Minggu, Februari 27, 2011

Laptop - Mobile Computing (in progress)

Apakah anda memiliki laptop? Saat ini laptop sudah hampir umum ditemukan dimana-mana, mulai dari kalangan eksekutif atas, selebriti, akademisi, bahkan hingga anak sekolahan. Kali ini saya akan mencoba mengupas lebih jauh mengenai laptop.

Pendahuluan
Laptop atau
notebook merupakan ejaan bahasa Inggris, yang dialihbahasakan ke bahasa Indonesia menjadi "komputer jinjing". Kata ‘laptop’ lebih sering digunakan karena diambil dari perilaku pengguna notebook, yang lebih suka meletakkan notebooknya di atas paha daripada meletakkan di atas meja. Kata ‘Lap’ sendiri merupakan bahasa Inggris yang artinya ‘pangkuan’.

Sebuah laptop mengintegrasikan komponen komponen dari komputer desktop, seperti display, keyboard, touchpad/trackpad, dan speaker ke dalam satu unit sistem. Sumber daya laptop disuplai lewat AC adaptor dan dapat digunakan pula sebagai alat charging baterai. Sebuah laptop dalam kondisi baru umumnya memiliki daya tahan sekitar 3-5 jam, tergantung dari penggunaan, konfigurasi, power management, dan daya tahan baterai itu sendiri.

Pada mulanya, laptop diperuntukkan untuk kalangan terbatas dan memiliki mobilitas tinggi pada saat itu, seperti militer, akuntan, dan sales. Seiring perkembangan teknologi, saat ini laptop telah berkembang pesat hingga ke segala kalangan. Sejarah mencatat bahwa laptop pertama di dunia adalah Xerox PARC, sebuah
portable PC yang dikembangkan oleh Alan Kay di tahun 1968. Idenya adalah berdasarkan makalahnya yang berjudul "Dynabook" yang mendeskripsikan cikal bakal laptop sebagai "A personal, portable information manipulator".


Klasifikasi
Saat ini hanya ada 3 kelas utama dalam laptop yaitu:
  • Full-size laptop - deskripsi yang sangat umum dijumpai dalam laptop.
  • Tablet PC - laptop sentuh, ada yang memiliki keyboard dedicated maupun tidak, tetapi untuk memudahkan pengklasifikasian, saya nyatakan tablet PC adalah laptop yang memiliki mainboard terpasang di display.
  • Rugged laptop - laptop heavy duty, sangat kuat, dapat beroperasi dalam kondisi ekstrim.
Untuk full size laptop sendiri dapat dibagi menjadi
  • Desktop replacement computer
  • Notebook
  • Subnotebook
  • Netbook

Sumber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop
http://uangmayainternet.blogspot.com/2009/01/beda-notebook-laptop-netbook-dan-nettop.html

Rabu, Februari 16, 2011

Manfaat Belajar Musik

Pernah kita pikirkan, kenapa kita susah menghafal bahan pelajaran sekolah? Apa yang membuat kita sulit menghafal kalimat dalam buku-buku pelajaran? Namun pernahkah kita pikirkan kenapa kita begitu gampang menghafal syair-syair lagu dalam bahasa Indonesia, Inggris, Cina bahkan bahasa India, yang walaupun banyak lagu-lagu tersebut belum tentu kita pahami maksudnya? Apa yang membuat kita bisa menghafal syair-syair lagu sebegitu banyaknya tanpa merasa kesusahan atau terbebani? Bahkan orang yang tidak bisa membaca sekalipun dapat menghafal syair-syair lagu dengan jumlah yang banyak. Yang menjadi pertimbangan kita adalah, ada apa dengan musik? Apakah musik dapat menstimulasi dan mengoptimalkan otak atau kecerdasan seseorang?

