Alerion - Progressive Metal with female vocals
Alerion
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Alerion is best described as a Progressive Metal band with female vocals. Alerion combines female vocals with a guitar-oriented, melodic sound ranging from heavy & fast to slow & mellow. Contrary to what one might expect, Alerion does not play gothic metal. Our base is in Utrecht, The Netherlands.


Alerion - Turn of Fate (2009)

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Clash with Eternity
(Lyrics: B. Willemsen)

Unexpectedly
Leaving tremors by your fall
Unreality
It’s so hard to grasp it all
Bitter certainty
Knowledge cutting in the soul
The finality
In moments passed beyond recall

Took your fate well in hand,
Planned for all which might be
All the tasks you had set,
Dropped by eternity

Present clashing with eternal space
Mem(o)ries are all that remain
A shadow is cast, reality pales
Knowing what it all entails

Sought the truth that’s beyond
Disliked the uncertainty
Now your search is at an end
Omniscience has set you free

Present clashing with eternal space
Mem(o)ries are all that remain
A shadow is cast, reality pales
Knowing what it all entails

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Dragnipur
(Lyrics: B. Willemsen)

Back in the depths of time
When the Elder Ones yet reigned
Chaos got out of line
This menace wasn't feigned

Keeping Chaos at bay
One Elder gave Darkness strength
To guard the warrens of the world
He laboured countless days on length

Thus was forged the Sword
Taking every victim's soul
A tight grip on Chaos' cord
It would play a decisive role

Dragnipur
Souls devoured
Dragnipur
Forever stay
Dragnipur
Ceaseless struggle

Dragnipur
Souls devoured
Dragnipur
Forever stay
Dragnipur
Ceaseless struggle

By the hand of Darkness
Forged took Forger's soul
Adding now to its prowess
The blade then took its toll

Doomed forever to hold tight
Isolated from the earth
Caught in a sorry plight
Waiting now for his rebirth

The blade now held by Rake
Countless souls must work like bees
'Till the time that it should break
They never will find peace

Dragnipur
Souls devoured
Dragnipur
Forever stay
Dragnipur
Ceaseless struggle
Dragnipur
Chaos chained

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Hindsight (1976)
(Lyrics: B. Willemsen)

't Was in a time of joyful feelings
Agony far from their minds
Pasts discarded, time of healing
From that day on intertwined

Home sweet home now coinciding
It was where their hearts found peace
But living, loving, sacrificing
The birth of discord showed its teeth

In 1976
Their bond was sealed with a loving kiss
(In) 1976
They dreamt of life full of love and bliss
(In) 1976
Their bond was sealed with a loving kiss
(In) 1976
They never knew things would go amiss

Their union became fruitful
A major step in both their lives
So with the birth of inner strife
Their children finally arrived

Wondrous times would not endure
Through twisting of fine little knives
Joyful times passed from their lives

In 1976
Their fate was sealed with a loving kiss
(In) 1976
They never thought it would be like this
(In) 1976
Their fate was sealed with a loving kiss
(In) 1976
Who knew this is how their bond now is

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Ruins
(Lyrics: M. Gorte)

You know the place where eagles soar
They feel the distance, love the distance
You know the place we used to stand
Together hand in hand

In all these years I never thought
I'd dread the distance, hate the distance
You clipped my wings, oh how I long
To flee the distance, disrespect
Disappointment, disconnect
You hold me back!

I loved the man I dreamed of when I looked into your eyes
But now I know I hate the man you are
Dislocated reasons feed our discontented minds
This dissonance has long turned into warfare

So now I'm
Burning Bridges
Tearing down your towers now
Tearing pages
Burning down the ruins of our life

I fought for you, I bled for you
Rejoiced in all I said to you
Believed you, swallowed every little lie
You tore my feathers one by one
But now you're done, oh now I'm gone
This mutilated bird will learn to fly

But first I'm
Burning Bridges
Seething anger is consumed
Cleansed within the fire of my
Burning bridges
Scoured clean and burned to dust
Wreathed in shadows
I revel in the ashes of my life

The bridge is gone, the path is set
All letters sent, no words unsaid
New chance to soar, new leash on life
Come what may, I know I will survive
Come what may, I know I will survive
When all is done I know I'm still alive

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Turn of Fate
(Lyrics: M. Siegerist)

Betrayed by fate
We emerge with burning eyes
And empty hands

It is too late
We cannot save
All we held so close
It has slipped through our hands

Desperate and lost
We fall to our knees
Struck by the loss
Of warmth and precious dreams

Your world is like mine
I find solace in your eyes’ caress
Drown my tears in wine
You bring beauty to my emptiness

Here I find you
You kill the pain in me
Hide my heart inside you
Here you set me free

Our worlds collide
We're pulled into this loneliness
Tears blur my sight
I long for your tenderness

Here I find you
You kill the pain in me
Hide my heart inside you
Here you set me free

Our hearts lie bare
We were beaten
And left alone

Caught in the despair
Of not knowing how to go on
When the love for life is gone

It is too late
We cannot save
All we held so close
It has slipped through our hands

Desperate and lost
We fall to our knees
Struck by the loss
Of warmth and precious dreams

Here I find you
You kill the pain in me
I hide my heart inside you
Here you set me free

Here I find you
Hold on to me
Leave the pain behind you
Let me, let me set you free

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