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Radial Highway

***"Radial Highway"*** is the opening song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost²*, the bonus track from *Ghost* on iTunes, and the sixth song on the *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff* disc of *Contain Us*, all released at least partially in 2011.

The pre-chorus ("honor me baby...") references "Bad Devil" from *Infinity*.

The song is an acoustic reworking of Golden Earring - Radar Love.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Slide guitar: Sean Verault (Wide Mouth Mason)

## Appearances

* *Ghost* (original studio recording, iTunes only)
* *Ghost²* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Radial Highway

The original album version. The exact recording is republished as part of *Ghost*, *Ghost²*, and *Contain Us*. It samples a poem by Buddy Wakefield, reverberating through a car tunnel.

### Radial Highway (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Ghost* night at the Union Chapel.

## Lyrics

```
    Driving all night my hands wet on the wheel
    There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
    My baby she calls and says she needs me here
    And it's a half past four and I'm shifting gear
    All night

    Sweet little devil got a hold on me
    All night long won't let me be
    Oh her love is black and cruel
    The ghosts in my head don't need you fool

    Honor me baby
    Honor me all night long
    Honor me baby
    Honor me with a song

    'Cause I'm on, I'm on
    I'm on the radial highway

    Save me baby

    Sweet little Satan sets me free
    All over my body won't let me be
    Oh his love is black and cruel
    The ghosts in my head just played you fool

```

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Contain Us* liner notes (Townsend, 2011)
Transcendence (Deluxe Edition)

***Transcendence Deluxe Edition*** is the last album from Devin Townsend Project containing a bonus disc (Holding Patterns) with 9 demo tracks and 2 tracks that are only on vinyl, it was released on September 9, 2016. It was promoted with a series of YouTube documentary episodes showing the recording of the album.

## Track List

**Disc 1: Transcendence**

1. "Truth" (4:47)
2. "Stormbending" (5:22)
3. "Failure" (6:02)
4. "Secret Sciences" (7:28)
5. "Higher" (9:40)
6. "Stars" (4:18)
7. "Transcendence" (5:55)
8. "Offer Your Light" (3:58)
9. "From the Heart" (8:23)
10. "Transdermal Celebration" (8:26) [cover]

**Disc 2: Holding Patterns**

1. Gump (5:24)
2. Celestial Signals - demo (5:02) (later used on Lightwork)
3. Support the Cause - demo (4:31)
4. Into the Sun - demo (3:11)
5. Time Overload - demo (4:00)
6. Lexus - demo (5:14)
7. Farther On - demo (2:51)
8. Victim - demo (3:09) (originally from Physicist)
9. MonkeyMind - demo (3:52)
10. Canucklehead - demo (2:09)
11. Loud (3:23)

## Personnel

* Devin Townsend – vocals, guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Anneke van Giersbergen - additional vocals (2009-2017)
* Dave Young – guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Brian "Beav" Waddell – bass (2009–2018)
* Ryan Van Poederooyen – drums (2009–2018)
* Mike St-Jean – keyboards (2014–2018)
Sober

**"Sober"** is the eighth track from **Nightwork** by Devin Townsend, released October 28, 2022.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Lyrics

```
How can you want me, if I can't stay sober? And how could you leave me in this state?

I can't help these feelings that have come into my life
I can't seem to be the one I used to want to fight

How can you want me, if I can't stay over? And how could you leave me in this place?

Time is falling into silence.
I'm already tired.
All the dreams we had are dying. You're not even trying...

It's alright...

How can you want me, if I can't stay sober? And how could you leave me in this state?

...How could you leave me?
```
Transdermal Celebration

***"Transdermal Celebration"*** is the tenth and final song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Transcendence*, released in 2016. It is a cover of a song originally by Ween.

## Appearances

* *Transcendence* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Transdermal Celebration

The original album version. Following the original fairly closely to its original length at just under 4 minutes, the remainder of the song is an ambient coda with quiet vocals.

## Lyrics

```
    (unknown)

```
Critic

***"Critic"*** is the sixth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing*, released in 1995.

It is lyrically and musically referenced in "All Hail the New Flesh" from *City* ("All you are is all you are"). It also is the first lyrical mention of the name Mora, also used in "Nobody's Here" from the 2001 Devin Townsend album *Terria*.

## Appearances

* *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    All is calm, and all is right
    You took the call, you took the fight
    I'm finished here, I'm on to the next
    This time, this time, this time, this time, you call

    All you are, is all you are
    All is cold, and all is dead
    It's time, it's time, I need, I need you

    Mora

    Help me end my nights in here
    And help me get this water clear
    All is calm and all is lost
    You call, you call, you call, you call me

