Sing with me!

[TheRocinanteKid]

I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze!

[BestIKenster]

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 ca 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

[BestIKenster]

Yeah, oh yeah!

Ooh, said I, I'm comin' out to get you

Ooh, sit down, I'm comin' out to find you

Ooh, yeah

Ooh yeah

Findin' 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 comin', whoa, whoa

Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah

 

I'm runnin', finding my way back home

Oh yeah!

 

Yeah, oh, yeah!

Ooh, said I, I'm comin' back to look for you

Ooh, sit down, I'm goin' by the back door

Ooh, yeah

Ooh, yeah

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

Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah

 

I'm runnin', findin' my way back home

 

I'm comin'

Ooh, babe, I said I'm runnin'

Whoa, babe, I said I'm comin' to get you, mama

Said I'm runnin'

 

Ooh, babe, I said I'm comin' for you, babe. I said I'm runnin'

Ooh, yes, babe, I said I'm comin' to get you, babe

I said I'm comin'

Ooh, yeah

 

I'm findin', I'm findin' my way back home

Well, I've had it for now, livin' on the road

Ooh, yeah

Ooh, yeah

 

Findin' my way!

[joanneeeeee]

QUOTE (BestIKenster @ Jan 19 2008, 11:52 AM)

Yeah, oh yeah! Ooh, said I, I'm comin' out to get you Ooh, sit down, I'm comin' out to find you Ooh, yeah Ooh yeah Findin' 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 comin', whoa, whoa Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah I'm runnin', finding my way back home Oh yeah! Yeah, oh, yeah! Ooh, said I, I'm comin' back to look for you Ooh, sit down, I'm goin' by the back door Ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah 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 Look out! I'm comin', whoa, yeah I'm runnin', findin' my way back home I'm comin' Ooh, babe, I said I'm runnin' Whoa, babe, I said I'm comin' to get you, mama Said I'm runnin' Ooh, babe, I said I'm comin' for you, babe. I said I'm runnin' Ooh, yes, babe, I said I'm comin' to get you, babe I said I'm comin' Ooh, yeah I'm findin', I'm findin' my way back home Well, I've had it for now, livin' on the road Ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah Findin' my way!

I thought you didn't wanna drive through Gator Valley again

[joanneeeeee]

QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 10:52 AM)

I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze!

[BestIKenster]

Delusions of grandeur

Visions of splendour

A manic depressive

He walks in the rain

[BestIKenster]

Unstable condition,

A symptom of life,

In mental and environmental change.

 

Atmospheric disturbance,

The feverish flux

Of human interface and interchange.

 

The impulse is pure;

Sometimes our circuits get shorted

By external interference.

 

Signals get crossed

And the balance distorted

By internal incoherence.

 

A tired mind become a shape-shifter,

Everybody need a mood lifter,

Everybody need reverse polarity.

Everybody got mixed feelings

About the function and the form.

Everybody got to deviate from the norm.

 

An ounce of perception,

A pound of obscure.

Process information at half speed.

Pause, rewind, replay,

Warm memory chip,

Random sample, hold the one you need.

 

Leave out the fiction,

The fact is, this friction

Will only be worn by persistence.

 

Leave out conditions,

Courageous convictions

Will drag the dream into existence.

 

A tired mind become a shape-shifter,

Everybody need a soft filter,

Everybody need reverse polarity.

Everybody got mixed feelings

About the function and the form.

Everybody got to elevate from the norm...

[BestIKenster]

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 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...

 

III. 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...

 

IV. 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

 

V. 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'

 

VI. 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

 

[BestIKenster]

 

 

"I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one, merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening.

"My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes of the Outer Planets. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The less fortunate gave us a few new moons.

I believed what I was told. I thought it was a good life, I thought I was happy. Then I found something that changed it all..."

 

Anonymous, 2112

 

I. Overture

"And the meek shall inherit the earth."

 

II. 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 so

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: The Dream

... "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

Oh...noo.

