The music of Paralysed Age clearly has influences from the post-punk and the new wave era. Marked by this style, influenced by a lot of other genres, like folk and synthpop, Paralysed Age are searching for their own path to modern gothic wave, a sound with a morbid and melancholic character.
Their songs often deal with vampires, bats and other "creatures of the night". Descriptions of fears and nightmares, but also resumes of the night with dreams and hopes are the lyrical path of Paralysed Age. Also, the horror story-like songtexts contain sorrow with a touch of irony - as can also be seen with individuals such as Bram Stoker or Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe inspired much of the music by Paralysed Age.
On their album "Tragedia Nosferata" they were inspired by the Romanian symbolist poet, the "damned" George Bacovia, using one of his poems for one of their song-lyrics.
Members
* Michael Knust - vocals, guitars, keys, sampling
* Andrea Knust - bass, keys, vocals
Discography
* Maxi-CD "Bloodsucker", 1994 (Glasnost Records)
* CD "Nocturne", 1994 (Glasnost Records)
* CD "Empire of the Vampire", 1999 (Dancing Ferret Discs)
* CD "Into The Ice", 2002 (Dancing Ferret Discs)
* CD "Tragedia Nosferata", 2006 (Dancing Ferret Discs)
* Album "Intermezzo", 2019(Self-Released)
Your Coldest Smile
Paralysed Age Lyrics
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Like a miracle of long gone times
Always in my mind
So deep in my soul
Such a permanence
A teardrop in my eyes
You're far away now
You're just like a ghost to me
A picture of a secrecy
I'm falling, I'm falling
Into the deep blue sea of my dreams
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
The waves will catch my holy life
I'm falling, I'm falling
Into a never ending dream
But not losing, I'm not losing
These shapes in the mirror and your coldest smile
I feel you but the days are nights
Like in mysterious dreams
With landscapes of cold
And what ever I do
Darkness lies around
Like a shadow at my side
A devil in my soul
Paralysed Age's song "04. Your coldest smile" is a hauntingly beautiful ballad about the pain of a lost love. The lyrics are filled with imagery that captures the sense of longing and despair that comes with the end of a relationship. The singer describes feeling their lost love's presence in empty rooms, and how the memory of them is always in their mind and soul. The imagery of a "teardrop in my eye" speaks to the emotional turmoil they are experiencing.
The chorus is particularly poignant, with the singer expressing their sense of drowning in a sea of dreams and emotions that they cannot escape. The reference to "shapes in the mirror and your coldest smile" speaks to the pain of remembering a love that has turned cold, and how difficult it can be to move on from that pain.
Overall, the song is a powerful expression of the emotions that come with the end of a relationship. The lyrics are raw and honest, capturing the feelings of loss and despair that can be so difficult to express.
Line by Line Meaning
I feel you in these empty rooms
I sense your presence in the silent spaces around me
Like a miracle of long gone times
It feels miraculous to remember you, as though it's been ages since we were together
Always in my mind
You occupy my thoughts constantly
So deep in my soul
Your memory has penetrated to the very core of my being
Such a permanence
Your influence on my life seems unchanging and everlasting
A teardrop in my eyes
My eyes fill with tears when I think of you
You're far away now
You are physically distant from me now
But deep in my heart
You remain a powerful presence in my emotional core
You're just like a ghost to me
Your image haunts me like a phantom
A picture of a secrecy
Your memory remains elusive and mysterious, like a hidden image
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm losing control and descending into a state of turmoil
Into the deep blue sea of my dreams
I'm sinking into the unknown depths of my own subconscious
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm overwhelmed and suffocating under the weight of my own emotions
The waves will catch my holy life
The tumult of my feelings threatens to consume my very soul
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm losing myself in the abyss of uncertainty
Into a never ending dream
I'm caught in an endless cycle of longing and despair
But not losing, I'm not losing
Despite my fears, I am managing to hold on to something important
These shapes in the mirror and your coldest smile
The shapes in the mirror are distorted and unsettling, like the memory of your cold, distant smile
I feel you but the days are nights
Your presence continues to affect me, but the days are filled with darkness and sorrow
Like in mysterious dreams
My waking life feels surreal and otherworldly, like a strange dream
With landscapes of cold
The world around me feels harsh and unwelcoming
And what ever I do
No matter how hard I try
Darkness lies around
A sense of foreboding and despair permeates my surroundings
Like a shadow at my side
I can feel the weight of your absence like a constant companion
A devil in my soul
An inner turmoil simmers within me, like a demonic presence
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Bianca
on The Grave Shall Be Forever
The grave shall be forever, two fallen flames, still glow on and on,
illumination, and a strange desire, a blossoms for lovers, a lost and the gone,
The grave, shall be forever, The odor ,of heaven again,
The grave, shall be forever ,again, the fate is upon us, the undead has come,
Facing the love, just now or never, my love still glows, to be silent, forever~
The grave, shall be forever, again, hostile and warm, Farewell to the pain,
The grave, shall be forever, The odor, of heaven again,
The grave, shall be forever, again, the fate is upon us, the undead has come,
The grave, shall be forever, two fallen flames, still glow on and on,
illumination, and a strange desire, a blossoms for lovers, a lost and the gone,
A lost and the gone,
A lost and the gone,
A lost, and the gone.............
01/03/2023