ACT ONE
MIDNIGHT WORLD
VERSE 1
Mayday, mayday, Rosie Spark
The levy caved and broke apart
Wall of water - hilltop high
Comes to swallow you and I
Jump aboard and we'll embark
For a new way through the dark
In the black, burning low
Where the Crooked River flows
VERSE 3
Winding by smoke and steel - (through a vale of embers)
By the broken waterwheels - (rolling in the swirl)
Under bridges locked up high - (stationed by their tenders)
We're the last ones, you and I, (from a MIDNIGHT WORLD)
BRIDGE
Winds of change came down that day
Blew our whole damn town away
Everyone got washed out in the rain
And we knew we could not stay in a MIDNIGHT WORLD
VERSE 4
In the white you're pure and fair
You're the light of earth and air
In the black, burning low
Near the end of all we know
VERSE 5
You and I, away we fly - (down a Crooked River)
Watching midnight waters rise - (let every meter whirl)
From an empire doomed to rust - (gone away forever)
There is nothing left for us - (but to carry fire)
VERSE 6
You caught my eye when I was just a boy
Radiating all your love and joy
Forever, Rosie, you're my red light girl
Born together in a MIDNIGHT WORLD
TANGO IN THE DESERT RAIN
VERSE 1
Raise your bones up from the sand
And together we will dance
We will tango - we will burn
On the DAY OF NO RETURN
VERSE 2
All our boats are high and dry
Water left us for the sky
Whirlwinds whip and crack the ground
Shockwaves ripple on and on
CHORUS
TELL US WE'RE IN DANGER
TELL US WE'RE INSANE
WE JUST WANT TO TANGO
IN THE DESERT RAIN
VERSE 3
Cities slide into the sea
Dry land's wide and creeping deep
Storm clouds feed on heated air
We've got fever everywhere
CHORUS
TELL US WE'RE IN DANGER
TELL US WE'RE INSANE
WE JUST WANT TO TANGO
IN THE DESERT RAIN
VERSE 3
Blacksmith Angel, block the sky
Strike your anvil, sparks will fly
Raise your hammer, take your aim
Break away these diamond chains
CHORUS
TELL US WE'RE IN DANGER
TELL US WE'RE INSANE
WE JUST WANT TO TANGO
IN THE DESERT RAIN
VERSE 4
Raise your bones up from the sand
And together we will dance
We will tango - we will burn
On the DAY OF NO RETURN
CHORUS
TELL US WE'RE IN DANGER
TELL US WE'RE INSANE
WE JUST WANT TO TANGO
IN THE DESERT RAIN
ENERGY FROM THE SUN
VERSE 1
We are heading in a boat of dreams
For a new way through the dark.
Humming like a note of steam,
In the rigging burning sparks,
Setting everything ablaze
With a blue electric fire,
Shrouded in an azure haze,
Indigo and sapphire rippling along the wires --
CHORUS
ENERGY! IN YOUR EYES, IN YOUR ARMS, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN YOUR CAR
FROM THE SKY, HERE IT COMES - BEAUTIFUL, ENERGY FROM THE SUN!
VERSE 2
The galley holds an eerie glow
Storing Energy we can burn.
Sing a shanty soft and low,
Pouring Energy into words,
From the static in your hair
To the lightning in the air,
Charging every draught you drink,
Surging under every dream and every thought you think -
CHORUS
ENERGY! IN YOUR EYES, IN YOUR ARMS, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN YOUR CAR
FROM THE SKY, HERE IT COMES - BEAUTIFUL, ENERGY FROM THE SUN!
VERSE 3
Tell me what I need to hear;
Tell me where the sun comes from.
Telemeter reading clear,
Telling where they all come from.
Bigger brighter deeper suns;
Older, wiser distant ones;
Many, many stars ago;
Tell me, telemeter, tell me what I want to know -
CHORUS
ENERGY! IN YOUR EYES, IN YOUR ARMS, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN YOUR CAR
FROM THE SKY, HERE IT COMES - BEAUTIFUL, ENERGY FROM THE SUN!