 

My spirits are low in the depths of despair

My lifeblood spills over..

 

VII. The Grand Finale

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

 

[joanneeeeee]

catchin' my

[nettiesaur]

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 don't get 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 own song

 

 

I've recently fallen in love with this song. So cool.

[BestIKenster]

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

[BestIKenster]

I wasn't walking on water

I was standing on a reef

When the tide came in

Swept beneath the surface

Lost without a trace

No hope at all

No hope at all

 

Oh - sweet miracle

Oh - sweet miracle

Of life

 

I wasn't walking with angels

I was talking to myself

Rising up to the surface

Raging against the night

Starless night

 

Oh - sweet miracle

Love's sweet miracle

Of life

 

Oh salvation

Oh salvation

 

I wasn't praying for magic

I was hiding in plain sight

Rising up from the surface

To fly into the light

[closer2heart]

A world of difference, a world so out of touch

Overwhelmed by everything but wanting more so much

Call it blind frustration, call it blind man's bluff

Call each other names your voices rude your voices rough

Then you learn the lesson that it's cool to be so tough

 

Handle with kid gloves, handle with kid gloves

 

[BestIKenster]

Sick at heart and lonely,

Deep in dark despair

Thinking one thought only-

Where is she tell me where

And if she says to you

She don't love me

Just give her my message

Tell her of my plea

 

And I know if she had me back again

Well I would never make her sad

I've gotta heart full of soul

 

She's been gone such a long time

Longer than I can bear

But if she says she wants me

Tell her that I'll be there

And if she says to you

She don't love me

Just give her my message

Tell her of my plea.

[BestIKenster]

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,

Caught in the camera eye.

I have no heart to lie,

I can't pretend a stranger

Is a long-awaited friend.

 

All the world's indeed a stage,

And we are merely players,

Performers and portrayers,

Each another's audience

Outside the gilded cage.

 

[BestIKenster]

Signals 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?

[BestIKenster]

proud swagger out of the schoolyard

waiting for the world's applause

rebel without a conscience

martyr without a cause

 

static on your frequency

electrical storm in your veins

raging at unreachable glory

straining at invisible chains

 

and now you're trembling on a rocky ledge

staring down into a heartless sea

can't face life on a razor's edge

nothing's what you thought it would be

 

All of us get lost in the darkness

Dreamers learn to steer by the stars

All of us do time in the gutter

Dreamers turn to look at the cars

turn around and turn around and turn around

Turn around and walk the razor's edge

Don't turn your back

And slam the door on me

 

it's not as if this barricade

blocks the only road

it's not as if you're all alone

in wanting to explode

 

someone set a bad example

made surrender seem all right

the act of a noble warrior

who lost the will to fight

 

and now you're trembling on a rocky ledge

staring down into a heartless sea

done with life on a razor's edge

nothing's what you thought it would be

 

no hero in your tragedy

no daring in your escape

no salutes for your surrender

nothing noble in your fate

Christ, what have you done?

 

 

[BestIKenster]

The clouds prepare for battle

In the dark and brooding silence

Bruised and sullen stormclouds

Have the light of day obscured

Looming low and ominous

In twilight premature

Thunderheads are rumbling

In a distant overture

 

All at once,

The clouds are parted

Light streams down

In bright unbroken beams

 

Follow men's eyes

As they look to the skies

The shifting shafts of shining

Weave the fabric of their dreams...

[BestIKenster]

Big money goes around the world

Big money underground

Big money got a mighty voice

Big money make no sound

Big money pull a million strings

Big money hold the prize

Big money weave a mighty web

Big money draw the flies

 

Sometimes pushing people around

Sometimes pulling out the rug

Sometimes pushing all the buttons

Sometimes pulling out the plug

It's the power and the glory

It's a war in paradise

It's a cinderella story

On a tumble of the dice

 

Big money goes around the world

Big money take a cruise

Big money leave a mighty wake

Big money leave a bruise

Big money make a million dreams

Big money spin big deals

Big money make a mighty head

Big money spin big wheels

 

Sometimes building ivory towers

Sometimes knocking castles down

Sometimes building you a stairway -

Lock you underground

It's that old-time religion

it's the kingdom they would rule

It's the fool on television

Getting paid to play the fool

 

Big money goes around the world

Big money give and take

Big money done a power of good

Big money make mistakes

Big money got a heavy hand

Big money take control

Big money got a mean streak

Big money got no soul...

