ACT 1 – PRELUDE
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1872 A BRIGANTINE SHIP LEFT NEW YORK HARBOUR BOUND FOR GENOA. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN SPOONER BRIGGS AND HIS CREW
WERE NEVER TO REACH THEIR APPOINTED DESTINATION, FOR THEY WERE
EMBARKED ON A FATEFUL VOYAGE INTO MYSTERY AND HIGH ADVENTURE!
ESSENCE OF A PICTURE
SOME BELIEVE THE ESSENCE OF A PICTURE,
CAN CONTAIN A WINDOW TO THE SOUL.
THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN
AND THE EARTH MY FRIEND,
NOT OURS TO CONTAIN OR CONTROL. (X2)
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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
WE ARE BOUND FOR NEW LANDS ON THE TIDE,
NEW YORK HARBOUR LEFT SO FAR BEHIND.
HELMSMAN AT THE YARDARM TRIM THE SAIL,
THE VOYAGE BEGINS AS TRADE WINDS START TO FAIL
CHORUS:
CATCH THE BREEZE,
SUN IN HIS KINGDOM.
STEPPING STONES ON A PATH TO FREEDOM.
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE LEADS US ON.
SEVEN SEAS ACROSS THE OCEAN,
COME WITH ME IF YOU SHARE THE NOTION.
LIFEíS A JOURNEY ITíS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
THE EVENING TWILIGHT SEEMS TO ECHO
SANCTUARY,
OUR MERCHANT SHIP SAILS ON STEADFASTLY.
AN ALBATROSS THEN DOMINATES THE SKIES,
PORTENT OF ILL OMEN BLIGHTS OUR LIVES.
(CHORUS)
THIS IS MY SIREN SONG,
HEAD INTO THE NEW WINDS OF TOMORROW.
THIS IS MY SIREN SONG CARRY ME AWAY.
THIS IS MY SIREN SONG,
LEAVE BEHIND THE OLD WORLD FILLED WITH
SORROW.
THIS IS MY SIREN SONG SAIL AWAY TODAY.
ON THE WIND! (X3)
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ACT 2 – STORM FRONT
WITHOUT WARNING,
STORM FRONT COMING.
BATTEN THE HATCHES,
TILL DANGER IS PASSED.
GAIL FORCE DAWNING,
HURRICANE A-FORMING.
TIDAL WAVES ARE LASHING,
MEN TIED TO THE MAST!
WE ARE BECALMED! (X4)
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ACT 3 – LURE OF THE SIRENS
SUDDENLY FROM THE FOAMING WATERS,
LIKE A GIANT HAND.
FOG FLOATS AN EERIE CHILL,
STORM ENDS AS IT BEGAN.
SPECTRAL SHAPES IN A SHIPS GRAVEYARD,
LOOMS INTO VIEW.
VESSELS FROM A BYGONE AGE,
TRAPPED IN TIME,
THEY WERE PASSING THROUGH.
SARGASSO SEA WITHOUT END,
THEREíS NO ESCAPE MY FRIEND!
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ACT 4 – ALL ACROSS THE HEAVENS
LURED INTO THE WATER BY SIRENS THE
POWERLESS MARINERS WERE UNABLE TO RESIST.
OUT FROM THE OCEANS DEPTH’S A GIGANTIC
SPACESHIP EMERGED TO THE SURFACE.
IT HOVERED SKYWARD THEN BEAMED
THE AWE STRICKEN SAILORS ABOARD
IN SOLID BEAMS OF LIGHT
IN TERROR, THEY LISTENED TO THEIR CAPTORS
ALIEN VOICES POWERLESS TO RESIST.
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ACT 5 – BONDS OF OPRESSION
LOOKING OUT FROM THE PORTALS OF THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL CRAFT THE
EARTH MEN WITNESSEDTHEIR HOME WORLD PASS BY. IT MADE THEM HUMBLE
AND AWARE OF ITS CELESTIAL BEAUTY, SO FRAGILE IN THE VASTNESS OF SPACE.
THE SPHERE’S ECO-SYSTEM HAD ENDURED MUCH DAMAGE BY THE NEGLIGENT
HAND OF MAN.
