Tonight’s show is a mixture of rock, blues, metal and folk with a bit a Southern flare to it. Features a few interludes from Clint Eastwood from various films from his career.
Set List:
1. Wanderlust by Baroness from the Red Album (2007)
2. MIC BREAK: Pause by Adrian Belew from Side One (2005)
3. Doom City by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)
4. Mountain by All Them Witches from Lightning at the Door (2013)
5. The Preacher by Jamie N. Commons from Rumble and Sway (2011)
6. Damaged Soul by Black Sabbath from 13 (2013)
7. MIC BREAK: Liberation by Gojira from Magma (2016)
8. Solar Flares by Smokemaster from Smokemaster (2020)
9. The Regulator by Clutch from Blast Tyrant (2004)
10. Wiser Time by The Black Crowes from Amorica (1994)
11. Blackened Waters by Black Label Society from The Blessed Hellride (2003)
12. MIC BREAK: Rouge by Lou Reed from Ecstasy (2000)
13. Legend by Elder from Lore (2015)
14. My Mind is Ramblin’ by The Black Keys from Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (2006)
15. Cold Irons Bound by Bob Dylan from Time Out of Mind (1997)
16. MIC BREAK: Patterns in the Ivy by Opeth from Blackwater Park (2001)
17. This Old Death by Ben Nichols from the Walking Dead Soundtrack (2014)
18. Got Me Wrong by Alice in Chains from Sap (1992)
19. A Good Woman is Hard to Find by Morphine from The Night (2000)
20. Song for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age from Songs for the Deaf (2002)
21. MIC BREAK: Yellow Theme by Baroness from Yellow & Green (2012)
22. For the Lost Souls by Samsara Blues Experiment from Long Distance Trip (2010)
23. Chimes at Midnight by Mastodon from Once More Round the Sun (2014)
24. MIC BREAK: Rainbow Rhodes by Hiatus Kaiyote from Tawk Tomahawk (2012)
25. Ghost to a Ghost by Hank 3 from Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town
Welcome back fellow alchemical surrealists. Tonight’s show engages with the troublesome state of humanity and the planet we inhabit. There are lots of spoken word segments interwoven throughout the musical selections that are constructed to bring up an emotional response. I recommend you listen to this podcast in headphones to get the full experience.
Set List:
1. INTRO: Olives by Devin Townsend from Terria (2001) (3:21)
2. The New Math (What He Said) by OSI from the Office of Strategic Influence (2002) (3:36)
3. OSI by OSI from the Office of Strategic Influence (2002) (3:48)
4. One Planet by Carl Sagan, Moon Hooch & Tonio Sagan from One Planet (2022) (4:11)
5. Let’s Talk About Cars by the Butthole Surfers from Electric Larryland (1996) (4:34)
6. Dear World by Nine Inch Nails from Not Actual Events (2016) (4:07)
7. Imaginal Cells by Machine Head from Bloodstone & Diamonds (2014) (3:36)
8. MIC BREAK: Teenage Lightning 1 by Coil from Love’s Secret Domain (1991) 1:50)
9. Global Warming by Gojira From Mars to Syria (2005) (7:51)
10. Overt Enemy by Slayer from Diabolus in Musica (1998) (4:42)
11. N.W.O. by Ministry from Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992) (5:31)
12. Bread and Circus by Puscifer from Existential Reckoning (2020) (6:28)
13. MIC BREAK: Anchor’s Lament by Baroness from Gold & Grey (2019) (1:40)
14. Intermediate Jesus/Humanity is a Virus (feat. Hugo Weaving) by Porcupine Tree from Signify and including the Agent Smith monologue to Morpheus from the Matrix (1996/1999) (7:29)
15. Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B) by White Zombie from La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 (1992) (0:25)
16. After the Flesh by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult from the Movie Soundtrack to The Crow (1995) (3:00)
17. Earth Day by Devin Townsend from Terria (2001) (9:35)
18. MIC BREAK: New Number Order by Shellac from 1000 Hurts (2000) (1:40)
19. Blood of the Past (feat. Kate Tempest) by The Comet is Coming from Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019) (8:15)
20. Exist (feat. Neal Degrasse Tyson) by Avenged Sevenfold from the Stage (2016) (15:39)
21. MIC BREAK: Reclamation by Lamb of God from Wrath (2009) (7:07)
22. The Last Astronaut by the Butthole Surfers from the Weird Revolution (2001) (4:08)
23. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled by Porcupine Tree from Lightbulb Sun (2000) (4:50)
24. MIC BREAK: Many as One by the Broun Felinis from Aphrokubist Improvisations Vol.9 (1995) (0:35)
25. So Long and Thanks for all the Fish from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (2:13)
Hello fellow Alchemites and Confluxians. This week we are delving into the music I most recently have added to my collection. Most of that is brand new music, some if it is older content I recently became aware of, or just finally got around to picking up.