Poin inilah yang menjadi pertimbangan para ilmuwan untuk terus melakukan penelitian terhadap pengaruh positif musik dalam kecerdasan seseorang karena mereka melihat bahwa orang yang belajar musik dapat meningkatkan kecerdasan dan prestasinya dalam bidang ilmu lain. Maka tidak heran, negara-negara maju menjadikan mata pelajaran musik menjadi salah satu mata pelajaran penting untuk bisa melanjutkan sekolah ke tingkat yang lebih tinggi. Negara Korea misalnya, semua orang Korea tak satu pun mereka yang tidak mengenal musik. Memang tidak semua bisa main piano atau instrumen lainnya, tetapi mereka semua bisa membaca not balok dan bernyanyi dengan suara yang indah dan terlatih. Ini menunjukkan bahwa pendidikan musik merupakan pelajaran penting di negara itu.

Yang menjadi pertanyaan adalah berapa pentingkah musik bagi anak kita? Mungkin hasil penelitian dari para ilmuwan yang diselenggarakan berbulan-bulan di sebuah sekolah di Swiss ini dapat menjadi pertimbangan kita. Dalam hasil penelitian tersebut yang diberi judul "Children Learn Faster to the Sound of Music" menyimpulkan bahwa anak-anak yang belajar musik memiliki daya tangkap lebih cepat dibanding anak-anak yang tidak belajar musik. Disamping itu, terlihat prestasi sekolah anak-anak yang belajar musik, juga menunjukkan peningkatan yang lebih tinggi dibanding mereka yang tidak belajar musik. Di Rhole Island, Amerika Serikat penelitian juga dilakukan terhadap anak-anak sekolah musik tingkat 8 (delapan), dan pada kesimpulannya dalam artikel yang berjudul "Learning Improved by Arts Training" bahwa anak-anak yang belajar musik memiliki kepekaan dan daya imajinasi yang lebih tinggi dibanding anak-anak yang tidak belajar musik. Mereka yang belajar musik akan lebih cenderung lebih kreatif dibanding dengan yang tidak belajar musik. Salah satu artikel dalam majalah psikologi di Jerman, "Psychologie Heute" yang diberi judul "Music Makes Children Smart" melaporkan bahwa anak-anak yang belajar musik cenderung lebih peka perasaannya dalam berbagai suasana. Meskipun para ilmuwan masih terus meneliti kesimpulan diatas, namun mereka secara aklamasi mengakui bahwa musik bisa memberikan stimulus atau rangsangan terhadap bidang lainnya serta bisa membantu kecerdasan seseorang.

Nah, sekarang kita kembali pada pertanyaan tadi. Apa yang membuat kita lebih mudah menghafal syair-syair lagu dibanding dengan materi pelajaran sekolah? Jawabannya adalah ketika kita menghafal materi pelajaran sekolah, kita memakai otak kanan kita. Otak kanan ini sudah kita pakai sejak kita lahir hingga kita kuliah bahkan selama kita hidup. Sedangkan ketika kita bernyanyi atau bermain musik kita memakai otak kiri. Jadi ketika kita menghafal syair-syair lagu, pada umumnya kita tidak menghafalkannya seperti kita menghafal bahan ujian sekolah tetapi kita menghafalnya sambil kita bernyanyi. Jadi ketika menghafal syair sebuah lagu, di sana kita telah menggunakan kedua bagian otak kita.

Disamping pengaruh positif di atas, musik juga bisa memberikan pengaruh positif terhadap kepribadian seorang anak. Belajar musik bisa membangun rasa percaya diri anak. Kita ambil sebagai contoh seorang yang sedang belajar piano. Jika ia terus belajar piano hingga mahir maka rasa percaya diri yang tinggi dan mental yang kuat akan terbentuk dengan sendirinya meskipun tadinya ia seorang pemalu. Kenapa demikian? Karena selama belajar piano ia dituntut untuk mencapai standar tertentu, dimana ia harus belajar mengalahkan segala rintangan dan kelemahannya.

