The Clockwork Saga, by Gandalf's Fist

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1.	The Belly of the Earth 00:58	lyrics	buy track
In the Belly of the Earth A traveller came On oceans of tears He told us a tale Of legends and fears There once was a child Without laughter or birth Now he’s rusted away, In the belly of the Earth…
2.	An Expedition Amidst the Ice Burrows 01:22		buy track
3.	Wardens 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Wardens Shed all your tears so long Shed all your tears so long When the sun comes down But you never want it left behind You know your sight is gone You know your sight is gone But the night is long And you never want it left behind I’m the one that takes you home Not much fighting left to do And that’s so wrong I’m the one that takes you home Now the light has shone Whence now death has come Where the now the light has shone But it shone to bright And you never want it left behind Know you, the night has grown Know you, the night has grown As you claw the ground Never to stay behind I’m the one that takes you home Not much fighting left to do And that’s so wrong I’m the one that takes you home Now the light has shone I’m the one that takes you home Not much fighting left to do And that’s so wrong I’m the one that takes you home Not much fighting left to do What’s this poor man to do? Now the light has shone
4.	Badgerwhacked 02:03		buy track
5.	Solar Huntress 06:43	lyrics	buy track
Solar Huntress Gather the one you've seen before Never the spark will be restored Gather the life you've lived before ever the void a crimson door tears run down, carry the crown, feeling caught in time Gather the one you've seen before open the gate; a world beyond Set the sun It's only yesterday today Now there's something going on Chase the sun it's only yesterday today Now there's something going on Travel the time you'd dreamed so fair sail on tides of sulphur air follow the lines that led you there swallow the wine in darkest prayer Tears run down, feed the ground, dust kicked in your eyes Travel the time you'd dreamed so fair Cast your mind beyond despair Set the sun It's only yesterday today Now there's something going on Chase the sun it's only yesterday today Now there's something going on Once the night was safe and warm A starling in a cage Through the bars, no beasts could harm Until the huntsmen came When the cage was opened wide The bird took to the wing Wasn’t that a curious thing To hear them sing. <Chorus> Swallow the lies that led you here Struggle to rise from childish fears In your mind the words ring clear In your eyes, a silent tear Seeds of doubt, scream and shout Tormenting your mind Swallow the lies that led you’re here Open your eyes; the truth is clear <Chorus>
6.	Dirty Doyle's Surface Souvenirs 01:35		buy track
7.	Supplies for the Festivities 05:33	lyrics	buy track
Supplies for the Festivities In your dreams tonight, All your fears subsiding In your dreams tonight Sight will fade away In the dead of night All the eyes are hiding Dying candlelight Darkness is the way The world you left here on your own The house you owned was not your home And I keep lying on my own With darkness creeping in my bones Give me gift of sight Let the darkness guide me Give me gift of sight Lessen the decay Giving up the fight When my heart is tiring Giving up the fight Take away the pain The world you left here on your own The house you owned was not your home And I keep lying on my own With darkness creeping in my bones Figures in the sun Dancing, burning, wasting Figures in the sun Turn their face away When the day is done, Cold, the dark embracing When the day is done Keep the light at bay The world you left here on your own The house you owned was not your home And I keep lying on my own With darkness creeping in my bones Victims of the light Hide their coward figures Victims of the light Crying to be saved In your dreams tonight Tight, the shadows calm you In your dreams tonight Burn away the day The world you left here on your own The house you owned was not your home And I keep lying on my own With darkness creeping in my bones
8.	Secrets, Traitors and a Smashing Set of Porcelain Ducks on Layby 01:48		buy track
9.	Blackening 08:46	lyrics	buy track
