This is the Audio Only link.
The Music Video link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRQyJ2uuNw
Fates Warning is a band that plays some complex music (on sometimes dark themes).
[Maybe I'm getting mixed up with the band Pain of Salvation, or both these bands have some dark themes.]
This song from their 1994 album 'Inside Out' stands out due to the lyrics.
They seem to be (in part) questioning motives behind things we do.
(I saw it as an artist having the eyes to question what (monument) he/she creates. A monument that others will come by, years later, to see/appreciate.
Interesting how someone can see themselves in the situation they are in - as an observer of themselves.)
Of course, the amazing musicianship helps appreciate it as well.
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Monument lyrics
There's a blind desire, there's a drive There's a need to leave some lasting feat Something to hold, something to keep A monument to complete
There's a written page, there's a book There's a search for something to say Something to share, something to speak A monument to convey
Is it fiction, is it confession Is it passion or just a profession Is it performance, is it expression Is it passion or just an obsession
There's a photograph, there's a frame There's a time, a moment to confine Something to save, something to see A monument to enshrine
Is it performance, is it expression Is it passion or just a profession Is it fiction, is it confession Is it passion or just an obsession
There's an empty room there's a blank page There's a picture left incomplete Something is lost, something remains A monument to defeat
Is it fiction, is it confession Is it passion or just a profession Is it performance, is it expression Is it passion or just an obsession
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Artists:
Ray Alder - Vocals
Jim Matheos - Guitar
Frank Aresti - Guitar
Joe DiBiase - Bass
Mark Zonder - Drums & Percussion