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01. Into The Blue

Music & lyrics by Transatlantic
I. Overture (Instrumental)

II. The Dreamer And The Healer

So the dream of days has passed you by
Fast as lightening flashing in the sky
From the dephts you search within the soul
While the shadows lead you down below

The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you - they wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
Believe you will
They're calling you
Into the blue

Like the summer days redeem the time
So the winter storms can chill the mind
Oceans far away can call you forth
While a desperate wind cries from the North

The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you - they wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They're calling you
Into the blue

III. A New Beginning

Your demons crawl back when the sun rises
Feel like a flower in the dirt
If you see worries in these blue eyes
Those memories hit you where it hurts

Now you go throw your newborn hopes in
All for a new beginning
A blue beginning

A new beginning
A new beginning

And if you find the book of Eli
A secret story never told
It'll cause you pain much as you realize
It was not ready for the world
But you throw your hopes in

The tried toolbox of deception & tyranny
You'll see it works so well
It's proven throughout history
They lead us on in darkness
Just like stupid sheep
With every single step
We're sinking deeper & deeper

IV. Written In Your Heart

The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They call to you
Into the blue

Clear the way - the highway
Move the stones that we might make it through
You know it's true
There's a breeze that's blowing
It will soon be here
There's a life that's growing
From each desperate tear
Just respond to what you feel and be a part
'Til it's written in your heart

Leave the rage - the lonely way
It takes a warrior to just turn around
And feel the flow
Sentimental feelings they will come and go
There's a deeper meaning if you want to know
Let it come and write upon the deepest part
'Til it's written in your heart

V. The Dreamer And The Healer (Reprise)

So the days have passed into the sun
But here you are there's much more to be done
Let this massive love consume the whole
Let the fire of freedom fill your soul

The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
You hear them sing
Awakening

The Dreamer (the Dreamer)
And the Healer (and the Healer)
They wait for you (filling you now)
They wait for you (Spirit come down)

The Caller and Conceiver
Are with us now
We know the sound
That every dreamer's dream
Might come again....

02. Shine

Music & lyrics by Transatlantic
Tuesday you're OK
But can't you feel there's something there
Waiting like a silent prayer
'Cause this is our fading away
And there's nothing we can do
Little we can hold on to
But to let our lonely light come through

And so we Shine
While this moment slips away from us
Shine while the skies are turning gray
And so we Shine
Like there's nothing they can take from us
We want no one left behind
While we Shine, Shine, Shine

The spotlight's on you
But can't you feel there's something more
Breaking just beyond the door
If the light of the world lives in you
Then no matter where you go
You can let the darkness know
There's a little light left in your soul

And so we Shine
While this moment slips away from us
Shine while the skies are turning gray
And so we Shine
Like there's nothing they can take from us
The love leaves none behind
While we Shine, Shine, Shine

Shine, Shine, Shine (repeat x3)

2 words away
None safe to say
Souls fly away somehow
Day after day
So many fall away
So let's shine the way now

And so we Shine
While this moment slips away from us
Shine while the skies are turning gray
And so we Shine
'Cause there's nothing they can take from us
This love leaves none behind
When we Shine, Shine, Shine

Shine, Shine, Shine (repeat x2)

Watch 'em shine
Watch 'em shine for you

(The dreamer and the healer
They wait for you
The dreamer and the healer
They wait for you)

03. Black As The Sky

Music & lyrics by Transatlantic
Like a fool with blinders on you
View this world as ruled by kings
But what if they're puppets like you and I
And the world belongs to a few?
As they soon hit the peak, the top of a pyramid
They find themselves embracing the darkness
Sworn to silence
And the world is "in order" anew

Defining their ways right into your homes
With the old wicked lies
A game for the few - They tell who will live
They tell who will die
At the heart of their home it's black as the sky

At the end of the day they say there is no way out
No peace in sight - none leaves alive
The world is on fire
And the weapon wrangler he thrives
Can you tell who they are?
Are you ready to follow trails?
Go follow the money
It'll lead you right, right to the darkest pit
And a rage over all that's denied

Defining their ways right into your homes
With the old wicked lies
A game for the few - They tell who will live
They tell who will die
You pray for some justice, but no one can hear
So you look to the skies
Are you one of the puppets?
Black as the sky

Looking up at the skyline
Towering blocks and shards of glass
Catch your eye
Bright as the stars on a dark moonless night
Black as the sky in the broad daylight
It's the end of the road
Here the darkness unfolds
Keep your eye on the light
And hold your head high
They're finding their way into your homes
But their face is unseen
Their heart is unknown

