Tunes Of Dawn is a Gothic Rock/Metal band from Germany.

Through peri… Read Full Bio ↴Tunes Of Dawn is a Gothic Rock/Metal band from Germany.

Through periods of walking through it and becoming Tunes Of Dawn have developed their own sound. The interweaving of pop-rocking beats, driving guitar riffs, bass lines and an oppressive between keyboard and guitar in addition to ongoing correspondence or melody line that leads to an experience of sound and word.

Catchy hooks live peacefully side by side with sounds and melodies which are entirely worthy of the name now and then experimentally, considering that the four men musically, not just since yesterday the move, but began her career in 1993. Later, after 17 years and several hundred concerts, and numerous festival appearances, one is again clearly matured and has the style found, which is difficult to describe because of the many influences, but builds a bridge between underground and light and thus safe for everyone holds , for the hand-made rock music beyond the looking-the-superstar-wave has an open ear. Goose bumps and high recognition included.

With a crying and one laughing eye to Tunes Of Dawn sit between two stools, both musically and lyrically. Was able to develop a flower that truly brings the art piece ready to shine in dark colors.

In this diversity lies strength of expression. But it is both in the diversity of the band members and their influences, as well as individual experience and feeling justified each individual worlds. And everyone will always return its special way of bringing this into the overall concept. There is some end as abruptly as usual will hit only the life, or just the Tunes Of Dawn.

Vampire's Journal
Tunes of Dawn Lyrics

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Here you are stabbing
A stake into my heart
Life is flashing before me
As you tear it apart
For the blood I've spilled
For the humans I've killed

Agnus dei, qui tollis

Peccata mundi miserere nubis
Donna nubis pacem

Witnessed sadness in their eyes
As I hear their final cries
Witnessed sadness in their eyes
Pleading me to spare their lives
Being a vampire
Is not as fascinating
As it may seem
At first it felt
As if it were only a dream
For centuries I was forced
To live in darkness
Unable to feel the suns warmness
Fast the dawn comes I sleep upstairs
And under graves
Dreaming of oceans and
It's crushing waves
Witnessed sadness in your eyes
As you're running out of life
Time and time again
I've tried to understand why

Now thanks to you
I shall finally die

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tunes of Dawn's song Vampire's Journal explore the life of a vampire who is being killed and whose life is flashing before him. The singer is being killed for the blood he has spilled and humans he has killed. The song is named Vampire's Journal because the singer is reflecting back their life in a journal-like manner. The repetition of "witnessed sadness in their eyes" suggests that the singer has seen many humans die and has been haunted by the grief of those who have lost their loved ones. The phrase "Agnus dei, qui tollis" is Latin and means "Lamb of God, who takes away" - this phrase is commonly used in the Catholic church during mass.

The second stanza begins with the singer's reflection on their life as a vampire. The initial allure of immortality and being able to live forever became a burden for the singer as they were unable to feel the sun's warmth or live in normal human society. The phrase "fast the dawn comes I sleep upstairs and under graves" suggests that the singer is living in a graveyard, sleeping during the day in a coffin. The final chorus suggests that the singer has finally found peace and will die having come to a better understanding of why their actions were so wrong.

Line by Line Meaning

Here you are stabbing
You are plunging a stake into my heart

A stake into my heart
You are killing me by driving a stake into my heart

Life is flashing before me
My life is flashing before my eyes

As you tear it apart
As you bring my life to an end

For the blood I've spilled
I am being killed for the crimes I've committed - spilling blood and taking lives of humans

For the humans I've killed
I am being killed because I have killed humans

Witnessed sadness in their eyes
I have seen the sadness in the eyes of humans who I have killed

As I hear their final cries
As I hear the last sounds they make before they die

Pleading me to spare their lives
They begged me to spare their lives

Being a vampire
Living as a vampire

Is not as fascinating
Is not as interesting as it may seem