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Station Theme
03:52
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First Thoughts
03:22
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The smallest of things we know
Well I know it’s only mine
Through a mirror times a million I will show
In searching for one like us
Like we all may have a twin
Where we go or where we’ve been
Even now I long
And I will make contact again
As close as we once were
So many now have given back
And they gave themselves to find
Just the reason or a rhyme to carry on
And everything in how it formed
as the tones were not forseen
but as if they’d always been
Long may the land recall
How you once became like the earth
Please find us again
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3. |
Back To The Start
07:11
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Shut down and safe
Gone far away
Somehow I’m here again
Thawed out yesterday
Turbulent times
Sigh of relief
Acceptance I’ll give
If I can only live again
Deep into dreams
Seems the only means we have, are to risk a life
Who will go?
I move ahead, look to the future see a pawn
Long since given up
Who will it be?
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4. |
Missing
06:29
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Storms approaching from the west
Great birds fill up the sky
One lands near me
A message here to see
They’re taking me far away
I have not even finished half my life
And half the things I knew
I didn’t know
One day they’d take control
It crept out of the dark just like I was told
Fading past, we’ll be here living out our final days without light
And though we’re still alive, we finally realise
The future won’t arrive, won’t be another ride
There won’t be another port in sight
Strength that’s in the pieces of this thing that holds the ship together is lost
We’ve made it through on less
And through these narrow sides that seem to be much higher now to trust
that we can make it by
We didn’t know, one day we’d lose control
It crept out of the dark just like we were told
Fading eyes, we’ll be here calling out our teenage years without fight
And though we’re still alive, we finally decide
There’s nothing left to try, no changing with the tides,
There won’t be another word to write
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5. |
Charlie's Kitchen
07:43
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6. |
Another Silent World
02:10
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7. |
Sand
24:31
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Calmly waiting locked in place I
Check again before I say goodbye
Bright and clear there’s every reason
Soon to be so many miles away
And all that I’ve learned
could be forgotten
In a moment I’d still act
and honour is intact
A picture appears
in my mind it fears
All of this may come to dust
A flame to break all bonds
The hope of everyone
And soaring above
And suddenly
Staring up through floors of wires and glass
Metal constructs and the questions last
Variations, firing sequence set
In my pocket everyone I’ve met
And not so long now
A faint pull towards
A sister alone
A fine distant shore
Cassandra weep not
In the mire won’t be caught
We’ll reap what we’ve wrought
And when we do go
No day or night we’ll know
And roaring above
And finally
There was a time
When all was hope for futures
And the sound
was long in its stare
Freezing moths, find sunlit air
In the wastes
and dark between
Clutch this breath, of worn out things
Few more
Waiting for, waiting for…
Panel light
little sun
X and O
and life is done
Smooth halls
White gleam of youth
Memory is friend
To drift is truth
Theory has said
Machines have spoken
Lights all are red
And calling
Cassie waves her spell and shows the way
Take my hand again/Hold on and find the wind
Walk in beauty
Love eternity
Beacon it shines for us/Something is there for us
Wind almost throws me off side
Air fresh and burning sun
Waves to each other confide
Skirting across we run
Take the wheel
And pull around on my mark
we’re stopping here
And down we go
I wish I
wish I were old enough to take a dive alone
and give you all I’d find
Storms of last March set us back
but April showed promise and signs
We knew that patterns would come
We’d show them after all
I grew up
Among the sailors and the searchers on their screens
And so I’d dream
From the rocks
And the sands and far below these five seas
I’d find my fleece
Moon picks us out in the night
One ship alone all awake
The signal keeps calling, signal keeps shouting!
What we’ve been seeking and all understanding will change
Forever more
I have been
From the big lake to the shoal and I have seen
What few have seen
From the deep, to the furthest reaches will eventually
Lead us on
I did see
And all the threads begun that day they will remain
Will stay with me
I can feel
We’re about to break away from all we knew
All convention
Grasping for the line
You never held out for me
Erode away my time
My eyes are what I can’t see
Future and past
Are all right here before me
We’re not at home
And everything is always
The smallest of things we know
Reaching out and distance is
No barrier and meaningless right now
And so large a system calls
Just to talk from whence it came
Just to know another’s name
Wondering out
Vastness and voids it can’t reach
Till lifelines were sent
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Monarch Trail Hamilton, Ontario
When keyboard player/vocalist Ken Baird had written some music which seemed to require more collaborative arrangements than
usual, he asked drummer Chris Lamont and Bassist Dino Verginella if they’d be willing to be a part of “Monarch Trail”. John Mamone, Kelly Kereliuk and Steve Cochrane
expand the guitar side of the band.Two albums now completed, the third album is due soon!
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Monarch Trail recommends:
La La La: Variations On a Happy Song
by Steve Cochrane
Steve's most recent solo album--a big epic journey!
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Visions From The Present
by Art Griffin's Sound Chaser
Great instrumental music also features Kelly on guitar and Steve Negus on drums! Plus excellent violin from Victoria Yey. And I played keyboard solos in a couple of tunes
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Excellent solo album from John!
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Forsaken Innocence
by Drifting Sun
supported by 23 fans who also own “Sand”
Soothfully a phenomenal prog rock album—an instant classic. What motivates me to say so, is the music’s incredible expressiveness & its wonderfully cinematic song structures. Jargon is a very good fit with this band. It is quite evident that the band’s current lineup have great chemistry together & that they share a common affinity to this vein of music. I look forward to their next creation. Drifting Sun are definitely one of prog rock’s brightest lights. Thank you, DS! 9+/10.
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supported by 23 fans who also own “Sand”
Technically layered, vibrant, organic, has a real groove and deep well of power.
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