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1. Prelude In articulus sic aeternus - Spiritus donec dies fas Dies Irae, Dies Illa - Solvet saeclum in favilla (Born) into the moment that is Forever - To breath until that fateful day Day of Wrath, Day of Burning - All the world to ashes turning... 2. Evolution (The Grand Desing) [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Russel Allen, Jason Rullo] Born from the light - journey into the moment, delivered from thought and sky He will be one, one with the land - Lord of wind and the sea and the sands The one - The bringer of life "All will bear a part of me - let this hollow shell set your free to live as one" Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars the first to know and to understand Living by the Law of the Ages prophets and sages - forging Utopia Great Ptah - Khnemu - sacred priest of the Temple of Ra and the keeper of truth Crystalline spheres, the power of light, grant us keys to the stars and the secrets of flight 'Five shall be as One' "We unlock the mysteries of knowledge and technology" Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars the first to know and to understand Living by the Law of the Ages prophets and sages - forging Utopia 'We shall live forever, and cast out those less divine Gods we will be - rulers of the sea - in our Grand design' Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars the first to know and to understand Living by the Law of the Ages prophets and sages - forging Utopia 3. Fallen / Transcendence [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella, Michael Lepond, Jason Rullo] [Lyrics: Russel Allen, Jason Rullo] Alone I walk, among the twisting shadows tempted by the ancient magic, the Power of Five My desire to mirror my own image - and I will offer you no soul - offer you no soul Tonight Darkness will shadow the Light - Symmetry divine, there's no force greater Dividing the Fathers of Time Feel my hate, I'm banished to this wasteland my Serpents plot the overthrow of your temples and shrines In the night, my army's rage and fury burning my shadow into the land - Vengeance by my hand Tonight Darkness will shadow the Light - Symmetry divine, there's no force greater Dividing the Fathers of Time Tonight Darkness will shadow the Light - Paradise denied - the balance of ages forever lost in time Was I sure of my fateful wish to evoke the night from the day? Thousands now join as one - be afraid What have I done? Clouds are dimming the Sun with his wrath of disease and decay This masque of vengeance leads my death parade What have I done? "My shadow burning - my shadow burns across the land...". Tonight Darkness will shadow the Light - Symmetry divine, there's no force greater Dividing the Fathers of Time Tonight Darkness will shadow the Light - Paradise denied - the balance of ages forever lost in time [Transcendence:] [Music: Michael Romeo] [Instrumental] 4. Communion And The Oracle [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Jason Rullo] All we know, now has come undone Balance lost between the Moon and Sun Hear out prayers - Keepers of the Skies Divine Upon us all - let your wisdom shine Losing faith as the madness prevails in us all we are searching for a reason, a need to calm the storm In our sails - let your winds be strong Breathe the air around you The oceans fill your veins and winds embrace your heart Feel the change within you The Sun and Moon align - The Grand Design awaits a new start From the skies, looking down on you Through the clouds tainted crystal blue "Such advancement, yet lacking the control, so unaware of your earthly roles" Praise this child and the words of her rhyme A sacred gift - Magic of the Five will bring you tranquillity A new order of equality Five senses come alive - Five reasons thrive - Five nations unite - Unite as one Night and Day will find a way to keep the Balance true Let the Sky and Stars be your guide - the destination is up to you Raise our heads up to the Skies Feel the essence of Time Changing ways like the shifting tides In the waves hear the Rhyme 5. The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella] Mocking the ways of Justice - the Serpent's Dragon - Vultures ride Storming the Gates of Seven - no mortal man shall break our stride Our flames engulf your good works and our terror reigns supreme Dark beasts that do my bidding by thrashing, tearing down your dreams "Gather 'round chosen people of the Grand Design Scorn the prophet's words - 'the device of our demise'..." The crumbling earth beneath the weapon's roar - Raining fire from shore to shore Neptune's might - the storming waves rise to make the Kingdom's grave And all Atlantis cried - a million souls crying out Save the child from the Sea - she must carry on The secrets and technology shrouded deep in mystery - only One will carry on - Carry on... 6. On The Breath of Poseidon [Instrumental] 7. Egypt [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella, Michael Lepond] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Russel Allen, Jason Rullo] Endless sands of Alnantees - etched in gold, a city lost in time and from the Sea - A Child speaks of things unseen, before the King - a teller of the Rhyme Five align - hidden in the word a message locked in time find the Key - it draws the final line between what is and what should never be Gaze in these eyes my child and see - here by my side, you're destined to be Fears in the night flee with the Sun - if we are One Kingdom of Gold I lay at your feet - Ruler of Time and Space you will be Rivers of Truth forever will run - if we are One From the ruins of Atlantis, the Lord of Night rises from the sands He seeks the one - his serpent's tail and twisted tongue - a