TAG
Energy From the Sun, living in everyone
Outside, inside, here you come –
BEAUTIFUL, ENERGY FROM THE SUN!
HERE IN THE LIGHT
VERSE 1
Come on all you witnesses - help me make a fire
Pass around the whiskey - yes, and have a little smoke
One by one your tales grow tall – all aloft across the sky
Down to earth you’re bound to fall – called upon to testify:
VERSE 2
Brother of the Forest, welcome to the fire
Tell us all a story – you’ve been gone so long, so far
Where do I go when I disappear? Down into a hollow where
Under glowing mist appears a kingdom shadows keep.
CHORUS
HERE IN THE LIGHT - STANDING ON THE EDGE OF WHERE IT ALL GOES DARK
HERE IN THE LIGHT - BURNING IN THE MEMORY OF OTHER WORLDS
VERSE 3
Sister of the Water, welcome to the fire
Tell us all a story – you’ve been gone so long, so far
Where do I go when I disappear in all my daily fathomings?
Down below I slip and steer for pearls of azure deep
CHORUS
HERE IN THE LIGHT - STANDING ON THE EDGE OF WHERE IT ALL GOES DARK
HERE IN THE LIGHT - BURNING IN THE MEMORY OF OTHER WORLDS
BRIDGE
When I disappear I spiral down to a little clearing outside of town
I aim to tame a timid flame, we get a little closer everyday
VERSE
Father of the Mountain, welcome to the fire
Tell us all a story – you’ve been gone so long, so far
Where do I go when I disappear over iron mountaintop?
Where it’s cold and crystal clear, off the path I leap
CHORUS
HERE IN THE LIGHT - STANDING ON THE EDGE OF WHERE IT ALL GOES DARK
HERE IN THE LIGHT - BURNING IN THE MEMORY OF OTHER WORLDS
COUNTY OF ORION
VERSE 1
I close the gate up after the party
I make my way up Iron Ore Hill
High on the range I am waylaid by a
Ruby-eyed wraith in a gyro mobile
CHORU
I’M A TRAVELER O' THE HIGH ROAD FROM THE COUNTY OF ORION
I’M LOADING UP ME LONGBOW FROM A BANDOLIER O’ STARS
WHEN I HEAR YOU ON THE RADIO I STRAIGHTAWAY COME FLYIN’
I MEET YOU AT A CROSS ROAD IN THE DARK - (I) SEE/SO, - YE BEAR A WEE SPARK.
(The man is not pregnant. Humanity, through the man, is pregnant. How did that come to be?)
VERSE 2
I turn to run but me Wellies are frozen
Held by the ground in a gravity well
Are you a soul cast out of heaven?
Are you a ghost lost on the hill?
I’M A TRAVELER O' THE HIGH ROAD FROM THE COUNTY OF ORION
I'M LOADED WITH A LONGBOW AND A BANDOLIER O’ STARS
GOTTA UNIVERSAL RADIO - AND A RUNABOUT - WORTH/I'M - FLYIN’
MEET ME/YOU AT A CROSSROAD IN THE DARK - CAN YOU BEAR A WEE SPARK?
Take a mystery flight
Where the wind make no sound
Where the star make no light
Where yer reach know no bound
I can show you the way like a traveler ‘fore me
How to open a ray and roll in a wheel
Alright, I’ll go, on one condition:
You show me all you know about superluminal flight
I’M A TRAVELER O' THE HIGH ROAD FROM THE COUNTY OF ORION
I’S LOADING UP ME LONGBOW FROM A BANDOLIER O’ STARS
WHEN I HEARS YOU ON THE RADIO I STRAIGHTAWAY COME FLYIN’
HERE, YOU'RE AT A CROSS ROAD IN THE DARK - AND YOU LIGHT A SPARK
INTO FIRE
As I look to the east I remember the beast in our cargo hold
What a surprise: light never dies; it just goes and goes
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, for/with - the whole world entire
I had a dream: you were the voice in my radio
Saying “Don’t worry,” you’ll be around on the day I go
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, with the whole world entire
Bring it on; I'm not afraid
O' breaking locks and chains
To free the ones I thought were mine
‘Til only love remains
Here, on this day, we slip away with an urgent star / we speed away an emergent star
You led the way, you always said we could turn the dark
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, you're a high, skyin' flyer
Bring it on; I'm not afraid
O' breaking locks and chains
To free the ones I thought were mine
‘Til only love remains
TIME MACHINE
I need to know more, what are your origins?
