About a month before my fiancée died, we were on our way driving to a faire and this song came on a satellite radio show that was showcasing a metal song from each European country. Of all the songs, this one I thought was the most beautiful and fit the mood and the weather of the day. Sunny, warm but with intermittent rain showers, so beautiful cumulous clouds were being ignited with light, and those golden rays were coming between the scattered clouds. She said that she'd sent this song to me before, grabbing onto my arm and asking if I remembered, and though I didn't remember exactly in the moment, it was absolutely familiar. Exactly a month after her death, Alcest released Spiritual Instinct which I accidentally stumbled on. It made me cry and the energy of the album reminds me of the love her and I shared. It didn't click for some time that this was that same band, but when I inevitably clicked on this song it was as if she was right there with me, I cannot hear this song without crying the most painful but simultaneously happy tears accompanied by a warmth that washes over me. Not long ago when I finally saw the music video for this song here, I couldn't believe it. It just ripped my heart out in the most painfully beautiful way possible. Still just hits me so damn hard. In grief, it can be hard especially as a man to find your tears, but when I need the walls to come down, when I need to feel her, this song is a portal to the love her and I bare for each other.
I believe that real love never dies, and across time and space we connect, waiting to reunited in the after life. Live well my friend, and feel comfort knowing that she'll be waiting for you when it comes time for you to depart from this world
Thank you for sharing that! I am also a widow. I use bands like this for the same purpose. They give me the moment I need. Feel free to reach out and inbox me if you like.
I knew Alcest through this song in 2013 when I met the girl I then considered the love of my life, someone that I just wanted to be close even living too far from her. I never knew if she heard Alcest once, as time has passed and we weren't talking anymore, nor I was hearing Alcest for a long time. Back then I imagined us like the couple of the video, idealizing it, even though I had my feets on the ground, at least a beautiful friendship it would be. Turns out this 2021 she has passed away... And I am here again. I still imagine us like the couple of the song... in Heaven. For now, I'll just have to get older like in this video without her by my side, only in my memories and in my heart.
I found this track today My dad used to listen to it back in 2010 I was 9 years old and loved the groove but soon he passed away and so did this but I'm very glad that I found this today it's the happiest day of my life ❤️
@@foojam2002 . Yeah. I agree. It's a good song but not top 5 ever written. Not even close for me. Cool to hear someone likes it that much though. Rock on ya'll 🤘
I'm flowing away... Endless world full of unseen colors, sounds that I haven't heard yet... Full of beauty that isn't able to be expressed only in words... Cool refreshing wind makes me reborn, lifts up my soul... True happiness shrouds me... I'm free, I can release my feelings, let go all my pains, fill myself with pure beauty and love... Only world that I feel I belong to, where my real presence is kept... Ooooh, how far it is! Really transcendent.
Do you remember your lost love, your last toy, the last song you sang, your last laugh? This song give you all this back, all your memories back. This song is beautiful...
Lyrics translation : "Another Time" A distant prayer, carried by the evening wind, Enlivens leaves in their languid dance. Hear the song of the old trees, singing for you, For the dark, resting woods. So many seasons have passed; they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground, Will be reborn under bright skies, As this weatherworn world remains the same, And tomorrow, you and I will be gone.
Une prière lointaine que porte le vent du soir Anime les feuilles dans leur danse alanguie. C'est le chant des vieux arbres entonné pour toi, Pour ces bois obscurs maintenant endormis. Sans nous attendre tant de saisons ont passé; Les feuilles dorées s'en allant mourir à terre Renaîtront un jour sous un ciel radieux, Mais notre monde érodé restera le même Et demain toi et moi serons partis.
I can't believe to this day i didn't knew Alcest until I saw them live as a foreband to Katatonia eight years ago. This track is my all time favorite of everything I've ever heard. I find myself always comes back to this song in confused times and everything feels fine afterwards. Such a healing music.
I still only daydream about that girl I never met in life, Alcest helps me to deal with being left out all alone, without any hopes for better future, without any friends or accompany, its music that encourages you to walk thousand miles blindly in the nature and forget all emotions and reality
It has been many many years that this song has remained consistently as the most beautiful song to my ears. To me, Autre Temps is the definition of eternal beauty.
It brakes my heart and blows my mind to discover such music diamonds much later than the were created ! I first found Alcest (thanks to RU-vid) last summer! It could make my life more beautiful earlier! Well done Alcest!!! Respect from Greece!
Magique... Alcest est un des meilleurs groupes au monde, et mérite d'être plus connu. Il y a tout de même 71 personnes qui ne comprennent pas la musique.
I discovered this band only 4 months ago and it feels like I skipped something really important, but now I'm so happy that Alcest appeared in my life and I hope they will be back someday 🥹💙
Watching them play this live in Rouen, France last year with my long term gig buddy was one of the highlights of my life. We drove over from the UK and went drinking in a French bar before and after the gig and it is a night I will never forget. He'd lost his son a few months before the gig and it was his first night out in a while and he said he needed the break. One of my best nights ever!
