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Fate of Zantium (poem)

*“The Fate of Zantium”*

*Poem by Watchman Bruno Lev*

Zantium!

Pride of the one god!

Heart-jewel of the crown!

Son of yearning, daughter of hope

Beautiful child of song!

I weep at your destruction!

Rounded up like sheep to the slaughter

Content to live under the yoke of their new masters

The conquered take the cup that is pressed to their lips

They drink too deeply and for too long, transfixed

By benevolent overlords safeguarding a new world

Preparing the way for a better world

And the pacified believe what they are told.

Iskirra!

Massacring the innocent!

Raping the defenseless!

Defiling the house of the god!

Thieves in the night!

I spit upon your graves!

For whom is the wine bitter as gall?

Who among them can still stand at all?

The patriot, the devout, the old regime

Victims of the enemy’s schemes

From the roofs of towers they are hurled

Declared the erring sinners of this world

Martyrs and saints in the next.

Zantium!

Civilization eternal!

Cornerstone of the world!

Father of nations, mother of peoples

Salt of the earth!

We weep at your doom!

In a final act of spiteful killing

Your schools of thought are set to burning

Book and scroll cast into flame

It is forbidden to speak your native names

For the tongue of the Zantines is used to conspire

Against the sorcerers who scourge with scythes of iron

Scraping the sky and scarring the earth.

Iskirra!

Fouling the land!

Bloodying the fields!

Poisoning the waters!

Merciless predators!

We spit in your eyes!

Twelve kings there were on a marble throne

Sleeping now in halls of stone

No shadow falls upon their tomb

No mourners passing through the gloom

There is no one left to honor the dead

None willing to go where their ancestors tread

Not even to bury the last king, abandoned among the slain.
Wandering Eye

***"Wandering Eye"*** is the seventh song from the Ziltoid the Omniscient album *Dark Matters*, released in 2014.

## Appearances

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

## Versions

### Wandering Eye (Promo Mix)

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

### Wandering Eye (Raw Mix)

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

### Wandering Eye (Live)

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

## Lyrics

```
    If the seeds that come for me are protecting your lie
    Why fight? Just come towards with forces, do it now!

    I crawl around ivory thrones and your wandering eye, your...

    Oh, sing it loud!
    Those wandering eyes are so weak, so sing it:
    Oh, sing it loud!
    Ah! Oh, no, you've gone away!

    [Ziltoid:] FETID HUMAN, RELEASE ME!
    [Captain Spectacular:] Not so fast... we need to get a few things
    clear, we're going to need you to sign a truce, this is our lawyer
    [Lawyer:] Hello Ziltoid, this contract between us:
    -You agree to join forces with the humans (Yes!)
    -You agree to not turn against the humans (Yes!)
    -At the end of the day, forthwith and without prejudice (Yes!)
    -You relinquish your command over to Captain Spectacular (OK!)
    -Very good, sign here...here...and here.
    [Ziltoid:] OKAY!! Thank you very much... do you mind if I use the
    bathroom for a moment?
    [Captain Spectacular:] Not at all..
    [Ziltoid:] Yes, out in a jiffy!
    [Ziltoid:] Silly humans, they free me, yet they do not know the depth of my evil.
    Yes, I have something in mind for them, and the war princess
    [Narrator:] Captain spectacular frees Ziltoid...and an uneasy truce is born.
    The battle's about to begin, the war about to commence
    Preparations for the alliance are now underway.
    Ziltoid and the human army get their collective poop in a great big shiny group.
    The first order of business: beat that war princess before she begins stage three
    of her attack! Ziltoid knows of something even more powerful! Something so crazy
    and dangerous, no mere mortal dare utter the name of aloud unless they want
    their head to explode into tiny bulbous shards. But for the sake of your listening
    pleasure and today's story, we're just going to call it by the human translation:
    Herman The Planet Smasher
    [Captain Spectacular:] Now, don't pull any fast ones, Ziltoid, you need to get that
    weapon of yours down here. There's a lot riding on this trust I've got in you.
    Don't let me down!
    [Ziltoid:] Aye Aye captain poopypants, don't worry I shan't let you down, I'm on your side!
    [Narrator:] Ziltoid is keeping to himself that he's only too aware of the great danger
    of dealing with the Planet Smasher... and just what it might bring...

```
The Field

***"The Field"*** is the thirteenth song from the Casualties of Cool self-titled album, released in 2014.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval

## Appearances

* *Casualties of Cool* (original studio recording, live recording)

## Versions

### The Field (Live)

Available on the *Casualties of Cool* reissue DVD, recorded live at the Union Chapel in 2014.

## Lyrics

```
    Young boy, young son
    The game has begun
    Feel it the pressure is on

    The outcome is dear
    From the adults you hear
    Run, run hustle and run
    And if he falls
    God help us all
    The net is open and bare
    But we’re all just kids
    Trying to belong
    Out for a breath of fresh air
    The field is uneven
    The players disheartened
    The ball goes right over our heads
    Me, I’m in the background
    Playing with the daisies
    Dreaming of days spent in bed
    Oh we’re only kids
    Walking it off
    As we run run hustle and fall
    Mary spends the whole ride home crying
    Her hands are frozen through to the bone

    Me, I'm in the backseat
    Watching the world pass me
    Playing with the dew and the dust
    Oh we’re only kids
    Making a mess
    As we run run hustle and fall
    Oh... We fall.

```
Watch You

***"Watch You"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Ghost²* and the seventh song from the *Stuff That Was Almost Stuff* disc of *Contain Us*, both at least partially released in 2011.

