THE COMPILATIONS 1996-2004 iTunes Exclusive

1. TIME MARCHES ON You know We go Through life and all its wonders like a race that's to be won Slow down, care for the moments remaining In time Our lives, they seem a moment in time We'll see the truth and nothing more As time marches on.... We should Cherish The time we have together, 'cause we won't be back again! You know, Love is the only forever In time. Our lives, they seem a moment in time We'll see the truth and nothing more As time marches on.... What is life except a stage? You spend the years rehearsing for another time that's yet to come And all your works and all your dreams and all your thoughts are Just a mote in the eye of eternity Yet there's a reason for it all There is a place for us if we don't give into the hand time This portion of the dream that we can see is not the real world -- Time to awaken! 2. AIR BORN (By Latimer/Bardens) High flying mynah, spread your wings Flying high on a cloud Born on the air, spiral around So easy making circles You never touch the ground You see the sea, feel the sky Don't know where you're going You don't, you don't know the answers To what's in my mind Riding on the wind and turning with the tide Light takes you up, it brings you down Change is the things that to me Is chained to the frost, the wind and the rain And everyone keeps staring up You'll be back again 3. THE NARROW WAY There is a lady that we all know And once upon a Prime Time T.V. show A man was asking her about her soul She thought a moment and replied, "All paths lead to God" Funny thing for her to say, And none too original There was a man who said "It's either or" You've got to find the truth at the very core In most religions that's what they're searching for And can they all be right? All roads can't lead to Rome I've seen the end of many a trail But never the coliseum And now you've heard from a woman and a man What matters most to you is where you stand And can you find the truth, I know that you can Don't wait until the morning comes For bad can't evolve into good it's either or - only one truth only one narrow way For now the morning comes and it can't wait You wake up in the dawn to find you're too late Do you burn to a cinder in the morning light Did the path you chose lead to eternal night At the end of time do you know regret When you see the final truth that you'll never forget 4. A IS A Are we living in deceptive times When the truth has turned its face Is there reason buried in the rhyme Can there be a higher place You can turn your head away and say it's all lies You can try to walk away from the truth you know inside You can change your mind and thus change your soul But you can't change the truth, and that is A = A = A = A is A It seems so obvious but misunderstanding still persists A = A = A = A is A Faith and Reason seem to be two sides That can never act as one Is the higher power that I feel something that my mind has done You can turn your head away and say it's all lies You can try to walk away from the truth you know inside You can change your mind and thus change your soul But you can't change the truth, and that is A = A = A = A is A It seems so obvious but misunderstanding still persists A = A = A = A is A 5. THE MORNING SONG Feels like a summer morning There's music in my heart Why can't we sing together Each unto his part All creation singing All mankind could know the story All creation sing his glory Forevermore - forevermore Time to rise Wake for the morning comes Leave your cares behind Sing of love Love that lasts forever When you wake to find All creation singing All mankind could know the story All creation sing his glory Forevermore - forevermore Who wrote the song That echoes in my heart And made it To linger 1. Surely He is good to all of us who seek a pure heart - who seek - to know the truth 2. All will be changed and all will be new - all will be forever made as one 3. Now I pray to you my Lord - When it comes - I'll be there - At your side - Forevermore 4. Sing aloud the truth in your heart - wake up - sing out - for the morning comes There will come one final day Every eye shall see Truth and love will live as one Wake for the morning comes All mankind could know the story All creation sing his glory Forevermore - forevermore 6. HEROES AND DRAGONS Something has called to us all of our days Whispering of glory and glorious ways Someone has reached from an infinite space Found in our hearts the most secretive place Planted a vision though not clearly seen For mankind is fallen There is a yearning in every heart