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1. |
The Champ
04:31
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THE CHAMP
© Jerry Fielden-Briggs/Alan Park 1985 SOCAN
VERSE 1
He was always quite awake
He knew what he had at stake
Last night he was talking loud
How he'd make his city proud
He's the champion
He's the champion
VERSE 2
He trained hard the gold in mind
He read all that he could find
Practiced moves all through the night
Getting ready for the fight
He's the champion
He's the champion
His hands will be oh so bold
He could wear that belt of gold
CHORUS
Can't you feel the victory in his eyes?
Can't you see hey hey hey a new name up in lights?
SOLO 1 GUITAR
SOLO 2 VIOLIN
VERSE 3
Eight 'o clock time to get set
Now's your chance to make a bet
Minutes from now it will end
A will like this no man can bend
He's the champion
He's the champion
Now we have a strong new king
How long do you think he'll rule?
CHORUS
SOLO 3 GUITAR
FINALE
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2. |
Return of the Light
04:22
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Return of the Light
© Jerry Fielden 1978-2020 SOCAN
The barbarians are at the door
And nothing stops the wrack and ruin
We are in the midst of war
Suffer the folly of our age
CHORUS
There are still ones of strength
Gain back their lands at any length
Light shines in their eyes
And in truth their power lies
Knights are massing by outside
Where battle will decide through fate
Evil ones roam far and wide
Will good deter the side of hate?
CHORUS
BRIDGE
SOLOS
Flames of Hell are scorching towns
Knights are barely holding on
Soldiers of the Dark are suddenly gone
Lightning decimates their ranks
CHORUS
END
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3. |
Pallor Rider
04:50
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Pallor Rider
© Jerry Fielden 2020 SOCAN
INTRO
So feeling sad
Solitude
In our midst
Abundance of knowledge but loss of lore
VERSE 1
When the Sun rises up and the desert is so hot
The planet has been scorched and nowhere we can go
Humankind despairs of its own sorry lot
And all of us are dying behind our tablet screens
CHORUS
Pallor
Pallor Rider
Strikes through the land with blight and rage
Pallor
Pallor Rider
Hate and ignorance rule this Age
VERSE 2
The swan song of the age of goodness is at hand
Rise of hatred and greed's powering the land
Can we get a new voice to speak for those in need
A kind word for the poor dejected crowd to feed
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Will he pass us by and move his crimes away
Hoping in our lifetimes that we will see the day
The Rider had a lot of darkness to portray
That artist of Evil has died and gone away
INTRO REPEAT
So feeling sad
Solitude
In our midst
Abundance of knowledge but loss of lore
END CHORUS
Pallor
Pallor Rider
Destruction, violence fed by greed
Pallor
Pallor Rider
We knew the warnings, did not heed
Pallor
Pallor Rider
Strikes through the land with blight and rage
Pallor
Pallor Rider
Hate and ignorance leave this Age
Hate and ignorance leave this Age
Hate and ignorance leave this Age
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4. |
Groovaquan
06:23
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Groovaquan
© Jerry Fielden 2020 SOCAN
A place of hope
We seem to think
As desperate times
Engulf our minds
Bring your own rope
A messy link
Locus of crime
A tie that binds
CHORUS
Groovaquan
Imperfection
Groovaquan
Derelection
Groovaquan
Absolution
Robotic scale
A sentry fail
Released from Hell
And living well
Wind in our ears
Allay our fears
March to that drum
You sing and hum
BRIDGE
SOLOS
CHORUS
A litany
Epiphany
You revelate
And delegate
A relic lies
Abandoned ties
A new novel here
We lose our fear
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5. |
Breach of the Humanoids
06:05
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Breach of the Humanoids
© Jerry Fielden, Michelle Macpherson 2020 SOCAN
Our tentative doors opened to the sky
What lies beyond those we could only guess
Infringing domains fabricate confess
Wormhole running through we can say goodbye
CHORUS
Breach of procedures
Breached by deceivers
Pretending human beings
Only golems rise
Raining machine men taking over Earth
Haven't seen the dawn since the day of birth
Wry smiles too late now can we even walk
In centuries past we could think and talk
CHORUS
LEAD
Playing with physics we let in the scourge
From the cosmic lore built them in the forge
With their minds of steel they take over all
Can we run away can we build a wall?
CHORUS
GRAND FINALE
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6. |
The Mold
05:29
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The Mold
© Jerry Fielden/David Stone SOCAN 2021
Looking through a darkened window
Visions of a terminal thought
Blasting nukes and scarring below
A testament to what we had wrought
CHORUS
Molded like all the others
Features, identity
They say that we're all sisters and brothers
We share the same city
Molded like all the others
Features, identity
They say that we're all sisters and brothers
We share the same pity
Wormhole of a vision defeat
Politician's throne to unseat
Crystal night on hand is your sight
Terror blight you thought made me right
BRIDGE
LEADS
CHORUS
Tribulations have brought you to seek
A sight caught in a lifetime so meek
Beseeching you to show us the way
So we can have souls for a day
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7. |
Back at the Gate
04:51
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Back at the Gate
© Michelle Macpherson, Jerry Fielden 2020 SOCAN
Verse 1
Got bad luck again
Heartache is my friend
Only on this scotch
Can I still depend
Got bad luck again
Sorrow is my friend
CHORUS
Kicked you to the curb
Kicked you to the grate
Needing a new lover
Back at the gate
Verse 2
Tired of these jerks
Hang around all day
With their silly smirks
I wish they'd stay away
Tired of these jerks
Who hang around all day
CHORUS
Kicked you to the curb
Kicked you to the grate
Needing a new lover
Back at the gate
Verse 3
I want to be alone
Just another crone
My sinning to atone
Yeah!
GUITAR LEAD
I wanna hold a man
Keep him if I can
CHORUS
Kicked you to the curb
Kicked you to the grate
Needing a new lover
Back at the gate
KEYBOARD LEAD
JAZZ JAM FINALE
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8. |
Elliptical Choice
07:38
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AraPacis Montreal, Québec
AraPacis is a metal band from Montreal, Canada. Formed in 2003 by guitarist Jerry Fielden, and fronted by Scots singer Shelle Macpherson, and powered by the keyboards of ex-Rainbow member David Stone, their main goal is to re-create some of the original aspects of 1970's Hard Rock and Prog Rock and fuse it together with 21st Century Prog Metal, Doom & Metalcore to make an interesting metal hybrid. ... more
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