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A Subtle Invocation
03:19
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Hiding the need for reaction
Witnessing horrors outside myself
I’ve planted the seeds of destruction
Inviting the sorrow to conquer me
Desolation creeps into my darkness
An invocation finds its way to sacrifice the night
Contemplation rearranges silence
Don’t be dead, asleep, or dreaming… one more sacrifice
Calling out the urgency
The fight’s over me
Breaking up the sacred silence
With words illuminating us
Draining out the stream of sadness
Flowing down with subtlety
Pictures penetrate the mind with madness
(Pictures elevate distraction)
Suffocating all I’ve built… an empty compromise
Out from nothingness I’ve held a promise
(Out from nothingness we breathe)
The secrecy is hiding out the truth to falsify
Calling out the urgency
The fight’s over me
Breaking up the sacred silence
With words illuminating us
Draining out the stream of sadness
Flowing down with subtlety
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2. |
Prisoners
03:51
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Deep inside the valley lies a heart
On the ocean floor
As we flow, you and I
I’ve grown old, and we’ve moved on
Yet I’m singing the songs
Of life when the skies were bright
Memories that will never die
Am I yours tonight?
Will we see ourselves out of ruin alive?
Are we free to be prisoners at night?
Are we free?
Something’s not right, I recall in the sunlight
We could dream so many dreams
When our tides rise so high
Will we see ourselves out of ruin alive?
Are we free to be prisoners at night?
Are we free?
When we've lost everything
Are we winning?
Do we win anything?
We’ll swim deep into the ocean at night
And we’ll keep on dreaming
You and I
Will we see ourselves out of ruin alive?
Are we free to be prisoners at night?
Are we free?
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3. |
Memories of Water
03:32
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Returning the light to the sky
Broken as the truth I find
Like hearts mourning Jesus
When everything’s covered in white
A thousand holy teardrops fly
Showering reason
If only we knew illusion from insight
One light, one soul, towering us
You never took me for my word
Now I’m finding that I’m hurt
Now realize it’s over
There’s nothing left misunderstood
Now there’s balance in the breakdown
Memories of water
In breaking the walls of the mind
Focused on the inside line
Observing existence through lenses
They all magnify
The burning images
My eyes seek for resistance
If only we knew illusion from insight
One light, one soul, towering us
You never took me for my word
Now I’m finding that you’re hurt
Now realize it’s over
There’s nothing left misunderstood
Now there’s balance in the breakdown
Memories of water
The garden’s where we all find love
Inside the temple I hear the walls are crumbling down
A thousand lovers cry out loud
The clouds are tumbling down!
You never took me for my word
Now I’m finding that you’re hurt
Now realize it’s over
There’s nothing left misunderstood
Now there’s balance in the breakdown
Memories of water
You never took me for my word
Now I’m finding that I’m hurt
Now realize it’s over
There’s nothing left misunderstood
Now there’s balance in the breakdown
Memories of water
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4. |
Jabriel's Song
05:59
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Instrumental
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5. |
Invincible
07:21
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The silence of the night is all around me
As I fly eternally
Over the destruction of a memory
That guides my bride to be
I’m coming back to reclaim my hope… salvation
Protection granted outside the heart of reason
Inside a priceless prayer, I’ve become mystified
Inside the silent chamber I realize that I find
Peace of mind
Start breathing
The season is over, the time has arrived
I’m crossing the border, my final flight
Arriving nowhere, I turn out the light
Am I so invincible?
Self-satisfaction enters my heart while bleeding
Forced recreation, outside the child will feel it
Enter the secret saviors, free from their sacred crimes
In turn their banks will fail us
Realize our peace of mind is compromised
Start breathing
The season is over, the time has arrived
I’m crossing the border, my final flight
Arriving nowhere, I turn out the light
Am I so invincible?
Time to reach for the entity I find that I breathe for
Take me all the way down to recall the moments
Where I’ll find my own reasons
Time to reach for the entity I find that I breathe for
So take me to the day when we wake up
The minutes cover us… absolution
The season is over, the time has arrived
I’m crossing the border, my final flight
Arriving nowhere, I turn out the light
Am I so invincible?
The season is over, the time has arrived
I’m crossing the borders of my life
Arriving nowhere, I turn out the night
Am I’m so invincible?
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6. |
Under the Sun
05:06
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Seasons come and go
And leave behind memories you’ll never know
I’ve come to terms with how our destinies altered
But I found the dreams that conquered you
And the vows I’ve been searching for
The union, paranoid under the gun… destroyed
Time's still dangerous, leaving me open for mistrust
Calculating dust, under the sun
Memories conjure up a hopeless emotion after us
Contemplating rust, under the sun
Singing this song
Conversations flow into a river that is growing old
I’m tired of watching you through sullen falls… you know?
