Some artists appear in our lives to
bring and make difference. Eric Clayton was one of them for me when his former
and original band, “Saviour Machine”, was first presented to me. His remarkable
voice and provoking lyrics were always a differential until, after the release
of “Legend III:I” (2001), he disappeared. A disc named “Legend III:II” popped
up in 2011 although the band don’t recognise it as official, since they only started
recording but have never actually finished it, and ended up considered just as incomplete
demo tracks, recorded in studio and released without the band’s approval.
New
information was released to the public about him around August in 2011, precisely
to comment on this “unfinished album’s case”, but no original content was out until
the one from 2020, when Eric Clayton returned announcing an album of new
songs... and what a wonderful album! This which starts saying that love can
exist even if there are barriers, and that we must fight to surpass them. It is
the single which announced the album, and the
song couldn’t have come at a better moment, for the global pandemic was at its
peak in 2020 in many countries.
Following-up,
Eric Clayton tells us a little of his own history, that is, his personal
problems and how, in a certain way, he did manage to overcome them. It’s the
concrete representation from the “Thousand Scars”, as the album title suggests,
since scars are remembrance of the pains we’ve been through but marked so we
never forget and become better human beings.
It’s
possible to connect with Eric while he sings:
·
The
Space Between Us
In the space between us there is love, there is light. In the distance, it speaks to us, it reaches us, dancing in the night.
·
In
The Lines
It’s all in the lines of the fateful receiver. It’s all in the mind of the pain and the healer. It’s all in the eyes of the faithless believer. It’s all of our lies… It’s all of our lives in the lines.
·
Chasing
Monsters
I’m frightened when the sadness calls my name. I’m trapped inside the pain of fear and rage. I’m hanging on for mercy, I’m praying. As I cling to the stage… my scars remain.
·
American
Whore
Tear down the vacant messiah, the fallen nation in rust. Burn down the
sacred asylum in lust. They sold us out, they sold “in god we trust”
(reference
to the sentence in the American banknote)
·
The
Greatest of These
Love… love is a whisper, not a shout… not a shout. Hear… hear in my voice, as it rejoices in the sound.
It’s
lyrics like these that make us feel closer to who’s singing. A bitter history
that turns into hope, as we can listen on the last song:
“Love is the healer, love is the light. Love is in everything, everything right. Love isn’t hateful, love isn’t blind. Love shall remain, love will survive. Love is alive.”
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Eric Clayton himself provided the explanation
of every song in the band’s Instagram. You can check all links down below along
with the link with all the album’s lyrics, and the links to listen to the album
in its integrity.
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Links:
Eric
Clayton on the unfinished album: http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=14420
Eric
Clayton and the Nine’s Instagram with the song’s explanations in the pinned stories: https://www.instagram.com/ericclaytonandthenine/
Album’s lyrics:
https://genius.com/albums/Eric-clayton/A-thousand-scars
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Listen to
the album on
Amazon
Music: https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B087RB4MBM
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/br/album/145046182
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4wNSv13hfbN0LLeRPRbUNw?si=7e6a798fe10a4ec6
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/139550607
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_maLnJm7zPK2t2ARIfcHfPQhM79bkZ7GJU
YouTube
Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_maLnJm7zPK2t2ARIfcHfPQhM79bkZ7GJ
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