"I will ever be the one to blame—last shut of your eyes…"
Accepting blame for a mistake? What a welcome change! Oh, sure, songs often say "Aw, I'm sorry I let you go! Take me back! Wah!" Rather than a mere complaint, "Last Shut of Your Eyes" rather acts as a bit of a lament of a bad choice and what happened because of it. The male singer-narrator accepts that "now it is too late," and she won't come back.
Granted, it might be a bit hard for her to come back since she seems to be, well, dead. If you want to be really literal, the lyrics seem to imply she died crossing a street when leaving him, but I think it's supposed to be figurative.
That's one of the reasons I like symphonic metal. Better stories in the songs. Visions of Atlantis, with its power/operatic metal hybrid, is a bit different, too. Nicole Bogner sings with lovely operatic vocals, and I think Mario Plank is a (not-so-great) tenor. It's an interesting mix, but it works well for their slightly-cliché quasi-romantic playoff in their songs. ("Without you life is grey and even sun won't light my day"?)
"Last Shut of Your Eyes" opens with a bit of piano and soft electric guitar, later introducing a more overt guitar and drums, a little like a harder and faster-paced version of Eva. The musical shifts all flow together well, without sounding like someone hashed a few songs together.
Fine, the opening piano reminds me of some song that I think is within temptation, and Mario's singing at the beginning reminds me a bit of Keith Green, I think. It's still a lovely song.
Lyrics: 4/5
Music: 5/5
Vocal(s): 4/5
Overall: 8/10
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