"State Of Grace"

Music by Saxon taken from 'The Inner Sanctum'

Sacred Towers Standing Tall
Built In Times Of Guilt And Gold
Ancient Knowledge Lost In Time
Forgotten Now In Hearts And Minds

[Chorus]
Holy Towers Test Of Faith
Sacred Knowledge State O F Grace
State Of Grace

Carved In Stone Your Secrets Lie
Of Raising Towers To The Sky
When You Built This Holy Place
Did You Take A Leap Of Faith

[Chorus]

Heavens Light Golden Beams
Shining Through In Coloured Dreams
Gothic Sprires In Wood And Stone
In Tests Of Time You Stand Alone

[Chorus]

Sacred Towers Standing Tall
Built In Times Of Guilt And Gold
Ancient Knowledge Lost In Time
Forgotten Now In Hearts And Minds

[Chorus]

A Rite of Passage

Dream Theater from ‘Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Since the new world order
Played upon our fears
Spreading accusations
Of radical ideas

The brotherhood of wisdom
Strength and dignity
Its rituals and secrets
Remain a mystery

Beneath an ever watchful eye
The angels of the temple fly

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The final stage
A sacred home
Unlock the door
And lay the cornerstone
A rite of passage

Men of wealth and power
Influence and fame
Philosphers and leaders
Are members of the trade

Bound by oath and honor
Like the rose and cross
An enigmatic union
Of esoteric thought

Beneath the ever watchful eye
The angels of the temple fly

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The final stage
A sacred home
Unlock the door
And lay the cornerstone
A rite of passage

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The seven stars
The rising sun
A perfect world
A new life has begun
A rite of passage

'When A Blind Man Cries'

If you're leaving close the door.
Im not expecting people anymore.
Hear me grieving,
Im lying on the floor.
Whether Im drunk or dead I really aint too sure.
Im a blind man,
Im a blind man and my world is pale.
When a blind man cries, lord, you know there aint no sadder tale.

Had a friend once in a room,
Had a good time but it ended much too soon.
In a cold month in that room
We found a reason for the things we had to do.

Im a blind man,
Im a blind man, now my room is cold.
When a blind man cries, lord, you know he feels it from his soul.
--Deep Purple

Album Artwork: 'Prisoners In Paradise'

" Just like prisoners in paradise

Still far from heaven´s door

We had it all but still we wanted more

Now I realize that I can´t turn back

the future´s here to stay

but hey we´re just children of tomorrow

Hangin´ on to yesterday"

Interlude ...

You and I,
we are strangers by one chromosome
Slave to the hormone, body and soul
In a struggle to be happy and free
Swimming in a primitive sea
You and I,
we must dive below the surface
A world of red neon and ultramarine
Shining bridges on the ocean floor
-- Rush "Alien Shore" --

An Interlude, a red rose ...

Love will keep us alive
Let's make the moment right
It's now or never
Love will keep us alive
Even the darkest night
Will shine forever
Love will keep us alive
Love will keep us alive
Love, love will keep us alive
("Love Will Keep Us Alive" by The Scorpions)
Dedicated to Kristine xxx

Lyrics For The Moment ...

'Pull Me Under' by Dream Theater

Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again

This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last

Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day
Ill take seven lives for one

And then my only fathers son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me

The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under pull me under

Pull me under Im not afraid
All that I feel in honor and spite
All I can do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes

Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning inside me

The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under pull me under ....

You Not Me

Dream Theater



Another track by Dream Theater which has grown on me ....!!

Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

You're building my prison brick by brick
Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
You're reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days I'll believe it.

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

Nantucket Sleighride Lyrics

Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try following me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause you know I'm coming home soon

My ships' leaving on a three-year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Windlaced, gather in sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale

Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body round my soul
Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To the place where hearts are beating
And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet

Starbuck's sharpening his harpoon
The black man's playing his tune
An old salt's sleeping his watch away
He'll be drunk again before noon

Three years sailing on bended knee
We found no whales in the sea
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
'Cause we'll be in sight of land soon.

A clue!

