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Beginnings
06:03
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2. |
In the Clear Distance
05:06
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Is it future, is it past? Is the vision meant to last?
Am I seeing what's to be or days gone by in front of me
Black or white no in-between shades of grey remain unseen
I see this all before me now in the clear distance
Am I here to make a choice? I try to speak but hear no voice
My mind's uncluttered, senses keen, energized, what does it mean?
Is this merely all a dream or am I part of a grand scheme
There are no answers that I see in the clear distance
Numbered days have hit their stride with dreams fulfilled and dreams denied
I'm living as an extra in a story not my own
Moving toward my destiny - am I shackled, am I free?
Are the images my own?
I would give anything to find the pathway out of here
This wasn't my own doing nor was it for my good
There are no open doors, I don't expect one to appear
And so I face my fate to wander as I should
Trapped as I am within this dream I can't imagine where I'll be
Trapped as I am within this scheme with no clear way in front of me
Is this my life or am I seeing through the eyes of someone strange
Is this my life or am I being shown what I can change
The face ahead looks back at me, its piercing eyes completely see
The path He's trod are steps I'll take without regard without mistake
Committed now I forge ahead the presence beckons, as I'm led
I see this all before me now in the clear distance
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3. |
The Great Divide
07:44
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Here in the shadows of a self-made reality, the product of all I have known
Built from assurance that the life out in front of me was all that my mind's eye was shown
Here, now, we never thought to figure in the how
Gaze, smile, this moment will be gone in just a while, just a while
Reaching for promise while lost in the innocence of youthful dreams so far, so neatly placed
No thought of the notion that a hat tip to common sense might help ease the future that I faced
Youth, haste, too much to do to let time go to waste
Friends lost, in moving on I didn't count the cost
Time is not the enemy, does not provide the wait and see
We all must face the truth to heal our wounds
The great divide will only grow if left unchecked the seeds we sew
Will bind us
Left to my thoughts and consumed by the arrogance of a life well lived, the product of my goals
Behind me the paths that might have been my inheritance, untrod, my unfulfilling roles
Truth, lies, the compass I create I will despise
Give, take, the moment won't exist for its own sake
Time is not the enemy, does not provide the wait and see
We all must face the truth to heal our wounds
The great divide will only grow if left unchecked the seeds we sew
Will bind us
A message from a long-lost friend arrived yesterday
In it, I heard faint echoes from my past
The great divide with no amend had led us astray
If only time could make that friendship last
But, time is not the enemy, does not provide the wait and see
We all must face the truth to heal our wounds
The great divide will only grow if left unchecked the seeds we sew
Will yield the vines that grow, surround, and bind us
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4. |
Ransom For the Righteous
06:18
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Instrumental
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5. |
De Profundis
07:58
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My retreat among shadows my shield from the light
Longing for darkness and the comfort of night
This wasteland within me is all I am shown
This hopeless despair is all I have known
Oh Lord lift me from the abyss
Deliver me from this
Believe
A voice deep within me
My lie
Wispers my name
You live
It knows all my sorrows
To die
It places the blame
You won't
Pulling me downward
Succeed
Revealing my sin
Your hopes
The taunting from nowhere
All bleed
Accusations begin
Please Lord lift me from the abyss
Deliver me up from this
My God hear the plea from my soul
Would not this be Your goal?
This fog, disillusion, this life that I've missed
Removing confusion I'm now gently kissed
Pouring compassion upon a worn soul
And leaving me helpless beyond my control
Is this Your goal?
I reach
A voice again finds me
For you
It's different this time
I pull
It tries to encourage
You through
Its message sublime
I give
Encouraging meaning
You life
And offering hope
Remove
I choose now to listen
Your strife
I choose now to cope
You've lifted me from the abyss
Delivered me from this
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6. |
Nail Soup
05:27
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All you see before you will soon be swept away
Monuments to heroes eventually decay
Tyrants litter history and nations fall in flames
Kings and queens collect their pawns for playing in their games
I live so that you might live
I give what the world can't give
From the least you are placed first
Living waters quench your thirst
Success in life for many becomes the final goal
Money like a master will guide the mortal soul
Fame and recognition better get it while you can
You’ll soon become the has-been before the fleeting fan
I live so that you might live
I give what the world can't give
From the least you are placed first
Living waters quench your thirst
Living in the world you’re not to blame
Being of the world is not the same
Tempted on the mountain top for all the here and now
Offered earthly glory if only I would bow
Placed upon a pinnacle for all the world to see
The glory of the universe would center around me
But I live so that you might live
I give what the world can't give
From the least you are placed first
Living waters quench your thirst
I AM
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8. |
Wheels Turning Now
04:11
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Ascher Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Ascher is a progressive rock band born from a collaboration between a couple friends. As ideas were hashed out and developed, the need for an additional musician was soon realized. As the project gathered steam, the collaborants (it's a word, look it up) decided that the world did indeed need another progressive rock band. A singer was recruited and the result is Ascher! ... more
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