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1. |
The Phoenix Has Risen
06:25
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The Phoenix Has Risen
A Kaleidoscope of forgotten history
An array of colors-enhancing the mystery
A spark igniting a fire with rising flames
Mythological figures account for the blame
The Phoenix has risen
Beyond the brilliance of the sun
The kingdom is now forgiven
A new era's begun
It will grant you fortune throughout the years
Living a fulfilling life without any fears
Ascending into to the far reaching sky
The thunderbird majestically flies
The magnitude of what we are witnessing
Standing statues instilled in stone are listening
The Phoenix has risen
Beyond the brilliance of the sun
The kingdom is now forgiven
A new era's begun
It will grant you fortune throughout the years
Living in fulfillment without any fears
Metaphors that date back in time
The words portrayed don’t seem to fit the crime
The story reveals dreams of old romance
Riding the trails of a legend
No further enhance
In the final quest the Phoenix takes its last breath
In vivid contrast the cycle of life and death
Before ascending into the clouds of eternity
It’s resurrection is metaphorically
The Phoenix has risen
Beyond the brilliance of the sun
The kingdom is now forgiven
A new era's begun
The Phoenix has risen
Beyond the brilliance of the sun
The kingdom now forgiven
A new era's begun
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2. |
Reoccurring Dreams
05:56
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REOCCURRING DREAMS
In vivid colors displayed on full screen
Revisiting the past in my dreams
Appearing at night so realistically
As if I’m actually there -physically
The sounds and aroma are too familiar
They take me to the places I remember
As I reach out to touch your face
I hear a voice, quite out of place
There are reoccurring scenes
Residing deep inside your dreams
All you need to do to go there
Is to close your eyes and breathe the air
Where a thousand memories are stored
A collection of the times we once adored
Another episode of the past
Ending scenes that will forever last
An endless reel on a film projector
Showing the past, a reflector
Recalling all the forgotten memories
The changing seasons, the falling leaves
To the years behind, to the years ahead
We must not dwell on the past instead
Living in the days of the old century
Where there were more certainties
Sensational feelings that appear from nowhere
It feels as though I’ve been here before
I recall the places of serenity
The greenery of trees for infinity
There are reoccurring scenes
Residing deep inside your dreams
All you need to do, to go there
Is to close your eyes and breathe the air
Where a thousand memories are stored
A collection of the times we once adored
Another episode of the past
Ending scenes that will forever last
The falling moments that I surrender to
It’s more surrealistic than cerillium blue
The fading era of a century
The life once lived in my memory
The moments lost are now in full view
They never seem to out way the value
Without any conclusions to this story
Everything has to end in fading glory
There is no evidence to support this theory
Of a parallel universe
where one is for living
and one for living dreams
It seems hard to comprehend
which one that I’m really in
CHORUS:
There are reoccurring scenes
Residing deep inside your dreams
All you need to do, to go there
Is to close your eyes and breathe the air
Where a thousand memories are stored
A collection of the times we once adored
Another episode of the past
Ending scenes that will forever last
Reoccurring scenes
Reoccurring dreams
Reoccurring scenes
Reoccurring dreams
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3. |
Heal My Wounded Soul
04:46
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Heal My Wounded Soul
Great scholars of philosophy
Evidence of Quantum Theory
But one thought escaped their minds
The possibility to out live time
So they turned to the Constellations
And the stars to guide them on
To the columns of Olympus
Astronomy felt withdrawn
The revolving planets around the sun
Solar alignment falls into one
Ancient academics disagreed
For no one could ever concede
On the accuracy of calculation
Leaving uncertain escalation
Intellectual capacity
Logic and reason the audacity
Come heal my wounded soul
Cure the ill-fated past
Enter the immortal waters
Life will then forever last
Plague inflicted the population
Catastrophic to the nation
Standing in complete silence
Along the avenues of defiance
What serenity has undergone
Civilazations that are now forgone
Amphitheaters of great glory
Ancient statues tell of stories
The building of vast structures
Status, wealth the poor fractures
Encoded into the sequence
Without any existing grievance
Come Heal my wounded soul
Cure the ill-fated past
Enter the immortal waters
Life will then forever last
The shifting sands of time
The constant flux sublime
Let me return to the life we once knew
Where the winds seldom blew
Empty emotions on anxious hearts
The story leads us back to the start
Come Heal my wounded soul
Cure the ill-fated past
Enter the immortal waters
Life will then forever last
Forever last
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4. |
Compromised
06:15
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Compromised
Standing to the test of time
The story doesn't seem to rhyme
The past holds no more clues
So many questions still remain
It reaches down into your soul
It has a voice of its own
What it’s trying to tell you
What it’s trying to say
I’m looking for the reason
That I’m out of touch
My generation has been crushed
Until the clock strikes the hour
The youth have drained our power
We seemed to have lost our footing
On the ground we've been standing on
Something just isn't right here
Something is just so wrong
We are being led off course
By an unexplained force
I’m looking for the reason
That I’m out of touch
Maybe my generation has been crushed
Our years have been compromised
(By the winds of change)
Our minds have been hypnotized
(With the fear of rage)
Our creativity has been paralyzed
(We are trapped in a cage)
Our freedom has been jeopardized
(We are further enraged)
Standing on the bridge of forgotten memories
Looking down the river of unwanted history
The winds of mortality have arrived at our doorstep
