LAM has gained a large and loyal following all over the world, from the USA to Europe to Latin America (where the live band has toured extensively), and beyond. LAM has headlined and co-headlined concerts and major festivals with bands like The Cure, Green Day, HIM (HIM has cited LAM a favorite artist), Rammstein, Soft Cell and many more. LAM has performed to crowds of over 30,000 people as headliner and co-headliner on major music festivals around the world. However, London After Midnight maintains a strong underground and independent "personality" despite being a top seller (charting in the top 10 and top 20 German DAC, and other European independent charts, with each of 4 CDs released) and a major draw at music festivals year after year.
Songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and founder Sean Brennan is known for his strong stances in favor of animal rights, pro-environmental and human rights issues, anti-corporate control of media, and support for progressive and liberal political and social causes. Whatever the approach or subject matter, the music of London After Midnight is deeply touching, powerful, socially aware, romantic, emotional, disturbing, haunting, moving, and often exhibits a morbid wit with its sardonic humor (listen to the tongue-in-cheek "Your Best Nightmare" and try not to think of an Edward Gorey story).
LAM is all this, while at the same time appealing to a wide variety of people. There really is no classification that fits London After Midnight (despite LAM's "dark" image) because the music is so varied and the lyrical content (and even LAM's personality and causes) are unique and uncommon in today's music scene (often breaking boundaries- much to the outrage of people who live and die by genre labels). Sean Brennan shuns all labels (as any artist worth their salt will do) and the music he creates can really only be classified as "London After Midnight".
From 2015-2019 LAM headlined major festivals around the world, including Wave Gotik Treffen multiple times, and many other events. In 2019 Sean Brennan started his own record label, Darkride Records, and released "Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119", the original 1991 album remixed from the original master tapes (it is NOT A REMASTER- it's completely remixed from the multi-track master tapes). This new mix restored missing audio tracks and includes a never before released song from the 1991 sessions. Darkride Records released the "Oddities Too", similar in theme to the 1998 album "Oddities" with unreleased music, new music and much more. The all new un-named LAM album and a complete remix of "Psycho Magnet", remixed from the original master tapes, is also underway.
Main discography:
-Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1995 CD (originally released as a cassette in 1991)
-Psycho Magnet, 1995 cassette, 1996 CD
-Oddities, 1998 cassette, 1998 CD
-Violent Acts of Beauty, 2007 CD
-Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119, 2019 CD (remixed from original multi-track master tapes)
- Live From Isolation, 2021 CD.
- Oddities Too, 2022 CD
Permanent line-up:
Sean Brennan: music, lyrics, vocals, most of the instruments.
Current live line-up:
Jeremy Kohnmann: guitar
Michael Areklett: bass
Pete Pace: drums.
Kiss.
London After Midnight Lyrics
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The meaning in the end
We're standing at the gate
You'll meet the darker fate
Your purity and rage
Your passion and your hate
You promised more than bliss
I'm on my knees
I beg your mercy
My soul is my loss
I'm well hung from your cross
Take me
Take me in your arms my love and rape me
Don't hide behind your rage
I know you love me
And always will
You're my possession
Of that my love there really is no question
Don't hide behind your rage
I know you love me
And always will
My better half it's true
Has seen the darker side of you
Innocence stripped away
At least I've the brighter fate
The lyrics to London After Midnight's song "Kiss" are cryptic, and open to interpretation. However, it is possible to infer who the singer is addressing through the use of descriptive language. The opening line, "You'll never understand the meaning in the end," suggests that the singer is speaking to someone who is not capable of grasping the underlying concepts of their discourse. The next line, "We're standing at the gate, you'll meet the darker fate," implies that the person being addressed is about to undergo some form of trial or reckoning.
The next stanza paints a picture of a complex relationship that involves both passion and hate. This relationship is described as being intertwined with religious allusions - "With your God and with your kiss." The singer is then portrayed as being in a position of weakness, begging for mercy and feeling as though they have lost their soul. However, the tone changes suddenly in the next stanza, with the singer actively inviting their lover to "rape" them.
The final stanza hints at an outside perspective, as the singer refers to their "better half" who has "seen the darker side" of this relationship. The final line suggests that the singer perceives their own fate to be better than that of the person they are addressing.
