1. OF REVELRY AND REVERENCE

He lifted his hand
And silence fell over the land

His voice like a bird
And when he spoke everyone heard
His words soaring over our heads
The evil that once bound us is dead

He lifted his hand
And silence fell over the land

Release yourselves
From these chains
Go forth in love, go forth and do
But remember I'm always with you

My voice can be a glimmer
Seen through closed lids
My voice can be a lighthouse
If you're looking for it
My voice can be the sun
And light up all there is

And the streets will flood with song
At the mention of my name
And rejoicing will fill the air
And the earth will quake
When they march behind me
And rejoicing will fill the air

Drink of your finest wine
Bring me your fattest swine
For the fates have aligned
And tonight we dine as one
Tonight we dine as one

They offered us salt to quench our thirst
And into their curse, we fell head first
I was a sick man but I was cured
I must show you the way, to remain pure

We're on the brink of reality
We're on the brink of reality

We must recover
Our lost sense of nature
As a living mystery

We're on the brink of reality
It all depends how much you believe

My voice can be a glimmer
Seen through closed lids
My voice can be a lighthouse
If you're looking for it
My voice can be the sun
And light up all there is

And the streets will flood with song
At the mention of my name
And rejoicing will fill the air
And the earth will quake
When they march behind me
And rejoicing will fill the air


2. WAKE UP, IT'S TIME

The last drop of wine has been spilled
The people lay all around
Drunk on good will
How can you sleep
When the fate of our world
Lies in the secrets we keep?

Wake up, it's time
There's work to be done
The battle is mine
But the war is not yet won

I look out at the ocean
To calm my nerves
The waves crash in slow motion
Never have I felt this much
Anxiety
All these sleeping souls rely on me

Wake up, it's time
There's work to be done
The battle is mine
But the war is not yet won
You've got to wake up somehow
Wake up, wake up
The time is now
The time is now

We kill and destroy
We're weak and savage
But that is not all we are
One day you'll feel a spark deep inside and know

You've got to wake up somehow
Wake up, wake up
The time is now


3. THERIAN PREMONITION

His eyes can cut the flesh of man
With one diamond stare
He runs with the four-legged ghosts
Of the wilderness

I watch from my window, helpless as a child
This usher of chaos, harborer of denial

Now I'm nothing

His wide, jagged smile brings forth a sickness
In my weary heart
And he wanders my garden at night
Digging up my bones

I watch from my window, helpless as a child
This usher of chaos, harborer of denial
My long white robe is stained with brown and red
And for the moment, I don't understand

The dusk makes me nervous
It's so ominous
Like I can feel his presence
Like I can feel his presence

This phantom limb that yearns for recognition

I watch from my window, helpless as a child
This usher of chaos, harborer of denial
My long white robe is stained with brown and red
And now, now I understand


4. DOUBT

I'd like to share all my knowledge
But I fear your ears have grown weary of my voice

In searching, reality eludes you
You insist on seeing things in black and white
The trumpets scream the words I long to say
"I don't want to be an animal anymore!"

I see apprehension in your eyes
And I sense your attention slipping

My power comes from my ability
To communicate what I have seen and what I know to be true
The true gift is not what I show you
But what you learn about yourself there

How can this be an accident?
How can this be coincidence?
Repression causes us to lose our bond
From each other, from ourselves, from all that's beyond

You turn your questions to the sky
But that's not where you'll find the answers you seek

We pursue knowledge while shutting out the unknown
We must explore the unknown now or risk losing everything
In this realm nature has more power than logic
It's rules are not our rules

What you seek is in the trees
It's between you and me, but you turn away

We are not without allies, but we must seek them out
For they do not have voices like we have voices
Their voice is unconscious and profound
It is in the wind and in the trees

How can this be an accident?
How can this be coincidence?
Repression causes us to lose our bond
From each other, from ourselves, from all that's beyond

And when I die, don't bury my body
Build me a boat
And set me ablaze
Cast me out into the ocean

There is a dominating force
That continues to alienate us
From ourselves
From each other

And it can turn a tyrant into a pauper
It can turn a father into a fraud
It can turn a lover into a stranger
It can turn a friend into a foe
It can turn god into myth
It can turn flame into frost
It can turn love into doubt
And it will be the death of me


5. THE RESTLESS KING

The restless king awoke at dawn
His head was splitting like the curtain drawn
Back from his barred window

He looked out at his kingdom bare
But he couldn't tell no matter how long he stared
Which way the cold wind blows

His little friends joined him on his noble quest
But he couldn't decide which one he liked best
So he took them all, they're only in it for the payload

When he did this, his bright kingdom changed
So cold, dark and scary it became
A place he hadn't seen since yesterday at noon

He saw gloved men with shirts of white
And in their eyes, he saw the night
His only hope was to return home soon

He blacked out, and when he came around
He found himself changed, bathed and bound
To his bed, happily in his room

When people ask me what happened to him
All I can do is look at them and grin
And say, "He is I and I am him."


