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Of Sins and Shadows

**Of Sins and Shadows** is a song by progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1996 third studio album **The Divine Wings of Tragedy**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

Ahh, ah ah

[Verse 1]

Passing through the void

The darkest grand illusion

Chaos riding on the wind

Destroyed in agony

They create a maddened lair

Summon all to heed their cry

[Pre-Chorus]

Innocence fading away

The dying eyes of the prey

[Chorus]

Desperate cries

Hail of fire deciding

All our fate in the night

Tempt in sin

Shadows then begin to

Gather the souls they hold within

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]

Victims of desire

Pestilence of their invasion

Forms then take on evil waves

Paralyze, victimize

The shadows fall and enter fast from the sky

(From the sky, from the sky)

Summon all who hear their cry

[Pre-Chorus]

Innocence fading away

The dying eyes of the prey

[Chorus]

Desperate cries

Hail of fire deciding

All our fate in the night

Tempt in sin

Shadows then begin to

Gather the souls they hold within

Within

[Bridge]

I've betrayed, slowly fade

I repent my inner plea

I've denied, sanctified

Cannot hide from this monstrosity

I'm immersed in a curse of this jaded imagery

Realize that your cries only jeopardize this legacy

[Guitar/Keyboard Solos]

[Chorus]

Desperate cries

Hail of fire deciding

All our fate in the night

Tempt in sin

Shadows then begin to

Gather the souls they hold within

[Outro]

Desperate cries

Hail of fire deciding

All our fate in the night

Tempt in sin

Shadows then begin to

Gather the souls they hold within

Within
Seasons of Insanity

**Seasons of Insanity** 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

She was born in a sea of rage

A star we call the sun forged her body

In an ancient age

She fought hard to raise us

But still we look to the stars

Seeking life in the great beyond

Life beyond this life of ours

She reigns on and on

Spinning into oblivion

Silver string

She pulls me back

Within her sentinel moon

Shielding me from the lifeless black

When all her children leave

I will stay behind

To guard the queen

And hold the line

She reigns on and on

Spinning into oblivion

Oh, she's divine

The envy of all around her

Oh, a beautiful aura of blue surrounds her

She reigns on and on

Spinning into oblivion

She reigns on and on

Spinning into oblivion

Oh, she's divine

The envy of all around her

Oh, the mystical aura of life

Surrounds her

After all is dead and gone

Her spirit lives on forever
Fear the Unknown

**Fear the Unknown** 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

[Verse 1]

Maelstrom of fury

Riding on the wind

Make your move and let the games begin

Eyes consumed with avarice

Chaos on their breath

Descending like a bird of prey

That wears a mask of death

The blade of greed cuts oh so deep

Conquer, divide and delete

Wordless longues conspire

Beyond what we see

[Chorus]

Fear of the unknown

You can't take away the things

We call our own

Make your presence known

You can't cast away this fragile heart

Of stone alone

[Verse 2]

Poisoned and infected

Continuing down the days

Savage envy in their soulless gaze

Towers of creation

Pulverized with rage

Arena of the malcontents

Now set their final stage

A merciless, vile machine

Leviathan - killer of dreams

Malicious intentions

Such vicious inventions unseen

[Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
The Accolade

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

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro 00:00—02:12]

[Verse 1]

Into the morning sun

Down his chosen road he rides to save the world

Cross of crimson, robe of white

Sworn to the quest for the rest of his life

Play shields and wooden swords

Slaying dragons as a knight of Arthur's Court

Trained to kill, to sing a song

Youthful hope to right the wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

Sons of Antioch, an angel's voice cries out to him

Free the holy lands, bring peace to it again

[Chorus]

Across the seas through sands of time

Knight of the Templar

A charging steed through lands unkind

A legend forever

[Bridge]

A heart of gold pumps within his metal skin

A noble line he carries on

[Guitar/Keyboard Solos]

[Verse 2]

Braving the bloody din

Silver spurs are justly earned by strength within

Squire to knight, like prince to king

Chalice of life completes the ring

[Pre-Chorus]

Into the morning sun

Down his chosen road he rides to save the world

[Chorus]

Across the seas through sands of time

Knight of the Templar

A charging steed through lands unkind

A legend forever

Across the seas through sands of time

Knight of the Templar

A charging steed through lands unkind

A legend forever

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]

To see the light

He spent his life to understand

The sword he once held tight

Falls forever from his hands

[Chorus]

Across the seas through sands of time

Knight of the Templar

A charging steed through lands unkind

A legend forever

Across the seas through sands of time

Knight of the Templar

A charging steed through lands unkind

A legend forever
Redemption

***Redemption*** is the debut album by the American progressive metal band of the same name. It was formed around the friendships and compositions of guitarist/keyboardist Nicholas van Dyk, joined by well-known musicians of the genre from bands like Steel Prophet, Agent Steel, Symphony X, and Fates Warning. The first four tracks are taken from Stephen King's novel *Desperation*.

