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New Beginnings
09:13
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(Verse 1)
As I walk along this road of loneliness - and my time is slowly passing by
I wanna put my life in better order - well at least I'm really gonna try
Today my world - it's feeling so much bigger - and my life's been full of change
This feels just like a another New Beginning, - and I'm standing in a spotlight on the stage
(Chorus 1)
On my own again - it feels so strange
and my whole life has been rearranged
I'm tryin' to find a way to face this change
and I'm tired of the feeling that I've been shortchanged
(Verse 2)
As I walk around my empty house - and I think about the ones I've left behind
All the friends that I don't ever see - all the friends still left to find
I cling tightly to the ones I love - to try to ease the pain
and I know that they are all the ones I need - to keep this crazy life from driving me insane
(Chorus 2)
On my own again - it feels so strange
and my whole life has been rearranged
I'm tryin' to find a way to face this change
and I'm tired of the feeling that I've been shortchanged
(Bridge)
(Verse 3)
Now my road is not as long and lonely anymore - cause I've found a friend to love and share my days
I don't have to walk alone in the dark - that's for sure - her inner beauty will help me light my way
I will walk with her along the shining beaches of our life - never knowing what will wash up on the shore
I'm awakening to the growing possibilities of life - and I'm hoping that I'll find an open door
(Chorus 3)
On my own again - it feels so strange
and my whole life has been rearranged
Well I've found a home again - and that's for sure
I'll live in her love, and it's oh so pure
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To the Moon
03:41
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Instrumental.
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Procyon's Penance
06:05
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Distorted, spoken words in the central break:
The Tunnel's Dark and Deep in it's Attack...
And I feel I've been Stretched upon the Rack...
I can't see which way's forward or which way's back...
And all that I can See is just Black.
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Into the Light
04:03
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Instrumental.
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Weather Report
03:23
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Well, I 'm feelin' pretty happy, yeah
I'm feelin' pretty fine
'cause the weather's lookin good tonight
and the stars are gonna shine
I'm gonna head out to the countryside
to escape the city light
I'm gonna load up my big telescope
start my mind on its astral flight
Yeah, I'm gonna escape the City Lights
Start my Mind on its Astral Flight
I'm gonna escape the City Lights
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Meteor Storm
05:00
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As we gazed into the Milky Glow
of our Spiral Galaxy
Cosmic Messengers were approaching fast
from the depths of the Cosmic Sea
A million children ride the passing Comet's Tail
still far off in the cold Depths of Space
They would arrive this nigh
with an Awesome Light
and conclude their desperate chase
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( Chorus)
And they Screamed into the Atmosphere
trailing Flaming Tails of Fire
Out of the Northern Sky, the Wonders Mystified
then the intensity grew higher
A hundred thousand strong
you know they rush headlong
Like wild moths to a candle's flame
Like fireflies transformed into this Meteor Storm
one of Astronomical Fame
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(Guitar Solo)
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And the display went on all through the night
like an interstellar fantasy
the camera shutters flew
you know that we all knew
a show like this again we'd never see
Around the world that night the skies became alight
but millions did not even chance to see
the comet's children fly
in flashes cross the sky
cosmic travelers, wild and free
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(SFX)
There's a good one - whoa, whoa, WHOA!
Best one of the night! (Clapping & cheers)
It's gonna be a good night - good night!
Right There! That was just two in about Five Seconds! There's a good one.
YO! That one was GOOD! They're all coming out of exactly the same spot!
There's another one, Dave. There we go - One Two! Peakin'! Peakin'! WHOA!
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(Chorus)
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And in the afterglow of this astounding show
the children's fate was very clear
they must forsake their lives
when they cut like knives
through Our Planet's Atmosphere
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(Guitar Solo)
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Astrophoto
04:56
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SFX:
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Dave: Computer, Select the first Astrophoto Target
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Computer: Target Selected. Omega Nebula is a cluster with nebulosity of magnitude six point zero.
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Dave: Begin Exposure. (camera shutter)
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Computer: Exposure has started at 23 hours 2 minutes and 51 seconds...
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Computer : Fifty-Nine minutes left!
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Computer: Forty Five Minutes left!
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Computer: Fifteen Minutes Left!
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Computer: One Minute Left!
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Computer: Attention: Exposure has completed!
(camera shutter)
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Dave: Man that was long! I'm exhausted!
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Computer: So am I.
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Dave: What??!!
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Hourglass
05:55
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While Pondering Good Times Gone Past
I Ride the Rushing Hourglass
The Thoughts of Friends no longer mine
Enslaved unto the Sands of Time
The Smiles the Memories have Lit
Fade quickly as Reality Hits
and ushers in a sense of Need
a Taste of Immortality
*
To Freeze a Moment Declared Mine
Solidify the Sands of Time
or Timetrip back to another Day
To Break Time's Grip, Not Fade Away
The Present; It will always pass
While Trapped inside the Hourglass
We Dream (I Hope it is No Sin...)
