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I.Overture

and the meek shall inherit the earth

II.The Temples of Syrinx

The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests

We've taken care of everything The words you hear the songs you sing The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes It's one for all and all for one We work together common sons Never need to wonder how or why. We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers fill the hallowed halls We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx All the gifts of life are held within our walls. Look around this world we made Equality our stock in trade Come and join the Brotherhood of Man Oh what a nice contented world Let the banners be unfurled Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

**III.Discovery**

Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it!

What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it gives forth a sound It's got wires that vibrate and give music What can this thing be that I found? See how it sings like a sad heart And joyously screams out its pain Sounds that build high like a mountain Or notes that fall gently like rain I can't wait to share this new wonder The people will all see its light Let them all make their own music The Priests praise my name on this night

IV.Presentation

In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall. Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet

I know it's most unusual To come before you sow But I've found an ancient miracle I thought that you should know Listen to my music And hear what it can do There's something here as strong as life I know that it will reach you Yes, we know it's nothing new It's just a waste of time We have no need for ancient ways The world is doing fine Another toy will help destroy The elder race of man Forget about your silly whim It doesn't fit the plan I can't believe you're saying These things just can't be true Our world could use this beauty Just think what we might do Listen to my music And hear what it can do There's something here as strong as life I know that it will reach you Don't annoy us further We have our work to do Just think about the average What use have they for you? Another toy will help destroy The elder race of man Forget about your silly whim It doesn't fit the plan

V.Oracle

I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. I saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss of all these things

I wandered home though the silent streets And fell into a fitful sleep Escape to realms beyond the night Dream can't you show me the light? I stand atop a spiral stair An oracle confronts me there He leads me on light years away Through astral nights, galactic days I see the works of gifted hands That grace this strange and wondrous land I see the hand of man arise With hungry mind and open eyes They left the planet long ago The elder race still learn and grow Their power grows with purpose strong To claim the home where they belong Home, to tear the Temples down... Home, to change..

VI.Soliloquy

I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live under the control of the Federation, but there is no other place to go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass into the world of my dream, and know peace at last

The sleep is still in my eyes The dream is still in my head I heave a sigh and sadly smile And lie a while in bed I wish that it might come to pass Not fade like all my dreams Just think of what my life might be In a world like I have seen I don't think I can carry on Carry on this cold and empty life My spirits are low in the depths of despair My lifeblood spills over..

VII. Grand Finale

Attention all planets if the solar federation, we have assumed control

**Entre Nous**

We are secrets to each other Each one's life a novel No-one else has read Even joined in bonds of love We're linked to one another By such slender threads We are planets to each other Drifting in our orbits To a brief eclipse Each of us a world apart Alone and yet together Like two passing ships Just between us I think it's time for us to recognize The differences we sometimes feared to show Just between us I think it's time for us to realize The spaces in between Leave room For you and I to grow We are strangers to each other Full of sliding panels An illusion show Acting well-rehearsed routines Or playing from the heart? It's hard for one to know We are islands to each other Building hope for bridges over troubled sea Some are burned or swept away Some we would not choose But we're not always free

Bastille Day

There's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king will kneel, and let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by And we're marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony The king has kneeled, to let his kingdom rise Lessons taught but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast For they marched up to Bastille Day La guillotine claimed her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Power isn't all that money buys

A Farewell to Kings

When they turn the pages of history When these days have passed long ago Will they read of us with sadness For the seeds that we let grow We turned our gaze From the castles in the distance Eyes cast down On the path of least resistance Cities full of hatred Fear and lies Withered hearts And cruel, tormented eyes Scheming demons Dressed in kingly guise Beating down the multitude And scoffing at the wise The hypocrites are slandering The sacred halls of Truth Ancient nobles showering Their bitterness on youth Can't we find The minds that made us strong Can't we learn To feel what's right and wrong Cities full of hatred Fear and lies Withered hearts And cruel, tormented eyes Scheming demons Dressed in kingly guise Beating down the multitude And scoffing at the wise Can't we raise our eyes And make a start Can't we find the minds To lead us closer to the Heart

Anthem

Know your place in life is where you want to be, Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me. Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round; Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down. Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind We marvel after those who sought The wonders of the world, wonders of the world, Wonders of the world they wrought. Live for yourself there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more Well, I know they've always told you Selfishness was wrong Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this song

**Lakeside Park**

Midway hawkers calling "Try your luck with me;" Merry-go-round wheezing The same old melody A thousand ten cent wonders Who could ask for more A pocketful of silver The key to heaven's door Lakeside Park Willows in the breeze Lakeside Park So many memories Laughing rides Midway lights Shining stars on summer nights Days of barefoot freedom Racing with the waves Nights of starlit secrets Crackling driftwood flames Drinking by the lighthouse Smoking on the pier Still we saw the magic Was fading every year Everyone would gather On the twenty-fourth of May Sitting in the sand To watch the fireworks display. Dancing fires on the beach, Singing songs together Though it's just a memory, Some memories last forever.

