Lost Horizons, by Abney Park

I know I'm so far behind on reviews I still have to write up ones for the first three Abney Park albums, but I was tempted to post something about the new album when I listened to some samples earlier... then robert_from_ap went and made it simple and posted the code for the sample player:

( Music below the cut... )

One of my favorite Dead Can Dance tunes is a Sinead O' Conner tune, I am Stretched on Your Grave, and they include it on here... I am looking forward to this album release! =)

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point
By Everett A Warren
September 12, 1991

Whispers cry through the grey and lonely forests of barren trees
Who have long shed the burden of their life-giving leaves,
One more time I cry to the moon as the armies gather in the darkness.

All the hopes of war's ending fly away on Summer's Wings,
All the hostile dreams float on a cool Winter's breeze,
And now I stand defiant and bold to fight off the changing seasons.

There beyond the rise I hear the heavy breathing,
A mist that rises in the cold evening air with each rise and fall,
And rasping in the still light lies the enemy of reason.

There beyond the rise I hear the snow crush beneath the tread,
The pine needles crackle softly as the stranger puts them to the fire,
And my comrades in arms withdraw to wait for darkness once more.

Who has succumbed to sleep so easily since invading my lands,
Who are you who curls up to the heat to find warmth.

Circle beyond, lads, and wait for the darkness,
When the flames are to embers, as the sun to a distant star, we will strike,
Circle beyond and be still and the enemy will be ours.

There beyond the rise I hear the sighing of the flames expire,
A fire untended weaves its ending in concordance with our desire,
And my comrades in arms attack in darkness once more.

And after the blood has been shed and runs in steaming rivers,
After the silence falls and snow falls from the sky we move into the night.

Circle beyond, lads, and hide in darkness,
Across the plains, across the mountains, a new home awaits,
Circle beyond mankind and find peace for awhile.

Copyright (c) 1991 Everett A Warren

Four out of Thirteen

Well, time to tally up and show the results for this week's Monday's Thirteen...

Four out of thirteen quotes were correctly picked out of the lineup, evenly split between those making a second showing and those up for the first time. To be sure, #2 and #3 I considered a bit of a challenge: the former occurring only on the director's cut, the latter being a children's animated film with religious, erm, leanings. To put it mildly. I'm surprised a lot more of you didn't get #9 - I thought that would go quicker than it did.

In the next round, there will be six quotes up for a third round - I thought a few of them were quite obvious, actually, as I know a number of you watch some of those films repeatedly. Make sure to take advantage of the hints for those six in Wednesday's Little Helper.

Three of the quotes will return for their second round, and there will be four new quotes that I'll be selecting and readying in a few minutes. I'll be posting the next edition of Monday's Thirteen on, surprisingly enough, Monday, so watch for it then!

Double Quotes:
2. "We meet back here in twice 500 beats of a bluebird's heart. " "Do you know what I think? I think we should add a couple more hundred breaths of a-- "-- Legend, guessed, with some initial indecision, by malinaldarose

3. "WHAT was THAT? Oh! There's a bird! Let's jump on him! Maybe he'll fly us wherever we want to go! Maybe he'll serve us drinks! And little bags of peanuts! Get your own ride! " -- VeggieTales - Lord of the Beans, guessed by aequitaslevitas

Single Quotes:
9. "And that was only one of the many occasions on which I met my death, an experience which I don't hesitate strongly to recommend." -- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, guessed by aequitaslevitas, chris_walsh

13. "While my father prayed earnestly to God to protect commerce, I would offer up secretly the proudest prayer a boy could think of: Lord, make me a great composer. Let me celebrate Your glory through music and be celebrated myself. Make me famous through the world, dear God. Make me immortal. After I die, let people speak my name forever with love for what I wrote. In return, I will give You my chastity, my industry, my deepest humility, every hour of my life, Amen." -- Amadeus, guessed by wyyknot, tewok, blackbyrd2