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Band Members
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Ray Alder - Vocals
Jim Matheos - Guitars
Mark Zonder - Drums
Additional musicians:
Joey Vera - Bass guitar
Kevin Moore - Keyboards
Produced by Fates Warning and Terry Brown
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Ray Alder - Vocals
Jim Matheos - Guitars
Mark Zonder - Drums
Bass guitar - Joey Vera
Keyboards - Kevin Moore
Additional keyboards, sequencing and noise by Jim Matheos and Steve Tushar
Produced by Fates Warning and Terry Brown
Recorded and mixed between February 17 and April 16, 2000
Drums and keyboards recorded by Phil Magnotti at Frankie's Hideaway - North Hollywood, CA
Guitars, vocals, and additional keyboards recorded by Terry Brown at The Carriage House - Stamford, CT
Additional vocals recorded by Jim Matheos and Joey Vera at The Carriage House and Frankie's Hideaway
Superfluous voices, whispers, and verbal meandering by Laurie Matheos, Amy Motta, Bernie Altman,
George Hideous, Fidel Horrendous, and Arthur Letsgoberg
Mixed by Phil Magnotti at The Carriage House
Assistant engineer John Shyloski
Digital editing by Phil Magnotti
Mastered by Phil Magnotti and Tom Bender at Barking Doctor Studios
Photography by Alex Solca
Merchandise - Stardust Promotions
Thanks to: Brian Slagel and the staff at Metal Blade, Michael Trengert and the staff at Metal Blade Europe, Phil Magnotti, Terry Brown, Steve Tuschar, Johnny Montganese and the staff at The Carriage House, Joey and Tracy Vera, Kevin Moore, John (do you know what your doing?) Shyloski, Andy Katz, Dave Weckl, Todd Goldstein, Gene Bishop, John Deakin, Jason Keazer, Takumi Suetsugu, Ed Picard, Mark Roman, Bill "why don't you just use my real middle name this time" Metoyer, Jim Pitulski, Nick van Dyk, Bernie Versailles, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater and Hildy the dog.
We appreciate the assistance of Tyme Rogers at Tech21, Mesa Boogie, Taylor Acoustics, DR Handmade Strings, GMS Drum Company, Vater, Remo, Zildjian, DW, Amek, and Summit Audio.
Jim would like to thanks Laurie and Lindsay
Mark would like to thank LRK for her support and understanding
Ray would like to thank Amy Marie Motta
Released on 07/25/2000
Metal Blade Records
(3984-14324-2)
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Miscellaneous Album Notes
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disconnected (part 1)
(Music- Jim Matheos) |
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One
(Music- Jim Matheos)
(Lyrics- Ray Alder) |
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Under the spotlights
I feel our worlds becoming one
Around me I feel
everything we are everything we see
I'll take a part of you
you take a part of me
Knowing at a glance
where we all stand
Searching for another chance
to make us all one
Above the staring eyes
I sense that you and I are one
Knowing, showing
everything we are everything we see
I'll take a part of you
you take a part of me
Knowing at a glance
where we all stand
Searching for another chance
to make us all one
Now I know we are one now
Now I know we are one now
Now I know we are one now
Now I know we are one now
After the fading lights
I felt that we were one
I know I need
everything we are everything we see
I took a part of you
you took a part of me
Knowing at a glance
where we all stand
Searching for another chance
to make us all one
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So
(Music and Lyrics- Jim Matheos) |
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Feeling so strong
I feel so inspired
Like a man with all the words
I could move the world
If I weren't so tired
So, so tired
So, so tired
So
Feeling so proud
I feel so admired
Like a man on a stage
I could play the part
If I weren't so tired
So, so tired
So, so tired
So
Tired of mind
and all that I think
Tired of thirst
and all that I drink
Tired of will
and all that I need
I'm tired of body
and all that I bleed
Tired of breath
and all that I breathe
I'm tired of heart
and all that I grieve
Tired of sight
and all that I see
I'm tired of you
and tired of me
So, so tired
So, so tired
So
Feeling so full
nothing desired
Like a man with everything
I should be happy
but I'm only tired
So, so tired
So, so tired
So, so tired
So, so tired
So
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Pieces of Me
(Music- Jim Matheos)
(Lyrics- Jim Matheos / Ray Alder) |
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I'm lying broken under jagged pieces
of burned out bridges
Suffocating I can't breathe
No direction
I'm scattered in the breeze
living on memories
Everywhere I look
as far as I can see
broken promises, broken promises
Pieces of me, pieces of me, pieces of me
Pieces of me...