Line by Line Meaning
You'll never understand
You don't have the capacity to comprehend
The meaning in the end
The significance of things when they're concluded
We're standing at the gate
We're positioned at the entrance
You'll meet the darker fate
You'll suffer a grim destiny
Your purity and rage
Your innocence and fury
Your passion and your hate
Your intense emotions of love and animosity
You promised more than bliss
You committed to offering more than happiness
With your God and with your kiss
With your deity and your physical expression of love
I'm on my knees
I'm in a humble position
I beg your mercy
I plead for your forgiveness and kindness
My soul is my loss
I've given up my spiritual essence
I'm well hung from your cross
I'm suspended from your symbol of sacrifice
Take me
Take me with you
Take me in your arms my love and rape me
Hold me tightly and ravish me
Don't hide behind your rage
Don't mask your anger
I know you love me
I'm aware of your affection towards me
And always will
And it will persist forever
You're my possession
You're my belonging
Of that my love there really is no question
There's no doubt about my affection for you
My better half it's true
It's factual that my partner has seen
Has seen the darker side of you
Has experienced your negative aspects
Innocence stripped away
Lack of purity removed
At least I've the brighter fate
At least I have a better destiny
Lyrics © THINGMAKER MUSIC
Written by: SEAN BRENNAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@somekindofbluee
Letra original
You'll never understand The meaning in the end We're standing at the Gate You'll meet the darker fate Your purity and rage Your passion and your hate You promised more than bliss With your God and with your kiss
I'm on my knees, I beg your mercy
I'm on my knees, I beg your mercy My soul is my loss, I'm well hung from your cross Take me, take me in your arms my love and rape me Don't hide behind your rage I know you love me, and always will You're my possession, of that my love there really is no question Don't hide behind your rage I know you love me and always will
My better half it's true Has seen the darker side of you Innocence stripped away At least I have the brighter fate I'm on my knees, I beg your mercy My soul is my loss, I'm well hung from your cross Take me, take me in your arms my love and rape me Don't hide behind your rage I know you love me, and always will You're my possession, of that my love there really is no question Don't hide behind your rage I know you love me and always will
Traducción en Espanol
Tú nunca entenderás
El significado al final
Estamos de pie en la puerta
Enfrentarás el más oscuro destino
Tu pureza y rabia
Tu pasión y tu odio
Prometiste más que dicha
Con tu Dios y con tu beso
Estoy de rodillas, ruego tu misericordia
Mi alma es mi perdición, estoy bien colgado de tu cruz
Tómame, tómame entre tus brazos, mi amor, y viólame
No te escondas tras tu rabia, sé que me amas y siempre lo harás
Eres mi posesión, de eso, mi amor, realmente no hay duda
No te escondas tras tu rabia, sé que me amas y siempre lo harás
Mi media naranja, es cierto
Ha visto tu lado más oscuro
Despojado de inocencia
Al menos, yo tengo el destino más brillante
Estoy de rodillas, ruego tu misericordia
Mi alma es mi perdición, estoy bien colgado de tu cruz
Tómame, tómame entre tus brazos, mi amor, y viólame
No te escondas tras tu rabia, sé que me amas y siempre lo harás
Eres mi posesión, de eso, mi amor, realmente no hay duda
No te escondas tras tu rabia, sé que me amas y siempre lo harás
@lydieluck7753
This song makes me want to go to a goth club and dance 🥀
@jayf2717
maccasara I agree those days are pretty much gone now.
@starmoon1590
I'd love to...that was Heavenly...those days
@mrxdrno4266
lydi buy some 12v car inverters halloween lights and a mp3 amp
then find abandoned locations to grave in...... have your friends
dressup and do a fashion shoot take lots of photos...... do a paste up xerox photocopy magazine ......... luv you xoxoxo see you at the bar someday.......
@camilavega1829
. A mí también.
@Renamoose
Just got home from one!
@jjbran635
Glad to see they can still pull in new fans and a new generation. Saw them preform this live in 96-97 at a goth club (it was really s&m with how it was decorated).
@dysonsquared
jjbran635 I saw them at ManRay in boston. Where did you see them?
@761266mike
Lucky bastard :)
@artistic_wanderlust_lady
You were lucky; In my country we have 0 goth bands, and 0 come here nowadays xd