ECOLOGY NOW
A MODICUM OF UNDERSTANDING,
IN A DISPASSIONATE UNIVERSE.
OVERLAND WE HOLD DOMINION,
MUST OUR BIRTHRIGHT BE OUR CURSE?
TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME,
WE MUST CHANGE POLLUTED MINDS.
CHORUS:
ECOLOGY NOW,
THE ACID RAIN IS FALLING.
ECOLOGY NOW,
THE NEED IS STRONG MY FRIEND.
ECOLOGY NOW,
THE FINAL DAY IS DAWNING.
OR NOW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END,
NOW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
WE NEED TO HELP OUT MOTHER NATURE,
A COMMON TOUCH OF HUMANITY.
THE WELL BEING OF THIS PLANET,
IS IN THE INTEREST OF YOU AND ME.
SHOULD THE RIVERS ALL RUN DRY,
BEFORE WE SEE THE LIGHT?
(CHORUS)
NIGHT ABDUCTORS
STOLE LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
WE CANNOT RESIST THEM OR FIGHT.
POPULATE,
DYING WORLDS.
NOW THE PLAN IS UNFURLED.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY PLUNDERED US,
FOR LIFE FORCE D.N.A?
HOW FAR HAVE THEY WANDERED,
WITH THEIR GENE POOL IN DECAY?
CHORUS:
NIGHT ABDUCTORS,
HUMAN PREY AMONG THE STARS.
NIGHT ABDUCTORS,
BODIES OF VENUS, HEARTS LIKE MARS.
HARVESTED FED TO MACHINES,
SAD UTOPIAN DREAMS.
THERE’S NO ADAM AND NO EVE.
ONLY MAD AMAZON SCHEMES.
TOOK ALL THEY WANTED,
GENETIC GAME AT A CLOSE.
SUB-STANDARD LIVESTOCK,
TAKEN BACK SO NO ONE KNOWS.
(CHORUS)
OH NO
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ACT 6 – EPILOGUE
THE AWFUL TRUTH REVEALED ALIEN CAPTORS TOOK THEIR PRISONERS TO
PREPARED CELLS WHEREBY THEYBOUND AND INJECTED THEM WITH
HYPNOTIC DRUGS. IN A TRACE LIKE STATE THE EARTHMEN WERE UNAWARE
THAT THEY WERE BEING FED INTO MACHINES THAT EXTRACTED D.N.A AND
LIFE FORCE. VIRTUAL REALITY KEPTTHE HAPLESS PREY IN A LOTUS LAND LIKE
EXISTENCEÖ LOST IN A DREAM.
SHADOWLAND
LOST IN A DREAM,
SHADOW,
SHADOWLAND (X2)
ÖLOST!
INSIDE THE WORLD,
BEYOND IMAGINATION.
MIRACLES ARE ORDER OF THE DAY.
FACT OR FICTION,
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS.
I AM YOUR WISH-MASTER,
COME THIS WAY.
TAKE A PICTURE,
FROZEN FOR A MOMENT.
IMAGES A SNAPSHOT CAUGHT IN TIME.
CONTAINED WITHIN,
HOPE AND ASPIRATION.
HARVESTED, BY A GRAND DESIGN.
SEE IT IN THE MORNING PAPERS,
HEAR IT ON TV.
EVERYBODY WANTING SOMETHING,
SHARE DESIRE WITH ME.
CHORUS:
LOST IN A DREAM, (LOST IN A DREAM)
SHADOWLAND. (SHADOWLAND)
LOST IN A DREAM, (LOST IN A DREAM)
SHADOWLAND. (X3)
TAKE A CARD,
AND STEP INTO ADVENTURE.
WALL OF SLEEP WILL JUST MELT AWAY.
AND IN YOUR DREAMS,
SHOW YOU SEVEN WONDERS.
SO MANY MORE BUT THERE’S A PRICE TO PAY.
INSIDE THE WORLD,
BEYOND IMAGINATION.
MIRACLES ARE ORDER OF THE DAY.
FACT OR FICTION,
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS.
I AM YOUR WISH-MASTER,
COME THIS WAY.
