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Atomic Soul

***Atomic Soul*** is Symphony X's lead singer Russell Allen's debut solo album. It was released on April 26, 2005. The album is different from Symphony X's harder, more progressive sound, and has been dubbed by many, including Allen himself, as "Hard Rock". The album was released in 2005 on the InsideOut Music label. Allen played bass and keyboards on most tracks, along with vocals, but some of the tracks feature guests Robert Nelson on drums, Brendan Anthony and Jason Freudberg on guitars, Larry Salvatore on bass and Jens Johansson on keyboards. Also Allen's bandmates Michael Romeo and Michael Pinnella, from Symphony X, are featured on the album.

## Track Listing

1. Blackout
2. Unjustified
3. Voodoo Hand
4. Angel
5. The Distance
6. Seasons of Insanity
7. Gaia
8. Loosin' You
9. Saucey Jack
10. We Will Fly
11. Atomic Soul (song)

## Personnel

* Russell Allen: Vocals, Bass & Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards
* Brendan Anthony: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
* Jason Freudberg: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
* Iceberg: Electric & Acoustic Guitars
* Michael Romeo: Electric, Slide & Bass Guitars
* Larry Salvatore: Bass
* Michael Pinnella: Piano
* Jens Johansson: Keyboards
* Robert Nelson: Drums, Percussion
The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm

**The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2000 fifth studio album **V - The New Mythology Suite**.

## Lyrics

Mocking

The ways of justice

The serpent's dragon, vultures ride

Storming

The Gates of Seven

No mortal man shall break our stride

Our flames

Engulf your good works

And our terror reigns supreme

Dark beasts

That do my bidding

By thrashing, tearing down your dreams

Gather 'round, chosen people of the grand design

Scorn the prophet's words, 'the device of our demise'

The crumbling earth beneath the weapon's roar

Raining fire from shore to shore

Neptune's might

The storming waves

Rise to make the kingdom's grave

And all Atlantis cried

A million souls crying out

Save the child from the sea

She must carry on

The secrets and technology shrouded deep in mystery

Only one will carry on

Carry on

'...the perservation of Balance was utmost

Importance, and cast into the sea was the

Child Ma'at, to find a new land...riding on the

Breath of Poseidon...'
Wicked

**Wicked** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2002 sixth studio album **The Odyssey**.

## Lyrics

Alone I traveled through the mountains

Led by a star fading west

When I came upon an ancient ruined church

And there I stopped to rest

Then the black and gloomy night that chased my footsteps

Crashed down on me like a wave

Whispering through the trees an eerie breeze

Carried a voice beckoning me to be her slave

In a whisper she said...

Burn forever

Leave never from my arms

Embrace the night

From the black and twisting shadows rose a woman

Beauty alluring to the eye

Oh her devilish grin, her moonlit skin

And long dark hair flowing down around her thighs

As she approached I felt the evil growing stronger

I waltzed with the wicked within

Frozen in my place, she kissed my face

And in a storm of passion bathed me in sin

In the madness...she said...

Burn forever

Leave never from my arms

Embrace the night

Then she weaved a mist - and cast me into the shadows

"Come with me, love eternally, forever mine"

"Set me free - in death we'll dance eternally forever and ever..."

As so the light, cast down from the heavens

Washed over me like a wave

I awoke, it seems, from some crazy dream

Only to find I was standing at her grave

In my nightmare...she said

Burn forever

Leave never from my arms

Embrace the night

Burn forever

Leave never from my arms

Don't ever leave me- never leave me

Burn forever

Leave never from my arms

Embrace the night
Jason Rullo

**Jason Rullo** (born July 17, 1972) is an American drummer, who is one of the founding members of progressive metal band Symphony X.

In 2003, he was featured in a readers' poll for *Modern Drummer* magazine, where he achieved two awards: second place in the up-and-coming drummer poll, and third place for best recorded performance on Symphony X's *The Odyssey* (2002). In the same year, he performed on the self-titled debut album by Redemption. He currently teaches drum lessons at Big Beat Studios in New Jersey.

On February 27, 2013, it was announced by Symphony X's management that, during the previous week, Jason was admitted to hospital for heart failure. He spent a week in hospital, and was released after some days. Jason then started a rehab program, and has been told that his recovery will take a minimum of 3–6 months under doctors' care. On March 26, 2013, the band announced that John Macaluso would join them on tour for their South American and European dates, until Jason recovers from such health problems.

In 2019, Jason Rullo formed a new band by the name of "3 Rules" along with guitar player Ron Sanborn and bassist Artha Meadors. They released their debut album "Rule of 3" through a GoFundMe campaign in 2020. In an interview with Sonic Perspectives, Jason Rullo said "This is a real band, not just a project".

## Discography

### Symphony X

* Symphony X (Album)
* The Damnation Game (album)
* The Divine Wings of Tragedy
* Twilight in Olympus
* V – The New Mythology Suite
* The Odyssey
* Paradise Lost
* Iconoclast
* Underworld
Iconoclast (song)

**Iconoclast** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2011 eighth studio album **Iconoclast**. It's their fourth longest song to date, clocking in at 10 minutes and 53 seconds long.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Rise of the One, the Dark Iconoclast

Forging a cult of fear, with legions unsurpassed

Shouting the word, with vicious tongues of fire

Born of illusion and deceit, fiendish soul of a liar

[Pre-Chorus]

The chaos unseen rips the midnight sky

Infernal machines arise, flesh and steel collide

[Chorus]

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

Oh!

