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More Black Metal history. This time a bit about inspirations.
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About "Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament"
Generally speaking, I detest poetry. I do because I went through the school system as young, and they pretty much cured me for all interest in literature, and in particular Norwegian literature.[1]I cannot read books in Norwegian at all. But when I was around 12, I started to read books in English.[2]The first book I read was The Hobbit, the second, The Lord of the Rings. And in The Lord of the Rings, I found poetry that was actually beautiful and interesting.[3]And I used one of these poems as inspiration for my lyrics for the track called "Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament", which in plain words simply means "looking at the stars".
The following is Bilbo's poem', from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".
Generally speaking, I detest poetry. I do because I went through the school system as young, and they pretty much cured me for all interest in literature, and in particular Norwegian literature.[1]I cannot read books in Norwegian at all. But when I was around 12, I started to read books in English.[2]The first book I read was The Hobbit, the second, The Lord of the Rings. And in The Lord of the Rings, I found poetry that was actually beautiful and interesting.[3]And I used one of these poems as inspiration for my lyrics for the track called "Beholding the Daughters of the Firmament", which in plain words simply means "looking at the stars".
The following is Bilbo's poem', from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".
I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be,
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood, in every spring,
there is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?...If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!In this world of intellectual darkness. I am free. Are you?
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- The mere mention of the name Henrik Ibsen makes me "reach for my gun", so to speak.
- I did because I discovered tabletop role-playing games.
- I learned English not from school, but from tabletop role-playing games.