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Red Mars
03:23
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2. |
The Killing
06:44
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I'm the master of lies, the herald of change, deciever of fools
Ger out get out, just leave while you can
Your time is at hand, my cards have been played
You never stood a chance your fate was sealed
When we stood at odds, my brother or not.
Silently moving my, minions and pawns
My bidding is done, whether they know it or not
Industry fires & cogs, all working away
They're bringing you close
One touch and it's done
The power was yours to lead us to rule
So easily won with a smile
Idealist down to a tee
You forced me to be the villain in this
Comic utopian fantasy
I'll savour the taste of revenge
The twist of my tongue, deluding the weak
Rising up rebels to act
Exchanging the blood to their hands
One touch to pass on the tiniest germ
Ensuring the task is complete
No evidence traced back to me
The power was yours to lead us to rule
So easily won with a smile
Idealist down to a tee
You forced me to be the villain in this
Comic utopian falacy
No need to explain
But at least your myth will carry on
Stay your hand
There must be, another way
Just close your eyes and count the days when
We worked so hard to find a common ground
The wheels in motion now
The outcome so clear
My little secret that I'm holding so near
This niggling feeling that's been growing in side
This deep repentance will be so hard to hide
But don't look back
The damage is done
Soon we'll be polarised by
What will become
And in the end
This is where it begun
The fight for compromise
So far from the sun
With mock suprise
As I've just been told
Time to say goodbye
Goodbye my friend
I wish there was, another path
I'll close my eyes recount the good times
Remember when all this was just a dream
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3. |
Ares
06:26
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Floating in a waking dream
Counting up the stars, passing by
I'm in dormant isolation, an embryonic seed
Setting roots in far remote frontiers
I'm slumbering down all the years
Till a spark reawakens sleeping minds
And we'll fall, on our knees, in the dust
Of our world reborn
But until that end,
Reverie my friend
And think of all we've left behind
Lie Still
My beating heart
Till another day we mean to
Thrive
Against the odds we
Mean to depart
Leaving all our prejudice behind
Behold our unity
A crutch so casually tossed aside
The outline of a shape appears,
Future echoes of dissent, like an old friend
He's followed us here,
Breaking us down
Still dragging our heels
Mired
But we didn't come here for war
I'm afraid
We came to embrace
Life
Closer now
The heat of your touch
A welcome embrace
Awakens the sleepers
Closer now
To feel your breath
Enveloping all and promising
Life
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4. |
Khalia
08:00
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Khalia, the everlasting long and winding road
Khalia, the everlasting long and winding road
Khalia, living the great syntropic symphony of life
I want you to find an escape from the pull of the tides
(Get out and find an escape from the pull of the tides) - echo
(let go of your fear and come to life) - echo
I want you to find an escape from the will of the tribes
To build our roads on the unclaimed land
We're called to new frontiers
Our life blood flows 'cross unending sands
It's our chosen craft
We're blazing trails to join the dots
On this tapestry untamed
A life on wheels, blowin' wild and free
As we sail the red sea
Khalia, the everlasting long and winding road
Khalia, living the great syntropic symphony of life
I want you to find an escape from the pull of the tides
(Get out and find an escape from the pull of the tides) - echo
(let go of your fear and come to life) - echo
I want you to find an escape from the will of the tribes
At the break of dawn, when the distant sun
Rekindles our desire
to be pioneers, the first of our kind
Caravanserai
Through mighty storms, and the frozen air
We ply our worthy trade
A perpetual task, but a noble life
We live in interesting times
Out of the mist
A shape, emerged from the dark
She whispers my name
And points
To the east
A danger will come
A flood, without an end
You best look out boy
And leave, Here
But with this act
The tides will change anew
the world we know
Will shift from red to blue
And with that advice
She turned, to depart
A silent retreat
To fade, Into the night
Best not delay
She says, with weary heart
A strange silouette
Bleeds, To dusk
But don't despair
The best is yet to come
Lazuli terre
Where once was nought but rust
Look for the day
When the skies yet change their tune
I'll meet you then
Under the hill we made our own
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5. |
Blood on the Airwaves
07:17
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I've never seen such pure destruction in my life
They're fighting in the streets just round the bend
So close the door and cut all ties with the outside
Put on some tunes and have a drink or three
This secret war just isn't helpful for our trade
Who wants to shop around in ash and flames
Business as usual is the mantra of the day
Until some sucker deals with your remains
Transmissions are sounding odd
The wireless never lies
They're selling us fiction while the
Fire rains down from the sky
The tower has fallen but they
Say all's well on the line
There's blood on the airwaves in between
The message of all's fine
Pull up a chair
Ignore the rumbling and the smell
I wasn't quite expecting refugees
Between the bombs and all the
Gunfire who can tell
If they'll keep their charade up on TV
Transmissions are sounding odd
The wireless never lies
They're selling us fiction while the
Fire rains down from the sky
The tower has fallen but they
Say all's well on the line
There's blood on the airwaves in
Between the message of all's fine,
Between the message of all's fine,
Between the message of all's fine
You think we can get out of here alive?
