# Élan - Nightwish－Cathy Jerry的碎碎唸

今天來聽聽美聲金屬，
一說是劇院金屬。
其實都一樣啦，
就是將古典聲樂的技巧運用在搖滾金屬節奏。
這聽起來很過癮，
像是聆聽史詩的感覺。
因此也有人稱之為史詩金屬或歌德金屬。

介紹的是來自芬蘭的" NIGHTWISH "，
最早成立的時候主唱是塔雅，
塔雅時期大量運用的聲樂演唱技巧，
培養了一批愛好美聲金屬的樂迷。
但2007年主唱更換為安妮特之後，
由於安妮特出身流行歌手，
NIGHTWISH也隨之轉向為流行與民謠的風格，
這引發了一些樂迷的不滿。
2013年宣布更換第三任主唱芙洛，
又再次轉回美聲金屬的風格。
這次介紹的就是去年的新專輯" Endless Forms Most Beautiful "裡的" Élan "。
來聽聽芙洛時期的NIGHTWISH吧...

Élan / NIGHTWISH

Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk
In tongues from the time before man
Listen to a daffodil tell her tale
Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn

The meadows of heaven await harvest
The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched
The elsewhere creatures yet unseen
Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave

Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

The answer to the riddle before your eyes
Is in dead leaves and fleeting skies
Returning swans and sedulous mice
Writings on the gardens book, in the minute of a lover's look

Building a sandcastle close to the shore
A house of cards from a worn out deck
A home from the fellowship, poise and calm
Write a lyric for the song only you can understand

Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

Riding hard every shooting star
Come to life, open mind, have a laugh at the orthodox
Come, drink deep let the dam of mind seep
Travel with great élan, dance a jig at the funeral

Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

Come!