I ♥ DREAM THEATER | TransAtlantic - Bridge Across Forever 가사/일부해석/리뷰

TransAtlantic - Bridge Across Forever 전 세계 도서관이 불났을 때 한 작가의 책만 빼올 수 있다면 어느 작가의 책을 선택할 것인가? 라는 질문에 저명한 한 교수는 두 말 않고 세익스피어의 전집을 빼오겠다고 말했다 한다. 문학에 있어서 세익스피어가 얼마나 중요한 위치를 차지하고 있는지 알 수 있는 예다. 그렇다면 전 세계 팝과 록 음원이 모두 불타고 있다고 가정할 때 누군가 한 뮤지션이나 밴드의 음원을 선택하라면 나는 서슴없이 Beatles를 선택할 것이다. 여타 뮤지션들과 밴드의 즐비한 걸작을 뒤로하고 한 팀만 선택해야 하는 절망스런 상황이지만 비틀즈의 선택은 비단 나만은 아닐테다. 그 절망스런 선택을 하는 사람 중에는 트랜스아틀란틱(TransAtlantic)의 멤버들도 포함돼 있을 것이다. 개인적인 취향을 불문하고 록과 팝을 통 털어 가장 위대한 뮤지션으로 비틀즈를 뽑는데 별다른 이견은 없을 듯하다. 비틀즈는 장르를 가리지 않고 현대의 대중음악에 폭넓은 영향력을 행사하고 있는 현재 진행형으로 면면히 살아 있는 비틀즈의 감성적 에너지는 세월의 경계 따위는 가볍게 뛰어 넘는다. 그 마르지 않는 에너지를 이어받은 트랜스아틀란틱, 그들은 자신들의 음악 속에 비틀즈의 감성을 아름답게 재현해 내고 있다. 다국적의 실력파 뮤지션으로 결성된 트랜스아틀란틱은 2000년 발표된 1집 [SMPTe]에서 이미 프로그레시브의 형식 위에 비틀즈의 감성을 수 놓아 격찬을 받았고 이듬해인 2001년 라이브 앨범을 통해 <Magical Mystery Tour>, <Strawberry filed Forever>등을 매력적으로 리메이크 함으로써 70년대 프로그 록 밴드와 비틀즈에 대한 예찬을 숨기지 않았다. 곧이어 공개된 이들의 정규 2집 [Bridge Across Forever](2001)에서도 서사적 스케일을 바탕으로 탁월한 구성과 연주력이 아름다운 감성과 결합되어 하나의 작품을 선보인다. 질박한 현악 파트로 시작되는 첫 트랙 <Duel with the Devil>과 마지막 트랙 <Stranger in Your Soul>에서 밴드는 프로그레시브 록의 구성 위에 다양한 표현 양식을 동원하여 테마에 대한 섬세한 묘사와 강조, 과장, 그리고 전환과 반전, 인상적인 수사 등을 적절히 구사해 유려하면서도 드라마틱한 전개를 펼쳐 보인다. 프로그레시브 록이라는 테두리 속에 하드록과 모던록을 비롯한 몽환적인 사이키델릭의 요소까지 공존하고 있는데, 이 한가운데 자리잡은 감성의 요체인 멤버들의 아름다운 멜로디와 하모니가 자연스럽게 코디네이션 되어 깊은 감동을 선사한다. 외국의 어느 평자가 말했던 가장 아름답지만 너무도 짧은 그 멜로디는 2번째 트랙 <Suite Charlotte Pike>에 숨겨져 있다. 즉흥적인 잼 스타일의 휭키하고 유머러스한 연주로 시작되는 (5부작 구성의) 2번 트랙에서 밴드의 감성은 모던록 사운드가 가미된 'if she runs' 에서부터 드러나기 시작하여 'mr. wonderful', 'lost and found pt. 1' 으로 이어지는데 이들의 하모니에서 우러나는 그것은 '아름답다'란 표현 외에는 달리 찾을 길이 없다. 여기서 리스너들은 비틀즈 외에도 'Gentle Giant'와 근래 모던록의 현대적 감각을 동시에 경험하게 된다. 본 작은 들을수록 감탄하게 되는데 신나는 보물찾기라도 하듯 이들의 신비스런 음악 숲을 거닐다 보면 그 동안 잊고 있던, 아니 잃어버렸던 많은 감성의 조각들을 만나게 되고 그것이 주는 짜릿한 흥분과 설레임은 감동을 넘어서 그 이상의 것을 경험케 한다. 트랜스아틀란틱은 Beatles와 Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd,그리고 흥겨운 로큰롤까지 자신들의 음악에 감미롭게 용해시켜 화려하지만 어렵지 않게 리스너의 감각을 유린하고 있다. 이것이 트랜스아틀랜틱의 가장 큰 매력이자 장점이라 말하고 싶다. 비틀즈에게서는 감성의 텍스트를 일련의 영국 프로그 밴드에게서는 뛰어난 연주력과 구성을 물려받고 있지만 밴드는 어려운 난제 중에 하나인 음악성과 대중성의 겸비라는 숙제를 자신들의 음악으로 명쾌하게 풀어내고 있다. 아름다운 대상에 대해 필요 이상의 '썰'은 오히려 누가 될 따름이다. 꽃의 아름다움을 따지고 드는 바보 같은 사람은 아직 보지 못했으니. 어려운 것을 쉽게 전달 할 수 있는 능력, 격을 잃지 않은 진지한 음악성에서 배어 나오는 감성과 그것을 대중과 리스너들과 함께 교감할 수 있는 음악을 선사하는 것, 그것이 트랜스아틀란틱이 비틀즈에게 물려받은 위대한 유산이며, 내가 마지막으로 찾은 트랜스아틀란틱의 진정한 가치이다. Masterpiece ! Roine Stolt - Flower Kings (Guitars, vocals) Neal Morse - Spock's Beard (Keyboards, vocals) Mike Portnoy - Dream Theater (Drums, vocals) Pete Trewavas - Marillion (Bass, vocals) Duel With The Devil (26:43) motherless children walk away silence of the night you're not alone almost home Suite Charlotte Pike (14:30) if she runs mr. wonderful lost and found pt. 1 temple of the gods motherless children / if she runs (reprise) Bridge Across Forever (5:33) Stranger In Your Soul (26:05) sleeping wide awake hanging in the balance lost and found pt. 2 awakening the stranger slide stranger in your soul Additional musicians: Chris Carmichael - violin, viola & cello Keith Mears - saxophone The "Elite" Choir - background vocals Produced by: Transatlantic Duel With The Devil (Transatlantic) I: Motherless Children Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night? 