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1 – To The Hill We Go
Music and Lyrics: Tom Graham
Walking through a maze of Blueberry grass
Crushed by the weight of what's left in the glass
It's not always positively negative I see
Surrounding the sky that's all half empty
I reach into a pocket, not sure if it's me
Pulling out poems and tranquility
Searching for the certificate, I smile as I hide
It's all that I need to be bona fide
Now is the time when the show really begins
We've been sold, so cold and naked
You would think it would be warm inside
With the fire singeing our skin
Crossing on over to
Fields of blueberry
I don't want to be the one left here all alone
I don't want to be the one
I don't want to be the one
I don't want to be the one
That's left here, Standing alone
You have been caught and now you're runnin'
Violins and guns are comin'
Crashing the cause, because you can and
Infinite six and the one-more-time band
Easy is the money you take
Justified in time that you make
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Off of the top and
Out of control
Lost emotions
Lose the soul
All in mourning
All in light
For all the dead that
Cannot fight
To the hill we go
Greed is the price of love you create
Victory is in altered state
Long live the time, Like only we can
Infinite six and the one-more-time band
Easy is the money you take
Justified in time that you make
Off of the top and
Out of control
Lost emotions
Lose the soul
All in mourning
All in light
For all the dead that
Cannot fight
To the hill we go
From Taking Forever
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2 – Vanishing Us
Music by Steve Barberic
Lyrics by Regina Curinga
His eyes are like the sun
He's always on the run
This unwilling man
Won't do what he can
This love will never become
She sees into his eyes
For maybe the first time
Lady in love
Has just woken up
This love will never become
You show me galaxies
You open up my eyes
You show me galaxies
You open up my eyes
CHORUS
Vanishing I, Vanishing is, Vanishing us
Vanishing I, Vanishing is, Because
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All of my time
All of my life
Waiting for one
One of my one's will never become
Someone
I'm done
They know they cannot stay
But they're both afraid to say
They both love someone
But their love is done
This love will never become
You show me galaxies
You open up my eyes
You show me galaxies
You open up my eyes
CHORUS
Vanishing I, Vanishing is, Vanishing us
Vanishing I, Vanishing is, Because
His eyes are like the sun
He's always on the run
This unwilling man
Won't do what he can
This love will never become
From Taking Forever
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3 – Taking Forever
Music and Lyrics by Steve Barberic
When I see there's a place to be
On the sky follow through
Grabbing time, Letting go
Holding on, Follow through
Taking Forever, Not giving back
To Dream, To Hold on
Living with time to be taken
Whispering wind, Listening for
What does it say? Waiting for the day
Look inside to find what I hide
Stealing time, Don't let it go
Floating down, Hear my mind
What does it say? What do I find?
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Taking Forever, Not giving back
To Dream, To Hold on
Living with time to be taken
Down the road, Look the way to go
Are we all lost, Going way too slow?
Memories of days long past
Clock ticking by, Life going fast
Remember Taking Forever
Waiting, Hoping
Wishing, and Wanting
Seeing days gone, Walking alone
Looking up, Seeing birds fly
I look back at what I've done
Where have I gone? Time passes by
Taking Forever, Not giving back
To Dream, To Hold on
Living with time to be taken
From Taking Forever
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4 – Nanda Devi
Music and Lyrics by by Kenny Hundt
Inspired by "Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition" by John
Roskelly and "Fatal Mountaineer" by Robert Roper
Knowing from the start
The risks so clear to life
The mountaineer's daughter
Chased her dream
She'd grown to love the heights
Imagining this climb
To lead them to
The Goddess Mountain
(Nanda Devi)
For which he'd named her
(her father's joy)
So beautiful and so right
Approaching through the gorge
The porters learned her name
They said "Bliss-Giving Goddess"
Was coming home
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Against the monsoon snows
The party strained to rise
Aloft they fought
To gain the buttress
(At the crest)
Then here they gathered
(near the edge)
Father and daughter now
(so beautiful)
Poised to touch the dream
The long night high
A storm howled all about them
Anticipation turned to fear
They watched as Devi slowly suffered
From some unforeseen affliction
The morning came
The crisis still upon them
She gazed at them and said,
"I'm going to die"
Then collapsed into to their arms
And she was gone
The mountaineer consigned
Nanda Devi to the snows
From Taking Forever
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5 – Vita Decessus (Life and Death)
Music by Tom Graham
(instrumental track)
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From Taking Forever
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6 – Wake Up
Music and Lyrics by Tom Graham
I sense trouble over here
Lack of knowledge, smell of fear
On and on, no one has won
Lost the vision in my sight
I find the darkness, in the light
And so I'm burnt by the sun
Soak the germ and wash away
(oh the rain comes down)
Down the drain of another day
(and washes away my day)
Far too tired to put up a fight
(for I know that you won't fight)
So Wake Up! sleepy head
Oh wake up, before you're dead
Well I know, you know I'm right
I catch myself in the wrong way
So misdirected and nothing to say
Did I hear the sound
All at once today?