**Manhattan Project**

Imagine a time when it all began In the dying days of a war A weapon that would settle the score Whoever found it first would be sure to do their worst. They always had before... Imagine a man where it all began A scientist pacing the floor In each nation, always eager to explore To build the best big stick To turn the winning trick. But this was something more... The big bang took and shook the world Shot down the rising sun The end was begun and it hit everyone When the chain reaction was done The big shots tried to hold it back Fools tried to wish it away The hopeful depend on a world without end Whatever the hopeless may say Imagine a place where it all began Gathered from across the land To work in the secrecy of the desert sand All of the brightest boys To play with the biggest toys More than they bargained for... Imagine a man when it all began The pilot of "Enola Gay" Flying out of the shockwave on that August day All the powers that be, and the course of history, Would be changed forevermore...

Something for Nothing

Waiting for the winds of change To sweep the clouds away Waiting for the rainbow's end To cast its gold your way Countless ways You pass the days Waiting for someone to call And turn your world around Looking for an answer To the question you have found Looking for An open door You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get wise With the sleep still in your eyes No matter what your dreams might be What you own is your own kingdom What you do is your own glory What you love is your own power What you live is your own story In your head is the answer Let it guide you along Let your heart be the anchor And the beat of your soul You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get wise With the sleep still in your eyes No matter what your dreams might be

By-tor and the Snowdog

Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight The netherworld is gathered in the glare Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light The sign of Eth is rising in the air. By-Tor, knight of darkness, Centurion of evil, devil's prince. Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight His nemesis is waiting at the gate The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate. By-Tor and the Snow Dog Square for battle, let the fray begin. The battle's over and the dust is clearing Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell Snow Dog is victorious The land of the Overworld is saved again.

Nobody's Hero

I knew he was different in his sexuality I went to his parties as a straight minority It never seemed a threat to my masculinity He only introduced me to a wider reality As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart But he's nobody's hero Saves a drowning child Cures a wasting disease Hero -- lands the crippled airplane Solves great mysteries Hero -- not the handsome actor Who plays a hero's role Hero -- not the glamour girl Who'd love to sell her soul If anybody's buying, Nobody's hero I didn't know the girl, but I knew her family All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality They try to carry on, try to bear the agony Try to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart But she's nobody's hero Is the voice of reason against the howling mob Hero -- is the pride of purpose In the unrewarding job Hero -- not the champion player Who plays the perfect game Hero -- not the glamour boy Who loves to sell his name Everybody's buying Nobody's hero As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart But he's nobody's hero Saves a drowning child Cures a wasting disease Hero -- lands the crippled airplane Solves great mysteries Hero -- not the handsome actor Who plays a hero's role Hero -- not the glamour girl Who'd love to sell her soul If anybody's buying, Nobody's hero

La Villa Srtangiato

((now this song might be instrumental, but YES its does have lyrics)) 1. Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds! 2. To sleep, perchance to dream... 3. Strangiato Theme 4. A Lerxst in Wonderland 5. Monsters! 6. Danforth and Pape 7. The Waltz of the Shreves 8. Never turn your back on a Monster! 9. Monsters! (Reprise) 10. Strangiato Theme (Reprise) 11. A Farewell to Things

**Rivendell**

Sunlight dances through the leaves Soft winds stir the sighing trees Lying in the warm grass Feel the sun upon your face Eleven songs and endless nights Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights Time will never touch you Here in this enchanted place You feel there's something calling you I've traveled now for many miles It feels so good to see the smiles of Friends who never left your mind When you were far away From the golden light of coming dawn Till the twilight where the sun is gone We treasure every season And every passing day You feel there's something calling you You're wanting to return To where the misty mountains rise and friendly fires burn A place you can escape the world Where the dark lord cannot go Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water's flow We feel the coming of a new day Darkness gives way to light a new way Stop here for a while until the world, The world calls you away Yet you know I've had the feeling Standing with my senses reeling This is the place to grow old 'til I reach my final day.

Dog Years

In a dog's life A year is really more like seven And all too soon a canine Will be chasing cars in doggie heaven It seems to me As we make our own few circles 'round the sun We get it backwards And our seven years go by like one Dog years -- It's the season of the itch Dog years -- With every scratch it reappears In the dog days People look to Sirius Dogs cry for the moon But these connections are mysterious It seems to me While it's true that every dog will have his day When all the bones are buried There is barely time to go outside and play Dog years It's the season of the itch Dog years With every scratch it reappears Dog years For every sad son of a bitch Dog years With his tail between his ears I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos Or a span of geological time Than be living in these dog years In a dog's brain A constant buzz of low-level static One sniff at the hydrant And the answer is automatic It seems to me As well make our own few circles 'round the block We've lost our senses For the higher-level static of talk

Red Barchetta

My uncle has a country place That no one knows about. He says it used to be a farm Before the Motor Law. And on Sundays I elude the Eyes, And hop the Turbine Freight To far outside the Wire Where my white-haired uncle waits. Jump to the ground As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline. Run like the wind As excitement shivers up and down my spine. Down in his barn My uncle preserved for me an old machine For fifty-odd years. To keep it as new has been his dearest dream. I strip away the old debris That hides a shining car: A brilliant red Barchetta From a better vanished time. I fire up the willing engine Responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime. Wind In my hair Shifting and drifting Mechanical music Adrenaline surge... Well-weathered leather, Hot metal and oil, The scented country air. Sunlight on chrome, The blur of the landscape, Every nerve aware. Suddenly ahead of me Across the mountainside A gleaming alloy air-car Shoots towards me, two lanes wide. I spin around with shrieking tires To run the deadly race Go screaming through the valley As another joins the chase. Drive like the wind Straining the limits of machine and man. Laughing out loud with fear and hope I've got a desperate plan. At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the riverside. Race back to the farm To dream with my uncle at the fireside.