6. PASSING THROUGH THE VEIL OF THE EXTERIOR WORLD

There's something in the woods
Like the unsettling beauty of a dream
A fingerprint of a memory that belongs to someone else
And is long gone from reality
I've been at the wheel far too long and it's getting dark
My high beams off
I don't want to see what's up ahead
My passenger right beside me

I was under the illusion that i was in control
But it is his will that's always done
I've been at the wheel far too long and I'm getting tired
My eyes shut tight
I don't want to see what's up ahead
My passenger takes the wheel now

I awake from a dream
Reverberations haunting me
Suddenly I'm like stone
Staring at the face of the unknown

I can feel gravity holding me down
My head under water and I start to drown

Old light fills the night sky
My only thought: the dream is over

The colors blend into one behind my eyes
Now I'm deaf to everything but my own cries

Old light fills the night sky
My only thought: the dream is over

The rats are eating through the sun
(My body aches)
Do you believe in destiny?
(Carry your mistakes)

My last sight
Before it fades to night
A cold smile
Pleased with his own guile

A man behind the veil
Eager for his transformation
A man behind the veil
Beaming with anticipation

Now I rise
I rise
See me now, I rise


7. BODY OF LIGHT

I rise
With power beyond strength
Evil returns
The king sits upon his throne once more
The king sits upon his throne once more

Can you hear the innocent ones sleeping?
Rise up and follow me
I'll pretend to know the way home again

I rise
You fear me because of what I am,
Evil made flesh
I lack the design to be human
I lack the desire to be human

Do you see the innocent ones sleeping?
Rise up and follow me
I'll pretend to know the way home again

Exiled from this world,
I wandered the desert
For a hundred lifetimes it seemed
Before finding this vessel
And making my way back to this place

There you stand
Trees all around
No end in sight
No up or down
You are mine completely
No man should have this much power
You are at my mercy
You should consider me a god
Consider me your god

I dance in the astral light
See my body burning white
Feel your knee bend to my will
Until I have had my fill
At my feet your offering,
A sacrifice to your deity
This gift you have given me
Has turned my world to ecstasy

To those who may doubt my power:
I bring my hammer down,
I snap my fingers you are gone
You feel my judgement now,
I strike a match and you are gone

You will bow down
This is my time now
Soon you will bow down
This is my time now


8. INVOCATION

(Instrumental)


9. COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND THE CHILDREN OF MAMELIN

Follow me children and I'll play you a song
And soon you will learn what I've known all along
The laughing magnolias are in full bloom
And the ground beneath will soon be your tomb

You turn your faces to the sky
As I bring the heavens down
Now open your eyes
Now open your mouths and drown

And as you congregate
A giant bird circles overhead
As if he knows thy fate
As if he smells the death

All this has happened before
And will happen again

I open my eyes
Just as the sun rises
To caress my face
Like a maternal kiss
And I know it's a new day

You turn your faces to the sky
As i bring the heavens down
Now open your eyes
Now open your mouths and drown

All this has happened before
And will happen again

Somehow, amidst the chaos, I find serenity
An overwhelming sense of purpose and identity
And I praise this new day

You turn your faces to the sky
As I bring the heavens down
Now open your eyes
Now open your mouths and drown

All this has happened before
And will happen again

Why do you prefer the deception?
Why do you defend the fantasy?
Do you think you deserve these gifts you've been given
Simply for being alive?
You who are so busy protecting your shell
Your skin
Your facade
That your inner man has rotted out
And the shell is all that's left

The clouds break
And the earth quakes
The destruction is so real
I behold it, and in awe I kneel


10. THE 8TH CIRCLE

There's a man by the side of the road
Says his name is god
He gave me my name
On the day that I was born
Something about this feels wrong
Something feels not my own

Now we're climbing, climbing, climbing
I look out across what's mine
Paranoia creeps up behind me
Rests his hand upon my shoulder
Isolation squeezes me so tight
I can't breathe, can't break this cycle

The bodies of my enemies
Feed the ground, strewn in disregard
These brave colors predict the savage nothingness
The water flows but there's no life here
The earth smells of burnt amens
And my hands look beaten

Let's jump off this mountain
One by one
Sprouting wings as we go
And now we're falling, falling, falling
For these wings are just for show


11. SOUL LEFT BARE

Isn't it funny?
Falling off the face of the earth
Floating in space
Waiting for a rebirth
That may never come
A spiritual castration
Has God washed his hands
Of his creation?

How can something created to unite us
Divide us so resolutely?
How can a gift meant to heal
Continue to dilute me?
Some men are remembered for their actions
Some men remembered for words
But when the words hold no traction
The action is deferred

For what will I be remembered?

Like smoke disappears in the air
So is a soul left bare
So is a soul without a home
So is a soul left to roam

A lump of flesh and bone
Is no vessel, is no home

Feelers put out into emptiness
Sights and sounds have lost their meaning
And what might have been
Never was

How can something created to unite us
Divide us so resolutely?
How can a gift meant to heal
Continue to dilute me?
Some men are remembered for their actions
Some men remembered for words
But when the words hold no traction
The action is deferred

For what will I be remembered?

When I close my eyes
What is left?
Nothing is forever
Each change just flows to the next


12. (CAST ME OUT)

When I die, don't bury my body
When I die, set me ablaze
When I die, build me a boat
When I die, cast me out

Cast me out into the ocean

When I die, I'm gonna live forever
When I die, God's gonna know my name
When I die, I'm gonna walk on the ocean floor
When I die, cast me out

Cast me out into the ocean

When I die, I'm gonna live forever
When I die, God's gonna know my name
When I die, I'm gonna walk on the ocean floor
When I die, cast me out

Cast me out into the ocean
And forget I was ever here at all