It references "Stand" from *Deconstruction* in the second half ("some might sever...").

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Backing vocals: Katrina Natale

## Appearances

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

## Versions

### Watch You

The original album version. The same exact recording is used for *Ghost²* and *Contain Us*, though the latter segues differently.

### Watch You (Live)

Available on the *By a Thread* DVD/CD box set as part of the encore of the *Ghost* night.

## Lyrics

```
    I watch you when you're sleeping
    I watch you when you're awake
    I watch you when you're waving
    Goodbye

    I watch you
    'Cause I want to

    I watch you when you're leaving
    I watch you when you're staying
    I watch you when you're waving
    Fly, fly

    I watch you
    'Cause I want to

    I watch you, I watch you, I watch you
    In silence, in silence, silence, silence

    See, my child I'm already home
    Watching the flames come from the fire
    And soon you will know
    What I already know
    What's in the field under the mine caves

    You're the one that's watching me, watching me

    Now in time what you'll find as you'll meet someone
    You will know my name

    Some might sever, some may never
    Some may heed the even flow
    Some find heaven in sevens and elevens
    Some may see the heathen glow

    But some might never, some may never
    Some of you will never even know

```
Peter Pan

**Peter Pan** (formerly known as **Malcolm**) was the main antagonist of the first half of the third season of *Once Upon A Time*.

He was portrayed by Robbie Kay (as Peter Pan/Pied Piper) and Stephen Lord (as Malcolm).

## Relationships

### Family

* Fiona † - Wife
* Rumplestiltskin Gold † - Son
* Baelfire/Neal Cassidy † - Grandson
* Gideon Gold - Grandson
* Henry Mills - Great-Grandson
* Lucy Mills - Great-Great-Granddaughter
* Belle Gold † - Daughter-in-law
* Milah † - Daughter-in-law
* Ella Mills - Great-Granddaughter-in-law

### Allies

* Lost Boys
	+ Felix † - Victim

### Enemies

* Enchanted Forest Royal Family
	+ Snow White
	+ Emma Swan
	+ David Nolan
	+ Killian Jones - Former Employee turned Enemy
* Wendy Darling - Former Prisoner
* John Darling - Former Thrall
* Michael Darling - Former Thrall
* Neal Cassidy † - Former Thrall
Soul Driven

***"Soul Driven"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend album *Infinity*, released in 1998. The InsideOut reissue of the album extends its title to "Soul Driven Cadillac."

The lyrics of the song reference Maute Dingas, a giant king moth from a dream Townsend had while writing the album.

## Appearances

* *Infinity* (original studio recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (partial live recording)

## Versions

### Soul Driven (Cadillac)

The original album version. Due to a mastering error, its introduction is placed at the end of "War." The song's proper duration is thus 6:03, including the distorted a capella coda.

### Soul Driven (Live, *The Retinal Circus*)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* blu-ray/CD, the introduction (tagged onto "War" on the CD) alone is played, with vocals by Anneke van Giersbergen.

## Lyrics

```
    Now that the love is gone
    What's still holding on?
    If all that was said was true...
    What's still holding you?
    If ever, you need someone there
    Who's been there for ever
    And ever, will waken the dawn
    Awaken the dawn for you...

    Please don't hesitate to call
    Please don't hesitate at all...

    (So many words, which ones do you say?)

    Sing maute dingas!
    (Everyone who knows and everyone who noticed...
    Anyone who noticed anyone who knows it...)

    Soul driven! -- Devil
    -- Nature
    -- Cadillac
    -- Jesus
    -- Allah
    -- Krishna
    -- Buddha
    -- God

    The birth has occurred and the time has begun, it's the end
    of this age and the preparations must begin for a new time
    that takes so much work and will hurt in the beginning,
    change always does, and know strength is not something you
    buy or sell through aggression and fear. Only love and acceptance
    of faith will convince you that you're not alone and exist among
    friends so have patience...

    Don't give in...
    Don't give in...
    Have patience...

    -- It's time
    (Is this what you want? Are you happy with what we've become?
    Is this the way you want to live?)
    ...you have a decision to make

    Bodywash! Home everybody e-a
    Everybody knows, it's very good now... home... home...

```
Universal Flame

***"Universal Flame"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Sky Blue*, released in 2014.

## Appearances

* *Z²: Sky Blue* (original studio recording, promo mix)
* *Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (live recording)

## Versions

### Universal Flame (Promo Mix)

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

### Universal Flame (Live)

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

## Lyrics

```
    Flame! Universal flame!
    Can't stand the shame!
    Universal flame!
    The universe unfolds for you tonight

    Through all the ways you've tried to rid your lives of crying, I know
    The world is full of all the sickness and the dying heroes.

    So far away - you know who you are
    You are so far away - only wanted to be with you

    Flame! Universal flame!
    The universe unfolds for you tonight

    Through all the winds of change and all the people lying for you.
    You are of golden mind, the passion overflowing from you

    So far away - you know who you are
    You are so far away - look for hope, and it will find you!

    Flame (you know who you are)!
    Universal flame (look for hope, it's searching for you)
    Can't stand the shame! (you know who you are)!
    Universal flame!
    The universe unfolds for you tonight

    I won't hold back anything
    And I won't care if you don't hear
    Cause all I want is to be true
    And say to all that I love you tonight

    So far away, you are so far away...

    Can't stand the shame!
    Universal flame!
    Can't stand the shame!
    Universal flame!
    The universe unfolds for you tonight

    Though you feel you're far gone
    Never to love again
    Remember to have faith now
    The sun will rise again!

