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The Bards' Call
04:24
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Your ship's come in to help you escape life's insanity
Set sail to a place that's filled with dreams and fantasy
You'll never know just what you'll find
When you escape inside your mind
Please step inside, all aboard
Leave your baggage at the door
What never was, what will never be
Is waiting here to set you free
So welcome now to the Dreaming World
Where there are wonders to behold
Dive down the rabbit hole and see where it leads
There's plenty to find in this land of make-believe
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Welcome to the Dreaming World
Please move along, its time to come home
The grass is cool and green
And as soft as a teddy bear
The smiling sun's so warm
It will bake away all your cares
Take a gentle stroll
Through the garden maze
Or join the caterpillar
In a smoky haze
You'll find a sky so blue
That it looks just like its a sea
Of tiny islands
Where you could spend eternity
In the dreaming world
Anything you want is here
All you have to do
Is step through the mirror dear
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My Great Escape
03:10
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They say that solitude can drive you mad
Maybe I'm already there and that's why I don't care
When I'm alone my thoughts stray far afield
Then I don't know what is fake and what is real
Most feel alone
Me, I do very well
My dreams will always be
My great escape
If I'd gone too far how would I notice
When every mirage looks like an oasis
There are no constraints here, I drift as I please
I'm just a balloon floating on the breeze
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Valley of the Dead
03:34
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With darkness as my guide
I've gone astray inside
This realm of endless fantasy
And lost touch with reality
A wave of unease
Washes over me
Knocks me off my feet
Drags me out to sea
With nowhere to hide
The nightmare takes me for a ride
Past dark images of unspoken dread
Through the valley of the dead
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The Lighthouse
03:39
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I know you didn't go easy
When it dragged you out to sea
You fought like hell
But still it pulled you in deep
You have to prevent yourself from ever losing sight of the dream
I know you're often felt
That this fight was never yours
Served extra rations of strife
But babe this is par for the course
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Subconscious
04:03
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Now I know
Whether awake or dreaming
I'm in control
Of Whatever I am thinking
And that is all
A ship of perception floating a sea of stimuli
Sailing through emotions under stormy skies
Searching for lights on foggy shores
Trying to refrain from going overboard
Now the dream
Has suddenly gone lucid
And to me
Everything's subjective
And that is all
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Just Before You Wake
02:26
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Oath of Exile
04:51
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As the dawn king herald calls
I can see right though the walls
Discorporeal sounds, illusions fade
While slowly I begin to wake
I'll find a way
To return again
Until my dying day
I won't lie
For one single night
Without seeking the way
As I slowly drift from sleep
The images all slip from me
I cry a plea to let me stay
And then the dream fades away
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Must've Been a Dream
03:29
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I woke up this morning with the feeling that I'd left something behind
But for the life of me I can't recall what was on my mind
I feel like I made an escape and came back for you
Then somehow I lost my way, Anyway
It must have been a dream
It was only just a dream
I just can't shake this feeling of loss; it's got me tied up in knots
Why can't I let it go, I guess I'll never know
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Bards of Antiquity Concord, California
Mythic odysseys, Victorian tragedies, mystic puzzles and stellar voyages await all who would hear, for the Bards have made
these journeys and more -returning from death and despair, hopelessness and oblivion to bear witness in story and song.
The Bards of Antiquity beckon, will you heed their call?
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