Blackening You Live and breathe the darkness You will now see At once, a frayed illusion; How can it be? I tried to feel the light, an act you betrayed I will be here for all time, it’s now my fate The silence of the world It’s a lie that you once heard Takes you high above the Life you wanted Fills your eyes with fear Take me home, where is home? Home is here… Night and shade; the river Ebb and the flow Endless wave surrounds you Don’t let go Worms that crawl beneath us Drowning for life Tides of change disturbing Sands of time The silence of the world It’s a lie that you once heard Takes you high above the Life you wanted Fills your eyes with fear Take me home, where is home? Home is here… I will pray for the madness I will pray for the beasts I am one with the darkness in me… The silence of the world It’s a lie that you once heard Takes you high above the Life you wanted Fills your eyes with fear Take me home, where is home? The silence of the world It’s a lie that you once heard Takes you higher than fear Take me home, where is home? Home is here…
10.	Hall of the Badger King 03:55		buy track
11.	Sun Sickness 01:58	lyrics	buy track
Sun Sickness Come forth the one Come forth the fallen one Burdened, the secrets of our lives Lonely the one Lonely the chosen one Tempered against the sands of time And would we stray And would we stray to the dark? Could we betray Could we betray who we are? The jaws of fate come for us all And we will be there, hands held high, to be saved Night keep a watch on my soul Sun-sickness taking hold…
12.	Menders of Devices 06:14		buy track
13.	The Clokkemaker 12:52	lyrics	buy track
The Clokkemaker Is this not the world you wanted? You are safe my child Heed the chimes, the time is calling Is our fate entwined? I have sat at the master’s table Where candles burned my eyes Speak to me, my rusted children Stay here by my side Save me; betray me Take my pain away, Bring me dark horizons Charm me; disarm me Let it fade away When the night surrounds you Feel the time unwinding Hear the tolling of a bell Only you can see my face Only you can hear me still Childish fears have long departed Scars left in your mind Finish not what I have started Will you say goodbye A frozen face in darkened chambers The sickness changing hands A family curse that will be yours soon Time waits for no man Save me; betray me Take my pain away, Bring me dark horizons Charm me; disarm me Let it fade away When the night surrounds you Feel the time unwinding Hear the tolling of a bell Only you can see my face Only you can hear me still Take the journey back in time The shadow calls your name Count the hour; count the cost There is no other way You see: madness everywhere It beckons to you mind You doubt: senses turn away Burning in the light I don’t think that anyone is waiting for my end Caught the power; eager eyes Are crying for my death Time: darkness growing near From the warden’s eye End: empty solitude From the earth to sky Time keeper; where does the time go? Time keeper; darkness is your home Time keeper; where does the time go? Time keeper; darkness is your home Taking in the burning wastes, I’m falling for your lies Sightless vision, clawing hands That clutch the sands of time And when all the air is clear And the lamps are lit tonight You’ll see that your destiny Is the same as mine Time keeper; where does the time go? Time keeper; darkness is your home Time keeper; where does the time go? Time keeper; darkness is your home Darkness is your home... Turn down the light Turn down the light, We keep the time you know, Only you can see me…
14.	A Shortcut Across a Deranged Steam Conveyor 02:13		buy track
15.	The Waxwork Downs 04:27	lyrics	buy track
The Waxwork Downs Distorted faces, eyes of scorn Stooped, bent double in ancient form Now tempered by the toiling of our lives A bygone gaze, a lifeless smile, Neglected shrines now liquefied A chronicle we wished that we could hide In the ground Find a vision of our past in the Waxwork Downs Vapour lingers, clay blood boils Mannequin figures work and toil A museum of a time we’ll never know Outstretched fingers, melting, spoiled Flesh hues tarnish rust and soil Slowly fading from a world they destroyed Yet we found Share a vision of our past in the waxwork downs Daren’t stray too far Something here unknown Nested where diseased amusements grow The house of the Clokkemaker! Her nocturnal eyes, keen and trained Her spyglass devices roam Just how far can she see? Just how much does she know? Share a vision of your past, past, past In the Waxwork Downs Will the lamps burn bright tonight?
16.	The Sovereign Airship Station 05:16		buy track
17.	Leader of Men 08:08	lyrics	buy track
