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01 SONG OF SEIKILOS Feat. Deborah Alencar
Music and lyrics: Traditional; Adaptation & Arrangement: Leo Trevas (lyrics), Antonio Araújo, Felipe Calado (music)
Hoson zês phaínou
Medèn hólos sỳ lypoû
Pròs olígon estì to zên
Tò Télos ho Khrónos apaitei.
Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.
<While you’re here, shine
Live with no fear, no lies
Because existence is short
And time demands an end.>
Eikon he líthos eimí. Títhesí me Seíkilos éntha mnémes athanátou sêma polychrónion.
Εἰκὼν ἡ λίθος εἰμί. Τίθησί με Σείκιλος ἔνθα μνήμης ἀθανάτου σῆμα πολυχρόνιον.
<I am a tombstone, an image. Seikilos put me here as an immortal memento to last the ages.>
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Dune Hill
02:47
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02 DUNE HILL
Music: DUNE HILL / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Enter Belladonna. A wild child, nomad, homeless. She is like the sand on a Dune Hill, ever-changing. She hitchhikes across the country, no destination.
[Narrator]
Who is the wandering woman
Lost in loneliness?
- She is the shadow of a woman
On the desert sand.
She rides,
Highway leads to highway
Belladonna rides.
Where is the woman’s destination
In this continent?
- She is the daughter of Displacement
Cursed to roam the land.
She rides,
City after city
Belladonna rides.
And she rides,
Sunrise on to sunset
Belladonna rides…
Traveler, vagabond
Traveler, vagabond
Dune Hill, she’s a Dune Hill
Dune Hill, she’s a Dune Hill
(Solo: André Lego)
And she rides…
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03 SET YOU FREE Feat. Nenel Lucena
Music: DUNE HILL / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
On one of her stops, somewhere near the border with Mexico, Bella listens to the SONG OF SEIKILOS. Remembering the mysterious melody from her childhood dreams, she tries to find more about it. She realizes it’s being played by a DJ from Eldorado FM. Her name: Alexandria. Bella is enticed by this woman. They meet, and sparks fly between them.
[Bella]
She is the queen of the Egypt
Cleopatra, golden beauty
She is the lady of the city
Loving is her way of living
I gotta find
A way to bring her (home)
I know she’s the one
Daughter of the Nile
Sorceress, a woman-child
And on the waves of the radio
Listen to her voice here and now
I gotta try
Well, I need her
I know she’s the one
Oh. Oh, Oh….
Alexandria
See you there
Shining in the night
- Give up!
Give up all your pretenses
- I’ll find!
A crack in your defenses
- Lay down!
Won’t you lay down with me?
This will set you free
Yeah, set us free
(Solo: Nenel Lucena)
She is the queen of the Egypt
Cleopatra, a golden beauty
Daughter of the Nile
Sorceress, a woman-child
I gotta try
Well, I need her
She’s the one
(Solo: André Lego/Felipe TDB)
Alexandria
See you there,
Shining in the night
Alexandria
Guiding light in the sky
- Give up!
Give up all your pretenses
This will set you free
Set us free.
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Addiction
05:29
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04 ADDICTION
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Weeks pass, and Bella’s irrational desire takes control. She is driven to a bar… Inside, there is only a man in a black hat. She sits and contemplates a liquor bottle. “It’s been so long since, but…”, she thinks. There is a struggle between her Passion and her Rationality. An ancient addiction strikes.
[Bella, inside her mind]
Yeah I’ll see you there! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...
Won’t you conjure up, oh
Conjure up an addiction?
Maybe sexual, maybe something else, yo-oh
Conjure up an affliction, yeah
Won’t you be my saviour
James and Joseph, Mary and Jesus?
Fetch me a stone grey
Or China White, tonight
Bleed on me, on my addiction, oh
Addiction (addiction)
Come on! Feed on me.
You gotta feed on me….
(Solo: Felipe/André)
Won’t you light me a fag, oh
Can’t you buy me a shot of liquor?
Then I may do a favour or two, yeah, to you
Will you feed on me, addiction?
Come on...
Addiction (addiction)
Come on! Feed on me.
Feed on me!