## Track Listing

### Normal Tracks

* Desperation, Part I
* Desperation, Part II
* Desperation, Part III
* Desperation, Part IV
* Nocturnal
* Window to Space
* As I Lay Dying
* Something Wicked This Way Comes
	+ I: Arrivals
	+ II: Torments
	+ III: Carnivals
	+ IV: Pursuits
	+ V: The Autumn People
	+ Temptations
	+ Confrontations
	+ Departures

## Personnel

### Normal Personnel

* Rick Mythiasin - vocals
* Bernie Versailles - guitars
* Nick Van Dyk - guitars, bass, keyboards
* Jason Rullo - drums

### Guest Musicians

* Michael Romeo - keyboards, orchestrations (1-4)
* Ray Alder - vocals (2)
* Mark Zonder - drums (7)
Destroyer

**Destroyer** 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

Fire-breathing chaos taking hold of you

Swarming vultures gather 'round decay

Permeate and penetrate - the tangled web is wove

Take the oath and take my breath away

There is no Devil, there is no God

There are no ghosts to fill the cracks in your façade

Ahh...

Destroyer

Ahh...

Destroyer

Oh, scorch the earth and burn the temples to the ground

Devastation raging - through and through

Rain turns red, awake the dead - beneath a threatening glow

Accept your fate, there's nothing you can do

There is no Devil, there is no God

Imposters marching in their faithless promenade

Ahh...

Destroyer

Ahh...

Destroyer

True imperfection, unclean and flawed

You only need to bow to your Destroyer God

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell

There's only in-between and only time will tell

Ahh...

Destroyer

Ahh...

Destroyer
Secrets

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

## Lyrics

Deep within a tiny box, shadowed truth under the locks

Burns inside your heart - then it starts

Your soul stretched on the rack

The straw that breaks the back

Watch the make-up crack...

Got no peace of mind, now you're going blind

Secrets within, living in sin

No one needs to know, watch the cancer grow

Feel it eating - Secrets within

Secrets hurt if they are told, someone's trust you will

Have sold - Don't tell a soul

Hear the cry inside of you, live the lie or speak the

Truth - when will it end?

Your soul stretched on the rack

The straw that breaks the back

Watch the make - up crack...

Got no peace of mind, now you're going blind

Secrets within, living in sin

No one better know, feel the cancer grow

Feel it eating - Secrets within your mind

(Solo)

Got no peace of mind, now you're going blind

Secrets within, living in sin

No one needs to know, watch the cancer grow

Feel it eating - Secrets within your mind
The Raging Season

**The Raging Season** is a song by the progressive power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1994 debut album **Symphony X**.

## Lyrics

From whom the Gods destroy they first make mad

Casting shadows on our fears

Malicious designs built strong and iron-clad

Catastrophic conclusion, judgment closes near

Chaos sets the stage

Bitter mouths of violent rage

Spinning webs of timeless confusion

Help us find our way

Tonight can we escape from this hell

(seasons raging - sands of time will fall)

Conquer the wicked

Tonight can we escape from ourselves

Ten-thousand tyrants preach their treachery

Striking down the weary and the wise

Swords of oppression sever the artery

Of our freedom - victimized

Chaos sets the stage

Bitter mouths of violent rage

Spinning webs of timeless confusion

Help us find our way

Tonight can we escape from this hell

(seasons raging - sands of time will fall)

Conquer the wicked

Tonight can we escape from ourselves

Down-cast jaded - the glory has faded

So close your eyes

(locked in the darkness all your life...)

Dream a twisted tale - dark and venomous

(...do you really have a reason not to feel this raging season)

So infamous

Watch the raging inferno of serpents rip the flesh

From all your pride and glory

Then you die open your eyes - it's true

Chaos sets the stage

Bitter mouths of violent rage

Spinning webs of timeless confusion

Help us find our way

Tonight can we escape from this hell

(seasons raging - sands of time will fall)

Conquer the wicked

Tonight can we escape from ourselves
Rediscovery (Segue)

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

## Lyrics

(Instrumental)

"...and on the Eye of Alignment the everlasting

Battle of Darkness and Light descends to

Another plane, but, on this material Earth, we

Must look to a crime remembered only by a

Collective resonance in the human

Consciousness...

When Five were as One..."
The Dark Chapter

***The Dark Chapter*** is the first studio album by Symphony X guitarist Michael Romeo, released in April 1994 through Zero Corporation (Japan) and reissued in 2000 through InsideOut Music (Europe).

## Overview

Originally recorded in 1992 as a demo tape which Romeo had sent out to various guitar publications, the album that would eventually become *The Dark Chapter* garnered the attention of a Japanese record label named Zero Corporation, who expressed an interest in further material. Romeo then joined up with keyboardist Michael Pinnella to re-record the album for a CD release through Zero in 1994, after which both musicians went on to form Symphony X. An entirely instrumental album, it bears many similarities to the progressive metal stylings showcased by Symphony X, and could be considered a direct precursor to their self-titled debut album which was released later in 1994.

Several of the track titles are references to works by Edgar Allan Poe, such as "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Premature Burial". The cover art portrays a raven, in reference to "The Raven", and a guitar, with its body resembling the shape of a pendulum, referencing "The Pit and the Pendulum". Most of the other track titles bear cryptic meanings: "Sevil Alucard" reads "Dracula Lives" spelled backwards (a possible reference to *Dracula Lives!*, a short-lived magazine by Marvel Comics); "MJR #13" is an abbreviation of the initials of Romeo's full name, Michael James Romeo; "Noit Al Ever" reads "Revelation" spelled backwards.

