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01. In The Eyes Of The World

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
If I don't wake up by tomorrow
If I don't work one more day
If this is my hearts final beating now.
Here is to you what I'd say
Never listen to tales from the high wire
Hear my flute that I played in your ear

I'm just a clown in the eyes of the world
Guess I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

What do you see in the crystal ball
Now, what may com in my way?
Tell me the truth do you love me?
Cause I haven't come here to play
Never listen to voodoo tongue teachers
Just taste the stardust I've placed in your mouth

I'm just a clown in the eyes of the world
Guess I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

I'm a clown, I'm a clown in the eyes of the world
I'm a clown, I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

Some may say I'm a loser
Some may say I'm a sinner
Work my way like a bulldozer
Twist my day for a change
Never listen to voodoo tongue teachers
Just feel the love that I placed in your heart

02. A Room With A View

Music by Tomas Bodin
[instrumental]

03. Just This Once

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
Shut up just this one
Let's go where the river runs
Maybe you can change the world
But there's a lot you still have to learn

You're a child and I'm a man
There's so much you don't understand
I'm a little wiser see
I got this taste of eternity

I've got this feeling inside
Your ego has taken you for a ride
Just once you're on top of it all
"The harder they come, the harder they fall"

It's a shame you're wasting time
So many fools waiting down the line
Everyone wants to rule the world
But there's a lot they haven't heard
You're young, you're beautiful
Still it ain't nothing but fools gold
I'm a little wiser see
I'm concerned about eternity

I've got this feeling inside
Go talk to the King, he's got nothing to hide

04. Church Of Your Heart

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
Don't believe in matter, so please don't fence me in
Don't believe in freedom, you've seen the shape I'm in,
Never mind the limits, the values come astray
Trust upon the only thing, that matters today....

It's true, the church of your heart
Will ring out the wonder of the moment
Spirit of the ages
All, of your colorful dreams
We saw them materialize, and, one by one
We trust the pages

We do believe in wonder, we do believe it's right
Stars will be our blankets, the moon supply the light
Gracefully I watch them coming down like waterfalls
All ancient souls, universal wisdom, come true! Open doors....

Believe, in the church of your heart
And every step you'll take is magic
You'll stand up to the heat
True, be true to your heart
And thru the looking glass of wonder
The universe, now at your feet....

Belief, will go all the way, build us a home, a heart out of clay
True, the sharp interplay, and no man shall dare, to stand in our way
It's true, the church of your heart....

Time may catch me in the middle of my great grand mission
Time may not be right, but still I hammer on, nail my higher vision
No moment in stagnation,
Still ain't no science fiction, slave to my one conviction
Watch for this elevation, flowers and celebration
Work my way to your heart, is it really true, tell me....
Tell me that it's.......true, the church of your heart

05. Poor Mr Rain's Ordinary Guitar

Music by Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

06. The Man Who Walked With Kings

Music by Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

07. Circus Brimstone

Music by Tomas Bodin, Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

08. Crying Clown

Music by Tomas Bodin
[instrumental]

09. Compassion

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
For the week, wounded hearts
For the nameless, fallen stars
For the ones who built this land
For the ones with a gun in hand

Compassion, for the fearless, harmless, stunts
Compassion, for the lost and lonely ones
Compassion, for the homeless, refugees
Compassion, for the scattered families....

World of yours too small, history recall,
Better not forget, now look in both directions
Warrior, king or slave, freedom is your trade
CyberCain still screaming for connection.....

Compassion, for the ones who lost their faith
Compassion, gave it up & give in to hate
Compassion, where hell is their self made heaven
Compassion, can't forgive seventy, nor 7

Compassion, is it us against the others?
Compassion, for the sister & her twisted brother
Compassion, with your face against the wall
Compassion, for the human after all

10. Pipes Of Peace

Music by Tomas Bodin, Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

11. The End Of Innocence

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
And now, you're a soldier of fortune and fame
They say, you're a knight with no number no name
And now.....that you've come to the end of the road
Step back, step into the fold

And what, if you call this a home of the brave
They say that you've got to have sinned to be saved
Past days of Sunday school enter your mind
Lost in your nursery crimes

The nursery angels set the world on fire
A rocketeer couldn't get much higher
Moms little angels with their deadly toys
In battlefield games with the boys,

Armed to teeth and "Arnoldized"
Now, shut your ears and close your eyes
The guardian angels turned his face away
This child's gone astray
Yes this one's gone astray...

Left at the chessboard, childhoods end
King of the playground, your move again
Wooden horses and heart of steel
But this time it's for real
This time it's for real...