Laughing and crying
Dancing and dying
Wake Up!
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Overcrowded and underfed
(Oh now I see)
Disease lies with me, in my bed
(That you lie with me)
I know it won't let me go
(and you know that I won't go)
All and all we wonder why
(when I know my mind)
We see the end and still don't cry
(we would stay now)
Captured by the words we pray
(when you don't play)
Soak the germ and wash away
(Let the rains fall down)
Down the drain of another day
(and wash away my day)
Far too tired to put up a fight
(then I know that you won't fight)
So Wake Up! sleepy head
Oh wake up, before you're dead
Well I know, you know I'm right
Wake Up
From Taking Forever
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7 – With You
Music and Lyrics by Tom Graham
Open the door, On the other side
Glimpse the meaning of sidewalk
Bombs away, It's just another time
Another place for us to meet and talk
Meet and talk to me
Tell me that I'm okay
And I'll be just fine
I'll no longer worry
Take it as a sign
Just like a photograph
A moment stuck in time
Flowing like a waterfall
Dripping through my mind
Seeing the past in a brand new way
Healing over all that marks and stains
Stroll down the way, See another name
Another story, one more way to pay
One more way to pay the pain
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Tell me I'm okay
And I'll be just fine
I'll no longer worry
Take it as a sign
Just like a photographA moment stuck in time
Flowing like a waterfall
That's dripping through my mind
Dripping through my mind
Blue is the color I find on my way
I have only one time to say
And to the end I walk
And through the words I talk
Talk, talk, talk
At the end, where I always am
I turn to find, find you there
Giving me a helping hand
Lifting me up to the sea
Only you... Can it be?
Can, can, can it be? Ahhh!
Sweet dream smile, long brown hair
Eyes that dance away all of my cares
Come away, Lost in the time
Dreaming on and on, and all I will find with you
All I will find with you
From Taking Forever
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8 – Existence
Music and Lyrics by Steve Barberic, Randy Coleman, Kenny
Hundt, and Steve Manken
Lyrics by Steve Manken, used by permission
A simple act of kindness
Was laid to rest today
By the confused in an effort
To protect themselves
And on the evening news
The story turned away
What a shame, such a pity
We're going to hell
It's a hell of an existence
Existence
We're talking life in a cardboard box
Existence, til the end
So come on Joe, get out a load
There's a hide tanning today
We must hurry for the best seats
Are sure to go
Break out the chips and the Cheez Whiz
It's party time again
And we'll rest here on our sausages
And watch the show
It's a hell of an existence
Existence
We're talking life in a cardboard box
Existence, til the end
If you could see the faces
of all the people who live
Within the boundaries
of your self serving lies
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If you could see the madness
of your immoral approach
The depths of which leave
nowhere, nowhere to hide
I'm not of the opinion
That we all must think alike
There is no standard
On which to sight
But the least of our existence
Should be bounded, stand along
In the respect for humanity
As our basic right
It's oh so much easier
To criticize than create
And the former may be
The measure of your means
As you covet post-war zeal
Ofthis grand industrial age
Keep in mind a man's much greater,
Much greater than his schemes
So kiss the girls and make them cry
A thousand tears again
Strike a balance, break a sigh
You're in
Truth a concept that you toy with
Very useful when in need
It's a lesson for the little ones
An expression twisted in greed
It's a hell of an existence
Existence
We're talking life in a cardboard box
Existence
To the end
From Taking Forever
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9 – Fine Glass
Music by Steve Barberic, Tom Graham, Kenny Hundt, and Fernando
Martinez
(instrumental track)
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From Taking Forever
