1. |
Green Mars
05:30
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2. |
The Timeslip/Zygote
10:57
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The Timeslip Chant:
Mars, Ares, Huǒxīng, Maja, Tiu, Harmakis, Awka-Kuh, Kasei, Rad, Nirgal Mamers, Al Kahira, Simud, Mangala, Shal Batanu, Ma'hadim, Simud, Bahram, Marte, Ana El Hak, KA
Zygote Lyrics:
And here I stand
Poised upon the dawn of a new age
Under artificial sky
The tender sounds suffuse my soul
And deep beneath the sand I feel the empty final place
Where you reside
And it makes me realise
This too must pass
But our time is yet to come
As our green world comes to life
And out beyond the gate beyond the chaos of the wilds
the winds have changed
And now this underground oasis feels so small
So quaint
This little frozen paradise riles me up
This veil is wearing thin
I gotta get out
Gotta slip away
To find a world beyond this ice cold jail
But our time is yet to come
As our green world comes to life
No stone remains unchanged
Viriditas soul Elan
Share your truth
Let your boldness be your guide
Venture through
Let the winding road lead always to your
Star
So goodbye old friend
You'll be always on my mind
And as I pass beyond the weathered gate
You're still here, just within
And if I return
Will I be the boy you knew
Will the mantra we all know within our hearts
Emerge as something new
[Repeats The Timeslip Chant]
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3. |
Nirgal
11:59
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And now I’m finally free
Unchained and cast aside
A hitcher on the road to anywhere
I can decide
Fear not this freedom
Coyote let me out and gave me wings
Mother can you hear me
It’s an awe inspiring sight
There’s a curious display before my eyes
You designed to send me packing
Spread my wings for the first time and now we’re going
On a crazy bumpy ride
Wo-ho-ho with a rebel by my side
We’ll hunt by night by day we’ll hide
Wo-ho-ho when the damage is done
It’s time for me to cut and run
If my friends could see me now
They’d be envious inside
I’m the unintended leader of the fight
Did you mean to mix me up in this
I don’t know why but they think I’m qualified
And they’re asking after you
Wo-ho-ho with a madman by my side
I’m the underground resistance bought to life
Wo-ho-ho when the damage is done
Well it’s time for me to cut and run
This strange path you’ve taken
With high hopes you’re laden
Just keep in mind you’re not alone out there
We count on you too
Just out of reach I feel
The future we desire
And in your heart I hope that you do too
So venture on and build
Our altered way of life
In the end we are all children of the
Same green matriarch
And we made it this far
Out of sight, as our
Very lives depend upon
Under cover of the stars
Striking out, at the
Self-appointed masters of our lives
Lay low and don’t raise the alarm
The tension’s killing me
Just out of reach I see the future you desired
And like you said I feel it too
Out in the chaos
Where we’re starting little fires
It’s clear to see the change that has to come
Wo ho ho with a rebel by my side
It’s a complicated, awesome bumpy ride
Wo ho ho when the damage is done
Well it’s time for me to cut and run
Another day
Another scramble for our lives
When will we be
Free from tyranny
And walk out in the light
Wo ho ho with coyote by my side
There’s nothing out there we can’t put to rights
Wo ho ho with the damage undone
Well it’s time for us to step out in the sun
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5. |
Avalanche
05:33
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6. |
Going Away
10:24
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I'm the wandering charm
The master of none
The believer of truth
And one day really soon, I'll escape from this noise
I'm making the choice
But I don't think I quite understand
A minstrel on the run
I'm adventure bound
Could this really be me
So eager for life after you
But don't take it to heart, some good times were had
So mis-understood, but this new life implores me to try
Will I ever wonder what I might have left behind
I like to think not
This new outlook is all that I've got
And one day maybe soon, you'll look up to the stars
And admire where I am, having run from the effortless path
Coz I'm going away, and I'm leaving today
For the perils and fate of the night
Coz it's dangerous out there, but I'm willing to try
With new friends and adventures to find
And the comfort of a normal life will idlly slip by
Banishing the curse of apathy away
Is it lonely where you are?