Leader of Men Blessed be the preacher Who absolves me of my sins A madman in the gallows Grasping threads that now wear thin You throw your back to the wall; The tourniquet pulling tight But now you feel in control; A saviour from the night Are you a Leader of men? Betrayed by the end? Torn By their innocent faces? No time to repent Divine your descent The light that you seek surely blinds you Bloodline of deception Claret boiling from a spark Whispered ‘insurrection’ Stir the voices in the dark You feel disease taking hold; A sickness of the light And now you see it unfold The waking warden’s eye Are you a Leader of men? Betrayed by the end? Torn By their innocent faces? No time to repent Divine your descent The light that you seek surely blinds you Summon forth the fire Cast it back into the wastes Shrouded by the iron take the secret to my grave You fear the hands reaching high A nightmare forming clear Omega, Alpha divide You’ll bury them right here Are you a Leader of men? Betrayed by the end? Torn By their innocent faces? No time to repent Divine your descent The light that you seek surely blinds you
18.	Wheels in Motion 03:12		buy track
19.	The Lamplighter (Overture) 15:36	lyrics	buy track
Lamplighter Overture Take my hand Tear the dark away from here Here, tonight, come guide the way for me We are, your shadow Sheltered by a flame so low Desire, so bright, come guide the way for me Lamplighter, light the light Lamplighter, light the light In my mind Something else is calling me sleep, tonight, a child beyond our dreams We fight, the daybreak The night, our keeper And when, the dark grows , come guide the way for me Lamplighter, light the light Lamplighter, light the light Holding tomorrow; A spark in your hand Do, these eyes Exist if no-one’s there to see? Your, disguise, becomes our destiny The path, leads nowhere We’re trapped in this nightmare Then fire, divine, will guide the way for me Lamplighter, light the light Lamplighter, light the light Share, my warmth Hold this candle to my fears Flame to moth, the fire will draw me in Our souls, are dying Our hearts, entwining And when, I die, come guide the way for me Lamplighter, light the light Lamplighter, light the light Holding tomorrow; A spark in your hand Tear away the walls, Wipe away the tears We’re guided by his light tonight It’s warming, falling, calling
20.	The Traveller and the Lighter 04:13		buy track
21.	Shadowborn 06:50	lyrics	buy track
Running through a rust-locked city Tired eyes yet hearts still beating Iron-clad the steam clouds climbing higher Shadows dance and pistons screaming Can you hear the darkness breathing? Stairway to the surface; yet we close our minds We wait for a time We wait for our lives Is the sunrise just a dream we lost? A Day we left behind? Is there life on these streets? Is there something left for me? Are we what we we’ve always been before? We are shadow born. Fighting past our infestation Metal bites at deprivation A specter of the harmony we knew before Gears grind through automation Cursed we cry in isolation Hard hold our heads high when our life is low Father's song, mother said, Does it linger in your head? Talisman, round your neck, Does it fill your heart with dread? Welcome to our world of shadow Welcome child, embrace your sorrow Wardens of the light now raise their banners high Yesterday was our tommorow Leave a trail; your soul will follow Hanging onto daydreams where the sun still shines We wait for a time We wait for our lives Is the sunrise just a dream we lost? A Day we left behind? Is there life on these streets? Is there something left for me? Are we what we we’ve always been before? We are shadow born. We wait for a time We wait for our lives Is the sunrise just a dream we lost? A Day we left behind? Still the fire burns inside But I’ve waited all my life To believe in what we dreamed before We are shadow born.
22.	The Unminable Zone 02:31		buy track
23.	The Lamplighter (Parts I-VIII) 15:57	lyrics	buy track
What can you tell me? What did you bring? Reaching high, amber fire The sorrow that stings I’ve heard the stories You’ve heard them too Now it’s night, Lamps alight A memory exhumed Lamplighter, Lamplighter, show me the way With your hand upon the veil of dark Sure night will fade Lamplighter, Lamplighter, lights lead the way When you’re hanging on, to morning song You’ll only pray Lamplighter sing a song, Lamplighter hanging on Allow your eyes to rest tonight The light you breathe, will always shine Night at your window, Darkness your smile Through the steam, Embers gleam, A torch in the wild A rich man, a fable, a pauper, a child Through the streets, glances meet, Creations reviled Sweet sang the whisper, strange songs of fate Creeping low, undertow The specter of hate Dawn be thy maker, sunset thy grave The ghost of sun, all we’ve done A shadow enslaved Lamplighter, Lamplighter, show me the way With your hand upon the veil of dark Sure night will fade Lamplighter, Lamplighter, lights lead the way When you’re hanging on, to morning song You’ll only pray Lamplighter sing a song, Lamplighter hanging on Allow your eyes to rest tonight The light you breathe, will always shine Bring the Night to Life! Nightmares will end, Darkness my friend