Special announcement: Next week for episode #028 we will have a special guest, Mia d’Bruzzi. Mia is one of the pioneers in the SF Punk Scene as a member of Frightwig and an Mudwimmin. We’ll be discussing her current project, Dizzy Twin, as well as her history in the SF scene, early and current influences, and future plans. It should be a fun evening, so be sure to tune in on 2/9/2022 for that.
Check out her web page at http://mamamiadbruzzi.com/
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This weeks set list:
1. Interview (0:27) by I.E.M. (Incredible Expanding Mindfuck) from Headphone Dust (2005) Krautrock
2. BREAKING ALCHEMY (0.12)
3. FAKE MIC BREAK: Worship (1:41) by Anthrax from Worship Music (2011) Metal
4. Uh Uh (2:16) by Thundercat from Drunk (2017) R&B/Soul
5. Empire (5:26) by Dizzy Twin from Empire (2018) Alternative Rock
6. Billion Dollar Babies (3:46) by Eric McFadden from Hail to Hell (Acoustic Tribute to Alice Cooper) (2021) Rock
7. Army of Jesus (6:58) by Project NFidelikah from Project NFidelikah (2016) Alternative Rock
8. MIC BREAK: Entropy (1:54) by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets from High Visceral Part 1. (2016) Psychedelic Rock
9. …And the Addled Abstraction of Being (6:27) by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets from High Visceral Part 1. (2016) Psychedelic Rock
10. The Problem of Other Minds (2:33) by Animals as Leader from Parrhesia (2022) Djent Metal
11. Harridan (8:08) by Porcupine Tree from CLOSURE/CONTINUATION (2022) Progressive Metal
12. MIC BREAK: Angels Masquerading as People (1:58) by Toshi Iseda from Full On! (1998) Rock
13. Alchemical Corpus (8:06) by Alco Frisbass from Le Mystere du Gue Pucelle (2021) Progressive Rock
14. Birth of Venus (5:16) by Monkey3 from The 5th Sun (2013) Krautrock
15. Burning of the Velvet Fires (4:40) by Jess and the Ancient Ones from Vertigo (2021) Psychedelic Metal
16. MIC BREAK: Barbarossa (1:36) by Lamb of God from Resolution (2012) Metal
17. Senjutsu (8:20) by Iron Maiden from Senjutsu (2021) Metal
18. Teardrinker (5:21) by Mastodon from Hushed and Grim (2021) Metal
19. Retrospection (4:24) by Jinjer from Macro (2019) Metal
20. MIC BREAK: Isle of Few (1:36) by Frank Gambale, Stuart Hamm, Steve Smith from The Light Beyond (2000) Jazz
21. Dad’s Speakers (6:42) by Uncle Moe’s Space Farm from Uncle Moe’s Space Farm (2001) Jazz Fusion
22. Secret Crevice (5:51) by Birds and Building from Multipurpose Trap (2013) Progressive Rock
23. Bigly Strictness (7:37) by Snarky Puppy from Immigrance (2019) Jazz Fusion
24. MIC BREAK: Police (1:40) by Angelo Badalamenti from Lost Highway (1997) Soundtrack
25. Silhouette (3:45) by Leprous from Aphelion (2021) Progressive Metal
26. The Passage (8:58) by Lunatic Soul from Through Shaded Woods (2020) Progressive Folk Rock
27. FAREWELL MIC BREAK: Unicorn (2:09) by Gojira From Mars to Sirius (2005) Progressive Death Metal
28. Crawford (2:27) by Frightwig from Hit Return EP (2013) Punk
29. J-Rod’s Pigeon Ladyshapes (0:32) by The Bob Lazar Story from Ghost of Foodstool (2014) Rock
Hello fellow Alchemists and Confluxians. Yes…there in terrible epidemic in our country. Iron deficiency. Did you know, that Metal music is the dominant form of music world wide….everywhere except here….where some of the greatest metal of all time was generated?. So to help cure that iron deficiency I am bringing a healthy dose thought this tasty Bloody Mary Metal Mix featuring Metal music from all over the world. Though I listen to a great deal of non metal music, I still find that the most inclusive and explorative styles of music that seeks to include these other styles is Metal, the other is jazz, which is why this show is typically glued together with combination of jazz and metal and it’s peripheral content.