Where were you born? (were you made or were you born?)
Somewhere on a planet by a tiny star
Over in the middle of Orion’s heart
Rockin' in a cradle ’til it all came down
Cream of all Creation fell & cracked their crowns
You broke your crown; did anyone warn you
Before you fell down? (down, down, down you broke your crown)
We could hear the voices crying in vain
Said we had a choice and we could try to change
Laughing when they warned us was our suicide
Shunned ‘em & ignored ‘em as we drew the blinds
I’M WORKING ON A TIME MACHINE
GOIN’ BACK TO MAKE IT RIGHT AGAIN
YESTERDAY’S A BROKEN DREAM
WE CAN FIX IT WITH A TIME MACHINE
You were too late, was there a way
You could escape? (way too late, to vex your fate)
Found a little rock to keep our seed alive
Forty years away at the speed of light
Pedal to the metal but for those back home
Centuries o’ darkness finally took there toll
You sailed alone for a goldilocks zone
How did it go? (never be done before so what went wrong?)
Failing to outrun light we had turned around
Came back to the sun light to our world and found
No one on the planet only seas of sand
No one dancing on it - no gazebo band
I’M WORKING ON A TIME MACHINE
GOIN’ BACK TO MAKE IT RIGHT AGAIN
YESTERDAY’S A BROKEN DREAM
WE CAN FIX IT WITH A TIME MACHINE
You raced against light and time is your curse
Why come to earth? (why in all the universe?)
Heard you singing purdy on the radio
Early in your journey’s a long way to go
I have come to tell you you are not alone
I’ll be watching for ye every stepping stone
I’M WORKING ON A TIME MACHINE
GOIN’ BACK TO MAKE IT RIGHT AGAIN
YESTERDAY’S A BROKEN DREAM
WE CAN FIX IT WITH A TIME MACHINE
(yeah, we got a time machine - up there in the warehouse Needs a power source, th'artificial star’s done S'just pop it in and ‘ere you go!)
IN THE WIND
There's a perfect freedom song
Calling you, come along
No more fear; jump right in
I am here IN THE WIND
When you're cast out alone
When you’re lost - 'thout a home
When you're thick - when you're thin
I am here IN THE WIND
F'you die 'fore you wake
Pray the Lord your soul to take
F' you wake 'fore you die
May you break away and fly…
You were born from the stars
Never knowing who you are
Now you burn from within,
To carry fire IN THE WIND
RISING OF THE SUN
There is a storm coming o'er the horizon
Sending a gale we never could outrun
There is a way to remain undivided
So let us sail for the RISING OF THE SUN
Now I remember the harbor of our homeland
And all the people we've come to know and love
They're with us here in this moment of crossing
From water deep to the starry sky above
We kept the word while everything was changing
We saw a light no one else could see
Here in the heart of a new generation
Eternal flame's no longer just a dream
While all the world's spinning down to die
Lost in the ashes of what has been undone
We slipped away on a mission to energize
And be reborn at the RISING OF THE SUN
We will not yield to the forces around us
Nor will we fall to the voices in our heads
We will stand tall, though the darkness surrounds us
We will prevail, though by rights we should be dead
Limitless fire started with a spark
Carried by sages toiling in the dark
Finally revealed in the ray of existence
Ain't no distance twixt a light o' any star
For THE RISING OF THE SUN, THE RISING OF THE SUN
We sail away together for THE RISING OF THE SUN
* Sung under the breath due to its sacrilegious nature: Heresy against the standard model
ACT TWO
SOLO ZONE
I’m not dead - I’m undercover
How’s it going? Not too well - it seems
There’s a glitch in my stealth machine
You caught me in between
A flicker in the corner of your eye -
A phantom in your n i g h t c l u b d r e a m.
