VNV Nation's inspiration was originally the clash of the modern and classical European cultures, where mythology and technology live in an uneasy fusion, but this has since broadened to encompass a world view. The music ranges from electronic dance music to ballads and classically inspired music. Inspirations are taken from a wide range of styles including contemporary underground club culture, industrial, trance and classical music. The lyrics draw on philosophy, religion, literature, art, politics and different forms of symbolism, although VNV Nation does not advocate any ideology. It is a metaphor for expression. The letters VNV stand for "Victory Not Vengeance". The meaning behind this stylised motto is that one should strive to achieve, not sit in bitter regret.
VNV Nation's first releases were in 1990 with two self produced vinyl releases, "Body Pulse" and "Strength of Youth" (which are now long deleted with Ronan Harris himself not having a copy). After working on some VNV Nation tracks and supporting Nitzer Ebb on tour whilst living in Toronto, Canada, Ronan returned to London and released some tracks on sampler CDs. This caught the interest of German label Discordia and in July 1995, "Advance and Follow" was released. At around about the same time, Mark Jackson joined the band.
In January 1998, VNV Nation signed with the German label, Off Beat Records, releasing their second album "Praise the Fallen" in June 1998 and the EP "Solitary EP" in September 1998. With VNV Nation increasing in popularity, they began their first headline tour in Germany in September 1998.
In 1999, the Off Beat label collapsed, leading to VNV Nation (along with other artists such as Covenant, Suicide Commando and Velvet Acid Christ) collaborating with Stefan Herwig (a former A&R manager with Off Beat) to create Dependent Records. In late 1999, the album "Empires" was released, staying at number 1 in the German Alternative Chart (DAC) for seven weeks, and winning the award for DAC Album of the Year.
From "Empires" two singles were released "Darkangel", which tops the DAC for 5 weeks in mid 1999 and "Standing", which stays at no.1 in the DAC for 8 weeks in early 2000 (the maximum a single can remain in the DAC) winning a German Alternative Music Award for most successful single of 2000 and sharing the place for most successful single in the DAC's history with the Chemical Brothers. A limited edition of the "Standing" single was also released entitled "Standing / Burning Empires" which contained alternate versions and remixes by VNV Nation of tracks from "Empires". This remains one of the most sought after VNV rarities, fetching large sums on auction sites, although it has recently been released on iTunes to allow casual listeners to purchase it.
In March 2001, "Advance and Follow v2" was released as a limited edition, which was a remastered and partially re-recorded version of the original 1995 album "Advance and Follow". The band were never particularly happy with the first album due to it being recorded in less than a week, so the release was seen by the band as a way to put that right.
In October 2001, VNV Nation embarked on their "Futureperfect" tour of Europe and North America, promoting the album "Futureperfect" which was released in January 2002. It reached number 25 in the full German Album Charts, with the single "Beloved" reaching number 60 in the full German Singles Chart. Following the release of "Beloved", VNV Nation part ways with Dependant and create their own label "Anachron Records".
In June 2003, the Honour 2003 EP is released, promoting the "Pastperfect" live DVD, which following many delays and problems was finally released in May 2004. Following this the rest of 2004 and beginning of 2005 was spent producing the album "Matter and Form", which was released in April 2005. Preceeding the album release, one of the tracks "Chrome" was sold in March 2005 as a download on the VNV Nation website, as well as iTunes.
In April 2007, the album "Judgement" was released, and an extensive world tour in support of the album followed. In January 2009, VNV Nation published their plans for 2009 on their website, indicating that the long delayed "Reformation" EP would be available, but now as a full "CD Pack". Also due for release in 2009 is the new album entitled "Of Faith, Power and Glory".
In November 2017 Mark Jackson left the band to "pursue other paths in life".