    Mora

    Critic... you're the critic... you're the critic

    In the night I lay awake
    I know it's cheating baby,
    But I know I have a right
    And in the dawn I see the question
    A bleeding wrong forcing right
    Sometimes night I can't stop thinking
    And I'm calling it a soul strike

```
Saloon

***"Saloon"*** is the ninth and final song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost²*, which was partially released in 2011. The studio version of this song remains completely unreleased in any form, but live recordings exist.

## Appearances

* *Ghost²* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (live recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)
* *By a Thread* VIP USB stick (live recording)

## Versions

### Saloon (Live at NAMM 2011)

Available in the bonus DVDs of *Contain Us* in the NAMM 2011 set. This recording was also issued on the *By a Thread* VIP USB stick.

### Saloon (Live, *By a Thread*)

Available on the *By a Thread* DVD/CD box set, it features in the *Ghost* night, played in between "Heart Baby" and "Feather;" the DVD chapter does not separate it from the "Heart Baby" section.
Holding Patterns

This is the bonus disc from 2016's **Transcendence Deluxe Edition** by Devin Townsend Project. It includes 9 bonus demo tracks and 2 tracks that are only on vinyl.

## Track Listing

1. Gump (5:24)
2. Celestial Signals - demo (5:02) (later used on Lightwork)
3. Support the Cause - demo (4:31)
4. Into the Sun - demo (3:11)
5. Time Overload - demo (4:00)
6. Lexus - demo (5:14)
7. Farther On - demo (2:51)
8. Victim - demo (3:09) (originally from Physicist)
9. MonkeyMind - demo (3:52)
10. Canucklehead - demo (2:09)
11. Loud (3:23)

## Personnel

* Devin Townsend – vocals, guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Anneke van Giersbergen - additional vocals (2009-2017)
* Dave Young – guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Brian "Beav" Waddell – bass (2009–2018)
* Ryan Van Poederooyen – drums (2009–2018)
* Mike St-Jean – keyboards (2014–2018)
Silent Militia

***"Silent Militia"*** is the eighth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Sky Blue*, released in 2014.

Townsend cites in the liner notes that the song is influenced by the music of will.i.am. He also admitted the song itself bears significant resemblance to "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive.

## Appearances

* *Z²: Sky Blue* (original studio recording, promo mix)

## Versions

### Silent Militia (Promo Mix)

The same recording as the final version, but with the original mix before Townsend changed it just prior to mastering. It features a significantly different introduction arrangement.

## Lyrics

```
    Silent Militia!

    Soon we will fly
    All these fears collide

    Say you wanna feel it? ...you better step up
    So you wanna be it? ...you are a piece of me
    Feel it? ... you'll wanna step up.
    All you are is all that is me, and I will say it again:

    SILENT MILITIA

    All for the thrill of the kill of...
    The world's only haunted sacred now

    Do you believe we'll make it alright?
    Whoa yeah!
    If we believe, will we make it alright?
    Whoa yeah!

    Do you think we should?
    Would you if you could?

    So you wanna feel it? ...you better step up
    So you wanna be it? ...you are a piece of me
    Feel it? ... you'll wanna step up.
    All you are is all that is me, and I will say it again:

    All for the thrill of the kill of
    The world's oldest haunted sacred cow

    Do you believe we'll make it alright?
    Whoa yeah!
    If we believe, will we make it alright?
    Whoa yeah!

    Will you feel alright, will you feel alright will you feel alright when you're gone?
    Will you feel alright, will you be alright will you feel alright when you're gone?

    Fire away!

```

## References

1. ↑ Devin Townsend's Twitter
2. ↑ Devin Townsend's Twitter
3. ↑ Devin Townsend's Twitter
4. ↑ Devin Townsend's Twitter
Red Tomorrow

***"Red Tomorrow"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend compilation *Ass-Sordid Demos*, released in 2000.

### Liner Notes

> *Man, Promise and Red Tomorrow are all re-makes of stuff I did around 1990. I put these versions on because they sounded like they had more effort put into them and were more like what I heard in my head. Man appeared on the first Noisescapes demo that originally got the attention of Steve Vai and Relativity Records.*
>
>

## Appearances

* *Ass-Sordid Demos* (demo)
* *Tracks From Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine* (demo)

## Versions

### Red Tomorrow

The first released version. The same demo appears on *Tracks From Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine*.

## Lyrics

```
    (unknown)

```
Fly

***"Fly"*** is the opening song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost*, released in 2011.

Lyrically, it refers to the opening track of the *Contain Us* quadrology, "A Monday" (from *Ki*).

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Flute: Kat Epple

## Appearances

* *Ghost* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (remastered original studio recording, live recording, demo)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Fly

The original album version. The exact recording, remastered, is republished as part of *Contain Us*. Its opening lyrics are Townsend, artificially pitched up. It proceeds directly into "Heart Baby," bridged by ambience and flute.

### Flies (Demo)

Available on the demos disc of *Contain Us*.

### Fly (Live at NAMM 2011)

Available on the DVD-V and extra content data DVD of *Contain Us* in the NAMM 2011 set.

### Fly (Live, *By a Thread*)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Ghost* night at the Union Chapel.

## Lyrics

```
    I fly over the mountain to save my solar wake
    I fly over the mountain to save my solar ways
    I fly over the mountain and save my solar gain
    I fly over the mountain to save my soul again
    I fly...

    I fly, Monday morning
    I fly…

```
Quietus

***"Quietus"*** is the third song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epiclouder*, released in 2012.

It is a demo from the *Epicloud* sessions.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Epicloud* deluxe edition (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Honey, I know that you can hear me
    Your love has come and gone
    And even at times when you're near me
    Your loving's come and gone
    And I know but can you hear me?
    Your love is what keeps us strong
    And even at times when you're near me
    Where have the good times gone?

    They're gone

    Brother, all good but can you hear me?
    Your blood is what keeps us strong
    I need a second hearing
    Outta the good I'm gone
    Outta the way I'm gone

    Brother, I know that you can hear me
    And blood is what keeps us strong
    And I need a second hearing
    And outta the way I'm gone
    Outta the way I'm gone (Don't fear me)
    Outta the way I'm gone (You'll hear me)

    Something's got a hold on you, child

    Runnin' the wheel!

    Outta the way I'm gone (I'll fear me)
    Outta the way I'm gone (Don't fear me)
    Outta the way I'm gone (I'll fear me)
    Outta the way I'm gone (Don't fear me)
    Outta the way I'm gone (You'll hear me)

    Satan's got a hold on you, child