[Verse 2]

With rage, we ride into the flames

Striking with Spears of Hate at the heart where evil reigns

Holding the line from the charge of armored steeds

Gather around this deadly ground, come watch the war god bleed

[Pre-Chorus]

The chaos unseen rips the midnight sky

Infernal machines arise, flesh and steel collide

[Chorus]

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

Stand and fight!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Victory or death, oh, only time will tell

Synthetic resurrection from the heart of hell

Slowly they fall, as we watch the daylight die

We spit and curse this hallowed earth with our final battle cry

[Pre-Chorus]

The chaos unseen rips the midnight sky

Infernal machines arise, flesh and steel collide

[Chorus]

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

[Chorus]

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

We are strong (we are strong)

We will stand and fight (fight, fight, fight!)

Stand up and fight!

[Instrumental Outro]
Blackout

**Blackout** is a song by the rock/metal musician Russell Allen, the lead singer Symphony X, from his 2005 first solo album Atomic Soul.

## Lyrics

Sleepy city in the midnight calm

All awoken by death's alarm

Frenzied panic everyone's in shock

Search-lights show the coming of the iron flock

Blockbusters falling down like rain

Birds of steel deliver death and pain

Chorus:

Blackout when the sirens sound

Bombs be fallin' y'all you better get down

Blackout all over town

Woman and children go down in the ground

Blackout [4x]

Dictators and terror kings

Invade us with their war machines

Nowhere to run, nowhere to go

Think we're gonna lay down and die

Ya cry "hell no"

Man the cannons and open fire

Flames of war burning higher and higher

Chorus [2x]

Blackout when the sirens sound

Yeah, the blitz is coming, oh the blitz is coming

Blackout all over town

Armageddon coming, yeah, Armageddon coming

Blackout [3x]

There's gonna be a blackout!
A Winter's Dream - Prelude (Part 1)

**A Winter's Dream - Prelude (Part 1)** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1995 sophomore studio album **The Damnation Game**.

## Lyrics

Although your words are empty

I can hear now, what you feel inside

The night is drawing closer

You feel you have to hide

Your fears are never wrong or right

Everything is either black or white

It's time to close your eyes now

Begin your fantasy - what does it mean?

Wake your dreams (commence now...)

Into reality

Your fears are never wrong or right

Everything is either black or white

In a Winter's Dream - I'll be there for you

In a Winter's Dream - I'll be there for you
Lady of the Snow

**Lady of the Snow** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1998 fourth studio album **Twilight in Olympus**.

## Lyrics

Garden of ice, ivory trees dimly glow

Maiden in white, led by lanterns of stone

Captured-by the light of moon

Diamonds and Jade-dressed in ashen blue

From the North, a mistress dressed in silvery blaze

The feel of her kiss steals my breath away

In the night, shadows dance through lucid doors

With a pale and frigid gaze

Lady of the snow, calling me

Her silhouette awaits in the cold

A kiss of stone, tempting me

Radiant lady in white, Maiden of the Snow

A winter's stare through veils that still my sight

In the night...she calls

Bound by this passion, I'm begging you please let me go

There is no escaping the feeling, I can't fight anymore

My desire echoes from a tale of ancient lore

As before, mystery fills my eyes

Beauty and bliss, I feel the hands that hold me now

I surrender myself to the night

Lady of the snow, calling me

Her silhouette awaits in the cold

A kiss of stone, tempting me

Radiant lady in white, Maiden of the Snow

A winter's stare through veils that still my sight

In the night...she calls

Lady of the snow, holding me

Her silhouette awaits in the cold

I can't fight anymore
Thomas Miller

**Thomas Miller** was the bassist of Symphony X prior to the entrance of Andy DeLuca, and soon after, Michael Lepond. Miller left the band along with drummer Thomas Walling for their unwillingness to tour for the support of Symphony X's fourth studio album, *Twilight in Olympus*.

Miller has been a composer of the Symphony X's studio albums *The Damnation Game*, *The Divine Wings of Tragedy*, and *Twilight in Olympus*. Miller wrote the lyrics to the songs "Of Sins and Shadows," "The Eyes of Medusa," "Candlelight Fantasia," and part of "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" from the album The Divine Wings of Tragedy. He has also contributed to over forty other albums from outside projects, including the album *Filled with Your Glory* by Calling Levi.

## Critical Outlook

Miller, along with Symphony X keyboardist Michael Pinnella, was praised on his performance on *The Divine Wings of Tragedy* by Allmusic as being "equally competent on their respective instruments" to guitarist Michael Romeo, who was praised for his "pyrotechnic displays."
Oblivion

**Oblivion** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead singer of Symphony X, from his 2018 second solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 1.

## Lyrics

We listen in one late October eye

The locket swings before my eyes

Moth to a flame intoxicatingly

It lures me in, yet can't say why

Are we just so naïve?

