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EXPLORERS CLUB LYRICS
"Age of Impact" (1998)
1. Fate Speaks
2. Fading Fast
3. No Returning
4. Time Enough
5. Last Call
1. Fate Speaks
Bret Douglas - Lead vocals
Trent Gardner - Harmonies
When every word has been written
When every line has been read
When every person cries for justice
And every partner drops dead
When every loss has been suffered
When every war has been fought
When every son been laid to rest
When every lesson has been taught
There comes a time when you realize
It's all over - sooner or later
All of us together - stop pretending it's not
It's going down - It's going down
Nobody listens - I can't believe it.
(Petrucci solo)
There comes a time when you realize
It's all over - sooner or later
All of us together - stop pretending it's not
It's going down - it's going down
Nobody listens - I can't believe it.
When every breath has been drawn
When every sickness has been shared
When every soul has quit religion
When every priest has run scared
When all the actors take a last bow
When all the big deals have gone down
When every cynic's crucified us
When every mother screams out loud
There comes a time when you realize
It's all over - sooner or later
All of us together - stop pretending it's not
It's going down - it's going down
Nobody listens - I can't believe it.
(Murphy-Guillory solos)
(Petrucci solo)
Found asleep at the wheel
Believing in things that are not real
Our reasons more of the same
Pointless encounters - endless cliches
Things escape me time and again
Running in circles while anarchy wins
Not me - I'm not going down
Refuse to sell out or lay down
Fate speaks
Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks
Fate speaks
Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks loudly...
(Petrucci solo)
Face my sentence in despair
Pacing the floor - the enemy's there
I'm just so sick and tired of it all
Nothing but commerce
Makes my skin crawl
Fate speaks
Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks
Fate speaks
Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks
Fate speaks
Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks
You think I've lost it
For what I have said
You've got the problem
And it's all in your head
It's just too dark
It's just too real
Don't take for granted
This chance we have to feel
Why do we take it?
We're out of control
We're getting worse now
And we're selling our souls
It's just too dark
It's just too real
Don't take for granted
This chance we have to feel
(Sherinian solo)
(Petrucci solo)
Why do we take it?
We're out of control
We're getting worse now
And we're selling our souls
It's just too dark
It's just too real
Don't take for granted
This chance we have to feel
You think I've lost it
For what I have said
You've got the problem
And it's all in your head
It's just too dark
It's just too real
Don't take for granted
This chance we have to feel...
(Gardner solo)
(Petrucci solo)
(Gardner solos to outro)
2. Fading Fast
Matt Bradley - Lead vocals
(Gardner solo)
(Petrucci solo)
In just a moment your life can slip away
Wasting time by wasting chances
When all that's left here is emptiness and hope
It's always darkest before the dawn will show
So I've got to stay right
Just to see it
I've got to rise up and be much more
There's nothing's new here
My impact fading fast
Why seize the hour if I can not make it last
The cynics laugh hard and the pundits write away
The music's dying but its epitaph will say
It's not over yet
Just to see it
I've got to rise up and be
And be so much more
Believe I know it
I've got to be right...
(Petrucci solo)
There's a light at the end
But a darkness begins
As I take the task at hand
For the glimpse that I see
Is all that I need
Just to try and understand
Why my fate has let it stand
Feel the meaning of power
The meaning of fear
But it's death that's chasing me fast
So who really gives a damn
If I make it at all
I'm just another one that's passed
The pain of a marathon that lasts...
(Petrucci solo)
3. No Returning
James LaBrie - Lead vocals
Trent Gardner - Harmonies
(Gardner solo)
(Bemesderfer solo)
Just call me Mr. Dark - Mr. Negative
I'm pessimistic, fatalistic, with an attitude
That's turned ballistic
No rhyme or reason
No symmetry and no excuse
Let it go - flow with the chaos
Hold tight 'cause I can't refuse
Fate speaks, Fate speaks loudly
Can't you see there's no returning
Once you've started down this road
You've lost everything you have
And life is over
No impact 'til you make it stronger
Can't you see there's no returning
Once you've started down this road
You've lost everything you have
And life is over
No impact 'til you make it stronger
(Petrucci solo)
Fate speaks, Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks, Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks, Fate speaks loudly
Fate speaks, Fate speaks loudly...
Can't you see there's no returning
Once you've started down this road
You've lost everything you have
And life is over
No Impact 'til you make it stronger
Can't you see there's no returning
Once you've started down this road
You've lost everything you have
And life is over
No impact 'til you make it stronger...
(Petrucci solo)
4. Time Enough
D.C. Cooper - Lead vocals
When every word has been written
And every line has been read
When every person cries for justice
When every partner drops dead
When every loss has been suffered
When every war has been fought
When every son's been laid to rest
When every lesson has been taught
Spoken: "and this is the moment when you will
make your impact...An intensity found in your
life when you make a real and profound differ-
ence...Seize it , seize it...Rise up."
(Murphy solo)
When all the actors take a last bow
When all big deals have all gone down
When every cynic has crucified us
when every mother screams out loud...
(Gardner solo)
(Sheehan solo)
(Bemesderfer solo)
(Howe solo)
There's nothing left to ask for
There's nothing left to say
The same old songs are playing again
Just like it's yesterday
There's nothing left to hope for
There's nothing left to be
It's all been done before
But maybe I'll wait right here and see
There's nothing left but boredom
There's nothing left but pain
There's nothing to do
'cause the suffering lasts
As it keeps you in it's wake
I'd like to make a difference
Yes, I'd like to make one try
But who the hell am I fooling?
There's barely time enough to die...
5. Last Call
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
(Petrucci)
(Guillory solo)
(Murphy solo)
Now wait here - can't you see
I've just spelled out reality
It's no fun
But it's now or never
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
(Murphy solo)
Now wait here - can't you see
I've just spelled reality
It's no fun
But it's now or never
It's now or never
So wait here - can't you see
I've just spelled reality
It's no fun
But it's now or never
It's now or...
Now or never.
(Petrucci solo)
I've seen it, I've lived it, I know it
I'll say this over again
Again - again
I've got it
Last call - are you going down?
I've seen it, I've lived it, I know it
Last call are you going down? Down...
Last call - last call
Last call - are you going down?
Down...
Last call - last call
Last call - are you going down...Down?
I've seen it, I've lived it, I know it
Last call -
Are you going down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down,
down.....
Down...Down...Down...? ...'cause I'm not.
(Petrucci solo) (Bozzio goes wild)
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