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10 – Here We Go (download free bonus
track)
Music by Steve Barberic, Tom Graham, Kenny Hundt, and Fernando
Martinez
Lyrics by Cat Ellen
When the new moon darkens the sky again
You find that you are all on the ouside without a friend
Simply waiting for the end
You’ve taken all your strength and you’ve poured it
On the moment, haven’t saved it
You’re empty now and you find you’re all alone
Follow me down tonight
We will have sweet delight
See the marker holding the page for you
You’ve left a trail, you’ve left yourself a set of clues
Try to banish all your blues
But in these pages scribbled in turmoil
In your fury, in your hurry
You haven’t found out exactly what you need
Follow me down tonight
We will have sweet delight
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When the ghosts of those dark nights rise again
When it seems like the world is simply slipping away, hold tight
to me
For the dawn always follows the darkest night
And the fog will be banished by the morning light, hold tight
to me
Here We Go My Darling
[instrumental bridge]
[solos]
Here we are, climbed out of the fire pit
Grab my hand and we’ll pull each other back from the cliff
Gain your new strength from my grip
As we struggle and battle the darkness
I’ve got your back now, you’ve got my armor
And we will gather the other fighters home
Follow me down tonight
We will have sweet delight
From Taking Forever (bonus track)
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11 – Battery (download free bonus
track)
Music by Tom Graham
Lyrics by Cat Ellen
See how the little girl holds tight to the doll in her hand?
She's seen far too much and is older than her years
How can you walk on by? How can you not even
see her?
Here’s a man on the street with his hand outstretched
He still suffers the nightmares of a war long gone
How can you walk on by? How can you not even see him?
I know a boy who has held on to the darkness inside
He says that chaos is his way and I just don’t understand
How can I walk on by? How can I not understand him?
So if I come with you now
Will I find out the ways that you hide from the world?
Or will I be left out in the cold, like before,
On my own, never in your arms? Is that where I will be?
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I’m steppin’ outside tonight
Cause the stars are shinin’ and the moon
is bright
I’ve been hiding for way too long
In the dark and the cold though I know it’s
wrong
There’s a voice that’s been calling me
To find my way down to the sea
There’s nothing to be frightened of
Cause you know we can trust in the way of love
Where we’re going, I don’t know
But my bags are packed, come on let’s
go
See how the little girl holds tight to the doll in her hand?
She’s seen far too much and is older than her years
How can you walk on by? How can you not even
see her?
I know a boy who has held on to the darkness inside
He says that chaos is his way and I just don’t understand
How can I walk on by? How can I not understand
him?
So if I come with you now
Will I find out the ways that you hide from the world?
Or will I be left out in the cold, like before,
On my own, never in your arms? Is that where I will be?
From Taking Forever (bonus track)
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12 – Sex Dream (download free bonus
track)
Music by Steve Barberic, Tom Graham, Kenny Hundt, and Fernando
Martinez
Lyrics by Cat Ellen
Come to me in my sleep
Sweet desire
Washing down over me
You're all that I hear and see
And you are taking my breath away
Take my hand
And I'll follow you
Where I know I shouldn't go
Giving in
My heart is in my throat
And your hands are setting me free
I can't believe the things I'm feeling
What I'm doing, who I'm seeing
I don't need no talking
All I need is you
Touching me
Taking all that I can give you
Break those ties and all those taboos
I can hardly wait
To close my eyes tonight
Seeing you
Your eyes have pierced my soul and I have given
up
It's been useless trying not to think of you
tonight, oh!
