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There Behind You
06:39
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THERE’S SOMEBODY THERE…
I was trying my best to find you
Was I standing right there beside you?
Then you appeared right through the haze--
Through the myth, and through the maze…
I was trying my best to find you…!
My decision has been made
Though the choice wasn’t up to me
Broke down walls from bricks I laid
A new life you can’t be there to see
Miles away from where you are
I love to play, but has this gone too far?
I looked forward to that day
Next to you devoid of pain
Reality got in the way
So now instead I’m going against the grain
And I don’t know if I’ll be back in time
But if I’m not please remember--
I’m standing right there beside you--
My spirit is there to guide you--
There’s somebody there--behind you
A great big moment in my life
The big gig that I once thought was wild
Is causing an awful lot of strife
I feel shut away like a helpless child
But I’ll return to what’s true to me
And wherever I am I’ll always be--
Standing right there beside you!
Our renewed love now in the same space--
There’s somebody there behind you…
And together we’ll find a way to make our place
There’s somebody there--behind you
And I don’t know if I’ll be back in time
But if I’m not please remember
I’m standing right there beside you
My spirit is there to guide you
There’s somebody there behind you
There’s somebody there behind you
There’s somebody there behind you
There’s somebody there behind you
My decision has been made
Broke down walls from bricks I laid
I looked forward to that day
But reality got in the way
My decision has been made
Broke down walls…
I looked forward to that day
Reality got in the way
And all of it for a chance to play
There’s somebody THERE…
There’s somebody there behind you.
There’s somebody there behind you.
There’s somebody THERE…BEHIND YOU!
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2. |
On Hold
05:28
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I've been put on hold again
I'm tired of waiting and I hate to pretend
I've been put on hold again
The flickering light at the tunnel's end
I thought I made my big call
Have I got someone on the line?
A voice said one moment please
I been waiting a long time
I've been put on hold again
I'm tired of waiting and I hate to pretend
I've been put on hold again
The flickering light at the tunnel's end
I held on for much too long
My world depends upon this phone
Have I been disconnected?
I can’t hear a dial tone!
I've been put on hold again
I'm tired of waiting and I hate to pretend
I've been put on hold again
The flickering light at the tunnel's end
I've been put on hold again
I'm tired of waiting and I hate to pretend
I've been put on hold again…
I've been put on hold again…
Don’t put me on hold again!
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3. |
Constant Companion
01:15
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Constant companion, final friend
I’ll always be there through the end…
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4. |
The Dark Ages
05:04
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A door opened in my heart
Slams shut whenever I see nobody’s acting smart
To look to each others’ lives
Where we can celebrate what differs and what jibes
But everyone thinks they’re right
That all the answers are clear cut as black and white
Reverse your point of view
How would you react if it had happened to you?
I listen to the sages
Telling you where you’ll be heading on down
Are we in the dark ages?
Why don’t we understand?
So busy pointing fingers, it’s getting out of hand
Or level the playing field
Assuming right of way whenever we should yield
And always quick to condemn
They’ll play musical chairs til the tables are turned on them
Reverse your point of view
How would you react if it had happened to you?
I listen to the sages
Telling you where you’ll be heading on down
Are we in the dark ages?
If space is the last frontier
Then can we barely wait to get the heck out of here!
The countdown is almost through
The launching pad is shaking…
With no time left to reverse point of view
How will you react when it has happened to you?
Lift off up to the final stages
Triumph in the air—turmoil on the ground
Reentering the dark ages
I’ll listen to the sages
And if we’re too late to have gotten it down
See you in the dark ages!
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5. |
Dance of the Little Guys
04:56
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(Instrumental)
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6. |
Different Drummer
07:04
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We advance together, in step and in time--
rarely deviating from this path
Each gaze is unwavered not to break our stride,
on occasion break into a laugh.
But then your sudden anger changes all the rules—
the pieces of the puzzle that don’t fit
But if I were to tell you how I really feel,
I don’t think you could take it--
I know you couldn’t take it…
I tried shouting in your ear, you never heard a word
I don’t believe you can hear: your din is deafening.
I don’t think I can see you, my vision has been blurred
A consequence of listening to a different drummer.
Solidly on the beat and in perfect tune,
our rhythm would be unmatched by none
When we were both in sync, uncanny it seemed
to portend even bigger things to come.
