From MK's self-titled 2001 demo CD.
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Michael Kolomiets

LYRICS

She came out of the scene and into my life,
She named me her king and played with my eyes,
She knew I had seen within her disguise,
She gave me one sin, and I told her only lies...

The strength of my heart is pulling me out,
The void in my mind carries my shout,
The size of my soul is squeezing me in,
The voice in my mouth phrases the sin...

[CHORUS]
I'll never be the same, I'll never be sane,
Never ever again, but I'll take the blame.
So welcome to the game of sorrow and shame,
Where fame is the name of this mortal pain...

Then rain suddenly pours from the heavens above
And in silence of course, we maintain it's love,
Down to this earth of desolate souls.
Though from our birth, we run into holes...

We try to resist to the sins that exist,
We try to protest, but in vain - I confess!
So what is this crime, that I've schemed in my mind?
Is it just a way to walk into the day?...

(repeat chorus)

MK (demo CD)

2001

MK - Animal magnetism

From the "Istree" concept album by MSA Project.
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Michel Fontes and Serge Barbaro

LYRICS

Once this world was proud, once this world had life,
Once this world had hope, now it's just so cold...
Through the endless night, water rules supreme,
Due to selfish greed, terraforming might...

Saved by a whale, from a burning wreckage,
Watching his ship sinking deep, a man is adrift on the sea.
Riding the waves, he hears voices in his head,
Telling him to hold on to hope...

[CHORUS 1]
Rising high through the mist,
Floating on the tip
Of a rock, standing tall,
Cathedral of fate...

This planetary engineering,
Instead of creating, spread out destruction.
Many through Istree, angered and dismayed
Sought all together for a solution...

Simon Farleigh gathered all of them here,
Creatures from all realities... Mythlania and Musania...
This wounded world would serve to shelter the
Magic Science Academy.

(repeat chorus 1)

[CHORUS 2]
Headquarter of the wise,
Here they live and die.
Searching for a way to heal
The universe that bleeds.

The castaway has reached the rocky shore he'd seen.
Animals are here...
Greeting him with smiles, rushing him inside...

Within walls of stone, mirrored halls unknown,
Gathering has grown...
He's now one of them, they've accepted him...

(repeat choruses 1 & 2)

Union of magic and of science,
Maybe this could be the key...
Looking for new ways to fix that old breach
Seeking for answers that we need.

Maybe this is the key...

TRIVIA

These lyrics were inspired by a magnificent graphic by artist George Grie which we had initially hoped to use as the cover art for the CD, but that unfortunately did not happen.

For the curious, the piece can be seen here:
http://neosurrealismart.com/modern-art-prints/?artworks/noah-s-ark-or-delusion-of-grandeur.html

Istree

2010

MSA Project - Birth of a new myth

From the "Istree" 2010 concept album by MSA Project.
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Michel Fontes and Serge Barbaro

LYRICS

Castles made of sand, cities in the sea,
Memories of men, things that used to be,
Ancient lores of old, secrets known before,
All the jewels and gold of worlds never known,
Of worlds never known...

All these treasures that hold our identity,
All the wonders that told who we used to be,
All the words and feelings exclusive to our kin,
All are now long gone... like the wind...

Colored streams that shine, vivid skies sublime,
Voices that won't die, echoes in the night,
Oddities of time, hieroglyphs and signs,
Traces of the lives of cultures we survived...

All these treasures that hold our identity,
All the wonders that told who we used to be,
All the words and feelings exclusive to our kin,
All are now long gone... like the wind...

[CHORUS]
No matter the race, no matter the world, no matter the ways,
All that is unique, all that is special, all that is rare,
Gets twisted around, gets slammed to the ground, gets taken away,
Until Istree finally crushes all those who dare...
To be different.

Each world has beliefs, religions to bear grief,
Politics and schemes, cultural divides,
Subtleties to hide all the pain inside,
Reasons to forgive all the shame they lived.

Animals that cry deep into the night,
Howling to somehow reconcile with life.
Warriors march in line, looking all so grim,
Striking like the wind...

(repeat chorus)

MSA Project - Like the wind

From the "Istree" 2010 concept album by MSA Project.
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Michel Fontes and Serge Barbaro

LYRICS

I look at the sky, I look at my feet,
I look all around, I can't stand this anymore now...
I have been here for so many years that I can't think of any
Things that I used to believe in, this I fear now will destroy me.

Stranded and lost,
Homesick and caught in shadows...
Stranded and lost,
And caught...

[CHORUS]
Long has it been since I've landed here
On these shores that I long to leave now forever
But this is my life and this is my curse
Yet I retain hope, for hope is all I've got

I was on a ship that sailed here, greatest of an immense army,
Part of the Empire of Istree, writing what would become history.
But our fleet was caught in a trap, set by cunning minds with insight,
All within sight of this hated place where I now lie in despair!

Stranded and lost,
Homesick and caught in shadows... shadows...
Stranded and lost,
And caught...