```
This Is Your Life (demo)

**"This Is Your Life (demo)**" is the sixth track from **Test Of Manhood** of **Empath Deluxe Edition** by Devin Townsend, released 2019.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Appearances

* Empath 2019
* Empath Deluxe Edition 2019
* Empath Ultimate Edition 2019

## Lyrics

```
Hey my child, how you've grown
Where did the time go and when we get to know
So let's tear it down so we may build it again
And say the word for the weakened

Seasons change
We're already home
Let the morning light your way
Cause this is your life

Baby, darling, don't you worry
I'll be home for the holidays
Cause now I still love you the way I did back then
Though I don't say it enough, you're still my best friend

Seasons change
All the way home
But let the morning light your day
Cause this is our life

Kings and queens we are
But what does it mean?
If we're not able to know
I guess there's no point at all
But now there's still value to all that we live through
Let's not spend more time on these things than we need to

Seasons come
We're already home
Let the morning light your way
Cause this is your life

Seasons come
We're already home
Let the morning light your way
Cause this is your life
```
Planet Smasher

***"Planet Smasher"*** is the seventh song from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007.

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)
* *Rockband 3* (downloadable content)

## Versions

### Planet Smasher (Live)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* DVD/CD, this performance features guest vocals by Dom Lawson dressed in black metal facepaint.

### Planet Smasher (Rockband 3)

The dialogue was re-recorded specifically for the video game, though the musical content remains the same.

## Lyrics

```
    [Ziltoid:]
    Yes, I feel like a good bit of entertainment...
    time to destroy the planets.
    Which one shall it be? This one? No...too feeble.
    This one...yes, perhaps.
    Yes. This one shall do nicely. Commander...

    [Commander:] Yes, Captain Ziltoid?
    [Ziltoid:] Divert all the power from the main
    engines to the front guns
    [Commander:] Yes captain Ziltoid, anything else?
    [Ziltoid:] Take ninety percent of the surplus power
    and divert it toward the sonar awakening device...
    [Commander:] Aye aye captain.
    [Ziltoid:] We must summon the 6th dimensional
    planet smasher, I feel like a bit of fun...Summon him.

    [Planet Smasher:] Who dares awaken the planet smasher!
    [Ziltoid:] It is I, the 4th dimensional Ziltoid the omniscient!

    [Planet Smasher:]
    Cherish the mind,
    Cover your mind,
    Cherish your mental sanctum.
    Cower to war,
    Cower to war,
    Cower to war on the Earth!

    Curse to be by the sun,
    Power gain out,
    You are the only one,
    Channels the mind,
    Channels the mind,
    Channels the mind of the earth,
    Cherish the pain,
    Cherish the pain,
    Cherish the pain,
    Cherish the mental weapon,
    Cower to war,
    Cower to war,
    Cowards remain on the earth.

    Tell me what you want from me!

    [Ziltoid:]
    ALL I WANNA BE IS THE OMNIVERSE!
    They're allowed to be,
    Around all of us,
    All I want to see,
    Through the omniverse,
    Let its thoughts go until tomorrow,
    Smasher,
    Bow to the valley below,
    (Please do not raise the planet smasher, mighty Ziltoid!
    We mean you no harm!)
    Smash it!
    Bow to the valley below,
    Bow,
    Smasher,
    Bow,
    Smasher,
    Bow to the valley below!
    Smasher!

    ALL I WANT TO BE IS THE OMNIVERSE!
    Smasher!
    They are allowed to be!
    Around all of us!
    All I want to see through the omniverse!
    Through the omniverse!
    Through the omniverse!
    Through the omniverse!

    [Planet Smasher:] Foul pest! And by the way,
    the name's Herman. And I hate musicals!

```
Richard

Click link to a list of strategy guides for this hero: Richard Strategy

**ELEMENT**: Wood, **CLASS**: Support Hero

The Chosen One of Aesop. Displaying courage and strength at the Fairytale Gate, he was given the mission of saving Fantasia. He carries with him the 'Storybook', a book that can lead the way to the Truth.

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Where We Belong

***"Where We Belong"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epicloud*, released in 2012.

A demo version was posted by Townsend on YouTube under the longer title, "Back Where We Belong," as a preview of the album material. It has since been removed.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Epicloud* (original studio recording)
* YouTube (demo)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)

## Versions

### Where We Belong

The original album version. It flows directly from "Liberation" and into "Save Our Now."

### Back Where We Belong (Demo)

Demo released by Townsend on YouTube. No longer available.

### Where We Belong (Live)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* DVD/CD.

## Lyrics

```
    Come away...soon we will
    Come away...hearts grow fonder
    I know what it's there for
    I know what it's worth

    Soon we will belong
    Summer's coming, now we're coming
    Back where we belong
    Soon she's coming, back where we belong

    Come away...soon we will
    Come away...hearts drive on
    I know what it's there for (soothe me carefully)
    I know what it's worth!

    Soon we will belong
    Summer's coming, now we're coming
    Back where we belong
    Soon she's coming, back where we belong

    Soon we will be strong
    Summer's coming, now she's coming
    Back where we belong
    Soon we're coming, back where we,
    Oh, back where we belong.

    Back where we belong.

