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On sacred sound
05:35
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ON SACRED GROUND
OMAR:
Why should I wonder?
why do I stand afraid
she's six feet under
so cold within her grave
Sacred Ground
On Sacred Ground
Sacred Ground
On Sacred Ground
So Death awaits me,
though not from any ghost
but by the religion
of her unwanted hosts
Sacred Ground
On Sacred Ground
Sacred Ground
On Sacred Ground
ANWAR:
A chance to say his last goodbyes,
A chance to mourn his love
From Where she looked down on him, from high above
Or is she locked away, lost beneath the soil
Wrapped in true faith only found on sacred ground
As I warned him,
there are dangers here
and the guards overcame him
as he was led away
Condemned to die alone
the dawn tomorrow will carry his soul
A chance for grim reflection
there's no need for sound
The solitude surrounds him
and his flesh is bound
The gathering wind is screaming
it's time to fly away
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A letter home
03:47
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A LETTER HOME
ANWAR: (reads aloud Omars letter to his father)
Putting pen to paper, I need to tell of my fate
I should have spoken sooner now its late
No time for a what could have been
because it is what it is
See you again in a tranquil sweeter place
Remember me as I am
Remember all my love
I was the child in the Sun, running in the dusty street
So carefree, laughing, playing with my friends
Its so funny to think back on those early days with you
So clearly I can see you waving back
I climb on your shoulders
And hold on to you tight
We run so fast together
A father with his son
And the days they went so fast
and we grew apart in pain
with no reconciliations
that time would never come again
ANWAR:
So here I am for you
You will not die today
Put on these clothes quickly
and then let us be away
Run as fast as you can for your life
Run to the distant sands
Run with the breeze at your back
Run from this hateful land
OMAR & ANWAR:
Running fast for a new life
Running fast through all the sand
Running like the wind glides onwards
Goodbye familiar lands
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My fathers answer
05:08
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MY FATHER'S ANSWER
Father:
Oh my child, your words so moved me
It's clear, that we wasted time
If you were here I would hold on tightly
I pray that you will find peace at last
Omar:
I am now delivered whole
and I ran home to you
Oh Father, please forgive me
Tell me now what I must do
Father:
If you still love her, you will not fail to find her
Take this parchment, it shows all the ways to go
Omar:
Signs appear before my eyes
A map to the Underworld
Mountain passageways, rivers to cross
Reached by the last full moon day
Omar:
Dangers surround me if I take to this path
travelling under where no man should ever pass
I swear by love that I will get to the cave and inside
Fortune favours the brave and foolish to survive
Father:
No time for goodbyes, the days are now shorter
You must return or you will perish alone
So take the task and follow your heart
Pack up, be ready ... to make a fresh start
Omar:
See her face it appears before me
I am the hope and the dream
Journeying onwards to Death
enacting this desperate scheme
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Desert crossing
06:28
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DESERT CROSSING
Omar:
What am I a Jester or Hero?
Caught in moments of pity, doubt and fear
Lost in thoughts as my life is fading
I am writing a brand new story
Whilst you slept there cold and underground
I have chased up the roads towards salvation
If they find my old white bones here
Bleached by the scorching desert Sun
Mark my name as today's Reckless Fool
Omar, Sherin:
Keep breathing in and out
heart beats working to rhythm
Legs do not give way and fall
Pulling up from the sand
Deep heat fires the day light
Horizons fixed call me to "Stay!"
Omar:
Water gone, landmarks gone
Lost in an endless dusty bowl
Calling your name with no one left to hear me
The wind howls out my epitaph
Singing songs of luckless wanderers
I have chased up the roads with nowhere to go
Omar, Sherin:
Keep breathing in and out
heart beats working to rhythm
Legs do not give way and fall
Pulling up from the grains
Deep heat fires the day light
Horizons fixed call me to "Stay!"
