Followed by MESSA DA REQUIEM hardly a year later, the mini album hits the top of the European Alternative Charts. It is celebrated “Record of the Year” of the DUTCH ALTERNATIVE CHARTS (DUC) after three months’ constantly holding the top position. The song GROUND ZERO establishes itself as a club hit overnight skilfully linking hard electronics with an oriental theme. For the first time here, THE RETROSIC is enriched by the classical singing of soprano Zaide who gives the EP its name quoting passages from the requiem by Verdi under the same name.
2002 and the following year also sees the band challenging various remix works for BRUDERSCHAFT, CLAN OF XYMOX and a collaboration with [:SITD:] feat. Cyrus on vocals for the comic-soundtrack ERYNIS with the song DECOY and on the RETROSIC-Remix for LAUGHING STOCK.
Almost two years after MESSA DA REQUIEM, THE RETROSIC's second full-time release is brought to daylight with GOD OF HELL. Harsh arrangements combined with biting vocals remain the immovable centre of THE RETROSIC, now expanding to a fully band line-up behind Cyrus. But the electronic surrounding is meeting more exceptional instrumentalisation than ever before and resulting into an enormous number of established club hits: In THE STORM’s Indian flutes open the album and martial military drums and ethereal boys’ choirs rise in the final part of MANEATER. DRAGONFIRE links industrial elements with wide trombones, whereas ELYSIUM apparently leaves the electronical context completely to make room for Oriental rhythms. It is this song, which again features Zaide’s singing as its centrepiece.
GOD OF HELL´s chosen to become the most successful electro release 2004 at the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and also RETROSIC's first album released in North America.
After 2 years of work the highly-awaited follower to GOD OF HELL will be released in summer 2006. NIGHTCRAWLER will take you on a trip to the inevitable, your fear of the dark – where the creatures of the night hide their faces so that you have never noticed them – until now.
Discography:
2001 – PROPHECY (album)
2002 – MESSA DA REQUIEM (mini-album)
2004 – GOD OF HELL (album)
2006 – NIGHTCRAWLER (album)
Tale Of Woe
The Retrosic Lyrics
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Get back up on my feet
It ends up wretched
In sorrow, ruin and defeat
Trying not to break, but
I'm so tired of God's embrace
It's time for me to leave now
Focus on the pain
Nothing else remain
The only thing that's real
Nothing more to feel
A priest preached at your grave:
"God takes away, what he once gave"
Time starts slowing down
Sink, until I drown
Falling, crying, caught in the undertow
Screaming, bleeding, caught in the undertow
Down (x4)
Focus on the pain
Nothing else remain
The only thing that's real
Nothing more to feel
A priest preached at your grave:
"God takes away, what he once gave"
Time starts slowing down
Sink, until I drown
Falling, crying, caught in the undertow
Screaming, bleeding, caught in the undertow
Praying, dying, caught in the undertow
This is our tale of woe
This road is what we have to go
Down (x4)
:It is the oldest story in the book:
He desires the one thing, he cannot have:
The lyrics of The Retrosic's song Tale Of Woe delve into the feelings of defeat and hopelessness that can plague us in our most vulnerable moments. The singer describes a cycle of trying to pick themselves up and inevitably falling back into sorrow, which leaves them feeling exhausted and ready to leave everything behind. They seek solace in focusing on the pain, as that is the only thing that feels real to them. The lyrics also speak of a priest preaching about God giving and taking away, which further contributes to the sense of loss and powerlessness. The singer ultimately feels caught in an undertow of emotions and cannot help but sink until they drown. In the end, the song is a tragic tale of woe that speaks to the human experience of grappling with grief, loss, and pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Every time I make myself
Once again mustering the strength to go on
Get back up on my feet
Rising up from a place of defeat
It ends up wretched
But the outcome always turns grim
In sorrow, ruin and defeat
Leaving me in a state of sorrow, destruction, and loss
Trying not to break, but
Attempting to keep myself together, but
I'm so tired of God's embrace
I am exhausted from the comfort of religion
It's time for me to leave now
I have decided to depart from this path
It's time for me to leave
It's time for me to depart
Focus on the pain
Direct my attention to the agony
Nothing else remain
Nothing else exists
The only thing that's real
The only tangible thing is my suffering
Nothing more to feel
I am numbed from any other emotion
A priest preached at your grave:
At your burial, a clergyman preached
"God takes away, what he once gave"
Claiming that the divine takes back what it once gifted
Time starts slowing down
Clock ticks decelerate
Sink, until I drown
I will submerge until I succumb
Falling, crying, caught in the undertow
I am plummeting, weeping, and entrapped in the current
Screaming, bleeding, caught in the undertow
I am yelling, shedding blood, and ensnared in the current
Down (x4)
Descending to the deepest abyss
Praying, dying, caught in the undertow
I am supplicating, dying, and entwined in the current
This is our tale of woe
This is our melancholic narrative
This road is what we have to go
This is the path we must follow
Down (x4)
Descending to the deepest abyss
Contributed by Sophia M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Noemie444
This song is sooo... awesome !
Bacchante
unique
king cold
killer
king cold
thay need to make new shit what a shame to not beable to go to a show thay are gods of ego
Mayakovskaya Makarov
@FourCornersOfReality one of the few wishes that are very easy to fufull