```
Rape Song

***"Rape Song"*** is the fourth song from the Strapping Young Lad self-titled album, released in 2003.

## Appearances

* *Strapping Young Lad* (original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (remastered original studio recording)
* *For Those Aboot to Rock* (live recording)

## Versions

### Rape Song

The original album version. It flows directly from "Relentless."

### Rape Song (Live, *For Those Aboot to Rock*)

Available on *For Those Aboot to Rock*, this live recording is from Vancouver in 2003.

## Lyrics

```
    Rape is just cause for murdering
    Waste life... Die bastard die bastard burn

    Rape gives strength to weakness
    Lies prone... cold and alone
    He says...

    "I want you for your body
    Body... Body... Body... Body... Body"

    Here now alone with all who love her
    Now feel this come down on you
    You fucking pig... now you die
    "I want you for your body"
    I want to see you fucking dead

```
Tall Latte

***"Tall Latte"*** is the eleventh and final track from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007. It is a skit revealing that the events of the album were actually the dream of a worker in a coffee shop.

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Tall Latte

The original album version. It proceeds directly out of "The Greys," which the worker is singing before he is awakened from his dream.

## Lyrics

```
    [Man:] ...And they greys float our memories, In the long haul...
    [Boss:] Hey Slacker! Wake up! We got people standing here in
    line; you're sitting there daydreaming. C'mon we got two venti
    white chocolate moccha's, a tall Americano and a Grande
    cappuccino! C'mon get your butt in gear! C'mon!
    [Man:] oh...sorry...sorry...sorry. OK, two um...
    [Customer:] Excuse me.
    [Man:] Grande...frappe...shit...
    [Customer:] Excuse me.
    [Man:] Yeah, yeah.
    [Customer:] Excuse me sir, I believe I ordered a decaf, non fat,
    no whip, sugar free, vanilla flavoured latte...
    [Boss:] Hey slacker! We got people lined up out the door over here!
    C'mon; we got two venti white moccha's, a Grande cappuccino and
    a tall latte! Let's go! Move it!

```
Trainfire

***"Trainfire"*** is the eighth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ki*, released in 2009.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Ché Aimee Dorval

## Appearances

* *Ki* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Trainfire

The original album version. The same exact recording is republished in *Contain Us*. It flows directly into "Lady Helen."

### Trainfire (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Ki* night.

## Lyrics

```
    How in the world we gonna make everything alright?
    How in the world we gonna make everything in time?
    Train burning, all night burning...
    Trainfire up and down the line.

    How in the world we gonna make everything alright?
    How in the world we gonna make everything in time?
    Train burning, all night burning...
    Trainfire up and down the line.

    Sex sees seventeen year old
    Moving me up and down the poll
    You won't tell me what I need to know
    So the train burns, all night burns, Trainfire up and down the line.

    Move me,

    How in the world we gonna make everything alright?
    How in the world we gonna make everything on time?
    Train burning, all night burning...
    Trainfire...

    Trainfire up and down the line!

    Sex sees seventeen year old
    She don't tell me what I need to know
    Train upon the quantum, a Kai, the string theory...
    Trainfire up and down the line!

    Trainfire, trainfire, trainfire...

    So, you called my name
    Left on a weary road beyond your ways
    May all the other colors of your name
    ...go.

```
Seventh Wave

***"Seventh Wave"*** is the opening song from the Devin Townsend album *Ocean Machine: Biomech*, released in 1997. It opens and ends with a sample of Devin reading excerpts from the poem "In Memoriam" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

## Appearances

* *Ocean Machine: Biomech* (original studio recording)
* *Official Bootleg 2000* (live recording)

## Versions

### Seventh Wave

The original album version. After the opening vocal recitation, the main riff of the song begins, soon backed with various samples and rhythm changes; they resolve into the same riff, an octave down, in double time for the verses. This slows to regular time for the pre-chorus sections, then builds into the choruses. A bridge changes the key in a palm muted riff backing Devin's screams, then through a new riff of harmonized, wordless vocals before returning to a final pre-chorus and chorus. The final downbeat of the chorus ends the song with heavy keyboard ambience and textures; these eventually succumb to a reversed and manipulated version of the opening words that sound like a tape in reverse, ending the song.

### Seventh Wave (Live)

Available on the *Official Bootleg 2000* CD-R and DVD-R, as well as the data track on the deluxe *Terria* 2xCD. This was recorded on February 26, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. It uses the same arrangement as the studio recording, following the pre-recorded "Unity" intro and flowing directly into "Regulator" afterward.

## Lyrics

```
    (Alfred Lord Tennyson quote:
    "O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
    There where the long street roars, hath been
    The stillness of the central sea.
    The hills are shadows, and they flow
    From form to form, and nothing stands;
    Like clouds they shape themselves and go.")

    Running away, running away
    Running away forever
    It was her only chance of finding home
    Running away, running away
    Running away together...
    With only thoughts of finding home

    I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
    And meet me as it rose up before
    (I'll know the time)
    I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
    And greet me as it rose up before
    (I'll know the year)

    Because you're never alone
    ...Even when you're alone
    You're never alone...
    Watch the seventh wave

    Running away, running away
    Running into the weather
    With only thoughts of finding home
    Running away, running away
    Running away forever
    I realize I'm on my own

    On my way pass it on
    On my way pass it on

    I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
    And meet me as it rose up before
    (I'll know the time)
    I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
    And greet me as it rose up before

    We're never alone
    Even when you're alone
    We're never alone... watch the ocean

```
Universal

***"Universal"*** is a bonus song from the Devin Townsend album *Terria*, released in 2001. It is only present on the second disc of the 2xCD deluxe version of the album.