HAKEN: INITIATE
Love and pain
Engage your senses
And let them carve the way
Give me
(Give me)
Focus
(Focus)
Sharpen
My view
Initiate
Live here and now
And forever or never
I observe a world jarring in turmoil
A million people waging war at the hands of a god
And I can hear them crying
Cold fires blazing before me
An affliction fast consuming and fascinating me
(Drifting)
You’ll be
(Deeper)
The life and the death of me
(Into)
I
(The unknown)
Initiate
We’ll make this dream last forever and ever
Tears will run dry
From my ever wandering eye
But I’m prepared to stay
‘Til my dying day
I’ll see things you won’t believe
In tomorrow’s memories
I’ll do things you can’t conceive
There’ll be no strings on me
Open the floodgates
Form the colours and the shapes
Let there be a light
Initiate, all my senses are engaging
Open the floodgates
All the love and all the pain
Let there be a light
Initiate, all my senses are engaging
(Distance)
Tell me
(Stretches)
How does it feel to breathe?
(Further)
(From home)
Initiate
I’m drifting
(drifting)
Deeper
(deeper)
Into
(into)
The unknown
MASTODON: SICKLE AND PEACE
Death comes and brings with him
Sickle and peace
Please excuse the madness
Of the situation I am in
Are we only united
For we both share the cause of this
You choose to apply logic
It’s hard to ply where there is none
My detonation’s unknown
Allow the man to walk in his shoes from here
Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace
Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes
Justifying all your control
I cease to mourn what never could be
No feeling’s ever final
Just another scar I wear and hold dear
Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace
Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes
Falling down and losing ground
Save me from myself
All I’ve seen and all I know
I’ve not been this low
Now I stand up on my own
Learning from myself
Where I’ve been and where I’ll go
Still remains unknown
Death comes and brings with him sickle and peace
Shelter from storms come with long flowing robes…
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Troy Jayson Sanders / Brann Timothy Dailor / William Breen Kelliher / William Brent Hinds
RIVERS OF NIHIL: “Cancer / Moonspeak”
Fear, fear drowns the mind
In this kingdom of mine
And standing in the hall
The faces of them all
Real, like empty space
They know what I became
RIVERS OF NIHIL: THE SILENT LIFE
The sun leaves on its own
A simple passage of the days that I have wasted
I feel the summer slipping through
These aging fingers
Compelled to walk upon the same path that I have tread so long
Still nothing changes
A simple passage to a place that I have come to know
I still remember
A better time
When the thoughts that we had connected
Between our open eyes
We say goodbye, to a life that’s been mostly silent,
Erroneously lead.
Strive to complete myself
It seems my work is never truly done.
I see your face, barely through the haze
You see a life, erroneously lead.
There’s hope in younger days
There’s warmth within the past that’s so familiar
I forget just why I came here
I Hope that you remember
Home.