```
Rejoice

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

## Appearances

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

## Versions

### Rejoice

The original album version. It flows directly into "Fallout."

### Rejoice (Promo Mix)

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

## Lyrics

```
    Now we’ve arrived in a new time and world and elements are we of gold
    How many times were we able to see the infinite void of the soul?
    All that way gonna give it away?
    You’re gonna give it away to some muscle?
    Long, long way till the pain is at bay, so hit it one more time!
    Fight!

    Along that way got the temper at bay finding new ways to loosen the load
    And we will settle the day when the son will obey and the gods of it all will implode
    Long, long way you’re-a-giving away, you’re gonna give it away to the muscle
    You’ve come a long, long way so be not afraid you’ve gotta use your mind!

    Alien world
    Arrogant mental
    This world seems arrogant, sick and demented
    Alien world
    So you bet your body and soul!

    It hurts so much and that is why they fear it
    But never fear, all is here!
    It hurts so much and that is why we fear it
    But pay no mind,
    Rejoice!

    Don’t fear it!

    I know you’ll follow,
    I know your war

    It hurts so much and that is why they fear it
    But never fear, all is here!
    It hurts so much and that is why we fear it
    But pay no mind,
    Rejoice!

```
Truth

***"Truth"*** is the first song from the Devin Townsend album *Infinity*, released in 1998, and the Devin Townsend Project album *Transcendence*, released in 2016.

Primarily instrumental, its sparse lyrical phrases are repeated many times in multitracked vocals.

## Appearances

* *Infinity* (original studio recording)
* *Transcendence* (studio re-recording)
* *Official Bootleg 2000* (live recording)
* *Safe Zone* (live recording)
* *Contain Us* (live recording)
* *The Retinal Circus* (live recording)

## Versions

### Truth

The original album version. Its ending features the snare break from "War" during the fadeout; the ending itself is implied in the ending of "Almost Again" from Strapping Young Lad's *The New Black*.

### Truth (*Transcendence*)

A new re-recording of the song opens this album. In addition to various performance changes reflecting the live performance of the track, it features a new a capella coda of harmony vocals.

### Truth (Live, *Official Bootleg*)

Available on the *Official Bootleg 2000* CD-R/DVD-R. Recorded live in Tokyo on February 26, 1999.

### Truth (Live, *Safe Zone*)

Available on the *Safe Zone* DVD, a bonus in the deluxe version of *Synchestra*.

### Truth (Live, *Contain Us*)

Available on the *Contain Us* extra content DVD as part of the *Live in the USA 2010* audio set.

### Truth (Live, *The Retinal Circus*)

Available on *The Retinal Circus* blu-ray/CD.

## Lyrics

```
    I warned you

    Money

    Hallelujah

    Hello... it's back

```

The *Transcendence* version includes an a capella coda:

```
    May you learn to live without fear
    May you be at peace
    May your beauty unfold before you
    Everything's changed, everything's changed
    But I am home

```
Quarantine Project

On March 12, 2020, Townsend postponed the remainder of his Empath Vol. 1 North American Tour due to the pandemic. Four days later, on March 16, 2020, Townsend launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover the costs of the canceled tour. It raised $80,804 of the $50,000 goal. As a "thank you" to his fans, Townsend launched what he dubbed **"Quarantine Project"**, releasing new music in the process.

With Quarantine Project live streams #4, #5 & #6, he hosted a streaming premiere, of which a prerecorded virtual show featuring guest such as Samus Paulicelli on drums, Jed Simon on guitar, Anneke Van Giersbergen on vocals. Each of them performed separately in front of green screens, with eight different camera setups each, to enhance the virtual concert experience.

## Q-Project Live Streams (2020-2022)

* *DT -* Quarantine Project #1 - Benefits for Vancouver Hospital Foundation (April 19, 2020)
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #2 - NHS (April 25, 2020)
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #3 - NSUH (May 2, 2020) - North Shore University Hospital, NY
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #4 - Galactic Quarantine (September 5th, 2020)
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #5 *- Devin's Crappy Halloween - Rarities by Request* (November 1, 2020)
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #6 *-* Devin Townsend's Christmas Special (December 23, 2020)
* *DT -* Quarantine Project #7 - Ocean Machine: Biomech In it's entirety! (May 21, 2021)
* *DT - Quarantine Project #8 -* Infinity in it's entirety! (February 5th,2022)

## Q-Project YouTube (2020)

1. Quarantine Project Part 1: Sober (demo) (became "Sober" on Nightwork) (17th MAR)
2. Quarantine Project Part 2: ZTV Rough Test (18th MAR)
3. Quarantine Project Part 3: WE LIKE TO PARTY (Vengaboys cover) (19st MAR)
4. Quarantine Project Part 4: GOOD MORNING! (Ghost instrumental version) (22nd MAR)
5. Quarantine Project Part 5: STAMPYS BLASTER! (released on Nightwork) (23rd MAR)
6. Quarantine Project Part 6: HONEYBUNCH (got cut from Nightwork :( (24th MAR)
7. Quarantine Project Part 7: WE LIKE TO PARTY (music video) (25th MAR)
8. Quarantine Project Part 8: Call Of The Void (demo) (released on Lightwork) (26th MAR)
9. Quarantine Project Part 9: ??
10. Quarantine Project Part 10: A NEWER REIGN (alt-Take with Devin as main vocal) (30th MAR)
11. Quarantine Project Part 11: CASUALTIES LIVE AT FRAMUS (31st MAR)
12. Quarantine Project: Equinox (demo) (released on Lightwork) (25th NOV)
13. Quarantine Project: Precious Sardines (Unofficial Music Video) (sequel to Lucky Animals Music Video) (16th NOV)
Triumph

***"Triumph"*** is the third song from the Devin Townsend Band album *Synchestra*, released in 2006.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Guitar solo: Steve Vai

## Appearances

* *Synchestra* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Triumph

The original album version. It proceeds directly out of "Hypergeek" and directly into "Babysong."