Pertimbangkan fakta-fakta ini. Pertama, ia akan dibentuk melalui konser-konser piano yang diikutinya selama belajar piano, baik di tempat tertutup seperti hotel-hotel atau di tempat terbuka seperti di mall-mall. Bahkan jika ia berprestasi ia akan mengikuti pertandingan-pertandingan di berbagai perlombaan di tempat kursus, sekolah, kota, ibu kota, bahkan pertandingan International di berbagai negara. Rasa percaya diri itu dengan sendirinya akan terbentuk. Kedua, rasa percaya diri juga akan diperoleh ketika mengikuti ujian Piano baik ujian lokal kursus atau International seperti mengikuti ujian Royal atau The Association Boards of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) karena para penguji ujian ini adalah orang-orang Inggris yang secara khusus dikirim ke berbagai negara.

Hal lain yang tidak kalah pentingnya adalah bahwa dengan belajar musik, misalnya piano, ia akan memiliki waktu yang terbatas untuk bergabung dengan teman-temannya yang nakal dan jahat di luar jam sekolah. Kenakalan remaja dan narkoba semakin banyak memakan korban khususnya anak-anak yang masih duduk di bangku sekolah. Kegiatan belajar musik tentu akan membantu anak-anak kita terhindar dari masalah tersebut karena belajar piano misalnya bukan hanya sekedar belajar, meskipun pertemuan di tempat kursus hanya berlangsung sekali dalam satu minggu tetapi murid-murid piano dituntut untuk terus berlatih dan belajar di rumah minimal satu jam setiap harinya jika ingin berhasil dalam belajar piano. Anak-anak remaja juga bisa mengikuti kelompok musik mini chambers atau mini orchestra yang dibentuk oleh tempat-tempat kursus tertentu.

Hal penting lainnya adalah bahwa mahir dalam bermain musik misalnya piano dapat memberikan penghasilan bagi seorang pianis. Memang benar, ketika kita mengirimkan anak-anak kita belajar piano sekali dalam satu minggu, kita tidak berencana yang macam-macam. Kita pikir itu hanya sekadar mengisi waktu atau bagi kita yang mengerti manfaat musik seperti yang saya paparkan di atas, kita ingin anak kita bisa lebih berkreatif dan lebih cerdas di sekolah. Ini memang rencana yang baik tetapi kita juga tidak tahu masa depan anak-anak kita, apakah ia akan berhasil kuliah atau setelah kuliah berhasil dalam pekerjaannya dan sebagainya. Tetapi jika ia mahir dalam musik piano, itu bisa menjadi sumber penghasilan yang luar biasa di masa yang akan datang. Seseorang yang sudah lulus grade 8 Royal (ABRSM), ia tidak susah untuk mendapatkan uang sebesar 5-8 juta per bulan. Jadi musik itu sendiri akan menjadi alternatif penghasilan anak-anak kita di masa yang akan datang. Bahkan masa sekarang ada banyak sarjana meninggalkan bidang yang digelutinya bertahun-tahun demi memfokuskan diri untuk mengajar musik. Dulu pemain musik seperti pianis dianggap rendah tetapi sekarang ini keahlian musik bisa mengangkat martabat dan harga diri seseorang serta dapat berpenghasilan sampai puluhan juta per bulan.

Selagi ada kesempatan dan kemampuan, kenapa kita tidak mengirimkan anak-anak kita untuk belajar musik agar mendapat manfaat diatas?

http://www.belajar-piano.com/belajar_piano/articles/apa_manfaat_belajar_musik.htm

Kenapa Musik Membuat Orang Bahagia

VIVAnews - Musik merupakan bahasa yang universal. Tak heran bila musik menjadi salah satu bagian terbesar dari warisan peradaban manusia sepanjang sejarah.

Sebab, dengan mendengar musik banyak orang yang merasa terhibur dan merasa tenteram. Apa penyebabnya?

Menurut sebuah penelitian, alasan manusia menyukai musik sama dengan alasan manusia menyukai seks, narkoba, berjudi, atau makanan yang enak. Dengan mendengarkan nada-nada dalam musik, ternyata otak manusia akan melepas zat kimia bernama dopamine.

Dopamine adalah sebuah zat kimia yang terkait erat dengan motivasi dan kecanduan. Dopamine membuat binatang ingin mencari makanan sebelum mereka lapar.

