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Studio album by Beardfish Released July 27, 2009 (Europe) July 28, 2009 (North America) Genre Progressive rock Length 76:51 Label InsideOut Music
Tracklist: 1."Awaken the Sleeping" (6:01) 2."Destined Solitaire" (10:53) 3."Until You Comply (Including Entropy)" (15:21) 4."In Real Life There Is No Algebra" (4:33) 5."Where the Rain Comes In" (8:29) 6."At Home... Watching Movies" (1:53) 7."Coup de Grâce" (9:49) 8."Abigail's Questions (In an Infinite Universe)" (9:12) 9."The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (10:40)
Lineup: Robert Hansen - bass Magnus Östgren - drums, percussion Rikard Sjöblom - vocals, keyboards, guitars, accordion, percussion David Zackrisson - electric and acoustic guitars
Studio album by Beardfish Released May 20, 2008 Genre Progressive rock Length 74:24 Label InsideOut Music
Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two is Beardfish's fourth album, released in 2008. It is the second and final part of the Sleeping in Traffic duology, which is about a day in a person's life. Part Two signifies night.
Track List: 1."As The Sun Sets" (1:13) 2."Into The Night" (8:52) 3."The Hunter" (5:57) 4."South Of The Border" (7:43) 5."Cashflow" (6:08) 6."The Downward Spiral/Chimay" (7:10) 7."Sleeping In Traffic" (35:44) 8."Sunrise Again" (1:37)
Lineup: Rikard Sjöblom - vocals, keyboards David Zackrisson - guitars Robert Hansen - bass Magnus Östgren - drums
Sleeping in Traffic: Part One Studio album by Beardfish Released May 21, 2007 Genre Progressive rock Length 65:53 Label InsideOut Music
Track List 1."...On The Verge Of Sanity" (0:47) 2."Sunrise" (7:54) 3."Afternoon Conversation" (3:42) 4."And Never Know" (5:59) 5."Roulette" (12:07) 6."Dark Poet" (3:24) 7."Harmony" (7:20) 8."The Ungodly Slob" (6:42) 9."Year Of The Knife" (7:28) 10."Without You" (2:39) 11."Same Old Song (Sunset)" (7:51)
Lineup Robert Hansen - bass Magnus Östgren - drums, percussion Rikard Sjöblom - vocals, keyboards, guitars, accordion, percussion David Zackrisson - electric and acoustic guitars
Track listing 1. "In the Presence of Enemies - Part I * I. "Prelude" * II. "Resurrection"" 2. "Forsaken" 3. "Constant Motion" 4. "The Dark Eternal Night" 5. "Repentance * VIII. "Regret" * IX. "Restitution" 6. "Prophets of War" 7. "The Ministry of Lost Souls" 8. "In the Presence of Enemies - Part II * III. "Heretic" * IV. "The Slaughter of the Damned" * V. "The Reckoning" * VI. "Salvation"
Personnel Dream Theater * James LaBrie – vocals * John Myung – bass * John Petrucci – guitar and vocals * Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion and vocals * Jordan Rudess – keyboards and Continuum
Production * John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy – producers * Paul Northfield – engineer, mixing, vocal track co-producer * Chad Lupo – assistant engineer * Hugh Syme – art direction, design, and illustrations * Daragh McDonagh – Dream Theater photography
Notes Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 4, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States, Systematic Chaos was the band's first release through Roadrunner Records. The album was recorded from September 2006 to February 2007 at Avatar Studios in New York City, after the band's first break from summer touring in ten years. The lyrics of the album were written by John Petrucci, James LaBrie, and Mike Portnoy about fictional, political, and personal topics, respectively.
The album peaked in the top twenty in eight countries' sales charts; in addition, the album peaked at the nineteenth position on the Billboard 200, making it the highest peaking Dream Theater album in the United States as of 2008. Critical reception of the album was generally positive; Jon Eardley from MetalReview.com called the band, "arguably the most consistent band throughout the entire progressive rock/metal industry".
Dream Theater promoted the album on their Chaos in Motion world tour, which lasted a year and spanned thirty-five countries. The album was released in regular and special edition formats; the special edition included a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album, in addition to a ninety-minute "making of" documentary about the album.
Release and promotion Both the regular and special editions of Systematic Chaos were released on June 4, 2007 in the UK and June 5, 2007 in the US. Over their seven album relationship with Warner Music Group, Dream Theater became disappointed at the lack of coverage they gave the band. "Our previous label basically relied on our fanbase to do everything... [they would] put the money up for the record and put the CD in the shops," said Portnoy.On February 8, 2007, Dream Theater reached an agreement with Roadrunner Records to release their new album.Systematic Chaos had nearly been written and recorded at the time of the signing.Ironically, Warner purchased Roadrunner Records a week after the band signed with them.According to LaBrie, Roadrunner followed through on all of its promises to the band concerning the promotion of the album.
Portnoy spent a month directing and editing a documentary titled Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos, which was released on the two disc special edition of the album.The bonus disc of the special edition also included 5.1 surround sound mix of the entire album. Dream Theater supported the album by touring on the Chaos In Motion tour from June 3, 2007 to June 4, 2008. The world tour comprised 115 shows throughout thirty-five countries.Multiple concerts were filmed for the band's fifth DVD, titled Chaos in Motion 2007–2008. The compilation of concerts was released on September 30, 2008.
Songs
In the Presence of Enemies John Petrucci wrote the lyrics for four of the seven songs on the album,telling a fictional story through each one.The first song recorded, the twenty-five-minute epic "In the Presence of Enemies", was described by Petrucci as the "epitome of a Dream Theater creation".He went on to describe the track as "very progressive, very long"; also noting that it set a good tone for writing and recording the rest of the album.The song was split into two parts for the album, due to its being a good open and close to the album. According to Portnoy, the band felt it was too long to open the album, but did not want to close the album with a long song, as they had with the twenty-four-minute title track of their last album.The song is normally played in its entirety in live shows.
Forsaken Petrucci said "Forsaken" is a story told through a "short song structure".The song tells of a person who is visited at night by a vampiress. While the man thinks he is being shown "beautiful things", in reality he is having his blood sucked by the vampiress.An anime music video of "Forsaken", produced by Gonzo and directed by Yasufumi Soejima, was released on January 26, 2008.The band allowed Soejima artistic freedom with the design of the video,which was set in a science fiction future instead of the present day.
Constant Motion "Constant Motion" was released as the first single from the album. It is also accompanied by a music video. The band hadn't produced a music video since "Hollow Years" from Falling into Infinity in 1997, citing lack of interest and lack of rotation on music channels for the latter. The video has received considerable airplay on MTV2's Headbangers Ball, and is arguably Dream Theater's most popular video since "Pull Me Under" in 1992. According to Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos, the working title of this song was "Song #2" or "Korma Chameleon". As with its previous track, "Forsaken", "Constant Motion" explores various complex time changes. For example, the guitar riffs in the introduction of the song vary between 10/8, 12/8, 15/8 and 20/8 in select parts. Most of the song remains in the standard 4/4 time.
The Dark Eternal Night Petrucci wrote the lyrics to "The Dark Eternal Night" about a pharaoh who has returned after dormancy as a monster to haunt a town.The song contains an improvised Continuum solo, performed by Rudess while the drum tracks were being recorded; the band members liked the solo enough to keep in the final recording.
Repentance Portnoy wrote "Repentance" as the fourth part of his Twelve-step Suite,a collection of songs from various Dream Theater albums which revolve around his journey through Alcoholics Anonymous. The song discusses steps eight and nine of the process, which deal with making a list of people whom one has wronged and, if possible, making direct amends with them.Portnoy, who as of 2007 had been sober for 7½ years,invited friends and fellow musicians Mikael Åkerfeldt, Jon Anderson, David Ellefson, Daniel Gildenlöw, Steve Hogarth, Chris Jericho, Neal Morse, Joe Satriani, Corey Taylor, Steve Vai, and Steven Wilson to record spoken apologies, regrets, and sorrows of their own,which were featured throughout the song.Portnoy dedicated "Repentance", "to Bill W. and all of his friends".This saga is concluded in the Band's tenth studio album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.
Prophets of War "Prophets of War" was written by James LaBrie, who based the lyrics loosely on Joseph C. Wilson's book The Politics of Truth.The lyrics talk about possible ulterior motives behind the Iraq War, while remaining "middle of the road".The title is a play on words, where the "prophets" of the war, could also be gaining a "profit" from the War.During the recording of the song, Portnoy suggested fans could voice certain lyrical chants.In response to a message posted on the band's website four hundred fans gathered outside the recording studio to record the chanting,however only sixty could fit into the studio.
The Ministry of Lost Souls At just under fifteen minutes in length, "The Ministry of Lost Souls" is the album's second longest track. Throughout the song's lyrics, Petrucci tells of a person who dies in the process of saving a woman from drowning. However, the woman who is saved is filled with "regret and sorrow" until she is able to re-unite with her rescuer.
