Now this song is a bit difficult to explain, but I'll try nonetheless. An original composition by famed anime-etc.-contributionist
Yoko Kanno, this track was an original inclusion and scene from the animated film,
Escaflowne. Though, I have to admit, I have not yet finished watching this film, nor can I actually tell you what it's about, save for knowing this song is featured within it (and as a whole, the soundtrack is flying-high good).
Regardless of yours or mine knowings of the film's plot, I'm giving the context of it as well as I can, and will tell you this covered song was originally entitled
Sóra (click for an audible of how it was heard in the film/official soundtrack). Furthermore, once you get into listening to it for a while, you may notice one thing: you can't understand at all what's being said. There's a reason for this, and while it may be in small part due to the film's plot, it's more to do with eccentricities of the composer, Yoko Kanno. There are those that claim that the song is recorded and sung in Ancient Romanian, and this mayhaps be an inspiration for it, but the more at hand explanation is the
lyrics to this tune are actually an example of Kanno's own uniquely-devised language, solely for use in a few instances of her own pieces and recordings (she also has a habit of giving herself new "pen names" under which to record to by, but that's another story). Anyway, if you'd like to know what the tune's meaning is, you can check
HERE for a small bit of enlightment.
With that small (yet not easy) bit of contextual establishment above, we move onto the actual feature.
So, lastly, we have this: a cover recording of the above anime song by a real band (American, as far as I can tell) done so in a manner so perfectly, it was befitting of an inclusion here. Enjoy.
Rayzd -
Sora
(post-script:
now, I don't how well the above link will work for those abroad from stateside, and perhaps even those in certain areas of the US, but hopefully, those that actually click it to listen will tell me if it works fine for them, and for those that it does not, please do tell me so as well.)