## Lyrics

```
    Calling, it's calling, I can't stay here
    ...Knowing there's no higher
    Going, I've gone for so many years...
    ...Going makes me tired.
    And they said it was this and they said is was that
    And they said it was this and they said...
    But it's...

    Call for me Jesus, I'm waiting here
    Knowing I'm a liar
    Knowing I've known more than half my share...
    Knowing bade this triumph
    ...and they said it was this
    ...and they said it was that
    And they said it was this and they said...
    But it's...
    WHAT?!?!

    Hooray for Dr. Young
    Hooray for earth born and son
    Hooray the time has come...
    We vanish once again

    One word - Collective
    Mankind - CONNECTED

    Never going to die, we're always gonna live forever... ever... Every day
    With my skies of grey. In my fields of green...

    I've been all I've been
    Only for the ego in me
    Hide from the apocalypse around.

```
Underneath the Waves

***"Underneath the Waves"*** is the seventh song from the Strapping Young Lad album *City*, released in 1997.

## Appearances

* *City* (original studio recording, demo, remastered original studio recording)
* *Strapping Young Lad* Japanese edition (live recording)

## Versions

### Underneath the Waves

The original album version. It flows directly into "Room 429" using a sampled laugh from "Hedrhoid."

### Underneath the Waves (Live)

Available on the Japanese edition of *Strapping Young Lad*.

## Lyrics

```
    [Spoken:]
    A geological event of cataclysmic dimensions

    On and on, it's on and on

    No one knows why, no one knows why
    A new time, new ways
    New thought, new age

    On and on, it’s on and on
    Say goodbye! say goodbye! say goodbye! say goodbye!

    No one knows why, no one on and on
    A new time, new ways, new thought, new age

    Tired of waiting
    Tired of fighting
    Tired of waiting for fucking nothing
    Sick of lying
    Sick of trying
    Tired of waiting for fucking nothing

    Tired of hating, bored of dying
    Tired of waking from the dreams of morning
    Sick of trying, sick of whining
    Tired of waking from the dreams of morning

    Tired of waiting
    Tired of fighting
    Tired of waiting for fucking nothing
    Sick of lying
    Sick of trying
    Tired of waiting for fucking nothing

    ...underneath the waves...
    They're underneath the waves...
    They’re underneath the fucking waves...

```
We Ride

***"We Ride"*** is the sixth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Alien*, released in 2005.

## Appearances

* *Alien* (original studio recording)
* *Alien* instrumentals (original studio recording)

## Versions

### We Ride

The original album version. The first guitar solo is played by Townsend, while the second is by Jed Simon. It flows directly from "Shine" and into "Possessions."

### We Ride (Instrumental)

Unofficially leaked from the *Alien* sessions, this version is the same as the album but without vocal tracks, and without segues from surrounding songs.

### We Ride (Promo version)

Released on an advance promo of *Alien*, this version lacks guitar solos.

## Lyrics

```
    WHAT? are you DOING in MY FACE!?!
    WHERE, are you GOING, with ALL HASTE
    WHY did this BEGIN? Why did we start this?
    And WHY can't you remember???

    GODDAMN YOU

    Why don't you ever think
    about these things that you say?!
    Your words are there for us
    to deconstruct anyway
    YES you ARE a product of that environment...
    but CHANGE is ALWAYS THERE...
    IF YOU WANT IT!!!

    Cold and foreign, spirit broken...
    PLEASE can we go home????

    NO!!!

    WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT???!!!
    I'M BEING COMPLETELY RATIONAL...
    I'M NOT YELLING!!!!!!!
    IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP
    THERE HAS TO BE COMPROMISE
    AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS BAGGAGE...
    I KNOW I HAVE MY ISSUES...
    AND WE! KNOW! YOU! HAVE! YOURS!!!!
    PUT IT IN GEAR MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!

    For tonight...WE RIDE!!!!

    DENY THE RIDE...

    YOU AND I, CONNECT AND EMERGE.

```
Thalamus

***"Thalamus"*** is the ninth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Alien*, released in 2005.

Prior to the release of the album, its title was variously reported as "Landscape" or "Mega Bulldozer."

## Appearances

* *Alien* (original studio recording)
* *Alien* instrumentals (original studio recording)

## Versions

### Thalamus

The original album version. It flows directly from "Two Weeks" and into "Zen."

### Thalamus (Instrumental)

Leaked from the *Alien* sessions, this version lacks vocal tracks and segues from surrounding songs.

## Lyrics

```
    Making money, save my mind.
    Made up manic form you fake,
    FUCK YOU!!!

    Close your eyes and believe
    Believe that the garden is all that you need
    Believe you must bow to your knees
    Believe what you want to believe
    ...Just believe

    I'M FREE!!!
    ...ALIVE!!!
    I'm MASTER!!!
    ...AND COMMANDER!!!
    ...OF MY LIFE!!!
    ...OF MY FATE!!!
    ...OF MY FAITH
    ...IN US!!!

    We're all we have now.

    Alone.

    We're all we have now...

    Who?