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Oh, how I long to be in your control
You can tell me how it goes
Breathing hard and hardly seeing
You're the one that I've been dreaming of
And I don't know how I can make it through
Another day
Your eyes have pierced my soul and I have given
up
It's been useless trying not to think of you
tonight, oh!
Come to me in my sleep
My sweet desire
Washing down over me
You're all that I hear and see
And you are taking my breath away
Take my hand
And I'll follow you
Where I know I shouldn't go
Giving in
My heart is in my throat
And your hands are setting me free
From Taking Forever (bonus track)
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1 – Rama
Music and Lyrics: Tom Graham
This is just a day, unlike any other
Fear is all around, hating of another
In the name of God, in the name of Allah
I will crush you down, you are not my brother
Aaaahhh, This is the way it is today
Aaaahhh, We cannot return, we cannot stay
Riding on a wave, ignorance is bliss
Losing all emotion, easy as this
If you count the reason, surely you will miss
All the love you found, seal it with a kiss
Aaaahhh, This is the way it is today
Aaaahhh, We cannot return, we cannot stay
Everything, everywhere, seems to be changing now
It’s the last time, it’s the last place I can be anymore
Here is where I rest, that’s what home is for
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Life has changed us, put locks on our doors
Love has still got to be the key
Now the door is open, I can see
Think I’ll go and catch some sun
I’ll follow you and you’ll follow me
Day and night we’re having fun
Time will stand still for a moment,
forever twelve
It’s so easy to be so happy, when all the world is on our side
All I can wish is that time would stand still for a moment, forever twelve
Dream on
Take it to heart the future’s today
Love is the same, it goes on and on and on
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2 – Spark of Light
Music and Lyrics: Steve Barberic
Inspired by the book A Spark of Light by Max Kronen, © Copyright
2000. Used with permission.
Strong remembrance of things past
Overpowering me
Strolling through this enchanted woodland
Seemed so long ago
Like an ancient world before the deluge
The grand cataclysm
That with fire, that with sword
Changed the face of the earth
No one knew the horrors that would come
Or to believe
Wait it out and hope for the best
People running ‘round place to place
Hundreds found, escaped from the cruel
Existence, gathered together
There is no time to mourn the flowers
When the woods are on fire
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Don’t cry children
Not too much further
Train ride to somewhere
Destination unknown
Voices crying out
Cries of children heard
Sobbing and weeping
Of those who lay beaten and torn
Other people
Not admiring the scenery
They know the destination
Yes they know, they tremble with fear
From which direction
Did they imagine their redemption would come
Why should I
Why should I expect a different destiny?
Spark of light, spark of light
Can you tell me? Can you see?
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3 – Keep It Alive
Music: Tom Graham
Lyrics: Steve Barberic
I need some information
Just some tidbits for my brain, keep it alive
Drowning in a pool of frustration
What do I do? No good fool, I can’t decide
Looking over my shoulder
I feel the beat of a lazy night
What’s come over me? A new sensation?
One that drives, one that flies, keep it alive
Send me on a journey
Somewhere I don’t know
And if I get lost, let me go
Here to be free
And I’ll see you on the other side
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One man here’s a felon, frozen in a tide
Another one is selling me nothing but lies
But I won’t listen, no, I won’t hear them at all
Five eyes look at me, as I travel on
The water’s calmer now
I can almost see myself, lost inside
And to the west I see
Desperation eye, I don’t want to know
I’ve found my heart and my love
My way back to you
Gone are the lonely nights to get through, to get through
Oh won’t you take my hand, and join with the band
Singing songs of truth and all that we find
Look at all we can find, on our way home
From Spark of Light
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4 – Brown Cloud
Music: Tom Graham
Lyrics: Kenny Hundt
Murky haze and this pain in my chest
I cannot seem to see those mountains to the west
There once was starlight and nights so clear
Seldom do we see them, less and less each year
Owing to Brown Cloud
Industry cares more for profit than the world
Astonishing amounts of soot and ash into the sky are hurled
Scorching vegetation, we need more elbow room
Withered crops, thirst for rain, locked inside this gloom
Here we have Brown Cloud
Night is cold, we light a million fires
Belching forth, smoke rises, obscures the sky
So we each do dance on, feeding our need
Care for our own, careful what we reap
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The weather’s changing
I remember learning this way
We repeat the cycle each day
Can we break the binds to this fray?