## Track Listing

* Carpathia
* Cask of Amontillado
* Psychotic Episode
* Masque of the Red Death
* Sevil Alucard
* The Premature Burial
* MJR #13
* Concerto in B Minor
* Noit Al Ever

## Personnel

* Michael Romeo – guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboard (except track 8), drum programming, bass, engineering, mixing, production
* Michael Pinnella – keyboard (track 8)
* Eric Rachel – mastering
The Walls of Babylon

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

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Down the place, come hell riders

Blood of ice, hissing breath

Consumed by this lust into battle

Staring down the eyes of Death

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Skies of red

Winged thunder

Breathing lightning fire

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Invaders

Light slayers

Cut down the fiends and betrayers

Dark destroyers

Can't avoid or deny us

[Chorus]

War Hammer of the Gods

Bring down The Walls of Babylon

[Verse 2]

Legions of Lies

Beating down the Lamb

Wings of war, they pulverize

Wrath is my name, feel the Hatred

Hurling defiance toward the Skies

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Skies of red

Winged thunder

Breathing lightning fire

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Flesh churning

Blood burning

The gears of war ever turning

With conviction

Malediction is King

[Chorus]

War Hammer of the Gods

Bring down The Walls of Babylon

[Verse 3]

So here I stand, beyond apocalypse

God of pain, in lethal stealth

Casualty of pride, I will never be denied

A lord of war, at war with myself

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Skies of red

Winged thunder

Breathing lightning fire

[Pre-Chorus 4]

Earth shaking

Bones breaking

The hand of fate dominating

One by one

The stars are falling

[Chorus]

War Hammer of the Gods

Bring down The Walls of Babylon
Metamorphosis

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

## Lyrics

A metamorphosis has come to light

For better or for worse

Lurking deep within the dead of night

A blessing or a curse?

Won't be the first time and won't be the last

Now shed your broken wings

You can change your future and your past

But it doesn’t change a thing

Rising-up from the fire

A darkness comes over me

Look into the blackest mirror

Time's the one enemy

Maybe once an angel in disguise

A change of hands, a change of heart

Staring back at me with stranger's еyes

Tearing my world apart

Empty pages on thе edge of night

Starting a new verse

A metamorphosis has come to light

For better or for worse

Rising-up from the fire

A darkness comes over me

Look into the blackest mirror

Time's the one enemy

Still searching

Uncertain and I don't know the reason why

Surrender

Remember, I can’t say you didn’t try

Still searching

Uncertain and I don't know the reason why

Surrender

Remember, I can’t say you didn’t try

Change the rules, dancing fools

Howling at the moon

Isolate, take the bait

Accept impending doom

Vile, corrupt, self-destruct

Nothing you can do

Wicked birth of Hell on earth

Becoming something new

Rising-up from the fire

A darkness comes over me

Look into the blackest mirror

Time's the one enemy

Rising-up from the fire

A darkness comes over me

Look into the blackest mirror

Time's the one enemy
Oculus ex Inferni

**Oculus ex Inferni** is a song by progressive, symphonic, neoclassical, power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2007 seven studio album **Paradise Lost**. It's an instrumental only song that servers as an intro to the album; when it ends, rather than stopping, it segues directly into the next song, **Set the World on Fire (The Lie of Lies)**.
Egypt

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

## Lyrics

Endless sands of Atlantis - etched in gold, a city lost in time

And from the seas - A Child speaks of things unseen

Before the King - a teller of the Rhyme

Five align - hidden in the word a message locked in time

Find the Key - it draws the final line

Between what is and what should never be

Gaze in these eyes my child and see - here by my side

Your destined to be

Fears in the night flee with the Sun - if we are One

Kingdom of Gold I lay at your feet -

Ruler of Time and Space you will be

Rivers of Truth forever will run - if we are One

From the ruins of Atlantis, the Lord of Night rises from the sands

He seeks the one - his serpent's tail and twisted tongue -

A bringer of War - Destroyer of the Land

Five align - hidden in the word a message locked in time

Find the Key - it draws the final line between

What is and what should never be

Rise my minions - from within the deep abyss

My disciples - thunder this necropolis

Gaze in these eyes my child and see - here by my side

Your destined to be

Fears in the night chasing the Sun - now we are One

Kingdom of Gold now lay at my feet -

Ruler of Time and Space I will be

Rivers of lies forever will run - now we are One
Whispers

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

## Lyrics

When all the angels cry

Sadness reigns upon us all

White doves fade to black

With the absence of the heart

We could never smile

We can feel the bitter tears

Whispers from you - calling out from above

Visions I can't see, like the wind and your love

Whispers to you - calling out through the night

Words I can't hear, graceful figure in white

And when you watch over me

Please guide me all the way

You're my judge and my jury

As I lay my head to rest

Your absence will surround me

And I'll die another death

Whispers from you - calling out from above

Visions I can't see, like the wind and your love

Whispers to you - calling out through the night

Words I can't hear, graceful figure in white

(Solo)

Whispers from you - calling out from above

Visions I can't see, like the wind and your love

Whispers to you - calling out through the night

Words I can't hear, graceful figure in white
Prelude

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

## Lyrics

In articulus sic aeternus - Spiritus

Donec dies fas

Dies Irae, Dies Illa - Solvet saeclum in

Favilla

(Born) into the moment that is Forever -

To breath until that fateful day

Day of Wrath

Day of Burning

All the world to ashes turning...
The Divine Wings of Tragedy

**The Divine Wings of Tragedy** is a song by American progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X**, from their 1996 third studio album **The Divine Wings of Tragedy**. It's their second longest song ever, at 20 minutes and 42 seconds.