To read more about Ronan Harris and his motivations behind the band and 2009's "Of Faith, Power and Glory," please visit http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-ronan-harris-of-vnv
Illusion
VNV Nation Lyrics
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Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
The feeling sometimes wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Being like you are, well, this is something else
Who would comprehend? But some that do lay claim
Divine purpose blesses them, that's not what I believe
And it doesn't matter anyway
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last but I'm still not sure
But what I do know is to us the world is different
As we are to the world, I guess you would know that
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change for all the hurt that you feel
This world is just illusion always trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
This world is just illusion, trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you, please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change for all the hurt that you feel
This world is just illusion always trying to change you
The lyrics of VNV Nation's song "Illusion" speaks to the struggles and complexities of being human. The song notes that it can be hard to discern how mixed up someone feels, how they search for something behind every door, and how hurt can change them. The lyrics assert that despite these struggles, it's important not to change who you are just because of the hurt you face. Everyone has hopes, everyone is human, and it's okay to feel like you don't belong sometimes. The song asserts that this feeling is not sadness but nor is it joy - it is something deeper that is not easily named. In this particular moment, the singer is there for the person they are speaking to, and they want them to stay.
The second half of the song suggests that being different can be difficult to cope with. Some might see uniqueness as a blessing, a sign of divine purpose, but the singer notes that they don't believe in that. What they do believe in is that each person's soul is tied to the next world or perhaps the last, and that is why it's important to stay true to who you are. The song concludes with the repetition of the message that the singer does not want the other person to go, to feel hate for the hurt they feel, or to change themselves for the world. The world may be an illusion, but one thing that is real is the connection between two people.
Line by Line Meaning
I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
I understand that it's difficult to express the complex emotions that you experience
Hoping what you need is behind every door
You have high hopes that your desires will be fulfilled soon
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Your pain should not lead you to change who you are
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
Your hopes and dreams are a part of being human
The feeling sometimes wishing you were someone else
At times, you may wish that you were a different person
Feeling as though you never belong
You often feel like you do not fit in anywhere
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
This is a complex emotion that cannot be easily categorized as either happy or sad
I truly understand, please don't cry now
I empathize with you and do not want you to be upset
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I do not want you to leave, please stay with me
I'm begging you, please, please don't leave here
I am pleading with you to stay
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
Your pain should not turn into bitterness or hatred
The world is just illusion trying to change you
The world is full of illusions that try to alter who you are
Being like you are, well, this is something else
Your unique identity and personality are truly special
Who would comprehend? But some that do lay claim
Fewer people are able to fully understand and appreciate the complexity of who you are
Divine purpose blesses them, that's not what I believe
While some may believe in divine purpose, that is not necessarily the case for everyone
And it doesn't matter anyway
Ultimately, beliefs about divine purpose do not affect your worth and value
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
There is a spiritual component of who you are that connects you to the afterlife
Or maybe to the last but I'm still not sure
It is unclear whether this part of your soul is linked to your past or future lives
But what I do know is to us the world is different
Your unique perspective and experiences make your view of the world distinct
As we are to the world, I guess you would know that
The world perceives us differently, and you are aware of this fact
This world is just illusion always trying to change you
The illusory nature of the world is constantly attempting to alter who you are
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARCUS HARRIS, SIMON ANTHONY JAMES FINNEGAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@theharshtruthoutthere
@@Michaikn Fact: nr.1: LUST AFTER ANOTHER`S HUMAN BODY AIN`T LOVE. True love is: LAYING DOWN ONE`S OWN LIFE /LIKE CHRIST DID FOR US/ SO OTHER`S CAN LIVE. THAT`S LOVE.
Fact nr 2: Real CHURCH IS HUMAN BODY ITSELF, FOR GOD IS A SPIRTI AND DO NOT NEED A BUILDING MADE BY HANDS. Know all the facts there is to know, lest you still be DECEIVED.
Fact nr. 3 Christianity was never a religion. It always been reality. It is time to fully understand that part. How come Christianity can and is reality? - Do some searching about FREEMSONRY.
Fact nr. 4: Being in gender/sex (for me, both words means the same thing) has only one purpose: TO MULTIPLY aka create new generations of humans.
Therefore if like you all stating, that gender and sex is changeable and optionable, then why not a single soul born without reproductive tools? and no, i do not mean here the "intersex" ones. for they born with confused body functions. That`s why they have both tools.
And by trying to change a sex/gender - you are stealing another human`s tools. Someone goes to grave without these.
Do not steal nor envy anything that another human have. But be wise and take care all that was given to you.
Use a little logic and even you are able to list real and logical facts.
If one leaves Christianity too easily, then sadly one haven`t had a clue, what is REAL CHRISTIANIY ALL ABOUT. That is fact nr 5.