We try to escape
And creep through the fragments of our life
A message of hope
reduced to a tattered flag in the wind
It all seems so quiet, now
I think we were wrong to come outside
Whatever seeking spirit bought us out through space
Was overturned when they tried to put us in our place
Time was, when this was all a dream
Time was, but now there's things to fear
Transmissions are failing now
There's too much noise on the line
Resisting their rule it's just a
Vain defiance of the odds
Soon we'll look back and see it was
Just a matter of time
There's blood on the airwaves
Bleeding into what's left of our lives
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6. |
We See Red
25:05
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Last chance to pacify the restless coming storm
The die is cast but this time no herald sees it fall
No help from the pioneers, the heroes are long gone
Our lonely little empire is about to come undone
Can't change the world without power and strength
Maybe I just need a friend
I'll wear my mask and contrive what to say
It's good to see you again
Flash back to before the troubling days beset us all
We thought that we could separate, the money from the law
No use in what might have been, the past is set in stone
We can only struggle on, beg and bargain for our home
Can't change the world without power and strength
Maybe I just need a friend
I'll wear my mask and contrive what to say
It's good to see you again
Can't stop the chain once the match is lit
Can't tip the balance to save the day
Our greatest symphony incomplete
We see red, we see red
You better hide little gambler, it's out of sight but on their mind
You can manipulate the masses, but now they've turned away from you
Run and hide little gambler, before your exploits become clear
There's a ghost behind your shadow
And he's coming after you
Rise and fall, Run the wall
Rise and fall, Run the wall
Another lost and lonely traveller
He might be running from his past
Another hero out of favour
Another soul to fill the caravan
Oh journey out with me tonight
Under the stars that we once knew so well
I see reflected in your eyes
My sullen fear of being lost and cast aside
Under the cover of the darkness
We could get out of here alive
Another step, another day, another, place
We'll find our sanctuary's fine
Oh journey out with me tonight
We won't be seen we creep so carefully
I see reflected in your eyes
I wasn't quite who you signed up to stand beside
We wouldn't be forgiven
We wouldn't be forgiven
We wouldn't be forgiven
How could we be forgiven
So our journey carries on into the night
Reluctant friends and refugees compelled to do waht's right
Beyond the pale I can see better things to come
We once were kings of this untouched and barren land
Benighted by our own success, they took it from our outstretched hand
and now we are, outcasts and renegades undone
Could I prevent this great catastrophe
the queen of mars now spiralling, into a black and callous void
The damage done, she couldn't hold us back for long
We've come so far, where did we go wrong
We are just dust, drift a long way from home
We've come so far, where did we go wrong
Another sacrifice into the unknown
And through it all, we're still standing strong
Running blind and the search carries on
Don't look back, soon I'll be gone
Remember me my Maya
Your wish is done, but now I've seen what you've become
Foul play and deception, as a means to stay in charge
Tyrant or not, your utopia was wrought
Founded on lies, it's the reason we're alive
I guess you never really wanted to go on
Another day laden by your own regret
When I looked in your eyes
Like the windows of an empty house, that was the last time
Cast aside, by the storm
Incomplete, my work undone
Who will wear, the bloodied crown
Now that' I've drifted away
When all is done and the dust clears away
His final gift will remain
Our brave new world the dawn of a new age
Maybe I'll see you again
Can't stop the chain once the match is lit
But perseverance will save the day
Our greatest strength is within ourselves
The red light of our union will prevail
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On the brink of the first step
between the emerald and the wine
My senses overload at the passage of time
As i stand dumbfound on the edge of something grand
I feel the beckoning of the masters hand
A distant star out of control
Beyond the reach of fools
Enthralled by the image of the old world left behind
Nonplussed and glassy eyed
We begin to settle down
A lifetime of wonder, our frontier resounds
Off in the distance in a worn and angry land
I can't hear your bickering, I don't care to understand
A distant star out of control again
Beyond the reach of fools
Enthralled by the image of the old world left behind
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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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