## Lyrics

[Part I - At the Four Corners of the Earth]

On the edge of paradise

Tears of woe fall, cold as ice

Hear my cry

Renounce, have you, thy name

Eternal is my pain

Eternal is the pain that leads me to the thrones of temptation

Eternal is the pain that leads me to the thrones of temptation

Eternal is my pain that leads me to the thrones of temptation

II. IN THE ROOM OF THRONES

(instrumental)

[Part III - A Gathering of Angels]

There was a time

When nine choirs sang the endless melody of light

Music of the spheres

There was a place

Where mortals embraced thunder and majesty

Their fate lay in our hands

Feel my wings slowly fading (ooh)

Forever lost in time (ooh)

I cry (ooh)

[Part IV - The Wrath Divine]

The burning conflict I'm feeling

It summons me to descend into the other side

And just beyond the stars blazing

A beam light from a red, velvet moon illuminates me

I will devise

From perfect skies, a dark and vengeful day

Faith and mercy gone astray

With strength of infinite measure

The mighty sword divides order from chaos in the kingdom below

And from the mansions of glory

This empty soul cries out one final plea – the end has begun

Our worlds collide

Now in disguise you'll feel the Wrath Divine

Tears of woe fall from the sky

[Part V - The Prophet's Cry]

The prophet cries

Vast battalions rage on in the sky

Rising from the north – the bringer of war

Eve of destruction

Summon all who have power over fire

Impending doom from shore to shore

Standing on the edge of paradise

I sacrifice my truth and loyalty

Seven deadly sins consume you all, a dance with death

I taste the victory

Rising from the north – the warrior prince (Eternal is the pain that leads me to temptation)

Judgment without compassion eyes of fear

Like the River Styx, the gates of hell (Eternal is the pain that leads me to temptation)

"Abandon hope all ye who enter here"

The prophets cry

As armies fall from the edge of the sky

The Prince of truth, now the bringer of war

The day of wrath

Banish all kings from the face of the land

Dominion for strength is my name

VI. BRINGER OF THE APOCALYPSE

(instrumental)

I. Eve of Sacrifice

II. Armies in the Sky

III. Dies Irae

[Part VII - Paradise Regained]

Looking out on a blue sky

I can see a new world arising

Like a prisoner unbound

I feel the power and the majesty again

Looking up to the heavens

I can see what I've left behind

Beneath the stars, moon and warm sun

And all I know is my paradise has begun
Saucey Jack

**Saucy Jack** 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

Friday night

I'm on the prowl

With Saucey Jack and Captain Coke

Rollin' cannons and I'm fanning the greens

Feelin' mean

Feelin' rock and roll

[Chorus:]

I need a kick in the ass

Need a blast

I want a fast girl or two

Oh Lord, dirty livin' gonna kill me

But oh I love it so

Ya know I do

Old vices got me down

Damn dope callin' my name

Everyday I play a losing hand

But I refuse to quit the game

Lord, have mercy

[Chorus]

Blowin' lights all over town

I got to move, I got to go

Livin' life on a razor's edge

Kiss the bones and let 'em roll

Roll, baby, roll

[Chorus]

I need a kick in the ass

Need a blast

I want a fast girl or two

Oh Lord, I know it's gonna kill me

But I gotta do

What I got to do

Alright
Communion and the Oracle

**Communion and the Oracle** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2000 fifth studio album **V - The New Mythology Suite**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

All we know, now has come undone

Balance lost 'tween the moon and sun

Hear our prayer, keeper of the sky divine

Upon us all, let your wisdom shine

Losing faith as the madness prevails

In us all we are searching for a reason

A need to calm the storm

In our sails let your winds be strong

[Verse 2]

Breathe the air around you

The ocean fills your veins and winds embrace your heart

Feel the change within you

The Sun and Moon align

The Grand Design awaits a new start

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

From the skies, looking down on you

Through the clouds tainted crystal blue

Such advancement, yet lacking the control

Unaware of your earthly role

Praise the child and the words of her rhyme

Sacred gift, magic of the five will bring you tranquillity

A new order of equality

[Bridge]

Five senses come alive

Five reasons thrive

Five nations unite

Unite as one

[Hook]

Night and day will find a way

To keep the balance true

Let the sky and stars be your guide

The destination is up to you

[Instrumental Break/Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

Raise our heads up to the skies

Feel the essence of time

Changing ways like the shifting tides

In the waves hear the rhyme

[Instrumental Outro]