고요한 밤 절규에 잠을 깬적이 있는가? You wish you could start dreaming in clouds of white 하얀구름에 꿈꿀 수 있기를 바라고만 있는가 But everything could change tonight 하지만 모든것을 오늘밤 바꿀 수 있을것이다. When you duel with the devil living in your mind 너의 마음속에 존재하는 악(惡)과 맞짱뜰때 Time reveals nothing - it's a suicide love affair 시간은 아무것도 드러내지 않는다 - 연애(情事)는 자해다 Whispers in the darkness and revolution in the air 어둠과 대변혁의 속삭임 Will you see or look behind 볼것인가 되돌아 볼것인가(전진할것인가 퇴보할것인가) When you duel with the devil living in your mind 마음속에 존재하는 악(惡)과 맞짱뜰때 Motherless children 엄마없는 아이들 Wandering nowhere 무명(無名)을 헤메이는 Feels like there's miles to go 먼길을 가는듯한 기분 Reaching for water 물(생명)에 도달하는 Longing to go there 그리로 가고파 갈망하는 Flooding into your soul 너의 내면으로 밀려오는 Into your soul 너의 영혼으로 Do you know the difference between who and what you are 당신이 누구인지, 당신이 무엇인지의 차이를 아는가 Will you ride off in the distance like some highway star 먼 여행에서 벗어나려 하는가 Will you try until you make it good 잘 될때까지 노력할것인가 Or will you sell your body down in hollywood 아니면 할리우드에 자신을 팔것인가 Motherless children 엄마 없는 아이들 Wandering nowhere 무명(無名)을 헤메이는 Feels like there's miles to go 먼길을 가는듯한 기분 Reaching for water 물(생명)에 도달하는 Longing to go there 그리로 가고파 갈망하는 Flooding into your soul 너의 내면으로 밀려오는 Into your soul... 녀의 영혼으로... II: Walk Away There's a time to understand 이해의 시간 There's a time to see the sun 태양을 바로보는 시간 There's a time for makin up 단장의 시간 There's a time to come together 함께할 시간 Fall into the learning curve 거짓 배우기의 탐닉 Feeding on experience 견문을 넓힘 Never turn your back on me 절대로 나에게 등을 돌리지 마라 Never paint it black by numbers 절대로 숫자로 검게 칠하지 마라 It's so easy to waste away 허비하는 것은 무척이나 쉽다 It's a simple operation 간단하지 Far too many givin' in Fall into dark temptations 검은유혹의 탐닉 Everybody needs a King 모두가 왕을 필요로 하지 Everybody needs a Captain 모두가 지휘자를 필요로 하지 When you hear the fallen angels sing 타락한 천사의 노래소리를 들을때 in your private Armaggedon 너만의 Armaggedon(최후결전장)에서 And you walk away 너는 달아나 (With nowhere to go) (가지 않을 곳으로) For another day 다른날을 위하여 (Turn the lights down low) (그 불빛을 낮추어라) But you'll never know 하지만 너는 절대로 알지 못할것이다 (While you walk away) (네가 달아나는 동안에는) When you walk away with nowhere to go 네가 가려하지 않을 곳으로 달아나려 할때 Everybody had their doubts 모두가 그들만의 의혹을 가졌다 So they tried to pull me under 그들은 나를 끌어내리려 했지 Everytime I felt the strain 언제나 나는 긴장감을 느꼈다 Someone sent a sense of wonder Everybody walked the hard road 모두가 힘든 길을 걸었다 In the dark they felt the grind 어둠속에서 그들이 느끼꼈던 힘든일들 Everybody heard the thunder 모두가 천둥소리를 들었다 No one ever read the signs 아무도 그 신호를 듣지 읽지 았않다 And you walk away 그리고 너는 무명(無名)의 길을 걷는다 (With nowhere to go) For another day (Turn the lights down low) But you'll never know (While you walk away) When you walk away with nowhere to go III: Silence of the Night Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night? You wish you could start dreaming but it's always black and white Looking for that big sky that'll finally make it right Well everything could change tonight IV: You're Not Alone Nighttime falls it came too fast Down the halls tiptoeing past Out come the shadows of life itself To clap along and wish you well Motherless children Wandering nowhere Look up you're almost home Reaching for water Longing to know you're not alone V: Almost Home Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night? You wish you could start dreaming in black and white Well everything could change tonight When you duel with the devil living in your mind Motherless children Wandering nowhere Feels like there's miles to go Reaching for water Longing to go there Flooding into your soul Into your soul... Suite Charlotte Pike (Transatlantic) I: If She Runs If she runs, let her run, run, run Just hope that she comes back If she breaks let her break, break, break Let apologies attract And is she's free let her be, let her be She's not in such bad company The big man's still got her name written on the wall If she cries let her cry, cry, cry 'Till there isn't anymore If she cracks, let her crack, crack, crack If that's what che's looking for And if she waits, let her wait, wait, wait You'll have to leave this one to fate It can't ever be too late, when she comes to call