Because "Humble" is unmentioned on the album sleeve, its title is often confused with this song, which *is* listed on the deluxe edition sleeve.

## Lyrics

```
    I know all that I know
    Stepping to the universal groove
    And I owe all that I owe
    Tending to the universal you

    I say, how am I ever supposed to carry on?
    (Just as sure that all your hope is gone)
    Oh yeah!

    Uh, I know all that I know
    Stepping to the universal groove (I am)
    I owe all that I owe
    Tending to the universal

    I say, how am I ever supposed to carry on?
    (No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)

    So come and let me hear you say "Hey!" (hey)
    So come and let me hear you say "Surrah!" (Surrah)
    So come and let me hear you say a "Waste!" (waste)
    So come and let me show you how long this motherfucker I know

    Find our way back (the universal)
    Find our way back (the universe)
    Find our way back (the universe) home
    To rock it like, to rock it like
    You never got it showing it town

    Whoa-ah!

    Auh!

    So come and let me hear you say "Hey!" (One more time)
    So come and let me hear you say "Surrah!" (One more time)
    So come and let me hear you say a "Waste!" (One more time)
    So come and let me show you how long motherfucker I know

    Find our way back (the universal)
    Find our way back (the universe)
    Find our way back (the universe) home
    To rock it like, to rock it like
    You never got it showing it town

```
Yogi

**"Yogi"** is the fourth track from **Nightwork** by Devin Townsend, released October 28, 2022.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Lyrics

```
He moves through the week, moves through imaginary lines.

Its boots to the weak, moves through advantages in life.
We're heading down the road tonight!

(We're heading down the road tonight!) Take me to the bridge
And something out there still isn't right. Our love is true, but it'll be so damn hard...

It's never gonna be the way I like. It's never gonna seem the way I like.
So we must find our way home

And no one likes the wait Oh, we gotta find...

He's used to routine. Used to imaginary luck

Its boots to the weak...

Well if you want it to be, baby: well it's your natural form...
And if you had a degree, baby: then it's an optional course...
We'll if you want it to be, baby: well it's your natural form...
And if you had a degree, maybe: then it's an option of course...

It's what you wanted to be, baby: and it's a natural force
And if you had a degree, maybe: it'd be an option of course

You're never gonna reach, never gonna reach until you try

It's never gonna be the way I like, It's never gonna seem the way I like.
So we must find our way home,
And no one likes the wait Oh, we gotta find...
Oh, we gotta find...

So we must try to carry on.. So we must try to carry on...
So we must try to carry on.. So we must try to carry on...
```
Transcendence (Limited Edition)

This is the ****Transcendence Limited Edition**** containing all 14 bonus tracks by Devin Townsend Project. It was released September 7, 2016 in Japan

## Track List

**Disc 1: Transcendence + 3 Demos**

1. "Truth" (4:47)
2. "Stormbending" (5:22)
3. "Failure" (6:02)
4. "Secret Sciences" (7:28)
5. "Higher" (9:40)
6. "Stars" (4:18)
7. "Transcendence" (5:55)
8. "Offer Your Light" (3:58)
9. "From the Heart" (8:23)
10. "Transdermal Celebration" (8:26) [cover]
11. "Sophie's Boobies - demo" (0:50)
12. "Young Gods - demo" (4:47)
13. "Wolves - demo" (3:24)

**Disc 2: Holding Patterns**

1. Gump (5:24)
2. Celestial Signals - demo (5:02) (later used on Lightwork)
3. Support the Cause - demo (4:31)
4. Into the Sun - demo (3:11)
5. Time Overload - demo (4:00)
6. Lexus - demo (5:14)
7. Farther On - demo (2:51)
8. Victim - demo (3:09) (originally from Physicist)
9. MonkeyMind - demo (3:52)
10. Canucklehead - demo (2:09)
11. Loud (3:23)

## Personnel

* Devin Townsend – vocals, guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Anneke van Giersbergen - additional vocals (2009-2017)
* Dave Young – guitars, keyboards (2009–2018)
* Brian "Beav" Waddell – bass (2009–2018)
* Ryan Van Poederooyen – drums (2009–2018)
* Mike St-Jean – keyboards (2014–2018)
Warrior

***"Warrior"*** is the sixth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Sky Blue*, released in 2014.

## Appearances

* *Z²: Sky Blue* (original studio recording, promo mix)

## Versions

### Warrior (Promo Mix)

The same recording as the final version, but with the original mix before Townsend changed it just prior to mastering.

## Lyrics

```
    Night falls overhead
    I'd venture time is here for the words of mortals

    Don't you leave us left behind - surrender!
    Have you gone and lost your mind?

    Hey, are you afraid
    To say what you're trying to say?
    Remain... It's a warrior's way!

    Last call as the situation dies
    With every choice a view or a world of poisons

    Don't you leave us left behind - surrender!
    Have you gone and lost me?

    (trust me!)

    Hey, are you afraid
    To say what you're trying to say?
    Remain... It's a warrior's way!
    Remain... It's a warrior's game!

    Hey, you are bound in flame?
    You must burn away.

    Hey, are you afraid
    To pay what you're trying to pay?

    So much now...

