My heart plagued by insanity, 
I seek the prophet they say will never be, 
I roam alone and hide from the society I fear inside,

Now at last, my future complete, 
I ride behind the king of fools and feast at his feet, 
Forgotten rhymes of bells that rang, 
I can't remember innocence, once, never again,  

No more pictures on the wall,
Yesterday I heard the voice and watched them fall,
I don't know what's to become of me, 
But the eyes won't tell my secrets if they cannot see,  

The colors now will fade to gray, 
In black and white the shadows always run away, 
The screams inside here are deafening,
And my hands have struck the silence but they will not bleed,


I remember pain,  
But pain is yesterday, 
Can I hope, can I hope that I remain
 
I have felt the sorrow, 
I have failed tomorrow, 
I’m just a prophet lost.  

When the anger ends, the face I see, 
The gray eyes in the mirror looking back at me, 
Now some will come, but none remain, 
Choices lost and battles won with yesterday,  

Inside my heart, deep inside my mind, 
I'm searching for the soul that they will never find, 
I thought I once believed the past, 
But now I know no truth can last.  

I remember pain,
 But that is not today, 
Can I hope, can I pray that I remain, 

I have felt the sorrow, 
I have failed tomorrow, 
I am another prophet lost.  

Yesterday seems so far away from tomorrow’s trampled face, 
No more nightmares, no more visions, I am now erased,

Prophet Lost

Shackled in this situation I have come to love
Tangled in the aspirations, a consequence above

Now the night has come to play
between the martyr and the day
Shangri La

The calling of the moment
The time is now at hand
A journey into innocence when God becomes a man

With the cup now overfilled
With the power and the will
Shangri La

Come on down

I am the one who holds the key
I am the light, eternally

I am the hand that lights the flame
I am the power, I am the name

I am the eyes of destiny
And I defend this sanctuary

I am the way

Shangri La Complete Mix 1

Late last night I got the call.  I hadn’t heard the news.
Years have passed since we last spoke, but still I’ve thought of you.
We held the music in our hands back when we were young
Still the band keeps playing on, though the crowds are gone,

Waiting for the funeral, somehow make it through 
We’re all here, together now, this tribe of misspent youth
Waiting for this trip to end, let’s all meet at the lake.
 Our hope lives on, the crowds have gone, the band, they could not wait

If we dream of spoken words, will our voices echo, rhyme?
as the pictures fade, how can we brave another time?
Another of our tribe has cleared the way 
I hope that I’m not last.  
For now the band is back in tune and the music plays so fast.
One more chance don’t let it pass.  I hope it hasn’t passed 
‘cause the music plays so fast 
 The music played so fast
But the music played too fast
The music played too fast

Tribe Of Misspent Youth Version 3

Who is there to give me answers?
Who is there to ease my pain?

Glory be, glory see, on my own
Guide me home

Can I find path to wander?
Can I find place to lie
My weary head, weary eyes?

Ever blind
Ever blind

All I seek, all I need
Shangri La
Shangri La

Whispers and dreams
Terrified screams
I’m gonna find another home

Faceless and raw
The weight of it all
I’m have to find another home


How can he have all the answers?
How can be all?  The way?

Glory be, glory see, not alone
I am home

All I seek, all I need
Shangri La
Shangri La

Whispers and dreams
The end of the screams
I’m think I finally found a home

Faceless and raw
The weight of it all
I’m finally found a home

No more sinister days
Or tangled in haze,
I want to live my life for you

For all of those tears
And sacrificed years
I want to give my life for you

Earthquake (The Acolyte)

Out of the way, I all that I see,
Ties are torn, the fight I lost is me,
Welcome me, no open arms, to carry me away,
Again betrayed,

Following his path, for years I grew,
Deviating faith at once renewed,
The child lost must be destroyed to preserve the sanctity,
The world now owes this debt unto me,
Men came at night, and said that I’m the one
With evidence, their badges and their guns
I claim the light, they claim the law,
They claim stability,
Revenge, repent, denied my savior's creed,

Out of the way, is now where I must go,
Into the black, the punishment is slow

The way I hope, The way I know,
The back is turned, but I know his eyes remain,
The way I've learned,
The way I fear,
The silence takes away my tear,