When there upon your snare drum a thunderous single crack--
wondering when the next one’s gonna hit
But if I were to tell you how I really feel,
I don’t think you could take it--
I know you couldn’t take it…
I tried shouting in your ear, you never heard a word
I don’t believe you can hear: your din is deafening.
I don’t think I can see you, my vision has been blurred
A consequence of listening to a different drummer--
Marching to the precipice…don’t look down, mm-mm-mm…
We travel to a different drum, but is it the same one? Different drummer.
I tried shouting in your ear, you never heard a word
I don’t believe you can hear: your din is deafening.
I don’t think I can see you, my vision has been blurred
A consequence of listening to a different drummer--
Marching to the precipice--don’t look down, mm-mm-mm
We travel to a different drum, is it the same one?
Different drummer.
Different drummer, marching to the precipice…
Don’t look down, mm—mm--mm.
Different drummer, if I fall down to my knees,
Are you around? Nn—nn—nn.
Different drummer, feel my heartbeat…
I came that summer to beat the heat
We travel to a different drum…
Different drummer, feel my heartbeat…
I came that summer to beat defeat
We travel to a different drum, but is it the same one?
Different drummer.
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7. |
Automaton
06:21
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I always do my best at whatever I choose
With self expression met I know I cannot lose.
I’m not an automaton...an automaton...
But forces have appeared that try to stunt that need
Sadly, in the process it can control that seed.
You’re not an automaton...an automaton...
One preconceived notion can irreparably harm
You sleep to their echoes; you wake to their alarm.
You’re not their automaton...their automaton...
Already pushed to the limit
The needle nested in the red
Not one speck of truth ever in it
Fabricated in their heads
Fabricated in their heads
Unfeeling men of flesh create men of machine
Their bottom line is at the expense of your dream.
You’re not their automaton...their automaton...
Each time they say I can’t I counter that I can
For what is or isn’t does not change who I am.
I’m not their automaton...their automaton...
Already pushed to the limit
Racing towards glacier’s edge
Not one speck of truth ever in it
Fabricated in their heads
Fabricated in their heads
They’re telling me I will when I know that I won’t
They’re telling me I’ll do the things I know I don’t
I’m not their automaton...automaton...automaton...automaton...
They say that I shouldn’t when I know that I should
They say you wouldn’t dare but oh hell yes, I would
I’m not their automaton...automaton...automaton...automaton...
Automaton!
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8. |
A Natural
04:46
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In picking strings of lore and getting down a score
I take for granted all you have done.
The words cannot be wrong or get lost in the song
That you’re a natural, forever the one.
The wind that characterizes the evening
The light that crystallizes the clouds
Natural, your vision sends me reeling
Natural, flow of the chords from my guitar--
Should say it all, but then I’d be at fault
And take for granted all you have done.
When I sing about my cries
You see right through my disguise
We’re a natural if there ever was one.
The warmth that emanates from the sunshine
The light that’s crystallized through the clouds
Natural, your vision sends me reeling
Natural, flow of the chords from my guitar.
Let me drive this home, you’re never all alone
Don’t take for granted all we have done.
And together we won’t bend
We’re glued right through the end
You’re a natural, forever the one.
Like the warmth that emanates from the sunshine
Like the light that crystallizes the clouds
Natural, your vision sends me reeling--Natural…
Natural, your vision sends me reeling
Natural, flow of the chords my guitar.
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9. |
The Evergreens
05:54
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On a frozen hill, a wintry gray
Where the weather never tends to see my way
There’s a house that bears an empty green
Where I lost my lover shouting in a dream
It seems she didn’t understand
That some things stay accordingly as planned
Though the days of calm would come, I said
Apparently I’d sometimes be misled
On a frozen hill, a wintry gray
I wondered if you’d ever pass my way
In that house that bears an empty green
Lives the saddest looking man you’d ever seen
I spoke about the Evergreens, and all that they had done
How they helped my dying dreams to flower
Let me pull the reigns, slow down the pace—I can’t always run
I know a bit about light, love, and power
On a frozen hill, a wintry gray
Where the weather never tends to see my way
There’s a house that bears an empty green
Where I lost my lover shouting in a dream
I spoke about the Evergreens, all that they had done
How they helped my dying dreams to flower
And the days of calm have come at last to warm my certain smiles
Those feelings all the while...
So now I walk a different path, my shoes no longer shine
And I don’t care if I never use a razor
And should you look down through your weary years
And ask, have they been kind?