24.	In the Cavern of the Great Cog 03:52		buy track
25.	The Great Cog 05:14	lyrics	buy track
Time tastes so slow, find your way Chase the morning Not easy it seems Reaching out for the sun You, dying slowly now Bring the night back home All my life, dreamed in dark Seems so long, clockwork heart Rust in hell tonight, Rust in piece tonight, In your dreams tonight Illuminate Winding down and running slow The wheel of life is dead you know Winding down, sun in the sky The wheel of life has died Ghosts in machines, haunt your mind Find the secret, deceiving it seems Clockwork heart beats undone You, dreamer of the skies Make the night your home All my life, dreamed in dark Seems so long, clockwork heart Rust in hell tonight, Rust in piece tonight, In your dreams tonight Illuminate Gears in wheels, rhymes in rhymes You’ll never forget old father time Underground, slowing down You’re the wheel of undertown All my life, dreamed in dark Seems so long, clockwork heart Rust in hell tonight, Rust in piece tonight, In your dreams tonight Illuminate
26.	The Shadow Rises 05:51		buy track
27.	The Capture (Including the Song for a Fallen Nightkeeper) 06:50	lyrics	buy track
When the sword that hung from her brother’s side Not half the hall around And there he lay ’til the break of day It gave him a deadly wound We know what you think Where you’ll run We know who you are And all you’ve done Turn this way and that We’re in your mind We servants of dark That keep the night You run so far, never turning your face Dare to run where the Nightkeepers wait You know that we’re there Sightless eyes You know who we are Nowhere to hide You’re caught in a trap Where shadows fall You’ll never come back It rules us all
28.	Waiting for Exile 07:05		buy track
29.	Eve's Song 08:27	lyrics	buy track
Startled little starling on your own You flew the nest too early now you're lost far from home Stared into this daydream from afar Now you Gaze into the nothing with a stranger in the dark Speak to me in whispers one more time You feel the lamps are burning, are they embers in your mind? Navigate the mystery of who you are you stopped the wheel from turning but it splintered in your heart Light the night Burn the grey evening song today. (You were) Shadowborn hide the light from your eyes only see what you will Shadowborn and the night will disguise and the time will lead you astray Watcher in the distance; do you pray Do you gaze at candles burning; watch the night turn into day? And can you hear the songbird in the cage? Can you lift away the velvet; let the dawn creep in again? What you felt was in you all along, can you lift yourself from falling? can you hear my love song? Standing in the future, will we soon, say that "that's the night forgotten?" "That's the night that we once knew" Open wide your arms, let the breeze blow through your hair Hold it in your heart, let it save you, save you Reaching out tonight well I thought I heard you there Coming back in time, let it take you, take you Take me by the hand can you feel the current flow I can feel your heart, hear it beating, heating Secrets in your mind yet I thought I let them go Holding it inside; healing, healing!
30.	A Sermon for Shadowmas 01:17		buy track
31.	Victims of the Light 09:10	lyrics	buy track
Come gather round all you travelling souls for a tale I have to tell On the lies you feed from the devil's machine It will send you straight to hell It'll drag you kicking and screaming Embrace the father of the night Pray the Darkness be our savior for the victims of the light Yes the sparks of lies are damnation And you know I’m always right Crave the lamps that burn above this world I can see it in your eyes And you thought that you were dreaming But you're only going blind Pray the nightkeepers keep you safe my child You’re the victims of the light Darkest oath Take me home and baptise our hearts of stone Darkest oath Take me home spake the shepherd of our souls Does your hunger grow from the brass-bound man Claws his fingers at the sky When he touched the stars and he craves the dawn It's a sickness of his mind And somewhere in the future, Where we all will join the night You will curse the sun that failed you Now the victims of the light Darkest oath Take me home and baptise our hearts of stone Darkest oath take me home spake the shepherd of our souls Congregation’s Retort: Daylight a distant memory, Shadows all around, The darkness consumes us, We are lost in the crowd. The preacher he tells us, Of the sins of the past We no longer listen will the sickness last? This is shadowmass. We all live in fear Fear the morning star keep your conscience clear Whispers of daylight We dream of the sun, The future is clearer What has begun? The preacher he tricks us With fear and with hate We no longer listen And soon will escape. This is shadowmass. We all live in fear Fear the morning star keep your conscience clear Come forth my friends, let the lamps grow dim pray the wheel keeps turning on Pray for nuclear war, and what came before from a time we don't belong And you see this world as children And you place your hope in I You can feel the night surround you Sleep the victims of the light
