauh selisih umurnya sama saya, yaitu Dragonforce. Di kala semua orang bermain metalcore, Dragonforce berani mendobrak dengan metal yg melodik dan cepat ala taun 80-an. Waktu SMA saya juga mulai mengenal macem2 power metal, ada yg symphonic power metal semacam Rhapsody, gothic power metal kayak Nightwish, death power metal yg diusung Nevermore, dan yg klasik pun masih mempertahankan sentuhannya dengan digawangi oleh Helloween.

Dari artikel2 yg saya baca, power metal dimulai oleh Helloween ketika gelombang band2 rock dari Inggris dan Amerika seperti Van Hallen, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, dan Black Sabbath menyerbu Jerman pada akhir tahun 70-an. Ketika itu Helloween meramu sendiri resep metal-nya dengan ciri khas musik cepat dan melodik. Iron Maiden dan Judas Priest dari Inggris yang juga muncul di akhir 70-an juga memainkan musik dengan ciri yang sama. Dan akhirnya jenis musik ini menyebar ke seluruh Eropa bahkan seluruh dunia. Di Indonesia pun juga ada band power metal, namanya juga Power Metal. Kualitas musiknya pun sama dengan power metal eropa, cuma liriknya aja yg pake bahasa Indonesia.

Yang saya suka dari band2 power metal sebenarnya sederhana, walaupun bermain cepat, bahkan kadang2 lebih cepat dari death metal, namun mereka tetap bisa bermain melodius. Walaupun metal, tapi lagu2nya pun juga enak dinyanyikan. Liriknya sebagian besar juga tentang perjuangan, struggle, semangat, kemerdekaan, dan pokoknya positif lah. Jadi cocok banget lah buat teman belajar ketika mau ujian.

Dan walaupun metal, sebagian band power metal juga punya lagu2 slow, kayak Windmill-nya Helloween, Draginforce-Trail of Broken Heart, dll.

Berikut ini saya cantumin 4 album yang menurut saya terbaik lah dari genre Power Metal, barangkali ada yg tertarik mau ndengerin, bisa donlot langsung dari laptop saya. Hehe

Helloween – Keeper of The Seven Keys part1 & 2
Hammerfall – Renegade
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage
Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Blind Guardian – Tales from the Twilight World
Iced Earth – Dark Saga
Stratovarius – Fourth Dimension

Please understand
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I can’t stand you
This is where the road crashed into the ocean
It rises all around me
And now we’re barely breathing
A thousand faces we’ll choose to ignore

Curse my enemies forever
Let’s slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful
This desperation leaves me overjoyed
With fading lights that lead us past the lives that we destroy

I listen to you cry
A cry for less attention
But both my hands are tied
And I’m pushed into the deep end
I listen to you talk but talk is cheap
And my mouth is filled with blood
From trying not to speak
So search for an excuse
And someone to believe you
In foreign dressing rooms
I’m empty with the need to

Curse my enemies forever
Let’s slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful
This desperation leaves me overjoyed
With fading lights that lead us past the lives that we destroy

Curse my enemies forever
Let’s slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful
This desperation is leaving me overjoyed
With fading lights that lead us past the lives that we destroy

Please understand

Lay rotting where I fall
I’m dead from bad intentions
Suffocated and embalmed
And now all our dreams are cashed in
You swore you wouldn’t lose then lost your brain
You make a sound that feels like pain

So please understand
This isn’t just goodbye
This is I can’t stand you

Our last day of summer, 1979
Gotta live it up one time before it’s over
We will make history tonight.

Out at the drive-in
All of our closest friends, they will be sneaking in
You’ll be spending the whole night
Trying eveything you can to get that girl to notice you.

“We Are the Champions” playing out on the radio station
Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation.
Cruisin’ down Pacific Coast Highway,
Put the top down, crawl into the back seat.
Let’s create anthems of our own tonight.

Down at the roller rink,
All the cool kids crowded around the air hockey table.
“Hey, my best friend likes you,”
I hear you shout at me as you go skating by.

“We Are the Champions” playing out on the radio station
Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation.
Cruisin’ down Pacific Coast Highway,
Put the top down, crawl into the back seat.
Let’s create anthems of our own tonight.

Sneak out of your window, darlin’
Let’s live like outlaws, honey
We’ll never look back.

Climb out on this rooftop,
And stare at the city lights below us
This world belongs to us tonight
The kids will keep ragin’ on-
And they ain’t never gonna stop.

“We Are the Champions” playing out on the radio station
Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation.
Cruisin’ down Pacific Coast Highway,
Put the top down, crawl into the back seat.
Let’s create anthems of our own tonight.