(REPEAT BRIDGE AND CHORUS)
BEHOLD! YOU ARE BOUND ON A JOURNEY.
PREPARE TO MEET THE UNKNOWN.
(MEET THE UNKNOWN)
HERE WHERE THE TWO WORLDS COLLIDE.
HOLD ON FOR YOUR LIFE,
WE’RE IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE.
(CHORUS)
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THOUGH YOU DOUBT TALL TALES OF A SAILOR,
OH I SWEAR THAT EVERY WORD IS TRUE.
I AWOKE FROM A DREAM THAT WAS REALITY,
GOD KNOWS IT COULD HAPPEN NOW TO YOU.
THE BITTER FATE THAT BEFELL MY CREW…
I NOW CONFESS,
MY SHIP WAS THE MARIE CELESTE!
THE END
WHERE THE HEART IS
I’VE BEEN A DRIFTER,
EVER THE WANDERER.
GO WHERE LIFE TAKES ME,
I NEVER STAY LONG.
SEEN MANY SIGHTS AND I’M,
BURNING WITH WANDERLUST.
COLD WERE THE NIGHTS,
NOW I NEED TO BELONG.
CHORUS:
THE CALL IS STILL LOUD,
FAR FROM THE CROWD.
WHERE THE HEART IS.
BEEN FAR TOO LONG,
I NEED TO BELONG.
WHERE I STARTED,
I FEEL LIKE COMING HOME.
I’VE BEEN A DREAMER,
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
I’VE SAILED SEVEN SEAS,
AND THE WATERS BELOW.
BEEN ROUND THE WORLD AND I’VE,
KNOWN ENDLESS PLACES ROLL.
ONWARD AND UPWARD,
THROUGH VALLEYS AND SNOW.
CHORUS:
THE CALL IS STILL LOUD,
FAR FROM THE CROWD.
WHERE THE HEART IS.
I’VE GOT TO GO BACK,
WAY DOWN THE TRACK.
WHERE I STARTED,
I FEEL LIKE COMING HOME. …
I’M COMING HOME!
THERE ARE THOSE WHO JOIN THE DANCE,
SOME MUST CALL THE TUNE.
NOTHING IS MERELY LEFT TO CHANCE,
EACH HIS OWN AGENT OF FORTUNE.
WOAH! (X2)
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STAND UP
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE,
IS A ROUTE TRAVELLED WELL.
FATE REWARDS PERSISTENCE,
HEAVEN CAN BE HELL.
TIRED OF BEING WALKED ON,
TOLD JUST WHAT TO DO.
EVERYBODY’S LAUGHING,
AND THE LAST JOKE IS ON YOU.
CHORUS:
STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
THERE AIN’T NOTHING THAT
YOU CAN’T ACHIEVE.
IF YOU STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
FREE YOUR MIND.
STAND UP IT’S YOUR TIME!
START FEELING BETTER,
YOU’RE STARTING TO PRETEND.
FAINT HEART DON’T WIN A LADY,
BUT YOU CAN GET HER IN THE END.
TIRED OF BEING WALKED ON,
SAND KICKED IN YOUR FACE.
BETTER TAKE SOME ACTION,
GOTTA PUT EM IN THEIR PLACE.
(CHORUS)
A BRAVE MAN DIES BUT ONCE,
A COWARD A THOUSAND TIMES.
ACCEPTANCE AT A PRICE,
NO REASON AND NO RHYME.
CHORUS:
STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE,
THERE AIN’T NOTHING THAT
YOU CAN’T ACHIEVE. (X2)
FREE YOUR MIND,
STAND UP IT’S YOUR TIME.
STAND UP,
STAND UP,
DON’T BE BLIND.
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EQUINOX
SOME BELIEVE OUR FATE IS,
GOVERNED BY THE STARS.
FORETOLD BY SAGES AND WISE MEN,
IN OLD ANCIENT TIMES.
ASTROLOGERS, PREDICTIONS.
VENUS ALIGNED WITH MARS.
EXPLAINED AWAY,
BY PORTENTS AND GREAT SIGNS.