32.	Old Friends, New Enemies 04:22		buy track
33.	Ditchwater Daisies 07:22	lyrics	buy track
Come around, it’s just the darkness where you play Back in time, it’s just another word you say I don’t know if I’m a tinker or a fool I don’t know, but now I leave it up to you When the sun Turns to dark Are the ditchwater daisies Still blackened and tarred? Moon dies in stars Where the ditchwater daisies Are blackened and tarred ‘Ordinary’ not the word you thought it was Searching circles form decisions of the sun Did you think that you were madmen in a cage? Did you dream it but then woke up all the same? When the sun Turns to dark Are the ditchwater daisies Still blackened and tarred? Moon dies in stars Where the ditchwater daisies Are blackened and tarred Picking through your dreams and visions Searching for the truth Will you be there in the summertime? Winter doesn’t suit Taking what you thought was missing Losing every time It’s the sunrise in the dream you saw Now you’re going blind Muscle minds and fighting talk Was in the past you said You were once enamored, city proud Wishing you were dead Is it all incendiary, is it all a game I was once the man you saw before Now he’s gone away Search for the truth Light takes you home and tells you Search for the truth Over and over again When the sun Turns to dark Are the ditchwater daisies Still blackened and tarred? Moon dies in stars Where the ditchwater daisies Are blackened and tarred Alpha, omega, Lesser the greater Swords in the sky, Time ticking by…
34.	De-Ranged 03:30		buy track
35.	The Lamplighter (Parts IX-XIII) 12:12	lyrics	buy track
I am one and you are two Together we divine Falling through a spiral cage Oblivion’s design I don’t fear your desolation You don’t know my name Infinite your hesitation Eternity thy name Up above the acid world Is speaking out in tongues Whispers to the world below A venom of the blood Nuclear intoxication Seeping through your veins The worm of man your congregation A poison for the pain Lamplighter sing a song Lamplighter hanging on Allow your eyes to rest tonight The light you breathe will always shine In the womb the serpent grows It slithers through the wall the tangled roots around your heart are rotten to the core Lingering the lamps are burning Embers fading low In your sleep a spirit yearning For lives you’ll never know As the old one turns her ways The silent master sings He tears his mind, now shadowblind He drops down to his knees Is his house a lightless prison In this world he made? Clamber for his words of wisdom A former life betrayed Dream Flight, Running through your mind tonight Then your heart beating Tears in your eyes tonight Take me to your dream Nightmares will end Darkness deceives you Your flame will die Shadows, they consume you Warden of light Your time is short now Keepers of night Rising, amber fading Lamplighter sing a song Lamplighter hanging on Allow your eyes to rest tonight The light you breathe will always shine Our souls are black Yours soon will join us Life’s work, your flame Lamplight now extinguished Abyss of night The void draws around you Death’s kiss, your life Now short, embers failing Lamplighter sing a song Lamplighter hanging on Allow your eyes to rest tonight The light you breathe will always shine
36.	In the Name of the Spy 02:56		buy track
37.	The Bewildering Conscience of a Clockwork Child 10:20	lyrics	buy track
What am I? I’m the child that should not be Born of rust, secrets forged inside of me Strange anatomy, my mortality Father time, not the man you used to know Deep inside, ticks a heart that I don’t own Now the old one slows Will you let it go? Copper mind, rusted eyelids sealed in crome There’s an orphan child, somewhere between love and hope Will you let him go, only time will know Move and sway Advance through the shadow I will wait, fear life in my dreams Far away, you danced with the devil Stole his heart, then made it in me Copper mind, rusted eyelids sealed in crome There’s an orphan child, somewhere between love and hope Will you let him go, only time will know Mr Night, they feed on your hunger Shadow spy, a child in your eyes In my brain are sparks and confusions Move away Mr Thief in the night High and low, the watchmen are calling The pastor slows, turns his head to sky All at once, the brass-bound seek refuge Chains they tow, bring the old girl to life Copper mind, rusted eyelids sealed in crome There’s an orphan child, somewhere between love and hope Will you let him go, only time will know