Defining their ways right into your homes
In the absence of light
A game for the few - They tell who will live
They tell who will die
You pray for some justice
But no one can hear
So you look to the skies
Are you one of the puppets?
Black as the sky

04. Beyond The Sun

Music & lyrics by Neal Morse
Somewhere beyond the sun
I'll hear your voice again
When these few days are gone
I'll see you smile again

And we will live forever
When all is joined together
And we will live each day beyond the sun
Beyond the sun

Up we come then blink our eyes and down we go
And much of life we barely understand
Touching down our spirits sing
And then we're gone
Leaving just a hand print in the sand

But somewhere beyond the sun
I'll hear your voice again
When these few days are gone
I'll see you smile again
And we will live forever
Where all is joined together
And we will live each day beyond the sun
And we will come as children
Like music from the heavens
And I will see your face
Beyond the sun
Beyond the sun
Beyond the sun

05. Kaleidoscope

Music & lyrics by Transatlantic
I. Overture (Instrumental)

II. Ride The Lightning

Lift - Lift me high
Teach me why
I've been born in a world of pain
So confused in a masquerade
Some give a smile while they hold a blade
So I rain - so far away
Night turned to desolation days
Raining down - so out of phase
Then came the silver lightning days

High as the winds of yesterday
As the mountains melt away
While we're walking on a wire
Lost in a world that's worlds away
We will ride the lightning day
As we set our souls on fire
Ride it out
Ride the lightning

Race - Race the sky
Wind me up
Get all cranked on the world stage
That north wind buzzin' by
Find yourself in a corporate high
But you're crackin' up
Breaking down
Your best friends have all left you now
There's no stance left to take
Maybe it was all just a big mistake

High as the winds of yesterday
As the mountains melt away
While we're walking on a wire
Lost in a world that's worlds away
We will ride the lightning day
As we set our souls on fire
Let's ride it out
Ride the lightning

Ride the lightning

III. Black Gold

There is no place too hot
To mine the blackest gold
You gave her birth
And now you watch her growing old
If life is leaving tomorrow
We'll turn our backs to all sorrow
And in a dancing ghost town
That's the end of story

You watch the crops keep dying
And people pray for rain
Seeing all the blood and blackness
Running in her veins
In desert towns lies the panic
The piercing sun beats satanic
And still we're drowning in a flood
That sees no end

The river flows - Black as gold
That river glows - Taint your soul
(repeat x1)

And so the king of karma lost his only son
You haven't lived in full
Until you've tried that once
The sacrifice is just massive
The hurt is fast and aggressive
If you unearth the darkness
You must pay the price!

The river flows - Black as gold
That river glows - Taint your soul
(repeat x1)

IV. Walking The Road

Many days I've wondered far and wide
It's just me and my pride
This planet's so wide and there's nowhere to hide
From myself

And many moons I've gazed on
High and low
While I'm searching my soul
This land is so vast yet I still see my past
In myself

As I look to the sky in wonder
At this mystical map that we're under

What should I do now and where do I find how
To find myself define myself

As I walk this road will I ever
Find that solution to my resolution
And as I take each step will there be that
Real comprehension of my redemption

What should I do now and where do I find how
To find myself
Define myself........

V. Desolation Days

High on a hill there sits a man
Who is watching himself
Wondering what is the truth he lives inside
Breaking asunder
His castle melts into sand
He sits in the wreckage he made with his
Own hands

Out of the cry of every pain
From the realm of doubt and shame
Where we sink in dust and mire
There in our desolation days
Where the heart sick human race
Seeks to fill its own desires
We can ride it out
Ride the lightning

Where are you now?
Are you just grasping for gold rings while you can
Hoping to make it into fulfillment land
But it's never coming
Not that way my friend
But there is still time
You can change your life again

Out of the cry of every pain
From the realm of doubt and shame
That's where God will life us higher
There in our desolation days
From the well of wisdom's place
We will drink our true desire
And all will be made right
Just ride the lightning

VI. Lemon Looking Glass (Instrumental)

VII. Ride The Lightning (Reprise)

High as the winds of yesterday
As our fear is washed away
We'll be walking through the fire
There on the mountain we will sing
As His life fills everything
We will live our true desire
Let's ride it out
Ride the lightning

06. And You And I

Music by Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire
Lyrics by Jon Anderson
I. Cord of Life

A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream,
Staying the flowers daily sensing all the themes,
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim,
A movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Changed only for a sight of sound the space agreed
Between the picture of time behind the face of need.
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coins and crosses never Turn round tailor assaulting all
Know their fruitless worth The mornings of the interest shown,
Cords are broken, locked Presenting one another to the
Inside the mother Earth Cord, all left dying, rediscovered
They won't hide hold Of the door, that turned round to close
Watching the world, Turn to one another, to the sign
Watching all of the world, At the time
Watching us go by. Float your climb

And you and I climb over the sea to the valley,
And you and I reached out for reasons to call.

