The sorcerers apprentice

The return of the saint...

Seventies nostalgia: Ian Ogilvy

Can't live...

Alexandre Cabanel: Ophelia

(Il Divo: ... without you... )

Children of the damned

Luis Royo: Vampire

You're children of the damned 

Your back's against the wall 

You turn into the light 

You're burning in the night 

You're children of the damned 

Like candles watch them burn 

Burning in the light 

You'll burn again tonight 

You're children of the damned

(Iron Maiden: Children of the Damned)

Blinded by science...

Steampunk girl (Cpt Nemo?!)

(Foreigner: Blinded by science)

Steampunk girl (Cpt Nemo?!)

Loreley

Albert Ludovici: Lorelei

Merrily we sailed along 

Though the waves were plenty strong 

Down the twisting river Rhine 

Following a song... 

Legend's faded storyline 

Tried to warn us all 

Oh, they called her "Loreley" 

Careful or you'll fall... 

Oh, the stories we were told 

Quite a vision to behold 

Mysteries of the seas in her eyes of gold... 

Laying on the silver stone, such a lonely sight 

Barnacles become a throne, my poor Loreley... 

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley... 

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...

You would not believe your eyes, how a voice could hypnotize 

Promises are only lies from Loreley 

In a shade of mossy green, seashell in her hand 

She was born the river queen, ne'er to grace the land... 

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...

Oh, the song of Loreley 

Charms the moon right from the sky... 

She will get inside your mind, loveley Loreley... 

When she cries "Be with me until the end of time" 

You know you will ever be with your Loreley... 

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...'

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...

And the winds would cry, and many men would die 

And all the waves would bow down to the Loreley...

Herbert Draper: The sea-maiden (gets caught at last)

Nobody does it better...

It's christmas time again...

The snowman

The nightmare before christmas

Ode to joy

William Adolphe Bouguereau: Nymphs and Satyr

ODE TO JOY (Friedrich Schiller)

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, 

Daughter of Elysium, 

We enter fire imbibed, 

Heavenly, thy sanctuary.

Thy magic reunites those

Whom stern custom has parted; 

All men will become brothers

Under thy gentle wing.

May he who has had the fortune

To gain a true friend

And he who has won a noble wife

Join in our jubilation! 

Yes, even if he calls but one soul

His own in all the world.

But he who has failed in this

Must steal away alone and in tears.

All the world's creatures

Draw joy from nature's breast; 

Both the good and the evil

Follow her rose-strewn path.

She gave us kisses and wine

And a friend loyal unto death; 

She gave lust for life to the lowliest, 

And the Cherub stands before God.

Joyously, as his suns speed

Through Heaven's glorious order, 

Hasten, Brothers, on your way, 

Exulting as a knight in victory.

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, 

Daughter of Elysium, 

We enter fire imbibed, 

Heavenly, thy sanctuary.

Be embraced, Millions! 

This kiss for all the world! 

Brothers!, above the starry canopy

A loving father must dwell.

Can you sense the Creator, world? 

Seek him above the starry canopy.

Above the stars He must dwell.

Be embraced, Millions! 

This kiss for all the world! 

Brothers!, above the starry canopy

A loving father must dwell.

Can you sense the Creator, world? 

Seek him above the starry canopy.

Above the stars He must dwell.

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, 

Daughter of Elysium, 

We enter fire imbibed, 

Heavenly, thy sanctuary.

Be embraced, Millions! 

This kiss for all the world! 

Brothers!, above the starry canopy

A loving father must dwell.

Can you sense the Creator, world? 

Seek him above the starry canopy.

Above the stars He must dwell.

Be embraced, Millions! 

This kiss for all the world! 

Brothers!, above the starry canopy

A loving father must dwell.

Can you sense the Creator, world? 

Seek him above the starry canopy.

Above the stars He must dwell.

Joy, daughter of Elysium

Thy magic reunites those

Whom stern custom has parted; 

All men will become brothers

Under thy gentle wing.

Be embraced, Millions! 

This kiss for all the world! 

Brothers!, above the starry canopy

A loving father must dwell.

Joy, beautiful spark of Gods!, 

Daughter of Elysium, 

Joy, beautiful spark of Gods!.

