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Upon Your Rise
01:32
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Upon your rise in the morning
Upon a dream far away
Upon a time upon a place
Upon a child in the beginning
Who has hopelessly lost his way
A child of autumn lost in the sky
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Early one morning with my head filled with thoughts
Down by the water wandered till I got lost
Lay there a white flower delicate and soft
Fading by the hour she'll be gone forevermore
As the moss grows thick and green
Will you find the answer in the question of your being
As the fire burns swift and strong
The meaning is forgotten and the path meanders long
I came upon a garden in a melancholy hour
To find the knights in silver had betrayed the gentle flower
Daughter of the sunlight keeper of the moon
Shadow of the darkness deep in the gentle June
As the moss grows thick and green
Will you find the answer in the question of your being
As the fire burns swift and strong
The meaning is forgotten and the path meanders long
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Spring
04:41
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Spring again at your door
Think you've felt this way before
Love was here now love is gone
Eternally it spins its song
Encapsulating all its dreams
Turn around again it's gone it seems
Spring comes laughing with the wind
To wash away the winter's sin
The resurrection of your mind
Along the moss stone bridge of time
Tumbling down the castle green
Searching for the flower queen
Spring children dance around the sun
Waiting for the sacred one
Spring again at your door
Think you've traveled here before
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My Dear Alice
04:17
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The queen's face carved into a tree
Down the rabbit hole and slip into the sea
Dandelions melting into me
Who are you I am you and you are me
My dear Alice her majesty awaits
We welcome you to reality
Everyone is mad there's no escape can't you see
We welcome you to reality
In a lovely garden flowers say hello
The Cheshire points direction where to go
My dear Alice her majesty awaits
We welcome you to reality
Everyone is mad there's no escape can't you see
We welcome you to reality
Alice through the looking glass
My dear Alice - Where are you going?
Where have you been? Who are you?
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Slaying Of The Dragon
04:04
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I set out on a journey on a dark and foggy day
Across the moat and through the trees I went upon my way
I fell onto the cave of a fire-breathing beast
Who could scorch the brooding earth and have me for his feast
So I drew my sword and killed the fiend but then I realized
The beauty I destroyed as I looked into his sorrowed eyes
The slaying of the dragon for the honor of the sovereign
The slaying of the dragon or the bleeding of your heart
As I traveled 'long the shore his head bound to my back
To show him as a prize as lanterns lit the sky of black
Upon when I returned, approached the drawbridge gate
There was I to find mine was the dragon's fate
The slaying of the dragon for the honor of the sovereign
The slaying of the dragon or the bleeding of your heart
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Far, Far, Far Away
02:51
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Willows bend and sigh whispering ancient lullabies
Ringing through the fields of a fairy tale
Silhouetted in her eyes tears of emptiness, she cries
Remembering simple times of long ago
Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate
Find me if you can...
As the evening's shawl surrounds the ivy walls
Silence falls upon...
The waters pure trickle slowly as the days
And vanish in the forest of uncertainty
Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate
Find me if you can as the hour is growing late
Far, far, far away beyond the garden gate
Find me if you can as the hour is growing late
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Matilda Of The Meadow
07:00
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Once I knew a girl whose hair flowed like water
Eyes like berries in the spring
She'd tread lightly like a feather or a flower
And quiver so helplessly
And I'd call her Matilda of the meadow
The one who could unlock my heart
A sanctuary from tomorrow
A love for without I would die
Matilda would plant a seed in the garden
And watch as the meadow would grow
Her laughter it danced on the wind and the sun
Her magic I did follow
Come winter come spring
Through summer and autumn
I watched her meadow grow
And I'd call her Matilda of the meadow
The one who could unlock my heart
A sanctuary from tomorrow
A love for without I would die
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In the green shades of day
Golden summer children play
Tell us stories make us dream
Of a land where no one has been before
Hide behind the willow vines
Play near a lulling stream
For soon again the day will fade
Nothing will be the way it seemed
Slide along the hazel grove
Plucking tiny flower petal cloves
Wander far and frequent
Keep it our little secret come this way
Don't go and tell your sister
For she won't understand
Just run along you're almost there
To this far-off land
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Along The Castle Wall
02:06
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Along the walls of the village play the children
Enchanted fields through the haze
Returning thoughts of all the colors of your promise
Appear in lavender and jade
Marble soldiers guard the door that leads to nowhere
And dreams that wash upon the shore
Along the castle wall the minstrel sings a story
But no one's listening anymore
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Upon A Dream
01:04
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Upon a day, lonely day
Walking out in the rain
Upon a dream
Near a gentle stream
Like a cloud it fades away
Upon a dream...
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Rivers
02:19
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Follow the sound that leads you through the trees
And echoes from the hills through the forest to the sea
There you may find a fountain made of gold
That sparkles and shines, creates the rivers you were told
Follow the rivers
Follow the rivers
Follow the rivers flow
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The Kingdom Must Fall
10:08
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You built your own kingdom, but soon it must fall
Disorder and confusion behind the citadel wall
You know you'll be left helpless as the night devours the sun
Alone in your darkness you'll see what you've become
And as the spring winds gently kiss upon your love
And branches bend to the sea...
Come with me I am harmless, just a little lost among the stars
Silence holds the mirror to reflection
Reflection holds the passage to the stars
And inside the walls are crumbling, the archer's been shot down
Disillusion in the fortress, the king has given up his crown
And as the spring winds gently kiss upon your love
And branches bend to the sea...
The kingdom must fall
Ancient walls built so tall, they must fall down
Through the years all your tears, they must fall down
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Constantine Chicago, Illinois
Constantine's songs are filled with pastoral tales of adventure, beauty and sorrow.
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