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Chorus
Mood swings and roundabouts
A silent drive to remove all doubt
Listen now, no second guess
I won’t say no, if you say yes.
Verse 1
A song too long, you crave an end
Time and a word in your ear offend
Chords collide, the melody’s weak
Wind-up lines in unkind critique.
Chorus
Mood swings and roundabouts
Away from silent screams and shouts
Leaving now, I think it’s best
I won’t say no, if you say yes.
Verse 2
Answers to questions not conceived
Found unbound in your make-believe
A lonely heart that wants to live
Reply for once in affirmative.
Chorus
Mood swings and roundabouts
A silent drive to remove all doubt
Listen now, no second guess
I won’t say no, if you say yes.
Verse 3
I’m on the edge, but don’t look down
A fall from grace, always runaround
Strike a chord and arpeggio
One last look and away I go.
Chorus
Mood swings and roundabouts
Away from silent screams and shouts
Leaving now, I think it’s best
I won’t say no, if you say yes.
Mood swings
Roundabouts
Mood swings
Roundabouts
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2. |
The Difficult Second
03:56
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“I don’t want to alarm you, however, I…”
(Instrumental)
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3. |
Light of My Life
05:39
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erse 1
Musical maestro, magical muse
Hazel-eyed angel, win some to lose
The flame that burns too bright
Seldom burns for long
Verse 2
When darkness fills me, you help me through
Alone on my journey, still I’m with you
The life we lived as one
Echoes in your song.
Chorus
Light of my life,
Time out of time
Still in my dreams,
With me forever.
Light of my life,
Time out of time
Still in my dreams,
We live together.
Verse 3
Visions of you, hammer my heart
Hearing your voice, I don’t fall apart
The flame that burns too bright
Seldom burns for long
Verse 4
I close my eyes, you’re not far away
You burn within me, brighter than day
The life we lived as one
Echoes in your song.
Chorus (rpt)
Verse 5
Bittersweet memories, a smile and a tear
Laughter and music, bringing you near
The flame that burns too bright
Seldom burns for long
Verse 6
Days turn to years, but never gets old
Recorded in time, the story’s retold
The life we lived as one
Echoes in your song.
Chorus (rpt)
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(No lyrics)
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5. |
Eastern Eyes
05:14
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Verse 1
Walk on hard road
Sands will cover your tracks
Written in dust
Bargains tainted by blood
Chorus
Somewhere there’s an answer
A future for the child
No more desert dances
Somewhere deep in Eastern Eyes
Verse 2
Keep faith, seek truth
Stop all building on lies
Drive out deceit
Bypass borders and flags
Chorus (rpt)
Verse 3
Shun hate, love life
Too soon it will have flown
The moment is now
Nothing’s written in stone
Chorus (rpt)
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6. |
The Song of the Siren
04:57
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Verse 1
Alluring seducer,
Who leads you into danger,
Dead at her feet -
Death is no stranger.
Sings such a sweet song,
Beguiling and entrancing,
It’s too late,
Demons advancing.
Chorus
Won’t get out alive,
No-one can survive
The song of the siren
Verse 2
Blood-red are her lips,
So tempting and inviting,
Eyes on fire,
All senses exciting.
Through wild illusion,
She hides her potent voodoo
Seen too late,
She starts to consume you.
Chorus (rpt)
Bridge
Sail away, or be trapped by the sound,
Sail away, or your ship’s run aground.
Verse 3
Devil incarnate,
She’s dressed to make a killing,
Honeyed voice,
Deadly and thrilling.
When she stops singing,
It’s too late for running,
Accept your fate,
Your end-time is coming.
Chorus (rpt)
Bridge (rpt)
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7. |
Hope
05:36
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Verse 1
My pain into the darkness flew,
From empty rooms that bore witness to
A lifetime of love,
That vanished in an instant
That left me alone,
Stone cold and distant.
Verse 2
On I rushed into the night,
’Til all the street-lights were out of sight
I ceased to run at last,
Alone with my sorrow
I vowed to leave the past,
Take hope for tomorrow.