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God Delivering
06:39
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05 GOD DELIVERING
Music: Dune Hill; Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella meets a stranger at a bar. His name is Absalom. He talks to her in a friendly way. She feels compelled to opening up to him. She discusses how happy she is with Alex, but there is a hole inside, creeping. Absalom sees through her with a shadowy lens. He offers a drug. She hesitates, but accepts. They have a strange conversation.
[Bella]
The emptiness I feel
it is the pain inside
a fire burning ice
The emptiness I feel
it is the flame inside
a fire burning ice
(like a candle).
[Absalom]
Wailing... with your back to the wall
thinking of absolution
pain, suffering, death and discord
all of it may go away with God’s Deliverance.
God delivering...
Yeah... God delivers.
All alone you lived inside a castle, alabaster
And a broken flower rose up to the highest tower
Way down… way down South.
[Narrator]
Absalom.
The master of pain, of anger
Absalom.
The master of hatred
Ah. Master of Hades.
[Absalom]
The loneliness you feel
It is the pain inside
A fire burning ice
The emptiness you feel
yeah nothing's inside
just follow me tonight
(and I'll deliver)
(Solo: André/Felipe)
[Narrator]
Absalom.
The master of pain, of anger
Absalom.
Master of hatred
Ah. Master of Hades.
[Absalom]
The emptiness you feel
it is the pain inside
a fire burning ice
The emptiness you feel
yeah nothing's inside
just follow me tonight
(and I'll deliver)
Deliver. Yes, I will deliver you...
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Absalom's Blues
01:56
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06 ABSALOM’S BLUES Feat. Felipe Wolfenson
Music: Felipe Calado / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella passes out, in a drug stupor. Absalom says, “I’m here to tear you apart”. He starts to sing, scornfully.
[Absalom]
We're caught in a threadless Web of Emotion
Harnessed to the hairs
on the back of your neck
You are Driven... bound to die.
You're an apprentice in the house of pain
Bound to die.
(Solo: F. Wolfenson)
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South
03:39
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07 SOUTH
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella falls into her own private hell, following a drug and alcohol bender. She is confronted by her own inner selves and taunted by Absalom. Alexandria finds Bella at the bar and takes her back to their place.
[Bella’s Rationality]
I say, hey, wait, I gotta say
room’s empty, Morphine dancing
I say hey, yeah, yeah, the price you paid
behind your lids, demons are playing
[Bella’s Passion]
Metaphorical Hell
Stress Disorder
Time drags on, yeah
Drawn and Quartered
Driven... Bound to die.
[Absalom]
Way... Down South.
Delusion of a Godless Deity
Delusion of a Godless... Man.
(Solo: Felipe)
[Belladonna, waking up]
A barefoot step inside the bathroom [Hoson zês phainou]
Retching, throwing away
The remains of those Anxiety Days
Anxiety,
“Halcyon Days”...
[Alex & Bella singing]
Hoson zêis phainou
Meden holos sy lypou
[Alex]
Pros olígon esti to Zên
To Télos ho Khrónos apaitei
(Solo: André)
[Absalom]
Way... Down South.
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----- END OF ACT ONE ----
The obscure dream had taken Bella to a place of chaos. There, Absalom revealed his true form: Hades, God of Death. He tells Bella that she and Alex are one of the reincarnations of the star-crossed lovers, Seikilos and Euterpe.
Seikilos was a poet in ancient Ionia. Plagued by disease, he wrote a beautiful song before dying, and dedicated it to his wife, Euterpe. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, felt their sadness, something an immortal seldom would. She decided to steal Seikilos’ and Euterpe’s souls from Hades and give them life anew on Earth. The shadow-man, infuriated, could not let this be. Since then, every few generations they are born again, seek love again, only to be killed by Absalom/Hades.
08 THE MIRROR Feat. André Matos
MUSIC: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella tells her dream to Alex. They discuss it, and feel driven. “It’s our survival, our Love That Should Not Be, the most precious thing”. They decide to fight. Suddenly, a mirror in Bella’s apartment cracks. Instead of their reflection, there is only Absalom. What follows is a dialogue.
[BELLADONNA/ALEXANDRIA (Leo)]
Being
Believing
Love
Pain
Being the believer a loser or winner
Wallow in poverty
Poor men, work is the trial
Of society.