IHSAHN: ONE LESS ENEMY
Half awake, deprived of sleep and dignity
I stand before the blinding lights
My body trembling, survival instincts gasp for air
Rays of madness tear the nights in me
Torn from the slumber, like a drunken king
To watch the cities burn
The world I used to see, no longer a part of me
In bleak reflections, stripped of my humanity
Yet I have all to gain
The slate is clean
And all the “why’s” I need
The stakes are high
The wheels of fate have turned
The chariot awaits
And I will set the course
On paths of tribulation
A refugee of reason
In a world of disbelief
Outnumbered by the thousands
Empowered by the ones I seek
Yet I have all to gain
The slate is clean
And all the “why’s” I need
The stakes are high
The wheels of fate have turned
The chariot awaits
And I will set the course
On paths of tribulation.
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Vegard Sverre ‘ihsahn’ Tveitan
CYNIC: INFINITE SHAPES
The indivisible goose egg
An irreplaceable loose peg
It never satisfies, incomplete
The future won’t arrive
Nothing to seek
Don’t you worry now
Infinite shapes
Architectures opaque
Infinite shapes
Paper tigers at play
A kamikaze seed
Breaks ground
Sprouts up inside of me
Spreading down
It poked into my eye
Cracked the egg
Now there’s a tentacle
Growing limb-like eggs
I won’t worry now
Infinite shapes
Alpha beta erased
Infinite shapes
Vital connections engaged
Sit down
Behold the open crown
Through the eternal halls
An Earth amidst the balls
One spark
Shooting across the dark
Fear, craft and avarice
Become a dust-filled wish
Infinite shapes
Paper tigers at play
Infinite shapes
Alpha beta erased
Infinite shapes
Vital connections engaged
The indivisible goose egg
An irreplaceable loose peg
I won’t worry now
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: TURN ON THE DARKNESS
Lyrics
The winters breathe evenly.
Flickering moments engage our senses.
Slowly trembling advantage.
They won’t take notice.
Dragging feet. Will time notice me?
We turn our backs on ourselves.
Nothing in sight.
I see a flame erupt in the distance.
The charted course towards my direction.
A wealth of moving light, they now seek my disguise.
Legs soon crack as they stand above/below.
Where do you drift from, sir?
This land is for those who have lost.
Our humanity has passed its curse.
We roam with all that’s left.
I come from a movable past.
A distant future is in my grasp.
You all will survive this fate.
Trust the man you gaze.
Take me with your flame.
Darkness
Show the brighter way.
Hopeless
Take in all. Sit with our teachings.
Above. Below.
Take in all.
Above. Below.
Sit with our teachings…
Dream tonight to push us forward.
Black ash improves me. Dark skies are hollow.
Above. Below.
Take in all.
Above. Below.
Sit with our teachings…
Dream tonight to push us forward.
Black ash improves me.
Can’t look past the damage to this life.
Dark skies are hollow.
Can’t look past the damage to this life.
Welcome to our journey. Please walk with me.
I’ll put your mind at ease
Our breath, disrupts their flames.
We walk through their walls.
Life exists apart from this.
This lone world drifts on and on.
In the distant light modern man awaits.
Dripping jaw accept our twisted travel.
Screaming grins howl loud from high…
A gritty focus gripped.
We turn our backs on ourselves.
Nothing in sights.
We turn our backs on ourselves.
They won’t take notice.
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Rogers Thomas Giles / Waggoner Paul Andrew / Briggs Daniel Hanford / Richardson Cartland Blake / Waring Robert Dustin
Litanie contre la peur (The litany against fear-Frank Herbert)
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
TOOL: INVINCIBLE
Long in tooth and soul
Longing for another win
Lurch into the fray
Weapon out and belly in
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Bellow out loud
Bold and proud
Of where I’ve been
But here I am
Beating chest and drums
Beating tired bones again
Age-old battle, mine
Weapon out and belly in
Tales told of battles won
Of things we’ve done
Caligula would grin
Beating tired bones
Tripping through remember when
Once invincible
Now the armor’s wearing thin
Heavy shield down
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Relevant
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Cry aloud, bold and proud
O’ where I’ve been
But here I am
Where I end
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Relevant
Warrior
Strugglin’
To remain
Consequential
Tears in my eyes, chasing Ponce de Leon’s phantom soul
Filled with hope, I can taste mythical fountains
False hope, perhaps
But the truth never got in my way
Before now, feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
Tears in my eyes chasing Ponce de Leon’s phantom soul
Filled with hope, I can taste mythical fountains
False hope, perhaps
But the truth never got in my way
Before now, feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
False hope perhaps
But the truth never got in my way
Before now, feel the sting, feeling time bearing down
Bearing down
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Justin Gunner Chancellor / Maynard James Keenan / Adam Thomas Jones / Daniel Edwin Carey
Welcome back fellow Alchemist and Confluxians. Going to get our inner geek on this week with a heavy dose of Dungeons and Dragons, both celebrating and poking fun at our fantasy laden idioms. Lots of ogres, orcs, knights and castles, dungeons, dragons, and of course, one ring to rule them all.