Burning candles melting down fade away
I’m looking for the reason
That I’m out of touch
Maybe my generation has been crushed
Our years have been compromised
(By the winds of change)
Our minds have been hypnotized
(With the fear of rage)
Our creativity has been paralyzed
(With many restrictions)
Our freedom has been jeopardized
(We live without choices)
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5. |
Exit Door
04:23
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EXIT DOOR
The curtains falling on pollution
It has no place in our world anymore
The curtains falling on destruction
It’s not the same as it was before
They say it’s gonna get worse
Before it gets any better
The curtains falling on war and conflict
It has no place in our world anymore
The curtains falling on violation
The water’s rising onto the shore
Throw away the darkness
You are now the only one
Dispel the evil of corruption
Take your belongings and run
There is no exit door
The fires are closing in you
With the flames ravaging through the trees
This is not The world we chose to be
The curtains falling on violence
It is unwanted on our planet no more
The curtains falling on discrimination
It has no place in society anymore
They say it’s gonna get worse
Before it gets any better
The curtains falling on inequality
It has no place in our world anymore
The curtains falling on arrogance
It’s not the same as it was before
Throw away the darkness
You are now the only one
Dispel the evil of corruption
Take your belongings out and run
There is no exit door
The fires are closing in on you
With the flames ravaging through the trees
It’s not the world we once knew
Close your eyes- burning sensation
Don’t breath the air -suffocation
Don’t drink the water-contamination
We are iving in this failing nation
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7. |
When Thoughts Collide
04:51
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When Thoughts Collide
Along the avenues, encountering stillness
There are stories that tell of the past
Awaking from a dream into silence
Where serenity will no longer lasts
Along the shallow, divided regions
Behind the walls, surrounding leavings
Escaping thoughts, falling illusion
Illusive sounds, evading conclusion
When our thoughts collide
Don’t ever question why
There is no compromise
Until we provide our love
Linear thinking, critical sin
Rising mercury, destruction within
Elevated risings, emotions stirred
Predictions made, sickness cured
Leaving divisions, synchronized
Electrical disruptions,
Discord televised
Miscommunication,
Unfriendly Situation
Time Invalidation
When our thoughts collide
Don’t ever question why
There is no comprise
Until we provide our love
Overlooking the city of illusion
No matter just how, how real it all seems
It all disappears when you touch the stream
Wake me up from this dream
Up from this dream…..
Tell me this is is not the end
Let me live once again
The fading light has now begun
Taking with it everything under the sun
Under the sun ...
When our thoughts collide (collide)
When our thoughts collide (collide)
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8. |
Silence On Empty Streets
03:50
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Silence On Empty Streets
There was no way of ever knowing
Hiding in the shadows, but not showing
For what was about to take place
Would forever change the existing race
While everyone was so ill prepared
Without any notice, no time to spare
Only the old weak fainted prayed
They would be granted another day
All doors locked with curtains drawn
All shutters sealed off until the dawn
Nothing could stop the fear from drawing closer
Their clothing was burned in the town square
The smoke was see everywhere
Their lives were overturned
Losing everything they ever earned
Their lives were completely overturned
All doors locked with curtains drawn
All shutters sealed off until the dawn
Nothing could stop the fear from drawing closer
Throughout the town the church bells are ringing
Warning of the fear danger impending
Their homes are now all deserted
On what has by now been concerted
Silence On Empty Streets
Silence On Empty Streets
Throughout the town the church bells are ringing
Warning of the fear danger impending
Their homes are now all deserted
On what has by now been concerted
Silence On Empty Streets
Silence On Empty Streets
Silence On Empty Streets
Silence On Empty Streets
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9. |
As All Fools Fade Away
06:49
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AS ALL FOOLS FADE AWAY
I lost track of how many times
I’ve been misunderstood
Now is the time to speak my mind
Even if I shouldn’t
There’s no reason to pretend
This is now and that was then
Well it’s a long story that goes back when
I stepped away from the norm and ventured in
Well I could’ve saved some years of spinning my wheels
Seeking all the thrills
Until I found out what was real
They might have the means even though
Some believe it’s all about who you know
Think before you sign the dotted line
They will own you for life once you have signed
But you are no longer in demand
You are not to them,
a marketable brand
As all fools fade away
With the passing of time
With the passing of years
They’ll disappear before your eyes
That might lead to their demise
Blacklisted from
Disassociated with
Extracted from
Their preferred list
You’ve been modeled after the current scene
You have nothing to offer
You’re not convincing
It’s all about the profit to be made
They’ll take no risk, they are too afraid
To enter into the unknown
Where they could atone
Erased from their memory all in time
Replaced by someone who fits in with their sign
The poison in the drink that’s hard too resist
As if you never exist
The story now has a twist
As all fools fade away
With the passing of time
With the passing of years
They’ll disappear before your eyes
It might just lead to their demise
Blacklisted from
Disassociated with
Extracted from
Their preferred list
As all fools fade away
With the passing of time
With the passing of years
They’ll disappear before your eyes
It might just lead to their demise
As all fools fade away
With the passing of time
With the passing of years
They’ll disappear before your eyes
It might just lead to their demise
As all fools fade away....
