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Magellan - A Social Marginal
remember me when i met you back in chicago?

filthy bum (twenty plus some) with an old platitude

"mending fences or mending souls"

that was all you had to say

but fate was fair my friend

now it's your turn to walk in my place



tell me how's the view from down there-

come on don't you like it?

suddenly you are no one and you feel like a freak

down and out you just might find out who you

really are

sorry i can't join you right now

i'd love to stay but can't be late for my happy hour

now don't get caught up in your paranoia

just accept that we both -

lose if there's a confrontation

well i think we've got to find

some good excuse with a prospect of detente



but standing my ground

i have drawn the line

past which there can be no more compromise



somebody help me find a way out of it

i'm quite sure there must be

more than meets the eye

a matter of what's inside

pretending my soul can hide from the outside

when everyone can see we're hiding tragedy



social marginal-

setting the stage for our power struggle

social marginal-

engaging you in a test of wills

social marginal-

no diversions please

it's time to wear your gameface

it's time to wear it now.....just put it on.



now don't get caught up in your paranoia

just accept that we both

lose if there's a confrontation

and it's all we've got to find

a crucible can't we compromise?

now.



somebody help me find a way out of it

i'm quite sure there must be

more than meets the eye

a matter of what's inside

pretending my soul can hide from the outside

when everyone can see we're hiding tragedy

now.



social marginal-

setting the stage for our power struggle

social marginal-

engaging you in a test of wills

social marginal-

no diversions please

it's time to wear your gameface

it's time to wear it now - right now.



mending fences, mending souls?

read between the lines and you'll know

now.

now it's your turn to accept me-

now.



....but caught up in your own self-righteousness

all you can do is say - "you first".

Magellan - Another Burning
back in '61 to '65, their indifferences,

could never hide the buried hopes

of peace/that rest beneath them wearing

grey or blue.

did the burning of white mansions still

the fire inside their hearts to kill

each other? the memories that lie where ash remains.

they marched all the fathers and sons

to a slaughter/

then the widows and daughters knew

that no one would march back home.

can you feel it? don't deny that it comes from

deep within your soul.

can you feel it? don't you see that this

is something we can do together?

the intolerance bred ignorance and prejudice

but they possessed destructive powers

making it too real for them to see

that their strength was an illusion

fueled by dreams of glory writing

their own story

knowing that no man should be

enslaved.

though it's hard to build on dreams again

we must fight the demon if

we're going to win.

one more chance to live again - to prosper the

open land that god gave them. one more

chance to live a new way - they sacrificed

everything - they threw it away.

hate must never claim the lives of our heroes

Magellan - Breaking These Circles
when your mind stays awake and your body cries for sleep

disillusioned from the pain you're in way too deep.

as the chains bind your soul and the sweat takes its toll

don't submit to addiction - can't escape the whole world.

you're just looking for something - you can't find it in a bottle

you accelerate to the limit - three more hits and the throttle

will take you to the grave - to an early demise - don't

expect any mercy

if you live in disguise.

preaching again to the multitudes end.make a promise to

stop now 'cause

i can't even look in the mirror/a freak, a cruel lie/i've

been fooling myself

in the images that i've justified.

breaking these circles surrounding me there's a great

white light at the

end/my life is worth living again and again-

now i believe in the knowledge and now i'm in the light.

breaking these circles - don't repeat all our darkest

nightmares

the universal man/still in the same place his sin of

addiction began........

Magellan - Critic's Carnival
the solano county engineering archives, vault 1



feel free, write your scathing indictment

pick us apart with your joke of a pen

pacified poet, standing alone you know it

i hear you preaching:

"do it again - won't you please do it again?"



plenty of time - hear the hypocrites whine

pathetic business -

take it, test it, know it, burn it

it's all a game you play so mealy mouthed

at the trough we lay

i hear you pleading:

"do it again - won't you please do it again?"



take it all upon you now

make you mark somehow

and keep it going

with illusions that you're real

and phrases that you'll steall

at your best you'll drag them down



i've heard it all before

it's all been said before

extending all an invitation - welcome to the



critic's carnival -

where writers think they know more than you

no, don't be a fool at critic's carnival



a bully pulpit built to spin a phrase

will "pitch" a sermon for you

if you've got the money to pay at the

critic's carnival

buy fifty dollar words, try bull-shit



no, don't be deceived at critic's carnival...



