Tangible Shackles / Assasymphonie
I've been playing LADS for two months, and I found the video introducing Sylus character with his song: Tangible Shackles.
And as a French player, it made me immediately think of the song called Assasymphonie (from a musical Mozart l'Opéra Rock), literally a mix betwen Assassin and Symphonie, sang by Salieri's character, Mozart's rival. It's the same rythm, the same tonality; sure the songs have their differences but they are so similar.
In the Tangible Shackles, it even says "Symphony played in agony", how could I not think about the Assasymphonie?!
And the lyrics of Assasymphonie fit Sylus very well. Perhaps not in the mainline where he is confident and has no doubts about who he is, but when he was imprisoned (or in his myth as a dragon before he met MC).
“L’Assasymphonie” conveys a powerful emotional message. It explores loneliness, jealousy, and the struggle against inner demons. The song resonates with listeners by sharing universal feelings of inner conflict and a desire for rebirth.
I think Sylus might have felt this way, especially during myths when we learn how he has always been rejected by all and always felt unwanted until he met MC. Furthermore, the struggle against inner demons or nature is a recurrent theme in his myths (the dragon struggling against his nature who wants him to eat souls, the silverwing fiend whose first intention is to kill MC despite her freeing him).
Maybe there was a French person somewhere in the team who knew that song and got inspiration from it, who knows :')
Here are the French lyrics with English translation.
"(FIRST VERSE)
Cette nuit, intenable insomnie
Tonight, unbearable insomnia
La folie me guette
Madness lies in wait for me
Je suis ce que je fuis
I am what I flee from
Je subis cette cacophonie qui me scie la tête
I suffer this cacophony that saws my head in two
Assommante harmonie
A numbing harmony
Elle me dit "tu paieras tes délits" quoi qu'il advienne
It tells me, “You will pay for your crimes” no matter what
On traîne ses chaînes, ses peines
We drag our chains, our sorrows
(CHORUS)
Je voue mes nuits à l'Assasymphonie, au requiem
I devote my nights to the Assasymphony, to the requiem
Tuant par dépit ce que je sème
Killing out of spite what I sow
Je voue mes nuits à l'Assasymphonie, et au blasphème
I devote my nights to the Assasymphony, and blasphemy
J'avoue, je maudis tous ceux qui s'aiment
I confess, I curse all those who love each other
(SECOND VERSE)
L'ennemi tapi dans mon esprit fête mes défaites
The enemy lurking in my mind celebrates my defeats
Sans répit, me défie
Relentlessly challenging me
Je renie la fatale hérésie qui ronge mon être
I renounce the fatal heresy that gnaws at my very being
Je veux renaître, renaître
I want to be reborn, to be reborn
(CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)
Pleurent les violons de ma vie
The violins of my life weep
La violence de mes envies
The violence of my desires
Siphonnée symphonie
A siphoned symphony
Déconcertant concerto
Disconcerting concerto
Je joue dans toucher le beau
I play without touching beauty
Mon talent sonne faux
My talent rings false
Je noie mon ennui dans la mélomanie
I drown my boredom in melomania
Je tue ma phobie dans la désharmonie
I kill my phobia in disharmony
(CHORUS)"
What do you think?
I just found out there’s already been a collaboration between LADS and Mozart l’opéra rock on « Visions opposées » song, which accompanies the first video where all LIs appear including, for the first time, Sylus. That tells me everything I needed to know 😁
(Btw some people have mentioned that some parts of Tangible Shackles song resemble the Saw theme, and it’s quite accurate)