Both east and west locked in this heedless chase
Overwhelmed, even the best still create waste
The daily fires bring the choking shroud
Can’t we find a way to make the future proud?
Fade away Brown Cloud
Tied to work we drive a billion cars
Belching forth, smoke rises, obscures the sky
So we each do dance on, feeding our need
The sky grows dim, in accord with our deeds
The earth is waiting
From Spark of Light
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5 – Mouse
Music: Tom Graham, Kenny Hundt, Steve Barberic
Lyrics: Cat Ellen
When I found my way, way out on the coast
Thought that I would pray, that I’d make my way back
All those seven years, pain and grief and tears,
Thought that I would never see a shining knight come right into my life
Those who were close to me, said they couldn’t see
How that you could be anything I’m looking for—they saw something
more
I was very sure you were ever more
And that we would be happily ever after
All I need is to believe
And then I can make it true
And so forever starts just one day at a time
And I’m not really sure how I thought “Everything’s fine”
So go, go right ahead
And pretend I was never really there
Make believe that you don’t know my name
And if you saw me now I think
I just might surprise you
To see a lion tall, not a mouse
to be frightened of you
There’s a power growing within me
And I can make it on my own
And there’s not much
that I still regret
When I look down this road
to forever I know that I can fly
How’s your looking glass doing, Alice?
I’m not following you down that rabbit hole
Not while there’s a Puss-n-Boots starin’ at me
Keep your fantasy, while you sit on your tuffet
You’ll hide in your candy land
Or Baba Yaga will get you
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Here’s the three little pigs and all the dwarves havin’
the bears over for dinner
And Goldilocks, yeah she sure looks hot
When she’s cookin’ with the Wicked Stepmother
So how’s your looking glass doing, Gulliver?
Have the Lilliputs been puttin’ you under?
What’s a girl gotta do these days to find a wolf?
Cuz this woodcutter’s scarin’ me right out of these woods
And there you go again
Spinnin’ the gold back into straw
And Jack has been naughty again
See him there in the corner
Well, girls, I gotta tell you
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander!
So keep your fantasy of how you were to me
“I’m not your enemy”—I can’t believe you said that
I know you’ll never find someone half as kind
And I know you’ll never mind
If I leave it all behind, those lies you told me
Those who were close to me, said they couldn’t see
How that you could be anything I’m looking for—they saw something
more
Now I’m very sure, and she’ll be ever more
And that we will be happily ever after
All we need is to believe
And now we can make it true
From Spark of Light
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6 – Life Changes
Music and Lyrics: Tom Graham
To catch a moment, and feel of the day
The sun rises high, and passes this way
I stop to think of you
Moment by moment, all on their way
Each one has something to say
And once again I think of you
Life’s changes leave holes in my heart
Leaving me here wondering “When do I start to understand?
Oh, to understand?”
Floating away on the moon and the stars
Glistening worlds so far away we are
Take away our purpose, and we are so
Far away from the center
Something to remember today
Up and down,
spinning out of control
Creating islands
just to rest my soul
Nothing is the same
as it was yesterday
Broken hearts and lonely dreams
seem to pass away
And every time I think to myself
All I want to do and
all I want to sing is
La la la la la la la la la la la
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I hope I’m not too blind to see
The mirror’s looking back at me
Nowhere to hide
Leading with some fascination
Eyes reach out to take my hand
Feel like I am almost ready
Almost ready for anything
Worn out our welcome, is it any surprise?
