THE EYES OF THE REALM LYRICS
THE EYES OF THE REALM
Deep in the dungeons of the Cathedral of St. Eulalia in Barcelona, English spy Viana D’Alverez
makes contact with a mole within the Spanish Inquisition. Meanwhile, directly above the torture
chamber, the Grand Inquisitor leads his flock in prayer.
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Whispers in the darkness; tell me, are you friend or foe?
“Do not be afraid,” he said, “You’re far away from home”
Prayers ascend above me, I’m trapped in Hell below
Voices in the darkness say, “You’re far away from home”
But the eyes of the realm ever watch over me
Watch over me, Watch over me
Your eyes are watching over me
Music fills the air
The appointed hour is nearing
Mater Dei, Ave Maria...
Whispers in the darkness...
.On the ground we speak of stars
We share the secret need to know
I send to you, my illumined friends
a gift of hexagonal snow
Watch over me, Watch over me...
To the Castle of the Stars
I beg of you to hear me
Mater Dei, Ave Maria....
Whispers in the darkness; tell me, are you friend or foe?
“Do not be afraid,” he said, “You’re far away from home”
Prayers ascend above me, I’m trapped in Hell below
“I will not be afraid,” I said “I know I’m not alone”
But the eyes of the realm ever watch over me
PASSAGES OF COURAGE
Hyphesta reflects upon choices she has made in her life.
What lurks beyond life’s portals?
Sleep escapes the unsettled heart
After all is said and done,
when the verdict is in,
justice fights the battle
and the pure in heart fare to win
From one chamber to the next
you can’t change me and I not you
No choice, no turning back,
no compromises for the true
I wait for you, yeah, I wait for you
Open secret doors to the edge of night
Open secret doors to the abyss and let me inside
Passages of courage
have become my life’s theme
Is there a choice? It isn’t evident to me
The fork in the road isn’t even seen
Open secret doors to the edge of night
Open secret doors to the abyss and let me inside
Opening doors from one chamber to the next
I dare to dream…
A chamber of infinite doorways
Providence beckons me near
Looking backward I see
What’s gone is gone in the mist behind me…
Open secret doors to the edge of night
Open secret doors to the abyss and let me inside
TEST YOUR METAL
John Dee and the agents of the realm infiltrate Castle Prague while searching for
a map key to the Gnothi Mechanism. They are betrayed by the illusionist Edward Kelley,
and must fight their way out of the largest, most fortified palace in Europe.
Here we stand within the halls of liberty
Alabaster heroes line the walls
What killed their vision and sacrifice?
Blood freely given for those yet unborn
Knowledge is power and power corrupts
If you suspect it then step down from your throne
Once you were wide-eyed, intentions were good
How were you taken from what you wanted most?
The sentence is passed, your heart is a stone
We sit in judgment of the King and Queen
Those in responsibility
We sit in judgment of the ones who lead
We think we’d do better
but the test of metal is in the . . .
Fire claims the prison, the nobles escape
Show us your essence, of what are you made?
O spirit of man, are you metal or stone?
We sit in judgment of the King and Queen...
Power corrupts and kills our dreams
No one left to lead
Deaf are your ears now to our screams
We sit in judgment of the King and Queen...
All their life’s labors erased by your greed
What are we left with? No one there to lead
Where are the heroes? Dead are their dreams
Your hearts are hardened
Deaf to our screams!
Deaf to our screams!
Deaf to our screams!
IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME
Hyphesta contemplates the complexities. of her relationship with Outrider.
It’s a mystery to me
how anyone can see their horizons
and not find any blue skies
It’s a mystery to me
How anyone can see tomorrow
and not feel they can make it through the night
But I want to know how to love you
and I want to know how to care
but I haven’t got a clue
It’s a mystery to me
how traces of your love elude me
and reaching out, I find they’re gone
It’s a mystery to me
how traces of your love will find me
The surprise leaves me breathless every time
But I want to know how to love you
and I want to know how to care
but I haven’t got a clue
But I want to know how to love you
and I want to know how to care
Yes, I want to know how to find you
and I want to know how to make you stay
but for now, it’s a mystery to me
DON'T TEMPT ME FATE
Viana and Oswan recall meeting seventeen years earlier, fighting
the Spanish Inquisition during the Portuguese War of Succession.
The burning in your eyes has set
my am’rous heart on fire
When in a distant land we met
and our hearts did conspire
to cast us in this part to see
if you and I were meant to be
and from behind these masks our eyes will...
Don’t tempt me Fate
Please don’t tell me what will be
I wish to believe that my choices set me free
I’ll have to wait
Don’t tempt me!
Together we fought side by side
against the rising tide
And though we have survived it all
you wound me with your eyes
Through this glass I darkly see
what is and what shall never be
but don’t reveal my heart to be empty
Don’t tempt me Fate
Please don’t tell me what will be
I wish to believe that my choices set me free
I’ll have to wait
Whisper to me secrets to be
only if my heart is not empty
To cast us in this part to see
if you and I were meant to be
and from behind these masks our eyes will...
Don’t tempt me Fate
Please don’t tell me what will be
I wish to believe that my choices set me free
I’ll have to wait
Don’t tempt me!