Let’s head out - for the old gazebo
We’ll lay our shields down
Drop our shackles to the ground
Keep it one to one
Far away from eyes that pry -
From a world that’s come undone:
Shockwave hits your SOLO ZONE
Shatters your glass ego
Should you stay or should you go?
Shadow or Magneto?
Dawn to Dusk - I’m a desert pilot
And a sleuth by night
I’ll feather you fit to fly
Such a mega rush
The freedom, speed and the high –
May gravity eat our dust.
Shockwave hits your SOLO ZONE
Shatters your glass ego
Should you stay or should you go?
Shadow or Magneto?
KEROSEL
On a cool electric night, caravans arrive
Roustobots raise every tent and a carnival comes alive
Somewhere out there, miles away from town
Reams of stardust spiral in and down
On the coasters and the Ferris Wheel
By the Freak Show - where, inside, you feel like
Someone's watching; such a ghostly stare
Something's lifting you up into the cool night air
On a KEROSEL, where the stars are all
Rolling around your head
Driver says, “Now get in, I can see you need a ride;
Keystone Cops are everywhere and so completely blind;
Maximize velocity, accelerating time;
Keep your hands inside her while we jump the gate and climb!"
I’ll lift you up on my KEROSEL
You can fly, you can ring the bell
Up so high where the stars are all
Rolling around your head
You should come along sometime; I’ll show you what I mean
We’ll head out to the Carnival and ride the big machine
Kettle Keg Behemoth and a Dragon breathing steam
You should come along because...
I’ll lift you up on my KEROSEL
You can fly, you can ring the bell
Up so high where the stars are all
Rolling around your head
NEW EDEN
We got a live one! Better than expected!
Atmosphere detected! It’s even got a moon!
Look at the numbers: Warm enough for water!
Day’s about a day long! And a little more O2!
ALL THESE YEARS SEARCHING FOR A WORLD LIKE EDEN
SHINE ON IN A SHARED DREAM WITH THOSE WHO DARE BELIEVE
We got a livestream! Ocean blue & islands!
Arid land & mountains! Bio-active dirt!
Incoming data! Gravity o’ninety
Pressure readout twenty! Quite a lot like earth!
ALL THESE YEARS SEARCHING FOR A WORLD LIKE EDEN
SHINE ON IN A SHARED DREAM WITH THOSE WHO DARE BELIEVE
We’ll need some volunteers
To fly away from here
To check the whole thing out
To plant a seed and leave no doubt
ALL THESE YEARS SEARCHING FOR A WORLD LIKE EDEN
SHINE ON IN A SHARED DREAM WITH THOSE WHO DARE BELIEVE
We’ll need some volunteers…
JEWEL OF THE SKY
When you first leave the earth
Your eyes are full of stars
Your head is full of numbers
To measure where you are
And when you’re work is done
You look back for your home
She takes your breath away
So fragile and alone
TO THOSE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
I’M OVER EARTH – MY BACK AGAINST THE VOID
TO NEW STAR CITY – YOU GAVE ME WINGS TO FLY
FOR THE LOVE O’ FREEDOM – FOR THE JEWEL OF THE SKY
You see no division
No borderlines or walls
No nation or religion
Not one divide at all
Many are the children
Born to fly and not to fall
Ready and awakened
To a higher skyward call
TO THOSE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
I’M OVER EARTH – MY BACK AGAINST THE VOID
TO NEW STAR CITY – YOU GAVE ME WINGS TO FLY
FOR THE LOVE O’ FREEDOM – FOR THE JEWEL OF THE SKY
Holy Mother Earth
In me you make a sound
You know I love you
I’m your native son
Before I turn away
To find your long-lost twin
I know I never may
See your face again
WE ARE NOT ALONE
She’s been hidden for so long
Shrouded in a cloud of dust
Now her dusty veil is gone
Scattered by a stellar gust,
ON OUR WAY TO WIN NEW EDEN
OUR NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME
YOU KNOW THE DREAM THAT WE BEEN DREAMIN’?
