Empyrean Realms

Empyrean Realms (2013) Tracklist
1. Eternal Mind (5:25)
2. Dreamstate (5:21)
3. Beyond the Horizon (6:52)
4. Reflection Divine (5:29)
5. Horologium (4:00)
6. Elements of Creation (4:55)
7. Inner Sanctum (4:56)
8. Fate Seeker (6:21)  Guitar Tab
9. Quest for the Fleece (7:00)
Album Info & Credits
Produced by Joe Kurland & Armory
Drums/Keyboards Engineered by Peter Rutcho
Guitars/Bass/Vocals Engineered by Joe Kurland
Mixed & Mastered by Peter Rutcho
Artwork by Gary Tonge
Total Length: 50:25
Released on November 12, 2013
Released by Metavania Music
Album Sampler

Lyrics & Song Credits

 

1. Eternal Mind

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Adam Kurland

 

Back to replay the scene

Of reflections in my mind

Only to discover what has always been there

I feel the change from deep within

Enticing my will to illuminate this void

I need to find a sense of certain clarity

 

Dare to dream

Another life that might have been

In new dimensions

I will go on

 

Look for the truth of the essence beyond

Abstractions guiding your way to the real

Trust introspection you know there’s no

Space, no time, revealing the eternal mind

 

In the vast emptiness I have seen it all before

Is it real outside my subjectivity?

Falling fast, deep within my mind

 

Solo: Joe

Solo: Peter / Chad

 

Flowing streams of my thoughts

Absolution from the cage

Generating knowledge for contemplating how

But never understanding why

The impasse unveiled, gravitating to the one

Allowing me to find the actuality

 

Dare to dream

Another life that might have been

In new dimensions

You must go on

 

Look for the truth of the essence beyond

Abstractions guiding your way to the real

Trust introspection you know there’s no

Space, no time, revealing the eternal mind

 

Look for the truth of the essence beyond

Abstractions guiding your way to the reality

Trust introspection you know there’s no

Space, no time, revealing the eternal mind

 

2. Dreamstate

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Adam Kurland

 

Rising to conquer the pain

Searching horizons

I wait for a sign in the dead of the night

Memories linger inside…so cold

Is this all there is now?

What might lie beyond?

 

In dreams I reach the other side

A place of pure aspiration

Return to whence I came

Still a ghost, I’m lost in oblivion

 

Feels like I’ve lost all control

Living this madness

In the wake of my ever burning desires

Blindly I reach out my hand…in vain

A new revelation

Heed the golden voice

 

In dreams I reach the other side

A place of pure liberation

Return to whence I came

Still a ghost, I’m lost in oblivion

 

Solo: Peter / Chad

 

A light in the dark

There are things I may never know

But I’ll keep on the path now and evermore

 

Lost in haze, can’t find the way

Try to take hold of the flame

I will take hold of the flame!

 

In dreams I reach the other side

My ultimate destination

Return to whence I came

Still a ghost I’m lost in oblivion

Forever on my own

 

3. Beyond the Horizon

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Jason Kurland, Joe Kurland, Adam Kurland

 

Time running out to survive

Existence, uncertain to carry on

Comets of fire raining down

Shrouding the coming dawn

The chosen few are assigned

To leave our stars behind

 

Light-speed they fly to distant skies

Will they find their destined land?

 

They’re the ones to save the fate of humankind

Boundless tale, on a voyage into the unknown

Far to the outer constellations

Beyond the horizon awaits paradise

 

Mapping their way by the stars

The engines burning at tachyon pace

Scanning through the darkness

For planets to further our race

As time is fading away

They hold fast till that day

 

Light-speed they fly to distant skies

Will they find their destined land?

 

They’re the ones to save the fate of humankind

Noble hearts, they are flying where no eagles dare

Far to the outer constellations

Beyond the horizon awaits paradise

 

Solo: Chad

 

Wrought by havoc, rocks of terror haunt their way

Diving, dodging, try to reach the open plane

 

Solo: Chad

 

Free from the field, celestial light is revealed

 

They’re the ones to save the fate of humankind

Boundless tale, on a voyage into the unknown

Far to the outer constellations

Beyond the horizon awaits paradise

 

They’re the ones to save the fate of humankind

Noble hearts, they are flying where no eagles dare

Far to the outer constellations

Beyond the horizon awaits paradise

 

4. Reflection Divine

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Adam Kurland

 

Eons of mystic reign

I feel transcended light

Higher into my reverie

Will I live to ever comprehend?

 

Longing questions, radiating

Seeking answers

I have to but follow my own will

 

Coronation of truth shines everywhere for me

Lifting free – one with my soul, one with the mind

Gazing into the void, what do I see?

Reflection Divine – could it be me?

Sacred embrace, the dance of mankind

I am now sensing a shadow of divinity

 

Stagnant in an endless game

Still my thoughts are flowing wild, insane

Tell me for I need to know

Is this world illusion? Can I break away?

 

Feel the passing of time, the washing away

Life is a myriad of constant change

Stare at yourself, reach from afar

There is a greater reality there

 

Solo: Chad / Chad & Peter

 

Coronation of truth shines everywhere for me

Lifting free – one with my soul, one with the mind

Gazing into the void, what do I see?

Reflection Divine – could it be me?

Sacred embrace, the dance of mankind

I am now sensing a shadow of divinity

 

It is me!