```
Temple Inquisitor

The Inquisitor is a position within the hierarchy of the Temple. The role is only fulfilled under particular circumstances. A similar but more powerful version of this position, the Grand Inquisitor, is even more rare.

An Inquisitor's primary purpose is to seek out heresy. A Grand Inquisitor has the power to purge heresy. They are granted powers beyond the law, allowing them to prosecute anyone they see fit using the Temple's own judicial system. During a heresy trial, the Inquisitor can be called upon as the witness for the prosecution, while the Grand Inquisitor typically *is* the prosecution.
Universe in a Ball!

***"Universe in a Ball!"*** is the second song from the Devin Townsend Project album *Addicted*, released in 2009.

It lyrically references "Ki" ("We find those foreign fantasies were Ki").

## Appearances

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

## Versions

### Universe in a Ball!

The original album version. The exact recording is republished as part of *Contain Us*. It proceeds directly from "Addicted!" and into "Bend It Like Bender!" bridged by a keyboard effect.

### Universe in a Ball! (Live, *By a Thread*)

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

## Lyrics

```
    Universe in a ball
    Universe in a ball
    I found those foreign fantasies were free!
    Universe in a ball
    There's a universe in us all
    I found him falling far away from me

    Just find your fantasies... we'll fight them... fight!
    Find your fantasies... then fight them!

    Universe in a ball
    There's a universe in our soul
    We found them falling far away from me!

    Oh, search for home
    We find... he's everyone around...

    Are we all that we're meant to be when we're home, boy!
    Although we've been wandering, we are home, boy!
    Home we go! Home we go!

    Shit!
    Universe in a ball
    There's a universe in a ball
    We find those foreign fantasies were Ki!

    Find your fantasies... we'll fight them... fight!
    Find your fantasies, then fight them… fight!
    Find your fantasies... then… fight!
    Find a way to resolve!

    Are we all that we're meant to be when we're home, boy!
    Although we've been wondering, we are home, boy!
    Always! Always! Always!
    We must fight for what's worth fighting for!

```
Things Beyond Things

***"Things Beyond Things"*** is the eleventh and final song from the Devin Townsend album *Ocean Machine: Biomech*, released in 1997. It is a Noisescapes demo featured as a bonus track on all versions.

It ends with a loud, distorted scream, much like the album counterpart *City* by Strapping Young Lad ends with a hidden bit.

## Appearances

* *Ocean Machine: Biomech* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Once when I was young, I used to dream for hours and hours
    I'd dream a world that wasn't small...
    And I'd travel to a valley where under trees and earth
    I'd set my girl...
    ...And I knelt down by her head
    And lay roses in her hair and I kissed her gently...
    But this is what you are
    As the sun sets in my eyes I know...
    I know I know I know I know I know

    And I know this one's the light
    And the worm inside of me
    Is the oldest wound that I've nursed along
    ...So don't try to get inside
    These things inside are wrong, things beyond things

    It's sick now
    It's rotten to the core, its eyes bulge and gaze at me...
    ...Lovingly...
    And I remember this smell from my dreams except it was sweeter then...
    And even in this room, where I used to lock my secrets
    It's starting to smell just like my friend
    And I told you not to breathe, so now I sit and watch the rain, I know
    I know I know I know I know I know I know I know

    And I know this one's the dark
    And the woman inside of me, is the oldest fear that
    I've nursed along...
    So don't try to get inside
    These things inside are all just things

```
The Complex

***"The Complex"*** is the seventh song from the Devin Townsend album *Physicist*, released in 2000.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend, Gene Hoglan

## Appearances

* *Physicist* (original studio recording)

## Versions

### The Complex

The original album version. It proceeds directly into "Irish Maiden."

## Lyrics

```
    Falling, watching ships go down
    Falling, watch it all go down
    Falling out of line
    Falling out of time
    More than meets the eye
    Murder needs your mind
    Watching, watch it all flow down
    Falling, watch it all go down
    Following by sight
    Following through night
    More than a keen eye
    Murder needs you

    So you're not the only one, child
    And the battle must be won, child
    When the seed is in the ground
    You will see what you have found
    So let them burn, so let them fires burn
    (It's tattooed on my face)
    So let them burn, just let them go

    Uh!

    Now you're not the only one, child
    Many battles have been won, child
    Beyond the sea be on the ground
    You will seize or you will drown, oh-oh

    So let them burn, so let them fires burn
    (It's tattooed on my face)
    So let them burn, just let them go, oh-uh

    Wo-uh!

```
ZTO

***"ZTO"*** is the opening song from the Devin Townsend album *Ziltoid the Omniscient*, released in 2007. It stands for the album title, and acts like a television theme song for the album and concept.

## Appearances

* *Ziltoid the Omniscient* (original studio recording)
* *Rockband 3* (downloadable content)

## Versions

### ZTO

The original album version. It proceeds directly into "By Your Command."

### ZTO (Rockband 3)

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

## Lyrics

```
    Ziltoid!
    Ziltoid, Ziltoid!
    Ziltoid!
    The Omniscient!
    Ziltoid, Ziltoid!
    Ziltoid!
    The Omniscient!