WE ARE NOT ALONE
There’s incoming competition
In a silver caravan
So there’s been a change o’ mission
Get there first, declare the land
ON OUR WAY TO WIN NEW EDEN
OUR NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME
YOU KNOW THE DREAM THAT WE BEEN DREAMIN’?
WE ARE NOT ALONE
We are not alone anymore
Why does each new waterhole
Always lead to tragedy and war?
Why can’t we just share it all?
Why do we have to fight for life?
There’s room enough and, after all,
Been down this road too many times
ON OUR WAY TO WIN NEW EDEN
OUR NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME
YOU KNOW THE DREAM THAT WE BEEN DREAMIN’?
WE ARE NOT ALONE
WINNER TAKES IT ALL
We are three days out - got a message:
Border scout tagged a vessel
Eden-bound from Eltanin way
Gotta be a glitch
Like a broken switch
Won't you verify - we'll be standing by...
Two days out – end transmission/in transition
Closer now - change o’ mission
There’s about – a dozen/thousand on the way
They've got a lot of nerve
We know we saw her first
water, air/wind and dirt
She's our second earth
One day out – near the star of
Eden now - in a race to
Leave no doubt – WINNER TAKES IT ALL
And it feels so good!
To be in the lead!
To the sister-world! / And as well we should!
And with all Godspeed...
BLACK MAGIC LADY
I don't need to tell her that I love her
Something goes from soul to soul
Don't ask me how I know
She's got these eyes that see everything
And every move you make
Is unhidden from her eyes
She's driving me crazy
Nothing in the world can save me
There's nowhere to run when love comes
From a BLACK MAGIC LADY
There's no way to measure
How far she'll go to capture a soul
There's no escaping
From this Dark-eyed girl.
DREAMWALKER
I am hunted everywhere by alien tornadoes
Seems they don’t appreciate my nose in their affairs
Stole a little secret that could render them disabled
We’ll be pulling kite tails from the sedentary air
DREAMWALKER, turn and face the ones who chase you
DREAMWALKER, starved of fear they fade and disappear
Minding my own business unaware that I was dreaming
When a shadow came and shot me at point blank range
Why he is my enemy no memory can tell me
I return no fire, I don’t play that game anymore
Look at your hands!
DREAMWALKER, turn and face the ones who chase you
DREAMWALKER, starved of fear they fade and disappear
When the wind comes up you better hold on to your hat!
I pay no attention to the swirling world around me
I keep my concentration on the earth beneath my feet
Still the planets keep on dancing, and the planets hound me
They could never lead me to the source of light and heat
DREAMWALKER, turn and face the ones who chase you
DREAMWALKER, starved of fear they fade and disappear
DREAMWALKER, no machine could ever touch you
DREAMWALKER, all machines are yours to keep and care
ACT THREE
TO GET BACK HOME
Tell me a story of what you recall
Who was the hero? How did he fall?
I remember braking for the orbit of New Eden
Fleets in opposition arced across the purple sky
Something in the weaponry jammed the star’s transmission
Leaving Eden open to the Ultra V to die.
I am Brendan! Destroyer of Worlds
Won’t you join me?
In a song of lost and broken dreams
Tossed without a means TO GET BACK HOME
TO GET BACK HOME to the only world we belong
Where they burn the fires ’til dawn
So we can GET BACK HOME.
Tell me the story of how you went ill
Who was / were you - the villain? What did he/you kill?
When you woke me up I saw we had no navigation
Didn’t recognize the place; how far had we been flung?