What’s your state of mind?
What’s your state of mind?
What’s your state of mind?
What’s your state of mind!
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10. |
Triad
04:28
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As long as I remember a radio was on
When came the right melody I flew, and I was gone.
It was nothing conscious when I was still too young, but—
Musically I came of age
Flames were fanned, the fires raged…
I heard John Lennon singing--that voice had touched my soul
And then on some visceral plane that note became my goal.
It’s not always smooth sailing
Through rising waves of doubt
They’ll tell you don’t rock the boat
Or they’ll seize the chance to gloat
They hope you’ll sink instead of float
Triad, melt this ice away
Triad, because you’re here to stay.
Should I take the next step? It could bring me some pain
I’ve seen too many have to play their fiddles in the rain.
And while I’m hesitating, a Byrd sings in my ear:
“Do your thing, do it now
And don’t stop to question how
You’ll make it to your final bow”
Triad, ease my fears away
Triad, because you’re here to stay.
I never thought that I’d foresee confidence empower me
But now I find that I can love all equally and the same.
Triad, you are now my choice
Hear the sound carry my voice:
I won’t throw away the years
Where music moving to my ears
Helped one youth through his primal fears
Triad…
Triad, Triad, do your best, don’t make it bad, melt this ice away.
Triad, Triad, you’re the best I ever had; show you’re here to stay.
As long as you remember your view and what it means
You’ll never let the skeptical impose upon your dreams.
For once your song is over, a new one’s just begun…
Triad, ease my fears away
Triad, because you’re here to stay
Triad, melt this ice away
Triad, show them that you’re here to stay (repeat)
Triad, ease my fears away
Triad, show them that you’re here to stay
Triad, melt this ice away
Triad!
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11. |
(Because) You Win
02:58
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It's time to see there’s love to send
And realize there'll always be a final friend
With everything we asked for...as everything will be.
By running hard and growing strong…
Will I find I've been on the right course all along?
A sign that says now leaving this state that you've been in...
Don't be afraid, you've got it made, BECAUSE YOU WIN!
It’s time to be the wiser man
Achieving every glory that I know I can
Then with your love we'll win this game
Though at the finish line we may not be the same.
I'm telling you we're breaking this stalemate we've been in
Don't be afraid, you've got it made, BECAUSE—
YOU WIN all that you wanted
YOU WIN all that you need
DON'T LOSE sight of your essence
DON'T LOSE what you believe
YOU WIN each time you're honest
And every time you care
DON'T LOSE your true perspective
DON'T LOSE because you dare--TO WIN!
It’s time to see there’s love to send
And realize it's always you—final friend.
It’s time to be the wiser man
Achieving every glory that I know I can...
With everything we asked for--as everything will be.
Combining strength and knowledge--now everyone will see.
That we at last have broken that stalemate we've been in.
Don't be afraid...
You've got it made—
BECAUSE YOU WIN!
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12. |
Emerge Triumphant
05:02
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I trusted you completely
I gave you all and you took took took
You had me tied up neatly…
Did you understand that is not who I am?
To give up my own time freely.
The nights we spent were the best we had
You let me down easily…
But I hold the plan in the palm of my hand
I will emerge triumphant
I will emerge triumphant
I came when you would holler
The trust I held has but turned to dust
You had me by my collar…
Did you understand that is not who I am?
But I hold the plan in the palm of my hand
I will emerge triumphant
Rising above all the clouds that set the rain
I will emerge triumphant
The floodgates are now wide open
But there is one thing that you really ought to know
Although it’s a task just coping--
I’ll persevere till my truth shines so clear
Now in this darkest hour
When things seem bleak and incomplete
Deep within lies the power
Now you’ll understand who it is that I am
And I hold the plan in the palm of my hand
And I will emerge triumphant
Rising above all the clouds that set the rain
I will emerge triumphant
I’ll persevere…
Hear this loud and clear…
I will emerge TRIUMPHANT!
I will emerge triumphant…
I will emerge triumphant.
I will emerge triumphant.
Rising above all the clouds that set the rain
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Mike Tiano Seattle, Washington
Amazon Reviews Rating: 4.6/5
Mike Tiano is known for his bringing Yes into the Internet
age and is also a musician and songwriter in his own right, now releasing “Creétisvan” which he characterizes as his “audiobiography”
Every track was written and arranged by Mike, who is lead vocalist and handles the lion’s share of the guitar work.
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