SPLENDOR SOLIS

THE RIVER

Sailing down, down the Styx again
Without you my love, I want to return but then
I see all my friends, they want me to join with them

They all melt away, without you alone

And the river's running through my veins
Lately she don't seem the same
And the blood keeps calling out my name

I pass by their sins, left by a different man
The tides brought them here Cast by a different hand
And the wisps of the winds Blow with the Styx again
Pushing me on, without you alone

And the river's running through my veins
Lately she don't seem the same
And the blood keeps calling out my name

And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river...

My will must be strong, to rise with a different tide
My will must belong, I'm still pushing for different heights
And the wisps of the winds Blow with the Styx again
The river runs red And I'm left alone

And the river's running thru my veins
Lately she don't seem the same
And the blood keeps calling out my name
And the river's running (yeah)

Help me baby
Help me baby
Help me baby
Help me baby (...oooh yeah)
Help me baby
Help me baby
Help me baby Yes!

MIDSUMMER DAY

When you've decided to hold on to all that you've lost
When you've decided to hold on to all that you've lost
All this is nothing if she comes and tears you apart
All this is nothing if you hold the key to her heart

If you've decided to change what you thought was your way
This new way will take you to her and to midsummer day
All this is nothing if she comes and tears you apart
All this is nothing if you hold the key to her heart

And I'm crying in the night
And I'm waiting for her call
Won't you help me girl tonight
Cause I'm waiting for her call

And I'm crying in the night
And she's flowing from my mind
And the sky is turning black
And I'm running out of time

You'll shed a last tear if you miss what you thought was your way
This new way will take you to her and to midsummer day
All this is nothing if she comes and tears you apart
All this is nothing if you hold the key to my heart

All you are...is in you
All you are...is in you
All you are...is in you
All you are...is in you...
in you...
in you...
in you (ohhhh).

A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT

As the colors fade away my love
As the darkness turns to day above
Celebrate the one you love

And she says she has a friend inside
Shows her everything she tries
to hide Please stop the pain inside

She don't know
Please stop her pain
I think she's coming down again
I hear the rain
She's coming down again
I hear the rain

And she dancing with the hands of fate
While she's sleeping with the one she hates
And tonight they celebrate

She don't know
Please stop her pain, stop her pain
I think she's coming down again
I hear the rain
She's coming down again
I hear the rain
And the rain still falls
It's falling down on me

She don't know
Please stop her pain, stop her pain
I think she's coming down again
I hear the rain
She's coming down again
I hear the rain
She's coming down again
She's coming down again
She's coming down again
She's coming down again
I hear the rain.

WINTER SOLSTICE

- Instrumental -

SAVE ME

I must leave you tonight my love Remain so faithfully
I must go off to war my dear The kings await me
I will go so far away
I will always love you, but you knew (yeah)

I regret to tell you Your man has died tonight
He was a brave man He fought a brave fight
He was killed by the other side
He was killed by the other men's knives

She said
save me
Save me

Why must you love this man He is your brother
This is easy to understand my son There is no other
I cannot pretend to love this man Like my father
I cannot pretend mother There is no other

She said
save me
Save me

Save me
Save me

When there is no truth, let's end this lie tonight
This is easy to understand, without your best fight
But I see a new sun rising in the east
But I see a new sun rising in the east

She said
save me
Save me
Save me
Save YOU!

SUN GOING DOWN

I woke up this mornin' Someone was knocking at my door
I woke up this mornin' Someone was knocking at my door
And I said hello sweet Satan I believe it's time to go

Thirteenth apostle knocking at my door
Telling me that I can't play with you no more
I guess the wages of sin now, couldn't buy my meals
Screaming out your name baby, how does that feel

Feeling through the out door, all throughout the night
Waiting for the doctor to come and make me right
Fading from the bedside, I've lost all appeal
To stay with you baby
Baby how does that, how does that feel?

Sun's going down,
sun's going down
Sun's going down,
sun's going down
Ohh go down

Sing throughout the streets baby, And you sing throughout the night
You go and tell the people People my soul is aflight
I guess the wages of sin now, yeah they couldn't buy my meals
I'm screaming out your name baby, how does that feel
(it feels good)

Thirteenth apostle knocking at my door
Telling me that I can't, I can't play with you no more
mama I guess the wages of sin now, yeah they couldn't buy my meals
I'm screaming out your name girl, baby how does that
Now honey how does that feel? (yeah)

Sun's going down,
sun's going down (ooh yeah)
Sun's going down,
sun's going down (ooh come on baby)
Sun's going down,
sun's going down
Going down, you go down
(oooh baby...come on end my fears girl)

Looked at the heavens above
and I said a little prayer
As if the heavens above
would even care
Looked at the heavens above
and I said a little prayer
As if the heavens above
would even care...care

I said "Jesus,
won't you meet me in the middle of the air?"
I think my wings are falling below Jesus, I need another
pair Jesus
won't you meet me in the middle of the air
I think my wings are falling below I need another pair

St. Peter at the gates of heaven-baby won't you let me in, let
me in
St. Peter at the gates of heaven-honey won't you let me in, let
me in
St. Peter at the gates of heaven-baby won't you let me in, let
me in
I said now Peter, listen Peter, come on Peter,
Won't you let me in!
Right now! Right now! Come on now, now!