Dari hasil riset yang dilakukan oleh ilmuwan dari McGill University di Montreal Kanada, ternyata musik-musik 'Four Season' karangan Vivaldi atau 'You Enjoy Myself' ciptaan Phish bisa membuat dopamine mengalir deras.

"Ini pada dasarnya menjelaskan mengapa musik sudah ada sejak lama. Kesenangan intens yang kita dapatkan dari musik secara biologis memacu otak dan kini hal itu terbukti," kata Valorie Salimpoor, neuroscientist dari McGill.

Penelitian ini sendiri melibatkan delapan pecinta musik yang dicekok dengan musik-musik kegemaran mereka dari berbagai genre, mulai dari klasik, jazz, rock, dan pop. Setelah 15 menit didengarkan musik, obyek penelitian diinjeksi dengan unsur radioaktif yang akan mengikat reseptor-reseptor dopamine.

Kemudian, dengan sebuah alat bernama pemindai PET, ilmuwan bisa melihat apakah unsur itu mengalir dalam darah atau tidak. Bila mengalir, maka ilmuwan akan menyimpulkan bahwa memang terjadi pelepasan dopamine dalam otak. "Ini merupakan riset pertama yang menunjukkan dopamine dilepaskan untuk merespon rangsangan estetik," kata Salimpoor.

Selain itu, hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa seperti halnya seks dan narkoba, musik ternyata juga menyebabkan candu.

"Musik akan menjadi alat yang berguna untuk menjelaskan segala macam aspek kesenangan, kecanduan dan perilaku maladaptif (adaptasi yang salah)," kata David Huron, periset kognisi musik dari Ohio State Uiversity.

sumber : http://teknologi.vivanews.com/news/read/204645-kenapa-musik-membuat-orang-bahagia

Sabtu, Januari 08, 2011

Selamat Jalan Elfa Secoria

Elfa Secioria merupakan salah satu musisi yang tidak pernah terseret ke dalam arus industri. Sepanjang karirnya, Elfa tetap pada idealismenya menghasilkan karya-karya musik yang berkualitas.

Elfa Secioria Hasbullah lahir di Garut, Jawa Barat pada 20 Februari 1959. Sejak usia 5 tahun, Elfa kecil mulai bermain piano. Bakat Elfa turun dari sang ayah, Hasbullah Ridwan, anggota polisi yang juga aktif sebagai musisi jazz.

Setelah belajar komposisi musik secara formal dan informal, Elfa yang saat itu berusia 19 tahun membentuk vokal grup. Vokal grup itu pun berhasil menjadi jawara di beberapa festival di luar negeri.

Prestasi Elfa semakin melesat pada tahun 80-an. Lewat 'Detik tak Bertepi' yang dinyanyikan Christine Panjaitan, Elfa meraih penghargaan The Best Arranger dan the Best Song di ajang ASEAN Song Festival.

Elfa pun mendirikan sekolah musik Elfa's Music School. Pada 1978, Elfa membentuk Elfa's Singers yang sekarang beranggotakan Agus Wisman, Yana Julio, Lita Zen dan Uci Nurul. Tony Sianipar, Rita Effendy atau bahkan Titi DJ pernah bergabung dengan vokal grup itu.

Sampai saat ini, Elfa's Singers dan Elfa's Music School tetap rutin mengikuti festival-festival musik di luar negeri.

Elfa juga pernah sukses saat berkolaborasi dengan Harvey Malaiholo. Bersama Harvey, ia merilis 'Gempita dalam Nada'. Lagu tersebut juga mengantarkan Harvei meraih The Best Performer di ajang Golden Kite Festival di Malaysia pada 1984.

Setiap penyanyi Indonesia pasti ingin mendapatkan sentuhan dari Elfa. Bunga Citra Lestari pun sempat berlatih vokal dengan Elfa, begitu pun dengan Andien dan banyak lagi.

Pada Rabu (8/1/2011), dunia musik Indonesia pun berkabung. Bang Eel menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya di usianya yang ke-51.

