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LYRICS
1. Endless Symphony
Phrasing,
Refraining,
Staccato in lines on vermillion staving
Sublime notes
Divine strokes
In signature time, to crescendo and climbing
Through pizzicato scenes
We guide legato dreams
Weave our Adagio, this timeless diadem,
We gain polyphony
We feign epiphany
Then die alone entrapped in silent requiem
Life is an endless symphony in time
Life is an endless symphony in time
Abidance
In silence
Pianissimo sighs to fortissimo violence
Sforzando
Glissando
Andante, maestoso, vivace, rallentando
Through pizzicato scenes
We guide legato dreams
Weave our Adagio, this timeless diadem,
We gain polyphony
We feign epiphany
Then die alone entrapped in silent requiem
Life is an endless symphony in time
Life is an endless symphony in time
Endless symphony
Life is an endless symphony in time.
2. Centre Of My Universe
I listen to the sound of my world in flames,
It echoes and resounds as my heart proclaims
The life I live will never be the same,
I listen to the sound as the pouring rain,
Emotionally drown every open vein,
The additive, the chemical remains,
Exhume my heart, restore this work of art,
For what we are, is “in love”
Believe again
You cast a spell on me, you mesmerize,
You set my soul alight,
Now I can’t escape the curse,
You have become what I had prophesized,
You have become tonight,
Centre of my universe
Centre of my universe
The arrow hit my heart but I felt no pain,
The spirits and the ghosts of the past now fade,
The narrative, a whispered serenade,
We learn to trust our hearts to the hands of fate,
But we can have it all and it’s not too late,
The bond is sealed and cannot separate,
Exhume my heart, restore this work of art,
For what we are, is “in love”
Believe again
You cast a spell on me, you mesmerize,
You set my soul alight,
Now I can’t escape the curse,
You have become what I had prophesized,
You have become tonight,
Centre of my universe
Centre of my universe…
3. Kingdom Come
A thousand nights,
A thousand tears,
I have searched
For a thousand years,
To hold you close,
To find you here,
Touch me inside, make me whole,
Empty space
And empty rooms,
Life was tasteless,
An empty tomb,
All that changed
Because of you,
Open the gates to my soul
I was chained by The Myths of Israel,
Shamed like the prodigal son,
God’s fated homicide crushed in the wheels of love,
I profane, lack the spirit of Ishmael,
Blame the sacrificial one,
Damned but immortified,
Lost now the seal’s undone
‘Till Kingdom Come
Another time,
Another place,
In my mind
There’s no other face,
Your tender touch,
Your warm embrace
Captures the eye of the storm,
Never letting go
Now I’m under your wing,
Chains can’t hold
This unending thing,
You’re at the Core
Of everything,
You are the light of my dawn
I was chained by The Myths of Israel,
Shamed like the prodigal son,
God’s fated homicide crushed in the wheels of love,
I profane, lack the spirit of Ishmael,
Blame the sacrificial one,
Damned but immortified,
Lost now the seal’s undone
‘Till Kingdom Come.
4. Book Of Secrets
A Black Book bound with the red rose of ruin
Tells the tale of every woman, every man, and who they’re screwing,
Fire down below,
Wild, it can’t be tamed,
Powers beyond control,
You just surrender again, now
A Black Book bound with the red rose of ruin…
A lover’s lesson scores eleven then falls,
You lose possession and your heart stops beating,
Soar, descend and then crawl…
Oh my god! You don’t know what you’re doing,
You lose a little self respect,
You close your eyes to get you through it,
Lies taking hold, guile that then betrays,
Sighs a passion knows, and what you can’t feel “Fake It!”
Oh my god! You don’t know what you’re doing…
A lover’s lesson shows you heaven then falls
Into the hell on earth of human sewage…
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”,
Dirty Book of Lies,
My book of lovers, full of legendary lines,
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”
Dirty Book Of Lies,
Ain’t no body every had a book like mine…
Oh my god! You were once such a “looker”,
But now I’ve peeled away your shell
You’re just a five dollar hooker,
Time takes its toll, lines you can’t erase,
Harder on my eyes now you’re indelibly stained,
Oh my god! From a “looker” to a “sucker”…
A lover’s lesson hits another brick wall,
Was it your face that took the impact baby?