Now I realize we left her bathed in radiation
All the lies we told ourselves and the evil we had done -
I am Brendan, Destroyer of Worlds
Can you help me?
Find a way to beat the odds again
A way to please the gods and GET BACK HOME
TO GET BACK HOME
To the only world we belong
Where they burn the fires ’til dawn
So we can GET BACK HOME
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND WE GO
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
EVERYBODY RIDE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
FROM THE KING OF LOVE
TO A LITTLE CLOWN
I’ll lift you up on Pegasus
I’m going to ride the Lion
Mama Bear and the Little Bear over there
Coming up from behind
The Bull is poised ahead of us
His red eye’s on the Twins
Andromeda’s jumpin’ with a jingle and jangle sayin’
"Let the ride begin!”
ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND WE GO
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
EVERYBODY RIDE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
FROM THE KING OF LOVE
TO A LITTLE CLOWN
Orion’s off chasing rabbits
When he fell right over the rim
He’ll be gone all summer long
And back with the winter wind
Hercules’ll ram a dagger into the Dragon
The hero always wins
There goes Virgo in her little world, Oh
Happily now she spins.
ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND WE GO
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
EVERYBODY RIDE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
FROM THE KING OF LOVE
TO A LITTLE CLOWN
Andromeda’s got The Dipper
She gave the Horse a little drink
Perseus shooting pretty little meteors
Emerald, blue and pink
Gemini accelerated into Orion and he
Pushed ‘em back into the Lynx
Little Dog barked while the Hydra and the Lion
Treated Virgo like a little Minx.
ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND WE GO
AS ABOVE SO BELOW
EVERYBODY RIDE THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
FROM THE KING OF LOVE
TO A LITTLE CLOWN
BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR
BRENDAN got a boat and he sailed for the West
He left the old familiar world behind
Summoned by a song, Brendan sailed on a quest:
A Land of Youth Eternal he would find
So far from home, he huddled in his little boat
And followed the sun across the ocean wide
Outlasting every storm until he came to rest
On a distant shore in the early morning light
BRENDAN got a ship and he sailed for Andromeda
Faster than the ray of a beacon he did fly
Summoned by a song, Brendan sailed there beyond and saw
New worlds all around him - home to every kind of life
Wondrous and strange were the creatures he befriended there
Who asked him to stay, but he knew he had to fly
Until, at last, he shot through the black heart of the galaxy
To rescue sweet Andromeda from gravity and time
Tumbling through the wild uncharted reaches of the universe
BRENDAN came to find the source of gravity and time
Summoned by a song BRENDAN made it to the final verse:
The very brightest star that would neither burn nor blind
BRENDAN, you bravely sailed for Andromeda
You risked everything to free the one you love
I tell ye now, she waits in a cottage by the fireside
Dream no more and wake to find the NAVIGATOR'S home.
BRENDAN sailing o', sailing o', sailing over
BRENDAN sailing over the ocean deep and wide.
Oh, BRENDAN, what did you find?
INTO FIRE REPRISE
There are so many scattered pieces of grief that I’ve yet to burn
And so must I must gather up every leaf that I meant to turn
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, with the whole world entire
As I look to the West I remember the ships that we sent away
They never returned, we never got word how they went astray
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, with the whole world entire
Bring it on; I'm not afraid
Sing a song o' loss an' change
‘Til only love remains - (we'll have a go again)
Are we the same messengers of an emergent star?