I'm drowning, choking
falling deeper into this
black hole we call living
and I can't breathe
No connection
I'm scattered in the breeze
living on memories
Everywhere I look
as far as I can see
broken promises, broken promises
Pieces of me, pieces of me, pieces of me
Pieces of me...
All that I remember now
are people and shadows
All that I remember now
are people and shadows
Everywhere I look
as far as I can see
broken promises, broken promises
Pieces of me, pieces of me, pieces of me
Pieces of me...
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Something From Nothing
(Music- Jim Matheos)
(Lyrics- Ray Alder) |
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Some things burden me
These thoughts cut deep
Sometimes I feel
sometimes I see
(I see...)
I won't close my eyes
I can't look away
We've changed our dreams
we've had our say
(our say...)
"???"
Stood here so long
I've forgotten what I was even looking for
Nothing changes
It's all the same if nothing changes, changes
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed so much
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed more
Standing alone
I see what I was looking for, for so long
It's not where I am
It's everywhere I've been and where I'm going
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed so much
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed more
Take, take, take, take, take from nothing
Take, take, take, take, take from everything
Take, take, take, take, take from nothing
Make it, make it, make it something
So it's more, so much more than I need
So much more, so much more
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed so much
I thought I never needed
everything I knew was wrong
I never thought I needed more
"???"
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Still Remains
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I had so much to say
but no words to speak
The feelings were strong
but I was only weak
So there we were again
tragic and absurd
choking on every line
and every final word
"Hey... hey..."
A few pages from an old diary
a dusty shelf, an unread history
All these words and memories
are all of you that's really left for me
No...
And a fading memory
can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
the words still remain
And the years that fall away
can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
the truth still remains
A few lines from life's long soliloquy
a dying voice in one part harmony
All these words and memories
are all of you that's really left for me
No...
And a fading memory
can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
the words still remain
And the years that fall away
can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
the truth still remains
A final moment of clarity
a touch, a look, a last apology
All these words and memories
are all of you that's really left for me
No...
And a fading memory
can't cloud the pain
When the voice is gone
the words still remain
And the years that fall away
can't stop the rains
When illusion's gone
the truth still remains
Where is the way
where is direction
the ever open arms
of over protection
Where is the hope
where is laughter
the wild winter dreams
of happy ever after
Deep in the night
underneath the darkest skies
searching for a sign or some distant light
Screaming yet unheard
repeating every line
and every final word
Deep in the night
underneath the darkest skies
searching for a sign or some distant light
Screaming yet unheard
repeating every line
and every final word
They remain, they remain
you still remain
All these words and memories
and everything you were to me
they remain, they remain
you still remain
And here I am again
tragic and absurd
repeating every line
and every final word
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disconnected (part 2)
(Music- Jim Matheos) |
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"And I say to you, there is only one way in which the world can be saved from itself and that is by the realisation that love
overcometh all things. That those who have gone before you are concerned for you, each one. But we come back to your world
endeavouring to break down the barriers that you have created by foolishness and ignorance over the centuries and we
knock at your door, hoping and praying that you will open just a little, that we may enter therein and save you from
yourselves."
"I think we were disconnected"
[Note: The first piece of sampled dialog used in this song is from a tape recording made of the following event:
'On the first of October 1960 a voice manifested in space in the seance-room of British medium Leslie Flint which claimed to be that of the late Dr. Gordon Cosmo Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury (1864 - 1945). It was the third time that his voice came through.' More information on this event can be found at the following website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/archbish.html ]
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