Yesterday when I was young

Edmund Blair Leighton: Fading laurels

(Seems the love I've known has always been
The most destructive kind
Yes, that's why now I feel so old
Before my time.)

Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue.
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame.

The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned
I'd always built to last on weak and shifting sand.
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day
And only now I see how the years ran away.

Yesterday when I was young
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see.

I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.

Yesterday the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do.
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.

The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died.
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play.

There are so many songs in me that won't be sung,
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
The time has come for me to pay for
Yesterday when I was young...

Sleeping in the fire...

Boris Vallejo: Alone

Touch, touch in the flame's desires

Feeling the pain's denial,

And your fingers in the fire

Look, look in the candle light

See in the flame of life

And my spell is our lie

[Chorus:]

Taste the love

The Lucifer's magic that makes you numb

The passion and all the pain are one

You're sleeping in the fire

Taste the love

The Lucifer's magic that makes you numb

You feel what it does and you're drunk on love

You're sleeping in the fire

I gaze at the flame and fire burn

And cry out the name of which I yearn

[Chorus]

Taste the love

The Lucifer's magic that makes you numb

The passion and all the pain are one

You're sleeping in the fire

Unchain the night

Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale: Merlin and Vivien

I’ve been lost in the middle

Always trying to find the wishing well

Running around in circles

Never crossing the line

Don’t want to touch you

Don’t want to see

You’ve got a knife in your heart

Don’t say that you did it for me

Never unchain the night

Don’t tell me that the love is gone

Never unchain the night

Cause there’s always another turn

You know right where you want it

But you never gave it in return

Running me in circles

Always crossing the line

Don’t want to touch you

Leave you confused

You took the easy way out

When you looked through the eyes of a fool

Never unchain the night

Don’t tell me that the love is strong

Never unchain the night

Cause there’s always another turn

Never, never

Never, never

Never unchain the night

Don’t tell me that the love is gone

Never unchain the night

I’m never gonna set you free

Never unchain the night

Don’t tell me that the love is gone

Never unchain the night

Cause there’s always another turn

Never unchain the night

Send me a sign

J.W. Waterhouse: The Crystal Ball

Snow keeps falling down

From grace in the dark

Frozen tears in silent cries

Oh, oh, oh...

Sadness, now color the battle field

All around, life is passing by

Falling from my eyes

Like a raindrop from the skies

Falling from my eyes

Oh, oh...

So Send me a Sign

Just a way to explain

Tell me what I can do

I'm turning insane

So Send me a Sign

Show me what I should do

Only one wish to tell

A word sincerely signed just for you

Winter paved my way, couldn't see nor believe

I watched the snow highlighting my grief

Oh, oh, oh...

Sadness, I long for the sun to shine

Please melt the ice wrapped around my heart

Falling from my eyes

Like a raindrop from the skies

Falling from my eyes

Oh, oh...

So Send me a Sign

Just a way to explain

Tell me what I can do

I'm turning insane

So Send me a Sign

Show me what I should do

Only one wish to tell

A word sincerely signed just for you

)

(Hammerfall: Send me a sign)

Nightmare

Boris Vallejo: Fantasy

Nightmare lying here in the dark

Scared like my dreams made their mark

I wonder

Dreamer always alone

Lost in a part of myself I can't find anymore

I wonder if it's gonna end tonight

I can't sleep alone anymore

I need you here with me

Even though I closed all the doors

There's somethin' holdin' me

Never Ending Nightmare

Always there instead of you

Never Ending Nightmare

No escape this time from you

Lately been around someone new

Needed to fill in the space

That once sheltered you

Still I worry, if you're gonna be alright

I can't sleep alone anymore

Need someone here with me

All I ever wanted and more

My dreams are fighting for

Never Ending Nightmare

Always there instead of you

Never Ending Nightmare

Punishing me for the things I do

Never ending Nightmare

No escape this time from you

Britain's Got Talent

The Broken Hero

Barry Windsor Smith: The last Atlantean

(Saxon: Broken Heroes)

Sitting in a dream....

Edward Robert Hughes: Pack Clouds Away and Welcome Day

I'm just passing time before the ball

playing my guitar

I don't have to be where I don't want to be at all

maybe I'll go far

going nowhere sitting in a dream...