SOMETIMES I SEE A STAR
In 1572, a new star appears in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The Greek
Pythian Priestess Hyphesta sees this as an ominous sign that the world
is about to be turned upside-down. The next morning, the Inquisition arrives
and destroys her Temple, sending her into exile .
Sometimes I see a star
where one shouldn’t be
Sometimes I see a light
where a void should fill the night
And then I have to believe
the words she said to me
“We were meant to be!”
Sometimes the universe like clockwork turns,
each hour and day has been foretold
Sometimes chance is thrown into the gears
and the world we’ve known, its course begins
And then I have to believe
the words she said to me
“We were meant to be!”
Sometimes I see you there, sometimes,
gazing in your crystal sphere
Sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes a drop of water falls in a desert
that’s never been touched by rain before
Sometimes the stars align and the torrents calm
and light divides the day from night
And then I have to believe
the words she said
And then I have to believe
the words she said to me
“We were meant to be!”
“It was meant to be!”
“We were meant to be!”
“This was meant to be!”
“It’s a mystery!”
A PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSAL HAPPINESS OF MAN
The Grand Inquisitor and Viana spar .about his plan to save mankind.
If Christ returned today would we lock him away?
He’s been gone so long, he’s not singing our song
Hot pavement through a Spanish town
Follow the steps that lead you down
Past the Inquisition Row
Rat out your friends and save your soul!
Is it He? Mystery!
Auto de fe! Bread or free! .Speak to me! .Is it Thee who has a plan for the happiness of man?
We set the fires alight of one purpose on this night
Yesterday they kissed your feet
Now they lay brush on the heap
We’ve learned from fifteen centuries,
no man is happy when he’s free
So humbly file into the street
and lay your freedoms at our feet
Is it He? Mystery!...
The universal happiness of man.Universal happiness of man...
Free from the confusion of thought
You’re just doing as you’ve been taught
Take the sword of Caesar, let it fall
and we’ll give rest to one and all!
Barter thy freedom for the trinity
of miracles, authority, and mystery
We thrust upon the world the gift of unity
But tell us have you come only to hinder what we’ve done?
Speak thy blasphemy!
.The universal happiness of man....
Is is He? Mystery!...
Is it Thee? Yes! I have a plan…
DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT
A dance of combatants and perspectives.
Everyone wants to hear their song tonight,
so do I, so do you, dance with me tonight
Everyone hides behind a mask tonight
but your eyes, in disguise, to the dance invite
Dance with me tonight, underneath the moonlight
Dance with me tonight, just dance with me tonight
Whispering secrets in the flare of the hearth
Crimson red, burning bright, what a lovely sight!
Sweet smoke of incense, voices chanting the rite
Drums and fire, winds and lyre, in the heat and light
Dance with me tonight, by the ruby firelight
Dance with me tonight, just dance with me tonight
No one wants to hear their footsteps tonight
Hear them march to your door in the dark of night
We have one chance, we must take it tonight
Run with me, through the fire, from the holy might
Dance with me tonight, in the brilliant starlight
Dance with me tonight, just dance with me tonight
Dance with me tonight, underneath the moonlight
Dance with me tonight, just dance with me tonight
Everyone dreams of their future tonight,
so do you, so do I – will our love survive?
No one wants to be alone tonight,
nor do you, nor do I…
RESCUE
Viana struggles to reconcile Oswan back into her life.
I feel like I’m sinking
even though I’m standing on the shore
All hope has left me
because the ship seems so far away
My crimes forgiven
My pages washing out to sea
Release me from these irons
With your indulgence set me free
It’s hard to fight the current
when it’s pulling you under
The moon is laughing at me
She keeps pulling away at the tide
Wait! There’s a hand reaching out to me
You have always been with me
through everything that I’ve believed
You have always stayed with me
through all the storms and turbulent seas
So don’t leave me now to drown in my loneliness
I keep my eyes on the stars
though I’d drown in that sea as well
The light from the galleon
is far more powerful to me
It’s hard to be courageous
when the weight of the world
is chained around your feet
But hope comes in many forms
and in you consistently
You have always been with me...
So don’t leave me now...
MIRROR OF SIMPLE SOULS
Edward Kelley sits in his prison cell in Castle Prague and
contemplates his life as a charlatan.
Doubtless the pleasure is great
in both deceiver and rube
The audience feels most delight
that least perceives of the sleight of hand
Some with noise, some with light,
caught like larks by night
We solve the problems of fate
Dark counsel awaits on the moon
None can anticipate the change of his face
You and I foresee
what shall and what shall never be
Mirror of Simple Souls
remove this mask from me, let them see
Mirror of Simple Souls
reveal this face to me, set me free
We address with serenades
qnd court with balls and masquerades
Secret doors our stock and trade
And if you are impos'd upon,
'tis by your own temptation done,
it’s by invite this sleight of hand....
These tricks we have been vers'd in so,
that all their sly intrigues we know
and can un-riddle every show....
All your lies are known...
But those that meddle with our tools
will cut their fingers, for they are fools
Magic on Strawberry Hill
Your future and fortunes behold
My service bent to your will
By command of your gold...it's sold
I am free, let them see, it is me!