Reminding us all who we were from the start Destined for more than our earthly estate Heaven may beckon though we're doomed to wait And so we may search for what truth we can find For mankind is fallen There is a dragon as real as can be Conquered mankind with the fruit of the tree And he sees the truth of who we're meant to be Searching for someone that calls from above A hero to follow, who worthy of love Has risen from death and then rolled back the stone Holds high the sword and then urges us on To put down the dragon we've served all along For mankind is fallen 7. IN THE COURT OF ALKINOOS Part One The Spell Athene: The hero alone, forlorn and weary Slumbered in darkness dreary So, leaving him I swiftly sped To chase the moonlight whence it fled To find for him a savior   I sought her out, a princess fair Who seemed a goddess lying there ‘Neath the starlight, mid the gloom None fairer born of mortal womb I wove a spell to snare her Athene: Get thee to the water Nausikaa I’ll rise come the morning Athene: Get thee to the water Nausikaa: I’ll rise come the daybreak   Athene: Get thee to the water For one is waiting there A wild thing cast upon the shore Human wreckage the tempest tore And you I have chosen Nausikaa: I will go to the water Athene: And you I have chosen   Part Two Nausikaa Nausikaa: Daybreak, I must awake now Something bids me go Come now my fair attendants For there is something I must know Waiting for me Down by the sea   Dreaming, dreaming   All sing: Grab the white dress and the linen Hitch the team and follow me Dreaming, the princess saw a wedding She thinks the time is right to marry   Nausikaa: There are days like Heaven Spent beneath the sun Play now, for we’re but maidens And life has only just begun   Waiting for me Down by the sea   All sing: Rising, the hero looks the savage Waking, a lion fit to rage Yet now the princess will not cower Fearless, fearless is she! Part Three Odysseus Odysseus: Where am I? What fell thing is seeking now to gore me? Where am I? No one-eyed giants standing now before me? I just want to go home!   Where am I? And who this goddess?  Have you come to aid me? Where am I? Or should I curse again the gods that made me? I just want to go home! Nausikaa: Come, follow if you will I’ll lead you somewhere A city shining bright A ship you will find there   My father is the King ‘Tis he you must query He’ll think you are the man That I’m meant to marry!   Part Four The King King Alkinoos: He knelt before the throne of the hallowed prince And there he made his supplication known They never knew – ‘twas the sacker of cities And for his sake the truth could not be shown   The king was moved as the hero told his tale Of weary travels ore the stormy foam He’d give his daughter to this hero kneeling there And grant a ship and crew to speed him home   Nausikaa: Waiting for me Down by the sea   All sing: First the king declares a feast Now the hero’s need is withheld Lo, his head is dipped in sorrow He is waiting for tomorrow Waiting Waiting   King Alkinoos: Call forth the blind one To sing us a story Of swords and of fire Of battle and glory   Nausikaa: Oh sing to us of warriors bold For we have heard a legend told Of one doomed to sail the sea In search of his love But never to find her   Part Five The Singer   Demodokos: “Hear his story Hearken well now For this hero Hath angered the gods!” All sing: To his torment There before him Sang the singer A song of his doom Odysseus: Say no more Say no more   All sing: No one sees that Tears are flowing No one knows that Here sits the one   Sing on singer Sing unceasing You have brought low The hero of the ages   Odysseus: Say no more Say no more All sing: Sing on singer Sing unceasing You have brought low The hero of the ages Part Six The Dance (Instrumental)   Part Seven The Competition (Instrumental) Part Eight Wounding One Hero Demodokos and Choir: The feasting complete The songs have been sung The games have been won A champion crowned   Demodokos and Odysseus: Once was a man, who by ruse of war Gained access to the city of Troy and all its wealth Now comes a man, who by craft of words Hath broken down the gates of the hero’s heart   There is but one, one hero who will conquer From Heaven up above – God of glory and of love Here is my gift, my ruse of war, my Trojan Horse For to His glory I’ll sing forever more.   King Alkinoos: No!  Stop this madness now! Can’t you see?  He’s broken down with sorrow While you sing of heroes, of riddles and of gods There remains one question And I would have my answer now   What is your name?