We could see it coming with blindfolded eyes
Lost in all four corners of space
Crying out, desperate face
Here is to wherever we land
Here we are, all together
Same sweet song, all together
Take it to the top, takin’ over the lead
Find a better way, gettin’ over the need
Changes had to come, no need to bleed
Changes had to come to feed the seed
In the morning I can see
The great big wheel keeps right on turning
It’s not so easy, see—
Changing life and life changing me
I’ve learned enough to let it go
From Spark of Light
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1 – Is For You
(dedicated to my father, Paul Graham)
Music and Lyrics: Tom Graham
There are times when I thought I had plenty
So soon is lost, that rainbow of gold
Drop the hat to raise the ante
It's time to get the show on the road
Trade my heart for a mind that is easy
Leave my mind for a heart and a soul
Sometimes these things can make me crazy
Spread it out, hitch a ride, let it roll
We've come this far, so far to go
Mysteries dance and lay us low
Someday soon, we will be free again
How long to wait, until then
I Don't Know
Pick it up, and on we will travel
Our destiny, both obtuse and bold
Lay a path that no one can follow
Cover our tracks until the path is cold
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We've come this far, so far to go
Mysteries dance and lay us low
Someday soon, we will be free again
How long to wait, until then
I Don't Know
I Don't Know
I Don't Know
One foot in line with the other
One step in tune to another
How much this time is for
How much this time is for
YOU
Is for you
Is for you
Is for you
I Don't Know
I Don't Know
I Don't Know
From Remembrance Branch
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2 – Innocence
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Randy Coleman, Susanne Coleman
Lyrics: Steve Barberic, Randy Coleman, Susanne Coleman
I see the innocence of this child
Has been washed away again by the world we live in
It only takes and it never gives
So this is how we're forced to live
In these cold and troubled times we face
We're trapped inside our lives with the choices we're given
We reach our hands out, but they walk away
And so there's nothing left to say.
As I walk alone along the river
The moon lights my way towards the future
And this voice in my mind it sounds like thunder
It's pushing me, it's pushing me.
From Remembrance Branch
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3 – Edge of Reality
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Randy Coleman
Lyrics: Steve Barberic, Cat Ellen
I sleep on the edge of reality
My bed of nails pierce my soul
Nightmares, gripping, Pulls me down
Heart as black as coal
The deeper I search inside
The less I find of myself
Wishing I were different
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The pain of all the others
So great I can't endure
I take it upon myself
Searching for a cure
Rushing down the waterfall
Going down the endless river
Never to be seen again
Nothing to remember
And so I come back down to the center of it
The claws of life have scratched my heart
I'm left bleeding down this road
This endless road
I can't seem to get over this hill again
Why? Why must I walk alone?
From Remembrance Branch
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4 – Here Again
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Tom Graham,
Cat Ellen, Fernando Martinez
Lyrics: Tom Graham
I've been here before I see
Casting shadow, light is bent
Reflecting off the mirror
Of who I am supposed to be
Everything is, as was before
The only change, an open door
Gasping for one last breath
Close your eyes, no need to see
I've been here before
So much to remember
Look around and soak it in
Summer day in December
Easy was the time when I
Could escape among the shadows
Rest and wait on ocan floor
For school of fish that follow
Hard to think, it's hard to dream
It's harder to believe
Like one day and a hundred ways
It's not easy to receive
I've been here before
So much to remember
Look around and soak it in
Summer day in December
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If I could just see through the haze
Catch a glimpse of yesterdays
All the times that I got high
Throw me a line
Got to be a believer
Get me through these times
Yeah I know the feeling
Do you feel the sign?
All the way to Utopia
No need to feel that you're fallin'
No need to feel the pain
Let it go, let it happen
Or go insane
Try to catch the movement
Vibrations all the same
In your heart, keep it dear
Keep the flame
All the way to Utopia
There's something about the wind tonight
It blows in a mean cold nasty way
Looking around makes my head glow
So hard to take blow by blow
(blow by blow by blow)
We shuffle around hoping we are right
Chances are we lost out freedom
We don't give up, it's our lasting fight
Nowhere is where we go
(oh no, oh no)
From Remembrance Branch
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5 – Victor’s Eye
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Randy Coleman
Lyrics: Steve Barberic, Randy Coleman, Susanne Coleman
In my brain, through the glass
Drops of rain, stain the grass
Thunder sounds, silence heard
Look around, what a world
Walking through the dark of the haze
The cold cuts through my soul
Can't see, can't feel,
don't know where we are
We're moving straight ahead — we must
But I'm not seeing very far
Looking around, my heart filled with shame
Taking another's son
Now I hear their voices calling me.