38.	Escape! 03:24		buy track
39.	A Solemn Toast for the Steam Ranger Reborn 10:37	lyrics	buy track
Splintered wheels, clockwork minds A cavalcade of brass-bound lives Mourn the birthright, imbued with shade For the sparks of life, hidden by the grave "Sire priest" said he, Spake you in truths? - By thy faith! Be what thou will – break not our rules For every man, save you, hath told his tale. Oath-bound; you sleep Burdens released Now you will see A trace from where we started Night blind, serene Wardens ; unseen Can you believe In murmurs from the surface? As above; so below Word travels far Breaks the silent dreams shadows creeping higher As above; so below See who you are It’s the light you breathe Shadows creeping higher From night-swept streets, but there’s no one here Raise a glass now for the rocketeer Servant: un-served Masters unnerved Starlight rebirth A remnant of our conscience Speak now; speak soon Daybreak our tomb Sing now death’s tune Now we are ascending As above; so below Word travels far Breaks the silent dreams shadows creeping higher As above; so below See who you are It’s the light you breathe Shadows creeping higher From night-swept streets, but there’s no one here Raise a glass now for the rocketeer Stand by yourself, open your eyes to the world Fear in your mind, far away lies the world above Now in the night, streets are alive with the words Crying out in pain, to believe or to follow the blind Oh we light these streets but there’s no one here Raise a glass now for the rocketeer
40.	The Oldest Flame 01:57		buy track
41.	The Lamplighter (Parts XIV-XV) 02:58	lyrics	buy track
Lamplighter sing a song for me Darkness leave me be It's now time you forgot the Winter Sun Ashes of destruction Falling down like rain Ashes of destruction Falling down like rain Timekeeper set your watch for me Clockwork memories Read the time - it's the dying of the Sun Children of the winter Falling down like rain Children of the winter Falling down like rain Tell me why? Winter in your eye Tell me why? Sulphur in the sky Tell me why? Winter in your eye Tell me why? Sulphur in the sky Sulphur in the sky for you and I
42.	Flight for the Surface 02:09		buy track
43.	The Climb 12:23	lyrics	buy track
Far below, the city groans A broken secret now untold I don’t know, but I can not pretend Rusted eyelids, sealed in pain Prized to see the sun again I don’t know, but I think it’s the end Watcher in the night Are you drawing nearer? There’s a devil, tearing at you Tastes your fear Not the day to die my friend Not the way to lose The watcher path you choose… Up above, the old man cries He watched the twisted city die Olden ways, a time he can’t defend Looking up, you watch the fire Far below the golden mire Burns away, and one more step to take Watcher in the night Are you drawing nearer? There’s a devil, tearing at you Tastes your fear Not the day to die my friend Not the way to lose The watcher path you choose… Tangled dreams, rusted minds Steam machines, open fire I saw my shadow against the wall I saw my shadow against the wall And wondered if I, as a child, Would recognize the outline I saw my shadow against the wall I saw my shadow against the light I threw my shadow against the night I’m starting to wonder If any time is left at all I saw my shadow against the wall
44.	At the Summit 08:04		buy track
45.	Fight for the Light 08:08	lyrics	buy track
I watched the shadow fall below Deeper as the void unfolds Passing leagues and darkening hues of time Revenge at first, it thought so sweet A broken gear’s recoiled retreat Murder’s out of tune, and sweet revenge grows harsh A figure sleeps, his eyelids close A ghost against the undertow Be it friend or foe, in someone else’s eyes To cheer the life that once stood tall To smash through shackled as he falls Now a man once feared, has lost his place in time (Nightkeeper Spy) Traitor, unbeliever you have sold your soul To the devil that is the sun, you’ve lost all control Your head is full of lies, it spreads like a disease A disease that must be crushed And will bring you to your knees (Steam Ranger) Your arrogance, your false belief, it will seal your doom The teach you all these fake truths Your burden is your tomb I asked so many questions, and they have led me here Keep us down here to control, the answer now so clear Do your duty, we are fueled by faith Your demise will signal our new day We will not stay in this eternal night This day we fight: We