invite us to your ivory tower

impress me with your

insightfull gift of genius

yes, you can dish it out

a coward too much clout

hungry for power -



do it again - won't you please do it again?

monday morning's last draft quarterback

get it right get it wrong

we've just dragged on too long

Magellan - Estadium Nacional
"these are my last words, their treasonous hands

have us all under siege, now do you understand?"

gossens ministers - all at hand

will take up final stations

as the coup hunts a single man

no offer of exile did he take in his last trial...



covert action - santiago

the u.s. denies it but the president knows

broken fathers, strut of the guard

see cruel opportunists where the losers die hard



seeking refuge from this "land of fire".



allende supporters are gathered

estadium nacional

they disappear, ask them how the tortured shall

dispatch a message to loved ones now

their photographs worn by survivors

estadium nacional

a swede is the only trace of redeemed grace

as edelstam prepares a place

of asylum but without "sanction".



fleeing persecution - visas feigning new

identities

so they wait there at the embassies...



labor takes a fall (impending ascension)

the white house seems appalled at the disgrace

they toast a secret cheer in executive session

and keep it going strong (wear a gameface)

hunter hawker dive (impending ascension)

superiors decide it's a rat race

it's all about control (impending ascension)

see nixon take a hold from his powerful place.



how much terror for five thousand?

how many others suffer on the outside of this stadium?

is there no end?



these are my last words-treasonous hands

have us all under siege, now do you understand?

hear my last broadcast-mic in hand

workers rise up-bear arms-the coup rapes its own homeland

hold on th your memories ("disappeared families")

what justice befalls our enemies

Magellan - Friends Of America
friends of america

where are you now?

get up and do something for

america, stand up now.



fly the flag

put your hand on your heart

you can be assured

that you've done your part

watch the nation bleed

from the comfort of your chair

and then you'll just become

a lazy bum sitting there



friends of america

where are you now?

get up and do something for

america, stand up now.



face the facts, we must practice

what we preach/let go of yesterday -

there is an answer in our reach.

someone lead the way, make us

do the rest/we'll join together -

sound the call/now it's time to

show them whose the best.



friends of america

the world is a witness to the change

of events in the rise of america.

who are your leaders? and who are

your heroes? in this america.

stronger than ever we unite for the

common cause of america.

friends of america.....

Magellan - I
james labrie - lead vocals and choruses

trent gardner - lead vocals (from last

chorus through outro) and harmony vocals



i've heard enough

let's make it happen

let's turn it over

make life a positive



no more excuses

i'm making progress

i'm moving forward

with new promises



there's nothing left but boredom

nothing left but pain

there's barely time enough to die



it's all been done before

there's nothing left here

there's nothing i can say

i can say...



(petrucci solo)



don't think it's me

i have no fear

i feel it working

there's something more here



let's make it worth it

still time to react

we've come this far now

to make an impact



(murphy solo during choruses)



now wait here - can't you see

i've just spelled out reality

it's no fun

but it's now or never

it's now or never

Magellan - Jacko
caught you sleeping on the railroad track

you were so tired that you took a nap

tied you up while you were on your back

and they told you that your name was jack



well, they thought you might have been the

missing link

make some big cash with those two big feet

a carnival crew's on the city street

pay admission just to see the freak-



named jacko...

a sign of the times

please forgive we're just human kind

people don't see

you're a child and you don't want to be

a jacko.



big hotel on the news today

by the old fishin' hole where you used to play

it's prime real estate i would have to say

but your home will never look the same



well, profit shares and the bottom line

make it to wall street with a glass of wine

your chemical dump i don't really mind

now i'm bald and i'm going blind



poor jacko...

humanity it speaks of all that it wants to be

and as you can see

all we dish out is hypocrisy

to jacko.

jacko...

a sign of the times

please forgive we're the human kind

people can't see

you're a child and you don't want to be

a jacko.........

...just call him jacko

...call him jacko.



i am not your missing link

and i am not your prize

for a hunting expedition under starry skies

keep me in the wilderness

where i can breath the air

maybe one day we will meet

but hey - leave your gun there

if you must come leave your gun there



[jack-hey-jacko-a-hey-a-jacko-call him-

jack-jacko-call him-hey-call him-hey-

just call him jacko].



back in the deep wood a line in the sand

by an old oak tree - you will make your stand

if they find you back there you have had it man

they're gonna kill ya anyway they can



poor jacko...

a sign of the times

please forgive we're the human kind

people can't see

you're a child and you don't want to be

to be?

jacko....

humanity it speaks of all that it wants to be

and as you can see

all we dish out is hypocrisy to jacko.