I said sun's going down,
sun's going down,
sun's going down
It's going down,
it's going down,
it's going down
I said it's going going going going
Come on alright alright...
Yeah the sun was going down.

IN THIS TIME

Hey hey lady looks like I'm under your spell once again
And hey hey lady, there just now ain't no denying these
things

I will always be here
Always be with you

And I know she's said Let the leaves fall wherever they
may
But I find it hard Hard to find people like she is today

I will always be here
Always be with you
In this time...
in this time...
in this time

When you lay to sleep Tell me the visions you see in the
night
When you turn around What kind of shadow is cast by the
light

She will always be here
Always be here
I will always be here
I will always be with you
In this time...in this time...in this time...in this time
(ohh)

DREAMS OF REASON

Oh how the paths change
When the wisdom fades away (yeah)
Something's going to change these times
And we'll watch them fade away

Never going to get it back
Never going to get it back
And that's what they say
When I've promised to change my ways
And we've all had these days

Oh I can feel her
In the insides of these rooms (yeah)
Something's going to change these times
And we'll watch them fade away

Never going to get it back
Never going to get it back
And that's what they say
When I've promised to change my ways
And we've all had these days

Baby I really need your love
I've got to have all your love
It's cold outside
I'm trying to hide
I really need your love
I really need your love
I really need your love
I really need your love
I really need your love

RAVEN SKIES

I am walking on To the place of the light
And the things I see With the starlight sight
In the dance of the fires In the flames I see
Under raven skies She will sleep with me

And I need her now and I need you
Welcome to my garden and what do ya see
Welcome to my garden do ya still see me?

I am looking through Through the dance of the trees
I experience What a Shaman sees
I've returned within I've returned with sight
Under raven skies I will sleep tonight

And I need her now and I need you
Welcome to my garden and what do ya see
Welcome to my garden do ya still see me?

And I need her now
Welcome to my garden and what do ya see
Welcome to my garden do ya still see me?
Welcome to my garden and what do ya see
Welcome to my garden do ya still see me?
Do ya still see me?
And I need her now
And I need her now
And I need her now!

HAZE ON THE HILLS

- Instrumental -

THE MAJESTIC SONG

With a thought you could change what you've never really
known
With a lie You could take from the love they never showed
Come along Come along now it's not too far away

And the streams They are running to an ocean that is dry
And the sands Of the ocean are the prophets in the eye
Of the sage Who has chosen to forfeit all he knows...I
know

And you know,
and you know now that some things never change
In a world,
in a world that seems bound by human pain
Come along,
come along now it's not too far away

And beyond you will see the how the ever changing glow
It surrounds All the feeling you never thought you'd know
Come along Come along now it's not too far away

And you know,
and you know now that some things never change
In a world,
in a world that seems bound by human pain
Come along,
come along now it's not too far away...I know

And the streams They are running to an ocean that is dry
And the sands Of the ocean are the prophets in the eye
Of the sage Who has chosen to forfeit all he knows...I
know

And you know,
and you know now that some things never change
In a world,
in a world that seems bound by human pain
Come along,
come along now it's not too far away...I know

And you know,
and you know now that some things never change
In a world,
in a world that seems bound by human pain
Come along,
come along now it's not too far away
I know...I know...I know

THE EDGES OF TWILIGHT

Fire in the Head

you stay
silent, knowing, always in time
see how this love stays divine
sleep here
hoping, knowing, always in time
see how this love stays divine

this is the way step inside

and I'm waiting
when I return to her I find
I'm waiting
flowers of evil in my mind
And I'm waiting
dancing with fire on the edge
I'm waiting
remembering all of what she said
And I'm waiting
hoping the rains will wash away
I'm waiting
hoping a guide will show the way
And I'm waiting
dancing with fire on the edge
I'm waiting
remembering all of what she said
with this fire in the head

The Bazaar

Silence swimming in a pool of dreams
beneath its steps the forgotten streams
above,the city of the evening star
behind its walls, the grand bazaar
as she walks through its endless maze
cursing those who mistrust her ways
please my friend no matter what she sees
tell my lover come back to me

door ways spilling out their sombre light
casting shadows that will raid the night
along the alleys of her ruling fears
walk the visions that will cause her tears
lying still as she wills her glance
through the eyes of a charmer's trance
please my friend no matter what she sees
tell my lover come back to me

and on the walls
shadows play
twilight souls
anguished ways
lost adrift
severed seas
I await you
come to me

Correspondences

Hope springs to life
charmed by approaching listlessness
hands reaching out
to grasp the open emptiness

leading me down...

and this goodbye
faced with hope and countenance
souls slip away
to bask in glowing radiance

leading me down...