Selamat jalan Elfa Secioria, kami akan terus mengenang karya-karyamu.

http://music.detikhot.com/read/2011/01/08/194142/1542407/228/selamat-jalan-elfa-secioria

Selasa, November 23, 2010

Dream Theater - Take The Time

"Hold it now...
wait a minute...
come on... whew..."

Just let me catch my breath...
I've heard the promises
I've seen the mistakes
I've had my fair share of tough breaks
I need a new voice, a new law, a new way
Take the time, reevaluate
It's time to pick up the pieces,
Go back to square one
I think it's time for a change

There is something that I feel
To be something that is real
I feel the heat within my mind
And craft new changes with my eyes
Giving freely wandering promises
A place with decisions I'll fashion
I won't waste another breath

[Chorus:]
You can feel the waves coming on
(It's time to take the time)
Let them destroy you or carry you on
(It's time to take the time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
But no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all you need in your mind

The unbroken spirit
Obscured and disquiet
Finds clearness this trial demands
And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief
For the fortune lies still in his hands

If there's a pensive fear, a wasted year
A man must learn to cope
If his obsession's real,
Suppression that he feels must turn to hope

Life is no more assuring than love
(It's time to take the time)
There are no answers from voices above
(It's time to take the time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
And no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all that you need in your mind

I close my eyes
And feel the water rise around me
Drown the beat of time
Let my senses fall away
I can see much clearer now, I'm blind

"Ora che ho perso la vista,
Ci vedo di più"

[Chorus]

Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time
Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under

Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again

This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last

Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

I'll take seven lives for one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid

This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right

Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again

This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done

'Oh that this too
too solid flesh would melt.'

Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On

[Nicholas:]
Where did we come from,
Why all we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?

They say, "Life is too short,"
"The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend

I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

[Victoria:]
"Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"

[Nicholas:]
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm here
It's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow
I'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

Dream Theater - Strange Deja Vu

[Nicholas:]
Subconscious Strange Sensation
Unconscious relaxation
What a pleasant nightmare
And I can't wait to get there again

Every time I close my eyes
There's another vivid surprise
Another whole life's waiting
Chapters unfinished, fading

Closer now- Slowly coming into view
I've arrived- Blinding sunshine beaming through

There's a house I'm drawn to
Familiar settings nothing new
And there's a pathway leading there
With a haunting chill in the air

There's a room at the top of the stairs
Every night I'm drawn up there
There's a girl in the mirror
Her face is getting clearer
Young child won't you tell me why I'm here?

In her eyes- I sense a story never told
Behind the disguise- There's something tearing
At her soul

[Victoria:]
Tonight I've been searching for it
A feeling that's deep inside me
Tonight I've been searching for
The one that nobody knows
Trying to break free

I just can't help myself
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Tear my heart into two
I'm not the one the sleeper thought he knew

[Nicholas:]
Back on my feet again
Eyes open to the real world
Metropolis surrounds me
The mirror's shattered the girl

Why is this outside life
Haunting me every day
I'd break through to the other side
If only I'd find the way

Something's awfully familiar
The feeling's so hard to shake
Could I have lived in that other world
It's a link that I'm destined to make

Still searching but I don't know what for
The missing key to unlock my mind's door

Today I am searching for it
A feeling that won't go away
Today I am searching for
The one that I only know
Trying to break free

I just can't help myself
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Tear my soul into two
I'm not the one I thought I always knew

I just can't help myself
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Uncanny, Strange Deja Vu
But I don't mind- I hope to find the truth

Dream Theater - One Last Time

[Nicholas:]
It doesn't make any sense
This tragic ending
In spite of the evidence
There's something still missing

Heard some of the rumors told
A taste of one's wealth
Did Victoria wound his soul?
Did she bid him farewell?