```
Synchronicity Freaks

***"Synchronicity Freaks"*** is the opening song from the *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff* disc of *Contain Us*, released in 2011. It is a b-side and the first song recorded for *Ki* but was left off.

It was first released online for free by Townsend along with "Sticks and Stones" and "Testing Fender Gear" in unmastered form.

## Devin's comments

Note included with the original download:

> *This is the first song I wrote for Ki, didn't end up quite right though...I like it and it's cool to hear (I think) It's unmastered.*
>
>

## Appearances

* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### Synchronicity Freaks

The original album version. The unmastered version has the full ending fadeout.

### Synchronicity Freaks (Live)

Available on *By a Thread*, recorded live in 2011 in London. It is part of the encore for the *Ki* night.

## Lyrics

```
    It's on again

    Yeah...

    Say you will, say you won't,
    It's alright [?]

    Was she left alone?

    It's on again

    The way emotion flows
    In a way the devil knows... a day [?]

    I WON'T BE DILUTED!
    WORDS SHE LEFT ALONE!

    It's on again

```
Sticks and Stones

***"Sticks and Stones"*** is a jam from the *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff* disc of *Contain Us*, released in 2011. It is part of a longer jam recorded during sessions for *Ki*.

## Devin's comments

Notes from the original download:

> *This is Me, Jean and Duris kind of jamming in between takes while we were recording the album...yup. It's unmastered too.*
>
>

### Song Credits

* Music: Devin Townsend, Duris Maxwell, Dave Young, Jean Savoie

## Appearances

* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Sticks and Stones

The original album version. It is a 6-minute portion of the jam.

### Oodles of Noodles (Ki Jam)

The first version released online for free, this is most of the jam. It is unmastered.
War Princess

***"War Princess"*** is the fourth song from the Ziltoid the Omniscient album *Dark Matters*, released in 2014.

### Song Credits

* Music, lyric co-writer: Devin Townsend
* Guest vocalist, lyric co-writer: Dominique Lenore Persi
* Poozer: Mark Cimino

## Appearances

* *Z²: Dark Matters* (original studio recording, promo mix, raw mix)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### War Princess (Promo Mix)

The same recording as the final version, but with the original mix before Townsend changed it just prior to mastering.

### War Princess (Raw Mix)

The same as the final version, but without narrative dialogue.

### War Princess (Live)

Available on *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall*.

## Lyrics

```
    [Blattaria:] My child, where have you been? I've been worried sick about you...
    [Poozer meeps]
    [Blattaria:] You were taken? … by Ziltoid? Why would HE take you to EARTH?
    [Poozer meeps]
    [Blattaria:] So you're saying, his home planet is dying? … And he needs to find
    a suitable place to colonize?
    [Poozer meeps]
    [Blattaria:] I'm still confused... why Earth? What is there? What is this 'coffee'
    you speak of?
    [Poozer meeps]
    [Blattaria:] … you don't say! My love, gather your brothers!

    Oh, little ones... the one light, the one we share!

    Part of me, you're part of me!
    But we're parting ways for the world...
    Part of me, you're part of me!
    You're pardoned waste to the world

    Now, through the wormhole!
    ...Open the wormhole!
    All the way to their world

    Part of me, you're part of me!
    We'll part the way to the world

    [Narrator:] The war princess commands her army of Poozers:
    [Blattaria:] POOZERS! [whips a lash]
    [Narrator]: Build me three terrifying weapons for an attack on the earth!

    Heave, Ho! Heave, Ho! Heave, Ho! Heave, Ho!
    Slave the way, have to stay awake, slave the way...

    Everybody knows what the future holds,
    everybody seize the falling dollar, dollar...
    Everybody seeds, everybody's numbered...
    Everybody seize your mind and TAKE THEM FOR ME!!!

    MY CHILDREN, now RAGE!
    EVERYBODY SEED!
    RAGE!
    EVERYBODY SEED!

    [Drone:] But your majesty... if we attack the humans now, we'll surely lose
    more than half of our forces!!!
    [Blattaria:] I'm sorry, there must be some sort of misunderstanding, let me
    try to explain this again, you see: We are going to invade the earth, and you will follow...

    We shall follow...

    [Blattaria:] FOR I'M YOUR QUEEN!!!

    (War is forming, always for God's children, War is forming, always for mom's children)

    You've been waiting in line
    Rage now, for the empire... rage now, FOR MY LOVE!

    ATTACK FORMATION! ATTACK, ATTACK!
    YOU'LL DIE FOR ME! YOU'LL DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE...FOR ME!

```
Room 429

***"Room 429"*** is the eighth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997. It is a Cop Shoot Cop cover.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Tod Ashley (Cop Shoot Cop)

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)

## Versions

### Room 429

The original album version. It flows directly from "Underneath the Waves" using a sampled laugh from "Hedrhoid."