LYRICS
1. In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. 1
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: John Petrucci]
[I Prelude]
[Instrumental]
[II Resurrection]
I saw a white light Shining there before me And walking to it I waited for the end A final vision Promising salvation A resurrection For a fallen man
Do you still wait for your God And the symbol of your faith?
I can free you from this Hell and misery You should never be ashamed my son I can give you power beyond anything Trust me you will be the chosen one
I was forgotten A body scorned and broken My soul rejected Tainted by his blood
Beyond redemption A sinner not worth saving Forever taken From the one I loved
Do I still wait for my God And a symbol of my faith?
I can lead you down the path and back to life All I ask is that you worship me I can help you seek revenge and save yourself Give you life for all eternity
Servants of the fallen Fight to pave the way For their saviour's calling Of this wicked day
Through a veil of madness With a vicious blade One man rises up Standing in their way
Redemption Redemption for humanity
2. Forsaken
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: John Petrucci]
For a while I thought I fell asleep Lying motionless inside a dream
Then rising suddenly I felt a chilling breath upon me She softly whispered in my ear (Forsaken)
Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand Give yourself up to me
I waited painfully For night to fall again Trying to silence the fear within me
Out of an ivory mist I felt a stinging kiss And saw a crimson stain on her lips
I have to know your name Where have I seen your face before? My dear one don't you be afraid
Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand Give yourself up to me
Take me far away Close your eyes And hold your breath To the ends of the earth
Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand
Forsaken Fly away with me tonight Awaken Renew my life Now you are mine Give yourself up to me
3. Constant Motion
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
Tunnel vision at blinding speed Controlling my thoughts, obsessing me Void of any uncertainty Throughout my very soul
Lost illusions of mind control Resisting all hope of letting go Racing impulse of dark desire Drives me through the night
I try to shut it down It leaves me in the dust No matter what I've found I can never get enough
Frantic actions of insanity Impulsive laced profanity Long for elusive serenity Way out of my control
Traveling through both space and time (Out of body, out of mind) Out of control My wheels in constant motion
Spinning round and round it goes (I can't let up, I can't let go) Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more Into the night Blistering
Focus here, focus there Cannot see the light (Falling down through the night) Sprawling everywhere
Searching left, searching right (Panic setting in, I can no longer fight) When will this end?
Accelerate, dislocate (Set to crash and burn, haven't got time to waste) Not planning to return
Aggravate, agitate (When will I ever learn?) There's no way out of here Nowhere to turn
Obsessive yearning Compulsive burning Still never learning Insane random thoughts Of neat disorder
Scattered wasteland surrounding me Tattered memories of what used to be Apocalyptic mind debris Until we meet again
Traveling through both space and time (Out of body, out of mind) Out of control My wheels in constant motion
Spinning round and round it goes (I can't let up, I can't let go) Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more Into the night Blistering
Traveling through both space and time (Out of body, out of mind) Out of control My wheels in constant motion
Spinning round and round it goes (I can't let up, I can't let go) Can't stop this flame from burning Can't stop the wheels from turning
Traveling through both space and time (You get yours, and I got mine) Out of control My wheels in constant motion
Spinning round and round it goes (I can't let up, I can't let go) Can't stop this flame from burning Forever more Into the night Blistering
4. The Dark Eternal Night
[Music: Dream Theater, Lyrics: John Petrucci]
No one dared to Speak of the terrible danger The hideous ancient warnings Forged in the void of night
He has risen up Out of the blackness Chaos The last of the prophets Sinister A sickening monstrous sight
Through the stifling heat Underneath the pale green moon
I burned with a thirst To seek things not yet seen
Climbing endless stairs Leading to the choking room
Eager to explore His most shocking mysteries
Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night
Black forces Rage in the vortex, Fighting Waves of destruction Swallowing The echo of the universe
I am the last Born of the blood of the pharaohs The ultimate god of a rotting creation Sent to unleash this curse
Restless crowds draw near Nameless hooded forms appear
Amidst fallen ruins Grotesque creatures battle
Shadowed on a screen Yellow evil faces leer
Vacant monuments Corpses of dead worlds left behind
Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night
Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night
Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night
Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night
5. Repentance
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
[VIII Regret] Hello, mirror, so glad to see you my friend It's been a while...
Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage running through my head Patterns of my life I thought adorned me Revealing hurtful shame and deep lament
Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me As the pen begins to trace my darkest past Signs throughout my life that should have warned me Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And sometimes you've got to be strong When you think it's too late
Staring at the finished page before me All the damage now so clear and evident Thinking about the dreaded task in store for me A pit of fear at the thought of my amends
Hoping that this step will help restore me To face my past and ask for forgiveness Cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street Could this be the beginning of the end?
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And just when you're through hanging on You're saved
[IX Restitution]
"Until that moment, I'd never felt like I'd failed at anything...And I felt like I failed her...And I failed myself, and I failed my children...It's still really hard to deal with."
"I want to thank you for helping me to see my own selfishness and to tell you how regretful I am it has hurt you."
"I'm sorry I didn't visit you in the hospital, Grandpa when you were on your deathbed. I'm sorry I didn't come to your funeral...I don't know if I was selfish or just too scared to face it. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life."
"I'm here to confess with you that what I did, was wrong... And I'm asking for your forgiveness..."
"The only unforgivable thing hauls itself out of bed, looks over my shoulder at the bloody English weather..."
"I really regret not being able to see my friend Andy..."
"One of my best friends who's the godfather of my daughter, he asked me to sing or play something at his wedding, and I turned it down because I was busy and too much of a chicken shit to do it...And I feel sorry for that, because it was a very very close friend of mine..."
"So, I wanted to apologize to anyone that I've upset or offended.. they're just words, it's just an opinion, but unfortunately, I tend to express it as a fact, and that's kind of arrogant. Isn't it?"
"I think it's the betrayal...it still haunts me."
"I'm sorry for what I did back then... I was a different person. I really was and I'm so sorry. I wish it wouldn't have happened, but it did, and I'm sorry. Forgive me. I'm sorry..."
"I guess I'm simply sorry for being me and not you. I so often wish you could be here with me to show me the way..."
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
"You're only as sick as your secrets, but the truth shall set you free..."
"The truth is the truth and the only thing you can do is to live with it."
6. Prophets Of War
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: James LaBrie]
It burns deep down inside of me, We have ourselves to blame. Not questioning, accepted as the truth.
Debate this fight it's just cause The facts do not support theirs To liberate a people And rid them of tyrant rule
Is it time to make a change? Are we closer than before? Can we help them break away? Are we profiting from war?
It's time to make a change.
Intrigued Got your attention - deceived Since the inception - our brave Fight for what reason
Compelled Can we clean up this mess? The loss of loved ones A perverse request They continue the same rhetoric These derelicts that profit Win or lose
Is it time to make a change? Are we closer than before? Can we help them break away? Are we profiting from war? It's time to make a change
Time for change Fight the fear Find the truth Time for change
The only thing That I believe Will help us see this through is faith. Pray they will forgive, Forgive our arrogance, So we can make it right, Right what they have wronged.
See you sweat Unexpected, controversial Get used to it Things are gonna get personal Your sympathy A pitiful display you stutter Your empathy Means nothing if there is no honor Responsible Of this you are incapable We implicate Incriminate - Exacerbate - Too much at stake
Our Fathers, Mothers Sisters, Brothers Sons and Daughters Forced Perpetuating their ideals A mindless act To stay the course
Is it time to make a change? Are we closer than before? Can we help them break away? Are we profiting from war?
Is it time to make a change? Are we closer than before? Can we help them break away? Are we profiting from war? Is it time to make a change? A change from what it's been Can we help them break away? Is our patience wearing thin? It's time to make a change
Time for change Fight the fear Find the truth Time for change
7. The Ministry Of Lost Souls
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: John Petrucci]
The water's edge Is where she waits Lost soul still wandering Meant to die But she's stuck not crossing over
The other side Is where he waits His spirit reaching out Meant to save But she's too scared to take his hand
Living in a world without you (drowning in the past) Is living in no world at all So now I call on you
Remember me? I gave you life You would not take it Your suffering was all in vain It's almost over now Don't turn your back on paradise
Feeling scared, she's prepared To give up everything She can't stand to feel like half of her is fading
He will choose the only way To rid her of her pain Take her soul now The decision has been made
Living in a world without love (a burden to my soul) Is living in a worthless world So I will call on you...
Remember me? I gave you life You would not take it Your suffering was all in vain It's almost over Remember me? You were so young How could I tell you? Remember me? I am the one Who saved your life that night
I was the one who would not abandon you Even in death I was the one who would not leave you I used my freedom to protect you And all the while direct you Do you remember me this time? Even in death I gave you life I gave you life
I wanted to deserve a place A place beside you This time when I reached out my hand It reached all the way to heaven
Remember me? I gave you life You would not take it Your suffering was all in vain It's almost over now Goodbye It's almost over now Goodbye
It's time I release you from this life Don't turn your back on paradise
8. In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. 2
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: John Petrucci]
[III. Heretic]
Welcome tired pilgrim Into the circle We have been waiting
Everyone's gathered for your arrival All the believers
Angels fall all for you heretic Demon heart bleed for us
I've been waiting for you, Weary preacher man You have been expected Now we can begin Let this hollowed Day of Judgment reign
I have known you father And your sacred quest Blessed soldier fighting You shall never rest I have known you but do you know me?
