31st Jan 2016 was the day that "Dream of a fresh water eel" and "Lazenca, Save us" were aired on TV and this episode of King of the Masked Singers has become one of the legendary episodes of the program. It was also the day that I personally became interested in the singer Hyunwoo Ha and started listening to Guckkasten's music, eventually getting myself trapped deeply in the band's charming musical labyrinth.

As most of the fans would know already, "Lazenca, Save us" is a song by N.EX.T (short for New Experiment Team), a band that late Haechul Shin(Crom) led in 1990s. N.EX.T released their 4th album in 1996, which was an original soundtrack for an animation "Lazenca, The Soul Frame", and "Lazenca, Save Us" is one of the songs from that album. The original song was rather opera-like with choirs singing the chorus part. Hyunwoo had made an excellent arrangement of the original piece so that it was not awkward at all to have one person sing the whole song without the massive choir. Maybe this was only possible because it was Hyunwoo.

31 Jan 2016 MBC King of the Masked Singers
Below videos provided by IPIN @ YouTube
- 11 June 2016 Seoul Squall Concert ( [ Ссылка ] )
- 30 July 2016 Park Concert ( [ Ссылка ] )
- 21 Aug 2016 Squall Encore Concert in Seoul ( [ Ссылка ] )
- 9 Oct 2016 Sorigyul Concert at Dongtahn Culture Centre ([ Ссылка ] )

Lyric translations and subtitles by Guckkasten-English (GKST-ENG)

** Lazenca, Save Us **

Crushed down with self-inflicted disaster
Grieves cloud the heavens
Here, where horror of destruction reign
Hast hope already folded its wings

The earth is stained in death
Only the black sun still weeps its tears

When the last stream of river runs dry
Is renunciation the only remains

No will to protect the prophesied future
Will it just scatter and vanish in thin air

Thou, with heart of steel and wings of thunder spread out
And holding high the sword of resolution
With fangs of vengeance and claws of hatred
Bring our spring back to us

Thou, with heart of steel and wings of thunder spread out
And holding high the sword of resolution
With fangs of vengeance and claws of hatred
Bring our spring back to us

Lazenca, Save us

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