Chorus
Won’t fear the night with hope in my heart
Hope is the light that shines in the dark. (rpt)
Verse 3
The night mist brushed against my face,
The silv’ry waters I knelt to taste
At rest my spirit lay,
On still-warm earth
Waiting for the day,
The sun’s bright fiery birth.
Chorus (rpt)
Coda
Won’t fear the night with hope in my heart,
Hope is the light that shines in the dark.
I won’t be undone,
Be on the run,
Hide from the sun in seasons
I’ll reach for the sky,
Don’t ask me why,
I’ll leave behind old reasons
I’ll right my own wrongs,
Sing my own songs,
Fight for the rights of strangers
I’ll seek out the truth,
Deny the uncouth,
Find my own way through dangers.
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8. |
Sandworm
06:37
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Verse 1
Deep beneath the ancient sands,
Insinuates among the dunes,
Breeching surface, time to feed
Blind but lit by lambent moons.
Chorus
Victims are unknowing,
That rhythm gives intent
No arms exist to hold them,
And mortal flesh is rent.
Prophets they dissemble,
They subdue the beast
Rewarded for allegiance,
By sharing in the feast.
Verse 2
Monstrous serpent, terror form,
Providing power in its spice,
Where psychic promise is the draw,
Some take despite the grievous price.
Chorus (rpt)
Bridge
Sandworm -
Enthralled by its power,
Its promise devoured
This deep delving demon,
Will take you and crush all your dreams.
Sandworm -
Alone in its presence,
No choice but quiescence
Smothered and wretched,
No-one can hear your screams.
Verse 3
To avoid offensive fate,
Break your step, unrhythmic pace,
Hold your future in your hands,
Walk your own path, walk with grace.
Chorus (rpt)
Bridge
Sandworm -
Enthralled by its power,
Its promise devoured
This deep delving demon,
Will take you and crush all your dreams.
Sandworm -
Alone in its presence,
No choice but quiescence
Smothered and wretched,
No-one can hear your screams.
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(Instrumental)
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10. |
Warlords
14:49
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I. Overture
II. Stepping Out
Stepping out to rustic muse
Sons and daughters of the land
Dance in laughter, find excuse
Through reels and jigs for touching hand.
Spring in step, as is the season
Shadows shorten with each day
Unknowing of the fall of reason
Darker shadows ride this way.
Stepping out, the dancers holding arms.
Stepping out, the soldiers holding arms.
Plans are drawn, troops preparing
Bargains struck with traitors done
War is coming, spoils for sharing
Blades are sharp, and blood will run.
Stepping out to battle cry
A devil’s tune drowns the morn
Grim the harvest neath the sky
That gave no hint, nor could not warn.
III. Warlords
Mounted warlords with their henchmen ride,
With their false piety,
Forgotten notoriety,
Believing that the right is on their side.
See the soldiers marching evermore,
Anonymous in battle,
Like chain-mail cattle,
Charging mindless into war.
Overhead, the banners, gold and red -
The focus of their pride,
For which so many had died,
For which so many more would soon be dead.
The war of words finds no accord
The armies stand their ground
Drums and trumpets sound
Signalling proceedings untoward.
Overhead, the banners, gold and red -
(Money and Blood)
The focus of their pride,
For which so many had died,
For which so many more would soon be dead.
IV. Battlestorm (lyric: Jeremy Shotts)
Sword and arrow, death descending
Fire storm frontal, flayed with flames
Hawk-faced halberd gripped in gauntlet
Forged by force that knows no shame.
Fire in sequence wreaks, cry havoc
Ranks in shredded comrade form
Hand-held harrows plough the flesh
Ball and blade in Battlestorm.
V. Aftermath
The victors cheer their gods of war.
Behind their empty eyes,
No pity therein lies,
They left themselves at reasons door.
Overhead, the banners, gold and red - (Money and Blood)
The focus of their pride,
For which so many had died,
For which so many more would soon be dead.
So many battles fought beneath a sun
That’s seen so many slain,
So many victories gained -
When in the end, all life is done.
(Money and Blood)
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Fearful Symmetry London, UK
Fearful Symmetry is a studio based, London, UK progressive music project, originally created by cousins Suzi James and
Jeremy Shotts.
The music crosses over several genres such as classic prog, rock, jazz, world music, and symphonic.
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