Asaf Avidan - In a Box II - The Labyrinth Song

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All songs written, composed and produced by Asaf Avidan
Cinematography - Ori Bahat & Etienne Jeanneret
Video Editing - Asaf Avidan
Sound recording - Edouard Bonan
Executive Production - Les Autres
Video Effects - Jacob Wehrmann
Personal assistant - Rosita Pompili

Shot in - La Chartreuse de Neuville

Lyrics -

Evening rises, darkness threatens to engulf us all
But there's a moon above it's shining and I think I hear a call
It's just a whisper through the trees, my ears can hardly make it out
But I can hear it in my heart, vibrating strong as if she shouts

Oh Ariadne, I am coming, I just need to work this maze inside my head
I came here like you asked, I killed the beast, that part of me is dead
Oh Ariadne, I just need to work this maze inside my head
If only I'd have listened to you when you offered me that thread

Everything is quiet and I'm not exactly sure
If it really was your voice I heard or maybe it's a door
That's closing up some hero's back, on his track to be a man
Can it be that all us heroes have a path but not a plan?

Oh Ariadne, I'm coming, I just need to work this maze inside my mind
I wish I had that string, it's so damn dark, I think I'm going blind
Oh Ariadne, I just need to work this maze inside my mind
For the life of me I don't remember what I came to find

Now tell me princess are you strolling through your sacred grove?
And is the moon still shining? You're the only thing I'm thinking of
The sword you gave me, it was heavy, I just had to lay it down
It's funny how defenseless I can feel here when there's nobody around

Oh Ariadne, I'm coming, I just need to work this maze inside my heart
I was blind, I thought you'd bind me, but you offered me a chart
Oh Ariadne, I just need to work this maze inside my heart
If I'd known that you could guide me, I'd have listened from the start

Somewhere up there midnight strikes, I think I hear the fall
Of little drops of water, magnified against the barren wall
It's more a feeling than a substance, but there's nobody around
And when I'm in here all alone, it's just enough to let me drown

Oh Ariadne, I was coming, but I failed you in this labyrinth of my past
Oh Ariadne, let me sing you, and we'll make each other last
Oh Ariadne, I have failed you in this labyrinth of my past
Oh Ariadne, let me sing you, and we'll make each other last

#AsafAvidan
#Dark #AsafAvidan

[josdav]

I had to stop dark and listened to this on repeat for 30 minutes.

[b.m]

" The ways of heart cannot be explained. It does what it wants." Hello to everyone who came from Dark. We are now connected by a song, a story. Love Life, Spread Love before the thread is severed.

[tasuniyan]

Finished watching "Dark" almost 7 hours ago and idk how many times I have listened to this song since then. It's soooo beautiful

[jeffh]

I’ve been waiting 33 years for this song.

[architjaiswal]

Asaf told the story behind it and he explains, “Theseus the hero, one of the four great heroes going to slay the minotaur inside the Labyrinth and Ariadne the princess helping him by giving him a ball of yarn so he would tie it to the entrance and find his way out again after he defeated the beast. I often wondered what would happen if he didn’t take that ball of yarn. If he was too proud, too broken…too me…to except that gift…too suspecting. He would be stuck there…hearing her footsteps as she dances above that Labyrinth waiting for him.”

what makes the song so moving is the way the chorus progresses. It doesn’t repeat but it builds. He starts with, “Oh Ariadne, I am coming, I just need to work this maze inside my head.” Then, he changes it from “inside my head” to “inside my mind” to “inside my heart” and as he goes through the song the character slowly gives up. He abandons Ariadne. That’s what makes it so sad. He isn’t the triumphant hero, he was too proud to accept her help and has to live forever with his mistake.

Oh Ariadne, I was coming, but I failed you in this labyrinth of my past
Oh Ariadne, let me sing you, and we’ll make each other last

[mateo_ferranco]

Whoever created the soundtrack of DARK has indeniably good taste in music. This is sooo beautiful.

[pbintoau]

I cannot listen to this song without crying. Like, ever. The emotion is so terribly raw, and the musician is laying himself completely naked before our eyes. I love how under produced it is, and Avidan allows us to hear the breaks in his voice, and the holes in his soul. This song is a gift, and a candid glimpse of a conversation between a man and a goddess.

[randhir]

Dark has choosen some of best hidden gems.

