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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Fear
L'Âme Immortelle Lyrics
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A new world for me to see
All precious things that I have seen
Look simple and so small to me
All banners waved are set aflame
As mountains rise in front me
No mercy and no one to blame
With every aspect of my soul
I am longing for relief
From this darkest certainty
I wish I could believe
Every second I seek answers
To the question that has none
That has to remain unanswered
Until we are gone
With every hour that I spend
On exploring this terrain
Fear is growing, ever onward
How long can I stand this pain?
With every aspect of my soul
I am longing for relief
From this darkest certainty
I just wish I could believe
That there will be something
After bodies cease to be
The fear that there could be nothing
Is paralysing me
The lyrics of L'Âme Immortelle's "Fear" is a reflection of a person's struggle with their existential crisis. The song expresses the feeling of being stuck in a limbo of uncertainty, where the person is trying to understand the meaning of life, but there are no clear answers. The first stanza talks about how the person has changed and evolved over time, but the more they explore, the more they realize how small and insignificant everything they have seen is. The second stanza talks about the darkness the person wishes to see and how they are longing for relief from the burden of their thoughts. However, there are no clear answers or solutions, which only adds to their fear and despair. The final stanza conveys the overarching feeling of the song - the fear of there being nothing after death. This fear paralyzes the person and leaves them hopeless, searching for answers that may never come.
Line by Line Meaning
I am far from what I've been
I have changed very much from my past
A new world for me to see
I have a new perspective and outlook
All precious things that I have seen
Everything I thought was valuable appears insignificant now
Look simple and so small to me
They are insignificant and unimportant in the larger view of things
All banners waved are set aflame
All the things I believed in have been destroyed
As mountains rise in front me
My challenges seem insurmountable and difficult
No mercy and no one to blame
I cannot blame anyone for the hardships I face in life
For the darkness I will to see
I am willing to embrace the darkness and negativity in life
With every aspect of my soul
With every fiber of my being and identity
I am longing for relief
I desire a sense of peace and release from the pain
From this darkest certainty
From the most negative and pessimistic perspective
I wish I could believe
I desire the ability to have faith and hope
Every second I seek answers
I am constantly searching for solutions
To the question that has none
To a question that does not have a definite answer
That has to remain unanswered
That will always lack a final response
Until we are gone
Until we have passed away or come to an end
With every hour that I spend
With every moment of time and effort that I expend
On exploring this terrain
In trying to understand the complexities of life
Fear is growing, ever onward
My sense of dread and anxiety is becoming stronger and stronger
How long can I stand this pain?
I wonder how much longer I can endure this suffering
That there will be something
Having faith that there exists something beyond our physical existence
After bodies cease to be
After we die and our physical forms no longer exist
The fear that there could be nothing
The dread that there may be no existence beyond death
Is paralysing me
It is causing me to feel emotionally and mentally incapacitated
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ASHLEY DAYOUR, JOHNNIE LLEWELLYN CLAPPER, SONJA KRAUSHOFER, THOMAS RAINER
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