It all started with Ayreon's frontman Arjen Anthony Lucassen being impressed by a recording he received from Marcela Bovio, the lead singer of Elfonía. She had joined a contest for guest artists on the new Ayreon album. She won this competition and can be heard on Ayreon's The Human Equation singing the part "Wife". Arjen wanted to create more music with Marcela after the Ayreon album was finished, so he created a new band.
Arjen also selected Lori Linstruth, Johan van Stratum, Davy Mickers, and Alejandro Millán, and started Stream of Passion. Their first release was Embrace the Storm. Because the members lived thousand of miles apart (The Netherlands, Sweden, and Mexico), the album was mostly written over the internet.
For the following tour Marcela brought her sister Diana Bovio as background singer. Diana also appeared on the single Out In The Real World and the live CD/DVD Live In The Real World.
On 4 March 2007, Arjen said in an interview on his website that he was going to quit the band: Because I will be fully concentrating on the new Ayreon for at least the next year, I have no more time for SoP, so I quit the band. It would be unfair to have them wait until I'm ready, especially now things are going so well for SoP. Arjen also stated that SoP would continue without him.
A few days later, a message on the Stream of Passion website said that Lori and Alejandro also had decided to leave the band and focus on their own personal lives and musical projects. The message on the website stated that this is not the end of the band, and the remaining members are already busy writing music for a new album.
From 2007 on, the band consisted of vocalist, lyricist, and violinist Marcela Bovio, bassist Johan van Stratum, keyboardist Jeffrey Revet, guitarist Eric Hazebroek, guitarist Stephan Schultz, and drummer Martijn Peters.
In April of 2016 the band announced via Facebook that they would be separating at the end of the year.
Albums:
2005 - Embrace the Storm
2009 - The Flame Within
2011 - Darker Days
2014 - A War Of Our Own
Singles:
2005 - Wherever You Are
2006 - Out in the Real World
2010 - Spark
Live Albums:
2006 - Live In The Real World (CD and DVD)
2016 - Memento (CD and DVD)
Official site: www.streamofpassion.com
Darker Days
Stream of Passion Lyrics
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la desesperanza
me arranca la vida.
En cada paso me clavo una espina,
cada momento enciende mi herida.
We can live forever, we'll fight on together.
Hold on. Hold on.
We can live forever
if we never surrender.
Hold on. Hold on...
Alma mía,
nuestra causa
no es lo que parecía.
Dimos sangre y sudor ciegamente
a la voz que nos guía y nos miente.
We blindly gave blood and sweat
to the voice that guides us
and lied to us]
Will we make it through these days of gloom?
Alma mía,
llevo en las venas
un mal que no se olvida.
The lyrics of Stream of Passion's song Darker Days portrays the feeling of hopelessness and despair that arises from being caught up in a struggle that seems endless. The lines "Alma mía, la desesperanza me arranca la vida" translates to "My soul, the sense of hopelessness rips my life away". The singer is someone who is fighting a battle, facing thorns at every step, and every moment adds to the agony of their past.
The verse "We blindly gave blood and sweat to the voice that guides us and lied to us" expresses the idea of being trapped in a system that feeds false hopes and expectations to its followers. The chorus "We can live forever, we'll fight on together. Hold on. Hold on. We can live forever, if we never surrender. Hold on. Hold on," brings a message of resilience and hope, urging the audience to hold on and fight together.
Overall, the lyrics of Darker Days revolve around the struggles that come with fighting for something you believed in, and the consequences of blindly following ideals and beliefs that may prove to be false or misguided.
Line by Line Meaning
Alma mía, la desesperanza me arranca la vida.
My soul, my hopelessness is taking my life away.
En cada paso me clavo una espina, cada momento enciende mi herida.
With every step I take, I feel a thorn in my side, every moment ignites my pain.
We can live forever, we'll fight on together. Hold on. Hold on. We can live forever if we never surrender. Hold on. Hold on...
We have the strength to overcome any obstacle, and we'll do it together. Hold on to hope and never give up. There's a chance of survival if we persist. Keep holding on.
Alma mía, nuestra causa no es lo que parecía.
My soul, our cause is not what it seemed to be.
Dimos sangre y sudor ciegamente a la voz que nos guía y nos miente.
We gave our blood and sweat blindly to the voice that guides us and lies to us.
Will we make it through these days of gloom?
Will we be able to survive these dark days?
Alma mía, llevo en las venas un mal que no se olvida.
My soul, I carry a sickness in my veins that I can't forget.
Contributed by Mason B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Demisedpurple
Sweetest scent,
blinding spell,
where you go
I will always follow.
But I fell,
I looked away,
and at that very moment
every sign fell apart.
Take me
from this empty road
and keep me by your side
if you read
through these colorless words
they will let you know I'm lost
I'm lost.
Not a sound,
not a soul.
I walk on with no direction.
Every trace
of my home
was gone at the very moment I lost my faith.