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The Breaking Of The World (24​​​/​​​96 hi​​​-​​​res version)

by Glass Hammer

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1.
Mythopoeia 08:34
Mythopoeia Music by Babb and Shikoh / Lyrics by Babb Pt 1 There was a sudden burst of light One grabbed his pen to write How it shined through the black of night This brilliant orb so bright Sub-create! A mortal yet strives in his fallen state Blessed is he Who hears yet the strains of the song eternal Maker of myth with your rhyme you weave A tapestry of tales untold in recorded time And though the shadows draw near He writes as if he sees the world bathed all in sunlight Can he keep the fear at bay In hope of day eternal He's dreamt of a paradise Ruled by a thing infernal Sub-create! A mortal yet strives in his fallen state He fills his world with monsters They hide round each corner Plotting wickedness, wreck and ruin He fills his world with monsters For monsters filled his world Maker of myth, shaper of starlight Into words and thus to worlds Healer of hearts, night will fall Though you sing of the coming dawn For you have seen beyond all sorrow and suffering In such times we tarry Till the breaking of the world When at last the veil is parted Pt 2 I saw the light undimmed in ancient glory Refracting it, it birthed in me a story I wrote of kings and queens I wrote of things unseen Of castles never dreamed Whose towers ever gleamed For that is where my heart led me And ever just ahead I saw that brilliant star It whispered through the night Its secrets, pulsing bright Telling me of tales which were my own The more I wrote, the more the star would show me The more I wrote, the less the world could know me It laughs but I care not I wrought what I would wrought The world soon lost its hold on me Some could hear, some could see For those I would persist Stand proudly in their midst The world will pass away And all its thoughts are dust Pt 3 Some see afar unto a place more fair And leave behind that thing we must beware Not in retreat, but triumph Do not be dismayed my brothers Sisters do not tremble so Fix your eyes on yonder star It may burst forth in brightness And your heart be filled You may see a thing most wondrous to behold “From mirrored truth the likeness of the True!” Find the truth...
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Third Floor 11:03
Third Floor   A Play in One Act Music by Shikoh and Schendel / Lyrics by Schendel   I: She moves, she moves me In ways I can't understand but I yield to her She is stainless as a paladin And I'm under her command, I can feel her All around me   She: I feel you in my circuits but it's fleeting now you're gone Use me and complete me then just leave me all alone   I: She takes, she takes me All encompassing, I stand in the heart of her Her voice is for no one else It takes me higher and higher and higher   She: I feel you in my circuits but it's fleeting now you're gone I can elevate you but you always must move on   The Voice Of Reason: I must protest! What of all the rest that have floors to reach? Mademoiselle must be impartial and cater to the needs of all Even if hearts are broken, what of that? I will press my button now   She: I tire of moving in place I want to see what is beyond these walls Confinement is death to my soul If I could see with your eyes Have the freedom that people have I would only go sideways (She imagines being in fields and pastures but realizes there is no need for elevation there.)   I: Something, something has changed You move for someone else I am not your motivation It's always the same, the metallic sheen grows dull How will I reach the third floor now? Does it matter?   She: I feel you in my circuits but it's fleeting now I'm gone I must elevate you but I feel that I've moved on   The Voice Of Reason: It's a sad tale that has played out many times The romantic fates of those who are ambulatory And mechanical installations are fraught with difficulty These relationships can rarely succeed Let us draw the curtain on the tragic tableau
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Babylon 07:55
Babylon Music by Babb / Lyrics by Schendel Sailing ‘cross the Rubicon Passing through the gate Far beyond the unwashed throng Their pity and their hate I never dared to look back at the fire No return, let it burn Riding in a speeding train Hell-bent toward the sea In my mind I’m justified In my heart I’m free I never dared to look back at the fire No return, let it burn See the rock thrown from a mountain top Punish it for falling See the child who’s still too young to walk Punish him for crawling I turn away, I turn away Just for a moment I thought that maybe I’d caught a foul scent in the air The stench of morality, real or imagined Reeking like burning hair All those meddling fools, all those pious Judases Let them all burn in the world they hold dear I sail away, crossing the Rubicon Towards the point of no return I never dared to look back at the fire No return, let it burn
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Sand 05:46
Sand Music and Lyrics by Schendel Gliding along looking down on accustomed Yet strange terrain Seeing myself from below, looking up Looking down and back again There is place at the back of my mind Behind the door In a room that seems to move around Will I go looking for Something under a pile of old magazines Forgotten photos, I’m not sure There is something I’m not getting It’s right there but I’m not seeing When I turn to see it’s gone Shadows of times when I was young Or times that have not yet come Feelings from any time but presently Sent running through a sieve Floating away, just a little drop swirling down a drain One tiny, cosmic neuron misfiring In the epileptic, galactic brain I can see it fast retreating It’s behind me, like heart beating When I turn to see it’s gone Shadows of times when I was young Or times that have not yet come Feelings from any time but presently Sent running through a sieve I can feel the grass is greener The sun is warmer I wish I knew if I was there or If it’s just a dream Closing the doors in my mind to the rooms Where I won’t go Tidying up all the slips of paper that I Would never show myself