Angels fall all for you heretic Demon heart bleed for us
(My soul is yours Dark Master, I will fight for you)
Dark Master within, I will fight for you Dark Master of sin, now my soul is yours Dark Master, my guide, I will die for you Dark Master inside…
I cannot see his face But I could feel his spite A presence from the dead Abandoned by the light This shadow will consume him from within
This power that I sense The rage behind those eyes Is just a shrouded ghost A spirit sealed inside The body and the soul both threats For they are one
Angels fall all for you heretic Demon heart bleed for us
(My soul is yours Dark Master, I will fight for you)
Dark Master within, I will fight for you Dark Master of sin, now my soul is yours Dark Master, my guide, I will die for you Dark Master inside… Dark Master, amen, I belong to you Dark Master within…
Heil! Heil! Heil! Heil! Heil! Heil! Heil! Heil!
[IV. The Slaughter of The Damned]
Don't Bother trying to find them They will be coming to you Fight, Fight and destroy until you can't take anymore
Slay Spill the blood of the rebels They are the children of hell Flesh, Of the undead Stopping at nothing to kill
Sin, Caught in a moment of weakness Committed the greatest of all Sold, Half of my soul And now it's too late for you
I judge us my eyes see I judge and I am just For I speak of the beast That lives in all of us
Unwelcome ones your time has come
Lord, You are my god and my shepherd Nothing more shall I want Walk, Through the abyss Into the shadow of death
Fear, There is no evil to fear now For I know you are with me My, Cup overflows With my enemy's blood
I, Decay in the house of the lord Forever, amen Death, Will follow me All the days of my life
I judge us my eyes see I judge and I am just For I speak of the beast That lives in all of us Unwelcome ones your time has come
Servants of the fallen Fight to pave the way For their savior's calling On this wicked day
Through a veil of madness With a vicious play One man rises up Standing in their way
It's time for your reckoning
[V. The Reckoning ]
[Instrumental]
[VI. Salvation]
My soul grows weaker He knows and he waits He watches over me Standing at the infernal gates In the hour of darkness The moment I feared has passed The moment I lost my faith Promising salvation My soul is my own now I do not fight for you Dark Master
Disc one 1. "The Glass Prison" I. "Reflection" II. "Restoration" III. "Revelation" 2. "Blind Faith" 3. "Misunderstood" 4. "The Great Debate" 5. "Disappear"
Disc two 1. "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" I. "Overture" II. "About to Crash" III. "War Inside My Head" IV. "The Test That Stumped Them All" V. "Goodnight Kiss" VI. "Solitary Shell" VII. "About to Crash (Reprise)" VIII. "Losing Time"/"Grand Finale"
Personnel James LaBrie – lead vocals John Myung – bass John Petrucci – guitar, backing vocals Mike Portnoy – drums, backing vocals Jordan Rudess – keyboards
The Album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the sixth full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. It was released as a double-disc album on January 29, 2002 by Elektra Records. Excluding A Change of Seasons Album, this album marks the band's 1st title track and its currently the longest title track for Dream Theater.
The recording is a type of concept album wherein the five songs which comprise the first disc explore different themes of lifetime struggle, such as Alcoholism, Loss of Faith and Death. The sixth song — that is, the 42-minute song occupying the entire second disc, separated into eight parts — explores the stories of six individuals suffering from various mental illnesses. Particularly represented are bipolar, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, post-partum depression, autism, and dissociative personality disorder. Furthermore, the title of the album may also allude to the fact that each song on the album could be seen as a different form of inner turbulence, with the six tracks making another reference to the six degrees.
The musical styles of each section of the title track are direct reflections of the band's large variety of influences. Classical, folk and metal styles are present within the track. Additionally, certain parts of the track are direct nods to specific songs from influential artists. The main theme, which appears in the "Overture", at the end of "Goodnight Kiss," and in the "Grand Finale," bears an unquestionable resemblance to Kansas's "The Wall" from their Leftoverture album. "Solitary Shell" is a nod to Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" both in name and in musical style. Also, parts of "Solitary Shell" bear strong resemblance to Billy Joel's song "The Entertainer," mainly because of the unique synth-organ which sounds alike in both songs, played over acoustic guitar.
Songs The first track of the album, "The Glass Prison," is the beginning of the Twelve-step Suite, dealing with Mike Portnoy's story of rehabilitation from alcoholism, continued in tracks on the next albums ("This Dying Soul" on Train of Thought, "The Root of All Evil" on Octavarium, "Repentance" on Systematic Chaos and "The Shattered Fortress" on Black Clouds & Silver Linings). "The Glass Prison" is composed of three parts, mirroring the first three of the twelve steps of the AA program by Bill W. for rehabilitation of alcoholics. Furthermore, it begins with the white noise that ended Scenes from a Memory, while the last track, Losing Time/Grand Finale ends with a long chord played by (synthesized) strings, which was also used as the intro to their next studio album, Train of Thought. The Great Debate is a non-partisan song dealing with the topic of stem-cell research. It was originally titled "Conflict at Ground Zero", and "Disappear" was originally titled "Move On". In the song "Misunderstood," John Petrucci wrote and played the guitar solo, and then reversed it. He then learned how to play this reversed version, and after recording it reversed it once more. This resulted in a solo that sounded like his original solo but with a unique twist to the way the notes played.This technique was originally developed by George Harrison, on the Beatles song "I'm Only Sleeping".
Influences for the album's writing and recording, according to the authors, include Metallica's Master of Puppets, Radiohead's The Bends (and also a Radiohead bootleg Mike brought in), Pantera's Far Beyond Driven and Mouth for War, Megadeth's song Holy Wars... The Punishment Due, U2's Achtung Baby, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral, Soundgarden's Superunknown, Alice in Chains' Dirt, Kevin Gilbert's Thud, King's X's Faith Hope Love and Galactic Cowboys' Space in Your Face, Béla Bartók, Rage Against the Machine's The Battle of Los Angeles, and Maria Tipo's Chopin Nocturnes.
Lyrics
1. The Glass Prison
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[I. REFLECTION]
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful Been beaten to a pulp Vigorous, Irresistable Sick and tired and laid low Dominating, Invincible Black-out, loss of control Overwhelming, Unquenchable I'm powerless, have to let go
I can't escape it It leaves me frail and worn Can no longer take it Senses tattered and torn
Hopeless surrender Obsession's got me beat Losing the will to live Admitting complete defeat
Fatal Descent Spinning around I've gone too far To turn back round
Desperate attempt Stop the progression At any length Lift this obsession
Crawling to my glass prison A place where no one knows My secret lonely world begins
So much safer here A place where I can go To forget about my daily sins
Life here in my glass prison A place I once called home Fall in nocturnal bliss again
Chasing a long lost friend I no longer can control Just waiting for this hopelessness to end
[II. RESTORATION]
Run - fast from the wreckage of the past A shattered glass prison wall behind me Fight - past walking through the ashes A distant oasis before me
Cry - desperate crawling on my knees Begging God to please stop the insanity Help me - I'm trying to believe Stop wallowing in my own self pity
"We've been waiting for you my friend The writing's been on the wall All it takes is a little faith You know you're the same as us all"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
Enter the door Desperate Fighting no more Help me restore To my sanity At this temple of hope
I need to learn Teach me how Sorrow to burn Help me return To humanity I'll be fearless and thorough To enter this temple of hope
Believe Transcend the pain Living the life Humility Opened my eyes This new odyssey Of rigorous honesty
Serenity I never knew Soundness of mind Helped me to find Courage to change All the things that I can
"We'll help you perform this miracle But you must set your past free You dug the hole, but you can't bury your sole Open your mind and you'll see"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
[III. REVELATION]
Way off in the distance I saw a door I tried to open I tried forcing with all of my will and still The door wouldn't open [replaced with "but" in this line]
Unable to trust in my faith I turned and walked away I looked around, felt a chill in the air Took my will and turned it over
The glass prison which once held me is now gone ["now" is not heard in this line] A long lost fortress Armed only with liberty And the key of my willingness
Fell down on my knees and prayed "Thy will be done" I turned around, saw a light shining through The door was wide open
2. Blind Faith
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by James LaBrie]
Hear me, speaking Asking why I even bother Tell me, how you Live from day to day
Take your time and look around Is this utopia you've found
Sick of all of this The suffering and we just carry on Isn't it time we care and lose the hate Understand our fears
But we do all that we can Justify the means to an end Sorry you must excuse me I've painted my own Mona Lisa She's fixed everything Now I'm spoiled beyond my wildest dreams
Blind Faith we have in you Invisible Which direction do we choose Predictable
Take the streets, the beaten path Our system works for whom I ask Yeah I have it all The bigger house An iron fence to keep you out
When did we all let you down So come Messiah show us how how Our human spirit drowns Don't think you hear me now No sign of you around What is it you hope to see
Blind Faith we have in you Invisible Which direction do we choose Predictable Give us something we can use Desirable Cause you've done all you can do Regrettable
And still life pushes on With or without you We've got to carry on Our will, will guide us to A place where we belong Know there lies the truth I am the believer who gives purpose on to you
I don't think we let you down So come Messiah show us how how Throw us a pure lifeline I hope that you hear me Too proud to be around There's more to us than we see now
Blind Faith we have in you Invisible Which direction do we choose Predictable Self ignorance, abuse Desirable Cause you've done all you can do Incredible
3. Misunderstood
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by John Petrucci]
Waiting In the calm of desolation Wanting to break From this circle of confusion
Sleeping In the depths of isolation Trying to wake From this daydream of illusion
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me How can I know so many Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman I have been Misunderstood
It challenges the essence of my soul And leaves me in a state of disconnection As I navigate the maze of self control
Playing a lion being led to a cage I turn from a thief to a beggar From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me How can I know so many Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman I have been Misunderstood
Playing a lion being led to a cage I turn from surreal to seclusion From love to disdain From belief to delusion From a thief to a beggar From a god to God save me
How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me How can I bite the hand that feeds the strangers all around me How can I know so many Never really knowing anyone
If I seem superhuman I have been Misunderstood
4. The Great Debate
[also known as "Conflict At Ground Zero"] [music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by John Petrucci]
"A gallop snapshot poll taken immediately after President Bush's speach on funding embryonic stem cell research last night shows that half of Americans approve of his decision, 25% do not, and still another 25% are not sure what to think."