You led the way, you always said we could turn the dark
INTO FIRE, into slow burning fire
In you go, you’re a high skyin’ flyer
Bring it on; I'm not afraid
Sing a song o' loss an' change
‘Til only love remains - (we'll have a go again)
BUCKET OF SUNSHINE
A BUCKET OF SUNSHINE
A barrel of moonbeams
A gallon of starlight on the way home
A couple of brown dwarves
A bushel of quasars
We'll leave the singularities alone
I see you down there in your big black hole
'Cause your girl can't take it no more
Saw you last night on the visa-phone
Decimated down to the core
Just so happens on my way back home
I'm stopping off at the grocery store
To pick up ingredients to make you shine
Make you smile like you was before -
A BUCKET OF SUNSHINE
A barrel of moonbeams
A gallon of starlight on the way home
A couple of brown dwarves
A bushel of quasars
We'll leave the singularities alone
I work my shift in the astroid field
Breakin' back just to make my pay
Risking death increases yield
I'm rich by/at the end of the day
Just so happens on my way back home
Stopping off at the Circle K
Pick up some 'gredients ta make you shine
An' smile all your blues away -
A BUCKET OF SUNSHINE
A barrel of moonbeams
A gallon of starlight on the way home
A couple of brown dwarves
A bushel of quasars
We'll leave the singularities alone
A BUCKET OF SUNSHINE
A barrel of moonbeams
A gallon of starlight on the way home
A couple of brown dwarves
A bushel of quasars
We'll leave the singularities, no one wants to carry these, over-loaded rarities alone
TIMELESS
TIMELESS
Time left
Future
Ran off with the past
In a dream within a dream within a dream of
Protoplasmic ions rippling on the vine
Burning blue and pearly white in everything entwined
Paired together, spiraling forever
By and through each other they shine
TIMELESS
I'm left
Twisting/happy
Out here in the wind
In a dream within a dream within a dream of
Never-ending glory streamin' from afar
Telling every story, lighting every star
Paired together, spiraling forever
By and through each other we shine, we are
TIMELESS
ELEVATOR
I am on my wayback from the exo-planet war
Following the star marks and the breadcrumbs to our door
See the beacons burning journey’s almost done
A couple of rocks, a little blue dot and the ever smiling sun.
A.I. ANGEL, NAVIGATOR, SCAN BELOW, RELAY THE DANGER
CLASSIFY ME AS A DRIFTER, OFF THE GRID A RAGGED TRIPPER
(Take me to the Holy Ground)
CHILL MY FEVER IN YOUR RIVER AS I EMPTY EVERY QUIVER
ALL THESE THINGS I PLAN AND PRAY FOR FALLING ON THIS ELEVATOR
(Take me to the One I Love)
I remember endless fields of emerald and gold
And the house my father built of treasure, sweat and stone
There my Love waits by the window softly now she sighs
In her arms a little baby, hush now, don’t you cry.
A.I. ANGEL, NAVIGATOR, SCAN BELOW, RELAY THE DANGER
CLASSIFY ME AS A DRIFTER, OFF THE GRID A RAGGED TRIPPER
(Take me to the Holy Ground)
CHILL MY FEVER IN YOUR RIVER AS I EMPTY EVERY QUIVER
ALL THESE THINGS I PLAN AND PRAY FOR FALLING ON THIS ELEVATOR
(Take me to the One I Love)
Have I been forsaken? No time left to wonder
Does my son remain, or has he gone off on his own?
Is my house a target or the wiles of a pretender?
Do my fields lie fallow? Are there strangers in my home?
A.I. ANGEL, NAVIGATOR, SCAN BELOW, RELAY THE DANGER
CLASSIFY ME AS A DRIFTER, OFF THE GRID A RAGGED TRIPPER
(Take me to the Holy Ground)
CHILL MY FEVER IN YOUR RIVER AS I EMPTY EVERY QUIVER
ALL THESE THINGS I PLAN AND PRAY FOR FALLING ON THIS ELEVATOR
(Take me to the One I Love)
They were made so long ago when the days of oil were over
Reaching for the bounty of the ever-smiling sun
Stepping stones to places in the race to go beyond here
Nowhere left to go but up and on and on and on.
