There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Caprice is a neo-cl… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Caprice is a neo-classical ensemble from Russia distinguished by Inna Brejestovskaya’s heavenly voice and acoustic sound (harp, flute, clarinet, violin, cello) with a touch of electronics. The band's debut album was released in 1996.

Probably the band’s best known project is the Elven trilogy – an attempt to show what the music of the parallel world of Faerie sounds like. The first two CDs are musical illustrations of JRR Tolkien's novels, while the third part of the trilogy is sung in the unique language of Laoris. The music was mainly composed by Anton Brejestovski, who also invented Laoris, the language of the faeries, used in the Elven trilogy.

Their 2008's album "Kywitt! Kywitt!", includes one track performed with the enigmatic band DVAR, who had already contributed with one cover for the Russian edition of the debut album "Mirror".

Official website: http://caprice-music.com

2) Caprice (Rasi Caprice) is a rap artist who has been mis-tagged as Caprice.

3) Caprice (Caprice Bourret) is a model turned occasional actress turned singer.

4) Caprice is the name of a 80's rnb project consisting of Jackie Bradley(guitar/vocals and originally a member of Black Ivory), Yvette Davis (lead vocals/keyboards), Glenn Norman (background vocals/keyboards), Mattin and Brian Tuzo (bass and drums), and songwriter / producer Leroy Burgess. They only recorded two 12 inches, "100%" being the most successful.

Winter
Caprice Lyrics

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It was a winter such as when birds die
In the deep forests; and the fishes lie
Stiffened in the translucent ice, which makes
Even the mud and slime of the warm lakes
A wrinkled clod as hard as brick; and when,

Among their children, comfortable men
Gather about great fires, and yet feel cold:

Alas then for the homeless beggar old!

Overall Meaning

Caprice's song Winter is a poetic portrayal of a bitterly cold winter day, which is illustrated vividly in the lyrics. When the singer states, "It was a winter such as when birds die," he is describing the coldest of winters when wildlife struggles to survive. This imagery is evocative, and it suggests that the singer feels as though he or she is living in an increasingly inhospitable world. Caprice goes on to describe how the ice has become so thick that even mud has become as "hard as brick" because it is frozen in this bitter cold.

Caprice then goes on to describe how the residents of the town are struggling even with their heated homes and fires. Despite the warmth from the fire, they still feel cold. In contrast, the homeless person is exposed to the cold temperatures without the benefit of shelter. The significance of the contrast is apparent in how Caprice is portraying the social divide between those with homes and those without them.

One interpretation of the song could be seen as an existential message about the human condition. The harshness of the environment is mirrored in the harshness of existence. The homeless person is a representation of the singer's awareness of an unfair world, which is also mirrored in the weather.

Line by Line Meaning

It was a winter such as when birds die
The winter was so harsh that even the birds couldn't survive

In the deep forests; and the fishes lie
The winter was so cold that even the fish in the deep waters died

Stiffened in the translucent ice, which makes
The ice was so hard and clear that it made everything frozen inside

Even the mud and slime of the warm lakes
The warmth of the lakes was not enough to prevent the mud and slime from freezing

A wrinkled clod as hard as brick; and when,
The mud and slime became so hard that they looked like bricks

Among their children, comfortable men
Men who had families and homes to keep them warm

Gather about great fires, and yet feel cold:
Even though they were around a big fire, they still felt cold due to the severity of the winter

Alas then for the homeless beggar old!
It was even worse for the homeless old people who didn't have anywhere warm to stay during the winter

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