Istree has dominion over worlds and planets,
Moons and suns revolving, galaxies expanding,
Over lives so many, billion lands aplenty,
Reaching out through heavens, warring with all aliens...

Epic was the battle, cosmic and enthralling,
Leaving out so many drifting off or stranded
Floating in a vacuum, warping space and time,
Until all is over and silence claims its rights...

Istree has dominion, eternal and spreading,
Powerful Empire meant to rule through fear and
Mighty laws to tame all those who hope to break it,
Destiny revealing prophecies to hope in...

Epic was the battle, cosmic and enthralling,
Leaving out so many drifting off or stranded
Floating in a vacuum, warping space and time,
Until all is over and silence claims its rights...

(repeat chorus)

MSA Project - Chant of the lost mariner

From MK's self-titled 2001 demo CD.
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Michael Kolomiets

LYRICS

Heading away, ships racing through space,
Leading the way with haste at great pace,
Searching for a world to
Conquer and then subdue - then rule.

Lost in the stars, he travels with speed,
Gliding afar, see how he will free
The nations that besieged, pray
To regain their pride - they will pay!

[CHORUS]
Lasers beaming, phasers aiming, dazers dazing, searing, tearing apart
Liquid fumes and solid light have merged and swirled and whirled in a world of wind
And now they see... he has come and he is here to save them all...
Speaking in another tongue!

Making your way out of this fury,
You stumble and shout till you really
Understand why the stars don't fall
Down from the skies - at night...

(repeat chorus)

MK - Space Opera

From Skeem's second CD "... Just suggesting" (2013).
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Serge Barbaro

LYRICS

This is a time of warring and strife,
This is a world we've wounded inside.
This is a life we've wanted to shine,
This is a place that feels so alive...

There is no way we can recreate,
There is no shame in recognizing mistakes,
There is no gain that can alter the pain,
There is no wind to blow it away...

[CHORUS]
Half the life that I have lived
Is half the time it takes to wake.
Take the time if you can
To have a life that's worth the wait.

I know it's late, too late for this show,
I know my hope is only a joke.
I know our fate is written in stone,
But don't let the worse happen at home...

Is this a dream? I don't know for sure.
Is this tomorrow? It feels like today.
Is this all real? it hurts all the same,
And it all seems like it's starting again...

(repeat chorus)

There is no way to be strong,
There is no way to be weak.
This is the day that we seek,
The time to be free!
This is how it was meant... to be.

The world that we know is bleeding, it dies,
Calling us now to do what is right.
We need to be strong and hold off the tide,
Let's make a change before it's too late.

(repeat chorus x2)

... Just suggesting

2013

Skeem - Half a life

From Skeem's second CD "... Just suggesting" (2013).
Lyrics by Alex S. Garcia
Music by Serge Barbaro

LYRICS

A sight of the unseen in the glimpse of a dream,
A sign of what has been, is, and will be.
Aside the wind we cast the remnants of the past...
Nothing we say or do can ever last...

The words we write
In shades of black,
All lines in time
That alter life
In ways unknown.
And secret paths
Unfold before
Our weary eyes.

Where day and night
In mind unite
And silent laughs,
Echoing fright,
Shatter and shine
Darkly inside...
Quietly numb,
Quietly cry...

Glittering dust in the grips of the lost,
Gathering rust, fulfilling the gaps.
Faltering trust in the grasp of old hope,
Shimmering first the pages of our lives...

The words we read,
The crimes we see,
The hopes we free,
In hope we'll be
A better man,
A better son,
Before it all
Can come undone.

But now the times
Are passing by,
Quicker than
Could catch our eye.
A simple plan
Is all we need,
But in our greed
We fail to stand...

Hand in hand,
We can survive
What was then
And what will be.
For in the end
The page is blank,
For us to write
The final line...

Skeem - Book of shadows

French lyricist and fiction writer, who writes both in English and in French. Two CD's out with several others in the works. I have also written a rock opera ("In Odin's name") which hopefully will be staged at some point. I am also actively working on a French-language musical.

Favorite prog band: Kansas
Favorite French prog band: Ange
Favorite metal band: Blue Oyster Cult
Favorite French metal band: Sortilège
Favorite prog metal band: Shadow Gallery
Favorite hard rock band: Led Zeppelin
Favorite prog singer-songwriter: Peter Hammill
Favorite rock band: Toto
Favorite French rock band: Noir Désir
Favorite 70s rock band: Supertramp
Favorite 80s pop band: Duran Duran (deal with it!)

Other favorites include (in no particular order): Savatage, Pink Floyd, Queen, Pain of Salvation, Dream Theater, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Anathema, David Bowie, Deep Purple, U2, Roger Hodgson, Styx, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Rush, Queensrÿche, and so many more...

Favorite French artists: H-F. Thiéfaine, Jean-Louis Murat, Gérard Manset, Jean Guidoni, William Sheller, Francis Cabrel and Bertrand Cantat.

Alex S. Garcia (lyricist)

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