This tangled web we weave

Misleading - far-reaching

On this night - into oblivion

My blood runs cold

Now paralyzed with fear

They storm the gates - my enemy

It always seems so dark this time of year

Illusion veils reality

Are we just so naïve?

This tangled web we weave

Earth shaking - heart racing

On this night - into oblivion

The faces on the wall

Their shadows standing tall

And too afraid to ask

"What's underneath the mask?"

Into oblivion...
Rediscovery (Part II) - The New Mythology

**Rediscovery (Part II) - The New Mythology** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2000 fifth studio album **V - The New Mythology Suite**.

## Lyrics

A voice from the past echoes the fate -

A tale of all things yet to come

As it once was, so it shall be again

Modern day Children of the Sun

Seek the hidden rhyme and there you'll find

A new world order

Feel the mystery

So much to see through the eyes of hope

The Thoughts of Ma'at, forever secured -

Locked in the Ages

Goddess of Truth speaks eternally

From the depths of the pages

Seek the hidden words

As time unfolds you'll find the answers

Feel the mystery

Look to the Sea, under skies of Hope

What have we done? Can we right all the

Wrongs - the evils and fears, for thousands of

Years, that forever drain our vitality?

Can this go on without dire consequence?

Our tragic ways, the end of days that shadow

The dawn of eternity...

He's taken form in human - likeness

And manifests himself in all our darkest dreams

Preying upon centuries of weakness

Feasting on despair and our own selfish greed

Bow down to me - (we will never understand)

Then take my hand and you will see - (we'll see...)

You will see paradise - (a paradise?)

Of pain and death

Awaiting for you all - (we'll decide the future)

Lost evermore the essence of truth, although

She tried in vein to bring us peace, it will

Ever rest in our hands

We've cried a thousand tears for all we had

And all the things we could have been

We must find our way again

Fools who looks for answers in a rhyme

Seeking out a lie, an illusion

I am the future, the ageless mutation

Five beyond the skies align, Zeus to Ra

The final sign

My opposition's drawing near, feeding on his fear

Tasting anguish

I have the power - the ageless invasion

Five beyond the skies align, Zeus to Ra - the

Final sign

From the Messenger on Wings

Peace and war - a line of Kings...

Again the Titans clash on the edge of this

Earthen plane

Now from the depths they speak

Echoing from the wave

From the Waves...

Choose the way, five paths there for you to find

Turn the page, the question lies between the lines

Will we, will you...

Can we, can you, can we change?
Black

**Black** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist in Symphony X, from his 2018 second solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 1.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

This is the dawning of a new inception

The generating of a warped perfection

The paradigm is shining - no exception

Truth is a lie - a spit in the eye

The scope of what is real now fast eroding

Cause and effect - a fairytale imploding

A clap of thunder

And the storm's approaching

Come in from the rain

[Chorus 1]

Pulling the strings - smashing our wings

Striking us down

Now there's no turning back

This venomous sting - end of all things

Burns in the night

And shifts the palest grey to endless black

[Verse 2]

Paranoia's like a burning fuse

Yet it's the only tool we want to use

A revocation of the right to choose

The game of a snake with so much at stake

Clutch your weapons out of desperation

Lead the numbered to extermination

You're one step closer to annihilation

Addicted to the pain

[Chorus 1]

[Bridge]

Cast the first stone and smite the weak

It's all too easy now to make them break

Raging bullets tear through flesh

A bloody battlefield

And one by one they learn

The price now paid for every past mistake

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 2]

Pulling the strings - smashing our wings

Striking us down

Now there's no turning back

This venomous sting - end of all things

Burns in the night

And shifts the palest grey to endless

[Outro]

There is no escape from inside this hell

If you want to live to see another day

Then heed my words

Palest grey to endless black
Vaux

## Información

Vaux está ubicada en el centro del municipio con nombre homónimo, además de ser la ciudad más poblada y la capital administrativa y jurídica del estado de Kulberg. En esta ciudad pasaron muchas cosas y se construyeron muchas cosas.

### Escuelas/Universidades más importantes:

* Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Lucas
* Colegio Central de Kulburg
* Universidad Privada de Vaux
* Escuela secundaria Nacional "Señor FRANK"
* Escuela Nacional "Nuestros guerreros Miztlanos"

### Hospitales:

* Hospital Estatal de Kulberg
* Hospital Privado de Kulberg
* Hospital "Gran Cuak"

### Personajes históricos:

* Matteo
* Matteo "El grande" von Kulberg (Antiguo conde de Vaux y Archiduque de Kulberg)
* Mario de Kulbur (Antiguo conde de Vaux y Archiduque de Kulberg)
* Raul Bejarano (Notable escritor)
* Axelduty (Actual presidente)
Savage Curtain

**Savage Curtain** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1995 studio album **The Damnation Game**.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Besiege me not for what I am

A man with intent in the Devil's den

For I know not what to believe

Yet mad I am not in trust I deceive

Radical alterations in my temper

Grows worse day by day

I will offer you extreme opposition

[Chorus]

Savage curtain closes in on you

But do I grieve the evident

Behind this illusion?

[Verse 2]

The fury of demons possessing me

My fiendish corruption will fill my need

Every reason to fulfill my deed

Have we not a perpetual inclination

To violate that which is law merely

Because we know it is to be?