This is the first of my October Celebration Shows. Next two weeks will be an extended Halloween Party mix followed by the last show in October being just spooky music to scare the hell out of your trick or treaters.
Here’s this week’s set list.
1. 13 (0:52) by Anthrax from State of Euphoria (1988) Thrash Metal
2. Al Pacino Fungus (0:18) Howard Wallowitz from the Big Bang Theory TV Show
3. Black Blade (6:34) by Blue Öyster Cult from Cultosaurus Erectus (1980) Rock
4. Monsters (5:11) by Blue Öyster Cult from Cultosaurus Erectus (1980) Rock
5. MIC BREAK: Prologue (0:59) by Opeth from My Arms Your Hearse (1998) Death Metal
6. Games (0:15) by Brad Pitt from The 12 Monkeys (1995) Movie Quote
7. Spellbound (3:18) by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1981) Post Punk/Gothic Rock
8. Shield (6:06) by Deep Purple from The Book of Talisman (1968) Psychedelic Rock
9. Temple of the King (4:45) by Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow from Rainbow (1975) Rock
10. MIC BREAK: Building a Girl (1:00) by Frank Zappa from You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.2 (1974) Art Rock
11. Prince Albert and the Ring Council (3:20) SNL: Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar interacting with Lord of the Rings Footage from Fellowship of the Rings
12. Explosivo (1:55) by Tenacious D from Tenacious D (2001) Comedy Rock
13. A Horse Called Golgotha (5:21) by Baroness from the Blue Record (2009) Stoner Metal
14. Ogre Battle (4:07) by Queen from Queen II (1974) Rock
15. You See an Ogre (0:11) by Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory TV Show
16. MIC BREAK: Thoughts for Naught (1:32) by Gong from The World of Daevid Allen and Gong Vol.2 (2006) Art Rock
17. Keys to the Castle (8:11) by Oh Sees from Orc (2017) Garage Psyche
18. Where Owls Know My Name (6:43) by Rivers of Nihil from Where Owls Know My Name (2018) Progressive Death Metal
19. You See A Dragon (0:16) by Sheldon Cooper and Howard Wallowitz from the Big Bang Theory TV Show
20. Where Dragons Dwell (6:54) by Gojira from From Mars to Sirius (2005) Eco Death Metal
21. MIC BREAK: Ararat (1:36) by White Willow from Signal to Noise (2006) Progressive Metal
22. Adam Shadowchild/Nerd Porn (0:42) by Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Bill Hader and Joe Lo Truglio from the film Paul (2011) Movie Quote
23. Sorceress (5:49) by Opeth from Sorceress (2016) Progressive Metal
24. The Enchanter (5:27) by Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation from Mighty ReArranger (2005) Rock
25. Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy (12:46) by Camel from Mirage (1974) Progressive Rock
26. Trilogy Argument (2:59) by Jeff Anderson, Trevor Frenchman and Kevin Weisman from the film Clerks II (2006) Movie Quote
27. MIC BREAK: The Message (1:08) by Styx from Pieces of Eight (1978) Progressive Rock
28. You Shall Not Pass (1:24) by Ian McKellan and Elijah Wood from the film Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Movie Quote
29. Rainbow Demon (4:24) by Uriah Heep from Demons and Wizards (1972) Progressive Rock
30. The Sails of Charon (4:23) by Scorpions from Taken By Force (1977) Heavy Metal
31. MIC BREAK: Takilya (feat Zack Wylde) (0:40) by Black Label Society from Kings of Damnation: Era 1998-2004 (feat. Zack Wylde) (2004) Heavy Metal
32. Xanadu (11:07) by Rush from A Farewell to Kings (1977) Classic Progressive Rock
Ogre Battle-Queen
Aaaahhh
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaahhh
Now, once upon a time, an old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone and the soup is cold on your table
And if the black crow flies to find a new destination
That is the sign
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
He gives a great big cry and he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue, he catches flies and the palm of his hand incredible size
One great big eye has to focus in your direction
Now the battle is on, yeah, yeah, yeah
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaahhh
The ogre men are still inside, the two-way mirror mountain
You gotta keep down right out of sight
You can’t see in, but they can see out