**Freewill**

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance, A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance. A planet of playthings, We dance on the strings Of powers we cannot perceive "The stars aren't aligned, Or the gods are malign..." Blame is better to give than receive. You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill. There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand, The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland. All preordained A prisoner in chains A victim of venomous fate. Kicked in the face, You can't pray for a place In heaven's unearthly estate. Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete. Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet.

FEAR

The Enemy Within (Part one of Fear)

Things crawl in the darkness That imagination spins Needles at your nerve ends Crawl like spiders on your skin Pounding in your temples And a surge of adrenaline Every muscle tense to fence the enemy within I'm not giving in to security under pressure I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure I'm not giving up on implausible dreams Experience to extremes Experience to extremes... Suspicious-looking stranger Flashes you a dangerous grin Shadows across your window... Was it only trees in the wind? Every breath a static charge, A tongue that tastes like tin Steely-eyed outside to hide the enemy within To you, is it movement or is it action? Is it contact or just reaction? And you...revolution or just resistance? Is it living, or just existence? Yeah, you! It takes a little more persistence To get up and go the distance

We've got nothing to fear -- but fear itself? Not pain, not failure, not fatal tragedy? Not the faulty units in this mad machinery? Not the broken contacts in emotional chemistry? With an iron fist in a velvet glove We are sheltered under the gun In the glory game on the power train Thy kingdom's will be done And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us... He's not afraid of your judgement He knows of horrors worse than your Hell He's a little bit afraid of dying But he's a lot more afraid of your lying And the things that he fears are a weapon to be held against him... Can any part of life be larger than life? Even love must be limited by time And those who push us down that they might climb Is any killer worth more than his crime? Like a steely blade in a silken sheath We don't see what they're made of They shout about love, but when push comes to shove They live for the things they're afraid of And the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them...

Witch Hunt (Part three of Fear)

The night is black Without a moon. The air is thick and still. The vigilantes gather on The lonely torchlit hill. Features distorted in the flickering light, The faces are twisted and grotesque. Silent and stern in the sweltering night, The mob moves like demons possesed. Quiet in conscience, calm in their right, Confident their ways are best. The righteous rise With burning eyes Of hatred and ill-will. Madmen fed on fear and lies To beat and burn and kill. They say there are strangers who threaten us, In our immigrants and infidels. They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves. That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves. Quick to judge, Quick to anger, Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand

Freeze (Part Four of Fear ((new)

The city crouches, steaming In the early morning half-light The sun is still a rumor And the night is still a threat Slipping through the dark streets And the echoes and the shadows Something stirs behind me And my palms begin to sweat Sometimes I freeze - until the light comes Sometimes I fly - into the night Sometimes I fight - against the darkness Sometimes I'm wrong - sometimes I'm right Coiled for the spring Or caught like a creature in the headlights Into a desperate panic Or a tempest of blind fury Like a cornered beast Or a conquering hero The menace threatens, closing And I'm frozen in the shadows I'm not prepared to run away And I'm not prepared to fight I can't stand to reason Or surrender to a reflex I will trust my instincts Or surrender to my fright Sometimes we freeze - until the light comes Sometimes we're wrong - and sometimes we're right Sometimes we fight - against the darkness Sometimes we fly - into the night Blood running cold Mind going down into a dark night Of a desperate panic Or a tempest of blind fury Like a cornered beast Or a conquering hero Sometimes I freeze Sometimes I fight Sometimes I fly Into the night

Finding my Way

said I I'm comin' out to get you. sit dow, I'm comin' out to find you. Finding my way! I've been gone so long I've lost count of the years. Well, I sang some sad songs, Oh yes, and cried some bad tears. Look out! I'm coming I'm running finding my way back home. said I, I'm comin' back to look for you. sit down, I'm goin' by the back door. Findin' my way! You've done me no right, But you've done me some wrong. Left me lonely each night While I sing my sad song. Look out! I'm comin', whoa, whoa. I'm runnin', findin' my way back home. ,I said I'm comin' for you, babe. I said I'm runnin'. , babe, I said I'm comin' to get you, babe. I said I'm comin'. I'm findin', I'm findin' my way back home. Well, I've had it for now, livin' on the road.

**Making Memories**

There's a time for feelin' as good as we can The time is now, and there's no stoppin' us There's a time for livin' as high as we can Behind us you will only see our dust. You know we're havin' good days And we hope they're gonna last Our future still looks brighter than our past We feel no need to worry No reason to be sad Our mem'ries remind us, maybe road life's not so bad. Just keep smilin', move onward every day And try to keep our thoughts away from home We're trav'lin' around, no time to settle down And satisfy our wanderlust to roam. Well from sea to shining sea, and a hundred points between Still we go on diggin' ev'ry show The cities in the land all extend a welcome hand Till morning when it's time for us to go.

