I'm sitting here Without a care for life Alone Lost In Despair I need the golden leaves of home Please lead me there To find the peace of mind The flowing Nimrodel (The glowing Citadel) I feel like half my life's been spent in hell! (I will not spend my life inside a cell!) How do you fair, Lothlorien? I shall be there when this fire swallows the things I love No more nightmares, Lothlorien Will I know where to look for you amongst the untrue? At last on my way, The Dark Forces cover up the day I've heard them say, "Sauron (Zalar) has brought decay to you." This can't be true How do you fair, Lothlorien? I shall be there unless this fire swallows the things I love No more nightdares, Lothlorien Will I know where to sail for you amidst the deep blue? Time is on my side Escape tonight at high tide Brave the icesea ride Beware the reef spikes the fog will hide!
Comments Artist Comment: "Original songs are born through many unique situations of inspiration. After composing hundreds of songs, those most memorable to me are songs I hear in a dream while sleeping. Shortly after obsessively finishing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and deeply imbibing in RUSH albums, I awoke one night to the sound of a choir singing the melody of the chorus to Lothlorien in my dream. I turned on the lamp, grabbed the notepad and mini-recorder that is always by my bed, and hummed the basic idea onto the tape. I could hear the phonetic of the word Lothlorien matching the harmonic of the chordal structure, so I wrote down some gibberish and included that Tolkien pronoun before going back to sleep. In the weeks following, the song nearly completed itself in my 4-track studio. This song proved to be one of the band's most requested by our listeners, nearly always paired up with Dungeons of War. With the countless movements, challenging interludes, effects and fun tempo changes, it was also a favorite among the various musicians who played with the band at one time or another. For this reason, there were at least five different interpretations of the song released over the years, each with a different drummer. Eventually, lyric revisions were made to fit the song into the Citadel of Cynosure story arc, such as; Sauron was replaced with Zalar (the dark lord in our Cynosure story); and the title was changed to Escaping Nepthon, for copyright purposes so as not infringe upon J.R.R.'s authorship; 'the flowing Nimrodel' was changed to 'the glowing Citadel' - still the word Lothlorien had to be retained because I could find no other phonetic match with as good a harmonic parallel to the chorus chords. Many Citadel listeners have asked about the Tolkien reference in our storyline and after this explanation, I add that I believe Tolkien references can be as universal as other pronouns one finds in sources outside the pronoun's native origin. Common examples of this may be the use of the proprietary title 'Star Wars' as a term describing an unrelated national defense system, the constant use of 'beam me up Scotty' throughout various media, or the countless references to Earthly film, music and literature that Capt. John Crichton uses in Farscape. I firmly believe my own Tolkien experiences are typical of the influence this brilliant writer had on our society as a whole. I am deeply indebted to J.R.R. for birthing in me such a wonderfully complex fantasy-sci-fi passion - the whole of my being is daily affected by influences such as his. It is one of my basic life goals to spread this type of inspiration to others and Lothlorien is a place that I would love to journey to one day with my daughter. I must admit that I will always believe Middle Earth is real; somewhere/everywhere, inside/outside of those of us who defend fantasy and quantum physics equally seriously in the same sentence! Citadel is most honored when our songs inspire others to hunt out and discover these treasures as we did, and if you haven't read The Lord of the Rings, stop whatever you're doing for the next week and do it NOW! "Resistance is futile" if you desire to "Live long & prosper!"" [G. Whitman]
War Intro with lonely violin-sounding guitar, classical march into main song verse, 12-string in 5/4. Then a pounding from the heavy rock chorus, thundering guitar solo and another chorus leads to the middle lead over the 12-string. 2nd verse/chorus/lead/chorus and then a snappy, choppy end - with the foley (sound effects) going throughout...
Away from the Dungeons (of War) where the fire falls like rain! And how many lives are spent in a mask of flaming pain? In need of a reason they shall stain the sinner?s sword With futile hopes of gaining a crown as the ?just? reward
(Lead ? Chorus 1 Repeat)
Tears are shed over brothers lost half a man never feels the same The hands still clean of the men behind the scenes of satan?s games I have seen the faces of those who?ll never really walk away Empty Stares, a bleeding heart, and vengeance stored ?till the final day
Away from the Dungeons (of War) where the innocent are slain! And how many lives are spent in a daze of placing blame? This is the season to make plowshares from our swords With future hopes of gaining peace as the ?just? reward
A slight departure for the typically prog-rock band CITADEL® Non stop crunch, growl and pounding guitars, bass, keys and drums. Odd-scaled lead break and haunting double harmony vocals. Metal/hard rock straight on warning about the dangers facing us in the nuclear race?
From the CD "At The Rainbow's End" this shows the metal side of CITADEL® in a song that describes, in all the gory details, what life would be like after the third world war concludes with nuclear stalemate -- not your typical anti-war warning, from the not-so-typical band - CITADEL®!
Fortunes gone and Legends passed Locked inside, your soul caresses emotions felt but not revealed Hearts are hungry but lips are sealed
Come look past the third world war Hear the screams behind the door Restless passion evermore sealed beneath with Freedom's roar Telling you what wrongs were done Showing you a covered sun
[Novelette excerpt: Antel?s dream then shifts to a giant cave. He is among thousands of faceless figures that are migrating towards a giant fire and feeding it with a pungent kindling.]
Mutants pass with eyes of fire Motions insist submerged desire Bearing flasks of decaying dead Traitors burned and Zalar fed
Slaves that kneal with involution Receiving charge of restitution Building what will be destroyed Chained to this forbidden void
Come look past the Third World War Hear the screams behind the door Restless passion evermore sealed beneath with Freedom's roar Telling you what wrongs were done Showing you the covered sun
[Novelette excerpt: The leaping flames blacken the cave walls and thick smoke billows through the caverns, then Antel's dream merges into a brown-red sky, bulging with clouds of fire over his homeland of Astai.]
Radiation takes it's toll on melted beings with brainwashed souls Ageless shapes seep from swampy fosse Remains of perfection forever lost
Come look past the Third World War Hear the screams behind the door Restless passion evermore sealed beneath with Freedom's roar Telling you what wrongs were done Showing you the covered sun
A rare glimpse into the power folk rock side of CITADEL ® - From The GIG Broadcast and DVD - "Lonely Boy" is a story song that narrates three phases of the life of a singer/songwriter - or for any dreemur for that matter - there will always be someone there for us if we take the time to be there for others now...
Believe in and stick by your dreams, in spite of the discouraging signs and symbols around you - those will be all you have at the twilight of your journey...
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Lonely boy who plays his song, Tells himself there?s nothing wrong Alll alone but laughs with ease Blinding lights, but still he sees the way
Shy young man who sings his heart, With his words will never part Sings of things some cannot feel Sings of dreams some call unreal It seems They never dream
Where are you going Do You Know? Going alone it seems so slow Where are you headed Do You Care? Hoping someone is waiting there for you Waiting there for you Seems so long, but knowing that it?s true Waiting there for you
Grey old man with his guitar That old thing has got him far Past the lives of those who sought what they wanted and always got it seemed?
?but they never dreamed!
Where are you going Do You Know? Going alone it seems so slow Where are you headed Do You Care? Hoping someone is waiting there for you Waiting there for you Seems so long, but knowing that it?s true I?ll be there for you!