Magellan - Just One Bridge
walking on a still green sea-have you got the faith to let

it be?

without falling through like an anchor tied - to your

weighted memories of guilty times.

stepping on a bed of coals - does little damage to the icy souls

'cause there's just one bridge between pain and hope

so keep mind sharp enough to stay afloat - while

you're here......

Magellan - Magna Carta
i. magna carta overture (instrumental)



ii. declaration



john the king of england

duke of normandy (count of aquitaine)

spoke to all his subjects

declaring freedom and reform in this present charter...



iii. status quo



in the first place it is our will

before we quarrel there are rights to instill

upon our heirs, confirmed with grace

the english church shall stand in faith

if any earl or baron dies

and owes us relief we will rectify

our binding words to the sons under age:

"we'll hold it in trust - your inheritance is saved."



the guardian of the land will now answer to us.

assignable for husbandry and wardship.

the treaty of the magna carta will ensure this.



iv. reform



city of london have all your liberties

free customs and furthermore; petition counsel

that no assessment shall reach into the pockets

of the common man

we respect the rights of the common man

we must respect the rights of the common man.....

no witch hunt executions to be held in the shadows

no trivial crimes shall condemn one to the gallows

all evil customs, warrens, sheriffs, shall be abolished

all hostages will be released

in the the final hours of this decadence we must defeat

'cause it's not too late for the future

stand back - look around

it's a time for peace not a time for war or for judgement

summon all, listen to my order!

this fifteenth day of june in runnymeade

all must coincide as the magna carta is ratified.....



v. restoration



should a man transgress this charter

we'll judge in fairness with law and order

time for the kingdom to be granted all these things

wishing betterment for allies, with security.

liberty of conscience is finally restored as the

magna carta is moving forward in this restoration

from such a young man his great awakenings has

saved our homeland.....



in a modern world we still must fight to learn the

lessons that prolong our plight

the history of those before should help us now but

we choose to ignore

explore the new ground - discovery

we know the answers but no one sees

we are so close but we stand so far

from the restoration - the nearest star

the hour of restoration is now upon us

we measure the time all history to the present the

magna carta

trust of the ancient living.

Magellan - Preaching The Converted
[verse 1]

i hear you laughing loudly

but i'm not laughing with you

well you may be joking first

but i'll be the one who has the last laugh



[verse 2]

you call yourself "progressive"

i say it's all regressive

you think you can stand in judgment

so listen here and i'll remind you



["chorus"]

preaching the converted 'cause it's all you know

music's dead because it's all about the money now

and you don't even know who you are anymore

"put it out somehow" -

and the business man laughs all the way to the bank

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud



[2nd time only]

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

and you don't even know who owns you anymore

"put it out somehow" - "put it out somehow"

and the business man laughs all the way to the bank

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

can you take it?

[cadence]

in our test of wills you got us for a song

music's dead you sold us out for much too long

preaching the converted......



[verse 3]

i've given you all i have

but you say i must find more

"i've got to dig deeper-i've got to see

all the way within my soul"



[verse 4]

you may call it inspiration

but i'd call it desperation

we're wasting our moments for now

reliving the past - again and again



[repeat with "full chorus"]

[bridge - aba?]

a game of tin soldiers is all that we're playing here

but nobody wins

well it doesn't mean anything

'cause it isn't all your saying now

but i hope i'm invited for the ride

just in case we end our test of wills

yes i've seen much stranger things in my

days......

[cadenza]

preaching still...........

preaching the converted in our test of

wills................

Magellan - Songsmith
a writer like a blacksmith-forging works of iron

the jagged edges tempered into solid scripts for hire

solitary craftsman at his console merging audio discrete

an ever changing soundscape sets the stage; the twains shall meet

in a union strong



just like a working stiff

he is a songsmith

in a strange synthesis

"restoration" announced

it's the new riffs that count (no mainstream bore playing 13/4...)



break out of silence-complete the curve

the songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve

innovation his palette-the urge and the test

adrenalin flowing, he can't even rest unless-

harmonic elements and special fx

conform to all his whims, an interpretive text

but he'd sing for the masses if he just had the time

with a vocal ideal and a long lyric line

he is a songsmith



break out of silence-complete the curve

the songsmith maintaining his avant-garde nerve

innovation his palette-the urge and the test

adrenalin flowing, he can't even rest unless-

harmonic elements and special effects



conform to all his whims, an interpretive text

and he'd sing for the media if he had equal time

with a vocal ideal and a long lyric line

he is a songsmith

it's not too late for the songsmith



the curtain opens for creativity

give a backseat role to conspiracy

hear the signature and the melody

of the author flow in polyphony

will the writer last?

will his trade survive?

in a world of commerce

can he hope to thrive?

if his final sequence is not contrived

keep him honest now

just to keep him alive



we need the songsmith...