Hand Over Fist

Hand over fist Paper around the stone Scissors cut the paper Cut the paper to the bone Hand over fist Paper around the stone Scissors cut the paper And the rock must stand alone I could disappear into the crowd But not if I keep my head in the clouds I could walk away so proud It's easy enough if you don't laugh too loud I thought I was okay alone Wait for the postman and the telephone Lost in a world of my own I thought I could run alone Thought I could run through the night alone Hand over hand Doesn't seem so much Hand over hand Is the strength of the common touch You talk as we walk along You never imagined I could be so wrong Humming your favorite song You know I've hated that song for so long How can we ever agree? Like the rest of the world We grow farther apart I swear you don't listen to me Holding my hand to my heart Holding my fist to my racing heart Take a walk outside myself In some exotic land Greet a passing stranger Feel the strength in his hand Feel the world expand I feel my spirit resist But I open up my fist Lay hand over hand over Hand over fist

**Madrigal**

When the dragons grow too mighty To slay with pen or sword I grow weary of the battle And the storm I walk toward When all around is madness And there's no safe port in view I long to turn my path homeward To stop a while with you When life becomes as barren And as cold as winter skies There's a beacon in the darkness In a distant pair of eyes In vain to search for honor In vain to search for truth But these things can still be given Your love has shown me proof

**Lessons**

Sweet memories Flashing very quickly by Reminding me And giving me a reason why I know that My goal is more than a thought I'll be there When I teach what I've been taught And I've been taught... You know we've told you before But you didn't hear us then So you still question why No! You didn't listen again! You didn't listen again! Sweet memories I never thought it would be like this Reminding me Just how close I came to missing I know that This is the way for me to go You'll be there When you know what I know And I know... You know we've told you before But you didn't hear us then So you still question why No! You didn't listen again!

**Tears**

All of the seasons and all of the days All of the reasons why I've felt this way So long... Then lost in that feeling I looked in your eyes I noticed emotion and that you had cried For me, I can see What would touch me deeper... Tears that fall from eyes that only cry? Would it touch you deeper Than tears that fall from eyes that know why? A lifetime of questions, tears on your cheek I tasted the answers and my body was weak For you, The truth. What would touch me deeper... Tears that fall from eyes that only cry? Would it touch you deeper Than tears that fall from eyes that know why

Subdivisons

Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In between the bright lights And the far unlit unknown Growing up it all seems so one-sided Opinions all provided The future pre-decided Detached and subdivided In the mass production zone Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth Drawn like moths we drift into the city The timeless old attraction Cruising for the action Lit up like a firefly Just to feel the living night Some will sell their dreams for small desires Or lose the race to rats Get caught in ticking traps And start to dream of somewhere To relax their restless flight Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights

**Circumstances**

A boy alone, so far from home, Endless rooftops from my window. I felt the gloom of empty rooms On rainy afternoons. Sometimes in confusion, I felt so lost and disillusioned, Innocence gave me confidence To go up against reality. All the same we take our chances, Laughed at by time, Tricked by circumstances. Plus �a change, Plus c'est la meme chose The more that things change, The more they stay the same. Now I've gained some understanding Of the only world that we see. Things that I once dreamed of Have become reality. These walls that still surround me Still contain the same old me, Just one more who's searching for A world that ought to be.

Earthshine(new)

On certain nights When the angles are right And the moon is a slender crescent It's circle shows In a ghostly glow Of earthly luminescence Earthshine A beacon in the night I can raise my eyes to Earthshine Earthshine A jewel out of reach Form a dream to rise to Earthshine Floating high In the evening sky I see my faint reflection Pale facsimile Like what others see When they look in my direction Earthshine Stretching out your hand Full of starlit diamonds Earthshine Reflected light To another's sight And the moon tells a lover's story My borrowed face And my third-hand grace Only reflect your glory You're still out of reach Form a dream to rise to Earthshine

Dreamline

He's got a road map of Jupiter A radar fix on the stars All along the highway She's got a liquid-crystal compass A picture book of the rivers Under the Sahara They travel in the time of the prophets On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun Like lovers and heroes, and the restless part of everyone We're only at home when we're on the run He's got a star map of Hollywood A list of cheap motels All along the freeway She's got a sister out in Vegas The promise of a decent job Far away from her hometown They travel on the road to redemption A highway out of yesterday -- that tomorrow will bring Like lovers and heroes, birds in the last days of spring We're only at home when we're on the wing When we are young Wandering the face of the Earth Wondering what our dreams might be worth Learning that were only immortal For a limited time Time is a gypsy caravan Steals away in the night To leave you stranded in Dreamland Distance is a long-range filter Memory a flickering light Left behind in the heartland We travel in the dark of the new moon A starry highway traced on the map of the sky Like lovers and heroes, lonely as the eagle's cry We're only at home when were on the fly We travel on the road to adventure On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun Like lovers and hereos, and the restless part of everyone We're only at home when were on the run

**Different Strings**

Who's come to slay the dragon? Come to watch him fall? Making arrows out of pointed words, Giant killers at the call? Too much fuss and bother, Too much contradiction and confusion. Peel away the mystery, Here's a clue to some real motivation. All there really is, The two of us And we both know why we've come along. Nothing to explain, It's a part of us To be found within a song. What happened to our innocence, Did it go out of style? Along with our na�Eet�E No longer a child. Different eyes see different things, Different hearts beat on different strings. But there are times For you and me when all such things agree.