Out of the lies is out of the way,

Once, enough, but pride must return
To follow fear throughout the years I've earned,
Chosen by those sacred vows I blessed on my last stay,
Rejoice they cried, the punishment's delayed,

Over the years, I've tried to understand,
How can he let me die on his command?
In seven days I'll know my god, but not before this day,
My life swept aside, out of the way,

Out of the way is all that I will see
Ties are torn, the fight I lost is me
Welcome me, no open arms to carry me away

Again betrayed

Out of the lies is out of the way

Out Of The Way

The guardians of time
We are alive
Guided by the light

Centuries of fear
The demon is near
Glorious the crime

Come, 
Take my hand
Follow me

We will end all this madness with the fire

Take my hand
Follow me

We will destroy their idols 
We will end all this madness with the fire




Worthy is the lamb
Holy, the hand
Hallowed is the sound

When order is a lie
Victims divine
Chaos is allowed

Come, 
Take my hand
Follow me

We will end all this madness with the fire

Take my hand
Follow me

We will destroy their idols 
We will end all this madness with the fire


Sometimes, empires fall
Sometimes, it’s easy to tell
Sometimes, there’s only one way
Sometimes, to get into Heaven, you must go through Hell. 
You must go through Hell
You must go through Hell

Sometimes the path into Heaven leads straight into Hell



The prophecy, as foretold
We are the night

Retribution for their sins
We are the night

Men will flee, the earth will shake
We are the night 

Come with me
Take my hand 
Babylon will fall

Come with me
Take my hand 
Babylon will fall


The barrier of time
We have arrived
Guided by the light

Centuries of fear
The demon is here
Glory to the crime

Come, 
Take my hand
Follow me

We will end all this madness with the fire

Take my hand
Follow me

We will destroy their idols 
We will end all this madness with the fire


Sometimes, empires fall
Sometimes, it’s easy to tell
Sometimes, there’s only one way
Sometimes, to get into Heaven, you must go through Hell. 
You must go through Hell
We all go through Hell


Sometimes, to bring about Heaven, you must create Hell

Babylon Will Fall (The Way Into Heaven)

Face the mirror again.
Time, has not been my friend.
And I see the road ahead 
Through the softly spoken lies
I cover up the dead
To complete this pale disguise
Am I closer to the meaning, now?

Beneath the crimes
Under certain disguise,
In the morning, I'll return, 
Through the savage winter waste, 
With the winds I choose to burn, 
Before the sadness of the day,
Am I closer to the meaning, now?


Am I closer to the meaning, now?

On this path I now take,
Faith, it cannot wait, 
In the darkness I become,
Under velvet covered lies
I am the one
But the dead refuse to rise.

Am I closer to the meaning, now?

I will find the way.

Am I closer to the meaning, now?

Static Equilibrium Shortened

As I remember the trials of yesterday
And I prepared to make my stand

The pieces of the puzzle, black
I knew there was no turning back

The fears of a silenced child, true

Speak to me with a riddled tongue
While I await the morning, bright

Fast asleep, the starlight runs
In fast escape from second sight

Counting between these grains of sand 
That come before this moment now

With heavy hearts in every hand,
We end the day, somehow

We end the day somehow

There’s no turning 
There’s no turning 
There’s no going back


If dreams were meant to be this dark bold
The Fall would be the last

If not but for that quaint remark
The Way could have come to pass

Take back all that I said 
Take it all back
I take it all back

All that I’ve done
I take it all back

The Fall (Take It All Back)

Intro
Not the world I left behind
This is not my home
Brothers fight and mothers cry
This is not the way

Verse 1
Fault lines
Fractured society
Now choose your side
We must find our way

Isolate
The media distorts
Demonstrate
Destroy those in the way

Chorus
I search this great divide
I don’t know if you ever knew me
You don’t know how this feels, how I feel inside

I search great divide
I wonder if you ever loved me
You don’t know what it means, how hard I try

Verse 2
I see you
And you see me
The battle rages on
Can we find our way?

