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None Of This Is Real

by Tanagra

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    Our debut album 'None of This is Real'. Comes in a shrink-wrapped jewel case with a full lyric booklet. Artwork by Gary Tonge.

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1.
We chart the stars We see the light The sky calls to us We'll answer when the time is right Born from the ashes Of a lost and ancient time Seeking all the knowledge The universe has to hide We abandoned all that we knew For this grand endeavor Where our ancestral home was We cannot even remember The darkened void of wonder Draws us into the black The hands of Fate Push us forward, yet hold us back Gather the pieces We gather our thoughts Focused on tomorrow For yesterday's gone and lost The Undying Light (a vision) Leads us to the worlds we long for Leave them behind (forever) Onward, to a shining future! We will conquer the stars For as long as they will burn Great songs will be sung of our deeds For as long as this galaxy turns The Undying Light (a vision) Leads us to the worlds we long for Leave them behind (forever) Onward, to a shining future
2.
Peaceful days, they come and go A flash across the sky Without a sight, without a sign The tower watch lay blind Confusion roars inside their minds Burned by ancient fire Start the gears, the world moves on Dreams cease to be Deafening screams From the dawning time of man Hope and chaos reigns upon the land The age moves on, as there'll always be The tyranny of time History ill-preserved as past and future cry Our kind, blinded by technology and lies There can be no redemption, only the purge Nothing but annihilation can end the timeless scourge We will consume all that lies before us We will strike down all who oppose us Let it be known that on this day your kingdom falls Your pathetic civilization will be crushed to the very depths of oblivion! From the dawning time of man Hope and chaos reigns upon the land The age moves on as there'll always be The tyranny of time (Charge towards the light) (Flames forged into the sky) (Fear strikes our very souls) (Life flashed before our eyes)
3.
Eliana 06:12
A new cub's been born Sheltered from the winds In the cold of the snow Though the sun may blaze And the snow may fall Throughout it all, this cub will grow And though the pack may be distant at times There's a mask imprinted on your soul When the world turns on you like the wind When hatred and anger beseech you Look inside yourself, see the image of a wolf The beast inside you, remember you're never alone Look inside yourself, seize the power within Let your spirit soar higher and higher again One day You'll be on your own And the world will change Unsheltered and afraid All in time you'll find You are what's inside One day you will grow Fearless, strong and proud A true wolf on the prowl You will find your destiny Under moonlit skies Follow the ancestral howl And when you hear that primal song You'll know it was within you all along When the world turns on you like the wind When hatred and anger beseech you Look inside yourself, see the image of a wolf The beast inside you, remember you're never alone Look inside yourself, seize the power within Let your spirit soar higher and higher again
4.
Antietam 08:15
Thanks be to war and our losses before Thank God for mud and for rain We're anxious to fight and have Federals in sight We'll reward their transgressions with pain We'll strike at their home, and so northwards we roam Singing "Dixie" with bellies full of rum We're hungry and proud, our rebel yells loud On the banks of this place called Antietam Once more unto the breach we go Our brothers are now our foes Our countrymen have lost their way We'll send them straight to Hell I know that we can win the day (Make them pay) Thank God for this plight, that we may reunite Our Union of equal-born men At Capitol Hill, they exerted their will But justice we must defend When this is through, we know it to be true That many won't make it back home Let history show what sacrifices we've known for this war When the North stands alone The field is reaped for harvest Our fellows' blood soaks the ground With every shot, more men are lost Bodies all around In the din of screams and gunfire The scales are tipped so many times Never was so little traded For so many wasted lives This morning, we were so proud May our brothers forgive our sins We have shed so much blood But in the end, no one wins Our dead now lay among us We collect our fallen brethren In grief we are united once again A solemn truce between us As silence fills the air We're all the same in the darkness of the night The cornfield, the bloody lane All shot down in ruin So much death, nothing gained But the way was paved for freedom Twenty-two thousand souls Illuminate this soil now We all look back in horror The gates of Hell had opened At Antietam
5.
Bitter Earth 08:00
Toppling the pillars of the kingdoms of old Every man demands his side of the story be told Lines in the sand, crossed by swords The vicious cycle is doomed to begin once more Watch your kingdom rise Slaves will build your empire Oh, how pride goeth before the mighty fall Ascent to power, a jagged cliff to climb Every man reaps what he sows in time Living in paranoia, fearing the attack Until the day he dies, his brother's dagger in his back Watch your kingdom rise (Tear it down) Slaves will build your empire (Burn it to the ground) Oh, how pride goeth before the mighty fall Visions of madmen, the doomsday flood The earth below is stained bitter with blood Though I tread upon this land where wicked kings thrive I'll stay one step ahead, I swear they'll never take me alive Tear the veil, open your eyes We all know that justice was never blind One man's champion, another man's bane Fearless and noble, or hopelessly insane The vigilante has broken through the chains I see the horizon, the torrential reign Rise into the fray- in the blaze all wings must burn The lesson of Icarus must be fatal to be learned But all the world can see The only answer must surely be mine With fists of steel, I'll take the throne by storm No looking back- I won't be afraid this time And from the ruin, a new rule is born Strength and unity in a land once torn But this too will pass in time Beware the assassins waiting close behind Visions of madmen, the doomsday flood The earth below is stained bitter with blood