[Victoria:]
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
Until we fade away
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
We slowly fade away

[Nicholas:]
Here I am inside his home
It holds the many clues
To my suspicions
And as I'm standing here right now
I'm finally shown what I have always known

Coincidence I can't believe
As my childhood dreams slowly come true

Are these her memories
Awakened through my eyes
This house has brought back to life

An open door
I walk on through
Into his bedroom

Feeling as cold as outside
The walls disappear
To some woman who's screaming
A man pleads forgiveness
His words I cannot hear

Dream Theater - Metropolis Part I

The smile of dawn
Arrived in early May
She carried a gift from her
home
The night shed a tear
To tell her of fear
And of sorrow and pain
She'll never outgrow

Death is the first dance, eternal

There's no more freedom
The both of you will be
confined to this mind

I was told there's miracle for
each day that I try
I was told there's a new love
that's born for each one that
has died
I was told there'd be no one to
call on when I feel alone and
afraid
I was told if you dream of the
next world
You'll find yourself swimming
in a lake of fire

As a child, I thought I could
live without pain without
sorrow
As a man I've found it's all
caught up with me
I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid

Somewhere like a scene from a
memory
There's a picture worth a
thousand words
Eluding stares from faces
before me
It hides away and will never be
heard of again

Deceit is the second without end

The city's cold blood teaches us
to survive
Just keep your heart in my eyes
and we'll stay alive

The third arrives...

Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors
There must be the third and
last dance
This one will last forever
Metropolis watches and
thoughtfully smiles
She's taken you to your home

It can only take place
When the struggle between
our children has ended
Now the Miracle and the
Sleeper know that the third
is love

Love is the Dance of Eternity

Dream Theater - Finally Free

[Hypnotherapist:]
"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light. Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime. As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness remembering all you have learned. When I tell you to open your eyes you will return to the present, feeling peaceful and refreshed. Open your eyes, Nicholas."

[The Miracle:]
Friday evening
The blood still on my hands
To think that she would leave me now
For that ungrateful man

Sole survivor
No witness to the crime
I must act fast to cover up
I think that there's still time

He'd seem hopeless and lost with this note
They'll buy into the words that I wrote

"This feeling inside me
Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
No longer torn in two
I'd take my own life before losing you"

[Victoria:]
Feeling good this Friday afternoon
I ran into Julian
Said we'd get together soon

He's always had my heart
He needs to know
I'll break free of the Miracle
It's time for him to go

This feeling inside me
Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
No longer torn in two
He'd kill his brother if he only knew

Their love renewed
They'd rendezvous
In a pathway out of view
They thought no one knew
Then came a shot out of the night

[The Sleeper:]
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
Until we fade away
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
We fade away

As their bodies lie still
And the ending draws near
Spirits rise through the air
All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear
A blinding light comes into view
An old soul exchanged for a new
A familiar voice comes shining through

[Nicholas:]
This feeling inside me
Finally found my life, I'm finally free
No longer torn in two
I learned about my life by living through you

This feeling inside me
Finally found my life, I'm finally free
No longer torn in two
Living my own life by learning from you

We'll meet again my friend someday soon

Dream Theater - Fatal Tragedy

[Nicholas:]
Alone at night
I feel so strange
I need to find
All the answers to my dreams

When I sleep at night
I hear the cries
What does this mean?

I shut the door and traveled to another home
I met an older man, he seemed to be alone
I felt that I could trust him
He talked to me that night;

"Lad did you know a girl was murdered here?"
"This fatal tragedy was talked about for years"
Victoria's gone forever
Only memories remain
She passed away
She was so young

Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back

Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind

As the night went on
I started to find my way
I learned about a tragedy
A mystery still today

I tried to get more answers
But he said, "You're on your own."
Then he turned away and left me
As I stand there all alone
He said, "You'll know the truth
As you future days unfold"

Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back

Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind

[Hypnotherapist]

"Now it is time to see how you died. Remember that death is not the end but only a transition."

