1. |
King of The Dreaming
05:55
|
|||
|
I climbed up a ladder
just to watch you sleep
The waking world doesn’t matter
when you’re in the land of the Dreaming
I sit by your window
just to watch you sleep
I sprinkle sweet dust in your eyes
and send you off to the Dreaming
On the road to the Dreamtime
before the gates of Ivory
On the edge of Nightmare
is the House of Mystery
And don’t walk through the hallway
You might wake the midnight creeps
But don’t be afraid little girl
I am the king of the dreaming
My sister is Death
My brother is Destiny
My guardian angel
Is a bird with big black wings
|
||||
2. |
It's on Fire!
04:15
|
|||
|
Before he woke a starlit night was all his people ever knew
He had to craft by hand the stones to catch the light
He holds the flame within his heart and gifts to leave us all behind
But his soul...
It's on fire!
It's on fire, have you not seen it?
there's a name if he should need it
by his own flame, it's on fire!
The more he yearns for greater power will his father turn away
He hates the darkness more than any form of night
If only creation was meant for us but no one knows the way
But his soul...
It's on fire!
It's on fire, have you not felt it?
there's the word and you should heed it
listen well, it's on fire!
Since ever evil entered here all minds corrupted long ago
We had to find ourselves a way to keep the light
But they devoured it all and thirsted more and soon consumed their own
And his soul...
it's on fire!
It's on fire, that why he made them
never rests, ever pursues them
calling to him, it's on fire!
And his soul...
it's on fire!
|
||||
3. |
Love & Time
07:33
|
|||
|
You many know, because you see it
you may know, because you dream it
Come look close
It disappears
Better remember the shape, before it sinks back through the veil
Better remember the feel, if it fades no one will know that it was real
Counting time, close your eyes now
Know its name, say it aloud again
Come look close
It re-appears
You are released from the moment, finding yourself upon the spiral stairs
Chiseling into the stone, if you look around you might fall away
Never to know when you are again
Love and time, find yourself through them
Love and time, the numbers prove them
Come look close
You’re always here
Savor the weight of the steel, as you carve out the numbers
Know your companion is here, he’ll awaken you when it’s time to come home
So you’ll return to when you are again
|
||||
4. |
The Ballad of Necron 99
04:27
|
|||
|
Rode up on a dusty trail
on his fine, big, black horse
His father’s sword by his side,
rode through battlefields strewn with human blood
He came to us to show a path
to living, everlasting love
A peaceful offer to ride with him
and learn his ways and speak his oath
A force had called upon him
and a gentle bird guided him on
An onyx mask upon his helm,
a blast of fire hidden by his eyes
His name was Necron 99 and he wreaked havoc to settle the score
His own death painted for him on a flag that flew over the sun
|
||||
5. |
The Great Circle
04:30
|
|||
6. |
Song of Outland Warrior
08:44
|
|||
|
From the lands to the East he came riding alone
Through the hills of Kithlitha and the meadows of Sohn
This brave Outland Warrior of the Black River tribe
Meant to battle the demon in dark water cove
Guerramon we did call him, this foul demon was known
Was a terrible fish from the deep hells below
His assassins and mutants came to rob all our gold
And we had naught to fight them, so we prayed to the stones
Offered a young beauty of red hair and green eyes
Her name was Syntonia, a breath-taking bride
We begged Outland Warrior "when you take demon's heart
Please save us his lungs for our banishing arts…
...for our banishing arts"
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
Come save our poor souls from this fish demon's host
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
It's a fell song we're singing, but no more fell than most
With a kiss from Syntonia the great warrior did go
Into the dark waters in search of his foe
Guerramon awaited him deep in his cave
With designs to show Outland his watery grave
But the warrior was fierce and dealt fish a death blow
Ripped the heart from the demon that his blood-priests would smoke
With a promise to Syntonia he returned to his home
But he left behind Guerramon's murderous ghost…
...his murderous ghost
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
Come save us again from that fish demon's host
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
return to this land, face this foul demon ghost
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
With the first ice of winter fish demon ghost roams
Carry on, carry on, oh Outland Warrior
Come back to your beauty and our Ill-fated home…
…save our ill-fated home
|
||||
Outland Warrior Alexandria, Virginia
Manny Manriquez is a Washington, DC-area based musician and Japan/foreign policy specialist. He started the Outland Warrior project in the summer of 2015. "Outland Warrior: a Rock'n'Roll Opera" is his first solo album.
If you like Outland Warrior: a Rock'n'Roll Opera, you may also like:
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 12, 2013
go to album
Last Splash (30th Anniversary Edition)
by The Breeders
The Breeders’ iconic “Last Splash” is now available on cassette, exclusively on Bandcamp.
go to album
The Art Of Losing
by The Anchoress
The second release from Welsh artist The Anchoress is a devastating and powerful meditation on loss.
go to album
At the Edge
by City of the Lost
featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 12, 2013
go to album
Our Birth is but a Sleep and a Forgetting
by It’s Not Night: It’s Space
Infectious sludge finally arrives after four years of furtive jamming, out on Small Stone Recordings.
go to album
Blue Record (Deluxe Version)
by Baroness
featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 15, 2023
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 15, 2023
go to album