"Most people don't even know what stem cells are."
"Who is going to scream the loudest? Will it be the right-to-lifers or will it be the scientists? And now what is going to happen is there will be a tremendous amount of lobbying in Washington, D.C.: scientists, entertainers, people who want to see this research - will be coming forth."
"I am concerned about it. Christopher Reeves is concerned about it. Everyone is concerned about it. The big question is do the ends justify the means? When we talk about research, yes, we can cure a lot of things... speculatively. But, where is the proof?"
"These developing human beings that you are talking about, these embryos, were produced in an artificial, scientific environment. In vitro fertilization is not God's will."
"That doesn't make them any less human, though, after that happens."
"We are on a road where we really don't know where we are going as far as what's next. We are talking about harvesting embryos. We are talking about this, we are talking about that, but what is the cost?"
"How could we possibly abandon the research?"
"That is right. That is the old question? If you think the research is good then you may not have a problem with it. It is only if you think the research is questionable that you get defensive about it. (You do have time to research these embryos later if we choose to do so. While people are suffering, we are not truly certain that this will provide a cure.)"
"And there was a great outrage in the conservative churches... You cannot use developing humans... At that point in time they turn into humans."
"I feel that abandoning this research could be a mistake. Researching this may allow us to save other lives or at least to improve the quality of lives."
"We do not have the answers, yet. We need to put the money where we will get those answers in the future. Listen, we are out of time."
What if someone said Promise lies ahead Hopes are high in certain scientific circles Life won't have to end You could walk again
What if someone said Problems lie ahead They've uncovered something highly controversial The right to life is strong Can't you see it's wrong
Humankind has reached a turning point Poised for conflict at ground zero Ready for a war Do we look to our unearthly guide Or to white coat heroes Searching for a cure
Turn to the light Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates Turn to the light Turning away would be a terrible mistake
Anarchistic moral vision Industries of death Facing violent opposition Unmolested breathe
Ethic inquisitions breed Antagonistic views Right wing sound bite premonitions In a labyrinth of rules
Are you justified Are you justified Are you justified Justified in taking Life to save life Life to save life Taking life to save life
This embryonic clay Wrapped in fierce debate Would be thrown away Or otherwise discarded
Some of us believe It may hold the key To treatment of disease And secrets highly guarded
Are you justified Are you justified Are you justified Justified in taking Life to save life Life to save life Life to save life
Human kind has reached a turning point Poised for conflict at ground zero Ready for a war Do we look to our unearthly guide Or to white coat heroes Searching for a cure
Turn to the light Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates Turn to the light Turning away would be a terrible mistake
We're reaching But have we gone too far
Harvesting existence Only to destroy Carelessly together We are sliding
Someone else's future Four days frozen still Someone else's fate We are deciding
Miracle potential Sanctity of life Faced against each other We're divided
Should we push the boundaries Or should we condemn Moral guilt and science Have collided
Turn to the light We defy our own mortality these days Turn to the light Pay attention to the questions we have raised
"One of the big questions that still remains for me, though, is that all of these embryos that are sent or will be discarded - is this worse than just throwing those away?"
"You do not know that all of these will be discarded. All of a sudden you say which ones will be discarded. And all of sudden you have people being solicited for parts of their anatomy. Then they harvest parts of people's bodies. That is how it starts."
"People are not soliciting; there are fertility clinics that have extra embryos."
"The research is a scientific advancement. I know we are going down a road that we may not know where we end, but that is exactly what science is all about. I am very sorry, but I do feel sympathy for those whose spines have been severed... There is a possibility that we might cure them. I am concerned about a cure for juvenile diabetes and if these types of scientific advancement can cure these diseases, then quite candidly I think there ought to be at least what President Bush has proposed: some limited research."
"Stem cells come from developing human beings and they should not be experimented on that doesn't make sense or that is unethical, but at the same time there is great promise."
"I have a 28-year old son who is paraplegic. And if there is a small chance that my son can be able to have feeling and be able to walk then I am all for it."
"Human beings have been evolving for 10's of thousands of years and we are just injecting cells from embryos into people's brains. How do we come to do something like that?"
5. Disappear
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by James LaBrie]
Why, tell me the reasons why Try, still I don't understand Will I ever feel this again Blue sky, I'll meet you in the end Free them, free the memories of you Free me, and rest 'til I'm with you
A day like today My whole world has been changed Nothing you say Will help ease my pain
Turn, I'll turn this slowly round Burn, burn to feel alive again She, she'd want me to move on See me, this place I still belong Give chase, to find more than I have found And face, this time now on my own
Days disappear And my world keeps changing I feel you here And it keeps me sane
So I'm moving on I'll never forget As you lay there and watched me Accepting the end I knew you were scared You were strong I was trying I gave you my hand I said it's okay letting go time to leave here And I'll carry on The best that I can without you here beside me Let him come take you home
6. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess]
[I. OVERTURE]
[instrumental]
[II. ABOUT TO CRASH]
[lyrics by John Petrucci]
She can't stop pacing She never felt so alive Her thoughts are racing Set on overdrive
It takes a village This she knows is true they're expecting her And she's got work to do
He helplessly stands by It's meaningless to try As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes He says I've never seen her get this bad
Even though she seems so high He knows that she can't fly and when she falls out of the sky He'll be standing by
She was raised in a small midwestern town By a charming and eccentric loving father She was praised as the perfect teenage girl And everyone thought highly of her
And she tried everyday With endless drive To make the grade Then one day She woke up to find The perfect girl Had lost her mind
Once barely taking a break Now she sleeps the days away She helplessly stands by It's meaningless to try All she wants to do is cry No one ever knew she was so sad
Cause even though she gets so high And thinks that she can fly She will fall out of the sky But in the face of misery She found hopefulness Feeling better She had weathered This depression
Much to her advantage She resumed her frantic pace Boundless power Midnight hour She enjoyed the race
[III. WAR INSIDE MY HEAD]
[lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
Napalm showers Showed the cowards We weren't there to mess around
Through heat exhaustion And mind distortion A military victory mounted on innocent ground
Hearing voices from miles away Saying things never said Seeing shadows in the light of the day Waging a war inside my head
Years and years of Bloodshed and warfare Our mission was only to get in and kill
A free vacation Of palmtrees and shrapnel Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away Saying things never said Seeing shadows in the light of the day Waging a war inside my head
Feeling strangers staring my way Reading minds never read Tasting danger with each word I say Waging a war inside my head
[IV. THE TEST THAT STUMPED THEM ALL]
[lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
Standing in the darkness Waiting for the light The smell of pure adrenaline Burning in the night
Random blinding flashes Aiming at the stage Intro tape begins to roll Igniting sonic rage
Still they keep me between these hollow walls Hoping to find in me The answers to the test that stumped them all
"The boy is simply crazy Suffering from delusions We honestly think that maybe He might need an institution
He lives in a world of fiction And really could use some help We have just the place to fix him To save him from himself"
Curled up in the darkness Searching for the light The smell of stale sweat and shit Streaming through the night
Random urine testing Pills red, pink and blue Counseling and therapy Providing not a clue
Still they keep me between these hollow walls Hoping to find in me The answers to the test that stumped them all
"We can't seem to find the answers He seemed such a clear cut case We cannot just let him leave here And put all this work to waste
Why don't we try shock treatment It really might do some help We have just the tools to fix him To save him from himself"
[V. GOODNIGHT KISS]
[lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
Goodnight kiss in your nightgown Lavender in your bed So innocent as you lie down Sweet dreams that run through your head
Are you lonely without Mommy's love? I want you to know I'd die for that moment You're just a poor girl Afraid of this cruel world Taken away from it all
It's been 5 years to the day and My tainted blood's still the same I can't help acting this way and Those bastard doctors are gonna pay
I'm so lonely without baby's love I want you to know I'd die for one more moment I'm just a poor girl Afraid of this cruel world Taken away from it all
[VI. SOLITARY SHELL]
[lyrics by John Petrucci]
He seemed no different from the rest Just a healthy normal boy His mama always did her best And he was daddy's pride and joy
He learned to walk and talk on time But never cared much to be held and steadily he would decline Into his solitary shell
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd Kept to himself most of the time He would daydream in and out of his own world but in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell
A temporary catatonic Madman on occasion When will he break out Of his solitary shell
He struggled to get through his day He was helplessly behind He poured himself onto the page Writing for hours at a time