Give some time and some chances and another soul comes form atheism to CHRISTIANITY aka become a Christ follower. No money needed to follow CHRIST. but it does cost us a lot: FOLLOWING A CHRIST COST US OUR EARTHLY LIVES.
Real Christian MUST BE WILLING TO SUFFER AND MUST BE WILLING TO LAY DOWN ONES`S LIFE, LIKE CHRIST DID FOR US, THE SAME WE DO FOR CHRIST.
Real Christians must come out from BABYLON AKA MATRIX , not find ways to still be in there.
Matrix is satan`s kingdom. How can you serve GOD in another`s god kingdom? - you can`t, you must make a chose: GOD OR MAMMON/SATAN? Whom you will serve? Where will you be forever: HEAVEN OR IN THE HOT LAKE?
Didn`t you notice? i give 4 more facts. Copy these and remember these.
Family betrayal is very real for ALL WHO FOLLOW CHRIST. in the tribulation period /7years long/ - Future for Christians: SUFFERING: HUNGER AND FREEZING, BETRYAL, MURDER, SHOT - STAB - BEHEADED. Even though we will truly suffer extremely on this earth - let`s rejoice, for out SPIRITS will be in HEAVEN comforted FOREVER. Why that extreme suffering? - BECAUSE WE WILL REJECT SATAN AND HIS MOTB.
And also another way to get stuff cleared out: play little with words:
CHRISTIANITY AND REALITY = BOTH END THE SAME. Last 3 letters in both words: ITY.
Last Fact: CHRISTIANTY MUST BE SEEK`D OUT, FOR IT IS HIDDED AND MUST BE FOUND AND MUST BE FOUND INDIFIDUALLY. Lest we be deceived and stay counting on others opinions.
Truth is truth and remains a truth - out feelings - wishes - opinions and beliefs DO NOT CHANGE THAT.
Let not forget other LIFE FACTS: A MALE was created 1st, that = on man`s shoulder lays the most. For he, male, was created for working. And also the punishment of sin for a males was: toiling in sweat and pain. For a females was: ONLY BIRTH PAINS. Why? Because females were created HELPERS.
Trans people and also many others, sadly deeply believe that HUMAN = ONLY BODY. -
this is very wrong. Humans = CONSCIOUS SPIRIT BEINGS, WHO LIVE IN THE BODY.
Life can be only then full of life, if all 3 parts are also: SPIRIT + SOUL + BODY = HUMAN.
A Spirit without body, can not taste food,
do not feel rain on his or her skin,
do not feel warm sunshine or colder moon light,
do not feel cold nor warm.
Spirit just is, not fully living. To have life and have it more abundantly: BODY WAS CREATED.
Human body was 1st FULLY SPIRITUAL and shall be FULLY SPIRITUAL AGAIN. Carnal came, because of sin. Like Lucifer because of sin - lost his glorious way to be - the same happened with us.
The reason CHRIST/ GOD came among us as on of us was: TO REDEEM US AND SHOW US HOW TO LIVE. Christ lived 33 years on this fallen earth and DID NOT SINNED. As HE was able to live and sin not, the same way to live are we able also.
Stating otherwise = stating that CHRIST LIVED AND DIED IN VAIN.
@theharshtruthoutthere
One must start to understand that the one who is in trouble is OUR EVERLASTING SPIRIT not our carnal - decaying away flesh.
so according your words, the unsaved and the ignorents: let them all perish in peace? - i`m truly having hard time to be that heartless. My heart haven`t turned into a cold stone.
Matthew 24:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. And, we, who say out loud that we are CHRISTIANS yet are not hot nor cold, we, then will be cast away. and into the hot lake we also then go.
Revelation 3:15 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Therefore, i my love and wish to be in the presents of GOD forever is real and strong, then it is wise for me to be hot. And bother and bother again and again all the lost and ignorant souls in online and offline with the truth until the days are all over.
If i am also cold and ignorant like all the lost and the unsaved, then like they go in peace into their demise - the lake of fire - the same road then i walk.
Luke 13:5 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 | View whole chapter | See verse in context I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Therefore it is wiser for me and other REAL CHRISTIAND to be hot.
another fact that proofs religions are lies: all these support and support even the most ridicules ways to be. How can a mankind still stand and exist, if all we support at the end of the day is : OUR DEMISE.?
