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)

This is a parody of "Faith of the Heart," the theme to Star Trek: Enterprise, composed by Diane Warren. We made it for The Greatest Generation podcast.

Faith of the Fart

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


Out of the Way (A Prelude to Madness)

Steve Purtee

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