See I'm lonely too, but it's only the start
and at least I'm not one in a crowd
A destiny on Mars, it sounds so farfetched
But the flipside is painfully clear
And the mundane is just what I fear
And the comfort of a normal life will idlly slip by
Banishing the curse of apathy away
And the crushing sense of dissonance kept secretly inside
Is dispelled by raptured promises of change
If a journey to uncertain ends is the superior path
Then it must be untold misery to stay
And I won't look back so remember me
As the thorn in your side
Coz at least then there's reason to try
There's a universe out there
Don't let it pass you by
You've got nothing to lose but your life
And the comfort of a normal life will idlly slip by
Banishing the curse of apathy away
And the crushing sense of dissonance kept secretly inside
Is dispelled by raptured promises of change
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7. |
State Of The Art
10:50
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One decision can change a lifetime, and for sure this one mixed up mine
A sheer sense of the colossal task ahead, I hesitate to cross the line
But in a minute, it's gone
Adventure's there just open the door
In a second, all is fine
It's an escape from the same routine
And as I'm laying restless, with the clock counting down the time
The weight of the world crushing into me, as I gasp for breath deaf and blind
But in a minute, it's gone
And I'm weightless surrounded by laughter
In a moment, the pain has passed
And there is no turning back hereafter
Cast off the fear of your dependency and leave it all behind
We are the guardians, the shield of your body and mind
Within this steel sanctuary, secrecy on which you can rely
Fear not this vessel or the passage of the stars
Remember it got you this far, it's the state of the art
Choice made can't go back now, each step brings me further away
Start to forget my quest, as the numbers surpass the days
But in a minute, it returns
This mission is once in a lifetime
In a second, it's revealed
No one else knows this path that I take
A Lifetime in transit it seems, and all wandering thoughts have turned to you
The million miles seem like nothing, and the pain still seems so new
I wonder where you could be now, does your anger still burn so black
The moment is gone, no need for concern, you can never go back
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8. |
A New Face
08:17
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9. |
Uncharted
06:51
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Drift eternally,
We are
Living symbols of the race
Always onward like a
Hot collapsing star we drift away
From a past we never knew
Silver seeds of fate
Scattered to the winds
Never to return again
Every empty space,
Homogonized into a pale relief
Of a place we never knew
I will wait for you (I will wait for you)
To overcome the distance
To weather all your fears
Of the beyond
All I have is time (Through the expanse I come to you)
Fly on wings of steel
Leave the rest uncharted
Draw you into me
Safe into my heart
Reunited once again
Turn an empty page
Untroubled by the place we never knew
Now entwined we see as one
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10. |
Nomads
04:53
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11. |
The Spinner
06:42
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In the solitary sands
I see a man all dressed in white
undaunted by the overbearing sun
Hands uplifted to the air
A dervish spinning madly with the
feverish viridity of life
Divine chanting fills the air in a
Language I don't recognise
I feel the message find me anyway
Encumbered and amazed
The old man reaches out to me and this is what he said
The Spinner said to me to take my eyes off what's to come and spin around
To look into the now and join the ritual of the endless summer
A rite of ancient melodies and sound
Pay attention to your path
The old man uttered wisely
as he ushered me upon my merry way
Walk towards the real (keep walking on and on and on)
And with that the vision dissappeared
his words resounding in my head
Can't see it
Can't work it out
My mind's a misty haze
unravelling, tangled
The Spinner said to me that this adventure is the path to Tarika
And if we join our hands our silhouette will reach the distant stars
That light the path revealing who we are
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12. |
The Poet And The Mystic
10:40
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13. |
Sabiishi Is Burning
13:19
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14. |
Photograph
06:04
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15. |
Ecotage
09:58
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16. |
Soletta
14:22
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Vigil of the midnight sun
Glaring sight of a blazing eye
We must bring down the midnight sun
Break the sight of a burning gaze
Standing on the edge of dark
Looking for another way
Wishing for another year
Going anywhere but here
Striking down the midnight sun
Standing up to the burning eye
We must being down the midnight sun
Change the fate of our future days
Standing on the edge of dark
Mastering my fear of pain
Tipping point is drawing near
Destiny has bought us here
And now the wheels
In motion forging a path
A strange relief
My choice is made
The crishing force of flight
Leaves me breathless
A vivid white hot glow
Lists me up
Brings me closer to
Your star
So fragile and inane
So exposed
No longer to remain
Now I’m drawing near
Days are numbered
Nowhere else to hide
You’re times up
Getting closer to
Your heart
Insidiously still
Out of time
I’m ready to erase
Now I’ve come to see this thing up close
An exotic, graceful masterpiece
Astonished to be having second thoughts
Never leave your king unguarded in an empty space
Lest some antiquated rebel find an opening to
Fire, Aline, Closer, Leading on
The unprecedented spirit of satisfaction
I’m not a man of confrontation
I’m affable to compromise
But this is fallacy and cannot run
Your violet eye burnt too many
Bridges I can’t let you go
Glass canals are just a premise to the
Havoc of your
Gaze, Behold, Chaos, Leading on
The real reason you exist is to keep US compliant
Bridghter than the sun
A violent, savage gaze
My task has begun
But I’ve never been so alone and
I’m still waiting, I’m still trying to
See your world undone
Build another in it’s place
Task complete there is no turning back
Wheels in motion show no empathy
As I count down to zero I must run
Shattered pieces
So vulnerable
Now it seems I’ve
Turned the tables on
You, Defeat, Crushing, Leading on
The inevitable outcome we all expected
And maybe one day you will learn
This planet will not suffer tyranny
Your glass cannon didn’t last another day
You believed your right to rule’s an
Undisputed fact
But the truth is
We don’t answer to
You, Opress, Reject, On the run
A unanimous objection to all you stand for
Brighter than the sun
I see you fall from grace
Rebellion has begun
Soon you will be all alone and
I’m still waiting, I’m still trying to
See your world undone
Build another in it’s place
And as I look down
I can see you
Falling
Graceful in defeat
A monument of light
Broken and ablaze
Fading out into the night
And I’m still waiting, I’m still wishing to
Bring this world to life
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17. |
The Long Walk
08:40
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Viriditas UK
Hampshire based Progressive Rock group Viriditas formed in 2018. Inspired by classic Prog bands such as Yes, Camel and Genesis, Viriditas bring the nostalgic melodic approach of that 70's era and fuse it with their own unique vocal style.
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