There be no change if the only ones we are after is the PUPPETS OF THE ELITE. Let`s start be after our real enemies. the elite. Known as THE ILLUMINATI. Where are they ? - all around the world - behind the curtains.
Ephesians 6:12 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScnXkyXqxz8
Satan can`t deal anything that is real and alive and from GOD. Therefore he is busy killing all that`s real and alive off so he can replace it all. Satan is busy building his A.I kingdom. Where`s nothing real at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMH5WgGFxlc
All comes back to MK – ULTRA MIND CONTROL.
Satan can not stand thinking skills nor free will, both must be gone for to live in the kingdom of satan.
5 points the truth is harsh:
- There`s nothing to eat - it is all poisoned,
- There`s no air to breath - it is all poisoned.
- There`s nowhere to live - all are under the "care" of our governments,
- Whole mankind is DUMBED DOWN by our own “caring” governments,
- We, humans, are wicked sinners and fated into everlasting torture. We cannot save ourselves, we are in need of a saviour. The saviour of the mankind is: JESUS CHRIST – GOD`S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON.
While making everything now only about covid, let`s not forget, that every year , month, week, day, hour, minute, second, someone out there lose a family member, a friend, a co worker. And IT IS NOT ALWAYS AND ONLY COVID.
Why are we forgetting:
DIFFERENT CANCERS - these didn`t disappeared,
CAR, PLANE, BOUTH ACCITENTS - these didn`t disappeared,
Drugs, that kills our organs while still alive - these didn`t disappeared,
Problematic genes - these didn`t disappeared,
Stress, overworking - also leading too early DEATH - these didn`t disappeared.
And real appointed time to die - we ARE MORTAL. And will die eventually.
Our health as whole mankind - was already close to none - existence. We kill ourselves while still breathing:
Alcohol, killing our own stomach and expecting not to die?
different drugs, willingly poison ourselves and expecting not to die?
smoking, Burning our own lungs and expecting not to die?
Willingly taking a gun into our hands and going to war and expecting not to die? - in here: who kills will be killed also. /what goes around, comes around.
In short: We, ain´t dying from anything new, we are already DEAD.
Covid - 19 was a made up story. Under the topic: FREEMASONRY lays all the needful answers. Don´t find those, then you missing skills to search. It is harsh fact, yet still remains a fact.
@saramchiche4524
I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
The feeling sometimes, wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
I truly understand. Please, don't cry now
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate;
For all the hurt that you feel,
The world is just illusion, trying to change you
Being like you are
Well this is something else, who would comprehend?
But some that do, lay claim
Divine purpose blesses them
That's not what I believe, and it doesn't matter anyway
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last, but I'm still not sure
But what I do know, is to us the world is different
As we are to the world but I guess you would know that
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change;
For all the hurt that you feel,
This world is just illusion, always trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change;
For all the hurt that you feel,
This world is just illusion, always trying to change you
@ravenandthecrow
I can totally related to that.
I was so close back then ... soooooo very close to make my final act. All I needed was the rope. I had everything else (the place, the means, the clothes to wear, the message drafted so many times.
I wanted to do it on that week. That video made me pause and wait ... cry and wait ... rewatch the video and think about it. I managed to push forward..
2013 was almost my final year again and that video haunted me. So again I waited and thought about things ... then I sought help online.
They were other music that helped
It was not great but all the videos and the feedback of other people who were going through what I was going through or have been there helped a lot.
It was a fucked up time.
Now I see why I was hurting and I managed to grow.
I am more cold and selfish now but at least I feel nice.
It is fascinating that songs can change the life if someone on more than one occasion. These songs were the blade of grass that a part of me deep down was holding on desperately to avoid falling in the precipice.
Now I have to get out my financial rut. :/
@ravenandthecrow
@Tom
I am much better now.
Thank you for asking.
I had no relapse.
I am much better now. I am moving forward in life. I am focusing on self improvement. I change what I can change as for what I cant change I adapt or cope with it.
How are you doing?
@tigerpanda988
2024 anyone? 🥰
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Me
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@borntoclimb7116
Greetings from Germany
@rel4xgr116
The hardest battles are fought in the mind.
@brighambunker
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Senua
@luisbrujo77
so true