'Moonlight' by Labyrinth

Labyrinth is a power metal band from Massa, northern Tuscany (the province just north of Lucca). They've been around since 1991. Evidently, this type of music is still going strong in Europe, but mysteriously died out in the U.S. twenty years ago.

A labyrinth is a maze-like structure from Greek mythology; as well as an ancient symbol. However, it is tied to a number of ancient cultures, such as Greek, Roman, Celtic, Egyptian, and Native American. It is also deeply tied to the ancient Val Camonica. Also, the moon was a big part of ancient Camunian spirituality. I know, the moon was a large part of many cultures; but it was everything to the ancient Camunni, as I will show in upcoming posts.

The Romans called the valley "Camunorum," which loosely translates to "home of the Camunni"...as they called the inhabitants (Camun=Camunian; orum=place; thus "place of the Camunians"; also, ca=home; mun=moon; munni=moon people, thus "home of the moon people"). However in the modern Camunian dialect of Lombard, it's called "Al Camonega," which loosely translates to "valley of the home of the dawning moon" (al=valley; ca=home; mon=moon; nega=dawning/setting... not the color black). I'll get into that in future posts. Anyway, this song is at least symbolically tied to our ancient ancestry.


'Moonlight' (Labyrinth)

Faced to the ivory gates of dreamsland
I look my steps being lost in the sand
Is this the place where they created your soul
Where all your tears have been shed for so long?

Moon don't tell me lies
don't let me roam forever
Moonlight take the sky
Show me the way to heaven ...

Moonlight shining in the sky
nothing more can stop my flight
Take my hand again, fly with me
thousand million miles away

Leaving the town of the ancient dreams
new reasons come to live for ...

Now that we are leaving out of maze
I can imagine all the masters' rage
Meaning is that love is stronger than hate
Meaning is that will is stronger than fate

Moon don't tell me lies
don't let me roam forever
Moonlight take the sky
Show me the way to heaven ...

Moonlight shining in the sky
nothing more can stop my flight
Take my hand again, fly with me
thousand million miles away

Moonlight shining in the sky
nothing more can stop my flight
Take my hand again, fly with me
thousand million miles away

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