"Anybody Listening"

Music video by Queensryche



Fantastic evocative & 'spiritual' song taken from the 'Empire' album. This is an exceptionally powerful song .... the lyric 'leaving all I've left behind for what nobody knows; stepped out on the stage a life under lights and judging eyes" are very powerful. One of my all time favourite Queensryche tracks .... the mood of the song is incredible ..

The lyrics deserve a post of their own but .... instead ....

You and I long to live like wind upon the water
If we close our eyes we'll maybe realize
There's more to life than what we have known
And I can't believe I've spent so long
Living lies I knew were wrong inside
I've just begun to see the light
Long ago there was a dream, had to make a choice or two
Leaving all I loved behind for what nobody knew
Stepped out on the stage
A life under lights and judging eyes
Now the applause has died and I can dream again...
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines, criticize
the words they're selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet
Fell the breeze?
Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom
There's a warm wind from the south
Hoist the sail and we'll be gone

By morning, this will all seem like a dream
And if I don't return to sing the
song, maybe just as well
I've seen the news and there's not much I can do...alone
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words-images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real
Bring up the lights
Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going one?
Read between the lines
Criticize the words they're selling
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet.

'Miles Away'

Where I'm looking everything seems clear.
Not a worry as I float up here. Press me to explain?
Searching deep down for the answer.

I see the world in a different light, busy changing,
rearranging. I'll be missing
for a while, I've got a few things on my mind.

Please leave me alone on this day.
I'm in conversation miles away.
Please leave me alone this afternoon,
I'm in meditation high above.

Fields of green and deep blue skies above.
I'll share with you a place I'm thinking of.
Play in the sunshine,
sing my favorite song again and again.

I see the world in a different light, busy changing,
rearranging. I'll be missing
for a while, I've got a few things on my mind.

Please leave me alone on this day.
I'm in conversation miles away.
Please leave me alone this afternoon,
I'm in meditation high up.

I see the world in a different light, busy changing,
rearranging. I'll be missing
for a while, I've got a few things on my mind.

Please leave me alone on this day.
I'm in conversation miles away.
Please leave me alone this afternoon,
I'm in meditation high above.

'Miles Away' Lyrics by Queensryche

White Dove

A place without a name
Under a burning sky
Theres no milk and honey here
In the land of god

Someone holds a sign
It says we are human, too
And while the sun goes down
The world goes by

White dove
Fly with the wind
Take our hope under your wings
For the world to know
That hope will not die
Where the children cry

Waves, big like a house
They’re stranded on a piece of wood
To leave it all behind
To start again

But instead of a new life
All they find is a door that’s closed
And they keep looking for
A place called hope

White dove
Fly with the wind
Take our hope under your wings
For the world to know
That hope will not die
Where the children cry

Can anyone tell me why
The children of the world
Have to pay the price

And now your telling me
You’ve seen it all before
I know thats right but still
It breaks my heart

Well, the golden lamb we sent
Makes us feel better now
But you know its just a drop
In a sea of tears

White dove
Fly with the wind
Take our hope under your wings
For the world to know
That hope will not die
Where the children cry

White dove
Fly with the wind
Take our hope under your wings
For the world to know
That hope will not die
Where the children cry
--Scorpions--

This song features in my all time top ten of songs. It should be the anthem for the missing children campaigns ...it is a stunning song with truly emotional vocals by Klaus Meine. He sings it truly from the heart ...

Eagle

They came flying from far away, now I'm under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
Theyve seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons
They speak strangely but I understand
And I dream Im an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

As all good friends we talk all night, and we fly wing to wing
I have questions and they know everything
Theres no limit to what I feel, we climb higher and higher
Am I dreaming or is it all real?
Is it true I'm an eagle?
Is it true I can spread my wings?

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky (I'm an eagle)
Im an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please

And I dream I'm an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky (I'm an eagle)
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
High, high, Im a bird in the sky (I'm an eagle)
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly (what a feeling)
Over mountains and forests and seas
And to go anywhere that I please
---Abba---

The Secret Language Of Birds

This sparkling wine is all but empty.
Too late for trains and no taxis.
I know the feeling. Seems all too contrived.
There was no master plan but the fact is:
you must stay with me and learn the secret language of birds.