Fodder of fools...
[ABSALOM/HADES (André)]
Master
Commander
Servant
Slave
Mastering the manly means of corruption
Wallow in luxury
Assailants, sibilant seductions
Serendipity?
Fools for fodder...
There are no masters, only your
Shackles,
Only your chains!
[BELLADONNA/ALEXANDRIA (Leo)]
You are free, unbound
Lost and never found...
[BELLA/ALEX, ABSALOM (Leo, André, Antonio)]
The Mirror
Two sides, not the same
The Mirror
Two sides of the same
The Mirror
Two sides… often same (often same)
- Let the third side surface.
(Solo: Felipe)
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The Mirror
Two sides… often same
The Mirror
Two sides of the same
The Mirror
Two sides, not the same (not the same, not the same)
- Let the third side surface.
[BELLADONNA/ALEXANDRIA (Leo)]
We are the masters, love your
Shackles
Kiss your chains!
[ABSALOM/HADES (André)]
Unfree and bound
Lost and never found...
(Solo: André Lego)
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Eldorado
04:26
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09 ELDORADO
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
After the dialogue between the Lovers and Hades, a desperate Alex disappears. Bella follows her trails: the SONG OF SEIKILOS is played on one radio station from Mexico. It must be Alex, her Eldorado. Bella hits the road once again.
[Belladonna]
Walking down along a lonely highway
Barefeet, a bag and blue sky above me
I took a toke, a honk I heard across the desert
Cigarette, was blown by a gust of wind, now
Oh, I gotta find my own Eldorado
Oh, Eldorado.
Yeah mysterious song
Golden Woman.
Got off a little past Tijuana
Way down Baja California
Ghost city, nothing but a radio station
There I was, a stranger in another nation
Oooh, I gotta find my own Eldorado
Oh, Eldorado.
Check it out! I got a bag full of sorrows, laden emotion
Woman in the world going through the motions
Mister, I ain’t no sweet hitch-a-hiker...
No, I ain’t!
(Solo: Felipe)
Yeah…. Belladonna Highway
Yeah…. This is the highway.
Went up and up the lonely rooms
Nobody in sight, I gotta try the roof
And there she was, shining in the desert sun, yeah
The most beautiful woman and the saddest one...
Oh, I gotta find my own Eldorado
Oh, Eldorado.
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10 THE LAST NIGHT Feat. Antonio Araújo
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
In an abandoned house somewhere between Tijuana and the U.S. border, Alex tells Bella that she had seen a vision of their future. It was darkness. She realized that Hades will wage his war, and one of them will die. The Lovers experience what they believe might be their last night together, focusing on living the moment.
[Alex]
My beloved, a kiss
On your forehead.
Time is up, no sense wasting
Leftovers of the day...
Caress so gentle,
Woman singing a lullaby
We lose ourselves
Waiting for the sun to rise.
(The Last Night)
Last night... last night for lovers, for love.
Moonlight, shining softly
Naked hilly breast
Emptiness, pulls us down
to deep and weary rest...
Two lovers lie,
Playing, praying
We lose ourselves
Waiting for the sun to rise.
(The Last Night)
Last night... last night for lovers, for love.
(Solo: Felipe)
Rose-fingered dawn,
Touching goddess of the land
She comes to us,
We realize the clock has struck its hand
We’ve waited
And now it’s time to wash up and face the truth
We lost ourselves
Waiting for the sun to rise.
(The Last Night)
Last night... last night for lovers, for love.
(Solo: Antonio Araújo)
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11. HYPNOS AND THANATOS (Overdose)
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella understands that if one of them has to die, then Alex should be spared. She leaves her lover to face Absalom. The shadow-man offers her a drug once again. She falls into a coma and experiences what feels like dying. In between Sleep & Death (or maybe elsewhere?), she perceives the Burden of Existence, and faced with the core of her being, struggles. There is a battle. She manages to vanquish her Anxiety, her Fear of Fears. Belladonna wakes up with a life-giving breath.
[Bella]
I understand now -- I am Seikilos. Alex… You are Euterpe. We are the Lovers that Should Not Be. One of us has to die.