'..unfortunately, not all were interested in the

Ways of Justice, and those of the Night

Gathered to plot the elimination of the great

Law of One and the death of Ma'at. The

Atlantens harnessed the energy of the great

Crystals to create a weapon of immense power

Unaware that the power they possessed would

Ultimately lead to their downfall...'
The Distance

**The Distance** 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

So long

Since I've seen you it's been a while

Searching

I'm still searching for a smile

The distance there is between us

Doesn't ease the pain

No matter how far away you are

In my mind your eyes remain

[Chorus:]

Every night

I see you in my dreams

And there you'll stay

Tearing myself to pieces

Knowing things will never be the same

Your love

Is all I ever wanted to know

Moving on

It's hard to do when you can't seem to find the road

I'm so lost

Lost in the memories of yesterday

So here I am talking to your stone

All alone, running out of things to say

[Chorus]

Every night

I see you in my dreams

And there you'll stay

Knowing inside I must believe

In heaven we'll meet again someday
Silent Assassins

**Silent Assassins** is the first solo studio album by progressive, symphonic, neoclassical, power metal musician Michael Lepond, the bassist of Symphony X, released in 2014. It includes guests such as the guitarist Mike Chlasciak (Halford, Testament), his Symphony X bandmate Michael Romeo and the vocalist Alan Tecchio (Hades, Watchtower). LePond himself plays bass and rhythm guitars on the album.
Without You

**Without You** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2015 ninth studio album **Underworld**.

## Lyrics

Flying into the storm

Hanging on a broken wing

Onto every life

A little rain must fall

Oh, the words I sing

It's a greater thing

To have loved and lost

Than to never, ever

Loved at all

I've come undone

Any fool can see

What's become of me

Sometimes I feel

Feels like there's nothing there

Just an empty stare

Sometimes I feel

Feels like with each passing day

Life just slips away

Without you

Drifting on the sea

A lonely ship without a sail

Sinking like a stone

Drowning in despair

Fighting tooth and nail

Mind the siren's wail

And here comes the night

But the moment's gone without a warning

Or without a prayer

I've come undone

Fearing things unseen

Can I mend this broken dream?

Sometimes I feel

Feels like there's nothing there

Just an empty stare

Sometimes I feel

Feels like with each passing day

Life just slips away

Without you

The days slowly disappear

Time to face my fears

What will be will be

I can't escape

I can't escape my...

My destiny

Sometimes I feel

Feels like there's nothing there

Just an empty stare

Sometimes I feel

Feels like with each passing day

Life just slips away

Without you
Atomic Soul (song)

**Atomic Soul** 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

Rockin' down the road and rollin' with the band

Livin' for the music playin' all across the land

Come on we're live tonight, to shakin' but livin' ?

Come on if ya want to fly baby got to spread your wings

Let the sound surround you

Let it get under your skin

Feel the rhythm move you

Open up your heart

I'm coming in

Yeah, it's alright

We're gonna let it burn tonight

Get ready for a rocket ride

I'm on fire, fire

Yeah, you ready to go

Man, you're gonna lose control

You're feelin' that atomic soul

You're on fire, fire

You're on fire now

Flyin' way beyond the speed of sound

I'm feelin' so high I never wanna come back down

Come on feel the rush

Jump, jump, jump right in

Come on raise your hands

Let the fun begin

Let the sound surround you

Let it get under your skin

Feel the rhythm move you

Open up your heart

I'm comin'

I'm comin' in

Yeah, it's alright

We're gonna let it burn tonight

Get ready for a rocket ride

I'm on fire, fire

Yeah, you ready to go

Man, you're gonna lose control

You're feelin' that atomic soul

You're on fire, fire

We're on fire, fire now

Yeah, it's alright

We're gonna let it burn tonight

Get ready for a rocket ride

I'm on fire, fire

Yeah, you ready to go

Man, you're gonna lose control

You're feelin' that atomic soul

You're on fire, fire

Fire, fire

We're on fire, fire

Lord we're fire now

Yeah
Seven

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

## Lyrics

Above all - high and mighty - will like a towering

Steed - a Web of Conceit that I weave

More...wanting much more - grasping with

Envious Eyes - dark desires lead to words

That cut like knives

Frozen in your tracks... No remorse

Embrace the rack - Twisting down your spine

'til the End of Time

It's Fire and Ice - make the Sacrifice

No one there to catch you when you Fall

It's Shadow's and Sin - Enemies Within

You'll be fine, so cross the line and Damn it all

Slip into Shades of Nothing - yesterday's

Promises die - More, taking more than I need to

Bleed you dry

Cut your throat - Abandon all Hope 'blood-money

Lusting' portrayal - Break the trust from dawn

To dusk bring down the curtains on you final

Act of betrayal

Empty hands recoil... feel your Blood begin to boil

Tails and Fangs or Doom - violently consumed

It's Fire and Ice - make the Sacrifice

No one there to catch you when you Fall

It's Shadow's and Sin - Enemies Within

You'll be fine, so cross the line and Damn it all

Virtue or vice? Will you pay the price?

When there's no one to catch you when you fall

So damn you all

Give me hot-blooded yearning - infect and pollute

All that's pure - more than my heart can endure

Vengeance and Fury - Screaming

And eye for an eye - lashing out in Anger

I curse the sky

Demon Song is sung - first your ear, and then

Your tongue - Wear this Mask of Fire - and burn

For all you're desired

It's Fire and Ice - make the Sacrifice

No one there to catch you when you Fall

It's Shadow's and Sin - Enemies Within

You'll be fine, so cross the line and Damn it all
The Death of Balance/Lacrymosa

**The Death of Balance/Lacrymosa** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2000 fifth studio album **V - The New Mythology Suite**.

