lmao I'm too embarrassed to post this on my own LJ orz
I'm not even sure why I attempted this in the first place, I'm one of those lame kids who confine oneself to anime/jpop/game music - so these are really lame, but.
Norway; Whispers of the Land [
MAC]
I wanted to focus only on one aspect of Norway, which is his attachment to the supernatural. Norwegians are quite the nationalistic bunch, and as they should be - they have so much bountiful nature, so much culture and tradition to be proud of. The cover features the Bergfrue (I know it doesn't look anything like it bawww hush ;_;), one of Norway's two national flowers (the other being the purple heather, if I am not mistaken); it means Mountain Lady, and a very fitting name it is, for it grows in the mountains where it is all rock and soil is scarce. I can't remember what its German name was, but I remember reading somewhere that it means stone-breaker.
01. Fairy Dance~Lydia (KOKIA)
Vocals
02. Terpsichora (Shikata Akiko)
Keep treading on the vast land with those feet filled with strength
Oh, in those shining clothes, you are dancing as a butterfly, with beauty and madness alike
03. Fingerprints in Ice (Steve Wood)
Instrumental
04. Kiseki (Shikata Akiko)
Engraved in this vast world
That symbol, unknown to mankind
The spirits' fingers are binding the letters
That form an everlasting prayer
05. here we stand in the morning dew (Fictionjunction Yuriko)
Someday, finding the destination of happiness
I’ll slip through goodbye
In our place that nobody knows, for sure
Somewhere in your future
Scandinavia; One-winged Birds [
MAC]
Again, I decided not to cover all aspects of Scandinavia but rather only the, um, warring period, when it's all RAAAA PILLAGE AND BURN - for which I have a rather special affection. Also, I know the Shikata Akiko songs are repetitive b-but I love her so. ... the cover sucks, but I really hate using fanart and things like that, I'm sorry orz
01. Tennyo~interlude (alan)
Vocals
02. Kalliope (Shikata Akiko)
And I shall heal your light with this heart of mine
I shall give you the tone of tranquility in a midnight dream
I shall cross the seven seas, I shall walk all those vast lands
So let me hear the warm melody of your cradle once again
03. Maika (Shikata Akiko)
Will I feel better, if I burn everything into ashes?
Will I feel free, if I burn everything into ashes?
Will things return the same as before
If I lose everything?
04. Hoshikuzu no Vocalize (KOKIA)
Vocals
05. Katayoku no Tori (Shikata Akiko)
Don't cry
Destroy that imprisoned illusion
Let me offer thee only one demise
This unfulfilled promise is burnt unto the depths of my heart
Red, red blood spurts out
Embarrassing pchat doodles.
(For
noonish)