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”,
Dirty Book of Lies,
My book of lovers, full of legendary lines,
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”
Dirty Book Of Lies,
Ain’t no body every had a book like mine…
A Black Book bound with the red rose of ruin
Tells the tale of every woman, every man, and who they’re screwing,
Time takes its toll, lines you can’t erase,
Harder on my eyes now you’re indelibly stained,
Lies taking hold, guile that then betrays,
Sighs a passion knows, and what you can’t feel “Fake It!”
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”,
Dirty Book of Lies,
My book of lovers, full of legendary lines,
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”
Dirty Book Of Lies,
Ain’t no body every had a book like mine…
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”,
Dirty Book of Lies,
My book of lovers, full of legendary lines,
Dirty “Book Of Secrets”
Dirty Book Of Lies,
Ain’t no body every had a book like mine…
5. Stormwarning
The setting sunlight hides away
The skyline burns on this “End Of Days”
In the darkness, closing in like a bird of prey
Seven waits
Battle drums cannot erase
The beating hearts in the hurricane
As her colours flow, condense and precipitate
Love is slain
Born to this unholy light
Shadows enchant and unfurl in her eyes
The lowly night has begun
You should run
(Ooh) Stormwarning
Clawing out in the rain
With desire and lust infused
Each has the other to blame
(No no no)
(Ooh) Stormwarning
Thunder clouds of disdain
Blood the skies in which they brood
Above the human remains
The lighting strikes expectorate
Electric blue as they penetrate,
In a landscape purged of love we prepare to taste
Death’s embrace
The devil moons that shied away
Refuse to shine and recalibrate,
With a tragic kiss, dismissed by the war we wage
In disgrace
Born to this unholy light
Shadows enchant and unfurl in her eyes
The lowly night has begun
You should run
(Ooh) Stormwarning
Clawing our in the rain
With desire and lust infused
Each has the other to blame
(No no no)
(Ooh) Stormwarning
Thunder clouds of disdain
Blood the skies in which they brood
Above the human remains
6. Invisible
I was walking through a life unseen,
Like a ghost, you never noticed me,
Hey baby, it tears me up inside,
I was drowning in an endless sea,
Now I’m shipwrecked on the rock of grief,
But hey baby, I’m bruised but I’m alive,
You never listened hard enough to what I’d got to say
Ever distant, far enough away to stop the Plague
True, I’m invisible to you these days,
Now I’ve lost your lovin’ arms
I’m living in your cage,
True, I’m invisible and cast away.
Since I crossed your fickle heart
I’m nothin’
It’s like I’m shifting through a restless dream,
Just a shadow of the man I’ve been,
Hey baby, it’s heavy on my mind,
Maybe time-out is a thing I need,
Your disdain cut through the skin of me,
Hey baby, why treat me so unkind?
You never listened hard enough to what I’d got to say
Ever distant, far enough away to stop the Plague
True, I’m invisible to you these days,
Now I’ve lost your lovin’ arms
I’m living in your cage,
True, I’m invisible and cast away.
Since I crossed your fickle heart
I’m nothin’
Give me something
Worth living for…
7. Love Song
I’m by your side yet here alone
“The Fire” has died but “The Pyre” burns on
The world outside decays away
This time and tide turns flesh and bone
To dust and earth, to clay and stone
I am “forgotten” and “Betrayed”
The wounds we open never mend
They’re much too deep to heal again
My heart and mind were easy prey
The Phoenix climbed, The Flame’s rebirth
She clipped my wings, I feel to earth
So now I die another way
In a heartless “Death by love”
In the darkness
I should run
I should fly
I should spread my wings tonight
But I break down
Bruise and bleed
I give up too easily
I should learn to let it out
But my heart won’t make a sound
It’s a love song
Just a love song
It’s a love song
I’m scarred and broken once again
I should have known how this would end
I found my “Diamond in the rough”
This time you’ll wake and find me gone
The same old Sky, the same old Sun
But all I am, was not enough
In a heartless “Death by love”
In the darkness
I should run
I should fly
I should spread my wings tonight
But I break down
Bruise and bleed
I give up too easily
I should learn to let it out
But my heart won’t make a sound
It’s a love song
Just a love song
It’s a love song
8. The Hourglass And The Landslide
Why does it feel like you’re comin’ on?
And why do I feel like it’s never gone?
The tendrils of dark, like cerebral knives
Cut straight to the heart, hyposensitize,
Perceptions are sharp, “working overtime”
Steppin’ outside, steppin’ outside
It’s a timeless dream
With a mindless scene
Where the Sandstorm drifts
As the World turns rifting time,
In this Hourglass it’s a landslide.