......in a dream

Sitting in a landscape full of sighs

dream away the day

making up a tune about the blueness of the skies

this is where I'll stay

going nowhere sitting in a dream...

......in a dream

Watching as a red and white balloon

sails across my mind

in between the images that drift along my tune

smile as they unwind

going nowhere sitting in a dream...

......in a dream

R.J.Dio (Butterfly ball): Sitting in a dream

Rare bird

Boris Vallejo: Drawing Down the Moon

Blind men and fools

John Byam Shaw: It Is Better To Hear The Rebuke Of The Wise Than For A Man To Hear The Song Of Fools

(Tytan: Blind men & Fools)

Lady Grinning Soul

Eleanor Brickdale: The Pale Complexion of True Love

She'll come, she'll go.

She'll lay belief on you

Skin sweet with musky oil

The lady from another grinning soul

Cologne she'll wear. Silver and Americard

She'll drive a beetle car

And beat you down at cool Canasta

And when the clothes are strewn

don't be afraid of the room

Touch the fullness of her breast.

Feel the love of her caress

She will be your living end

She'll come, she'll go.

She'll lay belief on you

But she won't stake her life on you

How can life become

her point of view

And when the clothes are strewn

don't be afraid of the room

Touch the fullness of her breast.

Feel the love of her caress

She will be your living end [repeat]

Once upon a December...

Elisabeth Sonrel: Archer

(Deana Carter: Once upon a December)

Elisabeth Sonrel: Winter

Anyone's daughter

Frank Frazetta: Flashman on the Charge

I stood under your bedroom window

Throwing up a brick

No one came I threw one more

That really did the trick

Your daddy came and banged my head

He said what kind of man

Is this that's hanging 'round my girl

And threw me in the car

You're a farmer's daughter

You're a farmer's daughter

Why do I always get

The kinda girl I didn't oughta get

I won't get no more eggs and water

Now I've laid the farmer's daughter

Imagine I was a full-grown man

And I could talk just right

Could I come and see you here

And do this every night

Wham! The door comes crashing down

Your daddy's face all pale

Says come with me you hairy bum

I'll put you in my jail

You're a judge's daughter

You're a judge's daughter

Why do I always get

The kinda girl I didn't oughta get

Now I'm getting jail and torture

'Cause I made the judge's daughter

It seems they're screaming law and order

When I go with anyone's daughter

Woman I should like some peace

And daddy hold your tongue

I think you're gonna die of fright

When I tell you what I've done

I can hear your tales and lies

You say I'm dumb and scraggy

But man this dumb and scraggy is

Your daughter's baby's daddy

She's a lucky daughter

Such a lucky daughter

Why did I always get

The kinda girl I didn't wanna get

Now I've got what I always fought for

'Cause I've married a rich man's daughter

(Candice & Autumn Blackmore)

Faery Dance

John Henry Fuseli: The shepherds dream

Fairy elves,

Whose midnight revels, by a forest side

Or fountain, some belated peasant sees,

Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon

Sits arbitress

John Milton

Paradise Lost.

(Fuseli portrays the dreaming shepherd, while above him floats a vision of dancing fairies emerging from the darkness. With linked arms and rhythmic forms, echoed in the flowing folds)

(L.V. Beethoven: Violin concerto in D Major)
(One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written)

Perfect Day

E.B. Leighton: How Liza Loved the King

Just A Perfect Day,

Drink Sangria In The Park,

And Then Later, When It Gets Dark, 

We Go Home.

Just A Perfect Day,

Feed Animals In The Zoo

Then Later, A Movie, Too,

And Then Home.

Oh It's Such A Perfect Day, 

I'm Glad I Spent It With You.

Oh Such A Perfect Day,

You Just Keep Me Hanging On,

You Just Keep Me Hanging On.

Just A Perfect Day,

Problems All Left Alone,

Weekenders On Our Own.

It's Such Fun.

Just A Perfect Day,

You Made Me Forget Myself.

I Thought I Was Someone Else,

Someone Good.

Oh It's Such A Perfect Day, 

I'm Glad I Spent It With You.

Oh Such A Perfect Day,

You Just Keep Me Hanging On,

You Just Keep Me Hanging On.

You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,

You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,

You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow,

You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow...

(Lou Reed & friends: Perfect day)

Once in a million years...