    [Ziltoid:]
    Greetings humans, I am Ziltoid...the omniscient.
    I have come from far across the omniverse.
    You shall fetch me your universes ultimate cup of coffee...
    Black!
    You have five Earth minutes,
    Make it perfect!

```
The Girls Next Door

***"The Girls Next Door"*** is the eleventh song from the Punky Brüster album *Cooked on Phonics*, released in 1996. It is a bonus track on all versions.

## Appearances

* *Cooked on Phonics* (original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    Welcome boys and to the rock and roll high school
    Lesson #1 us where to put your tongue
    Lesson #2 is what you do with your tool
    And watch the fringe benefits come second to none!

    Graduates from the old rock and roll high school
    Pretend they're still rebellious with a video pose
    The uneducated spew some lame political view
    And the punks will look like hunks in their endorsement clothes!

    So hey, let's rock, and put out a little corporate schlock!
    To play, just get the call, then keep your eye on the friggin' ball
    'Cause that's all... that's all!

    Listen boys and girls to the rock and roll motto
    It's fun to spend your money, just take it from me
    And don't cry "foul" for us admitting this cash cow
    The "revolution" is a capitalist industry!
    So, hey, let's rock, and talk a little corporate talk!
    I say, you'll never fall, when your face is pressed against the wall!

    If what it takes to rock, is to suck a little corporate cock
    Well, hey everybody, we'll be the girls next door!
    If what it takes to score, is to be a corporate whore
    We're already there!

    Come on out to the Brüster spend-a-long
    Buy a T-shirt and it'll make you feel like you're part of an elite clique
    While directly paying for our advertising!

    Hey hey! We passed, now everyone can kiss our ass!!!
    And we'll appeal to a need
    Where one never used to be

    'Cause what it takes to rock is to suck some corporate cock
    So, hey everybody, we'll be the girls next door!
    And what it takes to score, is to be a corporate whore
    So, hey Borivoj, we'll be the girls next door!
    So, hey Monte Conner, we'll be the girls next door!
    So, hey Pepsi-Cola, we'll be the girls next door!
    So, hey Cliff Cultreri, we'll be the girls next door!!!

```
Tiny Tears

***"Tiny Tears"*** is the ninth song from the Devin Townsend album *Terria*, released in 2001.

## Versions

### Tiny Tears

The original album version. Crossfading in from the end of "Nobody's Here," it is a slow and powerful song, with a similar arrangement to "Funeral."

## Lyrics

```
    Baby, baby, don't you cry
    Wipe away that tear from your eye
    Sailing on a sea of blue
    In my dreams there’s a place for me and you
    We only hope some one you care
    And all get up through time of death

    Baby, babe don't say a word
    In this life you get all that you deserve
    I'm sorry, that I made you cry
    I can't believe, I'm just an ordinary guy

    When all at all is said and done
    It could be only won by one

    And now I'm 29 years old
    And I'm a million miles away, ah-ah-uh
    I'm a million miles away, ah-au-ah

    Baby, babe, don't say a word
    In this life we get all that we deserve
    I'm sorry, that I made you cry
    I can't believe, I'm just an ordinary guy

    I can't believe I made you cry
    I can't believe this makes you cry

    See (it’s coming, it’s coming)
    (I've learned my lesson now, and now)

    See you (I’ll see you, I’ll see you)
    I’ll see you (I’ll see you, I’ll see you)
    I will need you (I’ll need you)
    I leave you behind

    Kyrie eleison

```
Take My Ego

***"Take My Ego"*** is a bonus song from the iTunes release of the Devin Townsend Project album *Epicloud*, released in 2012.

### Song Credits

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

## Lyrics

```
    Sunday morning...
    So, you arrive
    Slowly this morning
    Time goes by
    Take my ego
    So, you arrive
    Silent mornings and solemn days are killing me

    So, take my ego
    Take my heart
    Take my ego
    Let it out

    Cry in the morning
    Cry at night
    Crown is only (?)
    Worn in the night
    Why in the world would we lock in the night?
    Crawl in the morn, then to mourn and block out the night

    So, take my ego
    Take my heart
    Take my ego
    Let it go
    So many people
    So many hearts
    Cry at night so where you ride
    Just let me go

    I, I know that the words do come
    We should let them flow
    Now, I find in a world unkind
    I just want my baby, baby, baby

    So, take my ego
    Take my heart
    Take my ego
    Let it go
    So many people
    So many hearts
    Cry at night so where you ride
    Just let me go
    Just let it go

```
Tracks From Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine

***Tracks From Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine*** is a promotional EP by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. It was distributed exclusively in France.

## Track listing

All words and music by Devin Townsend.

1. "Truth" [originally from *Infinity*]
2. "Kingdom" [originally from *Physicist*]
3. "Life" [originally from *Ocean Machine: Biomech*]
4. "Red Tomorrow" [originally from *Ass-Sordid Demos*]
5. "Christeen" [originally from *Infinity*]

## Personnel

* Devin Townsend – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, production

## External links

* *Tracks From Physicist, Infinity, Ocean Machine* on Discogs
The Bridge

***"The Bridge"*** is the fourteenth song from the Casualties of Cool self-titled album, released in 2014.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval

## Appearances

* *Casualties of Cool* (original studio recording, live recording)

## Versions

### The Bridge (Live)

Available on the *Casualties of Cool* reissue DVD, recorded live at the Union Chapel in 2014.

## Lyrics

```
    You only live once
    What is this place? I’ve only dreamed about
    Can you say, what are we a part of?
    We are of men, and we live for… We have come for home!
    Souls of fire calling…

    You never want me to go away
    You never want to let me go, but just let me go…
    You never want things to change
    You never did think you know, but I think you know
    You never want to let me go… But just let me go

    What are we a part of?
    You only live once
    OM OM OM

```
Wrong Side

***"Wrong Side"*** is the fifth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *The New Black*, released in 2006. The liner notes give it a subtitle, making it "Wrong Side (Of the Head)."