As a man he was a danger to himself Fearful and sad most of the time He was drifting in and out of sanity But in every other way he was fine
He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself In his solitary shell
A momentary maniac With casual delusions When will he be let out Of his solitary shell
[VII. ABOUT TO CRASH (REPRISE)]
[lyrics by John Petrucci]
I'm alive again The darkness far behind me I'm invincible Despair will never find me
I feel strong I've got a new sense of elation Boundless energy Euphoria fixation
Still it's hard to just get by It seems so meaningless to try When all I want to do is cry Who would ever know I felt so sad
Even though I get so high I know that I will never fly And when I fall out of the sky Who'll be standing by
Will you be standing by
[VIII. LOSING TIME/GRAND FINALE]
[lyrics by John Petrucci]
She dresses in black everyday She keeps her hair simple and plain She never wears makeup But no one would care if she did anyway
She doesn't recall yesterday Faces seem twisted and strange But she always wakes up Only to find she'd been miles away
Absence of awareness Losing time A lapse of perception Losing time
Wanting to escape She had created a way to survive She learned to detach from herself A behavior that kept her alive
Hope in the face of our human distress Helps us to understand the turbulence deep inside That takes hold of our lives Shame and disgrace over mental unrest Keeps us from saving those we love The grace within our hearts And the sorrow in our souls Deception of fame Vengeance of war Lives torn apart Losing oneself Spiraling down Feeling the walls closing in A journey to find The answers inside Our illusive mind
Track listing 1."Pull Me Under" 2."Another Day" 3."Take the Time" 4."Surrounded" 5."Metropolis, Pt. I: The Miracle and the Sleeper" 6."Under a Glass Moon" 7."Wait for Sleep" 8."Learning to Live"
Band * James LaBrie – Vocals * John Petrucci – Guitar; Classical guitar in "Learning to Live" * John Myung – Bass guitar * Kevin Moore – Keyboards * Mike Portnoy – Drums and percussion Guest * Jay Beckenstein – Soprano saxophone on "Another Day"
Produced by David Prater Recorded & Mixed at Bear Tracks Studio, Suffern, NY, October - December, 1991
Images and Words is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It was recorded in late 1991 at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York. The album is the first Dream Theater release to feature James LaBrie on vocals. The album maintains its position as the band's most commercially successful studio album to date, and the song Pull Me Under's status as the only Top 10 hit the band has ever had. This particular song has also had some very recent success as it has appeared in the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour. Many critics and fans cite this album as a landmark release for the progressive metal genre. Although there isn't any title track in this album, the phrase Images and Words appears in the song Wait for Sleep.
History After Charlie Dominici's departure from the band, the band auditioned nearly 200 people across the nation before James LaBrie sent the band an audition tape. LaBrie was formerly in the Canadian glam metal band Winter Rose, but saw potential in the band, and thus decided to audition. After a short jam session, the band chose him as their lead singer, and he has been the band's lead singer ever since.
With LaBrie on board, the band was signed to a seven album contract by Atco Records, and shortly after began recording their new album. The lead single, Pull Me Under gained the band considerable commercial success with its airplay on MTV and radio, garnering them a Top 10 hit on radio charts. When the album was released, it sold at a steady pace, helped by their relentless touring across the world.
Images and Words was played in its entirety, on several occasions, during the European leg of the "Chaos in Motion" tour, in celebration of its 15th anniversary.
Images and Words has garnered overwhelmingly positive critical and fan acclaim, and is often cited as being one of the most successful albums to ever be released in the progressive metal genre. As of July 5, 2008, heavy metal database The Metal Archives ranks Images and Words as Dream Theater's second best album with a 94% rating based on 12 fan reviews[2]. Murat Batmaz of the popular progressive rock/metal review website Sea of Tranquility awarded the record a perfect score, calling it a "masterpiece" and "the most important Dream Theater album, ever"
Images and Words is currently ranked #2 on Digital Dream Door's list of the top 100 progressive metal albums of all time.
LYRICS 1. Pull Me Under
Lost in the sky Clouds roll by and I roll with them Arrows fly Seas increase and then fall again
This world is spinning around me This world is spinning without me Every day send future to past Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Watch the sparrow falling Gives new meaning to it all If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one And then my only father's son As sure as I did ever love him I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me The whole world keeps spinning around me All life is future to past Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid All that I feel is honor and spite All I can do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes Clouds roll by and I roll with them Centuries cry Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning inside me The whole world is spinning inside of me Every day sends future to past Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under Pull me under Pull me under I'm not afraid Living my life too much in the sun Only until your will is done
2. Another Day Images: Dream Theater Words: Petrucci
Live another day Climb a little higher Find another reason to stay Ashes in your hands Mercy in your eyes If you're searching for a silent sky...
You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So die another day
The coldness of this words The message in his silence, "Face the candle to the wind..." This distance in my voice Isn't leaving you a choice So if you're looking for a time to run away...
You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So try another day
They took pictures of our dreams Ran to hide behind the stairs And said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall But if they don't come down Resist the need to pull them in And throw them away Better to save the mystery Than surrender to the secret
You won't find it here Look another way You won't find it here So try another day
3. Take The Time Images and Words: Dream Theater
Just let me catch my breath... I've heard the promises I've seen the mistakes I've had my fair share of tough breaks I need a new voice, a new law, a new way Take the time, reevaluate It's time to pick up the pieces, Go back to square one I think it's time for a change
There is something that I feel To be something that is real I feel the heat within my mind And craft new changes with my eyes Giving freely wandering promises A place with decisions I'll fashion I won't waste another breath
You can feel the waves coming on (It's time to take the time) Let them destroy you or carry you on (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world But no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you need in your mind
The unbroken spirit Obscured and disquiet Finds clearness this trial demands And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief For the fortune lies still in his hands
If there's pensive fear, a wasted year A man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, Suppression that he feels must turn to hope
Life is no more assuring than love (It's time to take the time) There are no answers from voices above (It's time to take the time) You're fighting the weight of the world And no one can save you this time Close your eyes You can find all you need in your mind
I close my eyes And feel the water rise around me Drown the bead of time Let my senses fall away I can see much clearer now, I'm blind
Find all you need in your mind If you take the time
4. Surrounded Images: Dream Theater Words: Moore
Morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late And sometimes all I want to do is wait The shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today
I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye But I will raise a shelter to the sky and here beneath this star tonight I'll lie She will slowly yield the light As I awaken from the longest night
Dreams are shaking Set sirens waking up tired eyes With the light the memories all rush into his head
By a candle stands a mirror Of his heart and soul she dances She was dancing thru the night above his bed
And walking to the window he throws the shutters out against the wall And from an ivory tower hears her call "Let light surround you"
It's been a long, long time He's had a while to think it over In the end he only sees the change Light to dark Dark to light Light to dark Dark to light
Heaven must be more than this When angels waken with a kiss Sacred hearts won't take the pain But mine will never be the same
He stands before the window His shadow slowly fading from the wall And from an ivory tower hears her call "Let the light surround you"
Once lost but I was found When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill But I will hold this one on high above me still She whispers words to clear my mind I once could see but now at last I'm blind
I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye But I had given all that I could take And now I've only habits left to break Tonight I'll still be lying here Surrounded in all the light
5. Metropolis - Part I - "The Miracle And The Sleeper" Images: Dream Theater Words: Petrucci
The smile of dawn Arrived early May She carried a gift from her home The night shed a tear To tell her of fear And of sorrow and pain She'll never outgrow
Death is the first dance, eternal
There's no more freedom The both of you will be confined to this mind
I was told there's miracle for each day that I try I was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has died I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid I was told if you dream of the next world You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire
As a child, I thought I could live without pain without sorrow As a man I've found it's all caught up with me I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid
Somewhere like a scene from a memory There's a picture worth a thousand words Eluding stares from faces before me It hides away and will never be heard of again
Deceit is the second without end
The city's cold blood teaches us to survive Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive
The third arrives...
