1. The Tower is a Swedish … Read Full Bio ↴There are several artists who used this name:
1. The Tower is a Swedish ‘bad luck boogie’ combo.
According to the band’s self-penned timeline, in 1945 they withdrew to their eponymous Tower:
“The four remained in solitude throughout the 50’s, an isolation interspersed only by a Zenith tube radio which brought them pop cultural news-pieces aired by American radio stations. They tried to adapt the rockabilly tunes they heard into their own music but were mostly unsuccessful (their innate sense of rhythm being too crooked).”
Allegedly splitting in the 70s, they returned to the Tower in 1983, where they remained until 2012 – “when rumours of the end of the world enticed them to leave”.
Their debut album, Hic Abundant Leones, was released in 2014.
2. The Tower was a synth-pop band first formed in 1985. Writing all their own material, with the synth scene in full swing they became very popular locally in Norfolk, UK. As they progressed there music found ever more greater circles, in Europe and America where they were often played on the local radio stations. During there time they wrote about seven albums and had several record companies chasing them. They then changed there name to Redshift for a last album until finally going there separate ways. In 2010 Dean Burnett, prominent member of the Tower and composer/writer of a great deal of the songs, decided to re-release the better of the tracks recorded, and started a Tower website, whilst working with new band Weathered Wall.The Storm was the first album released by The Tower back in the days of cassettes. So with a few extra tracks The storm is the first re-release to hit the digital market.
3. The Tower was a (very) short-lived 1969 project of two tremendously succesful Dutch musicians of the time: singer-songwriter Boudewijn de Groot and Cuby + Blizzards' star guitarist, Eelco Gelling. After two singles ('In Your Life' succesful, 'Captain Decker' a failure) the collaboration was discontinued.
4. The Tower is (or was?) also a doom metal band from Prague, Czech Republic.
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The Tower Lyrics
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I'm hidden in the shadows
I dream with open eyes
I let the fire
What warm me inside?
I calm the pride for me
Tears flow down
Into magic
When I kiss your lips
I touch body of fay
For run into spell
I take the dark on my hands
Travel through our dreams
I close my eyes
For take you again
I am the vampire
I need your blood
The love, kiss
I take your hope
Evert night I'm leaving
I fly in your dreams
I want be Vampire
I want be die...
The lyrics to The Tower's song Vampire delve into the darkness of a vampire's desire for blood and love. The singer, who identifies as a vampire, expresses a deep longing for the blood of their lover. They describe the beauty and power that comes from drinking their lover's blood, which brings the singer warmth and calm.
The vampire narrator also experiences ecstasy when kissing their lover and touching their body of fay, which perhaps alludes to the otherworldly nature of their romance. The song further explores the idea of traveling through dreams, and the vampire narrator expresses a desire to "take the dark on [their] hands" and run into a spell with their lover. However, the song ends with the ominous declaration that the vampire wants to die.
Overall, the lyrics suggest a complex relationship between the vampire narrator and their lover, one that revolves around the need for blood, love, and passion, but also borders on the macabre and perhaps even suicidal.
Line by Line Meaning
I see the land
I am aware of the physical world around me
I'm hidden in the shadows
I am concealed from view by staying in dark areas
I dream with open eyes
I imagine things vividly without sleeping
I let the fire
I allow the passion inside of me to take over
What warm me inside?
What is it that makes me feel content on the inside?
I calm the pride for me
I suppress my ego to remain grounded
Tears flow down
I am crying
Into magic
My tears are mystical
I feel an ecstasy
I experience intense pleasure
When I kiss your lips
I feel intense passion when I kiss you
I touch body of fay
I caress a fairy's body
For run into spell
To engage in a magical experience
I take the dark on my hands
I embrace the darkness in my life
Travel through our dreams
I navigate through our subconscious thoughts
I close my eyes
I shut my eyes to focus internally
For take you again
To relive a passionate moment with you
I am the vampire
I am a vampire, a being who feeds on blood
I need your blood
I require your blood to survive
The love, kiss
The act of expressing affection through kissing
I take your hope
I deprive you of your desire or expectation of positive outcomes
Evert night I'm leaving
Every night I depart
I fly in your dreams
I appear in your subconscious, dream state
I want be Vampire
I desire to be a vampire
I want be die...
I want to die or be reborn as a vampire
Contributed by Hudson G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.