Parallel lives
Divided we can’t stand
Separate
Seems the only way

Disengage
Seems the only way

Bridge
We’ve lost our way
The space is growing
We’ve lost our way
The cracks are showing

The window closing

Chorus
I search this great divide
I don’t know if you even see me
You don’t know what I want, what I need inside

I search this great divide
No more chance to come together
There’s nothing left of us, nothing left to find

Pandemic (The Great Divide) Mastered

All my life
There was hope
And there was sorrow

Comfort me
Sanctuary 
Give shelter from the storm 


All my life
(Come to me)
There was hope
(Just believe)
And there was sorrow 

Comfort me
(Come to me)
Sanctuary 
Give shelter from the coming winter storm

And There Was Sorrow

Look at what you’ve done
You’ve taken away the light
Denied the master
How can’t you see that I did this all for you?

40 counts of sin
This trial begins
You think you can judge me?

I am the way
I am the fire
I am the light

Did this all for you
Did this all for you
For all mankind

I stand accused, disapproved
Your hollow horror 
I came in from the desert with the glory of the sun

Shackled to this chair
A witness to the coming darkness
Sanctimonious sentences, the circle now divides

Life, death 
The dawning of the final verdict
Waiting for the moment for the 13 to decide

13 now decide
For all mankind

For all mankind

This travesty, this puppet show
The will is strong, the trumpet blows
Soon the cup will overflow
Only then will all men know

The seventh circle now divides
He demanded sacrifice
Once again, the dead will rise
For all mankind

For All Mankind Demo

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

The ground it rumbles under blood red skies
The invasion has begun
Soldiers now marching to the drums of war
Any resistance quickly overcome

An operation, a mission of peace
It’s just diplomacy
We came here with valor to free this land
A savior from oversees

A new age of empires arrives

I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night
I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night







Buildings crumble as the missiles fall 
The bringer of the sun
Centuries of horror on this hallowed ground
This is just another one

Bodies lay littered on these shattered streets
A nation under siege
A hundred thousand dead in the blink of an eye
They say the strong must rule the weak

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

Not long ago as the path unfolds
I pledged my life
Just a young man with a wife at home
Seven months of living fear,
I volunteered
To serve my country and protect the world
They said that we would be liberators
Come young man 
Help destroy this evil and save this land
But all I see is the blood I’ve spilled
I’ve done my time
Don’t know if I’m ever going home

All of these men will know my name
All of the heroes
And all those faces
All of these horrors I can’t take away
They will know my
They will know my
They will know my name


I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night
I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

A new age of empires arrives

A New Age of Empires Demo 2

Out of the way is all I've seen
Ties are torn, the fight I lost is me
Welcome me, no open arms
to carry me away

I can't believe this is the end

Out of the Way (A Prelude to Madness)

Vocals by Craig Cairns

Mixed/Mastered by Xtatic Media LLC

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives 

The ground it rumbles under blood red skies
The invasion has begun
Soldiers now marching to the drums of war
Any resistance quickly overcome

An operation, a mission of peace
It’s just diplomacy
We came here with valor to free this land
A savior from oversees

A new age of empires arrives

I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night
I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night

Buildings crumble as the missiles fall
The bringer of the sun
Centuries of horror on this hallowed ground
This is just another one

Bodies lay littered on these shattered streets
A nation under siege
A hundred thousand dead in the blink of an eye
They say the strong must rule the weak

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

Not long ago as the path unfolds
I pledged my life
Just a young man with a wife at home
Seven months of living fear,
I volunteered
To serve my country and protect the world
They said that we would be liberators
Come young man
Help destroy this evil and save this land
But all I see is the blood I’ve spilled
I’ve done my time
Don’t know if I’m ever going home

All of these men will know my name
All of the heroes
And all those faces
All of these horrors I can’t take away
They will know my
They will know my
They will know my name 

I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night
I try to remember how it used to be
Remember those faces in the night

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

A new age of empires,
A new age of empires,
A new age of empires arrives

A new age of empires arrives

A New Age of Empires

Look at what you’ve done
You’ve taken away the light
Denied the rapture
How can’t you see that I did this all for you?