Magellan - Storms And Mutiny
crossing the line of demarcation

they took a passage to the west

dead reckoning they doubled back

into the north they anchored for bad weather

san martin and magellan almost lost sight of the flagship



the santiago and victoria led

no sign of land altered the course

why not return for winter?

no violation of direct royal orders

the men, the officers, all cried "return"

no captains that had discipline-

rode the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)

desperately they sought a haven in an age of discovery...



extra precautions, setting anchor as they did

terrified, the crews made pledges back to spain for pilgrimage

lighting fires at night to signal shipmates-at last deliverance

from the fury of this godforsaken place they named the "bay

of travail"-



ride the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)

desperately they sought a haven in an age of discovery...



genius or madman? so elusive were the straits

battered were the ships and men

a stop for repairs in st. julian

the crew wanted to know the route they'd begun

despite stirring exhortations for loyalty from magellan



onboard concepcion there was mutiny in demand

and they moved to take the fleet at night

with the knowledge there was blood on their hands

but the tables turned-the remaining crew blocked the exit

to the sea

a sudden advantage for the general using ruthless strategy...



target chosen shrewdly of three vessels controlled by the

mutineers

high numbers of neutral foreigners on victoria would not

rise up against him.



pulling hard against an ebb

rebellion muted the message read:

"no mistreatment, i'll do what's right"

no heavy hand will rule the night



on the mainmast high, we'll raise his flag

court martial pending on trinidad

condemned to death were forty more

mendoza "quartered" upon the shore



poetic justice coming swift and severe

but how could he lose so many men?

commute the sentence for the sin

confined to quarters and distasteful labor

convicted conspirators fallen in his disfavor



philosophers and scholars began to challenge

the true dimensions of the earth (new evidence uncovered)

finding the straits magellan died triumphant

but no vindication came in time

no statesman, no royalty-



rode the high seas in storms and mutiny (with the enemy)

desperately they sailed the globe in a voyage of treachery



circumnavigation returning victoria with twenty-one

determined by storms and mutiny

he conquered the sea

though honor followed, a witness he would not be......

Magellan - Test Of Wills
wish it could be prosperity

that's waiting around the corner

all i can see is more agony

i don't believe things are better

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

always a fight - we both may be right

too stubborn to see



it's not adversity, it's polarity

a balance that keeps the day

can't we agree to disagree?

it just might work out this way

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

all in the past so save it for last

when you think of me

'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over.



i gotta keep it-

i gotta keep it going(keep it going)



conflict in everything must be defined

look around - see the answers-

i think you'll find

nothing is left to chance it's all design

deny it- pay the price? (or peace will find

us...)



in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over



i got to keep it going got to keep it going

going got to keep it going



depression overwhelming me-a sign

burning out - can't believe it

i know you feel it

lost in transgression may be it is time

decide if we're back together or divided



'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over



a misunderstanding unraveling

flashing back the years

memories hopes and fears

calling me home at last

now i'm taking refuge in the past

all i can do for now

if it's all the same to you...

it it's all the same to you...

i'll be there if it's all the same to you.

but in the end-when everything's said and done

facing my own excuses

and there's nowhere to run

i should have been the only one to pay

for all the times i heard you say-

i was wrong to you.....

i was wrong to you.....

i was wrong to you.....

wake up.



wish it could be prosperity

that's waiting around the corner

all i can see is more agony

i don't believe things are better

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

always a fight - we both may be right

too stubborn to see



'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

Magellan - The Winner
welcome these players to your stage

progressive, we cleverly syncopate

these rhythms, in a key, in an overture

directing our experience into yours.



waiting here for a visionary

imagine living the new possibilities

in a matter of time you're a

winner/success at hand/it's all

in your future just take command.

anyone can be a winner

we all want a winner

everybody wants one -

we all want a winner.