The guilt for damage done
Thank God, we're safe for now
—Yes, we have won
Hear the rustle of the leaves
See the sun come out
Senses we perceive
Leave us all in doubt
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Moving through this narrow path
Quietly, step by step
Looking straight ahead
There's no looking back
Reflection bouncing back at me
Mixed words and images
Troubled mind, victorious feeling
Don't know which is real
So, here I stand, tired as hell.
And I wonder, when I return
Will you wish me well? Or turn away?
The vision is not so clear I fear
The clouds—they look so near to me
Hiding all the faces of war
We leave them no traces
Walking along this path it seems
That I don't know which way is right for me
I'm just a blind man on a cliff
Being afraid of heights ...Oh God!
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6 – Burning Ink
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Randy Coleman
Lyrics: Cat Ellen
Come to me, my little nightmare
I know just how to make you scream
Come to me, my little nightmare
The haunting has only just begun
Paper and pen will burn you again
I am not one of your flings
I am much larger than all your dreams
Feel my thunder, winds that scream
Summer storms are here again
Electric markers and raspberry teams
When you were near, I was mute again
The heights where we soared have no more air
The fires of our hearts seared this poor bird
I was the prisoner here, now I am the key
Crimson skies glowing on your walls
There's no way to break through
You don't trust me, but now I see
Never can I trust you
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How could I have known, feelings you concealed?
Forbidden, overflowing — Save me Lord, I am drowning
Now my eyes are open, hidden now is known
No more disapproval, Out here on my own
No one seems to understand
The power you had over me
Now this bird is flying and dancing
Golden wings are free
You were more than I could hold
A love that only burned me
This welling up inside, a sea of tears
Cleansing, releasing me
Take your shadows, I just don't need them
The sun is shining so bright for me
The golden crescent, Love's warm embrace
Flame of my first love, secure in his place
The moon leans down and kisses my face
From Remembrance Branch
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7 – Slogans of Compliance
Music: Steve Barberic, Kenny Hundt, Randy Coleman
Lyrics: Kenny Hundt, Cat Ellen
We benefit from products of an industrial age
Old tasks made easier, more time is ours to play
While lives grow more complex
Our numbers strangling Mother Earth
Business forces impelled to live
While the planets riches give and give
Trees mowed down, it's a job today
The clear-cut scars, expansion not delayed
Have you never thought about the future?
The future people of this planet
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The land cries out for us to see
What is so plainly clear
Take what you will
But will there be any for the children?
Can you find the land of the spirit?
Where the eagle cries and the wind sighs?
Are you so enamored of your life?
Could you live outside your comfort zone?
Do you know the cost of what we've paid?
There's still a way outside this mess
Did we sell our souls for this convenience?
Are you enslaved or are you free?
From Remembrance Branch
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8 – The Quest
Music: Steve Barberic, Randy Coleman
Lyrics: Fernando Martinez
In this quest for love
When our souls soar high
This energy
The spice of life
Living free
Never to retreat
Searching far and wide
Our memories alive
While in the presence of what's
Just and right
Living free
Never to repeat
This quest for love
This human mind
Cannot define us
The spirit's cry
The will to live
For its sanctity
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Carried on and on
Our faith on gods
That have marked our lives
With battle cries
Our warring eyes
Seem much surprised
On and on, the tides will roll on
As all of life's treasure lie before me
As time goes on
We have learned to grow
And share with you
What has been known
Being sure and true
To be clear with you
This quest for love
When our souls soar high
With this dreamer's vision
The prophets write
To reveal our hearts
You're the Only One
From Remembrance Branch
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