6.
Bandwagon 06:19
BANDWAGON Music by Schendel / Lyrics by Groves "We care!" Isn't that what you sold the camera? And I know it makes you feel so much better "Go and be filled." Isn't that your sage advice? And just those words said without action appease Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, there is news to be made! "We care!" Isn't that what you said from your ocean-front home? I know it's got to make you feel so much nicer "Go and be warmed." Oh such warm charity And these words still with no action will soothe you, Soothe you Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, make the news! "We care!" Isn't that what they'll read in the history books? And they'll know it must have made us feel much better "Go and be saved." Famous counsel from our age And these words without any actions relieve  Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, there is news to be made! Make the news!
7.
Haunted 05:54
BANDWAGON Music by Schendel / Lyrics by Groves "We care!" Isn't that what you sold the camera? And I know it makes you feel so much better "Go and be filled." Isn't that your sage advice? And just those words said without action appease Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, there is news to be made! "We care!" Isn't that what you said from your ocean-front home? I know it's got to make you feel so much nicer "Go and be warmed." Oh such warm charity And these words still with no action will soothe you, Soothe you Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, make the news! "We care!" Isn't that what they'll read in the history books? And they'll know it must have made us feel much better "Go and be saved." Famous counsel from our age And these words without any actions relieve  Hop right on, there are issues to raise! Climb on board, there are hearts to be changed! Hop right on, listen while our speech liberates! Climb on board, there is news to be made! Make the news!
8.
North Wind 09:25
Haunted Music by Shikoh / Lyrics by Babb Deep as the twilight in forest gloom Cold as the stream racing by Lonely as the mountains which rear O'er this scene of sorrow drear These are the hearts that are broken Lifeless, the burden they bring to me One last kiss 'pon her fair cheek They turn to leave, though haunted they will be As the years march on One comes, then turns away Two more appear on a winter's day One comes in summer, lingering This one is moved, shedding a tear Sensing the weight of long years flown He turns to leave, haunted he will be As the years march on “Watch over me Send me an angel To keep me safe Wolves ever prowl Just beyond vision Beyond the stillness Beyond our longing” Here I will wait out the years Once I tried to reach out and touch For a moment one child could see Standing in lonely splendor she saw One sublime who waits for all time Till the ending of sorrows She turns to leave though haunted she will be As the years march on As the years march on
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North Wind Music and Lyrics by Babb Oh bitter breath you set a chill in me Howling thus, I am undone There is winter in the words you sing I search for warmth yet there is none I must recall the summer sun I see you chasing the birds about the sky I see you shaping the angry clouds on high Yet ever you hide I've known the different things you did But always you, yourself, were hidden There's no escape from all you've done “A memory shall swallow thee fair sir,” the wind did stir. “I will bring thee a sweeter dream if colder visions you would spurn.” I felt it sweep over me and I feared I was dying Though dreaming, I felt the cold subside Warmth washing over me, life returns I woke to find myself in garden green no eye had seen And its splendor was such that I was moved to sing I felt it sweep over me and I feared I was dying Though dreaming, I felt the cold subside Warmth washing over me, and my life returning To satisfy long years of yearning Oh bitter breath return Your cold might bring a mercy And close these eyes at last forever Oh bitter wind please set my spirit free To roam at will throughout that pleasant land And there I banish you forever For you have been no friend to me You only tempt me with these visions I found that place where the angry clouds won't go I saw that space where the bitter wind can't blow Now I would know why the wind would bear the scent of this place It curled me round within its icy embrace I've heard the rumors of Heaven each time it whispers or howls Oh set my spirit free to find the source of longing There to banish you once and for all Now the cold is seeping into me The winter wind brings only suffering What would I not give to rid myself of this mocking For it showed me a dream and then took it away I will wait, one day summer will return Until then, until then…

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Bob Katz Honor Roll -This is probably the best-sounding and the most progressive Glass Hammer album to date. Nice jazz influence! Warm, clear, open, big, and microdynamic. Plays well everywhere. --Bob Katz Honor Roll - Digital Domain

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released March 21, 2015

Music by Babb, Schendel, and Shikoh
Lyrics by Babb, Schendel and Groves


Fred Schendel: keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Steve Babb: bass guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
Kamran Alan Shikoh: electric, acoustic, and classical guitars
Aaron Raulston: drums
Carl Groves: lead vocals
Susie Bogdanowicz: lead and backing vocals

Featuring...
Steve Unruh (violin “Bandwagon”, flute “Babylon”), Michele Lynn (lead vocals “Haunted” bridge, backing vocals “Third Floor”)

Produced by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb
All songs copyright 2015 Sound Resources / BMI

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