Alesana: On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax

I'm not much of a reader and it takes a lot for me to read. I read for school because it is required. I have enjoyed what we have been required to read this semester though. A big thing that I do enjoy though is music. While completing my school work I love to listen to music. My blog posts will talk about the music group, Alesana. Alesana is my favorite music group. Their first album, specifically, relates to literature, in my opinion. All of their albums run like a story. They all tell stories. Some of you might not like Alesana because they are more of a 'screamo' band, if we must say. This first album pays a lot of attention to Greek legends. It includes Icarus, Hades, Zeus, Orpheus, etc. To give you all a look at who they are and there sound I'll post a music video. Since their lyrics might be hard to make out I will also post the lyrics to that specific song as well. The song I'll post will this post is their song Ambrosia.

"A touch of poison seals my fate
The dawn echoes the night with my glory
The sun himself honors me
Once king of roses, now lord of gold
The gods themselves envy my hand
Blessed with the gift of gilded touch
Fate wields its knife to cut the thread
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
In my perfection I have no want
Yet eyes still glint with greed untold
A folly as fatal as sin has now become the end of me
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
Have I not earned this, the gift of beauty within?
How selfish were the gods to keep their riches from my rightful treasure
I truly have become one of them, my fatal flaw
Oh yeah, I've got her hook, line and sinker
Thanks to me, she's her own new necklace
Now she's good as gold
I curse the day my dream became my descent
Suddenly I long for you, my only love
Cut the thread" Alesana - Ambrosia

Now I know they may look silly but this music video is from a little while back. This is from their first album which came out in 2006. I hope you all enjoyed a little bit of my favorite kind of artist. I'll talk about their next album in my next post.