Before the leaves have fallen Before we lock the doors There must be the third and last dance This one will last forever Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles She's taken you to your home
It can only take place When the struggle between our children has ended Now the Miracle and the Sleeper know that the third is love Love is the Dance of Eternity
6. Under A Glass Moon Images: Dream Theater Words: Petrucci
Tell me Remind me Chase the water racing from the sky Always beside me Taste the memories running from my eyes Nervous flashlights scan my dreams Liquid shadows silence their screams I smile at the moon Chasing water from the sky I argue with the clouds Stealing beauty from my eyes
Outside the soundness of your mind Bathing your soul in silver tears Beneath a blackened summer sky Praying for time to disappear
Beneath a summer sky Under glass moonlight Night awaits the lamb's arrival Liquid shadows crawl Silver teardrops fall The bride subsides to her survival
By your hand I've awakened Bear this honor in my name
7. Wait For Sleep Images and Words: Moore
Standing by the window Eyes upon the moon Hoping that the memory will leave his spirit soon
She shuts the doors and lights And lays her body on the bed Where images and words are running deep She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head So quietly she lays and waits for sleep
She stares at the ceiling And tries not to think And pictures the chains She's been trying to link again But the feeling is gone
And water can't cover her memory And ashes can't answer her pain God give me the power to take breath from a breeze And call life from a cold metal frame
In with the ashes Or up with the smoke from the fire With wings up in heaven Or here, lying in bed Palm of her hand to my head Now and forever curled in my heart And the heart of the world
8. Learning To Live Images: Dream Theater Words: Myung
There was no time for pain No energy for anger The sightlessness of hatred slips away Walking through winter streets alone He stops and take a breath With confidence and self- control
I look at the world and see no understanding I'm waiting to find some sense of strength I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart to show me understanding
I need to live life Like some people never will So find me kindness Find me beauty Find me truth When temptation brings me to my knees And I lay here drained of strength Show me kindness Show me beauty Show me truth
The way your heart sounds makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel The way your heart beats makes all the difference In learning to live Here before me is my soul I'm learning to live I won't give up Till I've no more to give
Listening to the city Whispering its violence I set out watching from above The 90s bring new questions New solutions to be found I fell in love to be let down
Once again we dance in the crowd At times a step away From a common fear that's all spread out It won't listen to what you say Once you're touched you stand alone To face the bitter fight Once I reached for love And now I reach for life
Another chance to lift my life Free the sensation in my heart To ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons It brings inner peace within my mind, As I'm lifted from where I've spilt my life I hear an innocent voice I hear kindness, beauty and truth
The way your heart sounds makes all the difference It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel The way your heart beats makes all the difference In learning to live Spread before you is your soul So forever hold the dreams within our hearts Through nature's inflexible grace I'm learning to live
All lyrics 1992 Octa Music, Inc./ Ytse Jams, Inc. adm. by WB Music Corp., ASCAP.
Snow This would be the last album Neal Morse would create with Spock's Beard,leaving the band after recording to start his highly successful solo career.There are so many great Spock's beard songs, but if I had to choose something as "the best they've done", this by far as a whole out weighs anything in their catalog.A 2 disc concept album about the struggles of a somewhat shy albino child ,some would call autistic at times,who just couldn't fit in and his path through life.A captivating and emotional story not to be missed by anyone with a heart so here it is! Snow
Disc one 01. Made Alive/OvertureI 02. Stranger In A Strange Land 03. Long Time Suffering 04. Welcome To NYC 05. Love Beyond Words 06. The 39th Street Blues (I'm Sick 07. Devil's Got My Throat - mp3 08. Open Wide The Flood Gates 09. Open The Gates Part 2 10. Solitary Soul 11. WInd At My Back
Disc 2 01. Second Overture 02. 4th Of July - mp3 03. I'm The Guy 04. Reflection 05. Carie 06. Looking For Answers - mp3 07. Freak Boy 08. All Is Vanity - mp3 09. I'm Dying 10. Freak Boy Part 2 11. Devil's Got My Throat Reprise - mp3 12. Snow's Night Out 13. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister Ryo Okumoto On The Keyboards 14. I Will Go - mp3 15. Made Alive / Wind At My Back
Lineup Neal Morse (lead vocals, piano, all synth, acoustic guitar) Ryo Okumoto (hammond and mellotron) Dave Meros (bass, vocals, French horn) Alan Morse (electric guitars, vocals) Nick D'Virgilio (drums, percussion, vocals)
Guest musicians Chris Charmichael - violin, viola, cello Jim Hoke - saxophone, clarinet, autoharp Neil Rosengarden - flugelhorn, trumpet Molly Pasutti - backing vocals on "Open the Gates Part 2"
Released August, 2002 Recorded Lawnmower And Garden Supply, Pasadena, CA Genre Progressive rock Length 1:43:41 Label InsideOut Music Producer Neal Morse and Spock's Beard
Snow is the sixth studio album of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard, and the final album with main songwriter and vocalist Neal Morse. A double-CD concept album, Snow explores similar ground to classic concept albums like The Who's Tommy and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis. It was released in 2002 on InsideOut Music.
SNOW Just the Story
Some things happen for a reason. Some things happen by chance, but, chances are there's a reason for that too. Take for example the boy that was born John Sikeston who became the famous (or infamous depending on who you are) SNOW. People call him that because he has a slight Albino appearance and I believe it was his little sister who coined the nickname to torment him. But, as fate would have it, this little piece of torture stuck for life.
He was born in some nameless place in the midwest of America by hard working parents who were faithful church goers in the traditional sense. Which means it didn't really affect their hearts so much as was just one more thing they had to do, like going to work on Monday morning. Perhaps this accounts for Snow's unorthodox religious tendencies. Perhaps not.
So, he was raised by a working man in a working man's land. The only problem was he didn't blend. In a place where everyone was supposed to blend, he stood out like the only cloud in a cloudless sky. Poetic, isn't it? Well, he didn't feel very poetic. He felt uncom- fortable most of his childhood. Then, when he realized he had a special kind of a gift for seeing into peoples lives, he felt even MORE uncomfortable. And somehow he knew it would be frowned upon. Like how children automatically know that lying and other nasty things are wrong. He just knew. So he kept it a secret until he was a teenager. What a horrible thing to hide.
Well, we don't have all day, do we? So, I'll get on with it. At some point in his teenage years our hero had a spiritual experience (which shall be left to your own imagination) and left home for New York City. Where else? Isn't that where they all go? Another kid from Iowa or some place wandering around trying to find his way. This was in the days when it was a pretty smutty place. I understand they've cleaned it up now. Anyway, so there's this Albino kid walking around all goo-goo eyed, checking everything out with full childish innocence when this ugly black kid comes up to him and starts hassling him about coming into a strip joint. He seems to be enjoying himself as he's taunting the kid when the kid grabs his arm and something happens.
'You ain't no flea... look at you now... look at you now flea...'. The man says looking over the dead body. The body was beaten up so bad it was an IT. Unrecognizable. Then the man and his partner leave and there's a terrible silence. He's alone with IT. 'I'll never come out... I'll never come out... that's what I'll do... I ain't never comin' out'. The ugly black kid (who we'll call the Harlem Knight) stood there on the street repeating that for while when something else happened. He felt a kind of rushing love come over him. All in the same moment! You see, that was the kid's Dad whom he watched get beat to death on the living room floor of their Brooklyn apartment 15 years ago. Somehow through his touching this white haired freak boy, the nightmare that he'd been trying to out run all his life, now felt like it was... gone. No, not gone, but powerless. It's hard to describe these things. After that things move pretty quickly. Snow and the Knight start converting and healing other bad off people in the city. Junkies and whores and the like. Soon he has a street mission. He holds meetings in parks and wherever he can. His following grows at an astounding rate.
Now he's a big deal. He and the Knight create an organization called 'The Touch That Heals' organization or THO for short. Things go along all right for a while and then his ego begins to attack him. Right about the same time he falls for a girl who hates his guts. The irony of this guy who can see so much about people's lives and yet has no clue what's going on with the girl he loves does not escape many. When he touches her he sees his own downfall. He sees himself on the street, drunk, strung out and near death. This sends him over the edge. He spirals down, winds up homeless himself and the vision becomes true.
Then in the end his friends come and lift him up, bring him to a hospital and back to life. There's a lot more to it but we can't go into right now. Suffice to say, he winds up coming back to them and being renewed in the same way he renewed them. They walk off into the sunset leaving plenty of room for the sequel. That's the gist of it but there's more. We'll leave the rest to you...
