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The Poet And The Pendulum 是专辑的第一首歌，根据乐队主创兼键盘手Tuomas Holopainen的说法，本来专辑也准备叫做这个名字，后来由于几个原因换了——首先这个名字有点长，作为专辑名颇为不便；其次作为一首Holopainen带有强烈自省意味的作品（歌中的Poet就是Holopainen本人），把自己的形象加诸整个专辑之上也不太好，不过话说回来，最后用的名字 Dark Passion Play 还是来自它（歌曲的第四部分，见下），可见这首超级大作在整个专辑中的分量。

要理解这首作品，首先要知道爱伦坡（Edgar Allan Poe）的一部短篇小说 The Pit and the Pendulum，因为这首歌的歌名和某些要素就是受这部小说的启发而来的（嗯，我想你也看出来了）。话说爱伦坡的这部短篇非常有名，它在爱伦坡的作品中属于比较特别的一类，既没有超自然现象，也没有悬疑的案情，重点讲的是人的“恐惧”。故事描述一个人被西班牙宗教法庭抓住判刑，关在一个黑暗的房间里，房间里有个大坑，坑上面是一个钟摆式的利刃（专辑封面就是这个东西的CG），一边摆动一边慢慢的下降，而我们的主人公就被限制在这个坑里，看着那个“钟摆”一步步的把他推向死亡。Holopainen从这个意念出发，把自己虚拟化为一个死于这种“钟摆”的诗人，再融合进 Nightwish 一贯以死亡为中心的众多宗教意念，形成这部结合了神秘主义和磅礴气势的摇滚音乐剧。

整首歌分为5个部分，每个部分就好像剧作的一幕，都有自己的名字，分别是：”White Lands Of Empathica”，”Home”，”The Pacific”，”Dark Passion Play”和”Mother & Father”。

第一部分”White Lands Of Empathica”，Empathica的意思大致相当于我们说的显灵，就是一个人进入另一个人的精神世界，帮助他表达感受的一种状态。这部分是一个唱诗班的男孩讲述了主人公的死（”The songwriter’s dead / The blade fell upon him / Taking him to the white lands / Of Empathica”）。

第二部分”Home”以主人公自己的角度表达了一些自我的观点，包括对于死亡的看法（”One last perfect verse”），也包括了对纯真童年的向往，这里用了”meadows of heaven”（天堂牧场）来指童年，这个说法来自专辑的最后一首歌。

第三部分”The Pacific”描述了自知将死的主人公的一连串意念，包括对于自己一生的回忆，以及面对死亡的态度。

第四部分”Dark Passion Play”是整个歌曲中最愤怒的部分，包括了主人公的宣泄和旁白对他死后情形的描述（”He was found naked and dead / With a smile in his face / a pen and 1000 pages of erased text”），这里干脆就把Holopainen的名字直接搬出来了（”Today / in the year of our Lord 2005 / Tuomas was called from the cares of the world”）。

最后一部分”Mother & Father”是向父母致敬的片段，这一段是以母亲的角度发出的倾诉，配合如安魂曲般平静的背景音乐，把音乐的意境送向了仿如天国的彼方。

作为一支年轻的乐队，能够把这样的作品驾驭到这样的水准，应该说是相当不容易的，无论是歌词意境的营造、恢宏复杂的配器还是主唱的表现力，都相当的出色，值得一再的玩味。

Answer 1

The Poet And The Pendulum is the album's first song, according to the band Zhuchuang and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen said, originally called the album also prepared to name, was later due to several reasons for the - first of all this name a bit longer, as Times were quite inconvenient; Second Holopainen as a means of self-examination with a strong work (in the song is the Poet Holopainen I), to impose their own image on the entire album is not too good, but the other hand, final With the name Dark Passion Play or from it (the song's fourth part, see below), the first supercomputer that this masterpiece in the weight of the entire album.

To understand this first work, we must first know that Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe) of a short story The Pit and the Pendulum, because this song's title and is subject to certain elements of the novel inspired by the (ah I think you have seen a). Edgar Allan Poe short of saying this very famous, in Poe's works are in a rather special category, neither supernatural phenomenon, and no suspense of the case, the focus for the people's "fear." The story of a person described by Spain to seize religious court sentenced, held in a dark room, there was a room in Tai Hang, Hang above is a pendulum-style Liren (album cover is this thing of the CG), while the slow side of Swing The slow decline and our hero was restricted in the pit, watching the "pendulum" step by step to his death. Holopainen from the idea of the virtual into their own died in such a "pendulum" of the poet, has been re-integration into Nightwish to death as the center of the many religious ideas, the formation of this combination of mysticism and Pang Bo momentum of the rock musical Drama.