Presto

If I could wave my magic wand + I am made from the dust of the stars and the oceans flow in my veins. Here I hide in the heart of the city like a stranger coming out of the rain. The evening plane rises up from the runway over constellations of light. I look down into a million houses and wonder what you're doing tonight. If I could wave my magic wand, I'd make everything all right. I'm not one to believe in magic but I sometimes have a second-sight. I'm not one with a sense of proportion when my heart still changes overnight. I had a dream of a winter garden, a midnight rendezvous. Silver, blue, and frozen silence, what a fool I was for you. I had a dream of the open water, I was swimming away out to sea. So deep I could never touch bottom, what a fool I used to be. If I could wave my magic wand, I'd set everybody free. I'm not one to believe in magic, though my memory has a second-sight. I'm not one to go pointing my finger when I radiate more heat than light. Don't ask me, I'm just improvising my illusion of careless flight. Can't you see my temperature's rising? Don't ask me, I'm just sympathizing, my illusion�s a harmless flight

Natural Science

I.Tide Pool

When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Each microcosmic planet A complete society A simple kind mirror To reflect upon our own. All the busy little creatures Chasing out their destinies. Living in their pools, They soon forget about the sea Wheels within wheels in a spiral array, A pattern so grand and complex, Time after time we lose sight of the way, Our causes can't see their effects

II.Hyperspace

A quantum leap forward In time and in space The universe learned to expand. The mess and the magic Triumphant and tragic A mechanized world out of hand. Computerized clinic For superior cynics Who dance to a synthetic band. In their own image, Their world is fashioned No wonder they don't understand.

**III.Permanent Waves**

Science like nature Must also be tamed With a view towards its preservation. Given the same State of integrity It will surely serve us well. Art as expression Not as market campaigns Will still capture our imaginations Given the same State of integrity It will surely help us along. The most endangered species, The honest man Will still survive annihilation. Forming a world State of integrity Sensitive, open and strong. Wave after wave will flow with the tide, and bury the world as it does. Tide after tide will flow and recede, leaving life to go on as it was

**Xanadu**

To seek the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice To break my fast on honeydew And drink the milk of Paradise I had heard the whispered tales of immortality The deepest mystery From an ancient book I took a clue I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown Time and Man alone Searching for the lost Xanadu. To stand within the Pleasure Dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste anew the fruits of life The last immortal man To find the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice I will dine on honeydew And drink the milk of Paradise. A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by Stars stopped in the sky Frozen in an everlasting view Waiting for the world to end weary of the night Praying for the light Prison of the lost Xanadu. Held within the Pleasure Dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste my bitter triumph As a mad immortal man Nevermore shall I return Escape these caves of ice For I have dined on honeydew And drunk the milk of Paradise

Distant Early Warning

An ill wind comes arising Across the cities of the plain There's no swimming in the heavy water No singing in the acid rain red alert It's so hard to stay together Passing through revolving doors We need someone to talk to And someone to sweep the floors Incomplete The world weighs on my shoulders But what am I to do You sometimes drive me crazy But I worry about you I know it makes no difference To what you're going through But I see the tip of the iceberg And I worry about you Cruising under your radar Watching from satellites Take a page from the red book Keep them in your sights Left and rights of passage Black and whites of youth Who can face the knowledge That the truth is not the truth Obsolete Absolute Absalom

The Trees

There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the maples, And they're quite convinced they're right They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest And the creatures all have fled As the maples scream Oppression And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. The oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet axe and saw

Fly by Night

Why try I know why The feeling inside me says it's time I was gone Clear head new life ahead Its time I was king now not just one more pawn Fly by night away from here Change my life again Fly by night goodbye my dear My ship isnt coming and I just can't pretend Moon rise thoughtful eyes Staring back at me from the window beside No fright or hindsight Leaving behind that empty feeling inside Start a new chapter Find what I'm after It's changing every day The change of a season Is enough of a reason To want to get away Quiet and pensive My thoughts apprehensive The hours drift away Leaving my homeland Playing a lone hand My life begins today

Closer to the Heart

And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mold a new reality Closer to the heart The blacksmith and the artist Reflect it in their art They forge their creativity Closer to the heart Philosophers and ploughmen Each must know his part To sow a new mentality Closer to the heart You can be the captain I will draw the chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the heart

Between Sun and Moon

There is a lake between sun and moon Not too many know about In the silence between whisper and shout The space between wonder and doubt This is a fine place Shining face to face Those bonfire lights in the mirror of sky The space between wonder and why Ahh yes to yes to ahh ahh to yes Why the sun There is a fine line between love and illusion A fine place to penetrate The gap between actor and act The lens between wishes and fact This is a fine place To hesitate Those bonfire lights in the lake of sky The time between wonder and why Some need to pray to the sun at high noon Need to howl at the midwinter moon Reborn and baptized in a moment of grace We just need a break From the headlong race