A tentative dawn about to be breaking
on a Rousseau garden with monkeys in hiding.
The truth of the matter, yet to be spoken
in words on which everything, everything's riding.
Now stay with me and learn the secret language of birds.

Circled by swallows
in a world for the weary.
Courted by warblers; wicked and eloquent trilling.

Lie in the stillness, window cracked open.
Extended moments, hours for the taking.
Careless hair on the pillow, a bold brushstroke.
Painted verse with a chorus in waiting.
Stay with me and learn the secret language of birds.
---Ian Anderson--

Coronach

Grey the mist --- cold the dawn;

cruel the sea and stern the shore.

Brave the man who sets his course

For Albion.

Sweet the rose --- sharp the thorn;

meek the soil and proud the corn.

Blessed the lamb that would be born

within this green and pleasant land.

Here many roads

Here many roads

Brown furrow shine beneath the rain washed blue.

Bright crystal streams from eagle mountains born.

Fortune has smiled on those who wake anew,

within this fortress nature built to stay the hand of war.

With the wind from the east

came the first of those who tread upon this stone,

this stone of kings; this realm,

this new Jerusalem.

Here many roads

Here many roads

--Jethro Tull--

In Search Of A Heart

This heart of mine won't keep

Or believe in the secret, like the moss on a stone

This heart of mine won't beat

It just carries itself away

These parting times won't break me

Deserted times stop running-backwards-

Ar do chul

This form of love won't share

Or give in to a feeling with nothing to gain

No compromise in time

You're so near and yet so far

These parting times won't break me

Deserted times stop running-backwards-

Ar do chul

And when i turn in silence found

What i say won't let you down

And when your call, outside my door

Ends the searching

---P. Brennan of Clannad

Turning Tide

Let me show you a face -in disguise

Uncover
A colour that's faded
Swept aside by the tide.

Scene after scene
later;
There's a grey dust that's in your eyes
A misty cover;
That hides on the turning tide.

The soul of a proud man drowns

Sad insinuation
Using words that are unwise
How they waver in your eyes
Wheels within wheels are turning
By now you know

The soul of a proud man drowns
For so long a proud man

As we face the fierce wind
And the turning tide.
---Clannad---



(This is another song which is in my top ten of all time favourites)

Chasing Blue Sky

Shaking time, she needs

Taking rides...to somewhere
Lets lose our minds, no hurry
I'm the wakeful night, with dreams...or something

Chasing blue sky,
We're chasing blue sky

Taking time from all this worry
Mesmerized by the waves of your smile
I wish that I could say something
But you're the rose colored glass I see through
I'll see you through

Chasing blue sky, we're chasing blue sky
Chasing blue sky, we're chasing blue sky
-- Queensryche ---


(This classic track is another of my top ten favourites tracks of all time)

Witch Hunt

The night is black

Without a moon

The air is thick and still

The vigilantes gather on

The lonely torch lit 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 possessed

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 theatres 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...

--Rush--

(Another classic track in my all time top ten favourites)

The Mission

In the wooden chair
Beside my window
I wear a face born in the falling rain
I talk to shadows from a lonely candle
Recite the phrases from the wall
I can't explain this Holy pain
Six days ago my life had taken a tumble
The orders came from high above they say
A need to use me once again they've got my number
Further the cause boy
yes you know the game
I'll wait here for days longer
Till the sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady that can ease my sorrow
She brings the only friend
That helps me find my way
I search the past back to a time
When I was younger
A target for the new society
Picked to displace the leaders
Countering objectives
Of this new underground reality
Waiting for days longer
'til sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady that can ease my sorrow
My love for her
Will help me find my way
My mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
It turned my life around
I look around my room is filled with candles
Each one a story but they end the same
I'll hide away in here the law will never find me
The walls will tell the story of my pain
Waiting for days longer
Till sister comes to wash my sins away
She is the lady who can ease my sorrow
She sets the pace for my delivery of pain
They'll say my mission saved the world
And I stood proud
My mission changed the world
The underground will rise and
Save this world we'll all stand proud
Our mission changed the world,
we'll change the world
We'll all stand proud
--Queensryche—

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(This is taken from the classic 'concept' album 'Operation Mindcrime'
And stands right there in my top ten of all time classic rock songs)