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Ode To Echo (24​​​​​​​/​​​​​​​96 hi​​​​​​​-​​​​​​​res version)

by Glass Hammer

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GARDEN OF HEDON Music by Shikoh, Schendel, Babb and Groves Lyrics by Groves Sensory—the grass a velvet pad for your skin And that’s just where it begins Taste, touch, see--the flowers’ scent a buzz for your brain Tomorrow offers more of the same Welcome to your dreams The Garden of Hedon We’ve so carelessly sown, see what has grown (so then) Tell me how it grows This Garden of Hedon And the wily vines will they entwine everyone else? Sensory—see what pleasure indulgence brings Taste, touch, see—appetite is everything Tell me does it fill you? Are you happy? Serve the belly, live for fun When the end comes do we die full? Glutted on the greed of countless selfish deeds Welcome to your dreams The Garden of Hedon We’ve so carelessly sown, see what has grown (so then) Tell me how it grows This Garden of Hedon And the wily vines still they entwine everyone else Sensory—the flies a constant choir for your ears (In Hedon even bugs we hold dear!) Taste, touch, see—the sky a vivid uncensored screen Showing everyone’s deepest dreams Sensory— as always there’s the fruit of the tree No restrictions, everything’s free Taste, touch, see—the Garden offers you everything In Hedon you can always be king Tell me does it feel good? Do you sleep well? Comfortable with who you are When the end comes will we stand tall Without any shame when we hear our name? The Garden welcomes you, ma’am Please sit down and find twice as much as you’ll eat Cornucopia of desires Lying there at your feet The Garden welcomes you, sir Please relax and find everything that you want Very little of what you need no bread, no water, no God
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Misantrog 10:04
MISANTROG Music by Schendel and Groves Lyrics by Groves Dancing on the walls playful flickering And though colorless they cheer me with their show There’s no day or night, there’s no sound of life Yet I’m not alone for the darkness walks with me Leave me safe to be In a place where there’s no need to see Where the shadows are so real And the coldness that I feel reminds me I’m alive Good intent a Rescue plan Police? A priest? A ‘yes you can bless you’ man? Drag me out show me the way Awaken me to light of day hear you say “This is all for you my friend Your loneliness has come to end we were sent!” Stabbing flash it’s shocking me Intruding light laughs mocking me mocking me But I admit at times if I confess my crimes A Daphne would be nice All the light not even the sun can blaze so bright as to Burn away the cold of the dark or keep me company This light cannot melt what’s inside The cold reminds me I’m alive Please leave me to myself The cold reminds me I’m alive “How have you lived for all these years all by yourself? We’ll drag you out, show you the way Awaken you to light of day!” Heard them say “This is all for you, old man Your loneliness has come to an end!” A stabbing flash is shocking me, mocking me, mocking me… No don’t pity me or just think me mad Despite your entourage we know it’s you that’s all alone I know that can’t be true to someone like you You’re unwelcome here. You trespass with your light Leave me safe to be In a place where there’s no need to see Where the shadows are so real And the coldness that I feel reminds me I’m alive “All the love—the love of the world Could ever change his heart or his mind Combined with all the light of the sun He chooses darkness for he is blind He wants no light he’ll never see The darkness is his legacy We’ll leave him to himself! The cold can keep him company!” And so he’ll live all of his years all by himself
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Crowbone 07:26
CROWBONE Music by Schendel Lyrics by Robert Low Flung out from the fjord cliff Fledglings on the flight’s edge Spun, whirled Heaved on the slow-black, crow-black Night of black-glass sea Feathers on the breath of gods We are our own wyrd Our own brothers Who face the spit of the seas And dare to lift our wings as if we were not Feathers on the breath of gods
4.
I Am I 08:18
I AM I Music by Babb and Schendel Lyrics by Babb Echo Ever the smoke was swirling Wrapping itself around me Ever the light was fading Is that when you found me? Who are you? Why have you come? If I stay maybe you'll find yourself Come what may I cannot break your spell Narcissus I am I And yet I I am Legion I will speak And will be heard For I am I Echo Are we but shards of that mirror that lies Broken in many pieces These are the children we made Yet for the smoke which billows As the light doth fade I would find them Together we'd run away Yet I stay, maybe you'll find yourself Come what may I think you made the smoke Narcissus There is no smoke There is but one, yet many I am I Echo Then you must walk in the darkness alone You cannot save this wretch – he perceives that he is God He nearly said as much – if you had paid attention You cannot save this wretch – he perceives that he is God He nearly said as much – if you’d been listening Now you must wrest control– run and save yourself from him He'll be close behind plotting your wreck and ruin Something dark and twisted seized his mind – there's nothing left to save Narcissus There is no smoke There is but one, one yet many And here in darkness we abide Narcissus I am, I am ascending I am, I am transcending Echo Then you must walk in the darkness alone There are those we must leave behind if we're to save ourselves For all the pity in the world cannot save this one who loves Only himself - for beyond all reason he chose He chose himself
5.
THE GREY HILLS Music by Babb and Groves Lyrics by Babb Wide stretch the grey hills beyond our ken Where roam the sad, haunted shadows of men Why do they roam 'neath the leaden sky Heedless of doom, for they are doomed to die Searching in vain, yet unceasing they seek Ever they look though their chances are bleak Ever they climb the grey hills, then descend Down hopeless trails which wind and wend 'Mid the grey hills 'Neath leaden sky Wander the weary men Searching for dreams long flown Dreams best left forgotten Once they were told of a pool hidden well 'Mid the grey hills by a powerful spell This is the lure, ever drawing them on There, they are told, all their dreams have gone If they could find the insatiate well Plead with the spirit which in it doth dwell Then might their dreams come rushing back home No more 'mid sorrowful hills would they roam 'Mid the grey hills 'Neath leaden sky Wander the sons of men Searching for dreams long flown Years have they squandered in search of their visions Dreams best left forgotten What feeds the pool wherein their dreams were drowned The tears of children who in sorrow found The world was broken and by one, betrayed Their faith in dreams was doomed to fade And so, to and fro They roam in search of this Though knowing they seek it in vain Doomed are the sons of men Searching for dreams long flown Doomed are the sons of men Who search for dreams of their youth Years have they squandered in search of their visions Dreams best left forgotten Better to dream Dreams that have yet to be dreamed
6.
PORPOISE SONG Music and lyrics by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC INC.) My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away There's so much to say A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice And it cannot rejoice Wanting to be, to hear and to see Crying to the sky But the porpoise is laughing good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Clicks, clacks Riding the backs of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while The ego sings of castles and kings and things That go with a life of style Wanting to feel, to know what is real Living is a lie But the porpoise is waiting good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
7.
Panegyric 04:15
PANEGYRIC Music and lyrics by Schendel I was a bullet that flew straight and true Though the shooter missed his mark I was a sunset on a distant planet On which no living soul will stand I was a light burning in an empty room I was a tree that fell alone in a wood And I made a magnificent sound
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Ozymandias 08:16
OZYMANDIAS Music by Babb and Groves Lyrics by Babb Behold this sad and lifeless thing It, to my heart a chill doth bring Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Hath stood the ages here alone Half sunk in cracked earth lays nearby A face which staring at the sky Lies dumb, yet terror once it spoke Yet time hath dealt its killing stroke It broken lies and chokes on sand In death it found no tomb The spirit fell which once indwelt him Hath fled to find its doom Eyes bright, shined like dragon fire from Lofty throne he ruled, he reigned While his subjects cringed in fear beneath his gaze The sculptor labored ‘neath his gaze 'Twould be a monument of praise Thus he enshrined the royal sneer Of him, this Tyrant-King of Fear I kneel to wipe away the dust of years With trembling fingers trace the words Found etched upon its base They said, “I am King of Kings See my works and know despair!” Yet broken now he lies forgotten! Let’s turn and leave him there Nothing remains but this colossal wreck of stone Round it boundless, bare stretch wide the desert sands Forgotten, he lies Here, his legacy dies I think he died a bitter death A curse he flung with dying breath “I am slain and my deeds were done in vain But others shall come as tyrants rise up.” And surely I've seen his kind aplenty, again and again Empathy in short supply, lovers of themselves Victor or the victim? You must choose whom you will serve Pride hath slain this king of old Yet his curse will surely stand For fate is a treacherous thing And none can know what it brings But I for one will walk away And seek out those who yearn for love We folk with empathy must ever be on guard for those without.