## Lyrics

Lacrimosa dies illa

Qua resurget ex favilla

Judicandus homo reus

'...tainted memories of Balance lost, forever

Bury the truth of all unity...'
Revelation (Divus Pennae ex Tragoedia)

**Revelation (Divus Pennae ex Tragoedia)** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2007 seventh studio album **Paradise Lost**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Against the wall - they see you

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

Heroic Mask - The cracks are showing

A Faceless God to shape the Perfect Lie

[Pre-Chorus]

Wounds of Hate have pierced so deep

They never die - my revenge is bittersweet

[Chorus]

Lost in the night wandering alone

Try as I might to escape the fight

It never lets me go - oh no, oh no, I've got to find a way, a way, a way

A way to rise above it all

[Verse 2]

Savior or the fool - the mystery

Fades into the cruel shade of night

This broken disguise can not comprehend

What was, and will be.... until the very end

[Pre-Chorus]

Wounds of hate have pierced so deep

They never die - my revenge is bittersweet

[Chorus]

Lost in the night wandering alone

Try as I might to escape the fight

It never lets me go - oh no, oh no, I've got to find a way, a way, a way

A way to rise above it all

Oh, where the North Wind sleeps

That is when we'll meet again

Oh, where the shadows creep

Into twilight, I'll descend

Good and evil, it never ends

You're just a means to an end

[Chorus]

Lost in the night wandering alone

Try as I might to escape the fight

It never lets me go - oh no, oh no, I've got to find a way, a way, a way

A way to rise above it all

Lost in the night wandering alone

Try as I might to escape the fight

It never lets me go - oh no, oh no, I've got to find a way, a way, a way

A way to rise above it all

[Instrumental Outro]
The Lords of Chaos

**The Lords of Chaos** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 2011 eighth studio album **Iconoclast**. It was released on the second disc of the special edition of the album.

## Lyrics

Forged in blood, carved in stone

Right before your eyes, you've always known

See the truth inside yourself

See the world like no one else

If only you were king, you could change everything

Can't you see what they're doing to you and me?

We rule - We fly

Above the lights of the neon sky

We fight - We cry

The Lords of Chaos will never die

All you see must be destroyed

Your destiny. you can't avoid

Show them all your demon sign

Tell them all to get in line

Oh, there's no time to waste

It's poison but they can't taste it

Don't you see what they're doing to you and me?

We rule - We fly

Above the lights of the neon sky

We fight - We cry

The Lords of Chaos will never die

The quick and the dead

Moving fast, they're in your head

Infection spreads in the blood of the damned

The truth and the lies

It's all the same - it's just a game you see

Day and night, you hold them in your hands...

Can't you see what they're doing to you and me?

We rule - We fly

Above the lights of the neon sky

We fight - We cry

The Lords of Chaos will never die

We rule - We fly

Above the lights of the neon sky

We fight - We cry

The Lords of Chaos will never ever die
Evolution (The Grand Design)

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

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Born from the light - journey into the moment

Delivered from thought and sky

He will be one, one with the land -

Lord of wind and the sea and the sands

The one - The bringer of life

[Pre-Chorus 1]

All will bear a part of me - let this

Hollow shell set your free to live as one

[Chorus]

Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars

The first to know and to understand

Living by the Law of the Ages

Prophets and sages - forging Utopia

[Verse 2]

Great Ptah - Khnemu - sacred priest of the Temple of Ra

And the keeper of truth

Crystalline spheres, the power of light

Grant us keys to the stars and the secrets of flight

'Five shall be as One'

[Pre-Chorus 2]

We unlock the mysteries of knowledge and technology

[Chorus]

Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars

The first to know and to understand

Living by the Law of the Ages

Prophets and sages - forging Utopia

[Bridge]

'We shall live forever, and cast out those less divine

Gods we will be - rulers of the sea - in our Grand design'

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Here we are - Children of Sun and Stars

The first to know and to understand

Living by the Law of the Ages

Prophets and sages - forging Utopia

[Instrumental Outro]

'...and to create entirely new beings was an even greater

Display of thier power, but in attempting to merge thier

Energies, some of the newly made beings were

Disfigured...and there were altered creatures with wings

Hooved legs and tails - part human, part beast

And they became divided...'
Differences

**Differences** 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

Decimate the iron gates

That separate mankind

Curse the others for their views

So strong, yet weak in mind

Words are like a blade

Cutting deep both ways

Silence shall betray

Thought I was enlightened

By the masses' wicked lie

Good intentions - fatal ground

Glory nowhere to be found

We aren't so unlike

Trying to survive

A Darwinistic life - oh no

You can't just let it go

Differences in opinion

Distances separate us all

Differences lie beneath what we can see

So close, yet so far

Differences in opinion

Distances separate us all

Differences lie beneath what we can see

So close, yet so far
Candlelight Fantasia

**Candlelight Fantasia** is a song by American progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1996 third studio album **The Divine Wings of Tragedy**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Just one more night