CHORUS
GAZE INTO ETERNITY,
FATE IS CHANGING SOON.
GOVERNED BY THE PHASES OF THE MOON.
WHO’S TO SAY IT’S PREORDAINED OR TALES
NOT I?
STAND IN AWE AND WONDER AT THE EXPANSE
OF THE SKY.
ARE WE MERELY PASSENGERS ALONG
FOR THE RIDE,
EAGER TO EMBRACE THE HOLY
STRANGE OR DIVINE?
CHORUS:
FOCUS ON THE ENERGY,
TRYING TO CHANGE YOUR TUNE.
WAX AND WANE LIKE THE PHASES OF THE MOON.
OPEN YOUR HEART,
EVERYTHING IS SO MYSTICAL.
RIGHT FROM THE START,
THE UNIVERSE IS MAGICAL.
THERE FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I,
HERE TO GRASP THE UNKNOWN… FANTASTICAL!
NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHY,
TIMES MUST CHANGE.
NOTHING IS JUST BLACK AND WHITE.
(REPEAT FIRST VERSE AND CHORUS)
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TOO LATE
SAD SNOW QUEEN CAN’T YOU SEE?
WHAT MY PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO ME,
THEY’VE TAKEN MY SCEPTRE
AND MY THRONE.
IN THE VALLEY THE MINSTRELS SING,
OF A MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.
IMPRISONED ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP
ALONE,
THE GREAT SUN JESTER HAS MADE MY CROWN
HIS OWN
.Ö HIS OWN!
HOW LONG MUST I DWELL IN HELL ALONE?
WHERE THE SHADOWS COME
FROM BROKEN DREAMS.
NOW THE LIGHT HAS GONE I CAN’T GO ON,
NO ONE KNOWS THE MISERY I’VE SEEN.
CHORUS:
IT’S TOO LATE, TOO LATE.
TOO LATE TO SAY I’M SORRY.
IT’S TOO LATE,
TOO LATE SHE’S GONE. (X2)
IT’S TOO LATE!
IT’S MUCH TOO LATE. (X3)
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HIGH AND MIGHTY
KING IN HIS IVORY TOWER,
SUPERIOR TO THE PEOPLE BELOW.
LUSTING FOR GREED AND POWER,
THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN YOU KNOW.
CHORUS:
SO HIGH AND MIGHTY,
LOOK DOWN ON ONE AND ALL.
SO HIGH AND MIGHTY,
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT EVERY EMPIRE
WILL FALL?
EVEN CASTLE WALLS… IN TIME THEY FALL.
SITTING ON A THRONE BY THE WATER,
THINKING YOU CAN TURN THE TIDE.
NOTHING CAN HOLD BACK THE OCEAN,
KINGDOMS SOON WASHED ASIDE.
(CHORUS)
PRINCES IN THE TOWERS,
AND THE FUSSING AND THE FIGHTING.
WILL BE OVER COME THE DAWNING,
OF A NEW AGE SLOWLY RISING.
WHILE THE TINY SILVER FISHES,
PASS THE THRONE PERCHED IN THE WATER.
AS THE SANDS OF TIME,
DRIFT OVER ALL THE RUINS OF SILENT CITIES.
ALL THINGS ONE DAY MUST CHANGE,
FUTURE WONDERFUL AND STRANGE.
NOTHING IS PERMANENT,
THE GREAT AND GOOD RELENT.
EVOLUTION EVIDENT,
GOOD FORTUNE HEAVEN SENT.
FROM MEEK AND LOWLY BIRTH,
HE WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
WE ARE EQUAL IN THE SIGHT,
OF THE GOD OF LIGHT!
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ALL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY LEE PAYNE EXCEPT
“TOO LATE” LYRICS LEE PAYNE MUSIC BY LEE PAYNE
AND CHRIS DANDO.
ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BY CHRIS DANDO.
RECORDED AT VAULT STUDIOS, KINGSWINFORD.
PRODUCED AND MIXED BY
CHRIS DANDO AND BEN FITZHARRIS.
(P) 2019 HEAVY METAL RECORDS LTD.
(C) 2019 HEAVY METAL RECORDS LTD.
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