But I am not here to choose
Time’s still dangerous, leaving me open for mistrust
Calculating dust, under the sun
Memories conjure up a hopeless emotion after us
Contemplating rust, under the sun
Singing this song
I’ve picked up the broken pieces
And rearranged my swollen secret
Into the fire I’ll feed it
And rearrange the broken pieces
Time's still dangerous, leaving me open for mistrust
Calculating dust, under the sun
Memories conjure up a hopeless emotion after us
Contemplating rust, under the sun
Tired of all the same
Tired of all the rain that’s falling
Tired of empty praise
Tired I’m disengaged and calling
Tired of memory
Tired of intuition only
Tired of all the fear
Tired of feeling all is clear
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7. |
The Pursuit of Happiness
05:10
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Instrumental
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8. |
Tides
04:27
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The word is out
Desperation leads us to insanity and fades away
Reaching out to turn the television off
We might be free, I heard her say
I’ve tried to follow every memory
Faced with all the lies
I cover my resisting eyes
Your violence crashes with the tide
I’ll stand and fight or say goodbye
The night is young
Flowing over valleys of obscurity to break the day
The dream is gone
Searching for a life beyond validity… with no ability
My tides will follow any memory
Faced with all the lies
I cover my resisting eyes
Your violence crashes with the tide
I’ll stand and fight or say goodbye
It's time to go
The sun is out
The light will fill the room
Your time is up
As you fall down
I'll wait for the moon
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9. |
Intuition Underground
04:38
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I’ve got a feeling I found myself
Hanging off the edge of the night
I think I’m slipping outside myself
I’ve fallen too many times
Now the wreckage is under me
And there’s nowhere to hide myself
Now they’ll look straight into my eyes
I’ll watch them take away all that’s mine
There’s gotta be some kinda way out of here
A return to a time when all was clear
I sent the memories tumbling down
Intuition underground
I’ll never mind the sorrow
But it’s taken too many lives
If crying eyes reveal their stories
My words will run cold and dry
Will I break from the crowd?
I’ll make a promise to find out how
When I reach for the crown
That’s when I know that I’m going down
There’s gotta be some kinda way out of here
A return to a time when all was clear
I sent the memories tumbling down
Intuition underground
Into the night I’ve fallen
Spiraling, out of focus
Hearing my words reflecting
Speaking the words unspoken
Never mind that it’s complicated now
Anticipation, a final bow
And I feel so alone
The curtain’s down
There’s gotta be some kinda way out of here
A return to a time when all was clear
I sent the memories tumbling down
Intuition underground
There’s gotta be some kind of way out of here
A return to a time when all was clear
See the memories tumbling down
Intuition underground
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10. |
Breathing Light
08:59
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Your beauty was shrouded by your light
And when the eyes reflect you, the dervishes cry
One moment of gentle gazes
Outside, where words reply
Wisdom flees from selfish eyes
But kindness overflows with passion
And dances with you
Outside, where lovers fly
Prying eyes embrace the conscious lies
For reasons yet unknown
Evidence will only compromise their feelings
So alone
And every night I ask the question why
With hopes you’ll answer in a dream
While mendicants reveal their hope for life
I’m trying to believe
So free me, from me
And hear me calling
Communication trapped by resistance
Contagious accusations
Immunity with no reason
Inhaling… exhaling us
With no perception of the mind
With no projection of the mind
With no reflection of the mind
With no protection, breathing light
Crying eyes won’t see beyond the night
All blurred, but not unknown
As nations gather, blood is justified
And demons cry for war
And every night I ask the question why
At every moment, every dream
But nothing seems to really satisfy
So find what you believe
And free me, from me
And hear me calling
Communication trapped by resistance
Contagious accusations
Immunity with no reason
Inhaling… exhaling us
With no perception of the mind
With no projection of the mind
With no reflection of the mind
With no protection, breathing light
Everyone I see appears expressing disbelief
Of everyone, and everything, and our ability to breathe
The time is right, when hope has died
Your reasons why were never justified
What is right when all is wrong?
The pious have come and gone,
Just give us the answers
So free me, from me
And hear me calling
Communication trapped by resistance
Contagious accusations
Immunity with no reason
Inhaling… exhaling
Overthinking brings new disorder
Contagious absolution
The subtleties lack intuition
Exhaling… Inhaling us
With your perception of the mind
With your projection of the mind
With your reflection of the mind
With your protection, breathing light
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11. |
A Planetary Shift
05:40
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I never dreamed we’d ever say goodbye
I never felt emotion still my mind
I feel that we’ll find each other another time
Dreaming of life or memories
Now everything is covered by the night
And every year I swallow a sacrifice
I’ve looked deep inside
What’s left there to realize?
It’s all been lost… misunderstood
Designed to break our hearts
We’ve wandered from the start
When earth and sky depart
I’ll find you were the one
The wind is singing like the birds at dawn
The music whispers your name, and I return
Look at the stars reflecting on you and I
Their planets shine for all to see
Designed to break our hearts (Find what you’re searching for)
We’ve wandered from the start (Find what you deserve)
When earth and sky depart (Find what you’re searching for)
I’ll find you were the one
In time we’ll question why
Eternally gratified
We’ll shift in time
Designed to break our hearts (Find what you’re searching for)
We’ve wandered from the start (Find what you deserve)
When earth and sky depart (Find what you’re searching for)
I’ll find you were the one (Find what you deserve)
I’ll find you were the one
I’ll find you were the one
I’ll find you were the one
I’ll find you were the one
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12. |
The Day We Said Goodbye
05:17
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Who'll believe when the time is right?
Who'll see when your eyes are blind?
Who will be with you late at night?
Who will leave when we say goodbye?
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Hard rock for people who love the sounds of intricate rhythm sections, progressive inspired guitars, colorful synths, and melodic vocals.
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