 

5. Horologium (Instrumental)

 

Music: Joe Kurland, Chad Fisher

 

Solo: Joe / Chad

6. Elements of Creation

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Joe Kurland, Jason Kurland

 

Elements that became this world

Forged deep in the galaxy

Inside the core of stars

When gravity’s attracting force

Took control relentlessly

 

Atoms begin to fuse in the fire

Burning the fuel as light

To far reaching darkness in an endless void

Illuminating night

As elements of creation

We are bound to the universe eternally

 

Near the end of the main sequence

Pressure builds into a hypernova blast

As all the matter turns to energy

Spreading the seeds of life

Our primordial past

 

Atoms begin to fuse in the fire

Burning the fuel as light

To far reaching darkness in an endless void

Illuminating night

As elements of creation

We are bound to the universe eternally

 

Accretion

The forming of a solar sphere

Nebula

From interstellar gas and dust

New worlds appear

 

Solo: Chad / Joe

 

Consciousness

Evolving through eons of time

Magic, mystery, matrix

Quantum vibrations resonate

To the cosmic rhyme

 

Solo: Chad / Peter

 

Atoms begin to fuse in the fire

Burning the fuel as light

To far reaching darkness in an endless void

Illuminating night

As elements of creation

We are bound to the universe eternally

 

7. Inner Sanctum

 

Music: Joe Kurland, Chad Fisher

Lyrics: Joe Kurland

 

Solo: Chad / Peter

 

Reflecting – waking eyes that flood unseen

Drifting through a sea uncertain

As moonlight shines for a fleeting gleam

 

One can’t explain why the feelings remain

We walk alone, silently searching in vain

 

In the night…

Shattered memories, they cloud my mind

Can’t be bound, a new day I must find

Gates will open, ride into the light

Be yourself, a spirit with the stars in your sight

Realize the strength that lies deep within

 

Thoughts fading – images like twilight, dimmed

Capturing a cherished moment

The icy chill of a winter wind

 

As burning hearts find a way to survive

Once through the storm skies will clear

Life will thrive

 

Dawn will come again

A flame in the dark

Dawn will come again

In perfect harmony

A life and the dream

The fire burns eternally

 

Solo: Chad / Joe

 

In the night…

Shattered memories, they cloud my mind

Can’t be bound, a new day I must find

Gates will open, ride into the light

Be yourself, a spirit with the stars in your sight

Realize the strength that lies deep within

 

You’ve got the strength deep within!

 

8. Fate Seeker

 

Music: Chad Fisher, Joe Kurland

Lyrics: Adam Kurland

 

I’m lost at the end of time

Chosen knight to defend the balance

Gods I will defy

For I’m the Dragonlord

 

Last in line of an ancient, hellish race

Wielding the Stealer of Souls

Pale, crimson eyes gaze beyond what is time

In madness now I will seek my fate

 

Behold the towers rising high

The dreaming city sleeps

For revenge I must reclaim my throne

But darkness has reached out again

 

In this realm there’s a battle raging

Will chaos rule or will order prevail?

Is it all up to me to rewrite history?

 

Solo: Chad

Solo: Joe / Chad

 

Exiled, banished from my past

Woe to those who will taste cruel vengeance

Feel my holy wrath

I’ll storm through the Multiverse

 

I will slay with my hell-blade, hear it sing

As it feasts upon their souls

Wandering free in my solitude I’ll see

I am the Champion Eternal

 

Behold the towers rising high

The dreaming city sleeps

For revenge I must reclaim my throne

But darkness has reached out again

 

In this realm there’s a battle raging

Will chaos rule or will order prevail?

Is it all up to me to rewrite history?

 

In this realm there’s a battle raging

Unto the end I am the fate seeker

Is it all up to me? Is this my destiny?

 

“Farewell friend.

I was a thousand times more evil than thou!”

 

9. Quest for the Fleece

 

Music & Lyrics: Joe Kurland

 

Legend tells of ancient heroes

Led by Jason, an epic quest began

Delayed on the Isle of Lemnos

By misfortune fell Kyzicos

 

Hylas was forever lost in Mysia

Sailed on without Heracles

Who could not leave his friend behind

 

Landed in Thrace seeking Phineus

Blessed with divine gift of prophecy

Captured the Harpies so torturous

In return advised how to reach the Golden Fleece

 

On a journey to claim the Fleece

In lands far away

It hangs from an enchanted tree

Perilous ride, no fear inside

To Hera they pray

The Argonauts sail far and wide

 

Solo: Peter / Joe

 

Pass through the clashing cliffs

But wait till a south wind drifts

Release a dove in the air

If it makes it through then you must row on swiftly

If the flight fails then you will be doomed!

 

Solo: Chad

 

To obtain the Fleece at Colchis

Plow a field wielding fire-breathing beasts

From teeth sowed into the field

Undead warriors were revealed

 

With the aid of Medea the hydra sleeps

Aeetes, the king betrayed, his reign will cease

Dangers on the voyage home, the Sirens’ breath

Talos held the ship at bay but bled to death

 

Sail back to Greece, held high the Fleece

The power it holds

Is destined to restore the peace

Followed their guide across seas wide

As legend is told

The Argonauts sail on with pride

 

Jason returned, defeated Acastus

Reclaimed the throne of Iolcus

 

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