Enfin un groupe Français qui fait du Rock Métal français ! Cela ferait longtemps que l'ont attendez ça ! Bravo à tout le groupe et je vais partager sans manquer de vous suivre sérieusement.
This music is really something truly special. I remember having the priviledge of seeing Alcest and Anathema perform once. Hearing this song live, and looking back at that and closing my eyes and thinking about it. And crying because of how beautiful it all is. This music and art is a blessed gift..
I listen to this song every once in a while. My life has been sometimes beautiful, mostly tragic. Some days, I don't want to be here. Others, I love that I am. This captures perfectly how I feel most days. It still makes me cry. I know I don't have long to be alive. On the scale of things. It's pretty fleeting. It hurts. It heals. It tears. It gnashes. But it's an experience that we have and I suppose we may as well get as much out of it as we can.
This song gave a new birth to me. Have been listening this for over 4 years now and every time it brings in me a wave of happiness, positivity & energy. Thank you alcest for this beautiful creation. You are probably the only album i listen to when I lost in the mountains, alone.
Lyrics in English: "A distant prayer, carried by the evening wind Enlivens leaves in their languid dance. Hear the song of the old trees, singing for you For the dark, resting woods. So many seasons have passed; they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground Will be reborn under bright skies As this weatherworn world remains the same, And tomorrow, you and I will be gone." ~Niege is brilliant
what a wonderful lyrics with a wonderful videoclip, you guys are just amazing. As a guy from middle east, i need more songs like this to have peace, relax.
feels really amazing how a song can send you to heaven for a brief time and make you almost forgot your mundane problems. really glad this kinda music exists
La música de Neige me llena de paz y tranquilidad, es innegable la capacidad que tiene para generar sentimientos en las personas... Jamás me ha pasado algo así con alguna otra banda. Es algo tan espiritual que me llena de dicha cada vez que escucho a Alcest, desde la primera vez que oí Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde hasta ahora es algo que no ha cambiado nada. Tan solo me queda agradecer por lo maravilloso que entrega con sus composiciones!
A veces me provoca llanto y otras me provoca una sanación que sólo experimenté entre los árboles de mi infancia, testigo de cómo siempre volvía a refugiarme allí de las malas personas de mi entorno, del abuso. El canto feérico, los acordes, los tempos... Una atmósfera que insta a las personas altamente sensibles a encontrarse, ya sea consigo mismas, con otras PAS y/o con la madre naturaleza 🌬️🍃🍂🍃🍁🍃💜
hahaha It is sure that his voice is clear and beautiful, otherly, I wouldn't have seen the video but it's just impossible to understand without the lyrics, believe me ;)
Thank you Lobo, for sharing such amazing music. I will never forget our time getting to know one another, sharing everything, and what little time spent with each other. 😭💔 je t’aime
Prière lointaine que porte le vent du soir Anime les feuilles dans leur danse alanguie C'est le chant des vieux arbres entonné pour toi Pour les bois obscurs maintenant endormis Sans nous attendre tant de saisons ont passé Les feuilles dorées s'en allant mourir à terre Renaîtront un jour sous un ciel radieux Mais notre monde érodé restera le même Et demain toi et moi serons partis Demain toi et moi serons partis Sans nous attendre Tant de saisons ont passé
Was just introduced to this band. I am obsessed with this song!!! It makes my spirit soar into another world. Oh sooo grateful for this beautiful song. Truly amazing musicians.
I sing 'Autre Temps' and 'Souvenirs d'un autre monde' for my son as lullaby, he seems to like them. He have no words yet to tell me, but he always sleeps away with a peaceful smile. Alcest made some of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. This one is really special for me though. I always loved to compare life to falling and fading leaves. The part 01:50-02:50 is my favorite part, the melody and those lyrics together... when I heard it for the first time, it made me close my eyes and cry silently. " So many seasons have passed, they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground Will be reborn under bright skies As this weatherworn world remains the same. And tomorrow, You and I, will be gone." (impossible to translate it to english as beautifully as it is in french) Truly transcendent, this song can not be from this corrupted planet... It must be a memory from an other world. Merci Alcest.
Another Time A distant prayer, carried by the evening wind Enlivens leaves in their languid dance. Hear the song of the old trees, singing for you For the dark, resting woods. So many seasons have passed; they did not wait. The golden leaves dying on the ground Will be reborn under bright skies As this weatherworn world remains the same, And tomorrow, you and I will be gone.
Everytime I hear it, brings me the good memories of a long gone past. Another time that once was my present. I almost can hear and smell those days. Sometimes I think I see those days. It brings pain too, but life is filled with pain. I won't stop remembering just because of the pain. I want to remember…
have you heard the sound of your heart ripping below a wall of sound, well this is it. this video. this circle of life. i keep coming back to it to cry and smile at the same time. every week. since 2015
This song is beautiful by its melancholy, the instrumental is so overwelhming and the lyrics are so well-written, the singer is amazing, he managed to make the song's melancholic vibe even more real and beautiful
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