Ad Vitam Aeternam was founded in 1999 in the surroundings of Paris (France)… Read Full Bio ↴Ad Vitam Aeternam was founded in 1999 in the surroundings of Paris (France) by Jean Suire and Cathy Bontant. After having lead several vocal and instrumental tracks, the band came to its current formation which is made of 7 musicians from various musical backgrounds.

From September 2003 until January 2004, the album "Abstract Senses" was recorded as a self production. Afterwards the band signed on the Dutch label New Aeon Media (sub-division of Karmageddon Media, ex-Hammerheart recs). The album Abstract Senses has been released during summer 2004.

After having played several gigs to promote the album with bands such as Epica, The Old Dead Tree, Dying Tears.... a second lead female vocalist, Marjolaine, joined the band in summer 2005.
The band is currently working on its second album.

Note: The band's name is Latin for "To (or Towards) Eternal Life"

Les Méandres De l'Ame
Ad Vitam Aeternam Lyrics

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A présent que tu erres
A travers des terres
Qui me sont étrangères
Là où la nuit est souveraine.

Parfois ton visage émerge
De cette foule incandescente.
Je vois alors clair en moi.

Je reste prisonnière
De peur que tu ne disparaisses,
Tel un amer souvenir,
Qui hanterait mon âme.

Je chanterai ce blâme,
Pétrifiée dans ma destinée.
Les anges t'ont pris la main
Puis ont scellé ton dam.

Parfois ta voix caresse me sens
Et me laisse dans l'absence
De ce monde rempli de messages insensés.

Sons, couleurs s'évanouissent autour de moi,
Je m'achemine vers un monde invisible
Où règnent les songes.

Je reste prisonnière
De peur que tu ne disparaisses,
Tel un amer souvenir,
Qui hanterait mon âme.

En moi survit l'espoir
Un jour de te revoir.
Ensemble, remontons le temps
Et gagnons notre sphère originelle!

Ta voix me parvient,
Etouffée par les cris des damnés.
Et ta douleur se déverse
Dans les méandres de mon âmes.

May that ghost way cast my spell to void

By taking away with my life coldness,
pain and oblivion.

Overall Meaning

The first stanza of Ad Vitam Aeternam's song "Les Meandres De l'Ame" emphasizes the theme of separation as it is about being lost in an unfamiliar land where the night rules. The lyrical persona sees the person they are missing, and it gives them hope. They are afraid that this person, like an unpleasant memory, might vanish and torment their soul. The second stanza describes how the lyrical persona's feeling towards the missing person can bring out certain emotions in them. For instance, they feel the touch of the person they miss, and it leaves them with only the absence of this world filled with irrational messages. The persona is moving towards an invisible world dominated by dreams, where colors and sounds disappear.

In the final stanza, the lyrical persona expresses a feeling of hope to see the person they miss again. They want to return to their original sphere together and are confident that their voice will reach them. However, the mention of "ta douleur se déverse" (your pain spills) by the end of the song suggests that something is wrong, and the reunion might not happen, leaving the persona in pain and sorrow.

Line by Line Meaning

A présent que tu erres
Now that you wander

A travers des terres
Through lands

Qui me sont étrangères
That are foreign to me

Là où la nuit est souveraine.
Where the night reigns supreme.

Parfois ton visage émerge
Sometimes your face appears

De cette foule incandescente.
From this incandescent crowd.

Je vois alors clair en moi.
And I see clearly within myself.

Je reste prisonnière
I remain a prisoner

De peur que tu ne disparaisses,
Afraid that you'll disappear,

Tel un amer souvenir,
Like a bitter memory,

Qui hanterait mon âme.
That would haunt my soul.