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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Now You're Gone
L'Âme Immortelle Lyrics

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Staring at the pictures
Staring at the wall
Lost in hopeless revery
Bout what was bound to fall

Staring at the monuments
Of a time gone by
Reunited in pain, in anger, in vain

But the tears won't dry

Now you're gone
I will choke on the words I did not say
Now, you're gone
I'd rather be living yesterday

Staring in your eyes
On a winter's day
Lost in senseless revery
That will be washed away

Staring at the remnants
What was left behind
Reunited in pain, in anger, in vain
With eyes still blind

Now you're gone
I will choke on the words I did not say

Now, you're gone
I'd rather be living yesterday

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of L'Âme Immortelle's song "Now You're Gone" depicts the aftermath of a breakup, where the singer is left with their thoughts and emotions, reflecting on what could have been and the mistakes they made. The opening lines set the melancholic tone, with the singer staring at pictures and walls lost in a hopeless reverie about what was bound to fall. The next stanza talks about staring at the monuments of a time gone by, where they are reunited with pain, anger, and vain, but the tears won't dry, signifying the depth of their grief.

The chorus highlights the regret of the singer about not saying the right words and living in the past when their partner was still around. The second verse talks about staring in their partner's eyes on a winter day, lost in senseless reverie that they know will be washed away. They are then back to staring at remnants of the past, reunited in pain, anger, and vain, with eyes still blind, signifying their inability to move past the breakup.

Overall, the song portrays a sense of longing or wishing for things to have turned out differently. The theme of regret is highlighted, as the singer reflects on their past and the things they wish they could have done differently.

Line by Line Meaning

Staring at the pictures
Gazing at old photos that bring back memories

Staring at the wall
Looking at the blank wall, lost in thought

Lost in hopeless revery
Feeling deep sadness and despair

Bout what was bound to fall
Thinking about something that was inevitably going to end badly

Staring at the monuments
Observing objects that symbolize the past

Of a time gone by
Referencing a time period that no longer exists

Reunited in pain, in anger, in vain
Coming together again, but feeling hurt, frustrated, and without purpose

But the tears won't dry
Still feeling emotional and unable to move on

Now you're gone
Addressing the absence of someone who was once present

I will choke on the words I did not say
Regretting the things left unsaid

Now, you're gone
Reiterating the fact that the person is no longer around