Blind Guardian is a part of the German heavy metal scene that emerged in the mid-1980s. The band was formed in 1984 as Lucifer's Heritage by Kürsch (then also bassist), Olbrich, other guitarist Markus Dörk, and drummer Thomas Stauch. Dörk and Stauch both left the following year and were replaced by Christof Theißen and Hans-Peter Frey, respectively, who left as well before the end of the year. In 1987, Siepen joined, and Stauch returned; under this lineup, which lasted 18 years (the longest in the band's history), the band changed their name to Blind Guardian and released their first album, Battalions of Fear, in 1988. They have since released ten more studio albums, including an orchestral album that was released under the name Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra.
Over the releases, Blind Guardian established themselves as a notably successful band and as pioneers of the power metal movement. In 1996, Kürsch stopped acting as the band's bassist to focus on vocals. Various session members replaced him, mainly Oliver Holzwarth. However, in 2005, Stauch left the band, disapproving of Blind Guardian's transition into a more complex progressive sound with a heavy use of backing vocals, and was replaced by Ehmke.
Most of Blind Guardian's albums were well received by fans and critics alike: Somewhere Far Beyond (1992), Imaginations from the Other Side (1995), and Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998), are especially seen as influential works. The music is mostly composed by Kürsch and Olbrich together, and the lyrics, written by Kürsch, are mostly inspired by the fiction of fantasy authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, and Robert Jordan, as well as traditional legends and epics. Over the years, a theme has developed which personifies the band members as traveling storytellers, leading fans to refer to the band affectionately as "The Bards." Blind Guardian has been referred to in one article as one of power metal "big four" bands, along with Helloween, Sabaton, and DragonForce.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Guardian
Discography
Battalions of Fear (1988)
Follow the Blind (1989)
Tales from the Twilight World (1990)
Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)
A Night at the Opera (2002)
A Twist in the Myth (2006)
At the Edge of Time (2010)
Beyond the Red Mirror (2015)
Legacy of the Dark Lands (2019)
The God Machine (2022)
A Past and Future Secret
Blind Guardian Lyrics
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In blindness and decay
The circle's been closed, now
My song of the end
I've seen it all
Listen crowd
Though I have to say
I don't know much
Talking about a past
And future secret
Most called him once
And future king
Far back in the past
I saw his ending
Long before it started
I knew his name
He's the one who took the sword
Out of the stone
It's how that ancient tale began
I hear it in the cold winds
My song of the end
I had seen it in my dreams
My song of the end
I can't stop the darkening clouds
I feel cold
When I cry out for the bark
Take him back to Avalon
Dwell on for a new age
So long sleep well my friend
Take him back to Avalon
I will wait and guard
The future king's crown
My song of the end
It was nice but now it's gone
My song of the end
It was fixed the whole time
My song of the end
I saw it all
The lyrics of Blind Guardian's A Past and Future Secret talks about a narrator who has been away for some time and has returned only to find decay and blindness. The circle, which has been established long ago, has finally come to a close. The singer observes the end of everything and wishes to tell the crowd the story of a past and future secret, which most people knew about. This secret is about a person who was once called the future king and who had taken his sword out of the stone. However, the singer knew the end of this person's story long before it even started. The singer hears this ancient tale in the cold winds, and he has already seen the future king's ending in his dreams. He is helpless to stop the darkening clouds from descending upon them, and he wishes to take the future king back to Avalon, where he can dwell for a new age.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, I haven't been here for a while
It's been a while since the singer has been in the present moment
In blindness and decay
The world around the singer is decaying and they are unable to see
The circle's been closed, now
The singer feels like they have come full circle in their story
My song of the end
The artist's story will end with a song
I've seen it all
The artist has already experienced everything that will happen in their story
Listen crowd
The singer is addressing an audience
I'll tell you everything
The singer is going to reveal all the secrets of their story
Though I have to say
The artist admits that they don't know everything
I don't know much
The artist is not all-knowing about their story
Talking about a past
The artist is discussing events that have already happened
And future secret
There is something that is going to happen in the future that is a secret
Most called him once
The artist is referring to someone who was once well-known
And future king
This person will become a king in the future
Far back in the past
The story begins a long time ago
I saw his ending
The singer knows how this person's story will end
Long before it started
The artist knew how this person's story would end before it even began
I knew his name
The artist knows the name of the person in the story
He's the one who took the sword
The person in the story pulled the sword out of the stone
Out of the stone
The sword was stuck in a stone and the person in the story was able to pull it out
It's how that ancient tale began
The story being told is an ancient legend that began with a person pulling a sword out of a stone
I hear it in the cold winds
The artist can hear the legend being told in the sounds of the wind
I feel cold
The artist is feeling cold, possibly due to fear or sadness
When I cry out for the bark
The singer is calling out for a boat or a means to travel somewhere
Take him back to Avalon
The artist wants to return the person in the story to the mythical land of Avalon
Dwell on for a new age
The person in the story will live on for a new era or a new time
So long sleep well my friend
The singer bids farewell to the person in the story
I will wait and guard
The singer will wait and protect the future king's crown
The future king's crown
The crown that will belong to the future king
It was nice but now it's gone
The artist enjoyed their story, but now it's over
It was fixed the whole time
The events of the singer's story were predetermined and could not have been changed
I saw it all
The singer witnessed everything that happened in their story
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: HANS JUERGEN KUERSCH, ANDRE OLBRICH
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