40 counts of sin
This trial begins
You think you can judge me?
I am the way
I am the fire
I am the light
Did this all for you
Did this all for you

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind 
For all mankind

I stand accused, disapproved
Your hollow horror
I came in from the desert with the glory of the sun
Shackled to this chair
A witness to the coming darkness
Sanctimonious sentences, the circle now divides
Life, death
The dawning of the final verdict
Waiting for the moment for the 13 to decide
13 now decide
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind


This travesty, this puppet show
The will is strong, the trumpet blows
Soon the cup will overflow
Only then will all men know
The seventh circle now divides
He demanded sacrifice
Once again, the dead will rise
For all mankind

All lyrics and music written by Steve Purtee
All guitars by Steve Purtee
Lead vocals by Craig Cairns
Backing vocals by Craig Cairns and Steve Purtee
Produced/Mixed/Mastered by Anthony Phillips Xtatic Media LLC

For All Mankind

Out of the way, this apathy
The light has gone, a withering deceit
Welcome me, no open arms, to carry me away,
Again betrayed,

Out of the light is out of the way,

Following his path, for years I grew,
Deviating faith at once renewed,
The child lost must be destroyed to preserve the sanctity,
The world now owes this debt unto me,

Men came at night, and said that I’m the one
With evidence, their badges and their guns
I claim the light, they claim the law,
They claim stability,
Revenge, repent, denied my savior's creed,

Pre-Chorus
Out of the way, is now where I must go,
Into the black, the punishment is slow
Out of the light is out of the way,

Chorus 

Life
The hollow horrors inside
The path into Heaven denied
All that I have seen
All that I believed
Out of the way from this

Life
Seven circles divide
Seven days ‘til I die
I cannot see
I cannot believe
That this is the way out of this life

Bridge
The way I hoped, the way I know,
The back is turned, but I know his eyes remain,
The way I've grown,
The way I fear,
The silence takes away my tears,


Out of the light is out of the way,

Once, enough, but fate must return
To follow fear throughout the years I've earned,
I’m chosen by those sacred vows I blessed on my last stay,
Rejoice they cried, your punishment's delayed,

And over the years, how I've tried to understand,
How can he let me die on his command?
In seven days I'll know my god, but not before that day,
My life swept aside, out of the way,

Pre-Chorus
Out of the way is all that I will know
The ties are torn, the space between us grows
Welcome me, no open arms there to carry me away
Again betrayed

Out of the light is out of the way,
Out of the light is out of the way,

Chorus
Life
The hollow horrors inside
The path into Heaven denied
All that I have seen
All that I believed
Out of the way from this

Life
Seven circles divide
Seven days ‘til I die
I cannot see
I cannot believe
That this is the way out of this life

Out of the light is out of the way
Out of the light is out of the way,
Is out of the way

All lyrics and music written by Steve Purtee
All guitars by Steve Purtee
Lead vocals by Craig Cairns
Backing vocals by Craig Cairns and Steve Purtee
Produced/Mixed/Mastered by Ryan Hudson BlushingCad Studios

Out Of The Way (The Path into Heaven Denied)

Out Of The Way Master (The Path into Heaven Denied ) (Alternate Mix)

Face the truth of this tragedy
I am the prophet of what will never be
I roam alone and hide
From the atrocities I fear inside

Now at last, my future complete
I stand here as the King of Fools with blood at my feet
Forgotten rhymes of bells that rang
I can’t remember innocence, once, never again

No more visions on the wall
Yesterday I heard the voice and watched them fall
I don’t know what to become of me
But the eyes won’t tell my secrets if they cannot see

The colors now must fade to grey
In black and white the shadows always run away
The screams inside here are deafening
And my hands have struck the silence, but they will not bleed

I remember pain
Pain is yesterday
Can I hope, can I hope that I remain?

I have felt the sorrow
I have failed tomorrow
I am another prophet lost

When the anger ends, the face I see,
The gray eyes in the mirror looking back at me
Now some will come, but none remain
Choices lost and battles won with yesterday

Inside my heart, deep inside my mind
I'm searching for the soul that they will never find
I thought I once believed the past
But now I know no truth can last

I remember pain,
But that is not today
Can I hope, can I pray that I remain
I have felt the sorrow
I have failed tomorrow
I am another prophet lost

I remember pain
Pain is yesterday
Can I hope, can I hope that hope remains
I have felt the sorrow
I have failed tomorrow
I am another prophet lost

Yesterday seems so far away from tomorrow’s trampled fate
No more nightmares, no more visions
I am now erased


Steve Purtee

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