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Visitors from Another Planet
There were reports of lights in the sky
The phones were lit with inquiring minds
A warning was broadcast to stay indoors
Confusion spread about an invasion or war
Another Hollywood cultural phenomenon
Strangest objects sighted in the sky
Radio signals were briefly interrupted
A voice came on in a language corrupted
Telling us that we need not worry
They were only here to observe
As not to disturb
Flying saucers and visitors from another planet
Like something off a Sci-FI flick
My eyes could be playing tricks
Flying saucers and visitors from other worlds
Who would ever believe it was real?
The day the earth stood still
Alien voice:
‘We are visitors from a neighboring galaxy from the future. We seek your understanding and knowledge as we will impart our’s with you. Your planet is in great danger and has little time left. We wish to extract and relocate select beings to our home. Take me to your leader!’
Another Hollywood cultural phenomenon
Strangest objects sighted in the sky
Flying saucers and visitors from another planet
Like something off a Sci-FI flick
My eyes could be playing tricks
Flying saucers and visitors from other worlds
Who would ever believe it was real?
The day the earth stood still
The day the earth stood still
The day the earth stood still
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Time Travelers from the Future
Dismissing tricks of lights or solar flares
The have arrived Under mysterious stares
They could be standing near you might never know
Just what are their intensions?
Might they take control?
We cannot recognize them
As they look like you and I
They are hard to resist
Don’t look into their eyes
They are time travelers from the future
Aliens from the past
Who are here at last
Walking here amongst us
What is it that they seek?
To occupy our space
Where the oxygen will leak
They see us as their past
which they once belonged
They left this place behind
Knowing something was wrong
Return to the blue planet
With some intentions
The future failed to provide
Unpopular fiction
We cannot recognize them
As they look like you and I
They are hard to resist
Don’t look into their eyes
They are time travelers from the future
Aliens from the past
Who are here at last
Walking here amongst us
What is it that they seek?
To occupy our space
Where the oxygen will leak
What could they possibly want
That they don’t have already?
Shopping malls
Remote calls
Sushi bars
Driverless cars
What do they hope will last?
Is the future better than the past?
Ocean liners
All night diners
Deep blue seas
Late night Movies
With nothing else to do
They make circles in fields
They fly around the world
To them it’s a thrill
The appear and disappear
To them it’s a game
Flying near commercial flights
They show off their flashing lights
We cannot recognize them
As they look like you and I
They are hard to resist
Don’t look into their eyes
They are time travelers from the future
Aliens from the past
Who are here at last
Walking here amongst us
What is it that they seek?
To occupy our space
Where the oxygen will leak
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Instrumental
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The Tarnished Mirror
05:30
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The Tarnished Mirror
All forgotten memories
Have returned to me
For I believed in the promise of eternity
Approaching the sanctuary
Every vision will provide
Now I’m standing at its door
And I’m still afraid to look inside
The tarnished mirror
Reflecting within
Recalling all the places I have been
Through the windows of a slient dream
An admission of my own shortcomings
Throughout history
The ones with faith were the ones that were healed
They did not degrade anyone
Even though the truth was revealed
Tales of stories and laughter
A book marked page in the second chapter
A open shutter in the winter
Allows the cold wind to enter
The tarnished mirror
Reflecting within
Recalling all the places I have been
Through the windows of a silent dream
An admission to my own shortcomings
Sounding hallow
The shock and the denial
With all they have endured
It never had occurred
For they must return now
Before the curfew starts to fall
As the darkness draws closer
The over seers begin to call
Their voices can be heard
across the city
Calling out the names of those
betraying the law
The tarnished mirror
Reflecting within
Recalling all the places I have been
Through the windows of a silent dream
An admission to my own shortcomings
My own shortcomings
My own shortcomings in the tarnished mirror
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False Algorithims
08:00
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False Algorithm
If these walls could tell stories of the past
Depicted on stained glass
Full of controversy
With a lack of mercy
Sacred places housing relics
That once belonged to the saints
Who are never wrong
With a vast quantity of gold
It’s exact location untold
All storms and disasters were believed to come from up there
Where hidden in the clouds
overseeing those below
On the surface unaware
Nailed to the door of the sanctuary
Was a notice demanding monetary
Feeling the constraints of debt
Something that they have not met
Overshadowed by their failure
powerless to be fractured
They were led to turn to cathedral
To hear the words of the deceitful
All storms and disasters were believed to come from up there
Where hidden in the clouds
overseeing those below
On the surface unaware
Sacraments subsequently
Questioning the hierarchy
As soon as the coin in the coffee rings
The soul of
purgatory springs
Reprimanding reformation
An order from the nation
All who do not comply
Will be held in contempt
Their lives will no longer be exempt
As the entered into the cathedral
Echoing voices of the deceitful
Their minds were filled with doubt
They heard a voice in the distant shout
Taking from the collection plate of the faithful
Despite complaints from the hateful
Wandering away from the doctrine
As they approached the coffin
If these walls could tell stories of the past
Depicted on stained glass
Full of controversy
With a lack of mercy
Sacred places housing relics
That once belonged to the saints
Who are never wrong
With a vast quantity of gold
It’s exact location untold
All storms and disasters were believed to come from up there
Where hidden in the clouds
overseeing those below
On the surface unaware
Unaware
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Forgotten Episodes