“Ooh, keep a lookout”
The ogre men are coming out from the two-way mirror mountain
They’re running up behind, and they’re coming all about
Can’t go east, ’cause you gotta go south
Ogre men are going home
The great big fight is over
Bugle blow, let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives forevermore, oh-oh-oh
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaahhh
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Freddie Mercury
Keys to the Castle-Thee Oh Sees
Artist: Thee Oh Sees
Album: Orc
This parade of candied people
Turns the bend in castle’s steeple
Flood the tower with your body
Fling yourselves from upper belfry
Let’s witness the whole occasion
Piles of bodies fill the garden
Smash the hedgerow with their plummet
Stop with panic, ugly banquet
Floating in the vile moat yeah
Crack their skulls upon the cobbles
Ringing home their lemming’s message
Where Owls Know My Name
Where Owls Know My Name-Rivers of Nihil
And then I wished you away
I lost those memories
Of the days we weren’t
Forsaken. Why don’t we
Just relax our eyes
And fall into a dream
Let it take my mind
Where owls know my name
And it gets colder every day
Lost in eternity’s grasp
Withdrawing further from what we have known
This mentality that we’ve built
It’s breaking down
Still running away from it
You’re still dreaming
Still hoping that there’s something that may be worth seeking
You’ve wasted all that you have been given
Still hoping to find a way to make life worth living
Lost in eternity’s grasp
We’ll find no way to weather the storm
This mentality that we built
Is breaking down
All the same
Every path you take
You remain
Trapped within your shame
Go away far away
Separate from the shame
Lost in eternity’s grasp
Withdrawing further from what we have known
This mentality that we’ve built
It’s breaking down
I brought myself to this place
Where only owls would know me
This reality that I’ve built
Is an empty space
The Enchanter-Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation
She moves through the mountains and down to the sea
She sings in celebration with her piper for me
She’s leading the man who’s beating the drum
Love is all around her on the road to the sun
Round, round, moving me round
Round, round the air
She’s lost in conversation with the birds of the air
She’s trading information in a world without fear
She’s fixing up a potion made of laughter and love
And I will follow the enchanter on the road to the sun
Round, round, moving me round
Round, round, round
Oh that the stars will light my way
Oh as my tides dance the ebb and sway
She’s studying the planets and she’s searching for signs
Her eyes promise mystery and her treasure to find
She’s mixing my emotions it’s so easily done
In a league with the enchanter on the road to the sun
Oh that the stars will light my way
Oh as my tides dance the ebb and sway
It’s so very easily done
She moves through the mountains and down to the sea
She sings in celebration with her piper for free
She’s leading the man who’s beating the drum
And love is all around her on the road to the sun
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Robert Plant / Justin Adams / Clive Deamer / Liam Tyson / John Baggott
Rush, “Xanadu”
“To seek the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honey dew
And drink the milk of paradise….”
I had heard the whispered tales
Of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book. I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops
Of eastern lands unknown
Time and Man alone
Searching for the lost–Xanadu
Xanadu–To stand within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, I will dine on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise
A thousand years have come and gone
But Time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in the everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost–Xanadu
Xanadu–held within the Pleasure Dome
Decreed by Kubla Khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall I return
Escape these caves of ice
For I have dined on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise
Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Music by Neil Peart