One more score

Another question in my mind

Can't take no more

Kissing the tears from my face

As they fall to the ground in silence

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]

In twilight

And faded times

Spirits cold, with no love

Bells ring the lonely chime

Candle fire

These lit dreams can't burn alone

[Verse 3]

Winds of change

Bring songs upon my memory

An empty heart and soul intoxicates me

This darkened page

Orchestrates my final destiny

Not knowing what

What tomorrow may bring

[Chorus]

From within the mirror's eyes

I'm forced to run away and hide

I feel those mystic eyes subside

And leave me blind

Through passages in time

A prisoner locked behind the door

Lonely roses slowly wither and die

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

I can't escape, this captive misery

Heart stone cold, under supremacy

Thrown into a raging sea of tyranny

Life's vile walls, have tangled me in webs

Eternally, within my future's threads

Play the violent strings of my symphony

[Instrumental Break/Solos]

[Verse 5]

Transcend, the absence of this fantasy

Just another vision, washed away with the tide

No place for forgotten ones, I cannot deny

(No place for forgotten ones)

What lies beyond, beyond this fantasy

[Chorus]

From within the mirror's eyes

I'm forced to run away and hide

I feel those mystic eyes subside

And leave me blind

Through passages in time

A prisoner locked behind the door

Lonely roses slowly wither and die

[Outro]

From within the mirror's eyes

I'm forced to run away and hide

I feel those mystic eyes subside

And leave me blind

Through passages in time

A prisoner locked behind the door

Lonely roses slowly wither and die
Church of the Machine

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

## Lyrics

Bow down

In the platinum maze

Twilight cathedrals

Spread the system plague

Forging sacred thrones

In the void unseen

Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

I'm the master, looking down from the edge of space and time

Flesh and steel intertwined

I am the future

Sacrifice your soul and succumb to me

Nailed to your faith, you'll believe

Scream and no one hears my pleas

Faceless masses falling to their knees

Bow down

In the platinum maze

Twilight cathedrals

Spread the system plague

Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen

Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

Pyramids in the sky

Playing out their cosmic games

Rulers of us all

Forever cursed we live in pain

Cursed we live in pain

(Cursed we live in pain)

The creator, 'Neath the darkened sun my empires rise

Artificially devised

The destroyer

Fierce intentions flow from a virtual rage

Forever lost and enslaved

Total mesh of soul and steel

Life force under my command

Twisted baptism of fire

Between machine and man

Scream and no one hears my pleas

Faceless masses falling to their knees

Bow down in the platinum maze

Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague

Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen

Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

Bow down in the platinum maze

Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague

Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen

Merciless judgement in the church of the machine
In the Dragon's Den

**In the Dragon's Den** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1998 fourth studio album **Twilight in Olympus**.

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro/Drum Solo]

[Verse 1]

Placid skies

Through crystal gazing eyes

Slaves to our desire

In a ring of smoke and fire

The dungeons call

Two faces on the wall

Candles light the way

For a moonlight serenade

[Refrain]

Through the nights and days

We will find a way

A way to carry on what we believe

[Verse 2]

An empty door

Ashes on the floor

Hypnotic array of lights

Dragons calling throughout the night

Omen in black

Chained down to the rack

The end never in sight

Soaring through an endless plight

[Refrain]

Through the nights and days

We will find a way (find a way)

[Chorus]

Silence fills the shrine

Giving us the sign

Forever lost

Forever in the dragon's den

Born with second sight

Essence burning bright

Forever lost

Forever in the dragon's den

[Guitar/Keyboard Solos]

[Chorus]

Silence fills the shrine

Giving us the sign

Forever lost

Forever in the dragon's den

Born with second sight

Essence burning bright

Forever lost

Forever in the dragon's den
Symphony X (Album)

***Symphony X*** is the first studio album by progressive metal band Symphony X, originally released in 1994 through Zero Corporation in Japan, and reissued in 1996 through Inside Out Music in Europe; a remastered edition was reissued on January 13, 2004 through Inside Out Music. The album's release came about as a result of band guitarist Michael Romeo's 1994 solo album, *The Dark Chapter*, achieving success in Japan. It is the only Symphony X album to feature singer Rod Tyler, who would be replaced by Russell Allen on all subsequent works.

## Critical Reception

Robert Taylor at AllMusic gave *Symphony X* 1.5 stars out of 5, noting the predominant Yngwie Malmsteen influences throughout the music, and calling the album "Humble beginnings for what was to become a very original and influential band."