The whole song is divided into five parts, each part of the scene plays like that have their own names, are: "White Lands Of Empathica", "Home", "The Pacific", "Dark Passion Play" and "Mother & Father".

The first part "White Lands Of Empathica", Empathica we mean roughly equivalent to that of Aparecida, is a person into another person's spiritual world, help him to express feelings of a state. This is part of a choir boy on a hero's death ( "The songwriter's dead / The blade fell upon him / Taking him to the white lands / Of Empathica").

The second part of "Home" to his heroine the perspective of a number of self-expression of views, including the death of view ( "One last perfect verse"), also includes a longing for the innocence of childhood, here to the "meadows of heaven" ( Paradise Ranch) to refer to his childhood, this is the final album from a song.

The third part of "The Pacific" describes the death of the hero aware of a series of ideas, including the memories of their life and face death attitude.

Part IV "Dark Passion Play" is the song the most angry, including the hero of the venting and narration describes the situation after his death ( "He was found naked and dead / With a smile in his face / a pen and 1000 pages of erased text "), Holopainen here simply put the name out to a direct (" Today / in the year of our Lord 2005 / Tuomas was called from the cares of the world ").

The last part of "Mother & Father" is a tribute to the parents of the fragment, which is a section of the perspective of a mother to talk with Requiem as calm as the background music, the music sent to the mood like the Bifang the kingdom of heaven.

As a young band, this can work to control such a standard should be said to be quite easy, whether the lyrics create a mood, or the magnificent complex included the performance of the singer, are quite outstanding, it is worth time and again The interesting.

Answer 2

The Poet And The Pendulum is The first album, according to one of The keyboard Tuomas band key Holopainen hand, was also called this name to album, due to reasons for this name -- first album, as a name is inconvenient, Secondly, as a means of self-reflection Holopainen with strong work (the Poet's song Holopainen himself, his image above the entire album is not so good, but then again, finally using name from its Dark Play or Passion is the fourth part of the songs (see below), the first super arose in the whole course of components.

To understand this, we must first works that Edgar Allan Poe (Poe) of The Pit and a short stories The Pendulum, because this song title and some elements of The novel inspired by is to (well, I think you also see out). The short words POE, it is very famous in the works of POE specially belongs to the category, neither the paranormal phenomena, no mystery case, the key is one of the "fear". The story was a Spanish religious court pronounced, shut up in a catch dark room, there is a room, there is a pit lamma clock swinging blade (an album cover is the CG), while the swing slowly down the heroine, while we were limited in the pit, and looked at the ", "the pendulum his step by step to death. Starting from this Holopainen himself into a virtual, died in this ", "the poet pendulum Nightwish into consistent with death fusion for many religious thoughts, center, form the combination of imposing enormous mysteries and rock musicals.

The whole song is divided into five parts, each part Of The scene, like plays have their own name: "White", "(Empathica Lands," The Pacific "Home", "Play" and "Dark Passion Father Mother &".

The first part Of "White" (Empathica Lands Of roughly equivalent Empathica we say, is a man in visions Of another man, to help his spiritual world is a state Of feelings. This section is a choir boy about hero's death (" The songwriter 's fell upon The dead/blade to him The Taking him/white lands Empathica (/ ").

The second part "Home" to the hero himself expresses some self Angle of view, including the opinion (" to death last 25 perfect verse "), including the innocence of childhood, in the meadows. "here" (heaven (heaven to childhood, refers to the ranch of this statement from album last song.

The third part of The Pacific ", "The death of describes a heroine, including for his life, and The memories of The face death attitude.

The fourth part of "Passion" is the Dark Play songs in the anger of parts, including the heroine's vent to his death, and narrator description of the situation, "He was naked (found dead and stands in his communicate/a face/a pen and 10 pages (text"), erased here just took Holopainen name directly into (" Today/year (the in 2005 our Lord was called the Tuomas/from the world "(CARES.

The last part of Mother and Father "is" to salute the parents, a Mother's perspective on the way, just talk with such as the background music and the peace of music to the kingdom of heaven is like a to Pilate.

As a young band, so that the level of control works, it is quite not easy, whether of artistic aspect, the lyrics of complex instruments or singer expression, are quite good, and made again.