1. |
Whirlwinds Over
07:15
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There’s a lesson to learn
About the games we play
In the forbidden zone
Where Mancurah hides
His stolen prize
Of asomatous treasure
On the windswept fields
On the sweeping crooked path
To where the old man rests
As he leans upon his staff
He called to me and pointed
Said look across this land
What you see is a part of me
And it’s here I’ll make my stand
Whirlwinds Over
Whirlwinds Over
Foolish men will suffer
The thoughtless will forget
The wise will build their shelter
And the careless will regret
Though roses have their beauty
They also have their thorns
So we’ll hide from nature’s vengeance
Until the passing of the storm
Whirlwinds Over
Whirlwinds Over
Scarred and disillusioned
Memories torn apart
Somewhere we have lost something
From deep within the heart
So we look to our horizons
Where the sun will set the pace
But the sweeping wind has taken
Just what we can’t replace
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2. |
This Fateful Place
04:46
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Thor rides out of the darkened valley
Seals the promise within her room
Kiss the steel that set her free
Diamond studded shining key
Through barren moorland, wind and rain
Twisted shadows - heartfelt pain
Homesick for a stolen land
An affirmation carved in sand
Revenge is sworn in violence curse
Drowning thunder in it’s verse
Blood that flows from killing fields
Wakes sleeping giants from their hills
Fortune shies away from here
This darkened place as black as fear
No man can stand to see it fall
Deny the victim’s fatal flaw
Thor rides out of the darkened valley
Seals the promise within her room
Kiss the steel that set her free
Diamond studded shining key
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3. |
Twelve Years On
05:24
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Last night an autumn leaf
Fell upon my shoulder
And like her hand it felt so cold
It felt so lonely
I’ll remember her
For her smiles and her sigh
She would lead and I would follow
Through the springtime of our lives
I see her ghost reflected in your face
Those tender loving eyes
The elegance, the grace
I’ll remember her
For her smiles and her sigh
She would lead and I would follow
Through the springtime of our lives
Now you’re old enough
To know just what happened
The way that nature works
It’s miracles and wonders
Just like there’s good and bad
In each and everyone
Just like the seasons change
As we revolve around the sun
So on her final night
As she reached up to kiss me
I never realised
That this would mean goodbye
And as I left the ward
She called out my name
That night she took her life
To spare herself the pain
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4. |
Lessons of the Sea
03:19
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One fine day, we went away
We rode the waves across the bay
To see the creatures as they play
Innocent in every way
And those who came before us
Brought shame upon mankind
The profit in their bloodshed
We cannot leave behind
They revelled in their carnage
No matter how we plead
They remind us of our imperfections
In lessons of the sea
Suddenly ahead of me
A giant parting in the sea
Broke the waves in a giant V
Wondrous for all to see
And all we ever needed
Was a deeper understanding of
The way in which we live our lives
Our instincts and our governing
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5. |
Slander
03:34
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This nightmare shall remain
A sentence for your shame
Within the triangle of pain
There can be no-one else to blame
This is penance for your cause
You’ve been slandering the law
And all your hopes and fears
Preproduction for your tears
Will come raining down on you
For a hundred thousand years
This is penance for your cause
You’ve been slandering the law
Penance for your cause
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6. |
Paperchase in the Rain
02:44
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The silent paper petals
Fall upon your breast
Like butterflies
Eventually they wound you
They bleed you dry
Take this silver hairpin
Carve away your virtues
Like stone
Burn into your ashes
Cut into the bone
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7. |
Flowers in Vain II
04:05
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Assembling the petals
Feel the cautious breath
Above us and below us
Putrid smell of death
Threading with the needle
Careful with the skin
Tattered strips of curtain
Let the sunlight in
Eager eyes are waiting
Liquid on the boil
A thousand empty faces
Reflected in the foil
Eyes remain wide open
Windows of the soul
Fixing tattered curtains
Rearrange the role
Shadows growing longer
Candles burn so bright
Moths begin to flutter
Attracted by the light
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8. |
Wake Up Dreaming
07:02
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The daylight brings it home
Now the bottles all run dry
You start to question hope
You start to wonder why
Now the nightmares over
A new day can begin
And when the nightmares over
We can stop the suffering
Is this an honest answer?
Escape from all your fear
But by running from your penance
You’re bringing the sentence near
Now the nightmares over
A new day can begin
And when the nightmares over
We can stop
My world turns inside out
And visions upside down
Start spinning round and round
And round and round
It’s reactionary... perpetually
Repeating... my mistakes
The sunlight blinds my eyes
I turn and walk away
I wonder where I am
I wonder what to say
And if the nightmares over
We can carry on again
And if the nightmares over
We will wonder where we’ve been
Is this an honest answer?
Escape from all your fear
But by running from your penance
You’re bringing the sentence near
And if the nightmares over
We can carry on again
And if the nightmares over
We can wonder where we’ve been
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9. |
Haven
02:48
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Insult, scorn and ridicule
Ignorance divides
Selling souls to the uniformed
Bureaucracy of lies
But out here we are free
Between the rock and the tree
What price for sweet freedom’s gentle grace?
Take me to the hill tops
Where the air is fresh and clean
We'll look down on this crazy world
Of a thousand shades of grey
Victims cry for mercy
The elders dare not sleep
Voices remain silent
While evil stalks the street
But out here we are free
Between the rock and the tree
What price for sweet freedom’s gentle grace?
Take me to the hill tops
Where the air is fresh and clean
We'll look down on this crazy world
Of a thousand shades of grey
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