[Chorus]

Savage curtain closes in on you

But do I grieve the evident

Behind this illusion?

[Solo]

[Chorus]

Savage curtain closes in on you

But do I grieve the evident

Behind this illusion?
Unjustified

**Unjustified** is a song by rock/metal singer Russell Allen, the lead singer of Symphony X, from his 2005 first solo studio album Atomic Soul.

## Lyrics

81 billion beats the soldier's drum

Price of living too high to overcome

Politician preaching that war's the only way

While another bum dies in the streets of L.A

It's all a lie unjustified

It's all for black gold

Killing Christian, killing Hebrew

Killing Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu

You can't take life

So sayth the holy books that you read

Manipulated minds

Serving prophets of greed

It's all a lie unjustified

It's all for black gold

And another one dies unjustified

We're selling our souls

Woe to the beggars catching pity in their hands

While the rich feast on the blood media

Broadcast across the land

And somewhere there's a child in a distant house

Feeling only what children know

Fed from a cauldron of hate

Grows to deliver a badly blow

It's all a lie unjustified

And another one dies unjustified

We're all terrorized and horrified

All for black gold
The End of Innocence

**The End of Innocence** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2011 eighth studio album **Iconoclast**. It was the first song that the band ever released as a Single before the album itself was released, to help promote the album.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Bite your tongue, the blackened sun will curse the moon

Skies of Fire, nothing's worth a damn

Calculate, anticipate your every move

Beware, the ruthless hearts of man

[Chorus]

Feel my pain, my words are in vain

I believe it's the End of Innocence

Don't look away, oh hear what I say

I believe it's the End of Innocence

[Verse 2]

Cut and splice, a fierce device, degenerate

Sons of Light, synthetic Gods of Man

Crushed beneath the Dragon Beast, breathing hate

Your blood, your blood is on their hands

[Chorus]

Feel my pain, my words are in vain

I believe it's the End of Innocence

Don't look away, oh hear what I say

I believe it's the End of Innocence, oh!

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

The World is dying

The precious sands of time are running out

We are the fallen

Made obsolete, methodically phased out

(Feel my pain, feel my pain, feel my pain...)

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]

Feel my pain, my words are in vain

I believe it's the End of Innocence

Don't look away, oh hear what I say

I believe it's the End, it's the End of Innocence
Masquerade '98

**Masquerade '98** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2002 sixth studio album **The Odyssey**. It is a remake of a song from their debut self titled studio album, and is only included on the Japanese limited edition bonus version along with **Frontiers**.

## Lyrics

Shackled in darkness

- the forbidden portrait confined to it's frame

Unbroken silence

- a total misfortune and shame

Ragin obsession - this mask of oppression

It hides your agression from view

This tearing suture renounces

The love he once knew

Your sacrifice this paradise of innocence

Trust the lie - you falsify the line of truth

You disguise your insolence

Don't deny insanity - mediocrity

Save us from this masquerade of lies

Kings and fools die in ridicule (save us)

Save us from this masquerade of lies

A fallen fortress sees him beneath starless skies

Subsiding deeper - the final farewell in his eyes

Unspoken hero

- distrusted and thrusted within surmise

Seizing intrusion to unveil his clever disguise

Your sacrifice this paradise of innocence

Trust the lie - you falsify the line of truth

Save us from this masquerade of lies

Kings and fools die in ridicule (save us)

Save us from this masquerade of lies

(solo)

Save us from this masquerade of lies

Kings and fools die in ridicule (save us)