fight for our right to the light We’ll dance in the darkness ‘till our new dawn Night-keep is over, we bask in the sun Back to the surface, wardens of light As the sun shines bright: We fight for our right to the light (Nightkeeper Spy) Deserter! Beliefs rotting away Fools that stray you from the path dream of lighter days You were once my brother, now mean nothing to me I’ll slay you like a dog – your sun is just a dream (Steam Ranger) You will not strike me down; no we will not be stopped If we must fight, then so be it – you will die for your cause I, a warden of the light, will take us to the sun You will rot in the shadows, let darkness be your home Do your duty, we are fueled by faith Your demise will signal our new day We will not stay in this eternal night This day we fight: We fight for our right to the light We’ll dance in the darkness ‘till our new dawn Night-keep is over, we bask in the sun Back to the surface, wardens of light As the sun shines bright: We fight for our right to the light
46.	Quest for Power 01:11		buy track
47.	At the Sign of the Aperture 12:32	lyrics	buy track
When the dark will let you down Never wanna be around Cunning, are the hands of fate When the light will lift you up never want to be devout Cunning, are the hands of fate When your sight has let you down lifeless underground blinded, are the eyes of fate When your heart has given up Watching up above Hiding, are the eyes of hate The Sunrise will fail Arise from Betrayal I am the one I am the fallen one I hold the pieces of our time I am the one I am the chosen one I hold the secrets of our lives And will you stray and will you stray from the light? And will you stay and will you stay for the ride? When your mind is inside out Turning your life around Closing, are the jaws of fate When your dreams have turned to dust Broken and churned to rust Closing, are the jaws of fate The Sunrise will fail Arise from Betrayal I am the one I am the fallen one I hold the pieces of our time I am the one I am the chosen one I hold the secrets of our lives And will you stray and will you stray from the light? And will you stay and will you stay for the ride? I seek the silent moons the murder of the dawn the graves entwined with iron are the echoes of my soul Baptised in burning light a never-ending play A sanctified illusion to dream your life away You owned the world tonight A prophet of the damned A shroud upon the ancient ways A power to transcend I hold the final key Our history of pain Blinded by the mystery, the shadow will remain I am the one I am the fallen one I hold the pieces of our time I am the one I am the chosen one I hold the secrets of our lives And will you stray and will you stray from the light? And will you stay and will you stay for the ride? When the light will let you down Cunning, Are the hands of fate…
48.	A Machine Serves His Purpose 01:30		buy track
49.	The Clockwork Fable 05:12	lyrics	buy track
What were you, never cursed with growing up Born to fail, not to live as one of us And betray your trust Trade your heart for dust Rusting eyes, try to cry but words don’t come Afraid of life, the dreams you’d only miss out on Afraid automaton, blinked and now he’s gone A soul slips away, the sorrow in me Could it be this life was a clockwork fable? A child’s masquerade, to make life your game As you read the page in the clockwork fable Time will tell, not that time was on our side Setting sail, winds that blow from darkest tides The current of our lives, at its ebb tonight Waves of hate, break the wall and flood with light Oh it craves to stay, don’t you haunt these shores my child Where dark horizons lie, a sleeping sun will rise A soul slips away, the sorrow in me Could it be this life was a clockwork fable? A child’s masquerade, to make life your game As you take your place in the clockwork fable
50.	Escape from Cogtopolis 01:13		buy track
51.	Through the Lens 03:24	lyrics	buy track
Wake me this morning And tell me I’m not dreaming Hide shadows from me And tell me it’s alright Black waters, storm clouds Ships brave the oceans Nightmares and visions That tear my world apart I’ll see your face, but it’s only in my dreams I’ll see the sunset on the sea You’ll take my hand, but it’s just a memory I’ll see the sunset on the sea Can’t sleep in daylight Can’t dream in darkness Shelter in your eyes, Can’t find the words to say Step through the lens where, You left your friends there Just wait for daybreak And what the dawn will bring I’ll see your face, but it’s only in my dreams I’ll see the sunset on the sea You’ll take my hand, but it’s just a memory I’ll see the Sun, I’ll see the sun, I’ll see the sunrise in your eyes
52.	Epilogue - Oh Bugger! 01:01		buy track