From the hand you’re dealin’
The tarot reading
Is so misleading
The cards burn, shift and glide,
In this Hourglass, it’s a landslide
The sense is surreal, like a battle won,
But now I can see, I’ve been overcome,
You took me apart in the candlelight,
Dissected my heart while anesthetized
And now I’m a slave to your darker side
Steppin’ outside, steppin’ outside
It’s a timeless dream
With a mindless scene
Where the Sandstorm drifts
As the World turns rifting time,
In this Hourglass it’s a landslide.
From the hand you’re dealin’
The tarot reading
Is so misleading
The cards burn, shift and glide,
In this Hourglass, it’s a landslide
9. Destiny
Flight, endless flight,
Through time, like the deserts of sand,
Oceans of dream,
Heading out to the open Sea
With a legacy
Fight, endless fight
To die with a sword in our hands,
Hard and extreme, is the way that it’s always been…
Time and tide, the wheel of change,
No one can ever escape
The switchblade knife, the steel of Fate,
Forged as your life wields the blade
Of Destiny…
“Destiny”…
Night, tender night,
The future is born of the past,
Long winters, cold,
Then awaken the dawn of Spring
And the life she brings,
Light, slender lights
Of Summer in bloom here at last,
Soft breezes blow ‘till a halcyon Autumn dream
Sets the scene, now…
Time and tide, the wheel of change,
No one can ever escape
The switchblade knife, the steel of Fate,
Forged as your life wields the blade
Of Destiny…
“Destiny”…
10. The Wave
There’s time in life, forever girl,
For trials we have to face
There’s so much to remember girl,
But nothing can replace
Your loving arms around me girl,
With nothing but the stars to light the way…
Your fire ignites the ember girl,
Desire is ours to taste
Inspired by our endeavours girl,
So timeless, our embrace
Will stay with me forever girl,
I’ll hold you in my heart
And “Seize the day”…
Slowly
We run,
Slowly
We hide,
Slowly
We come,
Slowly
To life,
Slowly
We crawl beyond the grave,
Far beyond forgiven,
For the tide is ours
Yet echoes haunt the wave
This life goes on whatever girl
Then dies without a trace,
But in my heart you’ll always be
The love I can’t replace,
So dry your eyes forever girl,
For nothing that we had will fade away…
Slowly
We run,
Slowly
We hide,
Slowly
We come,
Slowly
To life,
Slowly
We crawl beyond the grave,
Far beyond forgiven,
For the tide is ours
Yet echoes haunt the wave
11. The Darkness (Bonus Track)
My touch dissolves the premonition,
Too much for one in your condition,
When no-one’s ever sent back alive
Or too young to die,
You pray to God to be forgiven,
Lay waste the sins of your ambition
It’s too late now to run from the night
And back to the light
Desperately holding what you’ve got,
Wanting control of what you’ve not…
I am “The Darkness” in this lowly town,
I can see everyone in need.
Every man left broken-hearted now
As every woman bleeds
My love begins your demolition,
Your curse is of your own volition,
You drank from me, your lust and desire,
Too close to the fire.
You’re damned, so kneed in your submission,
Your brand is carved with my initials,
There’s no escape, your life is a lie,
Your soul walks the wire
Desperately holding what you’ve got,
Wanting control of what you’ve not…
I am “The Darkness” in this lowly town,
I can see everyone in need.
Every man left broken-hearted now
As every woman bleeds.
FEATURED VIDEO
STORMWARNING - 2011
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Label: Frontiers Records (FR CD 507)
Producer: Gary Hughes
Tracklisting:
All songs written by Gary Hughes.
1.Endless Symphony – 7:26
2.Centre of My Universe – 6:07
3.Kingdom Come – 5:35
4.Book of Secrets – 5:18
5.Stormwarning – 5:39
6.Invisible – 5:38
7.Love Song – 7:07
8.The Hourglass and the Landslide – 4:49
9.Destiny – 6:13
10.The Wave – 5:32
Asian version (Avalon Records MICP-10972) adds
11.The Darkness – 4:19
Personnel:
Gary Hughes – vocals, guitars, backing vocals
Neil Fraser – guitars, Lead guitars
John Halliwell – guitars
Paul Hodson – keyboards, Programming
Mark Sumner – bass guitar
Mark Zonder – drums and percussion
Additional guitars by Johnny Gibbons
Jason Thanos - backing vocals
Production:
Mixing, Mastering – Dennis Ward