L'âme Immortelle (French: the immortal soul) is an Austrian band that produ… Read Full Bio ↴L'âme Immortelle (French: the immortal soul) is an Austrian band that produces darkwave, and more recently also industrial metal.

Many of L'âme Immortelle's songs feature melancholy or lovelorn lyrics in German or English, and juxtaposed harsh male and emotional female vocals. Current work has moved away from the band's electronic roots into the neue deutsche härte (New German hardness) genre.
L'âme Immortelle was formed in 1996 in Vienna, Austria by friends Thomas Rainer and Hannes Medwenitsch. Soon vocalist Sonja Kraushofer, a former classmate of Rainer, joined and the band sought a record contract. They released their first album, "Lieder die wie Wunden bluten" in 1997 on MOS Records in Lichtenstein, which became popular in the underground German Goth subculture. In 1999, L'âme Immortelle switched to Trisol Records. From 1998 through 2001, L'âme Immortelle released another LP yearly, each bringing the band greater popularity. In 2002, Medwenitsch left the band. Kraushofer and Rainer recruited Ashley Dayour as a guitarist and the re-formed L'âme Immortelle released a new single, "Tiefster Winter" in November 2002. In 2003, L'âme Immortelle released "Als die Liebe starb", as well as "Seelensturm", a collection of re-issued and re-mixed early material.

In 2004, the band switched labels again, this time to major label Supersonic, a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The first issue following the switch was a collaboration with OOMPH! on the non-album single "Brennende Liebe" (released as OOMPH! feat. L'âme Immortelle); they also appeared in the video. Following that, L'âme Immortelle released a new album, "Gezeiten", which includes some of their most popular songs like "5 Jahre", "Stumme Schreie" and "Fallen Angel". A significant change in L'âme Immortelle's style is evident now that the band is on a major label; notably the electronic instrumentation of earlier work was less prominent in "Gezeiten".

Their latest album "Auf deinen Schwingen" has been released on August 2006 along with "Phönix" single. The record also includes songs like "Wohin" which contains text from another famous LAI song called "Aus den Ruinen", and "Nur Du" — a song which totally differs from older L'âme Immortelle work. The music video for this song is a cartoon, an unusual thing for the band.

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Der letzte Akt
L'Âme Immortelle Lyrics

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Nach all den schmerzerfüllten Jahren
Geprägt von dem Verlangen
Nach Dir und Deiner Nähe
Bin ich den letzten Schritt gegangen

Ich habe einen Weg gefunden
Du kannst mir nicht mehr widerstehen
Ich zähle jetzt schon die Sekunden

Denn bald schon wirst Du mit mir gehen

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Du wirst für immer mir gehören
Lass mich Dir auf meine Weise
Ewig Treue schwören

Du bringst mich an einen Ort
In gleißend helles Licht
An einen Ort, wo uns're Liebe
Ewig, rein, für immer ist

Wo sich uns're Seelen einen
Zu einem neuen Ich
Wo nicht nur Du mich lieben wirst
Sondern auch ich Dich

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Ich werd' für immer Dir gehören
Lass mich Dir auf meine Weise
Ewig Treue schwören

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Du wirst für immer mir gehören
Lass mich Dir auf meine Weise
Ewig Treue schwören

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Du wirst für immer mir gehören
Denn was ich nicht besitzen kann
Das muss ich zerstören

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Ich werd' für immer Dir gehören

Lass mich Dir auf meine Weise
Ewig Treue schwören

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to L'Âme Immortelle's song "Der letzte Akt" (The Last Act) depict a person who has spent painful years yearning for the object of their desire, identified as "you". The singer has finally found a way to make "you" succumb to their advances, and eagerly anticipates the moment when they will be together forever. The lyrics are laced with a sense of possessiveness towards "you", as the singer declares that "you will forever belong to me" and threatens to destroy anything they cannot possess. The song ends with the singer swearing eternal loyalty to "you", promising to unite with them in a new, shining world where their souls will become one.

Line by Line Meaning

Nach all den schmerzerfüllten Jahren
After enduring years filled with pain

Geprägt von dem Verlangen
Marked by the desire

Nach Dir und Deiner Nähe
For you and your closeness

Bin ich den letzten Schritt gegangen
I have taken the final step

Ich habe einen Weg gefunden
I have found a way

Du kannst mir nicht mehr widerstehen
You can no longer resist me

Ich zähle jetzt schon die Sekunden
I am already counting the seconds

Denn bald schon wirst Du mit mir gehen
Because soon you will come with me

Sieh mich an, kannst Du mich hören
Look at me, can you hear me

Du wirst für immer mir gehören
You will always belong to me

Lass mich Dir auf meine Weise
Let me swear you eternal loyalty