PART I: HYPNOS
[Bella]
And I think it’s too much of a weight
For anyone...
Man or woman.
And I think it’s time to put and end to pain
An end to me...
Belladonna.
[Bella/Alex]
Dying
Sleeping
Hurting
Bleeding
Loving
Seeking
Choosing
Living
[Alex]
And all the love we shared
Should it come to nothing in the end?
[Bella]
And I think it’s too much of a weight
For anyone...
Man or woman.
And I feel it’s time to put an end to pain,
Alexandria.
[Absalom]
Come into the realm of no senses
Time is formless
Space is nowhere
To be seen.
PART II: THANATOS
[The unknown speaks...]
Demos, Krátos
Tyrannoi, oi aristoi
<People, Power
Tyrants, the Elite>
Ménos, thymós
Psychê, nóos
<Mind, Soul
Life-breath, perception>
Archê… Kairós kai Khrónos
<Authority… Opportune Time and Chronological Time>
Hypnos, álgos
Brotói, athánatoi
<Sleep, pain
Mortal men, immortal ones>
Kléos, hedoné
Áster planétes
<Glory, pleasure
Wandering star>
Archê… Kairós kai Khrónos
Anáktes, Aiôn kai Khrónos.
<Authority, Opportune Time & Chronological Time
Lords, The Aeons and Chronological Time.>
(Solo: Felipe)
[Alex]
Come into the realm of the senses
Time is running
Space is everywhere
Breathe.
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12. |
Ending Dawn
02:33
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12 ENDING DAWN
Lyrics and Music: Pedro Maia, Leo Trevas
Bella slowly comes to her senses, and finds herself resting on the cold metal of railroad tracks. Alex has a torn guitar in her hands. They meditate on love, death and their new lease on life.
[Alex]
We’re sitting on a railroad and resting in my lap
lies a broken guitar
Fought for survival in a land that's foreign
and pretty far
There's misery and mystery and magic and the love
that has torn me apart
Forever in my mind i'll treasure your visage,
close to the heart.
And after all, I feel OK
I can't stop thinking, now, about the day
When your heartbeat made me realise
We've been together since
Dawn of time.
[Bella]
Here came the ending dawn
Game is over, and we were just pawns
All in all, all in all
But from now on, it’s just you and me
And maybe we’ll sing
Liberty, liberty.
Hoson zêis phainou
Meden holos sy lypou
Pros olígon esti to Zên
To Télos ho Khrónos apaitei.
<While you’re here, shine
Live with no fear, no lies
Because existence is short
And time demands an end.>
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13. |
Queen's Roads
05:50
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13 QUEEN’S ROAD
Music: Dune Hill / Lyrics: Leo Trevas
Bella rises, looking at her reflection on a pool of water. All is calm. Still, she musters the courage to confront Absalom. She follows him along the railroad tracks, a shadow on the desert horizon. Suddenly, there is no one. Absalom’s vanished. He was once inside her, he was her. No more. Back to the railroad tracks, Bella finds a sleeping Alex beside the broken guitar. She tries to play a little, and cuts her finger. She lets the blood fall on the sand and then buries it. The cycle of reincarnation is broken. They can finally be whomever they want to.
[Bella]
Gazing through the Mirror
Deep into these eyes
I see the image
But who is inside?
I see the image
and who am I?
And I wonder where these Queen’s Roads are gonna take me
But I trust the Love of a Maiden.
And I wonder where these Queen’s Roads are gonna take me
But I trust the Maiden...
Riding the desert (riding through Faerie)
Absalom’s fading
I am my dearest (riding through Faerie)
I am my enemy!
And I bury my heart under the red sand
Yet I still feel it aching...
And I bury my heart under the red sand
It’s the darkness within me...
(Solo: André)
Free from the Khrónos, free from the Aion,
We are the Kairós.
You and me together, you and me together
together as one.
(Solo: Felipe)
Shhhsh. A hushed flutter of wings. A little owl lands on Alex’s head. Its grey eyes gaze mischievously into Bella’s.
“Athena…?”
------ END OF ACT TWO -----
THE END.
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Dune Hill Recife, Brazil
Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Recife, Brazil. Groovy bass, spot-on drums, virtuoso solos and powerful vocals.
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