05:23
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Forgotten Episodes
The night erases the day
Giving way to the darkness
Leading us to believe
in the superstitious
Following the narrative to sleep
Echoing our inner most deep
Extraordinary
Cautionary
All Forgotten Episodes
The ones you’ve never told
Fleeting confusion
Confronting illusion
All forgotten Episodes
The ones you never sold
Interpreting Dreams
They’re not what they seem
Falling through our dreams
Processing thoughts and memories
Rising to the surface
confronting the purpose
Fading thoughts, visions seen
Sometimes disguised as serene
repressed longings find their way into our minds
Unaware of my surroundings
There was something there outstanding
Emerging thoughts rediscovered
All returning scenes uncovered
Configurations of information
appear to the sleeping mind
The slumber allows us to consolidate
Collecting all we find
An array of colors all around
Out of sight, out of sound
With a glimpse into the future
The past has left its signature
Recalling a time and place
I recall the face of someone telling me to return to my dream
Don’t look back to the days left behind
You might regret the what you will find
It’s to better to leave the past alone
Merging where are with where you were
There is no mistake
The moment you hesitate
When you start to awake
All Forgotten Episodes
The ones you’ve never told
Fleeting confusion
Confronting illusion
All forgotten Episodes
The ones you never sold
Interpreting Dreams
They’re not what they seem
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Falling through our dreams
Processing thoughts and memories
Fleeting confusion
Confronting illusion
Forgotten Episodes
Forgotten Episodes
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The River of Illusion
07:02
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The River of Illusion
Hearing the cries of disparity
Summoned to the lies of severity
Surrounded in this desolation
Subjected to live in total isolation
Waiting in the cull of trepidation
Misleading us through false interpretation
Looking through the wrong end of the telescope
Distance miscalculated
they lost all hope
Falling alliance
Stunning compliance
Observed in silence
Questing science
False teachings fell upon closed ears and minds
Stunning to those who scarcely find
The myths led to stories that led to words
Simple minds felt reassured
All things remain in a state of flux
Removed from the current status
Subjected to the erosiveness of
time
Their status of punishment and crime
Falling alliance
Stunning compliance
Observed in silence
Questing science
In the name of the shadow and
of the Holy Ghost
Instilling powers in wooden objects to host
Worshiping in the majestic halls of time
Transfixing on figures ever so sublime
Merging philosophies
Perpetual atrocities
Transcending history
Outliving misery
Thought is the enemy of flow
Scarcely heard In overtones
Cries of disparity are often heard
Ignored by the masses
And unfavorably unturned
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Accelerated and magnified
Extraordinary stigmatized
Panoramic transformations
Essential disintegration
Philosophy concerns itself about death
While society breaths its last breath
The blankness of nothingness
Floating on a river of emptiness and illusion
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Somewhere and Nowhere
04:12
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Somewhere and Nowhere
Everyone’s in such a hurry
Can’t they see they’re going nowhere
They end up back where they started
And they don’t seem to care
Just where did they come from?
Why are they staring at the sun?
They are hiding something from you
Until the day is through
They are somewhere and nowhere
Anywhere in between
They want something for nothing
The are living in a dream
Standing outside in the rain
They don’t seem to mind
They never check on the weather
The listen for the city chime
Avoiding any popular places
Content with unoccupied spaces
They don’t take any transportation
Walking outdoor exploration
They are somewhere and nowhere
Anywhere in between
They want something for nothing
They are living in a dream
They are neither here or there
Breathing in the same air
Escaping their own dreams
Until they have to face the unseen
They’re not concern with tomorrow
Money is their means to borrow
They don’t care for anyone
As they stare into the sun
What is here and now
Doesn’t work for them somehow
The future is an illusion
That brings more confusion
They are somewhere and nowhere
Anywhere in between
They want something for nothing
The are living in a
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Adapted for Theater
04:47
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Adapted for Theater
They come to life before our very eyes
Re-enacting events and plots
Appearing so authentic
Descending deeper into the madness
With an ever disapproving attempt
That straddle the divide even further
I’m being held in contempt
Depicting a story based on fiction
An intensified version of social division
Populated by deranged
Qualities rearranged
Adapted for theater
With non fictional characters
Portraying real-life scenarios
That have never taken place
Obsessive passion
Disturbing thoughts
Ignorant of their actions Emphasizing on who we are not
Filling in the blank canvas
with blackened embers
With every chattel slave
Reflecting windows
Depicting a story of non-fiction
An intensified version of social division
Populated by
Adapted for theater
With non fictional characters
Portraying real-life scenerios
That have never taken place
Casting a spell on darkness
A crumbling diary page
There’s a stranger in the water
A surviving chattel slave
There is no more coincidence
It all makes sense if you try
It makes you reach inside into your own pocket
You might just find the reason why
Solo over Chorus
Adapted for theater
With non fictional characters
Portraying real-life scenerios
That have never taken place
Adapted for theatre x 4
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Instrumental
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Friction
07:09
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Friction
I can feel the friction burning from inside
I can’t come to grips
I’m turning to the outside
Staring back with suspicion
Concerned about their imposition
There is too much negativity
With little or no subjectivity
Everyone has grown insensitive
Outspoken, argumentative
You are not what you are
You are what you appear to be
Is this the new norm?