II. Eclipse

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid
As a movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the side of seeds of life with you.

III. The Preacher the Teacher

Sad preacher nailed upon the colour door of time,
Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme,
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify.
Political ends, as sad remains will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.

I listened hard but could not see
Life tempo change out and inside me.
The preacher trained in all to lose his name,
The teacher travels asking to be shown the same.
In the end, we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalise
That the truth of the man maturing in his eyes
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
As a moment regained and regarded both the same
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid
A clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you.

IV. Apocalypse

And you and I climb crossing the shapes of the morning,
And you and I reach over the sun for the river,
And you and I climb, clearer, towards the movement,
And you and I called over valleys of endless seas.

07. I Can't Get It Out of My Head

Music & lyrics by Jeff Lynne
Midnight on the water
I saw the ocean's daughter
Walking on a wave's chicane
Staring as she called my name

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head

Breakdown on the shoreline
Can't move, it's an ebb tide
Morning don't get here till night
Searching for her silver light

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head, no, no

Bank job in the city
Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot, they don't envy me, yeah
Sitting till the sun goes down
In dreams the world keeps going 'round and 'round

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head, no, no

Oh, I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head, no, no, no, no

08. Conquistador

Music & lyrics by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
Conquistador your stallion stands
In need of company
And like some angel's haloed brow
You reek of purity
I see your armour-plated breast
Has long since lost its sheen
And in your death mask face
There are no signs which can be seen

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

Conquistador a vulture sits
Upon your silver shield
And in your rusty scabbard now
The sand has taken seed
And though your jewel-encrusted blade
Has not been plundered still
The sea has washed across your face
And taken of its fill

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

Conquistador there is no time
I must pay my respect
And though I came to jeer at you
I leave now with regret
And as the gloom begins to fall
I see there is no, only all
And though you came with sword held high
You did not conquer, only die

And though I hoped for something to find
I could see no maze to unwind

09. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

So goodbye, yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah

What do you think you'll do then
I bet they'll shoot down the plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels, who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you, on the ground
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

So goodbye, yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah

10. Tin Soldier

Music & lyrics by Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott
I am a little tin soldier
That wants to jump into your fire
You are a look in your eye
A dream passing by in the sky

I don't understand
All I need is treat me like a man
'Cause I ain't no child
Take me like I am

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

I don't need no aggravation
I just got to make you
I just got to make you my occupation

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

All I need is your whispered hello
Smiles melting the snow nothing heard
Your eyes are deeper than time
Say a love that won't rhyme without words

So now I've lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
Give me your love before mine fades away

I got to know that I belong to you
Do anything that you want to do
Sing any song that you want me to sing to you

Oh no no
I just want some reaction
Someone to give me satisfaction
All I want to do is stick with you
'Cause I love you

11. Sylvia

Music by Thijs van Leer
[Instrumental]

12. Indiscipline

Music by Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford
Lyrics by Adrian Belew
I do remember one thing... It took hours and hours,
and by the time I was done with it, I was so involved
I didn't know what to think... I carried it around with
me for days and days, playing little games, like not
looking at it for a whole day, and then... looking at it,
to see if I still liked it... I did !

I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself
when under stress. I repeat myself when under
stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat..
the more I look at it, the more I like it... I do think
it's good... the fact is no matter how closely I study
it, no matter how I take it apart, no matter how I
break it down, It remains consistent... I wish you
were here to see it !

I like it !

13. Nights In White Satin

Music & lyrics by Justin Hayward
Nights in white satin
Never reaching the end
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send

Beauty I'd always missed
With these eyes before
Just what the truth is
I can't say anymore

'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how, I love you

Gazing at people
Some hand in hand
Just what I'm going thru
They can understand

Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end

And I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how, I love you
Oh, how, I love you

Nights in white satin
Never reaching the end
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send

Beauty I'd always missed
With these eyes before
Just what the truth is
I can't say anymore

'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how, I love you
Oh, how, I love you

'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh, how, I love you
Oh, how, I love you