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10. |
The Unknown Man
06:01
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The Unknown Man
Something right out of science fiction
With high fidelity broadcast definition
There are elements of supernatural embrace
Some have even seen the man with the unknown face
There is no record of anyone fitting that description
With an explanation of someone seeing him in their dreams
Just where does he come from?
And where will he go?
The unknown man
What does he have to show?
An unsolved mystery read in magazines
A shadowy type figure unidentifiably
A tall distinguish type with dark thick eyebrows
Who creeps into your dream to borrow your fear
A facial recognition taken from a far away place
An interpretation of events considered to be unsafe
Fingerprint detection leads to no clue or no trace
DNA analysis discovers no history or race
There is no record of anyone fitting that description
With an explanation of someone seeing him in their dreams
Just where does he come from?
And Where will he go?
The unknown man
What does he have to show?
Evoked in literature
Seeking answers from knowledge
Searching threw the ancient scrolls
Without anyway to know
What I will discover?
Just what will I find?
I have no passport
Have no ID
I have no idea how you see me
I am one of them
I am one of you
I am no different
Me or you
You are the same
There’s no one to blame
We breathe the same air
No one to share
Something right out of science fiction
With high fidelity broadcast definition
There are elements of supernatural embrace
Some have even seen the man with the unknown face
There is no record of anyone fitting that description
With an explanation of someone seeing him in their dreams
Just where does he come from?
And Where will he go?
The unknown man
What does he have to show?
The Unknown Man....
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11. |
Set Your Heart On Fire
04:32
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Set Your Heart On Fire
Looking through the lens of emotion
It has been proven without any doubt
Music reveals your deep
devotion
It finds expression within the Arts
Soothing to our soul in troubled times
It can even rescue you from decline
Whenever we lose our sense of direction
Whenever we need some self reflection
Let music can calm the beast within
Allow the melody to heal our sins
There is nothing that it cannot do for you
If you give it a chance
It will open your imagination
It will set your heart on fire
The avenues that we travel on
With detours and delays that we come upon
When everything seems to go wrong
There’s a hidden message in the song
Compositions with rising notes
Replacing sorrow with melodic antidotes
There is nothing that it cannot do for you
If you give it a chance
It will open your imagination
It will set your heart on fire
Chromatic passages with long sustain
Altering reasons to refrain
The Crescendo rise dynamically
Cymbals crash into the sea
Looking through the lens
of emotion
It has been proven without any doubt
That music reveals your deep devotion
It find expression in the arts
Chromatic notes with long sustain
Altering reasons to refrain
The rising notes running up through the scales
Tempo changes, dynamic prevails
Crescendo falls dynamically
Cymbals crash into the sea
There is nothing that it can not do for you
If you give it a chance
It will inspire your imagination
It will set your heart on fire
There is something about the melody
That makes you want to believe
Compositions wash away our fears
Overtures move you to tears
There is nothing that it cannot do for you
If you give it a chance
It will inspire imagination
It will set your heart on fire
Bridge
Through the lens of history
It is claimed to be the greatest Cure
Changing us internally
Healing your broken heart
CH:
There is nothing that it cannot do for you
If you give it a chance
It will inspire imagination
It will set your heart on fire
X2
There is nothing that it cannot do
Fade out
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12. |
In The Future Of
04:27
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In The Future Of..
All withstanding
Step out from the lines
The time has come
You must draw the line
When you stand in amazement
Close your eyes
Hear me out for a moment in total surprise
*It's in the future of
What I've been looking for
It's in the future of
What I've been waiting for
In a matter of speaking
In a matter of choice
Answers to questions
Questions to answer
We'll show you tonight
That our meaning is right
In parting with the day
That's slipping fast
*It's in the future of
What I've been looking for
It's in the future of
What I've been waiting for
You can mark my word
Forget all you've heard
When the clock strikes the hour
Time will fly
Into the meadows of magnificient
In between the light
Like a city within a city
The future from the night
In The Future Of
In The Future Of
In The Future Of
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Drummer, keyboardist and vocalist Mark Murdock's Cymbalic Encounters features eminent progressive-rock unit Brand X alumni
guitarist John Goodsall, bassist Percy Jones.
Murdock shines as a renaissance man and offers a diversified set, highlighted by the largely memorable compositions and aided by a crystal-clear studio production.
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