A.I. ANGEL, NAVIGATOR, SCAN BELOW, RELAY THE DANGER
CLASSIFY ME AS A DRIFTER, OFF THE GRID A RAGGED TRIPPER
(Take me to the Holy Ground)
CHILL MY FEVER IN YOUR RIVER AS I EMPTY EVERY QUIVER
ALL THESE THINGS I PLAN AND PRAY FOR FALLING ON THIS ELEVATOR
(Take me to the One I Love)
Will she recognize me through a waterfall of tears?
I got a thousand tales to tell her from my lost and lonely years.
BEGGAR ON THE STREET
I'm the beggar on the street, who fell upon your feet
Untethered, drunk and blind
My lips are blue my eyes are dull
I'm dressed in rags and grime
I'm the Universal Vagabond, a Master of Disguise
Does anyone know the pilgrim soul BEHIND THESE BEGGAR'S EYES?
WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF O'DAY
WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF O'DAY!
Here in the Hall of Wanna-be Kings,
Coming to you one night only,
Back from the war as if out of a dream
I am Brendan, Destroyer of Worlds!
Won't you join me -
In a song of lost and broken dreams
A song of what goes wrong when kings come
Home to find their house in such a mess?
I didn't mean to wake you from your sleep
But I bring a message from the deep.
WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF O'DAY!
Anybody from Eltanin tonight?
Isn't it a pity both ways?
You want to live and I want to fight.
I am Brendan, Destroyer of Worlds!
Can I help you -
Find some dirt to lay your body down
A stone to hide your face now that you
Know I know you're trying to take my place?
Ain't no use to moan and wonder why
By now all ye knows you're gonna die!
THEY KILL THEIR OWN
A.T.H.E.N.A.?
Unknown, yet familiar
Father?
Is this a Dreamwalk?
This is different, it's tricky, so listen -
I am free - no limit to my flight
Beyond the Realm of Light
I spread my wings
Father,
Tell us a story
I bring news of three civilizations
Each one massive, majestic, unique in their own right
They peak and then they die
In a frozen haze
Father,
Why should this touch me?
Though unique they had one thing in common:
THEY KILL THEIR OWN, THEY KILL THEIR OWN
To the last one and now they're gone
Don't be like them, don't kill these men
Or you will bring an early end
Change the game, superstar,
Remember, remember who you are
MAGICAL
You must be MAGICAL, I know you are
How could you travel so very far?
Across the Milky Way - like a shooting / fallen star -
You must be MAGICAL
I'll bet you're heaven-sent from high above
And you were always meant to be my love
As I remember you warm and tender you
Drop/fall - from heaven to my embrace -
And hide your face
You know I can't escape the way I gravitate
To a higher love, but my heart won't wait
Much longer than the time it takes to find you at my door -
My kind of miracle / You must be MAGICAL
My kind of Miracle, here you are
Though you were gone away long and far
Over endless sea, light and dark
You came home to me, my wild heart -
Here you are.
EPILOGUE
RISING OF THE SUN REPRISE
Here comes a glow from below the horizon
Bringing the light of a new day bright and young
Soon we will know who is gone and who's survivin'
After the war, though we were so far flung
BY THE RISING OF THE SUN, THE RISING OF THE SUN
WE'LL ALL STAND TOGETHER BY THE RISING OF THE SUN
Now I remember the Battle of New Eden
Facing the odds that we would be undone
And all our friends who were there, will we see them?
Here, in the dawn, or the kingdom yet to come?
BY THE RISING OF THE SUN, THE RISING OF THE SUN
WE'LL ALL STAND TOGETHER BY THE RISING OF THE SUN
Yes, we'll all stand together
And when the day is won
We'll look around each other
And see what we've become
Universal Brother, Sister, we are one
We all stand together by THE RISING OF THE SUN
We've come so far in the name of Eden
Are we forsaken, castaway, undone?
Just like the stars when daylight turns to evenin'
Hazy moon-rakers come sharply one by one.
BY THE RISING OF THE SUN, THE RISING OF THE SUN
WE'LL ALL STAND TOGETHER BY THE RISING OF THE SUN
BY THE RISING OF THE SUN, BY THE RISING OF THE SUN