Omar:
Sherin I am coming darling,
hope has all but gone
All my prayers have failed me
Gods have left me
with the buzzards flying near
So will we be together, I only wish I knew
You'd think the sacrifice would always see me back with you
Omar, Sherin:
Deep breathing in and out
heart beats losing their rhythm
Legs all but give way, I fall
Down on the resting sand
Dark heat fires the day light
Horizons lost call me away
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Caravan
06:03
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CARAVAN
Omar:
Upon my waking I know
My life to my saviour owed
and my feelings show
Whatever saved me tonight
I need a way to make it right
So I tell him my tale
Hilal:
Karma feeds the soul
I will aid your goal
Omar:
Bless you my friend
Look here at the map of my way to go
Omar:
The gate will only appear
for the keeper at dawns light
I must meet him there
Whatever happens next
that is hidden still from me
but I know I need to see
Hilal:
You will need this more
A coin to pay for going through the door
Omar:
The Map and the Coin
Now I feel I'm ready to leave
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6. |
Amenti´s coin ( instr. )
03:27
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7. |
A new shangri-la
06:45
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A NEW SHANGRI-LA
Omar:
Another way to now go
While the sand turns to high rise plateau
I work holding to the face
of the rocks and the stone of this place
Fingers find home as if they know
the path up ahead moving slow
And the wind's going to blow
Upward and onward I go
High out there in the blue,
where time starts to move slowly
Birds will circle their prey
Caught in a moment alone
I watch and I wish
That I could fly up there so free
So I think of my goal
lost frozen glimpses of home
Another way to now flow
as a path has a passage to show
Squeezing in the rock face
A route to a different place
Hold onto hope it ever grows
Look at the valley below
and I still, still want to know
Where do all my dreams go?
Down there into the green,
where time still moves so slowly
Bees and butterflies float
dancing around through the trees
I move to the shore
of the mirror, the lake so serene
and I take a cool drink
waters so crystal and clean
So Who is the girl
I see, smiling so grateful
when she welcomes me home
Rest here bring peace to your soul
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8. |
The temptress
04:04
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THE TEMPTRESS
Omar:
"Oh please hear my story
A tale of love and loss
No heroes or glory
and the pathways still to cross
I can only stay till morning as I must be on my way"
Temptress:
"So rest awhile here with me
For I have been all on my own
and patient I have stayed lonely
For someone to come in
For someone to come
Into this hermit house
Hermit's house
Please be with me now"
Omar:
as the wine begins to dull my mind
I can feel her moving in, behind me
She strokes my neck and whispers her promises
"Forget her, you will not know Sherin soon"
Omar:
Get back from me woman, spare me your lies
You are beautiful but a serpent in disguise
Sherin is my life, my heart and my soul
I go now and leave you again alone
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9. |
Arrival
08:40
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ARRIVAL
Omar:
The Sun is rising high
on a new day
Darkness is yearning for the morning
and the cave is found
Waiting for me
With coin in hand I stand
Amenti:
I am the keeper of the Soul Gate
Omar:
Please take my fee and make it open
Amenti:
The price is paid so enter at will
Omar:
with fear I will step through
Amenti:
See the door now starts to close...
Omar:
No time to waste I cross the void
Amenti:
... on the fate you rashly chose
Omar:
There were no choices left for me
Amenti:
Destiny leads you, follow blind
Omar:
Onto what calls me in the dark
Omar:
On the other side
Caverns made of light
symbols adorn the coloured sidewalls
The moss eiderdown
Floors damp yet sweet
I search for meanings here
Amenti:
As you now enter realms of the dead...
Omar:
You can no longer hide my fortune
Amenti:
...you will encounter more of my kind
Omar:
Your warnings welcome doubt
Amenti:
If your quest is true and pure...
Omar:
I'll swear upon my life for you
Amenti:
...then I hope you can endure
Omar:
But there is nothing here to find
and the trail grown cold is lost
so I seek a guiding sign
I'll find you
Wait for me
I'm coming home
Death won't stop me
And love will lead me
I'm coming
to bring you home
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