He never even thought about his vocals, he merely felt like singing his words was a cathartic way to get through this time in his life.Īvidan says, “I was writing songs after this tear of the ground beneath me, this huge breakup, and this avalanche hit me, I knew I needed an immediate source of something so I wrote these words, and it wasn’t enough. He used it as a tool for self-examination after a breakup. Avidan doesn’t give into that culture.ĭespite his advanced lyrics, Avidan found songwriting late in life. We have a lot of simple rhymes and music about partying, because that’s what sells. In modern music we don’t have a lot of poetic lyrics. This was my Bob Dylan, and I was seeing him in this tiny venue. I’ve never been more nervous in my life to talk to someone about their music. I bought my plane tickets to New York instantly, without thinking twice. When the ‘Into The Labyrinth’ tour was announced I knew I couldn’t miss this opportunity. Oh Ariadne, let me sing you, and we’ll make each other last Oh Ariadne, I was coming, but I failed you in this labyrinth of my past He isn’t the triumphant hero, he was too proud to accept her help and has to live forever with his mistake. He starts with, “Oh Ariadne, I am coming, I just need to work this maze inside my head.” Then, he changes it from “inside my head” to “inside my mind” to “inside my heart” and as he goes through the song the character slowly gives up. It’s a narrative, but what makes the song so moving is the way the chorus progresses. He would be stuck there…hearing her footsteps as she dances above that Labyrinth waiting for him.” If he was too proud, too broken…too me…to except that gift…too suspecting. I often wondered what would happen if he didn’t take that ball of yarn. I asked Asaf about the story behind it and he explains, “Theseus the hero, one of the four great heroes going to slay the minotaur inside the Labyrinth and Ariadne the princess helping him by giving him a ball of yarn so he would tie it to the entrance and find his way out again after he defeated the beast. I couldn’t control how I was feeling it just overwhelmed me and I couldn’t explain why. I never had this kind of reaction to a song, it was so instant. When I first heard “The Labyrinth Song” I stopped in my car and cried, then listened to it on repeat for the whole day deciphering every word. I’m being completely honest when I say he could be the best lyricist of our time. His lyrics could be compared to Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan. His voice has been compared to Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. He’s caught the attention of NPR and captivated Europe and Israel. The way he evokes the goddess Ariadne, the build of the song, the story of a man wandering, lost and trapped in the labyrinth of his past and unable to find a way out. That’s how Avidan’s “The Labyrinth Song” begins, with allusions of Greek goddesses and intricate rhyme schemes. Oh Ariadne, I just need to work this maze inside my head, if only I had listened to you when you offered me that thread.”’ Oh Ariadne, I’m coming I just need to work this maze inside my head, I came here like you asked, I killed the beast that part of me is dead. “Evening rises, darkness threatens to engulf us all, but there’s a moon above it’s shining and I think I hear a call, it’s just a whisper through the trees, my ears can hardly make it out, but I can hear it in my heart vibrating strong as if she shouts.
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