## Track Listing

1. Into the Dementia
2. The Raging Season
3. Premonition
4. Masquerade
5. Absinthe and Rue
6. Shades of Grey
7. Taunting the Notorious
8. Rapture or Pain
9. Thorns of Sorrow
10. A Lesson Before Dying

## Personnel

* Rod Tyler – vocals, engineering, mixing, production
* Michael Romeo – guitar, engineering, mixing, production
* Michael Pinnella – keyboard, engineering, mixing, production
* Jason Rullo – drums, engineering, mixing, production
* Thomas Miller – bass, engineering, mixing, production
* Mike Thompson – engineering, mixing
* Joseph M. Palmaccio – mastering
Just Before the Dawn

**Just Before the Dawn** 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

Desperation, hanging by a thread

Self-inflicted words are left unsaid

Counting down the seconds, minutes, hours and the days

My thoughts, they come and go then drift so far away

Beneath the stars - a serenade

The song still lingers on and though the light above begins to fade

'Cause it's always darkest just before the dawn

Just before the dawn

Preservation, riding out the storm

Broken dreams, now splintered, ripped and torn

Journey on, the course is set - the wind is at my back

Our shadows dwell in the brightest light then fade to black

Beneath the stars - a serenade

The song still lingers on and though the light above begins to fade

'Cause it's always darkest just before the dawn

Just before the dawn

Up from depths, the sunlight thaws away the ice

Rising higher, reaching for paradise

Chasing down the dream, night after night

Beneath the skin, the wounds lie out of sight

Scars, they only heal but they never go away

Hanging on, I'm hoping just to make it through the day

Beneath the stars - a serenade

The song still lingers on and though the light above begins to fade

'Cause it's always darkest just before the dawn

Just before the dawn
Smoke and Mirrors

**Smoke and Mirrors** is a song by progressive symphonic neoclassical power metal band **Symphony X** from their 1998 fourth studio album **Twilight in Olympus**.

## Lyrics

It's all perpetual dreams, this hidden life ain't what it seems

Walking dead we are

Victims of misfortune and lies, and tortured bringers of demise

Circling above like vultures

They reap the harvest that we sew and take, like trusting fools

Promising charade

All days now disappear from weeks to months, from months to years

Forever bound, shackled to the wall

The night falls

I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky

The night calls

I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes

Touched by the kiss of the sunrise

Live with shadows and fears

Behind smoke and mirrors

Try to turn back the years

Living inside smoke and mirrors

Sacred and serpentine, a hypnotizing twisted theme

Weaves our souls to soar

Like candles in the wind, our echoed cries above the din

Fade into this faceless sculpture

In the wheel of chance and fate, spinning as we watch and wait

A mystery to us all

On the edge of sanity, we tread the seas of destiny

Forever bound, silent voices call

The night falls

I've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky

The night calls

I feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes

Touched by the kiss of the sunrise

Live with shadows and fears

Behind smoke and mirrors

Try to turn back the years

Living

Inside smoke and mirrors

Live with shadows and fears

Behind smoke and mirrors

Try to turn back the years

Living inside smoke and mirrors

Ohh... the night calls
War of the Worlds Pt. 1

**War of the Worlds Pt. 1** is the second solo album by progressive, symphonic, neoclassical, power metal and industrial rock musician Michael Romeo, the lead guitarist of Symphony X, released in 2018. It was his first solo album since The Dark Chapter in 1994, and was followed much quicker with War of the Worlds Pt. 2 in 2022. It was also Romeo's release since 2015's *Underworld* with Symphony X.

The album is inspired by the homonymous novel by H. G. Wells and incorporates elements of EDM, dubstep and classical music, inspired by movie score composers such as Bernard Herrmann and John Williams. Most of it was created when Symphony X's vocalist Russell Allen was still recovering from the road accident he suffered one year before while on tour with Adrenaline Mob (in which his bandmate David Zablidowsky and tour manager Jane Train died) and the other members were involved with other projects. Michael hired three musicians he's known for a while, including bassist John DeServio, with whom he went to high school.

Two lyric videos, one for "Djinn" and another for "Fear the Unknown", were released on 29 June and 18 July, respectively. According to Romeo, a sequel, *War of the Worlds, Pt. 2*, is already at the final stages of recording, but will take a while to be released because he wants people "to absorb the first one for a while, and then we'll put out the second record. They'll complement each other, but they'll also be a bit different". It was released on March 25, 2022.

## Track Listing

* Introduction
* Fear the Unknown
* Black
* Fucking Robots
* Djinn
* Believe
* Differences
* War Machine
* Oblivion
* Constellations

## Personnel

* Rick Castellano – vocals
* Michael Romeo – guitars, keyboards, orchestrations
* John DeServio – bass guitar
* John Macaluso – drums
Legend

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

## Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Steal away through the land of the dead –

Where angels fear to tread

Over mountains, the sky, and the sea

Feel the light bleeding from a new moon –

Escape from the hands of doom

I never thought I could change what would be

Break the chains of fear

I won’t shed another tear

[Chorus]

The rise and fall

Although I fight like hell, there’s just no certainty

My battlefield lay scarred with empty victories

Running from the past, from a lifetime of lies

But the legend never dies…

[Verse 2]

Here comes the horror, here comes the pain –

Flying too close to the flame

Into darkness, now falling from grace

From the nine realms of woe, I arise –

Vindication in my eyes

Lines of tragedy carved deep on my face

Break the chains of fear

Now it all seems crystal clear…

[Chorus]

The rise and fall

Although I fight like hell, there’s just no certainty

My battlefield lay scarred with empty victories

Running from the past, from a lifetime of lies

But the legend never dies…

The rise and fall

Although I fight like hell, there’s just no certainty

My battlefield lay scarred with empty victories

Running from the past, from a lifetime of lies

But the legend never dies…

[Outro]

The legend never dies…