## Appearances

* *The New Black* (original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (remastered original studio recording)

## Versions

### Wrong Side

The original album version. The first guitar solo is by Townsend, with the second by Jed Simon. It flows directly into "Hope" with a count-in.

## Lyrics

```
    Woke up screaming on the wrong side of the head
    Dreaming of demons who'd be better off... better off dead
    Now I know I'm accountable for the things I've said before
    But I just can't shut up, shut up, shut up, get up, get up, get up and get out the door

    SO LET'S SING VOLUMES FOR THE SOULS THAT AREN'T FOR SALE
    INDEED LATELY THERES BEEN HELL HOUNDS ON MY TRAIL

    Woke up screaming on the wrong side of the Zen
    So get up(x7) and say the words!
    Say the word and I'll be gone

    Say the word and I'll be gone for ever, and ever...
    (Get up, Get out)
    Singing the good for the bad in the age of the fall
    Now the enemy plays for the whole fucking world

    Sooner or later the nights with the satyr
    Will bring back the memory
    Leaving you money and time

    Sweet locomotive with you is the motive
    the beauty, the agony mixes the honey with grime
    Sly imitator, the cats in the cradle, the dogs in the stable will
    Always remain on your mind

    Sooner or later it comes to the table reminding them all
    That the memory always was mine.
    Wake up running in the only way I can
    This type of dependency turns a boy into a man!

    Now I know I'm accountable
    Now I know I'm responsible
    NO PEACE FOR YOU LITTLE MAN!
    Say the word and I'll be GONE!!!

    Say the word and I'll be gone for ever, and ever...
    (Get up, get out)
    Singing the good for the bad in the age of the fall
    (Singing the good for the bad in the age of the fall)
    Singing the good for the bad in the age of the fall
    Now the enemy plays for the whole fucking world!!!!

```
Sister

***"Sister"*** is the fifth song from the Devin Townsend album *Ocean Machine: Biomech*, released in 1997.

It is sampled in the ending fadeout of "Traveller" from *Accelerated Evolution*.

## Appearances

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

## Versions

### Sister

The original album version. It flows directly from the ending of "Hide Nowhere" and crossfades directly into "3 A.M."

### Sister (Live, Acoustic)

Available on the *Official Bootleg 2000* CD-R/DVD-R and as a bonus on the reissue of *Infinity*. Recorded live in Vancouver on January 14, 2000.

## Lyrics

```
    Sister...
    There is nothing I can say...

```
The New Black (song)

*This article is about the song. For the album, see The New Black (album)*

***"The New Black"*** is the eleventh and final song from the Strapping Young Lad album *The New Black*, released in 2006. The lyrics "Sleepwalking... Same thing as... but off" come from the song "Sleepwalking" by Grotus.

## Appearances

* *The New Black* (original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (live recording)

## Versions

### The New Black

The original album version. It leads directly from "Polyphony."

## Lyrics

```
    [From the end of "Polyphony"]:
    Home

    Lord over creation
    Hands across the nation
    Woe to human kind

    (STAND BACK) - You burn the medic
    (THROWN BACK) - I'm broken
    (STARE BACK) - Attack, attack, attack
    (THE NEW BLACK!!!) - THE FACE OF CREATION

    Woe to you mankind

    And it can never be held in stasis
    What on your mind?
    WOE TO YOU MANKIND

    (STAND BACK) - You taste the taste
    (THROWN BACK) - I'm broken
    (STARE BACK) - Attack, attack, attack
    (THE NEW BLACK!!!) - THE NEW BLACK

    SLEEPWALKING
    Your lack of vision is the division
    There's no vision in your mind, back the FUCK OFF
    In time... Same thing as... but off

    With the vision in mind
    Superficial is time
    Inquisition the mind in the FACE OF CREATION

    In morning they will come alone
    And we arise as if a new day's dawned for everyone
    But now we know... as much as we don't show...
    OUR WORLD HAS BEEN BLACKENED

```
Precious Sardine

**"Precious Sardine"** is the fifth track from **Nightwork** by Devin Townsend, released October 28, 2022.

**Song Credit**

Words and music: Devin Townsend

## Lyrics

```
Quarantine, keep your hands to yourself ...Keep your people awake
...And your self on the shelf.
Quarantine, when the kids are at home,
and the ugly people won't leave me alone.

Slow me down, paraded around, paraded around.
Blow me down, paraded around, paraded around.
Slow me down, paraded around, paraded around.
Blow me down, paraded around, paraded around.

Some will argue we've been too lost, too long.
There's no patience left to trust in
I would argue every single final way to live, is fine without your country.

Should've never bottled it up...

When the way is awake, let all the animals hear us
And the moon lights the way...
Fly!!

Quarantine, keep your hands to yourself
Keep your ugly people on the way down
There must have been another reason
Keep the kids inside
Wash away the beast of burden
Fuck the question 'why'
```
Satan's Ice Cream Truck

***"Satan's Ice Cream Truck"*** is the tenth and final song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing*, released in 1995.