12. The Merrygoround

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
Come on get your tickets, step up to the merry go round
Come on lift me up, take me home, take my feet off the ground
Everyone's got to be in, or we're out
Everyone knows what this is all about

Dizzy & dreamy you're dancing around in my brain
Working the orbital lodges onboard on this train
Once you're abroad there is no turning back
Once touch the backdoors the surface will crack

Number one, still undone
Number two, feeling blue
Number three, late for tea
Number four, here for more
Number five, still alive
Number six, need a fix
Number seven, gone to heaven
Number eight, always late
Number nine, feeling fine
Number ten, lost again

Free, now you say you're at peace, now you're spinning the tales,
I keep dancing the deep time, spin your secrets within
Tales of life everlasting, take me in, let it be

And the angels sang, sweetly the blues away
And I will bend this starless night into day

King, in this layer of gold, he once spoke of his home,
He was once around the world,
Lost in a merry go round, in this spinner of sound
Letting go, set me free

And the angels sang, so sweetly the blues away
And I will bend this silent night into day

13. Don Of The Universe

Music by Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

14. A Day At The Mall

Music by Tomas Bodin
[instrumental]

15. Different People

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
I saw them coming from the mountains.
I saw them coming from the sea.
I heard them speak in coded language
But I could not find a key.

I heard them whisper: "any colours".
I heard them sing in every tree.
I saw them dancing in the mainstream,
Say they got something for me.

Different people
Different ways of living
Different colours
Different ways of giving

I saw them dancing in the mainstream
I saw them kissing butterfly's
Handing out flowers in the morning
All before my very eyes

I heard them talk about the future
I saw them turning to the skies
I watched them dance around the teapot
Like a major lullaby

I saw them coming from the mountains
I saw them coming from the sea
I heard them talk in coded language
But I could not find a key

16. Kingdom Of Lies

Music by Tomas Bodin, Roine Stolt
Lyrics by Roine Stolt
They came to look for paradise, a better life, a better way
The purple prince he fly by night, he smile in the shades,
He sleep all day.

Struck by fate, maybe, I don't know,
All I saw was the mark of the claw
Evil never found a way down here,
The strong will survive, now that's the law

Kingdom of lies, land of the loner, power has gone to his head,
Kingdom of flies, over and over, push the needle to red,
But it get's him nowhere...

Lizards and snakes in the garden of Eden,
Whipping the weeds, made the flowers die
Down to the waters the holy Lamb, barely alive,
And the Shepard cries...

Kingdom of lies...

17. If 28

Music by Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

18. Ghost Of The Red Cloud

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
Images of twilight becomes real
Help me spell it out now what we feel
Fear the silence, calling out the wild
That's the order in the kingdom of the child

There are ways you'll come out laughing for a while
There are moments when you break down like a child
There are times when you just want to scream out loud
Dancing with the ghost of the red cloud

Speak to me of the future days to come
Play for me, go beat your battle drum
Ghosts of Brimstone hiding in the lake
Pray them ball and chain won't ever break

There are ways you'll come out laughing for a while
There are moments when you break down like a child
There are times when you just want to scream out loud
Dancing with the ghost of the red cloud

19. Hotel Nirvana

Music by Roine Stolt
[instrumental]

20. Stardust We Are

Music & lyrics by Roine Stolt
Part I

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in this silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touch the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans thread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in this silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever


Part II

Let me guide you to a world unknown
Kiss the frog and kiss the lizards throne

See them crawling out of dusty holes
Ghosts of yesterday, now twice as bold
Set the wheels in motion once again
Flames they change, the empire remain

Dare I dream of better days to come?
Have I precious statements still undone?
Will you follow me to stars unknown?
Or will I end up traveling alone?

Let me guide you to a world unknown
Kiss the frog and kiss the lizards throne
Teach me, tell me, will I live forever?


Part III

Now see how we fly so heavenly high
Swimming the ocean and spin' the stars
And so the great net will fall apart
So don't forget the human touch
The word of mouth, this roundabout, we love so much

Now see how our thoughts are running free
Run for leader and semi God
And once again we pay in blood
So don't forget the human trial
The cry of love, the spark of life, dance thru the fire

Stardust we are
Close to divine
Stardust we are
See how we shine

Sailed the sea, the moon and the stars
Build this window beneath the pool
Lend a hand to a drowning fool
See them saviours come so cheap
We loose our touch, and down we go, into the deep

Drivin' down the memory lane
Dusty dreams from a fading sun
Remember how the horses run
We played the stars, we walked the moon
We burnt the rope, layed down the gun

Stardust we are
Close to divine
Stardust we are
See how we shine

Stardust we are
Close to divine
Stardust we are
See how we shine