Save us from this masquerade of lies
To Hell and Back

**To Hell and Back** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2015 ninth studio album **Underworld**.

## Lyrics

I have led the lamb into the slaughter

Ice flowed through my veins

I was my own worst enemy, still hellish memories remain

I have shown the serpent into the garden

And wore the Mark of Cain

Take a look in these eyes, where the past evil lies –

And feel my pain

Oh – the hell's hounds drawing near

…And my conscience isn’t clear

I’m the one who whispered the words to Judas

I’m the hangman’s noose

Though I try to repent, in a valiant attempt –

It’s no use

I’m the judge, the jury, the executioner

Oh, the things I’ve seen

With an eye for an eye, kill the man, kill the past, kill the dream

Oh – the hell's hounds drawing near

…And my conscience isn’t clear

I’ve been to hell and back…

And I can’t justify believing the lie, I slowly fade to black

Learning to live and die – I’m learning to fly

Under the moonlit glow – I just can’t let it go

Words spoke in vain, now fall like a silent tear

As shades dance by candlelight – in the dead of night

And all of the things I yearn slowly disappear

And now there’s nothing here…

Riding the storm, heading for a fall

I curse you all – be damned

Through the haze, the sword that cuts both ways

A line is drawn in the sand

Ironbound – a will as cold as steel

To conquer all and divide

Striking with an iron fist of will

I will not be denied

On and on and on…No quarter asked, no quarter given

On and on and on…Never forgotten or forgiven

Thunders rise from the terror’s eyes

Scorched by a heart drenched in black

No return, I will watch it burn

Now there’s no turning back

On and on and on…No quarter asked, no quarter given

On and on and on…Never forgotten or forgiven

I’ve been to hell and back…

And I can’t justify believing the lie, I slowly fade to black

Learning to live and die – I’m learning to fly
The Edge of Forever

**The Edge of Forever** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1995 studio album **The Damnation Game**.

## Lyrics

Pictures of what used to be

Lie in pieces on the floor

Finds himself in an empty room

Her voice calls out to him

He opens the door, but there's no one there

No one there

Draped in a silken glow of moonlight through the mist I see

A lucid cathedral appears to me

Pray for a glimpse of touch of sunlight chain our shadow down

Night settles in, my love

You never make a sound

You never make... a sound

Love is flowing from my fingertips

Never in control of this domain

All around me, my essence lay

Watch the vultures circle through the pouring rain

Close your eyes and try to remember

Discordant lullabies of days gone by

Close your eyes on the edge of forever

A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends

As the walls converge around me

Castles crumbling down

Everything is not as it seems to be

Once more

I feel I must return

No more

Will my soul burn

Dawn breaks the ground, my love

And with it you fade away...

Close your eyes and try to remember

Discordant lullabies of days gone by

Close your eyes on the edge of forever

A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends

Close your eyes and try to remember

Discordant lullabies of days gone by

Close your eyes on the edge of forever

A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends

Oh My love, Live Again!
The Turning

**The Turning** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2002 sixth studio album **The Odyssey**.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lurking out of sight

Night shall fall and feed my frenzy

Beneath an eerie moon a change comes over me

[Verse 2]

Eyes glow by candlelight

A face divided in the mirror

My psyche ripped by daggers of my alchemy

[Pre-Chorus]

Side by side with myself again

As midnight's curse descends on trembling hands

[Chorus]

Oh - save my soul

Losing control when the bells toll

[Verse 3]

Savage on the prowl

In the lamplight's glow - nocturnal

My breath hangs like ghosts in the evening air

[Break]

This ill effect - a vile creation

Of my design - abomination

The madness rages on and on...

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

Oh - feed my soul

I'm in control - when the bells toll

[Solo]

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

You'll be forever mine
Believe

**Believe** is a song by progressive, symphonic, neoclassical, power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, from his 2018 second solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 1.

## Lyrics

I stand alone

Looking down into the boundless

Deep abyss of night

Mystified

I'm on the edge

Waiting for the hidden dark

To come into the light

Yet the years go by

I never claimed to be your hero

I never claimed to be your fool, oh no

Give it thought and take account

Don't count the days - just make them count

Forgive, for I know not what I do

Believe - do or die

Shed your broken wings and burn the sky

A dream on the rise

Don't ever let them break you down inside

Never finish what you started

Never keep promise that you an't unmake

In failing to plan, you plan to fail

A distant ship without a sail

Forever lost and forever cursed by fate

And I will stand no without compromise?

Or will I fall - falling prey to your lies

Are my demons angels in disguise?

Every saint has a past

Every sinner's future cast absolute

Believe - do or die

Shed your broken wings and burn the sky

A dream on the rise

Don't ever let them break you down inside
Swan Song

**Swan Song** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2015 ninth studio album **Underworld**.

## Lyrics

I stand alone

As my world comes crashing down

Some things are never meant to be

Accept your fate cause there's no second-time around

"It´s not the stars or sky that shapes our destiny"

Just a fateful glance

Just a fleeting chance in the wind

Gone forevermore

Hear my song, carry on

Through the lost and lonely air

Still I sing, can it bring

All the things that I desire?

With you, I wouldn't change a thing

Just for you, I'd do most anything

But now you're gone

And my swan song echoes on

I walk alone, like a stranger in this town

Is it best to fail or never try at all?

I face the shadows, as the sun is sinking down

"Some rise by sin - and some by virtue fall"

Just a fateful glance

Just a fleeting chance in the wind

Gone forevermore

Hear my song, carry on

Through the lost and lonely air

Still I sing, can it bring

All the things that I desire?

With you, I wouldn't change a thing

Just for you, I'd do most anything

But now you're gone

And my swan song echoes on

Goddess of shadowy play

Whose boundless power, divides the night from the day

Plains of woe, eclipsed from all sight

And wrapped forever in the darkest depths of night

Hear my song, carry on

Through the lost and lonely air

Still I sing, can it bring

All the things that I desire?

With you, I wouldn't change a thing

Just for you, I'd do most anything

But now you're gone

And my swan song echoes on
Paradise Lost

***Paradise Lost*** is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, released on June 26, 2007 through Inside Out Music. It is a concept album loosely inspired by John Milton's 1667 epic poem *Paradise Lost*. The album was the band's first to chart on the U.S. *Billboard* 200, reaching No. 123 and remaining on that chart for a week, as well as reaching No. 1 on *Billboard'*s Heatseekers and the top 100 in five other countries.

## Overview

### Style

The album's release had been delayed numerous times since the announcement on November 16, 2005 that the band was going to "start pulling it all together". In a fan club chat on March 18, 2006, guitarist and main songwriter Michael Romeo said that the album will be "a bit darker—the direction is still the same—for the most part", and went on to say that "the classical stuff was getting to a point where we need to evolve the music a bit. There is still a lot of classic influence in there—not as obvious as '[Out of the] Ashes', say". He went on to suggest that there may be a song or songs on the album themed around the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and that there would be "A *big* tune on here ... *Paradise Lost* is the theme as of now", lending rumor to the title of the album.

