OVERTURE [Instrumental]
CONCEIVERS AND DECEIVERS
Breathless, we all seek to be focused
on something we cannot obtain
The Dreamers, the Believers
Never gaining just enough ground
We plumb the depths
We search the stars
Endeavoring for Truth
And in the world's eyes,
we'll be martyrs of our own minds
Logicians of a past time
Clinging blindly to a good man's lie
Faceless, we all seek to be noticed
by something we cannot explain
The Conceivers, the Deceivers
And I will be
all that you need
In time, you'll see
And in the world's eyes,
we'll be martyrs of our own minds
Logicians of a past time
Clinging blindly to a good man
TONIGHT
Sing for me now the stone-earth songs
and lift up your lifeless limbs to the sky
And give me your mind, with some love intertwined,
and let these ancient tongues soothe the weary void
Give time and my words
will grow on you
The summers have blurred,
and you sing winter's hymns tonight
And I close my weary eyes
The whispering of ghosts pollutes the incandescent mind
It strives to recognize when foolishness is touted
and truth is left to wither undefined
Sing for me now the lifeblood psalms
of a lovelorn self that fades away
And give me your mind, with some love intertwined,
and let these alluring tones soothe the weary void tonight
And I will be
all that you need
In time, in time you'll see
No need for what leaves
Give time and my words
will grow on you
The walls that you build
will fall down at your feet tonight
In courage and might,
I always sink away
You may be right
Under the keel of this hammering folly,
I close my weary eyes
and let this murky water
push me through, push me through
Now I dissolve my tempters
I close my weary eyes
and let this purer water
actuate my life
WITH THESE EYES
Stand on what you love, and I will knock it down
The ruts you dig will disappear so fast
Left behind to see who gravitates toward what will last
The space between her voice and center of myself
Join and wash these wasted thoughts away
The winding trails of earth no longer lead this life astray
And I will find
the renewal of my mind
provides the rescue from this blight
while all is reconfigured to the light
And with these eyes,
I will watch you fall apart and fade away from here
(I've become enthralled with Your voice)
This pale moonlight will nevermore
ebb and flow the tides surrounding us
You and I will never coincide
There'll come a day when we will both collide
This is what you want and this is what I need
The middle ground we sought has disappeared
When last light is spoke, it will shine through the veneer
The heart has come unhinged, now ready to receive
the peace that it's been missing for so long
Endlessly obsessing on the soft hue of the dawn
Starlight, star bright
First thing I'll burn tonight
This pride, this spite filled mind
And rise out of the ashes of the night
And with these eyes,
I will watch you fall apart and fade away from here
(I've become enthralled with Your voice)
This pale moonlight will nevermore
ebb and flow the tides surrounding us
FINALE
And I will be
all that you need
In time, you'll see
And with the transcendent mind,
we will celebrate a new life
Synapses firing in real time
Firmly rooted in the knowledge enterprise