Magellan - Preaching The Converted
[verse 1]



but i'm not laughing with you

well you may be joking first

but i'll be the one who has the last laugh



[verse 2]

you call yourself "progressive"

i say it's all regressive

you think you can stand in judgment

so listen here and i'll remind you



["chorus"]

preaching the converted 'cause it's all you know

music's dead because it's all about the money now

and you don't even know who you are anymore

"put it out somehow" -

and the business man laughs all the way to the bank

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud



[2nd time only]

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

and you don't even know who owns you anymore

"put it out somehow" - "put it out somehow"

and the business man laughs all the way to the bank

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

and he's counting fast and he's laughing

hard.laughing loud

can you take it?

[cadence]

in our test of wills you got us for a song

music's dead you sold us out for much too long

preaching the converted......



[verse 3]

i've given you all i have

but you say i must find more

"i've got to dig deeper-i've got to see

all the way within my soul"



[verse 4]

you may call it inspiration

but i'd call it desperation

we're wasting our moments for now

reliving the past - again and again



[repeat with "full chorus"]

[bridge - aba?]

a game of tin soldiers is all that we're playing here

but nobody wins

well it doesn't mean anything

'cause it isn't all your saying now

but i hope i'm invited for the ride

just in case we end our test of wills

yes i've seen much stranger things in my

days......

[cadenza]

preaching still...........

preaching the converted in our test of

wills................

Magellan - Test Of Wills
wish it could be prosperity

that's waiting around the corner

all i can see is more agony

i don't believe things are better

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

always a fight - we both may be right

too stubborn to see



it's not adversity, it's polarity

a balance that keeps the day

can't we agree to disagree?

it just might work out this way

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

all in the past so save it for last

when you think of me

'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over.



i gotta keep it-

i gotta keep it going(keep it going)



conflict in everything must be defined

look around - see the answers-

i think you'll find

nothing is left to chance it's all design

deny it- pay the price? (or peace will find

us...)



in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over



i got to keep it going got to keep it going

going got to keep it going



depression overwhelming me-a sign

burning out - can't believe it

i know you feel it

lost in transgression may be it is time

decide if we're back together or divided



'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over



a misunderstanding unraveling

flashing back the years

memories hopes and fears

calling me home at last

now i'm taking refuge in the past

all i can do for now

if it's all the same to you...

it it's all the same to you...

i'll be there if it's all the same to you.

but in the end-when everything's said and done

facing my own excuses

and there's nowhere to run

i should have been the only one to pay

for all the times i heard you say-

i was wrong to you.....

i was wrong to you.....

i was wrong to you.....

wake up.



wish it could be prosperity

that's waiting around the corner

all i can see is more agony

i don't believe things are better

want it for you - want it for me

let's do it and keep our sanity

always a fight - we both may be right

too stubborn to see



'cause our finest hour is our darkest day

to admit we're human-

that there's more to life than we want to say

in our test of wills did we turn to man?

did we look for answers-

from a higher source than we understand?

gotta second chance if we will come clean now

or it's all over.............

Magellan - Turning Point
we must search together or united we'll fall

standing at the crossroad - just the two of us.

will you travel with me? i'll take the surest path

in this hour of restoration...

Magellan - Under The Wire
language and meter

tools for a task

structure and movement

there's logic at last



critical rave

misanthrope hired

humans want quickness

so keep it under the wire



"the pit and the pendulum"

"the man of the crowd"

"the tell tale heart"



his characters move

baptism by fire

the poet's survival kept under the wire...-

Magellan - Virtual Reality
experience machines that know your thoughts and know your dreams

a better way of seeing things you won't believe it's real

interact, you and i-there's a feeling lost we can't deny

i've opened up. we never tried to simulate it all.



our love-it can be a virtual reality.



if we learn by degrees that the place you stand i may not be

in human change it's hard to see which barriers divide

what appears to be real is just the thing we want to feel

technology our saving grace-a guiding hand to touch the face



our love, it can be a virtual reality

our love could go far if we just admit the truth of what we are



matters of perception making all of the difference now

it's not the real world

so take a harder look at compromise-for there is nothing to lose

in our own image we can't create what we want to be

i want to know if there's forgiveness within a virtual reality



our love, it can be a virtual reality

our love, it can be a virtual reality

our love could go far

but we have to face the truth of what we are not...



could we see clearer in a virtual reality?

could we be together in a virtual reality?



matters of perception making all of the difference now

it's not the real world

so take a harder look at compromise-for there is nothing to lose

in our own image we can't create what we want to be

i want to know if there's forgiveness within a virtual reality......