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Phoenix Pt. 1
03:07
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2. |
Wolf
04:54
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Once upon a fabled time under stars of shining light
Laid upon a bed of sheets now forgotten by his kin
Sentimental stars of parasites showing through
He knew nothing of the burdens he would ensure
When the time had come to leave the sheets where he went to rest his mind
Shadows walking with reflections start struck through painted darkened mirrors
Walking past the door where he had known no fear
Step outside the walls where he had come to cross painted stars
He’s alive
My sorrow enshrined
Captured by this atrocity inside
The light of the moon shined on me
Ripped up my heart and paid its time
One after another
Raise my head to the stars above
Don’t take me alive
You wont take me alive tonight
Step by step, claw by claw, with teeth sharp as knives
Salivating upon his prey may they rest eternally
See the light of the moon his only god
Speak to me for I am at your command for the night, and for all of my life
I shall rise and declare that I am alive!!!
Oh the wind it carries me tonight
And my sword on this stone within my heart
It cries to me “save my soul” – “spare this life”
Reach out and believe that your love
Will carry me to the ends of the world
My sorrow enshrined
Captured by this atrocity inside
The light of the moon shined on me
I ripped up his heart and paid him in kind
Night after another
I shall raise my head to the stars above
You won’t take me alive
You won’t take me alive
You won’t take me alive tonight
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3. |
The Warning
04:26
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I’m walking through a forest though I’d never heed the warning
I’d close my eyes, embrace the breeze, no matter how I’ve sunken
You’d better heed the warning dear child
You’d better stay the course or be gone
I must have seen the worlds go back to when I heard his name
I must have felt another time would have a story to tell
You’d better heed the warning dear child
You’d better stay the course or be gone
He said the wheels are always turning forth no matter how far
He said the path we lay is sanctified no matter how slow
You’d better heed the words of wisdom child no matter how you are
If you would stray amongst the devils land you’d better pave your own way out
I see the subject turn itself within a matter of time
That one day equals all in form without a legend to be told
You’d better heed the warning dear child
You’d better stay the course or be gone
CHORUS
Oh what happened to the child
For my subconscious crawls in visions drowning
Rise to save my own mistakes
Rise above to see my own reflection
Looking at the child with his gaze piercing through my heart
I’ll never learn…
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4. |
Festival
05:23
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5. |
The Lover's Eye
05:04
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From the perils of my life
To the beating of my heart
To the flowing life within the deepest part of me
Knowing all I have ever seen had always been with me
And it’s all I’ve ever known
Lighting tears within my eyes
She had walked into my door
From the whispers of the night
Ever flowing hair of shining radiance before me
Pierced her gaze through her loving eyes
Unwavering the thoughts that were all I’ve ever had
Lighting the darkness of my life
With a song, I was taken within a dream
Leaving me in a sigh that I had whispered to the night
From the burden of the weight within my soul
Singing me my favorite song upon the sight of a shining light
With a song, I’ve peered to the soul through a lover’s eye
And I was brought down to my knees
Through the tears that I had wept
From the humble feeling of a lover’s warm embrace
Leaving me without a breath
Invoking life in me changing all I’d ever known
Bringing love into my life
With a song, I was taken within a dream
CHORUS
All I imagined had come true upon crystals and sweet perfume
The last burden upon my heart wrapped in chains that were broken within
Singing softly whispered words creating my own favorite song
Sing to me
With your song, I rise
With a song, I fly
And my feelings rushing to my skin
That eyes would shut away
With a song, she rides
With a song, she’ll find
My deepest form of sacrifice
That I willingly give away
CHORUS
(With a song, she peered to my soul with a lover’s eye)
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6. |
Restless Son
06:15
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Once upon a time under enchanting rays upon high
Comes a tale of olden ways writhed in solitary times
Upon the lands of burgundy lived a son amongst higher gods
Who lived to drink and serenade the lass of solitary times
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
…not aware…
An enchanting ray of light, which came to resonate upon holy ground
Amongst the soil of grapes divine, within her solitary time
She walked the grounds with lightened feet as a fairy of Nottingham
He never saw her coming as he drank in solitary times
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
…not aware…
Awakened from his slumber, he sighed a breath of relief
That he may live another day to find the love that he never thought he could
Consumed enchanted drops of strength shall bring desire this holy night
For what was once a night of ennui in solitary times
He brought his lungs to full avail that he may bring upon holy grounds
To sing his way into her heart within her solitary time
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
…not aware…
She witnessed him as he began to sing his way into her domain
That she may feel an ounce of longing in her solitary time
The blood inside began to run within a heart of a beating drum
And she was overcome with emotion for a solitary time
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
Restless son of a velvet tongue
A restless soul with a cross to bear
…not aware…
That through the waves of passion from which he sang, she had felt the same as he
And all the rest of us can say that they would grow apart nevermore, nevermore
And so this ends the tale under enchanting rays upon high
Of olden ways in days of grey writhed in solitary times
For within the lands of Burgundy lived a son amongst higher gods
Who lived to drink and serenade the lass of solitary times!
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7. |
Phoenix Pt. 2
04:42
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Where will I find this love of mine?
Where will I start? I have tripped over my feet.
My cup is full of that which I can’t drink
Spilt upon the path within this desert heat
Burnt upon the fires within a chamber
Spitting ash upon my weary soul
Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty
Rest upon my heart of this wretched coal
Where will I find this love of mine?
Where will I start? I’ve begun to run out of air
Spilt tears that cleanse my rotting flesh
Wasting away upon my maker’s lair
Burnt upon the fires within a chamber
Spitting ash upon my weary soul
Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty
Rest upon my heart of this wretched coal
Hey, Within the dark of me, I can see
Hey, black as my lungs be seen, I may still breathe
Hey, my cup, it runneth over – that I may swim again
Hey, a sentimental toast to what I used to be
Hey, I rise within my waters
Hey, my feet, they walk the grounds again
Hey, my wings, they spread as a golden arc
Hey, my heart, it beats like a devil’s drum
WIDE AS THE SKY UPON ME
FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
I’VE BUILT THIS LIFE WITH MY OWN HAND
TO SEE MYSELF RISE UPON IT SO THAT I MAY
FALL UPON MY KNEES AND BEG
THAT I MAY LIVE TO SEE THESE DAYS
WILD AND FREE – YOU AND ME
TOGETHER WITH LOVE WITHIN OUR SACRED HEARTS
TO DEATH WE RIDE
SO THAT WE MAY RISE – WE RISE – WE RISE…
Burnt upon the fires within a chamber
Spitting ash upon my weary soul
Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty
Rest upon my heart and make me whole!
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Ivvas Austin, Texas
Music from the heart to provoke thought. We are forever evolving as a people and as a culture in this society for which Ivvas is merely a reflection.
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