John Everett Millais: The Knight Errant

October reminds me of my home

The cold nights I would wait all alone

Watching leaves turning from green to gold

The waiting feels like eternity

When waiting for love to come to me

Someone to have, someone to hold

Then once in a million years

A shining white knight will appear

Fairytales are coming true

I promise my heart only to you

A castle stands upon a hill

Our eyes meet and time is standing still

Your smile warmed me like the first summer sun

There's color where once was black and white

There's moonbeams where there was only night

I knew then and there you were the one

Then once in a million years

A shining white knight will appear

Fairytales are coming true

I promise my heart only to you

Then once in a million years

A shining white knight will appear

Fairytales are coming true

I promise my heart only to you

Only to you

Only to you

Won't you ride my white horse...

Boris Vallejo: Teefa and the Butterflies

Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head

Mr. Crowley, did you talk with the dead

Your life style to me seemed so tragic

With the thrill of it all

You fooled all the people with magic

You waited on Satan's call

Mr. Charming, did you think you were pure

Mr. Alarming, in nocturnal rapport

Uncovering things that were sacred manifest on this Earth

Conceived in the eye of a secret

And they scattered the afterbirth

Mr. Crowley, won't you ride my white horse

Mr. Crowley, it's symbolic of course

Approaching a time that is classic

I hear maidens call

Approaching a time that is drastic

Standing with their backs to the wall

Was it polemically sent

l wanna know what you meant

I wanna know

I wanna know what you meant 

(Malmsteen, Owens : Mr. Crowley)

The fallen one

(Far away)

(Hammerfall: The fallen one)

Wasted Sunsets

The day is gone

when the angels come to stay

And all the silent whispers

will be blown away

And lying in the corner

a pair of high heel shoes

Hanging on the wall

gold and silver for the blues

One too many wasted sunsets

One too many for the road

And after dark the door is always open

Hoping someone else will show

Someone is waiting behind

an unlocked door

Grey circles overhead empties

on the floor

The cracks in the walls have

grown too long

The slow hand is dragging on

afraid to meet the dawn

One too many wasted sunsets

One too many for the road

And after dark the door is always open

Hoping someone else will show

Innuendo

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: The Riches of Deceitfulness

While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand 

While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land 

While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow 

Till the mountains crumble into the plain 

Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' 

Tread that fine line 

Oh we'll keep on tryin' yeah 

Just passing our time 

While we live according to race, colour or creed 

While we rule by blind madness and pure greed 

Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion 

Through the eons, and on and on 

Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' 

We'll tread that fine line 

Oh we'll keep on tryin' 

Till the end of time 

Till the end of time 

Through the sorrow all through our splendour 

Don't take offence at my innuendo 

You can be anything you want to be 

Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be 

Be free with your tempo, be free be free 

Surrender your ego - be free, be free to yourself 

Oooh, ooh - 

If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky 

If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die 

If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask 

Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask 

Oh yes we'll keep on trying 

Hey tread that fine line 

Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah 

And whatever will be - will be 

We'll just keep on trying 

We'll just keep on trying 

Till the end of time 

Till the end of time 

Till the end of time 

Et in Arcadia Ego...

... in my continuous search for the Holy Grail...

Nicolas Poussin: Et in Arcadia ego

L.V. Beethoven: Pastoral Symphony (5th mvt)

Guercino: Et in Arcadia ego

A little taste of baby's breath.... makes me forget about death

A howling wind is whistling in the night

My dog is growling in the dark

Something's pulling me outside

To ride around in circles

I know that you have got the time

Coz anything I want, you do

You'll take a ride through the strangers

Who don't understand how to feel

In the deathcar, we're alive

In the deathcar, we're alive

I'll let some air come in the window

Kind of wakes me up a little

I don't turn on the radio

Coz they play shit, like....You know

When your hand was down on my dick

It felt quite amazing

And now that, that is all over

All we've got is the silence

In the deathcar, we're alive

In the deathcar, we're alive

So come on mandolins, play

When I touched you

I felt that you still had your baby fat

And a little taste of baby's breath

Makes me forget about death

At your age you're still joking

It ain't time yet for the choking

So now we can see the movie and see each other truly

In the deathcar, we're alive

In the deathcar, we're alive

I want to hear some mandolins

(Iggy Pop: In the Death Car)