In August 2006, some preliminary cover art was leaked on the internet, confirming suspicions that the title of the album would be the same as the song "Paradise Lost". This leaked album art, which was initially categorized by the band as only "preliminary" artwork, was later revealed to be the official artwork, with the full panorama (including the back cover) being made available on the official Symphony X website on May 12, 2007.

### Release

At one point it was announced that the album would be released in late 2006, but the date was pushed back several times before its final release date of June 26, 2007. On May 12, 2007, "Serpent's Kiss" was made available on the band's Myspace profile. MP3 samples of other tracks from the album were also made available on German record label SPV's website. In addition to the standard jewel case edition, the album was released in two other formats: a special edition with Digipak packaging, which includes a DVD containing 5.1 audio and music videos for "Serpent's Kiss" and "Set the World on Fire"; secondly, a limited edition including a DVD of footage shot by the band throughout its history (a first for the band), available exclusively in f.y.e. stores. When pre-ordered at Newbury Comics, the first 500 copies received a signed CD booklet.

## Track Listing

* Oculus ex Inferni
* Set the World on Fire (The Lie of Lies)
* Domination
* Serpent's Kiss
* Paradise Lost (song)
* Eve of Seduction
* The Walls of Babylon
* Seven
* The Sacrifice
* Revelation (Divus Pennae ex Tragoedia)

## Personnel

* Russell Allen – vocals
* Michael Romeo – guitar, orchestral keyboard, programming, engineering, production
* Michael Pinnella – keyboard
* Jason Rullo – drums
* Michael Lepond – bass
* Jens Bogren – mixing
* Thomas Eberger – mastering
* Warren Flanagan – artwork
Enter by the Twelfth Gate

**Enter by the Twelfth Gate** is the first solo studio album by progressive, symphonic, neoclassical, power metal musician Michael Pinnella, the keyboardist of Symphony X, released in 2004.

## Track Listing

* The White Room
* Edge of Insanity
* Piano Concerto #1 Mvt. 1
* Enter by the Twelfth Gate (song)
* Falling from the Sky
* Welcome to my Daydream
* Piano Concerto #1 Mvt. 2
* Piano Concerto #1 Mvt. 3
* Live for the Day
* Scriabin Etude OP. 42 No. 5
* Moracan Lulluby
* Departing for Eternity
* Cross the Bridge
Out of the Ashes

**Out of the Ashes** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1996 third studio album **The Divine Wings of Tragedy**.

## Lyrics

In the house of my master

Beyond the gate there is a bed of snakes where evil lays

Oh, I hear laughter

I forged the iron bars that someday will imprison me

Ooh, mother will you help me (ooh)

Mother will you help me (ooh)

To find a reason to go on

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Out of the ashes of my youth I rise a man (and through the eyes)

And through the eyes of truth I finally understand (ahh)

The way

I've been beaten with his words and whipped with his lies

He will not break me down, no matter how hard he tries

Pray for my lost soul

Out of control the storm inside me rages on and on and on

Mother will you help me (ooh)

Mother will you help me (ooh)

To find a reason to go on

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Out of the ashes of my youth I rise a man (and through the eyes)

And through the eyes of truth I finally understand (ahh)

The way

Out of the ashes of my youth I rise a man (and through the eyes)

And through the eyes of truth I finally understand (ahh)

Out of the ashes of my youth I rise a man (and through the eyes)

And through the eyes of truth I finally understand (ahh)

The way
Underworld (song)

**Underworld** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2015 ninth studio album **Underworld**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Treacherous words rise from the mist

From envious eyes and poisonous cold, pale lips

Gluttons of pleasure, gluttons of pain

Vengeance by sevens, my sweet cursed children of Cain

Thrashing and clashing with specters

Hiding from light, demons of death!

Chaos and anguish perfector

Stealing their last dying breath!

[Verse 2]

Driven by greed, slave to addiction

A massive decay of a most foul contradiction

Spirits of lust piercing the air

Writhing with sins of the flesh etched deep in their stare

Descend the abyss ever faster

Hidden from light, demons of death!

Cursing the black-winged master

With their last dying breath!

With their last dying breath!

[Chorus]

Soar through the flame

I call your name

Wrath and might get me through this night

Can I make it right, or will you remain?

[Bridge]

I've finally realized, long after laughter dies

I can't undo the things I've done

Oh, all the things I've done

When will my dark skies disappear

I long to see the sun

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Soar through the flame

I call your name

Wrath and might get me through this night

Can I make it right, or will you remain... in hell?

[Outro]

In Hell!

In Hell!

In Hell!
Light Up the Night

**Light Up the Night** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2011 eighth studio album **Iconoclast**. it was released on disc 2 of the special edition of the album.

## Lyrics

Have you lost all your senses?

Why did you have to go tempting fate?

Blinded by your ambitions

Why can't you see the chaos you create?

Oh - have we gone too far, too fast?

My dying eyes - scream with pain

All my hopes and my dreams drown in flames

And all the Lies - shine so bright

All the souls of the world Light up the Night

You're a slave to desire

For lust of profit you consume my soul

Do you think you can make it stop?