Marathon

It's not how fast you can go The force goes into the flow If you pick up the beat You can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More than just a dotted line More than just a dash It's a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the pace If you want to stay in the race More than just blind ambition More than just simple greed More than just a finish line Must feed this burning need In the long run From first to last The peak is never passed Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes One moment's high and glory rolls on by Like a streak of lightening That flashes and fades in the summer sky Your meters may overload You can rest at the side of the road You can miss a stride But nobody gets a free ride More than high performance More than just a spark More than just the bottom line Or a lucky shot in the dark In the long run You can do a lot in a lifetime If you don't burn out too fast You can make the most of the distance First you need endurance First you've got to last

Time Stands Still

I turn my back to the wind to catch my breath before I start off again. Driven on without a moment to spend To pass an evening with a drink and a friend I let my skin get too thin I'd like to pause No matter what I pretend Like some pilgrim Who learns to transcend Learns to live as if each step was the end I'm not looking back But I want to look around me now See more of the people and the places that surround me now Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger Experience slips away I turn my face to the sun Close my eyes Let my defences down All those wounds that I can't get unwound I let my past go too fast No time to pause If I could slow it all down Like some captain, whose ship runs aground I can wait until the tide comes around Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each impression a little bit stronger Freeze this motion a little bit longer The innocence slips away Summer's going fast, nights growing colder Children growing up, old friends growing older Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each impression a little bit stronger Experience slips away The innocence slips away

**Resist**

I can learn to resist Anything but temptation I can learn to co-exist With anything but pain I can learn to compromise Anything but my desires I can learn to get along With all the things I can't explain I can learn to resist Anything but frustration I can learn to persist With anything but aiming low I can learn to close my eyes To anything but injustice I can learn to get along With all the things I dont know You can surrender Without a prayer But never really pray Pray without surrender You can fight Without ever winning But never ever win Without a fight I can learn to resist Anything but temptation I can learn to coexist With anything but pain I can learn to compromise Anything but my desires I can learn to get along With all the things I cant explain

Driven

Driven up and down in circles Skidding down a road of black ice Staring in and out storm windows Driven to a fool's paradise It's my turn to drive But it's my turn to drive Driven to the margin of error Driven to the edge of control Driven to the margin of terror Driven to the edge of a deep dark hole Driven day and night in circles Spinning like a whirlwind of leaves Stealing in and out back alleys Driven to another den of thieves its my turn to drive Driven to the edge Driven out on the thin end of the wedge Driven off by things I've never seen Driven on by the road to somewhere I've never been its my turn to drive The road unwinds towards me What was there is gone The road unwinds before me And I go riding on

Red Tide

Nature has some new plague To run in our streets History some new wrinkle We are doomed to repeat fugitives at the bedroom door lovers pause to find an open store Rain is burning on the forest floor And the red tide kisses the shore this is not a false alarm this is not a test Stay out of the sun It only burns my skin Sky full of poison And the atmosphere's too thin Bless the sun the rain no more River running like an open sore Black wind falling to the ocean floor And the red tide washes ashore Nowhere we can fly away Nowhere we can rest The party is disrupted by An uninvited guest Deadline approaches For the weary land It used to be something but we let it run down in our hands too late for debate too bad to ignore quiet rebellion leads to open war Bring a sea change to the factory floor as the red tide covers the shore Now's the time to turn the tide Now's the time to fight Let us not go gently To the endless winter night Now's the time to make the time While hope is still in sight

The Twilight Zone

A pleasant faced man steps up to greet you he smiles and says hes pleased to meet you Beneath his hat the strangeness lies Take it off he's got three eyes Truth is false and logic lost Now the fourth dimension is crossed You have entered the Twilight Zone Beyond this world strange things are known Use the key unlock the door See what your fate might have in store Come explore your dreams creation Enter this world of imagination You wake up lost in an empty town Wondering why no one else is around Look up to see a giant boy Youve just become his brand new toy No escape no place to hide Here where Time and Space collide Come explore your dreams' creation Enter this world of imagination

**Bravado**

If we burn our wings flying too close to the sun if the moment of glory is over before it's begun if the dream is won Though everything is lost we will pay the price But we will not count the cost When the dust has cleared And victory denied A summit too lofty River a little too wide if we keep our pride Though paradise is lost We will pay the price But we will not count the cost And if the music stops There's only the sound of the rain All the hope and glory All the sacrifice in vain ad if love remains Though everything is lost We will pay the price But we will not count the cost

Cinderella Man

A modest man from Mandrake travelled rich to the city he had a need to discover A use for his newly-found wealth Because he was human Because he had goodness Because he was moral They called him insane delusions of grandeur visions of splendor a manic depressive He walks in the rain Eyes wide open Heart undefended Innocence untarnished Cinderella Man doing what you can They cant understand what it means Cinderella Man hang on to your plans Try as they might they cannot steal your dreams in the betrayal of his love he awakened To face a world of cold reality And a look in the eyes of the hungry Awakened him to what he could do He held up his riches To challenge the hungry purposeful motion for one so insane They tried to fight him just couldnt beat him This manic depressive Who walks in the rain