[BestIKenster]

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

[Jaye]

QUOTE (joanneeeeee @ Jan 19 2008, 04:54 PM)

QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 10:52 AM) I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze! Are you following me? Are you following me? Suffer my pretty warriors, and follow me!

[TheRocinanteKid]

QUOTE (Jaye @ Jan 19 2008, 06:19 PM)

QUOTE (joanneeeeee @ Jan 19 2008, 04:54 PM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 10:52 AM) I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze! Are you following me? Are you following me? Suffer my pretty warriors, and follow me! Great tune. I know you don't like "The Ice Cream Genius" in Marillion but you gotta love the version of M.S.H. he does on the From Stoke Row To Ipanema DVD. He tips up the speakers and climbs on them and as he sings the lyrics he acts them out, doing the peace sign and disco dancing. Makes me laugh anyway. Then he falls off the speakers.

[Jaye]

QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 05:28 PM)

QUOTE (Jaye @ Jan 19 2008, 06:19 PM) QUOTE (joanneeeeee @ Jan 19 2008, 04:54 PM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 10:52 AM) I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze! Are you following me? Are you following me? Suffer my pretty warriors, and follow me! Great tune. I know you don't like "The Ice Cream Genius" in Marillion but you gotta love the version of M.S.H. he does on the From Stoke Row To Ipanema DVD. He tips up the speakers and climbs on them and as he sings the lyrics he acts them out, doing the peace sign and disco dancing. Makes me laugh anyway. Then he falls off the speakers. "Ice Cream Genius"? Is that Hogarth? (I assume so from the rest of your post) I didn't realise he sang Fish era stuff... Sounds funny though. I would laugh at him falling off the speakers! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Jett_Moonwing/Emotes/pointandlaugh.gif

[TheRocinanteKid]

QUOTE (Jaye @ Jan 19 2008, 06:42 PM)

QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 05:28 PM) QUOTE (Jaye @ Jan 19 2008, 06:19 PM) QUOTE (joanneeeeee @ Jan 19 2008, 04:54 PM) QUOTE (TheRocinanteKid @ Jan 19 2008, 10:52 AM) I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco! I'm the warrior in the ultraviolet haze! Are you following me? Are you following me? Suffer my pretty warriors, and follow me! Great tune. I know you don't like "The Ice Cream Genius" in Marillion but you gotta love the version of M.S.H. he does on the From Stoke Row To Ipanema DVD. He tips up the speakers and climbs on them and as he sings the lyrics he acts them out, doing the peace sign and disco dancing. Makes me laugh anyway. Then he falls off the speakers. "Ice Cream Genius"? Is that Hogarth? (I assume so from the rest of your post) I didn't realise he sang Fish era stuff... Sounds funny though. I would laugh at him falling off the speakers! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/Jett_Moonwing/Emotes/pointandlaugh.gif   Yep that's Steve;   http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZCR3TAE2L._AA240_.jpg   Take from the name of his solo album. The guy has a great sense of humour, you can see that on the other DVD the A Year In The Life Of Marillion thing.   I'm not gonna deny the standards of Marillion's output dropped hugely when H took over but not straight away, I thought the first record Seasons End was pretty good. C'mon Jaye don't tell me you don't thing Uninvited Guest is a good song! After that it's always been hit and miss, the new record is about half decent and half pure crap. This Strange Engine is the only album since S.E. I've really enjoyed start to finish. They went from one of the greatest to pretty good once H took over. Still hoping for the Fish reunion but I doubt it now...