Dream Theater - Hollow Years

He's just the kind of man
You hear about
Who leaves his family for
An easy out
They never saw the signs
He never said a word
He couldn't take another day

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

She's not the kind of girl
You hear about
She'll never want another
She'll never be without
She'll give you all the signs
She'll tell you everything
Then turn around and walk away

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
(Into the waves)
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
(Once the stone)
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
(Into the waves)
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Once the stone
You're crawling under
(The sound you'll hear,)
Once the stone
(the crashing)
You're crawling under
(down of hollow years)
Once the stone
You're crawling under
Once the stone
You're crawling under
Once the stone
You're crawling under
(The sound you'll hear, the crashing down of hollow years)

Dream Theater - Innocence Faded

Animation
breathes a cloudless mind
Fascination
leaves the doubting blind
Until the circle breaks and wisdom lies ahead
the faithful live Awake
the rest remain misled

Some will transcend spinning years
One as if time disappears

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Trinity jaded
I break down walls to find you

Callow and vain
fixed like a fossil, shrouding pain
Passionless stage
Distant like brothers
Wearing apathetic displays
Sharing flesh like envy in cages
Condescending
Not intending to end

Some will transcend spinning years
One as if time disappears

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Trinity jaded
I break down walls to find you

Beginnings get complicated
the farther we progress
Opinions are calculated
Immune to openness

Beyond the circle's edge
We're driven by her blessings
Forever hesitating
Caught beneath the wheel

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Cynically jaded
The child will crawl to find you.

Epica - The Phantom Agony

[I. Impasse of thoughts]
I can’t see you I, can’t hear you
Do you still exist?

I can’t feel you, I can’t touch you
Do you still exist?

The Phantom Agony

I can’t taste you, I can’t think of you
Do we exist at all?

[II. Between hope and despair]
The future doesn’t pass
And the past won’t overtake the present
All that remains is an obsolete illusion

We are afraid of all the things that could not be
A Phantom Agony

Do we dream at night
Or do we share the same old fantasy?
I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams

We are afraid of all the things that could not be
A Phantom Agony

Tears of unprecedented beauty
Reveal the truth of existence
We’re all sadists

The age-old development of consciousness
Drives us away from the essence of life
We meditate too much,
so that our instincts will fade away
They fade away

What’s the point of life
And what’s the meaning if we all die in the end?
Does it make sense to learn or do we forget everything?

We are afraid of all the things that could not be
A Phantom Agony

Tears of unprecedented beauty
Reveal the truth of existence
We’re all pessimists

The age-old development of consciousness
Drives us away from the essence of life
We meditate too much,
so that our instincts will fade away
They fade away

Teach me how to see and free the disbelief in me
What we get is what we see, the Phantom Agony
A te spiritus noster devoratur et nostra anima capitur

I’m afraid of my own exchange of views
What we get is what we see, The Phantom Agony

[III. Nevermore]
The lucidity of my mind has been revealed in new dreams
I am able to travel where my heart goes
In search of self- realisation

This is the way to escape from our agitation
And developed ourselves
Use your illusion and enter my dream...

Epica- Cry for The Moon

Follow your common sense
You cannot hide yourself
Behind a fairytale forever and ever
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose
The soul of this sick bulwark forever and ever
Forever and ever

Indoctrinated minds so very often
Contain sick thoughts
And commit most of the evil they preach against

Don’t try to convince me with messengers from God
You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves
It’s easy to condemn without looking in the mirror
Behind the scenes opens reality

Eternal silence cries out for justice
Forgiveness is not for sale
Nor is the will to forget

Follow your common sense
You cannot hide yourself
Behind a fairytale forever and ever
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose
The soul of this sick bulwark forever and ever

Virginity has been stolen at very young ages
And the extinguisher loses its immunity
Morbid abuse of power in the garden of Eden
Where the apple gets a youthful face

Eternal silence cries out for justice
Forgiveness is not for sale
Nor is the will to forget

Follow your common sense
You cannot hide yourself
Behind a fairytale forever and ever
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose
The soul of this sick bulwark forever and ever
Forever and ever

Eternal silence cries out for justice
Forgiveness is not for sale
Nor is the will to forget

You can’t go on hiding yourself
Behind old fashioned fairytales
And keep washing your hands in innocence

Epica - Sensorium

Chance doesn’t exist
But the path of life is not
totally so predestined and
time and chronology
show us how all should be
In the ways of existence
To find out why we are here

Being conscious is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get

No one surveys the whole, focus on things so small
But life’s objective is to make it meaningful
only searching for this
That which doesn’t exist
Although our ability
to relativize remains unclear

Being conscious is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get
Every answer contains a new quest
A quest to non existence, a journey with no end

scream:
I’m not afraid to die
I’m afraid to be alive without being aware of it

I’m so afraid to, I couldn’t stand to
Waste all my energy in things
that do not matter anymore

Our future has already been written by us alone
But we don’t grasp the meaning
Of our programmed course of life
We only fear what comes
and smell death every day.