The Analog Kid

A hot and windy August afternoon has the trees in constant motion With a flash of silver leaves as theyre rocking in the breeze The boy lies in the grass with one blade stuck between his teeth A vague sensation quickens in his young and restless heart And a bright and nameless vision has him longing to depart You move me with your buildings and your eyes Autumn woods and winter skies You move me Open sea and city lights busy streets and dizzy heights You call me The fawn eyed girl with sun-browned legs dances on the edge of his dream And her voice rings in his ears Like the music of the spheres The boy lies in the grass unmoving staring at the sky His mother starts to call him as a hawk goes soaring by The boy pulls down his baseball cap and covers up his eyes Too many hands on my time Too many feelings Too many things on my mind when I leave I dont know what I'm hoping to find When I leave I dont know What I'm leaving behind

**War Paint**

Girl before the mirror appraises her disguise Child become a mother tries to fix her eyes No more of his excuses it has to be today she can keep her fantasy If she can get away paint her name on a one-way street painted cheeks with angry heat wounded pride on painted eyes Paint the night with battlecries All puffed up with vanity we see what we want to see to the beautiful and the wise The mirror always lies Boy before the mirror checks his camouflauge Polishes his armor and the charger in the garage no more lame excuses It has to be tonight he can take the princess if he can take the fight Pound the drums with martial beat pound the streets with marching feet Wounded pride distorted eyes Paint the night with battlecries All puffed up with vanity We see what we want to see To the powerful and the wise the mirror always lies Boys and girls together Mistake conceit for pride Ambition for illusion Dreams for self-delusion Girls and boys together See what it is we lack boys and girls together Lets paint the mirror black

Turn the Page

nothing can survive in a vacuum No one can exists all alone we pretend things only happen to strangers Weve all got problems of our own its enough to learn to share our pleasures We cant soothe pain with sympathy all that we can do is be reminded we shake our heads at the tragedy Every day we're standing in a time capsule Racing down a river from the past Every day were standing in a wind tunnel facing down the future coming fast Looking at the long-range forecast Catching all the names in the news checking out the state of the nation Learning the environmental blues truth is after all a moving target Hairs to split and pieces that don't fit how can anybody be enlightened? truth is after all so poorly lit Its just the age it's just a stage We disengage We turn the page.

Limelight

Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal for those who think and feel In touch with some reality Beyond the gilded cage. cast in this unlikely role ill equipped to act With insufficient tact One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact. living in the limelight The universal dream for those who wish to seem. Those who wish to be Must put aside the alienation Get on with the fascination The real relation the underlying theme. Living in a fisheye lens stuck in the camera eye. I have no heart to lie I cant pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend. All the world's indeed a stage And we are merely players Performers and portrayers Each anothers audience Outside the gilded cage

A passage to Bangkok

Our first stop is in Bogota to check Colombian fields The natives smile and pass along a sample of their yield Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams golden Acapulco nights Then Morocco and the east Fly by morning light Were on the train to Bangkok aboard the Thailand Express well hit the stops along the way We only stop for the best Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon we burn the midnight oil The fragrance of Afghanistan rewards a long days toil Pulling into Katmandu smoke rings fill the air Perfumed by a nepal night The express gets you there

Roll the Bones (woo listen to Geddy rap I couldnt think of anything more funny)

Well you can stake that claim good work is the key to good fortune Winners take that praise losers seldom take that blame If they donnt take that game And sometims the winner takes nothing We draw our own designs but fortune has to make that frame We go out in the world and take our chances fate is just the weight of circumstances Thats the way that lady luck dances Roll the bones Why are we here Because were here Roll the bones Why does it happen Because it happens Roll the bones Faith is cold as ice Why are little ones born only to suffer for the want of immunity or a bowl of rice? well who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent children If theres some immortal power To control the dice Jack relax Get busy with the facts. No zodiacs or almanacs No maniacs in polyester slacks. Just the facts. Gonna kick some gluteus max. Its a parallax you dig you move around The small gets big It's a rig its action reaction Random interaction so whos afraid of a little abstraction Cant get no satisfaction From the facts You better run homeboy A facts a fact From Nome to Rome boy. Whats the deal Spin the wheel. If the dice are hot take a shot. Play your cards Show us what you got What you're holding. If the cards are cold Don't go folding Lady Luck is golden she favours the bold. thats cold Stop throwing stones the night has a thousand saxophones so get out there and rock, And roll the bones. Get busy

Chemistry

Signal transmitted Message received reaction making impact Invisibly elemental telepathy exchange of energy Reaction making contact mysteriously Eye to I reaction burning hotter two to one reflection on the water H to O No flow without the other Oh but how do they make contact with one another? Electricity Biology Seems to me it's Chemistry Emotion transmitted emotion received music in the abstract Positively Elemental empathy a change of synergy Music making contact naturally One two three Add without subtraction Sound on sound Multiplied reaction H to O No flow without the other Oh but how Do we make contact With one another?