bringer of War - Destroyer of the land Five align - hidden in the word a message locked in time find the Key - it draws the final line between what is and what should never be "Rise my minions - from within the deep abyss my disciples - thunder this necropolis" Gaze in these eyes my child and see - here by my side, you're destined to be Fears in the night chasin the Sun - now we are One Kingdom of Gold now lay at my feet - Ruler of Time and Space I will be Rivers of Lies forever will run - now we are One 8. Death of Balance / Candlelight Fantasia [Death of Balance:] [Music: Michael Romeo, Jason Rullo] [Instrumental:] [Candlelight Fantasia:] [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela] [Lyrics: Thomas Miller] Just one more night One more score Another question in my mind, can't take no more Kissing the tears form my face as they fall To the ground in silence in twilight and faded time Spirits cold, with no love Bells ring a lonely chime Candle fires These lit dreams can't burn alone Winds of change bring songs upon my memory An empty heart and soul intoxicates me This darkened page orchestrates my final destiny Not knowing what, what tomorrow will bring From within the mirrors eyes I'm forced to run away and hide I feel those mystic eyes subside Through passages in time A prisoner locked beind the door Lonely roses slowly wither and die 9. The Eyes of Medusa [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela, Thomas Miller] [Lyrics: Thomas Miller] Can you look into my eyes Tell me, now do you somehow still recognize this stare I wear Through crystal tears The light escapes my smile There is no likeness to be seen, it is so strange to me Awaken vindication The mirrors curse-it besets me Endless, timeless, faceless terror To the isle of deadly shores Sightless, countless, ageless torture To behold the sight of Medusa's eyes Under a spell - I'm enchanted The hand of fate is never late to ring the time I'm forced to climb the walls A voice bids last farewell With no beginning or no end to be found by me Endless, timeless, faceless terror To the isle of deadly shores Sightless, countless, ageless torture To behold the sight of Medusa's eyes [Solo] Endless, timeless, faceless terror To the isle of deadly shores Sightless, countless, ageless torture To behold the sight of Medusa's eyes [end of disc 1] 10. Smoke And Mirrors [Music: Michael Romeo, Thomas Miller] [Lyrics: Thomas Miller, Russel Allen, Romeo] It's all perpetual dreams, this hidden life ain't what it seems Walking dead we are Victims of misfortune and lies, and tortured bringers of demise Circling above like vultures They reap the harvest that we sew and take, like trusting fools Promising charade All days now disappear from weeks to months, from months to years Forever bound, shackled to the wall The night falls, I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky The night calls, I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes Touched by the kiss of the sunrise Live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors Sacred and serpentine, a hypnotizing twisted theme Weaves our souls to roar Like candles in the wind, our echoed cries above the din Fade into this faceless sculpture In the wheel of chance and fate, spinning as we watch and wait A mystery to us all On the edge of sanity, we tread the seas of destiny Forever bound, silent voices call The night falls, I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky The night calls, I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes Touched by the kiss of the sunrise Live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors Live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors Try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors Ohh.....the night calls 11. Church of the Machine [Music & Lyrics: Symphony X] I'm the master, looking down from the edge of space and time Flesh and steel intertwined I am the future, sacrifice your soul and succumb to me Nailed to your faith, you'll believe Scream-and no one hears my pleas Faceless masses falling to their knees Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine Pyramids in the sky, playing out their cosmic games Rulers of us all, forever cursed we live in pain Cursed-we live in pain... The creator, 'Neath the darkened sun, my empires rise Artificially devised The destroyer, fierce intentions flow from a virtual rage Forever lost and enslaved Total mesh of soul and steel Life-force force under my command Twisted baptism of fire Between machine and man Scream-and no one hears my pleas Faceless masses falling to their knees Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine Bow down in the platinum maze Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen Merciless judgement in the church of the machine 12. Through The Looking Glass [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella, Thomas Miller] [Lyrics: Thomas Miller, Michael Romeo] [Part I:] Look to the other side, reach the undefined Curious to what she doesn't know Step through the empty air, reveal what wasn't there A fantasy-her looking glass world Is it as it seems? Or just a dream within a dream (dream within, dream within a dream) Like she's been here before, locked behind the door Held within the grasp of mystic hands Everything's so strange, the same but rearranged Through a bird's eye view-Can it all be true? The final answer she seeks, with the three to be crowned Queen Essence of rule divides the land-YEAH! Dark shape, above in the sky, captures her prismatic eye Again she walks in wonder, With no, with no tearful good-byes [Part II:] Alice...Alice...Run Alice...Run And there she stood, in misery Searching for the final ring within A dream, (dream within a dream) Dream