Have we lost our sanity?
The stares ignite hatred
Tension have been inflated
With conflicting trends
Disassociating friends
Their senses are furthered dulled
As criticism grows
Everyone is speaking of
Everything except love
I can feel the friction out there touch the heat
As temperatures rise in here
It’s synchronized with the beat
There is too much negativity
With little or no subjectivity
Everyone has grown insensitive
Outspoken, argumentative
You are not what you are
You are what you appear to be
Is this the new norm?
Have we lost our sanity?
The stares ignite hatred
Tension has been inflated
With conflicting trends
Disassociating friends
Their senses are furthered dulled
As criticism grows
Everyone is speaking of
Everything except love
I can hear the friction in the streets
As tensions increase
There are far too many demands
Eliminating reprimand
I try to fit into the big picture
The circuit’s breaking, the lights flicker
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The Shadows That Stood Between the Lies
The rain keeps falling for days and nights
Never stopping with no end in sight
There are no detours
There is no escape
The doors are closing in on your fate
There are those who are lost in despair
They roam the streets so unaware
Searching for something they haven’t found yet
Afraid it could be another regret
I want to see the shadows that stood between the lies
Allowing reflections in deceptive eyes
I want to return to the life we once knew
Where our dreams were so close and so untrue
All I want is to hear your laughter
To touch your face soon after
I need to know that this is real
I need to believe what I feel
Silence has been replaced with sound
Once so familiar heard all around
Empty streets desolate places
Once filled with emotion on so many faces
An activation of my senses
A sensation of once felt before
Have we grown
I want to see the shadows that stood between the lies
Allowing reflections in deceptive eyes
I want to return to the life we once knew
Where our dreams were so close and so untrue
All I want is to hear your laughter
To touch your face soon after
I need to know that this is real
I need to believe what I feel
You must not yield even to a degree
The loser will slip and fail to see
Hiding in the darkness waiting to emerge
Undetected until the lies will surge
The shadows that stood between the lies
The shadows that stood between the lies
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In Speculation
05:18
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In Speculation
The world is laughing at us
It’s a tragic comedy
With zero knowledge
No valid ideology
No sense of morality
Destroyed by hypocrisy
misguided by illusion
Leading to false conclusions
What is around the corner?
Another conspiracy?
We have reached the lowest point in our history
There can never be any speculation
There can never be suspicion or doubt
The message always reads the same
Confusion dominates the rein
You’ve eaten the rotten fruit of the ruling class
Who have an alibi to surpass
Some many nations fail to see
They are reliant on diplomacy
Pointing fingers at each other for no reason
Accusing inaccuracies of treason
What is around the corner?
Another inconsistency
We have reached lowest point in history
There can never any speculation
There can never be any doubt
Looking across the water to
the shores of foreign lands
Shadowed by the own dark past
Strangled by their own hands
The time will come when they must face up to their own deeds
The storms of ignorance has been washed away with their greed
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The Truth is out There
The setting sun has begun to fall
Nowhere to run
Face our fears stand tall
The approaching clouds
Overhead
Only shadow the moonlight
Blocking its light
We’ve got to find our own way
And never to be swayed
There is no way out
There is reason now
There’s not another place like thisx2
This is the only one that exist
The truth is out there
It’s hidden somewhere
From full view
It’s a part of you
The key to the lock
To open the door
The house of mysteries
The collapsing floor
Enter into the realm of ages past
Beyond imagination to see at last
If you can not comprehend
Then lend me your mind
I’ll go into a trance and send
The truth is out there
It’s hidden somewhere
From full view
It’s a part of you
The key to the lock
To open the door
The house of mysteries
The collapsing floor
If I could go back in time
I’m afraid of what I’ll find
If I could visit all the places
That I’ve been before
Meeting all the people
That I’ve ever encountered
Like reliving a dream
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Cymbalic Encounters Tokyo, Japan
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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