LYRICS DISC 1
01. Made Alive / Overture
NARRATOR: From a world that's never ending From a sky beyond the skies A child is born And love is made alive
Like a flaw that seeks perfection With a will that will survive A child is born And love is made alive
Overture
INSTRUMENTAL
02. Stranger In A Strange Land
NARRATOR: Behold the boy - The stranger, the working man's son With skin like white lightning And eyes like two shots from a gun
They'll teach him to pray and work everyday He'll learn how to sweat in the sun But God has a place - A place for him in His plan He won't be like his old man He won't be made to crawl
His folks named him John But everyone else called him Snow With flesh bright as Sunday And a face full of something unknown
Shunned as he grew, he finally withdrew Asleep in a world all his own Then he awoke like a child in the Promised Land With barely the strength to stand And tears in his eyes
He's a stranger in a strange land from a world far away Like a savior in the wasteland with a high price to pay He's a stranger in a strange land And he can't find his way home
At seventeen years old he awoke from his world of gray (He awoke to a time gone away) With a gift ever-reaching and a calling he had to obey (They watched as he left home one day) They all looked on While the prodigal son Left the home of his father that day Hit New York City with just the shirt on his back With a tape deck and battery pack And no turning back...
He's a stranger in a strange land from a world far away Like a savior in the wasteland with a high price to pay He's a stranger in a strange land Stranger in a strange land
03. Long Time Suffering
SNOW: I never saw such a place in all my life This is tomorrow's song I think I've waited too long Can't seem to see through the scraping of the sky And now it seems so wrong To think I spent such a...
Long time suffering and crying to the sky Long time suffering and never knowing why
I have a gift that can see beyond the years The touch so refined I have transcended all time My heart can reach through the secret well of tears And when they all come out Won't have to spend such a...
Long time suffering and crying to the sky Long time suffering and never knowing why The child awakening to a city in the sky Spent such a long time suffering and never knowing why
I may be only seventeen but I see things Look at the woman who's head keeps hangin' down I cannot feel her hate I feel her needing Some how I feel like I cannot let her down
I never saw such a place in all my life This is tomorrow's song, I waited much too long The change can come in a twinkling of an eye The slave running free; the salmon floating downstream The change can come in a twinkling of an eye The slave running free, so why'd we spend such a
Long time suffering and crying to the sky Long time suffering and never knowing why The child awakening to a city in the sky Spent such a long time suffering...
The change can come in a twinkling of an eye...
04. Welcome To NYC
THE KNIGHT: Hey, hey, hey - Welcome to New York City We got the hottest girls and they'll do anything you want Hey there whitey, so white you're kinda pretty Why don't you come on in, depending on how much cash you got
I LIKE IT! Look, boy, where you from? I love ya now - Walk boy don't you run
It's hotter than the sun, walk, boy don't you run You better get a gun, where you from Ohio or somethin'? Don't you gimme the eye or my friends just might stop by We'll have ourselves a time, you won't look so happy about it
I LIKE IT! You better find your Mama to protect you now You look like the wind might blow you down
I LIKE IT! Don't touch me now You better find your Mama to protect you now She'll protect you now - She'll protect you now She'll protect you now - Don't touch me now...
05. Love Beyond Words
SNOW: I see a boy who watched his father Be beat to death right on the living room floor As he watched through the door - You watched through the door
Now you're a young man filled with anger You know your life on earth could mean so much more Don't you know what it's for, I think you know what it's for
To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words) - Love beyond words
THE KNIGHT: Now I somehow have understanding Like I've never had before in my life Do you know what that's like, I think you know what it's like
To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words) - Love beyond words To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words) - Love beyond words To love beyond words - (Love beyond all words) - Love beyond words
06. The 39th Street Blues (I'm Sick)
THE PROSTITUTE: Hey Snow White and the Harlem Knight You make a perfect pair Skin and bones and a hatchet faced homes Hey, what you doin' 'round here Why don't you go back to Central Park Or stick around and see why love is art
In my sin I've sunk right in I finally understood Why all the geeks and the Catholic Priests They love to do us good Maybe you would like some at my cost? Or maybe you and the white shadow should go get lost
'Cause I'm sick of pity and morphine I'm sick of you runnin' me down I'm sick but maybe there's something That can still save me from the depths of this town
One more time I'll speak my mind And then you'd better go Before Sad Sam and the backdoor man Make me wish I'd just said no I might come to your meeting in the park But now I've got to work it's getting dark
'Cause I'm sick of pity and morphine I'm sick of you runnin' me down I'm sick but maybe there's something That can still save me - That can still save me
SNOW: Come you worn out weak and tired To this meeting in the dark of the night And you'll walk in the light Yes, you'll walk in the light
If you're addicted and afflicted My name is Snow and I've the gift and the sight And we'll make it alright Yes, we'll make it alright
07. Devil's Got My Throat
THE ADDICT: Richy Rich got high on the high life Ron the rage it raged into my life The Dow Jones it took on new meaning I'd pick my feet before every high-powered country club meeting
The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
Oh my God! Look what's become of me! My best friends a spider My girlfriends a cardboard cut-out I stole from Circuit City
The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
Moving forward in my mind Moving forward in my mind
Alright that was fun now let's hit the skyline I don't know what he's got but I know it ain't mine
The devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote I'm your cruel joke I'm goin' down that's all she wrote The devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
STREET PEOPLE: We've heard this same kind of thing a million times But this kid's a freak; the weirdest one this week I hear that he has a gift well we shall see The Albino Saint; I bet a jolt he ain't I'm gonna go just to check the geek boy out I hope it's not too long; I guess we can't go wrong Who wants to go meet me in the park tonight I hope it's not too long; I guess we can't go wrong Who wants to go meet me in the park tonight...
08. Open Wide The Flood Gates
SNOW: Red forest green As you stand at the waterfall And there's no in between You go back or you trust the fall
And the man says that'll be forty-five And the best of your mind's crying 'take the dive'
Open wide the flood gates And let love take your soul Open wide the flood gates 'Til there's so much you overflow
Out of the blue And into uncertainty And since you are a child You just want some kind of security
But the desert will always be hot and dry Until the cool water comes rushing by
Open wide the flood gates And let love fill your soul Open wide the flood gates 'Til there's so much you overflow Open wide the flood gates Sprinkle this soul around Open wide the flood gates
You spent your life running away You run but you're not far away
Open wide the flood gates And let love take your soul Open wide the flood gates 'Til there's so much you overflow Open wide the flood gates Sprinkle this soul around Open wide the flood gates Let this Love come down Open wide the flood gates
SNOW: Open wide the flood gates - And let love move your soul Open wide the flood gates - 'Til there's so much you overflow Open wide the flood gates - Let it wash away the past Open wide the flood gates - Man, you'll feel you're home at last Open wide the flood gates - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
09. Open The Gates - Part 2
SNOW AND COMPANY: Open up the flood gates in your mind that you might be set free Open up the windows left behind and stand in what could be When something shifts the bulb will light and you may understand Something beyond your sense of sight far from the world of man
(Glass is all breaking - Everything's changing NOW)
Open up the window feel the calm of the first cool breeze Feel how the wind blows you can see the forest through the trees When you flip the switch you may deny what you once held as true All will be revealed; seek and you'll find that you can
Open up the flood line - we got separated by time Lifting up the gate now - we got separated somehow Let's come together now
Open up the flood gates and believe that all will come to pass Release the dream and let your woodwinds be all turned to brass When something shifts you may belie your former way of life Don't you want to be out of your mind; come on and
Open up the flood line - we got separated by time Lifting up the gate now - we got separated somehow Let's come together now
Go before the gafe goes down when you hear the calling sound (I will go) You will not be turned away bring your weakness with your strength (I will go) Where the river meets the sea - Where the sky is holding me (I will go) Love will be your ministry - Let it fly when you open up the flood line
10. Solitary Soul
THE HOMELESS: I've been here since long ago waiting for the end I don't need to have a home but I could use a friend
So many people they don't give a damn They look away when they see what I am I've been like half a man but I could be whole Won't you befriend this solitary soul
Got a lot of breezes left to blow Where I'm going I don't know Got a lot of heartache got a show What it's like you'll never know To be the solitary soul
I've been here since long ago buried in my tears Feels like I've walked alone for a thousand years
So many people they don't give a damn They look away when they see what I am I've been like half a man but I could be whole Won't you befriend this solitary soul
Got a lot of breezes left to blow Where I'm going I don't know Got a lot of heartache got a show What it's like you'll never know
Got a lot of breezes left to blow Where I'm going I don't know Got a lot of heartache got a show What it's like you'll never know To be the solitary soul
SNOW AND COMPANY: I see your heart I know what you've been through I know you Come be a part You know you belong here So dry your tears because
Love beyond words - Can fill your heart Love beyond words - You'll feel a part Love beyond words - You won't be alone anymore
I see your heart I know what you've been through I know you Come be a part You know you belong here So dry your tears because
Love beyond words - Can fill your heart Love beyond words - You'll feel a part Love beyond words - You won't be alone anymore
11. Wind At My Back
THE HOMELESS: How can you be Like a sky stretched out before me And the world is turning your way Even darkness is better this way
