Andrómeda pagó el precio de la vanidad de su madre. La encadenaron a una roca junto al mar, como sacrificio para calmar a Poseidón, sola y expuesta mientras el monstruo se acerca. Esta canción se queda justo en ese momento de terror, antes de que llegue el rescate.
Hay un solo guiño real de astronomía escondido en la letra, pero se repite varias veces con distintas palabras. Tiene que ver con algo que lleva su nombre y que comparte un destino muy parecido al de ella: algo lejano, inmenso, y que tarde o temprano va a chocar contra algo mucho más grande.
Letra
(Cold… so cold)
(Stripped of everything…)
A bitter northern breath cuts through the air,
The tide reflects my ghost in dark despair.
Stripped of my crown, exposed upon the stone,
My fate is carved in salt and naked bone.
I screamed their names, the silence made them blind:
My father fled, my lover left my tears behind. (they walked away)
The ancient stars look down with frozen eyes,
Is this the final breath beneath the skies?
Bare skin defenseless as the iron bites in,
Where water ends and nightmares now begin… (now begin!)
Chained to the sea, waiting for the jaw to bite!
The silver moon is blind, she will not fight! (save me, save me)
The black waves roar, the winds are tearing high,
And in the rising foam, my hopes will die!
Far on the rim, a flash of fleeting light,
A savior’s blade, or madness of the night? (just a mirage?)
Two million light-years drift across my head,
A cosmic spiral watching from the dead.
A trillion burning suns will hold my plea,
Bound to collide through dark eternity! (colliding skies…)
Chained to the sea, waiting for the jaw to bite!
The silver moon is blind, she will not fight! (she will not fight)
The black waves roar, the winds are tearing high,
And in the rising foam, my hopes will die!
A timeless nebula of ash and grace,
An island universe lost out in space…
Naked and bound, but they will see my mark:
A restless spiral bleeding in the dark!
(Hear me scream!)
(Take me!)
Two million lights…
Two trillion stars…
Cold bare flesh against the deep.
(Swallowed by the sea)
Como en cada canción de Astronomika Beats, aquí hay un guiño astronómico real escondido. Si ya lo cazaste, cuéntanos en los comentarios qué encontraste. Si no, dale otra escuchada con atención.