## Appearances

* *Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing* (original studio recording, remastered original studio recording)
* *1994-2006 Chaos Years* (remastered original studio recording)

## Lyrics

```
    C'mon little kiddies
    Have I got a treat for you.
    At first it tastes all yummy,
    Then you start to turn blue

    I'll be back again next week.
    Bring your friends, we'll have an ice cream treat
    Mom don't like it, but he don't give a fuck
    Kids come running for satan's ice cream truck

    Come on, and ask you mommy
    Your pennies are in hand
    If you need more than your tummy,
    You can get inside my van

```
Zen

***"Zen"*** is the tenth song from the Strapping Young Lad album *Alien*, released in 2005.

## Appearances

* *Alien* (original studio recording)
* *Alien* instrumentals (original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (remaster original studio recording, live recording)

## Versions

### Zen

The original album version. It flows directly from "Thalamus" and into "Info Dump."

### Zen (Instrumental)

Leaked from the *Alien* sessions, this version lacks vocal tracks and segues from surrounding songs.

## Lyrics

```
    Oh, did you think that I was KIDDING???
    Oh, DID YOU THINK THAT I WAS???
    Oh, too late, too late...
    Aw, TOO LATE MOTHERFUCKER!!!

    MUST REMEMBER TO KEEP BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND
    EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE IS TURNING ROUND

    Then... we're the only ones
    We're GODS, not demons

    ZEN
    Zen...on the way I'm feeling
    Zen...on the way we're feeling

    On we go...we're waiting now...

    Are you looking at me?!?
    ...Why do you keep looking at me?!?
    ...am I not merciful?

    YES!!! we're the only ones
    We're GODS AND DEMONS

    ZEN
    Zen...on the way I'm feeling
    Zen...on the way we're feeling

    Connect now and emerge.

```
Woah No!

***"Woah No!"*** is the seventh 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

```
    (unknown)

```
You Suck

***"You Suck"*** is the second song from the Strapping Young Lad album *The New Black*, released in 2006.

### Song Credits

* Words and music: Devin Townsend
* Guest vocals: Cam Kroetsch (The Almighty Punchdrunk)

## Appearances

* *The New Black* (original studio recording)
* *Chaos Years* (remastered original studio recording)

## Versions

### You Suck

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

## Lyrics

```
    WHOA
    Give us all that you are
    I HATE ME!
    Give me all that you are!
    WHOA YEAHHH!
    HELL YEAH!!
    WHOA Give us back the temptation
    WE HATE YOU
    This is not the temptation
    WHOA YEAH!!
    HELL YEAH!

    Tell us how much they fucking suck!
    HELL YEAH THEY FUCKING SUCK!
    You and your band you fucking suck!
    HELL YEAH YOU FUCKING SUCK!
    I don't give a fuck you fucking fuck!
    HELL YEAH YOU FUCKING SUCK!
    Come on tell me how much we fucking suck
    HELL YEAH YOU FUCKING SUCK!
    Hell yeah we fucking suck!
    Oh fuck us all!

    Oh yeah!
    HELL YEAH!
    WHOA YEAHHHH!!!!
    HELL FUCKING YEAH!!!
    WHOA
    Give us back the temptation
    WE HATE YOU!!!
    This is not the temptation
    Sing it now!
    OHHH YEAH!
    HELL YEAHHHH!!!

    Tell us how much they fucking suck!
    HELL YEAH THEY FUCKING SUCK!
    Even your girlfriend fucking sucks!
    HELL YEAH SHE FUCKING SUCKS!
    Oh fuck you you fucking fuck!
    HELL YEAH YOU FUCKING SUCK!
    Tell me how much you fucking suck!
    HELL YEAH WE FUCKING SUCK!
    Hell yeah you fucking suck!

    We are the losers of all that we know!
    Fuck us all!

```
Roadkill

***"Roadkill"*** is the seventh song from the Devin Townsend compilation *Ass-Sordid Demos*, released in 2000, and the fourth song on *Ass-Sordid Demos II*, released in 2004.

It prominently features a riff from "No Remorse" by Metallica.

### Liner Notes

> *Road Kill I wrote in high school and performed with my band Grey Skies. It just seems to be the one that everybody remembered from back then. I hope I am remembered the rest of my life for it - that would be perfect...*
>
>

## Appearances

* *Ass-Sordid Demos* (demo)
* *Ass-Sordid Demos II* (demo)

## Versions

### Roadkill

The only released version. The same demo appears to be reused for *Ass-Sordid Demos II*.

## Lyrics

```
    A cute little bunny with a family of his own
    Goes out one day to bring some supper home
    Then SMACK goes a semi as it smashes him dead
    Cracking open his furry bunny-rabbit head
    There was blood on the road, there was brains on the path
    Poor little bunny, half and half
    And as the heat of the sun dried the blood to his bones
    Poor little bunny ain't going home.

    Blood and guts, brains and noses
    Poor little bunny ain't got no toes-es
    Listen to me because I want a reaction
    All I ever find is a steaming little pile of

    ROAD KILL!
    Intestines on my tire
    DEAD MEAT!
    Do you want a rabbit's feet?
    ROAD KILL!

    -Can you... pass the ketchup-

    Furry little squirrel, looking for some nuts
    -just hand me a napkin-
    And then a Hyundai hits it
    Spewing out his guts
    And the deer, if you could call it that,
    We found up on the rocks and PQQQUUICK!
    On the windshield goes Mr Fabby Fox

    Blood and guts, pus and boogers
    All I ever find are the mutilated cougars
    Listen to me because I want a reaction
    All I ever find is just a steaming little pile of

    ROAD KILL!
    Intestines on my tire
    DEAD MEAT!
    Do you want a rabbit's feet?
    ROAD KILL!

```