Blind Guardian - The Tides Of War Lyrics






Call the wind, I hail thee
But sail on through the storm
There's fire in my mind, fire in my mind
Fire in my mind, fire in my mind

There's no escape
And there's no return
The blood and smoke behind us
It's now out of sight
Tears you might be crying
But it's over now
For a higher cause we've come
So just keep your hate alive

The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor

No sorrow, no loss I count the ones behind
Come follow, don't turn your back and let 'em whine
The grief is real, the pain I feel
It's not what I've been longing for
They shall be free, they'll be released
They can't get over the sea

They were following in vain
Burning vessels, burning hope
Needless baggage on the road
Let 'em curse me, let 'em blame
They may have faced their journey's end

Boats at distant shore they burn
The wind still carries smoke
In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire
Across the ice, aflamed
To take revenge, ashamed
Betrayed by the insane Fëanor

You've gone too far, you've come to fail
Fëanor
All done in vain, by the oath
You delivered our doom

The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor

Boats at distant shore they burn
The wind still carries smoke
In Araman we've seen Teleri's work on fire
Across the ice, aflamed
To take revenge, ashamed
Betrayed by the insane Fëanor

We've gone too far, we've come to fail
Fëanor
Yet we have reached the promised land
Oh, Fëanor

The tides of war (the tides of war)
We've come to face it in these lands
We've come to face it in these lands
The Curse of Fëanor





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  1. l.... f....

    Guys, I'm Brazilian and I don't understand English very much (I'm using Google translator), could anyone tell me what this version of the song is about. I'm a fan of Tolkien and this album, even without understanding the language and depending on translation, please help me understand this song.

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    @mpj12345 I'm think it's too, first I'm think in the 'Children of Hurim', no-sense!! kkkkkk

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    No idea why Tides of War was cut, though. It seems to be about the guilt of Maedhros and Maglor when they finally come to understand what they have done.

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    @lucas felipe eae

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    @James Mulder fala aé!

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    Actually the way I saw it, it speaks of Hurin and his children. The first parts of the song, namely the lyrics "the field is lost" and "and day won't come again" sort of led me to believe that it was Morgoth speaking to Hurin after Nirnaeth Arnoediad. There are also lyrics pointing to Morgoth's curse of the Children of Hurin, namely "You'll be deceived
    , It's the curse I set upon your kin", where the deception part points to the fact that Hurin looked through eyes and listened through the ears of Morgoth, and as Melian said, all who live that way see and hear all things crooked and wicked.

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    I can't find this one on Spotify :(

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    Sadly, the 2018 remasters were never released digitally. Only on CD or vinyl.

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    @Dawn92 :(

  3. C.... A....

    Whoa! I did not realize this existed. I mean, I know "Doom"; I have the BTRM earbook. But I didn't know about this NIME version. :D
    I gather that there is also a "Tides of War" bonustrack. What other secret goodies are there on these 2018-2019 reissues?

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    Imaginations from the Other Side: The Wizard, System's Failing
    Nightfall in Middle Earth: Doom, Harvest of Sorrow (acoustic), The Tides of War
    A Night at the Opera: Rough mixes of Under the Ice and Age of False Innocence
    The Forgotten Tales: The tracklist was outright expanded to include material all the way up to 2010.

  4. w.... ....

    holy shit I love this version. It's so powerful <3

  5. T.... ....

    So just to get it straight: both versions of this song came out in recent years (one in the remastered Nightfall with the alternate cover seen above, and as a bonus track for Red Mirror), and this one has different lyrics, so that it can be about the Silmalirion and fit with the Nightfall album?
    Also, thanks for the upload man!

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    @Daniel Engstöm yeah exactly, though some parts of the lyrics are just weird, but thats like the lyrics in, for example "mirror mirror", it is obviously a song of tuor and him telling the king of gondolin to leave his city and to trust in the west but but there are still a lot of just weird addons which dont fit the theme.. the name itself too (unless im mistaken)

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    @Dasius Bratonius Its because they had three concepts from the beginning. So when they decided to only use the Silmarillion they had to change some of the lyrics that were written for other stories. Nightfall was original called and sung as "Rheingold"

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    @Daniel Engstöm hmm, im new to blind guardian so didnt know about this, ty

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    @Dasius Bratonius Glad to hear you're new to the band man! You have a LOT to discover! May i suggest "Ashes To Ashes"? Its a phenomenal song.

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    @Daniel Engstöm ill check it out right now, thanks again lol

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    I won this war
    Dared valinor

    Bad mistake friend, now your lands are in darkness

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    It is impossible for me to read that line and not think of the end of A Dark Passage

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    @Rodney Razorshorts Who do you think is the "I" here?

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    so is this song from beyond the red mirror?

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    There are two versions of this song. One is on the limited and Japanese editions of Beyond the Red Mirror, and the other is on the 2018 remix of Nightfall in Middle Earth.

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    I would post The Tides of War (both mixes of that song actually), but that song keeps getting blocked on YouTube.


    The next song I'm going to upload is actually a song I've uploaded before; Memento by Epica. Last time, the audio was sourced from another YouTube video, and slightly adjusted in Audacity to be at the same level as the rest of the album. This time it's special, as I got my hands on a vinyl copy of The Quantum Enigma and was able to convert the song to digital myself.

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    Theres two mixes of it?! Damn now i gotta track down that other mix

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    @Chaotickclock The version that came with the Rock Sound magazine sounds slightly more clear than the one on the Nightfall reissue.

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    @Dawn92 yeah i just heard it recently. Its a bit heavier on the reissue. Alot more focus on the instruments on the songs in this reissue. While i dont mind it, its come at the cost of removing some vocal tracks from certain songs. But at the end of the day its just a new way to listen to a classic song so i dont mind

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    Dawn92 hello, could you share a link with tides and doom from Nightfall in Middle Earth in 320, please?

  9. B.... i....

    Awesome!

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    I agree. This is one of my favorite songs by Blind Guardian overall.

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    @Dawn92 Mine too! :D