## Lyrics

```
    What you don't understand
    Is where everything's leading
    When all of the signs you see still point to overload
    As you reach out your hand
    A shattered picture's receding
    Like tail-lights along that lonesome stretch of broken road

    ‘Cause you've been to the past
    And it's just a reminder
    A recollection of faces that will never come to call
    When you've cut through the mask
    When you've been through the grinder
    Sometimes you forget that you had ever been there at all

    Up here in Room 429
    Yeah, the world ain't so unkind
    I wanna take you to that empty room tonight

    In the shadow of doubt
    In the crush of an instant
    Standing in the rain outside your door, hand on my knife
    When you reach a brick wall
    There is still a decision
    Always though if I had to lose I'd surely take you all

    Up here in Room 429
    In a world that's so unkind
    I wanna take you to that empty room tonight

    We'll tell the world outside the door
    That we ain't never coming back no more
    We're gonna stay in here 'til we turn out the night
    Until we turn out the night…

    The city breathes so softly
    Everything is sleeping
    I am at the window silently watching
    I can see you standing
    Alone against the winter
    I can hear you asking, but the streets, they are not giving
    Don't look to the ocean
    Restless in its dreaming
    Don't look to the heavens for they will tell you nothing
    If living is for learning
    Then dying is forgetting
    Once we have forgotten then we can go on loving

    In a lifetime of hope
    In a second of kindness
    There is never a doubt that we are born and die alone
    From within or without
    There's no way they can find us
    When they knock at the door, the lights are on, but we ain't home

    Up here in Room 429
    Yeah, the world ain't so unkind
    I wanna take you to that empty room tonight

    We'll tell the world outside the door
    That we ain't never coming back no more
    We're gonna stay in here 'til we turn out the night
    Until we turn out the night…

```
The Way Home!

***"The Way Home!"*** is the eighth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Addicted*, released in 2009.

It references the vocal delivery of "Coast" from *Ki* ("The way...").

### Song Credits

* Words: Devin Townsend
* Music: Townsend, Brian Waddell

## Appearances

* *Addicted* (original studio recording)
* *Contain Us* (original studio recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)

## Versions

### The Way Home!

The original album version. The exact recording is republished as part of *Contain Us*. It proceeds directly from "Ih-Ah!," by a piano that alters the key, and into "Numbered!"

### The Way Home! (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, it features in the *Addicted* night.

## Lyrics

```
    The way home
    Lined with all the things that you have learned.
    The way home
    The lights are on, but we're still getting burned.
    Show to me,
    The way I found the grey lines honed.
    'Cause it's so hollow now... show's over now...

    The way I'm lighting all the faces you have turned.
    The way is high.
    Glad to know the greatest thing I knew... I always knew.
    So hollow now...
    Show's over now...
    And I've wasted time on daylight...
    I won't be knocked down, show the way.
    (I've only time now)

    (I always knew…)
    So hollow now...
    Show's over now...
    And I've wasted time on daylight... Sorry
    And I've wasted time on daylight... Sorry
    The way home.

```
Stagnant

***"Stagnant"*** is the tenth song from the Devin Townsend album *Terria*, released in 2001. It has never been played live in full, but he has played it partially at acoustic by-request events.

Though it is the proper end of the album, it is followed by a hidden track called "Humble" on all versions. This is common practice for many of Townsend's solo albums.

## Lyrics

```
    Summer's here, the sunlight greets the day
    The winter’s gone, there's no more rain today
    And if I could, I'm sure that I would take your pain away
    So ain't it funny how, after trying to find my way home
    I'm in the middle now and I won't get lost again

    ‘Cause in the winter time, when everything is grey
    And in the summer time, into the month of May
    I get a feeling that it's all so temporary
    And that's the feeling that can take my blues away, hey-uh

    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head, wuh-uh-uh-uh
    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head now, my head now…

    It's beautiful, the way it's meant to be
    Beautiful, but it “don't do shit” for me, yeah!
    So peel away a little skin and choke upon the bone
    So ain't it funny how, after trying to find my way home,
    I'm in the middle now, and I won't get lost again.

    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head, wuh-uh-uh-uh
    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head now, my head now

    But you don't know how or when it's gonna go

    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head, wuh-uh-uh-uh
    Tired of the way that I'm feeling everyday
    And I feel it in my head now, my head now

    Oh (Tired of the feeling…)
    (…feeling… head now…)

    You don't know…

```
Support the Cause - demo

**"Support the Cause"** is the third track from the Devin Townsend Project bonus album Holding Patterns, released 2016.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Lyrics

```
All that has been lost is buried in the cause...

Do you know that the winds of change are blowin'?
And can you see that the time of hell has come?

All that has been lost is buried in the past...
Now our future lies; together we rise! Go! Go! Slow!

Hey, can you say that you never needed any time?
See, things change, and they'll keep on changing, so keep changing.

All that has been lost dissolves into the cause...
Now our future lies; absolution? Absolutely.

Sing it!

Hard time, realized. Hard minds, had to rewind.
All the ways you were don't matter anymore
As we head down to the shore.

I won't leave us till I'm sure that you're OK.
You will have to forgive yourself 'cause you're OK.
You're OK!

Hard time, realize. Hard minds, had to rewind.
All the ways you were don't matter anymore
As we head down to the shore.
As we head down to the shore.
```
Sophie's Boobies

**"Sophie's Boobies"** is the eleventh track from the Devin Townsend Project album Transcendence (Japan Edition), released 2016.

### Song Credit

* words and music: Devin Townsend, Ziltiod

## Appearances

* Transcendence Japan Edition
* Transcendence Limited Edition
* Ziltoid Radio

## Versions

* The original Ziltoid Radio version
* The original Ziltoid Radio version on Transcendence

## Lyrics

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```
The Mind WASP

***"The Mind WASP"*** is the sixth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Epiclouder*, released in 2012.

It is a demo recorded during the *Epicloud* sessions.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Additional vocals: Anneke van Giersbergen

## Appearances

* *Epicloud* deluxe edition (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    I cry.
    Soon the minds are dry.
    When I.. fall
    harder than you all.
    I..
    So am I.

