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The Lady of Shalott

She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room, She saw the water-lily bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume, She look’d down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack’d from side to side; “The curse is come upon me,” cried The Lady […]

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Lancelot

LYRICS Addressing the hidden root Residing under the boot May not be obvious to me Yet, all the world can see Fits of madness Suicidal tendencies Sits in sadness Homicidal remedies How destructive action Leads to lack of satisfaction Bad things that you pass Come back to bite in the ass Claim that life isn’t […]

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Daniel

LYRICS We require our attention As divine intervention No need for a seer to see We create our destiny Man is overactive Holding the climate captive Steadfast devotion To our solution For evolution Interpret the signs Of Man’s designs Long-term consequences To satisfy our instance And, the lion dines Working towards redemption For future generations […]

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Lyonesse

Part I When I Set Out For Lyonesse by Thomas Hardy When I set out for Lyonnesse, A hundred miles away, The rime was on the spray, And starlight lit my lonesomeness When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away. What would bechance at Lyonnesse While I should sojourn there No prophet durst […]

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Dragon’s Breath

Dragon’s breath Kiss of death Exhale Fire Exhale Higher Pay these… … in Hades It’s a gas We’ll come to pass Dragon’s Breath.mp3 Dragon’s Breath Unplugged.mp3 (unplugged to save energy) Dragon’s Breath-Instrumental.mp3 Dragons-Breath-LH-Yamaha-PSR-740.MID (Left Hand / also controlled microKorg and miniNOVA vocorder) Dragons-Breath-RH-Casio-WK-3500.MID (Right Hand / also controlled Korg PS60) Dragons-Breath-piano.MID Chords: Gm Fm / […]

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Uther Pendragon

LYRICS Uther, What about Mother? My birth On Earth Son of the head dragon Born of pain To Ygraine Mother tires Over irresponsible pursuit of desires Arthur pauses Addressing the root causes Man’s confusion Over magical deception and illusion Will we see Intergenerational responsibility Our decisions Impact profoundly All that is mine Deteriorate in decline […]

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Midas

LYRICS Soon we’ll concede You can’t feed On greed Too much Midas touch Growing old With a daughter of gold Unintended consequences Of the human menaces Relentless exploitation Environmental degradation Tragic realization Near-starvation Insatiable desires Consumption never tires Material abundance Children have no chance A second chance The need to balance Humanity has the capacity […]

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Philomela’s Tongue

Instrumental with quasi-electronic lyrics: Philomela’s tongue A lie was built The Fat Lady has sung Hide our guilt? Cut out our tongue Philomela’s tongue Has come undone Philomela’s tongue It’s come undone Philomela’s Tongue.mp3 Philomelas-Tongue-LH-Casio-WK-3500.MID (Left Hand / also controlled Korg PS60) Philomelas-Tongue-RH-Yamaha-PSR-740.MID (Right Hand / also controlled microKorg and miniNOVA vocorder) Chords: Em Dm […]

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Hercules

LYRICS Hercules, please! All hail I pale On a grand scale Hercules, please! Patron of health Guards true wealth Safeguarding humanity All all our vanity Strength and heroes No friend of Nero We don’t fiddle around While the world is burning down Hercules, please! Adversity from infancy Our legacy If we don’t recognize Adversity’s size […]

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Merlin

LYRICS Quick! Merlin’s natural magic Is music To my ears Savior From our fears Surprise How wise Shine the light Prophetic insight Foresee the future Help us endure Safeguarding and guiding Tumultuous times align Extracting Excalibur from the stone Collective efforts, not alone Evolution and adaptation Understanding all creation We’ll see… With knowledge comes responsibility […]

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Pegasus

LYRICS Mama had a baby and her head popped off! The illustrious Pegasus The delicate balance In circumstance I mean… between Mortal and immortal realms When Man is left at the helm Stomp your hooves Nature sings Clap your wings The anger brings Clap like thunder! Better wonder…. Bring on a natural free-spirited nature So […]

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Cronus (Measuring Out Time)

LYRICS Is Cronus us? You know When the status quo Has got to go Cut off his balls The king falls Is Cronus us? What we did Eat the kids Regurgitate What we ate Ignore advice Pay the price Is Cronus us? Titanomachy calamity At odds Man against the gods Cursed and then sent With […]

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Hubris and Nemesis

LYRICS Anoint No doubt succession Exploit Without repercussions Never learn our lesson Nemesis is Hubris’ Consequences Humaneless humans Have no defenses Environmental degradation Eye on mental No hesitation Ecosystem disruption On her and him… Their acquisition Ignorant and arrogant They rant: I want this And I want that Don’t give a piss Where you’re at […]

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

LYRICS Throwing spaghetti at the wall After all, Will it fall? Throwing confetti in the wind Keeps blowin’… To my chagrin Surprise the wise In the thick Of will it stick? Or just a fleeting greeting Weill we grow to know our shadow Or be left stark In the dark Who knows the Emperor is […]

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Oh My God!

LYRICS Mercury flew To inform of knew The evidence Of our commerce In fact, With speed and impact Chorus: Running rings around the sun Time our damage is undone With the Earth, we are one Age of Knew/New has begun Icarus Like us Ignored the warning We’re warming Hubris and consequences Brought on this Our […]

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