Lunascape were a Belgian trip hop band founded in 1998 by Kyoko Baertsoen a… Read Full Bio ↴Lunascape were a Belgian trip hop band founded in 1998 by Kyoko Baertsoen and Walter Hilhorst. The group was initially formed under the name Calyx, but changed it to avoid confusion with a London drum and bass artist by the same name.

Baertsoen and Hilhorst originally met at the television and film academy in Brussels in 1993, and began working on small-scale musical projects at that time, but their collaboration was interrupted in 1997 when Baertsoen joined the group Hooverphonic and toured Europe with them. On her return she resumed working with Hilhorst on the project that would become Lunascape. Their first two albums, Reflecting Seyelence and Mindstalking, were released only in Europe, but in 2005, their first North American release, Reminiscence, from Dancing Ferret Discs's Noir label, combined tracks from both the previous albums, bringing their music to a new audience. Tracks from Reflecting Seyelence were used in the IMAX 3D movie Haunted Castle.

Citing influences ranging from goth pioneers The Sisters of Mercy and Bauhaus to psychedelic acts like Pink Floyd to the ethereal pop of the Cocteau Twins, Lunascape create lush, moody soundscapes, dominated by Baertsoen's distinctive ethereal vocals. Many listeners first encountered them when Rhys Fulber's electronic music project Conjure One recorded a cover of Lunascape's Tears from the Moon in 2003, with Sinéad O'Connor on vocals.

Dancing Ferret released Lunascape's last album, Innerside in April 2008. Later that year, the band decided to part ways, simply saying it was time "to let the music go its own way".

State Of Mind
Lunascape Lyrics

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You see me with a golden crown
I never even wore
Make me not simulate
The love of your life
I wonder what for?
Someone else will wear your crown
The one I never wore

You're in another state of mind
You better not waste your time
The curtain falls, the bourbon's dry
There ain't no more
Haven't you realized my love is a lie?
Made in your mind
No one bears the weight of your love
Your crown will fall

You're in another state of mind
You better not waste your time
You're in another state of mind
You better not waste your time

You're in another state of mind
Is it fair if you're not in love?

You better not waste your time
For the crown that I need

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Lunascape's song "State of Mind" is a reflection of a relationship that has disintegrated into two different emotional states, where the two used to share a bond of love and trust but eventually losing it, and one of them is struggling to let go. The lines "You see me with a golden crown I never even wore," is a metaphorical representation of the love that the singer in the song never had. It is an image of something that they cannot give, a responsibility they can't uphold, and an identity they don't entirely possess.

The lyric "Someone else will wear your crown, the one I never wore" implies that the other person will move on and could find someone else to love and cherish. The line "Haven't you realized my love is a lie? Made in your mind," suggests that the singer's love was an illusion, and it only existed in their mind, but not in the reality of the relationship. In the end, the line "Your crown will fall" signifies that the other person who held the power in the relationship will lose it eventually.

The chorus "You're in another state of mind, you better not waste your time" expresses that the singer wants the other person to move on and not waste their time on trying to repair something that is already broken. The line "is it fair if you're not in love?" is a rhetorical question that implies that the other person should move on and find love elsewhere.

Line by Line Meaning

You see me with a golden crown
You perceive me as someone in a position of power

I never even wore
But I have never truly held that position

Make me not simulate
Don't make me pretend

The love of your life
To be the person you love

I wonder what for?
I am puzzled about why you would do that

Someone else will wear your crown
Eventually, someone else will take your place

The one I never wore
The same position that I never actually held

You're in another state of mind
You are not thinking rationally or objectively

You better not waste your time
You should not be investing your time and energy into something that's not worth it

The curtain falls, the bourbon's dry
The party is over

There ain't no more
There is nothing else to do