Renaissance
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| Demo by Avant Garde | |||||
| Album | The Purple Demo | ||||
| Released | 1988 | ||||
| Recorded | July 3—July 16, 1988 at Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT | ||||
| Length | 4:37 | ||||
| Label | None | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| The Purple Demo track listing | |||||
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This song is part of the "Say It Ain't So" lineage of songs
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"Renaissance" is a song by Avant Garde. It appeared on the band's second and third demo tapes, The Purple Demo and Somethin' Different!, respectively.
Appearances
- The Purple Demo (1988)
- Somethin' Different! (1989)
Overview
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Personnel
- Kevin Ridel: vocals
- Rivers Cuomo: guitar
- Eric Ridel: guitar
- Justin Fisher: bass
- Bryn Mutch: percussion
Video
Lyrics
A weary traveler upon days of journey travels across the forest's edge
Sweat breaks his brow and like a salt wound continues to scar his flesh
Strips himself of adventure's garments and eyes the great castles beyond
He slowly ascends the sun brazen hillside whistling the death merchant's song
Infinite iron gates allow no entrance for this mortal man
He bitterly refuses to let go and blood paints the pain upon his hands
Relative artistry on the dungeon stone as it crumbles with age
As the era must become ashes and dust there's a skeleton of a fool who remained
His step recedes from the sculpture of bones
One before him who attempted to face the unknown
Beyond the grim artwork of a priceless mold
This masterpiece has already been sold
Trapped in his own time
He's just medieval man and you know what he wants
But this is not your time
Try to understand the gates of the Renaissance
A man unsheathes a form of suicide escape
His lifeline severed reveals a final stain
This world leaving the shell of a dream broken
With his fatal wound the infinite gates open
Trapped in his own time
He's just medieval man and you know what he wants
But this is not your time
Try to understand the gates of the Renaissance
Trapped in his own time, yeah
Trapped in his own time