To be On the Outside Looking In
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(Guitar Fill)
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The Future Above, The Past Below
I'm pulled down by the Undertow
To a Single Point; a Tiny Flue
Too Small for me to Pass on through
In this Place where Time Subsists
The Present; I cannot Resist
The Future Flows Down from above
and brings with it Good Times and Love
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And then One Day, as I know It Must
The Sands will Drag me Past the Cusp
And Carry Me into the Past
In Present's Memories I will Last
And on that day, I'll Understand
The Houglass with all its Sands
I'll be Watching over those Within
I'll be On the Outside Looking In
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***** Astral Athlete *****
He doesn't really know about the Meaning of Life
but you know that he is Willing to Learn
He's never really traveled down the Road he's On
but He knows exactly Which Way to Turn
The Crazy World's confusion just won't Slow him Down
He tries to make the most of Every Day
He wants to free the people livin' in his town
who think they need to work their poor lives away
*
His Dreams are a World Unto Themselves
You know, his Life, It Feels Comparatively Plain
*
(CHORUS)
You know I'm talkin' 'bout The Astral Athlete
His mind is a road; it takes him Near and Far
Yeah, He's an Astral Athlete
He's light years ahead;
He's seen the Moon and the Stars
He's just an Astral Athlete
He tries to explain, but you Just can't Relate
to the Astral Athlete
'Cause he knows Every Day drags us Closer to our Fate
*
He strives every single day to Further his Cause
become a better Man than Yesterday
to try to shape our home into a Better Place
and make a World of Difference in His Own Way
He wonders 'bout the people so Caught Up in Life
and what it really takes to Open Their Eyes
they'd never think to interrupt their Morning Strife
and pause a moment to Watch the Sun Rise
*
His Dreams are a World Unto Themselves
You know, his Life, It Feels Comparatively Plain
*
(CHORUS)
(Guitar Solo)
***** Waves of Time *****
Time Flows On,
The Forces of Life are Strong
and They wear us down with each and every Day
To a School Boy so young,
The Year might seem so Long
but soon those Fleeting years will Fade away
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(Chorus)
Because the Waves of Time will come crashing down
You Know We must be on Our Way
The Precious Moments of each Wondrous Dawn
Cannot be Saved
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Each Night We Sleep
The Dreams make Our Lives Complete
And our Waking Moments let them slip away
Though our Dreams may come to pass
The Future is an Hourglass
So We must make the Most of Each and Every Day
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(Chorus)
Because those Waves of Time, They come crashing down
You Know We must be on Our Way
Memories of Love and Friends Long Gone
Will Fade Away
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(Bridge Instrumental)
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Now the School Boy has grown
Ten Years have Come and Gone
and Responsibilities Forever Reign
The Essence of our Yesterdays
are hidden in a Foggy Haze
The Past is Lost, The Future is to Blame
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(Chorus)
Because the Waves of Time will come crashing down
You Know We must be on Our Way
Each Precious Moment of a Wondrous Dawn
Cannot be Saved
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(Chorus)
Yeah, those Waves of Time, They come crashing down
You Know We must be on Our Way
The Memories of Love and Friends Long Gone
They Fade Away
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Space Traveler
04:58
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The Space Traveler, he travels,
from galaxy to galaxy
So alone in his Starship
He's adrift on the Cosmic Sea
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The Space Traveler, he's tired
He lives in Desperation's Time
'Cause the Planet that he's lived on
has exploded into Nuclear Fire.
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(Sax Solo)
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The Space Traveler, he's not Happy
'Cause he sees what his Brothers have done
He tried to stop them, but,
They were Crazy
Some day the will Destroy the Sun
*
How we should Fear the Space Traveler
Because in him, Ourselves we see
He can Flee this place in his Starship
he's not Earthbound, like You and Me
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Castles in the Void
04:14
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When life is getting too intense
You need a place to hide
A room that's far away from here
You'll lock yourself inside
Escaping from your daily life
Some mental fresh air
Do what you wish
don't be afraid
Because you're almost there!
*
Now you're alone
where are you Man?
At last you have arrived
Don't wait outside the Castle gates,
Go on and get inside
The Castles, cold and dark as hell
A place that some avoid
Your mind's alive, you're now inside
A Castle in the Void
*
The Castles are Infinity
The next dimension of the mind
You'll spend your live away there
Do nothing but unwind
The Universe is vast and free
the largest of its kind
But it don't hold a candle
to the Castles of our Mind
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12. |
Acid Rain
10:00
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(Premonition Intro)
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An Acid Rain falls on the Land
And Penetrates the Ocean Sand
The Trees are Blackened from a Fire's Flame
Forever Banned to Grow Again
The Lightning streaks across the Sky
Should warn intrepid Passers-By
The Sky a fiery yellow-red
Illuminates a Landscape, Dead
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(Guitar Solo)
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The Bitter Fruit has now been Tasted
The Home we Knew has now been Wasted
It seems this Fate is well Deserved
A Death Row Sentence to be Served
The Race was Lost, The War was Won
Earth passed into Oblivion
A Legacy for Future Minds
The Epitaph of Humankind
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(Bridge)
(Guitar Solo)
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This Picture that is so Darkly painted
Is Looming in the Road not far Ahead
And Living in a World Forever Tainted
Is Giving up our Sacred Home for Dead
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Our Trials and Tribulations must be Ended
We know this Dreadful Fate all too Well
The Future of Our World must be Extended
or the Future will become a Living Hell
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(Guitar Solo)
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(Sax Solo)
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Along the Beach the Dolphins Lie
The Birds no longer Fill the Sky
A Requiem for a Time Gone Past
Negated by Atomic Blasts
This story should be never Told
When Times like these are Times of Olde
We must have much more Self Regard
This Acid Rain is far too Hard
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The Orion Syndrome has been creating guitar & synth based progressive art-rock for nearly 40 years, influenced by Pink Floyd, Rush, The Who, and ELP.
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