24 April 2021

LEPROUS “BELOW” | Mind fields to look after

 

Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash

Every single fear I’m hiding
Every little childhood memory
I bury

Hello and welcome to the Building A Memory. Here we care about music and their memories. Today I want to bring a song by one of my favourite modern bands: Leprous. They come from Norway and they have conquered a small piece in my heart with their very well written melodies and vocals.

Even though you may notice a gloomy air in their songs, it’s something deep to stop and think about. Today we will be looking into a song that talks about dealing with past feelings.

Every single fear I’m hiding
Every little childhood memory
I bury

Some people are open-hearted to everyone they feel a little bit involved with and are fond of, some don’t and, probably, this could be because of some past trauma. Hiding fears and traumas is something to worry about because it can generate problems in the future, or even in the present moment.

All of my stories are below
Beneath the surface cannot grow
Curled and naked I defer
To shaky thoughts all in a blur

Our mind is a battlefield. We accumulate everything we see, listen, and experience. Sometimes it’s easier to deal with all of this, sometimes not. Dealing with it in our minds requires emotional intelligence since a tired body can rest a night and wake up renewed while in the other hand a tired mind needs more than just a night to recover itself.

You’ve got to be open to treat your mind, seek professional help and, if it’s the case, accept taking some medicine to balance your body hormones to put you back in a healthy mind state.

Sitting on top of the façade
Built a tower to surpass
I can’t remember why I’m here
Only why I need to disappear

Our mind may become a dangerous environment if we don’t look after it. The thoughts we may produce can harm who we are and distort how we see and feel the world, and, in a “protective” way, we fake how we are feeling to others to evade a scenario in which we expose our hearts.

Don’t close yourself to the world. Don’t put yourself in a cocoon from where you can’t get out of. Even caterpillars, after entering this state, free themselves to a new and more beautiful life. Don’t put yourself in a below state.

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You can listen to this song and read the lyrics via the links below.

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 Read the lyrics here: https://genius.com/Leprous-below-lyrics

Listen to the song on:

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07WWFRPGJ?trackAsin=B07WWG7M8B
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/us/track/738537602
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rIwcMGcZtPdpi6U9llpb0?si=a848a229441e4f95
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nPwBSaJmgI
YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zJrG0B3Pdm8

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11 April 2021

DELIRIOUS? “KINGDOM OF COMFORT” | We don’t live in a kingdom of comfort

 

Few bands are as consistent as the “Delirious?” are. A British Christian worship/pop/rock group that started in the early 90s and announced their retirement in 2009. They were always true to what they sang. Even being a Christian band, their lyrics weren’t only focused on the “Jesus’ way”, because a life of examples, most of the time, speaks louder than words.

Their last studio album idea, “Kingdom of Comfort”, came after some visits they made to India and to the African continent. It’s an invitation and a challenge to us all, Christian or not, regardless our beliefs, to change our habits.

Save me
From the kingdom of comfort where I am king
From my unhealthy lust and material things
(Kingdom Of Comfort)

These are the words starting this album: a cry for help. We all know that everything we conquer in this perished world won’t follow us when we pass away. One of the most provoking songs ever written, because we tend to accumulate things without thinking about the consequences (I mentioned something resembling this in the blog post and video of the song “PERSONAL SHOPPER”).

You also find songs teaching what love is, songs that call social responsibility, and, being a Christian band, songs worshipping and showing God’s love, even when everything in life is difficult. You see lyrics like:

God is smiling over us tonight
Where hearts are broken love unites
God is smiling
(God Is Smiling)

Don't let what you own become a crown when you’re old
Don't sell up your soul to the glitter and gold
(Give What You’ve Got)

Love will lead me to your feet
Love won't pass me on the street
Love will look me in the eye
Love won't leave me here to die
So to your arms I'm gonna run
And escape what I've become
Love will find a better way, so they say
(Love Will Find A Way)

We turn the page, to a future just begun
If heaven is real then let our heaven become
Peace on earth, let it flow
We raise our voice where the colour's all but gone
Paint the world with redemption songs
Stir it up, let it flow
(Break The Silence)

Hope will come to those who wait
As the heart of heaven breaks
(All God’s Children)

Injustice, poverty, inequality… we’re surrounded by this. Sometimes there’s this question looming in the air “where’s God in all of this?”, and I answer: He’s in the hope inside the hearts and in the actions of those who try to make a better world, in which the human being itself brings destruction and evil.

The songs I mentioned earlier are my favourite in the album, as they are played, but the full album is a masterpiece. It’s like a Christian version of Radiohead mixed with U2, but with their own and strong characteristics.

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This album’s recommendation was a suggestion that one of my proof-readers, Vini, mentioned in a talk we had about our usual topic: music.

You can listen to this album in its integrity in the links in the description.

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Listen to the album on:

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0159OICGK
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/10493554
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1BYWvJbwyFIVBUzo5IWiHL?si=200282a47e9c41c4
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM09WTwdxHRTXk1j8IkzAAcKpp8w0Mve0
YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM09WTwdxHRTXk1j8IkzAAcKpp8w0Mve0

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References:

https://genius.com/albums/Delirious/Kingdom-of-comfort

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/delirious.to.release.kingdom.of.comfort/17021.htm

https://www.titletrakk.com/music-interviews/delirious-kingdom-of-comfort-interview.htm