Cygnus X-1

Book One: The Voyage

In the constellation of Cygnus there lurks a mysterious invisible force the black hole of Cygnus X-1 Six Stars of the Northern Cross in mourning for their sister's loss In a final flash of glory Nevermore to grace the night Invisible to telescopic eye Infinity, the star that would not die All who dare to cross her course Are swallowed by her fearsome force Through the void To be destroyed or is there something more? Atomized at the core or through the Astral Door? to soar I set a course just east of Lyra And northwest of Pegasus Flew into the light of Deneb sailed across the milky way On my ship, the Rocinante Wheeling through the galaxies Headed for the heart of Cygnus Headlong into mystery The x-ray is her siren song My ship cannot resist her long Nearer to my deadly goal Until the black hole gains control Spinning whirling still descending Like a spiral sea unending Sound and fury drown my heart Every nerve is torn apart

Book Two: Hemispheres

I. Prelude

When our weary world was young. The struggle of the ancients first began the gods of Love and Reason Sought alone to rule the fate of man They battled through the ages But still neither force would yield The people were divided Every soul a battlefield

II. Apollo/Dionysus

Apollo: Bringer of Wisdom "I bring truth and understanding, I bring wit and wisdom fair, Precious gifts beyond compare. We can build a world of wonder, I can make you all aware. I will find you food and shelter, Show you fire to keep you warm Through the endless winter storm. You can live in grace and comfort In the world that you transform." The people were delighted Coming forth to claim their prize They ran to build their cities And converse among the wise. But one day the streets fell silent, Yet they knew not what was wrong. The urge to build these fine things Seemed not to be so strong. The wise men were consulted, And the Bridge of Death was crossed In quest of Dionysus To find out what they had lost. Dionysus: Bringer of Love "I bring love to give you solace In the darkness of the night, In the Heart's eternal light. You need only trust your feelings; Only love can steer you right. I bring laughter, I bring music, I bring joy and I bring tears. I will soothe your primal fears. Throw off those chains of reason And your prison disappears." The cities were abandoned and the forests echoed song. They danced and lived as brothers they knew love could not be wrong. Food and wine they had aplenty and they slept beneath the stars. The people were contented And the gods watched from afar. But the winter fell upon them and it caught them unprepared. Bringing wolves and cold starvation and the hearts of men despaired.

III. Armageddon: The battle of Heart and Mind

The universe divided as the Heart and Mind collided. With the people left unguided for so many troubled years. In a cloud of doubts and fears their world was torn asunder into hollow Hemispheres. Some fought themselves some fought each other Most just followed one another. Lost and aimless like their brothers for their hearts were so unclear And the truth could not appear Their spirits were divided into blinded Hemispheres. Some who did not fight brought tales of old to light. "My Rocinante sailed by night On her final flight." To the heart of Cygnus fearsome force we set our course. Spiralled through that timeless space to this immortal place.

IV. Cygnus: Bringer of Balance

I have memory and awareness but I have no shape or form. As a disembodied spirit I am dead and yet unborn. I have passed into Olympus as was told in tales of old to the city of Immortals marble white and purest gold. I see the gods in battle rage on high. Thunderbolts across the sky. I cannot move I cannot hide. I feel a silent scream begin inside. Then all at once the chaos ceased a stillness fell a sudden peace. The warriors felt my silent cry And stayed their struggle mystified. Apollo was atonished Dionysus thought me mad. But they heard my story further and they wondered and were sad. Looking down from Olympus On a world of doubt and fear its surface splintered into sorry Hemispheres. They sat a while in silence. Then they turned at last to me "We will call you Cygnus, The god of Balance you shall be."

**V. The Sphere: A kind of dream**

We can walk our road together if our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free if we pursue a different aim. Let the truth of love be lighted Let the love of truth shine clear. Sensibility armed with sense and liberty with the heart and mind united in a single perfect sphere.

Animate

Polarize me sensitize me criticize me civilize me compensate me animate me complicate me elevate me Goddess in my garden Sister in my soul angel in my armor actress in my role Daughter of a demon lover empress of the hidden face priestess of the pagan mother Ancient queen of inner space Spirit in my psyche. Double in my role. Alter in my image struggle for control Mistress of the dark unconscious Mermaid of the lunar sea Daughter of the great enchantress sister to the boy inside of me My counterpart, my foolish heart a man must learn to rule his tender part. A warming trend, a gentle friend a man must build a fortress to defend. A secret face, a touch of grace a man must learn to give a little space. A peaceful state, a submissive trait a man must learn to gently dominate

**Ghost of a Chance**

Like a million little doorways all the choices we made all the stages we passed through all the roles we played For so many different directions our separate paths might have turned With every door that we opened every bridge that we burned Somehow we find each other through all that masquerade somehow we found each other somehow we have stayed In a state of grace I dont believe in destiny or the guiding hand of fate I dont believe in forever or love as a mystical state I dont believe in the stars or the planets or angels watching from above But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love and make it last Like a million little crossroads through the back streets of youth Each time we turn a new corner a tiny moment of truth for so many different connections our separate paths might have made With every door that we opened Every game we played

**How it is**(new)

Heres a little trap that sometimes catches everyone. when todays as far as we can see faith in bright tomorrows giving way to resignation Thats how it is How its going to be Its such a cloudy day Seems well never see the sun or feel the day has possibilities frozen in the moment The lack of imagination between how it is and how it ought to be Here's a little trap That sometimes trips up everyone When we tire of our own company Sometimes were the last to see beyond the days frustrations Its such a cloudy day seems well never see the sun I feel the day is all uncertainty Burning in the moment trapped by the desperation Between how it is and how it ought to be Foot upon the stair shoulder to the wheel You cant tell yourself not to care You cant tell yourself how to feel Thats how it is