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Featuring co-founders Steve Babb and Fred Schendel joined by guitarist Kamran Shikoh,drummer Aaron Raulston, vocalist Jon Davison and fan-favorites Carl Groves and Susie Bogdanowicz. The fourteenth studio album by Americas top-prog group also features cameo performances by past GH members Walter Moore and Michelle Young with cameos by Randy Jackson of Zebra, Rob Reed of Magenta and David Ragsdale of Kansas. Artwork by Michal Xaay Loranc, mastered by Bob Katz of Digital Domain, Ode To Echo is the highly anticipated studio album by prog-legends Glass Hammer.

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released March 11, 2014

Music by Babb, Schendel, Groves and Shikoh
Lyrics by Babb, Schendel and Groves
“Crowbone” lyrics by Robert Low
“Porpoise Song” music and lyrics by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC INC.)

Fred Schendel: keyboards, guitars and backing vocals
Steve Babb: bass guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
Kamran Alan Shikoh: electric, acoustic, and classical guitars, electric sitar
Aaron Raulston: Drums
Carl Groves: Lead vocals
Jon Davison: Lead and backing vocals
Susie Bogdanowicz: Lead and backing vocals

Featuring...

Walter Moore (vocals), Michelle Young (vocals), Randy Jackson (lead guitar and backing vocals on “Crowbone”), Rob Reed (piano and first mini-moog solo on “The Cave”), David Ragsdale (violin on “Crowbone”)

Produced by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb
Recorded and mixed at Sound Resources, Chattanooga, TN USA (soundresources.net)
Additional vocal recordings at England Recording Studio (Recorded in England, Smitty!) and North Avenue Studios – Orange City, FL USA
Mastering by Bob Katz of Digital Domain
Art direction by Michal Xaay Loranc (how do you want your credits to read Xaay?)
Administration and band photography: Julie Babb
Live sound and production: Bret Noblitt – Precision Audio

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