    I.. cry..
    Soon the mind will die.
    And I.. Why?
    Just to hear the cries.
    I'm..
    What am I?
    I'm..
    Soul of mine could occupy.
    Crying girl of mine.
    Soul of mine could run awry.
    I.. I..

    So, you're mine.
    So mine. Oh my.
    I cry..
    So the mind collides
    I'm.. Who am I?

    Yeah, I'm..
    Soul of mine could occupy!
    I've always known your mind.
    Who am I to cry alone?
    I'm falling.

    You might feel that you are home!
    Deep inside you know you know!
    You know!
    Just tell me that you wanna!
    Say you wanna!
    Hey you wanna!
    Hey! Hey! Hey!

    Oh.
    So, who am I?

    I..
    Soul of mine could occupy!
    Crying girl of mine!
    Soul of mine will walk the line!
    I.. I..

    Say you wanna!
    Hey you wanna!
    Hey! Hey! Hey!

```
The Calm and the Storm

### Genre

Progressive metal, symphonic metal, industrial metal, extreme metal, experimental, ambient, new age, progressive rock

### Producer

Devin Townsend

***The Calm and the Storm*** is a box set by the Devin Townsend Project. It contains the albums *Deconstruction* and *Ghost* in a special combined slipcase and an exclusive 7" single.

## Track listing

All songs written by Devin Townsend except where noted.

### *Deconstruction*

1. "Praise the Lowered" (6:02)
2. "Stand" (9:36)
3. "Juular" (3:46)
4. "Planet of the Apes" (10:59)
5. "Sumeria" (6:37)
6. "The Mighty Masturbator" (16:28)
7. "Pandemic" (3:29)
8. "Deconstruction" (9:27)
9. "Poltergeist" (4:25)

### *Ghost*

1. "Fly" (4:15)
2. "Heart Baby" (5:55)
3. "Feather" (11:30)
4. "Kawaii" (2:52)
5. "Ghost" (6:24)
6. "Blackberry" (4:53)
7. "Monsoon" (4:37) [Townsend, Epple, Young]
8. "Dark Matters" (1:57)
9. "Texada" (9:30)
10. "Seams" (4:04)
11. "Infinite Ocean" (8:01) [Townsend, Young, St-Jean]
12. "As You Were" (8:47)

### *The Calm and the Storm*

A. "Juular"
B. "Feather (edit)"
## Personnel

### *Deconstruction*

* Devin Townsend – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, programming
* Ryan Van Poederooyen – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10
* Dirk Verbeuren – drums on tracks 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

#### Guest Musicians

* Paul Kuhr – vocals on "Praise the Lowered"
* Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals on "Stand"
* Ihsahn – vocals on "Juular"
* Tommy Giles Rogers – vocals on "Planet of the Apes"
* Joe Duplantier – vocals on "Sumeria"
* Paul Masvidal – vocals on "Sumeria"
* Greg Puciato – vocals on "The Mighty Masturbator"
* Floor Jansen – soprano vocals on "Pandemic"
* Oderus Urungus – vocals on "Deconstruction"
* Fredrik Thordendal – solo on "Deconstruction"
* Florian Magnus Maier – undertones on "Stand" and "The Mighty Masturbator"
* Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra

#### Production

* Devin Townsend – production, recording, mixing
* Jens Bogren – mixing
* Anthony Clarkson – artwork

### *Ghost*

* Devin Townsend – guitars, vocals, bass, synth, ambience, banjo
* Kat Epple – flute, woodwinds
* Dave Young – keyboards, Nord synths, harmonium, Ableton Live, mandolin
* Mike St-Jean – drums, percussion
* Katrina Natale – vocals
Hyperdrive

***"Hyperdrive"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007, and the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Addicted*, released in 2009.

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)
* *Addicted* (original studio re-recording)
* *By a Thread* (live recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)
* *Rockband 3* (downloadable content)

## Versions

### Hyperdrive

The original album version. It proceeds directly from "Solar Winds" and directly into "N9." Its style is very reminiscent of "Night."

### Hyperdrive!

Re-recorded version for *Addicted*. Features Anneke van Giersbergen on harmony vocals. Played a half-step up from the original.

### Hyperdrive (Live, *By a Thread*)

Available on the *By a Thread* box set, where *Addicted* is played in full.

### Hyperdrive (Live, Acoustic)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* DVD/CD.

### Hyperdrive (Rockband 3)

The dialogue was re-recorded specifically for the video game, though the musical content remains the same.

## Lyrics

```
    So cold, in the night,
    Where the river flows,
    So cold, in the night,
    Where the river flows,

    Sail away,
    Hey, I'm sorry,
    Everyday is a new day.
    Hooray for love,
    Hey, I'm lonely,
    Trying to find a new way.

    So cold, in the night,
    Where the rivers slow,
    Say the rivers slows,
    So cold...

    Connect!

    So cold, in the night,
    Hold on... Hold on...

    Sail away,
    Hey I'm sorry,
    Every day's a new day,
    Hooray for love.
    Hey I'm lonely
    Try and be on your way,
    On your way... On your way...

    She loves me not...

```

```
    [Narrator:]
    Having made their way through space, Captain Spectacular
    and his intrepid crew have arrived in Nebulo 9.
    Unbeknownst to the humans, Ziltoid has also arrived.

    [Ziltoid:] Haha! Surprise!

```

The *Addicted* version does not feature the narrator and Ziltoid lines at the end.