It's Hard -- Living with such uncertainty It's Hard -- climbing the statue of liberty It's Hard -- calming the beatle inside of me It's Hard -- missing my max and melody II: Mr. Wonderful Her lips were ruby red She had a pretty head Not even once did she miss Sunday school Remember what mama said, "Stick to the rules" This boy was something else Someone she knew so well Echoes of snakes in paradise Saw the strangest fire burning in his eyes. His name was wonderful And it's wonderful, just to be near him His name was majesty And his majesty's requesting your presence He took her for a ride Into the starless night Talked about far away place he's been Could take her down to the city of sin "Grab it while you are young trust me there's nothing wrong But she feard what was 'round the bend" Said "thank you, but no thank's, 'cause I've got a friend" His name was wonderful And it's wonderful, just to be near him His name was majesty And his majesty's requesting your presence III: Lost and Found Pt. 1 Don't you think if you could be lost Don't you think you can be found Don't you think if you were the world, you'd turn it around Don't you start look behind Don't better stand up 'cause this is your time Don't you think that you'd better start changing your mind IV: Temple of The Gods In the Temple of the Gods We can get it on In the Temple of the Gods We will make our home Far from these Boulevards We will plunge headlong In the Temple of the Gods We will sing this song Give all the reasons that you know Slide down where the time moves nice and slow Ease back and relax No figures and no fax Awakening the stranger in your soul In the Temple of the Gods We can get it on In the Temple of the Gods We will make our home Far from these Boulevards We will plunge headlong In the Temple of the Gods We will sing this song V: Motherless Children/If She Runs (Reprise) Left the countryside for the city She resides now on the second floor No more gardening in the backyard Busy keepin' the wolves from the door Motherless children, ain't going nowhere Running in circles, time after time Careless, confused, frozen, faithless Dreaming this dream to ease our minds And if she runs Let her run Come on 'cause now the time has come The big man's got the mother and the son Written on the wall Don't want to hear it now..... Bridge Across Forever (Morse, Prince) There's a bridge made of light That crosses between death and life Where shadows walk in the sun And desperate lovers run One day a child and an angel Stood on either side Of a magic river That there was no crossing But as they tried The water began to rise Then they raised their eyes And as the river fell away They built a bridge across forever Between tomorrow and today There is a bridge across forever I've had this dream all my life That doesn't live in black and white It has no end it just begins In distant sands and magenta winds And my love she is standing by the side Of a magic river that there is no crossing Maybe someday when our spirits begins to rise And light fills our eyes We will meet again someday On the bridge across forever I know that we will find our way To the bridge across forever Between tomorrow and today There is a bridge across forever I know that we will find our way To the bridge across forever. Stranger In Your Soul (Transatlantic) I. Sleeping Wide Awake Once, not so long ago I lived far below Where you are I didn't even know Home was far a way I was sleeping wide-awake Breaking down Waiting for the sound But I can hear it now Is it all too late 'Cause I would sell my dreams If I could be awake If I could be awake There - waling into walls Piercing through the pain