[elenadeneva-trifonova]

I had a breakdown yesterday because of this song. I realised how my past is stealing my present. I cried for hours.
Immense creation.

[imconfused]

Normally people came here after watching Dark but I deeply respect those who don't know a thing about Dark but still came to this masterpiece 🙌👏❤️

[milsoft]

Watching DARK and heard this song play. Had to go to YouTube and find it. In my 55 years, I've heard very few songs with so much meaning & emotion. Just goosebumps everytime I hear it. Your voice is insane. So soft, but hits the mind and soul so hard. Thank you for sharing your gift, with us.

[znation]

DARK is a masterpiece, never believe anything else.

[TheArtbyartemis]

evening rises,
darkness threatens to engulf us all
but the there's a moon above.
it's shining and i think i hear a call
lt's just a whisper through the trees
my ears can hardly make it out
but i can hear it in my heart
vibrating strong as if she shouts
oh ariadne. i am coming.
i just need to work this maze inside my head
i came here like you asked
i killed the beast
that part of me is dead
oh ariadne. i just need to work this maze inside my head
if only i have listened to you
when you offered me that thread
everything is quiet and l'm not exactly sure
if it really was your voice i heard
or maybe lt is a door
that's closing up some hero's back
on his track to be a man
can it be that all us heroes have a path
but not a plan?
oh ariadne. i am coming.
i just need to work this maze inside my mind
i wish i had that string
it's so damn dark
i think i'm going blind
oh ariadne. i just need to work that maze inside my mind
for the life of me,
i don't remember what i came to find
now tell me princess.
are you strolling through your sacred grove?
and is the moon still shining?
you're the only thing i'm thinking of
the sword you gave me, it was heavy
i just had to lay it down
lt's funny how defenseless i can feel here
when there's nobody around
oh ariadne. i am coming
i just need to work this maze inside my heart
i was blind. i thought you'd bind me
but you offered me a chart
oh ariadne. i just need to work this maze inside my heart
if i'd known that you could guide me
l'd have listened from the start
somewhere up there midnight strikes
i think i hear the fall
of little drops of water
magnified against the barren wall
its more a feeling than a substance.
but there's nobody around
and when i'm in here all alone
it's just enough to let me drown
oh ariadne, i was coming
but i failed you
in this labyrinth of my past
oh ariadne, let me sing you
and we'll make each other last
oh ariadne, i have failed you
in this labyrinth of my past
oh ariadne let me sing you
and we'll make each other last

[slowslothpainter]

❤ Asaf Avidan = the new Leonard Cohen!! ❤❤ love him! just great

[gregreis]

This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[rabinpoudel]

People will be here after Season 03 Episode 04 The Origin
The ways of heart cannot be explained. The heart wants what it wants.

[ezmeraldadudortoka]

Oh my... Oh man... Rarely. Rarely does a song come on in the background that reaches all the way up to the foreground to emotionally grab me and pull me down and into a chair so that I can witness this sound that I wasn't paying close enough attention to. Absolutely altering. Monumentally beautiful. Thank you. The sword gets heavy for all of us. Thank you.🖤

[bilalmoin]

Director of DARK comes from future and told him to write a song
So, in the future he can use it perfectly in his show

[e_nigma_]

The lyrics, the music, the voice, the emotion... pure genius

[flaviopal]

Been in a kind of depression and finally healing after several months. Those words perfectly express what I'd have liked to tell to the person I loved and that I lost. I wanted to come back all the time, but I couldn't, I needed to work the maze inside my head first. I know I should have listened to you before and be guided by you, but I didn't. And unfortunately, despite trying, I never came back as I got stuck in the labyrinth of my past. I am crying like a baby listening to this lyrics but now they are tears of joy as I know I am finally healed and found my way out from the labyrinth. Whoever is out there in a difficult moment, just please trust that everything will be good. Learn to shut up your thoughts as they are not the reality, change your "internal software" or maze by learning to meditate and do that daily. Spend time with nature, in silence just observing its perfection. don't judge or get affected by others' judgement, give what you'd like to receive. Become the observer, your observer, and whenever a negative thought shows up, you can decide it to remove it within seconds and put your attention where it deserves to be and in what makes feel fulfilment. Trust the universe, god, your spirit or whoever you believe in. I did it, you will do it. Blessings