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Leap of Faith
10:10
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The Comet (instrumental)
Evensong the day is done
Fading my time now has come
Fearful most terrible flame
Returning to warn us again
Long ago this child became man
Seeking the heavenly plan
Inside the monastery walls
I eat and I sleep and I pray
Something inside me awakes
On Ascension Day
Candlelight
Shows the way
Illuminate
Day by day
Observing the birds and the bats
I read and I think and I pray
And follow the passion within
That I must obey
Daedalus
Can this be done?
Icarus
Beware the Sun
I plan and I build and I write
In willow and parchment and wax
God willing these wings will take flight
In a leap of faith
Step by step
I climb prepared
These ever winding stairs
The wind on my face
Will I feel God's embrace?
One look below
Its time
Time to go
Eilmer standing at the edge
Nervous feet on narrow ledge
Father save this humble wretch
Soaring now the world beneath me
High above the crowd
People gaze with awe and wonder
Gliding without sound
We can all fly like the angels
Hearts and minds unbound
Imperfect beings dream of glory
We can all fly
‘Til we hit the ground
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2. |
Rise and Fall
06:21
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Do not disturb
Leave me now
Close the door
Shadows waiting
Lines are drawn
Surrender now
Captured in your sweet torment
Hungry for that Warm descent
The sirens call
Do you stop to count the cost?
What have you won?
Who have you lost?
In the rise and fall
A roll of the dice
Crazy as a wild romance
There’s no limit In this game of chance
A turn of the cards
Soaring as two worlds collide
Hang on tight
Enjoy the ride
Pre Chorus
Flying so high
Have to get a quick return
Ignoring all who
Crash and burn
In the Rise and fall
Chorus
Moments in time
Play in my mind
All that you said to me
Deep in the night
Your voice in the light
Calling me back again
Need to be strong again
Rise but don’t fall
I close my eyes
Hear you crying on the phone
Broken promises
Alone
Hope is a truth
Living now the only choice
Freedom has a Loving voice
Pre Chorus
Chorus
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3. |
The Golden Thread
04:52
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Our love was a light that shines on all
The moving stream of life
It dimmed our fears with a warming glow
It held our hearts enthralled
And dear eyes dared to dream of endless years
Yet on that night aching sadness came
I heard a herald’s call
He beckoned you one summer’s eve
When roses bloomed in vain
And my unready heart was torn in two
The golden thread is mixed with grey
A spinning wheel of fate
Nona’s given span was all to brief
Morta carried you away
A jealous cruel inexorable thief
And yet the strength of eternal love
Endures in lands beyond
And though all things are changed of time
Yet in this grateful heart
Forever joined in love we shall not part
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4. |
Dark Arts
07:06
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Don’t think you made what we believe
Sleight of hand in well-cut sleeve
And when the skeletons are all set free
Better hold on tight to that master key
While doctors spin the forests burn
First World natives just never learn
Conjured visions of a false delight
Voices roar at your cold sound bite
Chorus
The art of distraction
The art of deceit
You treat us like a pack of fools
The art of distraction
The art of deceit
But we’re not playing by your rules
Sipping Clicquot in a penthouse flat
Oxbridge Blues pulling rabbits from hats
Pressing palms and closing rank
There’s no caviar served at this food bank
Chorus
In private clubs and secret bars
Media barons seduce the stars
Hard-bitten hacks stalk easy prey
Another pantomime plays out today
Dealing a loaded deck of cards
Making a mint while cuts hit hard
Billions traded on high rise screens
The ends don’t justify your means
The art of distraction
The art of deceit
Right trumps Left and
Left fights back
Schoolboy bullies join the pack
Nobody’s buying your masquerade
Stuck in the middle just being played
Your dark arts
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5. |
Heretic
09:18
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Let the desert claim the land
Bury memory beneath the sand
Let the wind consume at last
Cut the thread break the past
Hands and feet but hearts not bound
Black flags flying all around
With careless cries the cruel rejoice
Kill the culture kill the voice
Chorus
But there was a time
When we lived here and loved here
We sang our song raised our voices high
Our story together
Defiant guardian proudly stands
Save the treasure the ancient land
Conceal emotion with no dissent
The anguished tears of our lament
Chorus
You yourself are lifetime
We will live anew
Golden in the sunlight
Keeper of the truth
Move the people move the stone
Old ways old life New fear new throne
Come the dawn we live to see
A victory claimed in misery
Pray to the sky as hope is gone
The broken lands fall one by one
Mindless view no time no trust
The temple gardens in the dust
Distorted theory blinded lies
The weeping ruins testify
Destroy the myth that cannot be
Rewriting truth and history
There will come a time
When we return here and love here
We’ll sing our song raise our voices high
Our story forever
You yourself are lifetime
We will live anew
Golden in the sunlight
Keepers of the truth
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6. |
After the Storm
06:07
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Dark lonely road ahead I see
Escape the world and part of me
Living with ghosts just killing time
Leaving that life so far behind
Bridges burned
Dealing with consequence
Looking for confidence
Searching for better ways
Hoping for brighter days
Bridges burned
Lessons learned
Desolate clouds surround me now
Look for the light move on somehow
The rain has stopped and so must I
After the storm a clearer sky
After the storm this freedom earned
Lessons are learned and bridges burned
Bridges burned
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Ancestors and Satellites
08:56
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Hands deep in the past now
Moving in dark light glow
Captured on stone by
Air blown red
Working in wonder
Vision of all they know
Dancing with shadow
Radiance
Chorus
Light the fires
Words are spoken
Incantation
Stories
Call the memory
From the darkness
Imagination
Our song
Hands moving in space now
Reaching for starlight glow
Echo and signs
From distant worlds
Floating in silence
Seekers of light and life
Living with knowledge
Gravity
Chorus
Endlessly searching
Ancestors and satellites
Love and hope
Let dreams take flight
Chorus (Ensemble)
The further we go
The less we know
And we are still
Curious
Time and space
With gods and the Fates
We recognise our
Voice inside
We can all fly
Don’t fall
In the Rise and Fall
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