In 1994 the first demo "Oblivion" was released. The next year they released their first CD "Pale Awakening" for a German label. Several concerts, many contributions to various compilations and reviews in several music magazines helped the band to become known to the dark romantic music lovers.
Diego spent three years on a long musical research work. After that, durin 1997, the Italian label Eibon Records printed the band's second CD titled "Fragments of Memories".
In the year 1998 Diego co-founded a side project with Arianna called Static Movement. The musical style of Static Movement is not so different from the Frozen Autumn, but in this case only electronic instruments are used. The result was a more synthetic coldwave sound. The partnership proved fruitful for both parties and so Arianna became a permanent fixture in The Frozen Autumn line-up, Static Movement remaining their "concept research project".
Merletto has been working on his video art since 2003, which has become an integral part of the band's live shows.
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Is Everything Real?
The Frozen Autumn Lyrics
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With floors and stairs across the walls
It's like a courtyard under glass ceilings
And there's no way to go?
Outside
Nobody's watching me
Turn around, lean out of the balustrade?
Something is guiding me
Is everything real?
The elevator in the final room
A metal square without walls
In asymmetrical trajectories
Vertical movements through trapdoors.
The Frozen Autumn's song Is Everything Real? touches upon the theme of confusion and disorientation, as the singer finds themselves trapped in a confined space with no clear way out. The opening lines "I find myself in the same place again / With floors and stairs across the walls" suggest a sense of repetition and deja vu, as if the singer has been here before but cannot escape. The reference to a "courtyard under glass ceilings" adds to the feeling of being trapped, as if the singer is in a self-contained environment with no connection to the outside world.
The lyrics also touch upon the theme of perception and reality, with the repeated refrain "Is everything real?" questioning the singer's sense of what is true and what is not. The reference to an "endless corridor" suggests a feeling of being lost or directionless, with the singer being guided by an unknown force towards an uncertain destination. The final stanza, with its reference to an "elevator in the final room / A metal square without walls", adds to the surreal and disorienting atmosphere of the song, suggesting a breakdown in traditional notions of space and time.
Overall, The Frozen Autumn's Is Everything Real? is a haunting and introspective exploration of confusion, disorientation, and the subjective nature of perception.
Line by Line Meaning
I find myself in the same place again
I am back to where I started
With floors and stairs across the walls
The surroundings are confusing and unsettling
It's like a courtyard under glass ceilings
The environment is enclosed and limited
And there's no way to go?
I feel trapped and unable to escape
Outside
I desire to be free and in the open
Nobody's watching me
I am alone and unobserved
Turn around, lean out of the balustrade?
I am seeking a different perspective or a way out
Something is guiding me
I am following an unseen force or intuition
Through an endless corridor
I am traveling through a long and uncertain path
Is everything real?
I am questioning the authenticity of my surroundings
The elevator in the final room
I have reached the end of my journey
A metal square without walls
The elevator is confining and claustrophobic
In asymmetrical trajectories
The movements are irregular and unpredictable
Vertical movements through trapdoors.
I am ascending or descending through uncertain means
Contributed by Skyler O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@mnmlstellar
#lyrics
I find myself in the same place again
With floors and stairs across the walls
It's like a courtyard under glass ceilings
And there's no way to go?
Outside
Nobody's watching me
Turn around, lean out of the balustrade?
Something is guiding me
Through an endless corridor
Is everything real?
The elevator in the final room
A metal square without walls
In asymmetrical trajectories
Vertical movements through trapdoors.
@RadioPostPunkyDarkwave
I find myself in the same place again
With floors and stairs across the walls
It's like a courtyard under glass ceilings
And there's no way to go?
Outside
Nobody's watching me
Turn around, lean out of the balustrade?
Something is guiding me
Through an endless corridor
Is everything real?
The elevator in the final room
A metal square without walls
In asymmetrical trajectories
Vertical movements through trapdoors.
@GlammyBee
Love this song! It’s like every 80’s alternative band I loved was put in a bowl, mixed up and poured out into this band. Awesome!!!
@davidmauer6416
I love them as well i miss the 80's good music drugs sex
@KermisVoyager1997
I love Gothic songs like this. They're so beautiful. They're so good.
@ducky_the_helper
The fact that they're from Italy but you could easily mistake this for some early 80s goth new wave and the fact that this song was released in 2002 both kinda mind blowing
@Jestatgothaman
great younger times....now gone
@Driessens_Peter
song is from 1992 i remember it back then, now it says 2002?! another mandela effect???
@haydenwittig8877
Goth music is looking into a mirror deflecting emotions and thoughts lost again from another time a portal that fascinates us to this day.
@tikacaballero3552
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@mnmlstellar
#lyrics
I find myself in the same place again
With floors and stairs across the walls
It's like a courtyard under glass ceilings
And there's no way to go?
Outside
Nobody's watching me
Turn around, lean out of the balustrade?
Something is guiding me
Through an endless corridor
Is everything real?
The elevator in the final room
A metal square without walls
In asymmetrical trajectories
Vertical movements through trapdoors.
@SavageAudits
Thanks for posting the lyrics!