Oh no - it's too late to turn, you've lost control

Oh - have we gone too far too fast?

My dying eyes - scream with pain

All my hopes and my dreams drown in flames

And all the Lies - shine so bright

All the souls of the world Light up the Night

Pushing the boundaries - reinvent a new reality

Changing Evolution - ignoring the past

As we realize our destructive destiny...

My dying eyes - scream with pain

All my hopes and my dreams drown in flames

And all the Lies - shine so bright

All the souls of the world Light up the Night
Maschinenmensch

**Maschinenmensch** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, from his 2022 third solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 2.

## Lyrics

Artificial - breath of a machine

Question nothing - conditioned to believe

By number, not by name

Longing to dream of the horror and pain

Heart and soul forged in fire

I have bled for you - will you bleed for me?

Now it's down to the wire

If you only knew - what's become of me

Manufactured - programming complete

Poison pumping - never miss a beat

Injected - conscience is clear

Believe in the danger, in the torment and fear

Hеart and soul forged in fire

I have blеd for you - will you bleed for me?

Now it's down to the wire

If you only knew - what's become of me

We thought we were so civilized

But through the eyes of time - been victimized

A heart and mind that disagree - to see things differently

Cut away this hollow face, only then you will be free

Heart and soul forged in fire

I have bled for you - will you bleed for me?

Now it's down to the wire

If you only knew - what's become of me
Divide & Conquer

**Divide & Conquer** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, from his 2022 third solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 2.

## Lyrics

One by one - dissected with such extreme precision

Classified by type

It's begun - razor sharp, oh, that first incision

Strong and swift - speed of light

Eyes of envy watching from afar

Rip the skyline like a falling star

Ooh, unearthly silence dressed in black

Ooh, the damage is done, now there's no turning back

Denying, defying - the dread's intensifying

It's all for one and one for all

Defiling, die trying - a storm electrifying

Divided we stand, united we fall

Victimized - the microscopic subdivisions

Bound by chains of fear

Paralyzed - we align for sure collision

Endless night draws ever near

Nightmare titans lacerate the sky

Through darkened clouds, the foe malign

Ooh, unearthly silence dressed in black

Ooh, the damage is done, now there's no turning back

Denying, defying - the dread's intensifying

It's all for one and one for all

Defiling, die trying - a storm electrifying

Divided we stand, united we fall

Denying, defying - the dread's intensifying

It's all for one and one for all

Defiling, die trying - a storm electrifying

Divided we stand, united we fall

We fall

No, no, no

Come on

United we fall

Oh no, no

United we fall
Frontiers

**Frontiers** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2002 sixth studio album **The Odyssey**. It was only included on the Japanese limited edition bonus version of the album, along with **Masquerade '98**.

## Lyrics

Yeah yeah

Sailing across the seas far and wide

We alone pierce the gloom of the night

We search for answers to riddles all this time

And with the sunset, our land fades from sight

Heading out (we are)

Far from home (and we)

Seek to conquer the great unknown (the great unknown)

Riding steadfast (on the)

Breath of God

We'll reach for the stars and beyond

Mission status: All systems go

Counting down the engine's light, ooh

Blazing progress, our beacon sears the skies

And with the moonset our planet fades from sight

Heading out (we are)

Far from home (and we)

Seek to conquer the great unknown (the great unknown)

Riding steadfast (on the)

Breath of God

We'll reach for the stars and beyond

Yeah yeah

Ride the night

Heading out (we are)

Far from home (and we)

Seek to conquer the great unknown (the great unknown)

Riding steadfast (on the)

Breath of God

We'll reach for the stars and beyond (Reach for the stars!)

Heading out (we are)

Far from home (and we)

Seek to conquer the great unknown
Fucking Robots

**Fucking Robots** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, from his 2018 second solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 1.

## Lyrics

Dark, cold skies

Voices calling "don't be afraid"

Here we rise

Only looming shadows remain

Dark, cold skies

Voices calling "don't be afraid"

Here we rise

Only looming shadows remain

Curse the sun

Voices calling "don't be afraid"

Time has come

Vengeance pulsing through my veins
A Fool's Paradise

**A Fool's Paradise** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2000 fifth studio album **V - The New Mythology Suite**.

## Lyrics

What's become of the world

The colors unfurl

Revealing a blackened haze

Conditioned to fear

The voice that we hear

Calling the end of days

Millions of souls under control

Like pawns to a king

Led by a string

To the final hour

Oh, Empire of the Sea

Lords of technology that fell into the void

Oh shall it be (oh shall it be) as it was before

Tragedy on every shore

Is this the end of all we know

Innocence lost so long ago

Woven in dreams

The darkest of schemes now takes hold of our destiny

Decades of greed, plague, famine and war

We can't go on like this anymore

Living like fools

Chaos will rule this eternal paradise

Death by design

Altering birth

Trends of the modern age

The wisdom of life erased from the earth

In a mindless rampage

Oh, Empire of the Sea

Lords of technology bring death onto the earth

Oh shall it be (oh shall it be) as it was before

Tragedy on every shore

Is this the end of all we know

Innocence lost so long ago

Woven in dreams

The darkest of schemes now takes hold of our destiny

Decades of greed, plague, famine and war

We can't go on like this anymore

Living like fools

Chaos will rule this eternal paradise

Dies Irae

Dies Illa

Solvet Saeclum

In favilla

Decades of greed, plague, famine and war

We can't go on like this anymore

Living like fools

Chaos will rule eternal paradise

Is this the end of all we know

Innocence lost so long ago

Woven in dreams

The darkest of schemes now takes hold of our destiny

Decades of greed, plague, famine and war

We can't go on like this anymore

Lost in the night, fading from sight

Is this the final setting sun?
Djinn

**Djinn** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, from his 2018 second solo studio album War of the Worlds Pt. 1.