6.
Planeswalker 03:51
Trigger the spark, within my very soul A flash of light ignites before my mind Caught between blind eternities To travel or transcend, the decision is my own To walk the planes for eternity Casting shadows through infinity Until the day I find my destiny I'll walk the planes for eternity A never-ending journey, as history unfolds Spanning countless islands upon seas, upon worlds Endless battles raging, fury throughout time If my heart desires, I can leave it all behind To walk the planes for eternity Casting shadows through infinity Until the day I find my destiny I'll walk the planes for eternity The journey never ends To walk the floating isles of Zendikar To walk the razor fields of Mirrodin Until the day I find my destiny I'll walk the planes for eternity
7.
10:04 PM 07:54
Between the deaths of a trillion suns And the dawn of a trillion more Between the Cambrian flood and fatal ebb On a blue and wandering orb A trillion souls bear witness To a speck of dust in Time And among the seas of consciousness One traveler's weary mind The One that Time forgot My destiny precedes me The effect precedes the cause My very soul stands in defiance Of Nature's sacred laws I left that world a mortal man With mortal hopes and fears Then passed in but a heartbeat Four thousand years One thread pulled from the tapestry Was destined to be mine I am the wandering observer Of countless grand designs Somewhere out there Someday amidst the nebulae I will find whatever I must be searching for An exodus of sentience across the cosmos A thousand empires rise and fall Infinite realities woven through the multiverse And I have seen them all The crushing weight of knowing on a cosmic scale This is but the first page of the tale Expansion and collapse Premonitions of the end With another oscillation The stars are reborn once again An exodus of sentience across the cosmos A thousand empires rise and fall Infinite realities woven through the multiverse And I have seen them all I lay my eyes level with the smallest of leaves As the macrocosm dissolves Now I see The fourth dimension is me None of this is real It's all so damned insignificant One more breath And I'm gone Vast oceans of stardust Will be scarred by my hand I can show you the edge of Forever From without the finite boundaries of mortality To the very edges of the universe and beyond Throngs of the faithful to the undying light Shall come to heed the words Of the One that Time forgot
8.
Dusk falls across the field The last shreds of scarlet fade away Cold mist closes in And Morhold is cloaked in velvet gray For a moment The world seems to be at peace The breeze through the valley Brings us sweet release But silence never lingers long in times of war With open eyes and bated breath We anticipate the roar And over the rush of the River of Runes The wise one's return is heralded By the sound of thundering hooves Thallion: We ride at dawn! Upon mighty steeds, our promise we'll keep! We've known all along Our cause is righteous We'll fight until the last hope is gone We charge southward As the day's first glow illuminates the sky The stillness of the morning Shattered by our battle cry On to Talmor For a preemptive attack Fate hangs in the balance We'll take the fortress back But behold, awaiting us Hidden in the haze, just across the plain Charging with fury and two thousand swords Delnen, the traitor thane One last fight The Earth shakes as forces meet Might makes right We'll never admit defeat Ambold: We must not let this one chance slip away I swear on my life Delnen's treachery will end this very day! The valley echoes with the din of pain The river runs red with the blood of the slain One by one, the dishonored fall We search for the thane, the cause of it all The traitor flees, pursued through his ranks Until his back is pinned upon the river bank Thallion: Delnen has one final chance! Crush the amulet and break his trance! With the spell broken and nowhere to run He must face the truth Delnen: By the gods, what have I done? We ride at dawn Upon mighty steeds, our promise we'll keep Our passion is strong Even in the wake of betrayal We must battle on Delnen: You know what you must do Ambold: So much is lost because of you Delnen: I deserve to die Ambold: May the gods be more merciful than I... Delnen: I let my brethren die Crushed beneath the hordes of Mortulae Just to save my name Now I beg of you in all my shame Take my blade from me Strike me down, then take your kin and flee Turn and walk away Live to fight again another day Ambold: Tears will fill your eyes When you see the world through mine... Ambold: No! You will not escape this way You'll live with your guilt for the rest of your days You can never atone for your crimesYour punishment shall be to live on and fight on our side Dusk falls across the field The last shreds of scarlet fade away The river rushes on As the sun sets on another day We'll rest while we can Despite our grief, we must advance With our forces together We just might have a chance The quiet mourning on the battlefield Must be abandoned long before our wounds have healed For silence never lingers long in times of war And on the morn, we'll charge ahead Along the path to Talmor We ride at dawn Upon mighty steeds, our promise we'll keep We've known all along Our cause is righteous We'll fight until the last hope is gone

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released February 10, 2015

TANAGRA:

Tom Socia: Lead and backing vocals
Steven Soderberg: Guitars and backing vocals
Erich Ulmer: Bass and backing vocals
Christopher Stewart: Drums and percussion
Josh Kay: Guitars and backing vocals

NONE OF THIS IS REAL Produced by Tanagra and Sacha Müller
Music composed and arranged by Tanagra
Additional orchestral arrangements by Jefferey Rondeau and Sacha Müller
Engineered and mixed by Sacha Müller
Mastered by Dana White at Specialized Mastering
Cover artwork by Gary Tonge (www.visionafar.com)
Cover concept, CD Layout and Tanagra logo by Tom Socia
Band photography by Kara Pesznecker Reavis (www.centerearthphotoart.com)

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Tanagra is a Cascadian Power Metal band that writes about all things sci-fi and fantasy.

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