within a dream "I'm not afraid..." [Part III:] Scepter in hand-all the numbers so deceiving The small dreaming child who wears the crown Watches the pieces falling down Like knights in the game-her next move is so unsure 'Waken the Queen of Nevermore Hidden behind the royal doors White on her right, Red on her left Talking in riddles, on ears fallen deaf "Stop with all the lies", all the questions so confusing Answer the riddles they deny, losing hope, the child cries Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe The royal child, in a rage of desperate fury Shattering all that lies before, screaming dolls fall to the floor Now remove the masque, that's obscuring this dimension Illusions so clear to me now, her invention is unwound Escape the dream- like an unwritten book There at my feet-lies the knight, the queen and the rook Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe Dream on... Do you believe...all the things that you're seeing are true? The start's where the end's leading you Do you believe...all's as twisted as one would perceive? Seek the answers...and soon you'll believe 13. Of Sins And Shadows [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela] [Lyrics: Thomas Miller] Passing through the void The darkest grand illusion Chaos is riding on the wind Destroyed in agony They create a maddened lair Summon all to heed their cry Innocence fading away - the dying eyes of prey Desperate cries, hail of fire deciding All our fate in the night Tempt in sin, shadows then begin to Gather the souls they hold within Victims of desire Pestilence of their invasion Forms then take on evil waves Paralyze, victimize The shadows fall and enter fast from the sky - (from the sky) Summon all to heed their cry Innocence fading away - the dying eyes of the prey Desperate cries, hail of fire deciding All our fate in the night Tempt in sin, shadows then begin to Gather the souls they hold within I've betrayed - slowly fade I repent my inner plea I've denied - sanctified Cannot hide form this monstrosity I'm immersed in a curse Of this jaded imagery Realize that your cries Only jeopardize this legacy [Solo] Desperate cries, hail of fire deciding All our fate in the night Tempt in sin, shadows then begin to Gather the souls they hold within 14. Sea of Lies [Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella, Thomas Miller] [Lyrics: Russel Allen] Today I've seen the shallow face I wear Inside this shell, a living hell endures I'm held captive by my fear, decaying hope and wasted years The knife of time carves another line around these eyes Good and evil - lust primeval Dragging me into a sea of lies Losing faith in who I am Never changing just rearranging my life again Through into an eternal abyss I fall, Silent screams through paper walls I pray someday the sun will shine on me again (shine on me again) Good and evil - lust primeval Dragging me into a sea of lies Lies ... lies ... [Solo] Lies ... lies ... 15. The Divine Wings of Tragedy [All Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela, Thomas Miller] [Part I - At the Four Corners of the Earth] [Lyrics: Romeo, Pinnela] On the edge of paradise Tears of woe fall, cold as ice Hear my cry Renounce, have you, thy name Eternal is my pain Eternal is the pain that leads me to the thrones of temptation Eternal is the pain that leads me to the thrones of temptation ... [Part II - In the Room of Thrones] [Instrumental] [Part III - A Gathering of Angels] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo] There was a time ... When nine choirs sang the endless melody of light Music of the spheres Threre was a place ... Where mortals embraced thunder and majesty Their fate lay in our hands Feel my wings slowly fading - forever lost in time - I cry [Part IV - The Wrath Divine] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Thomas Miller] The burning conflict I'm feeling It summons me to descend into the other side And just beyond the stars blazing A beam light from a red, velvet moon illuminates me I will devise, from perfect skies A dark and vengeful day Faith and mercy gone astray With strength of infinite measure The mighty sword divides order from chaos in the kingdom below And from the mansions of glory, This empty soul cries out one final plea ... The end has begun Our worlds collide, now in disguise, You'll feel the Wrath Divine Tears of woe fall from the sky ... [Part V - The Prophet's Cry] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo] The prophet cries Vast battalions rage on in the sky Rising rom the north - the bringer of war Eve of destruction Summon all who have 'power over fire' Impending doom from shore to shore Standing on the edge of paradise I sacrifice my truth and loyalty Seven deadly sins consume you all, a dance with death I taste the victory (Eternal is the pain that leads me to temptation) Rising from the north - the warrior prince Judgement without compassion eyes of fear Like the river styx, the gates of hell - "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" The prophets cry As armies fall from the edge of the sky The Prince of truth, now the bringer of war The day of wrath Banish all kings from the face of the land Dominion for strength is my name [Part VI - Bringer of the Apocalypse] [Instrumental] Eve of Sacrifice/Armies in the Sky/Dies trae [Part VII - Paradise Regained] [Lyrics: Russel Allen, Michael Pinnella] Looking out on a blue sky I can see a new world arising Like a prisoner unbound I feel the power and the majesty again Looking up to the heavens I can see what I left behind Beneath the stars, moon and warm sun And all I know, is my paradise has begun ... lyrics added by sargeist - Modify this lyrics
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