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Cogtopolis, the city beneath the surface, no daylight has been seen by the inhabitants in living memory. The Sun: a whisper, a legend...

Available now as a combined, 5 act adventure, encompassing all songs from "The Clockwork Fable" (2016) and "Clockwork Prologue" (2019) Albums in full narrative order! Available here, together at either a discounted price or as a FREE download with every purchase of "The Clockwork Prologue" CD-Digipak*

Dive down into the world of clockwork mechanisms and a fantastic story of a few rebellious inhabitants fleeing from the alleged safety into uncertainty...

Check out clockworkfable.com/The-Clockwork-Fable-The-Story.html for more information...

*Download code provided as a sticker shipped with physical order.
Includes a Digital PDF containing both album's liner notes and lyrics.

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released May 5, 2023

The Clockwork Prologue (Tracks 1-19):
released July 1, 2019

The Orchestra:
Dean Marsh - Guitars/Synth Programming/Mandolin/Octave Mandola/Additional Bass
Ben Bell -Piano/Hammond Organ/Synths/Fretless Bass/Nashville Guitar
Stefan Hepe -Drums/Percussion
Christopher Ewen - Bass/Bargain Snacks
Luke Severn - Tubular Bells/Goose Flute
with
William Stewart - Violins

The Choir:
Keri Farish -The singing voice of the Clokkemaker and her all-seeing spyglasses
Dean Marsh - The singing voice of the good people of Cogtopolis
Luke Severn - The singing voice of the Nightkeepers
Ben Bell - The Choir of Doom
with
Melissa Hollick - Sung words of Eve

The Actors:
Mark Benton - Spoken words of King Dahks/City Announcer/City Official and distant expulsions of the Lamplighter
Tim Munro - Spoken words of The Tinker
Alicia Marsh - Spoken words of Eve/various market traders
Bill Fellows - Spoken words of Dirty Doyle/Irontooth/Nightkeeper Spy
Paul Kavanagh - Spoken words of The Primarch
Keri Farish- Spoken words of The Clokkemaker/Washer Ethel
Christopher Ewen - Spoken words of The Boy
Ben Bell - Spoken words of the deranged Steam-Conveyor
Rafferty Marsh - Spoken words of an urchin at the weasel pie stall
with
You, the Listener - as the Primarch’s street informant

Produced by Dean Marsh.
All music mastered by Pete Maher.
Recorded and mixed 2018-2019 at Lamplighter Studios, Suffolk; Patchwork Studios, Surrey; Friggin’-Hot-Attic-Studios, Germany.

Main dialogue recorded at Appleyard Studios, East Sussex.
Additional vocals recorded at Notes Studios, North Shields.
Additional Tinker voice-overs recorded by Jack Munro at Glass Crush Audio.

The Clockwork Fable (Tracks 20-52)
released May 1, 2016

The Orchestra:
Dean Marsh - Guitar/Synths/Mandolin/Octave Mandola/Bass
Christopher Ewen - Bass/Bargain Snacks
Stefan Hepe - Drums/Percussion
with
Matt Stevens - Ambient Guitars
Dave Oberlé - Bodhrán/Tan-Tan
Nathan Madsen - Saxophone

The Choir:
Dean Marsh - The singing voice of the good people of Cogtopolis
Luke Severn - The singing voice of the Nightkeepers
Arjen Lucassen - Sung words of Armistead
Blaze Bayley - Sung words of the Primarch
Dave Oberlé - Sung words of Pastor Simon
Melissa Hollick - Sung words of Eve
Dying Seed - Background chants

The Actors:
Mark Benton - Spoken words of the Lamplighter/Prison Guard/First Secretary
Zach Galligan - Spoken words of the Steam Ranger
Tim Munro - Spoken words of the Tinker
Alicia Marsh - Spoken words of Eve
Paul Barnhill - Spoken words of Pastor Simon
Bill Fellows - Spoken words of Armistead/Nightkeeper Spy
Paul Kavanagh - Spoken words of the Primarch/Nightkeeper Brethren
Christopher Ewen - Spoken words of the Boy
Luke Severn - Spoken words of Second Secretary/another Nightkeeper Brethren

with

You, the Listener as "The Traveller"

Recorded between December 2014 and February 2016 at various hideous Hobbit caves.

Story written by Dean Marsh and Luke Severn with additional contributions by Stefan Hepe and Christopher Ewen.

Mixed and mastered by Dean Marsh.
Drums recorded and mixed by Stefan Hepe at Friggin'-Hot-Attic-Studios in Germany.

No necklaces, cogs or fancy gizmos were harmed during the making of this album!

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Prog/Folk/Rock from the UK. Aided by a merry band of misfits, Gandalf's Fist are your new favourite Cult band waiting to be discovered!

Gandalf's Fist draw on their mutual love for classic rock bands such as Pink Floyd, The Who, and even the likes of Iron Maiden. ... more

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