Our future has already been wasted by us alone
And we just let it happen and do not worry at all

chorus x2:
Our future has already been written by us alone
But we don’t grasp the meaning
Of our programmed course of life
We only fear what comes
And smell death every day
Search for the answers that lie beyond

Being conscious is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get
Every answer contains a new quest
A quest to non existence, a journey with no end

Epica - The Last Crusade

Magna culpa nostra
Poena danda nobis
Usque ad finem erit dierum

Magna culpa nostra
Poena danda nobis
Usque ad finem erit dierum

Ad finem temporum

You can’t force yourself upon me
And you never will
You can’t keep digging in
Desecrated graves

No more innocence left to spill

Don’t be afraid, participate and
Just give us all your trust
Your soul will be saved
Just honour me, I’ll set you free so
Get ready to join the
Very last crusade

Ad finem temporum

You can’t get away with your crimes
And you never will
For you’ll have to pay the price
And this time is near

No more innocents left to kill

Don’t be afraid, participate and
Just give us all your trust
Your soul will be saved
Just honour me, I’ll set you free so
Get ready to join the
Very last crusade

Magna culpa nostra
Poena danda nobis
Usque ad finem erit dierum

Ad finem temporum

Don’t be afraid, participate and
Just give us all your trust
Your soul will be saved
Just honour me, I’ll set you free so
Get ready to join the
Very last crusade

Don’t be afraid, participate and
Just give us all your trust
Your soul will be saved
Just hornor me, I’ll set you free so
Get ready to join the
Very last crusade
Get ready to chase the
Final victory

Ad finem temporum

Epica - Dance of Fate

When darkness will reign and blind us all

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall

We cannot tell when morning comes
Is there a choice to live another day?
It’s hard to find a new direction in your fragile life

The precious time of your existence is now to come
Don’t throw your life away by cheating time
Sugared placebos only fool your mind

Now I want the water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus

What is the space, the type of dance?
I cannot tell which steps I have to take
I’d like to leave, just run away
My feet are tangled up

So hard to face the pace of the clock
What do you think, will it ever stop?
So will I fall and not get up?
I take it all in stride

Now I want the water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

Everything has a reason for its happening
Can’t you tell it’s your own spell and
Everyone has to dance his dance like anyone
Can’t break free of destiny

We should open new doors
And close the ones that we’ve left behind

Now I want the water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus
Et post nos occludimus

Epica - Consign to Oblivion

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed ‘till the end

The only thing that counts is the prosperity of today
Most important to us is that our bills get paid

Our good intentions have always been delayed

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed ‘till the end
When we will stand in front of heaven’s gate
It will be too late!

Try to unlearn all that you’ve learnt,
try to listen to your heart
No, we can’t understand the universe
by just using our mind
We are so afraid of all the things unknown

A must we appease is the lust to get laid
Nothing really matters, just devouring our prey

Our good intentions have always been delayed so
Our generous acts have always come too late

We are so afraid of all the things unknown
We just flee into a dream that never comes true

Low to the ground we feel safe
Low to the ground we feel brave

Oblivisci tempta quod didicisti

Open your eyes; we’re not in paradise
How can’t you see, this stress is killing me
Fulfil your dreams; life is not what is seems
We have captured time
so time made us all hostages without mercy

Seemingly generous fooling ourselves,

Selfishly venomous time tells

Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality
But we neglect to be!
So we’re already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn’t try to control life
but listen to the laws of nature

We all think we’re generous
But we only fool ourselves
The only thing that matters is
Our way and our vision

Selfishly we’re venomous
But you know the time tells us
There is more to life than our
Higher positions, race for perfection
Better, faster
We must return to the laws of the nature
Free ourselves from madness