## Lyrics

Can you see the light from Heaven or Hell?

The majority ain't always right

'Round and 'round it goes

And pray for the power

To kill all of those who oppose

Wishes come in three - choose carefully

Right or wrong - make the call

Different points of view - choose one, not two

Here we stand - here we fall

Don't pretend to know

Just 'cause it is written in stone

It doesn't make it so

March with spite - unite

A vengeful machine exploiting

Some God-given right

Now paired side by side -

Deadly worlds collide

All the same - friend or foe

Kill to your last breath -

A dance of death

Find the strength - let it go

One last wish remains - Cast off these chains

Take a breath - take control

Just embrace your hate - Evil incarnate

Free your mind - free your soul
The Sacrifice

**The Sacrifice** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2007 seventh studio album **Paradise Lost**.

## Lyrics

Your Eyes singing to me sweet lullabies

While you lie there in submission

Forbidden desire

Alone in the moonlight hearts of fire

Burn away our inhibitions

When the stars lose their fire

And night steals the morning away

Forever and a day

I will stay, I will stay here with you my love

Sacrifice a heart beat away from paradise

All my reasons given way to temptation

Fear and shame

Looking for someone else to blame

We're devoured by these foolish accusations

With every fleeting breath I take

Maybe our love was a mistake

Eternal life I traded for one moment beside you

When the stars lose their fire

And night steals the morning away

Forever and a day

I will stay, I will stay here with you my love

When the stars lose their fire

And night steals the morning away

Forever and a day

When the stars lose their fire

And night takes the morning away

Forever and a day

I will stay, I will stay here with you my love
Shades of Grey

**Shades of Grey** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1994 debut album **Symphony X**.

## Lyrics

Seasons changing now - summer's come

And I'll be on my own

Just bear another day

I have wondered - if I can turn back hands of time

I'll try, just try another way

I don't know why my heart keeps calling

But I really don't want you to stay

I have my reasons to keep from falling

Then cast me into shades of gray

Life's an endless stage - wisdom comes with age

Can't you see what mindless games we play

(So the end)

So the end is near - captured by the spirit in the wind

You keep calling out to me

I'll find my way

I'll see it through

I don't know why my heart keeps calling

But I really don't want you to stay

I have my reasons to keep from falling

Then cast me into shades of gray

(Solo)

When the curtain falls - I'll hold my head up high

And curse you all

Such vicious games we play

I don't know why my heart keeps calling

But I really don't want you to stay

I have my reasons to keep from falling

Then cast me into shades of gray

I don't know why my heart keeps calling

But I really don't want you to stay

I have my reasons to keep from falling

Then cast me into shades of gray
Rapture or Pain

**Rapture or Pain** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1994 debut album **Symphony X**.

## Lyrics

A tearless stare

Encased by fear

Like a thread my heart is torn

And ripped right from my soul

With no control

Suits in disguise then fades to red

Brings a blackened sky to fall

And make you very cold

While you grow old

Gone whithout a trace (gone)

It's left me chained and bound

My heart you thrust a dagger

My life and dreams are shattered

And left in tyranny

Rapture or pain

You spill my blood and take my life away

Rapture or pain

All adversions still remain

You've realized

You're not alone

They've took your breath of life

And left your mind to unfold

Lifeless and cold

Your thoughts erased

It's death you taste

Your searing face

It hides the scars of love

Gone whithout a trace (gone)

It's left me chained and bound

My heart you thrust a dagger

My life and dreams are shattered

And left in tyranny

Rapture or pain

You spill my blood and take my life away

Rapture or pain

All adversions still remain

Rapture or pain

You spill my blood and take my life away

Rapture or pain

All adversions still remain
Incantations of the Apprentice

**Incantations of the Apprentice** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2002 sixth studio album **The Odyssey**.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Through eerie reach of ancient woods

Where lumbering mists arise

I journey for nine moons of the year

To where a land of legend lies

Deep within a stony lamp-lit hall

Under falling grains of sand

Magic eyes glance magic pages

Turned by magic hands

[Pre-Chorus]

And as he spoke I watched in awe

A God's aura in his eyes

Master of all

[Chorus]

Darkness fall - Spirits arise

Lord of Storms - Blacken the skies

[Verse 2]

With heavy breath, I break the seal

Howls echo through the room

Blood lettings of a black raven's heart

Conjure up the wraiths of doom

I cannot heed my Master's call

Lakes of Fire - writhe and swell

Foolish eyes - while spying prophet's pages

Unleash Barons of Hell

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And as they rose I watched in awe

A God's aura in my eyes

Master of all

[Chorus]