Here we are Reaching through the rain I almost caught a glimpse To feel that Sunday high I would fall This makes no sense at all But I can hear it now Not a single word And though I'd strain my voice I cannot be heard Outside the smile The insider breaks And I would give my dreams If I could be awake Whatever you're looking for Don't ever start looking behind Whatever you want to change You better start changing your mind 'Cause everything can be done Stand up 'cause this is your time II. Hanging in the Balance Go where you're going to You can rule your mind You will not decay Decay is always waiting You've got nowhere to go So you look behind What you sought to find Is always fading Wish to be wishless Less can live evermore More doesn't satisfy The deeper meaning Lose if you want to find Find what you're looking for For all your dreams can live Live as if to satisfy the meaning Whatever you're looking for Don't ever start looking behind Whatever you want to change You better start changing your mind 'Cause everything can be done Stand up 'cause this is your time Drink in the big dream Dream but you have to wait Wait 'til you get it right Write down every letter Paint with the broadest strokes Stroke through the deepest sea See what you have in mind To make it better Get in on the ground floor Floor to ceiling is so high High will become the low It will make sense Want always wants some more More is never enough Enough is enough Remember life is hanging in the balance Whatever you're looking for Don't ever start looking behind Whatever you want to change You better start changing your mind 'Cause everything can be done Stand up 'cause this is your time III. Lost and Found Pt. 2 Don't you think if you could be lost Don't you think you can be found Don't you think if you were the world, you'd turn it around Whatever you're looking for Don't ever start looking behind Whatever you want to change You better start changing your mind 'Cause everything can be done Stand up 'cause this is your time IV. Awakening the Stranger In the time it takes to be lost or found In the wake of something not for the crowd Awakening the stranger in your soul It isn't always quite that easy Awakening the stranger in your soul All the rage the wolrd goes on outside It's alright come in here - it's safe to hide Awakening the stranger in your soul Is more than just a thought or feeling There is no wordly danger beyond control Awakening the stranger in your soul V. Slide Give up all the reasons that you know Slide down where the time move nice and slow Ease back and relax No figures and no fax Awakening the stranger in your soul It's alright to give up your control (come in where it's safe-there is no I) Move along we've paid your expressway toll (look at all the others floating high) It's the 5:00 am alarm No time to use your charm Surrender is the only way to go Awakening the stranger in your soul No thought for yourself you just let go VI. Stranger in Your Soul When you come to make love, your only goal Words cannot describe the feeling Awakening the stranger in your soul From the shadow to the deepest meaning When you come to make love your only goal Words cannot describe the feeling Now we're here in full sight - we can be whole Let's dive and never hit the ceiling There - walking into walls Piercing through the pain Here we are Reaching through the rain I almost caught a glimpse Brighter than the sky A child grown A stranger coming home And I can hear it now Every single word And when I strain my voice I will be assured Outside the storm But here the big break That I might chance to dream That I be awake Awakening the stranger in your soul