as we run from the sun
and we harbour the lies
and we leave things undone
as we cover our eyes

does it tear you apart my love
does it tear you apart my love
it tears me apart

charmed by this light
this sombre guidance in her eyes
rage would entice
and final moments would arise

leading me down...

does it tear you apart my love
does it tear you apart my love
it tears me apart

The Badger

Instrumental

Silence

Silent spirit walks before me
with her beauty and with her eyes
heaven help me
I feel I'm fading
I should rest here
for a while

In the dreamtime I'm awakened
as my senses seize the night
heaven help me
I'm foresaken
I should rest here
for a while

And you in the bed you made Ophelia
dry are the lips that lost their taste of love
drown in the waters that would give you life
cry as this lamentation thrusts its knife

In silence
in silence
SILENCE

Sister Awake

When the winter was over
she returned there to find him
and her memories
filled her with light

She remembered the beauty
she remembered desire
and her memories filled her with light

I am the sun in the flame
cold from the flame turns away
And in these winds came a change
she awakes

sister walk through these fields of delight
but I want you to know
desperation's the tenderest trap
so gently you go
what will it take
sister awake

When this beautiful cult of desire
has left you for dead
isolation will cradle the lies
of things left unsaid
what will it take
sister awake

And you'll look to the heavens above
and taste its deceit
these temptations have blinded desires
to sleep at their feet
what will it take
sister awake

And you'll hear them call out your name
invoking the fates
Chances are you've travelled too far
instirring their hate
what will it take
sister away
awake

Turn the Lamp Down Low

Turn the lamp down low
shelter me
turn the lamp down low
rising up to see
please don't go

Do you feel a flame that's burning
as the candle dies
Do the see the spirits stirring
as you close your eyes
do you sense the slow advancement
as the twilight thins
do you see the serpent dancing
as it sheds its skin

Turn the lamp down low
please don't go

Does the sun renounce its kingdom
As the shadows fall
Does a fool rejoice in wisdom
when the raven calls
do you embrace the dancing clayman
as he tears your flesh
do you hear the souls screaming
in the serpent's mesh

Turn the lamp down low
please don't go

Do you need the consolation
of the dead man's hand
as the tears of desolation
flood a dead man's land
do you seek your soul's redemption
under fervent skies
don't you see your own reflection
in the serpent's eye

Shadows on the Mountainside

We are spirits passing through the doors of time
with an invitation heard before we find
shadows on the mountainside
eagles find the souls they hide

And the outcast child enchanted by the sun
will he seek his shelter never knowing one
shadows on the mountainside
eagles find the souls they hide

Shadows on the mountainside
cover me with sleep
because I need it now

And the red river flow to seas
and she will return to me
and then I that I am is in her hands
and I will return to her and then
I begin

Drawing Down the Moon

Holding on
Once again
Take the time to look around
Is it all in vain
Can't you see
Stay with me

I need you now
To stop the rains
But you want to know how it feels
And tell you have felt the same
stay with me
Can't you see

Don't let me down
Stay with me
Don't leave me now
Stay with me
When darkness descends that's all you see
Don't let me down
Stay with me

You tell me what you want

She drawing down the moon
I can see it in her eyes
I think it's too soon
I think she's going to cry
She drawing down the moon
she should turn away
I think it's too soon
Can't she hear me when I say

You tell me what you want

Don't let me down
Stay with me
Don't leave me now
Stay with me
When darkness descend it's all we see
Don't let me down
Stay with me

Inanna

Over the skies and sea my love
over the sky and sea
riding the crest and winds above
bringing her back to me
Into the starlit sea my love
into the moon lit sea
riding the crest of winds above
I'm begging you stay with me

Would you walk ten miles with me my love
Would you walk the skies with me
Would you walk ten miles with me my love
Inanna

Coming Home

When frightened by change
Serenity clings to my sleep
and wonders remain
the world will inherit its meek
and wicked's the taste
you feel when the mysteries arise
I've fallen from grace
because of her treacherous eyes

You don't know
so alone
I'm coming home

And beauty's disdain
attends to these virtous lies
she tries to restrain
the ardent and amerous eyes
and wicked's the taste
you feel when the mysteries arise
I've fallen from grace
because of her treacherous eyes

You don't know
so alone
I'm coming home

Walk With Me

Tell me lady, shining sun
To feel the warmth that's come undone
Do you sleep in sympathy
And if it's true
Walk with me

All of the while you were here
All of the while you were near

In the twilight the idols speak
And in the twilight you'll always seek
A sentimental forgotten friend
Who will always love you
Until the end

All of the while you were here
All of the while you were near

And now you search for the ideals
You'll find a vice that always heals
The open wounds, the bleeding hearts
Yet still they'll say
You're torn apart

All of the while you were here
All of the while you were near

Come on lady walk with me
Come on lady talk with me
Can't you see I'm all alone
This loneliness I can't condone
Come on lady hold my hand
Take me to your shadowland
Sleep awhile in sympathy
Come on lady walk with me


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