Can it be true That it all comes rushing from you When my resistance is gone And there's nothing that I can lean on
You are the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain on dry land
You're the focus the beam You're realities dream You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
All of the above I'II have the lot for my love And as we're becoming somehow As we're changing the future to now
I just want to live In the place that you have to give I'll let the heat beat me down Until the water comes down
You are the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain on dry land
You're the focus the beam You're realities dream You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
You are the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain on dry land
And my soul has been kissed Just because you exist You're the dream that's a fact You're the wind at my back
You're the wish that I make You're the prize I might take You're the gold that is free You're the groom on one knee
You're the focus the beam You're realities dream You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
DISC 2
01. Second Overture INSTRUMENTAL
02. 4th Of July
NARRATOR: Another 4th of July Another pie in the sky Another man hears the call
Another snake in the grass Another tire's been slashed Another man takes the fall
And like a dream dressed in white Fast as a trick of the light You see the vision of every man
You've known it since you were small Even before you could crawl You had the vision of every man
Another 4th of July Another shot hits the sky Another man has to pay
We wish our boy would stay sane We wish he'd change his name But life just isn't that way
And like a dream dressed in white Fast as a trick of the light You see the vision of every man
You've known it since you were small Even before you could crawl You had the vision of every man
Another 4th of July Another shot hits the sky Another ego exalts the man
Another 4th of July Another shot hits the sky Another ego exalts the man
03. I'm The Guy
THE EGO: I'm the guy who lurks In the heart of every man I'm the creepy jerk Dressed up like your dearest friend
I am Jonah's whale flying friendly sail I'm the mind you're living in I - I'm the guy
I'm the guy who thinks Of the press and interviews Like to walk a mile In God's favorite running shoes
If you specify who has made you cry Who can give the suicidal blues I - I'm the guy
I'm the one you can't get free I will always be Like a wolf that's at your door What your women wants is me I'm the one she's waited for She's waited for
I'm the one eyed jack I'm the one you can't ignore Just give me somethin' better than that I'm the guy who wants more and more and more and more and more
And then when I'm through You'll be turned into An emotional vegetable 'Cause I - I'm the guy
I'll tell you how great you are You're the best by far You're a drop dead centerfold That girl ain't nothin' - you're the star And your life will be controlled It'll be controlled by me
04. Reflection
NARRATOR: Behold the man, the stranger, the working man's son He reflected the mountain Now all souls can see what's been done
And the word spread fast as wild fire But the people changed as the wind swept higher And the crowd's got huge, man, you should've seen the choir
And in two years he made the cover of Time The albino priest with the psychic mind "You wanna see Mr. Snow you better get in line"
He might've been fine - He might've got through it OK If not for the girl, when he saw her I guess everything changed
And the loose in him wound up tight And the flanks all faded in the failing light And the needy people seemed an oversight
He knew about things he couldn't know He knew about people and he told them so But until he touched her he didn't know - She let him know
05. Carie
SNOW: Carie Won't you come and see me, the clouds have bid the sun Let's take a chance and run with just what we can carry
Carie Won't you come and save me, I am of the earth But you are like a church with one hand in the sky And a face that answers why Won't you please just hear me
Everywhere I hear you - Everywhere you call Everyday I feel the need to fall into you I need to be behind your castle walls
Carie I see it all so clearly, the window's open now Let's take what fate's allowed, time may never come Let's take a chance and run with just what we can carry
06. Looking For Answers
SNOW: I think I'II give her a call to see if she's up It's kinda late but you know it wouldn't surprise me If I get her machine again
You see there's a problem I have And have had for a long, long time I wish I was blind as a bat Cause no matter where I'm at I can see her standing there
I'm still looking for answers Maybe I can do better Or maybe this is where I'll be for all eternity
This is a torture of sorts I've seen the reports of my demise But don't feel sorry for me It's not like I can see at all
She's the best thing I've had And have had for a long, long time But I'm just a freak with a gift Living in a paradigm shift My world is changing everywhere
I'm still looking for answers Maybe I can do better Or maybe this is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm still looking for answers Maybe I can do better Or maybe this is it for me This is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm not opposed to being alone, the needle is stuck My penance was made by my run out of luck And I don't suppose you'd consider changing your mind I promise you it will be different this time And I don't have nothin' to bring to the table Oh no matter what I say I'll be here forever - Forever will be today
I'm still looking for answers Maybe I can do better Or maybe this is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm still looking for answers Maybe I can do better Or maybe this is it for me This is where I'll be for all eternity
I'm still looking for answers I'm still looking for answers I'm still looking for answers
07. Freak Boy
CARRIE: You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy How could you think I'd love you
You're a toothpick So pathetic You make me sick I barely even know you
I took my turn in your prayer line I felt something more like a warning They all saw you secretly looking Now you're here at two in the morning
You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy How could you think I'd love you
You're a magnet For the pathetic I can't tell you How much your face revolts me
In a way you are the worst kind Think you know so much about people So how come you never saw me Open my church and smell all the people now
You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy How could you think I'd love you
You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy
You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy You're a Freak Boy
08. All Is Vanity
SNOW: And when we touch the future dies I see the face of my demise I'm all alone without a friend I see my fate; my bitter end
Thought I was the bigger man But all I've done is a grain of sand Thought I gave the best of me But all it was was vanity
All is vanity All is vanity
09. I'm Dying
SNOW: As the sun burns my eyes I am pierced to the core Everyday I feel dead Nothing feels like before
When my friends come to play I won't answer the door When they come in the night I won't be here no more
Help me I'm dying My soul is crying Help me I'm dying now
Hear the shots in the night And I don't care what for I had mustard today I can't eat it no more
When death walks in my house I will speak my desire Let the storm take me out With unquenchable fire
Help me I'm dying My soul is crying Help me I'm dying now
10. Freak Boy - Part 2
SNOW: I'm a Freak boy I'm a Freak boy I'm the milk left out until morning
I'm a Freak boy Everlasting I'm a bomb set off without warning now
I'm a Freak boy I'm a Freak boy now
On the street now Barely breathing They don't call me Snow it's too charming
Somehow I still Have some feeling Like a dog you best not alarm me now
I'm a Freak boy now I'm a Freak boy now I'm a Freak boy now
11. Devil's Got My Throat - Revisited
THE ADDICT: Hey, ain't that Snow He looks like he's flyin' Pick him up and bring him along We'll show him a good time
The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote And I'm your cruel joke I'm goin' down that's all she wrote The Devil's got my throat I'm goin' down that's all she wrote
12. Snow's Night Out
SNOW: Looks like I'm goin' out with these dudes...
13. Ladies And Gentlemen, Mister Ryo Okumoto On The Keyboards INSTRUMENTAL
14. I Will Go
SNOW: Help me I'm dying Help me I'm dying now
And as the whirlwinds disappeared I looked around and I was here The clouds were clearing from my eyes My life stood still and began to rise
And all the faces round about Began to smile and call me out No time to think; nothing to know Just one tremendous letting go
And God was there behind a veil And everyone I'd helped or failed These words escaped inside my soul There's no denying
I will go (Go before the gate goes down When you hear the calling sound) I will go (You will not be turned away Bring your weakness with your strength) I will go (Where the river meets the sea Where the sky is holding me) I will go (Love will be your ministry Fly it high when you open up the flood line)
And when I finally came around Propped in a bed my head bound I saw my friends they all were there Some eyes were wet some eyes were clear
They gathered round and touched my hand And I began to understand I saw a future yet unknown I saw a child returning home
And God said "Welcome back my friend" He brought me back to life again And when He calls me down the road I will be going
I will go (Go before the gate goes down When you hear the calling sound) I will go (You will not be turned away Bring your weakness with your strength) I will go (Where the river meets the sea Where the sky is holding me) I will go (Love will be your ministry Fly it high when you open up the flood line)
15. Made Alive Again / Wind At My Back
SNOW: From a world that's never ending From a sky beyond the skies A child is born And love is made alive
Like a flaw that seeks perfection With a will that will survive A child is born And love is made alive
Wind At My Back
SNOW:
And you are the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain, you're like rain You're like rain now
And my soul has been kissed Just because you exist You're the gold that is free You're the groom on one knee
You're the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain on dry land
You're the focus the beam You're realities dream You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
You are the wind at my back You give what I lack You're the jewel in my hand You're like rain on dry land
You're the flow that I feel The illusion so real You're the ocean the tide You're the door open wide
And my soul has been kissed Just because you exist You're the gold that is free You're the groom on one knee
You're the focus the beam You're realities dream You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
You're the wish that I make You're the prize I might take You're the dream that's a fact You're the wind at my back
You're the flow that I feel The illusion so real You're the ocean the tide You're the door open wide
And my soul has been kissed Just because you exist You're the blue in my black You're the wind at my back
