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A Thousand Year Love Story

by Children of Orion

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Stars 04:22
I don't know how But it's starting now And I am falling; The sky is falling I want something more And I can't ignore My heart is calling I can hear you calling I wish on the stars above And in my dreams, I see you You're in the air, I breathe you And so I wait, impatiently await The day when the love in my heart awakes I wanna feel Something real I'm tired of living In a world that's empty And if stars collide Then why am I denied That puzzle piece To make me feel connected... Like constellations in the night sky And in my dreams, I see you You're in the air, I breathe you And so I wait, impatiently await The day when the love in my heart awakes Stars Maybe like a dream I will find you Ripping through the seams just to hold you now A supernova erupts and the love in my hearts awakes And in my dreams, I see you You're in the air, I breathe you And so I wait, impatiently await the day when the love in my heart awakes Stars
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I'm waiting on the day When I won't have to walk away Out that door anymore And I never will forget The moment when our lips first met I dream of you, always you... You're a part of me It's cold outside without you I'm not alive without you I'll never be free Never free, never we When you're away Now you're in my mind A love that I cannot defy Suddenly, you're all I see And I don't care if they know Because I will never let you go You are mine, for all time You're a part of me It's cold outside without you I'm not alive without you I'll never be free Never free, never we When you're away I'd give up everything To see your face again Orion Alhena Iuctim Aeternum
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You came to stay Just when I had lost my way Only night; no more day And I've learned to burn In the wake of what I had earned What a bitter taste I'm gone Tear it out of me Take it Take everything Now inside the hearth of my soul A beast was birthed From my depths unearthed And inside it stirs And it's voice can still be heard I won't say a word I'm gone Tear it out of me Take it Take everything
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Ashes falling through my hands Nothing left of us but the ashes Falling through my hands Rain flooded out my dreams It tore me away from you It brought me to my knees You told me, you told me You'd never let me go But what they've done can't be undone Now I'm gone, I'm gone Just hold me, please hold me Hold me in your thoughts And as the night clutches the stars Look to them remember us Remember Us I will never forget our love I will always love you Will you remember me? Will you forgive me? I will always love you
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What I considered an easy way to stay An open door, a safe way And I knew the choices that I made Would bury my soul six feet under me And how dare you walk right through me? With a smile and beautiful face Tear my heart out all over this place 'Cause I can't change I'm six feet under me I'm six feet under me I can feel it Can you feel it? I can feel it Can you feel it? Now it's too late I can't turn away Pushing you back just pulls you closer And I can feel the bonds around me break It all unravels, you're pulling at the strings You're pulling at the strings I can feel it Can you feel it? I can feel it Can you feel it?
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I loved you when the sky was young From the darkling void where light first sprung Tonight, tonight And I've chased my dreams along your tongue And writhed in wait with bottled lungs Tonight, tonight And I won't rest And I can't sleep And I won't leave Until you're with me There's a symphony of sighs Etched in the swirls of your burning eyes I see a melody painted in front of me With inks and dream-kissed moans and the air it sings (There's a crack in the world tonight) (Can you hear it? I can) From behind a lonely cloud Moonlight accents our tangled limbs Our bodies on this bed a passioned fresco (There's a chance in this world tonight) (Can you feel it? I can) Coming up from the ground below A wellspring unveils these bones You shatter me when you batter me with your loving screams Losing ourselves in this oblivion Losing ourselves in this landscapeless void Losing ourselves in this forever (Ich habe das nie geplant...) (Es ist jetzt egal) Falling up through my toes I find I found sight where they are blind Eyes fed with clarity; A yearning to be complete I feel you move, you crumble to create me (There's a crack in the world tonight) (Can you hear it? I can) This once hollow form is more than mass Burn our fears, burn our past I've become more than man, two doses, twice the human There's a chance in this world tonight Can you feel it? I can I can free you from him Take my hand Losing ourselves in this oblivion Losing ourselves in this landscapeless void Losing ourselves in this forever Meet me tomorrow and we'll escape So this pact we'll make in the gaining light To claim our hopes now, we'll take flight... Tonight, tonight
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You Lied 03:30
I waited for you by the fountain I waited, and waited, and waited Nut you never came, you never came I guess I'm the one to blame Did you notice when the lights were off All the things that were wrong with me? I guess you couldn't see Did we move too fast? Did I scare you away? It wasn't meant to last Only here for a day And now I'm alone The rising moon, it mirrored our affair One half shined bright, the other half wasn't there But any woman looking through my eyes Could realize the same You Lied First impressions are the easiest to fake I knew you were too good to be true I knew you were too good to be true A terrible lie I escaped to turn away from all that I knew Reaching out for salvation I thought that was you But all it seemed That I could glean Was a White Knight shadow Just lost in a dream, and... You Lied I waited here in the dark Where are you? My world is torn apart I need you now In time you'll fade away This pain will fade away But tell me why You Lied
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Inescapable 03:35
Un, Deux, Trois, Go! Across a crowded room Filled with so many empty eyes Trading secrets for sins Trading truths for lies But when you look at me I feel something move inside How can I get you alone To show you what's on my mind? You know there's just no use There's no getting away from you But the king is watching So tell me what you wanna do 'Cause if I have my way We'll be one by the end of the night It may be wrong or impulsive But right now wrong is feeling right The lights dim, oh! We're skin to skin, oh! Let's play to win, oh! 'Cause we're losing our minds tonight You're inescapable It's inescapable And when the morning comes I'll be holding you close to me And if we're blind to move forward Then I don't ever wanna see And though we've had our fill We'll be coming back for more You're inescapable It's inescapable
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Choices 03:29
He loves her too much to keep her But it's not safe in the light So he lets her go And in the time it takes to say goodbye The lights in her eyes die He loves her too much to tell her The thought of living In a world without her smile It eats him up It turns his warm heart cold But she'll never know Whoa oh! And everyday It just feels so far away Whoa oh! She's gone away No oh! No way to change To change the choices that we've made Whoa oh! She's gone away She thinks this one might kill her How can you settle for shadows after breathing in the light? And as he turns to walk away: She cries out "Stay!" But he can't stay Whoa oh! And everyday It just feels so far away Whoa oh! She's gone away No oh! No way to change To change the choices that we've made Whoa oh! She's gone away
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Kyrie 04:33
In darkness I can find a path without sight I know I'm better blind Through all of this I see the forest for the trees As insects crawl on leaves And in their wings and shallow beings Reflections in the streams of things I shudder to see But why can't I see in your eyes, The strangeness of your sight? I see no reason why that color should change at night Whose choice was it, why can't I... Break out of these cold walls, become the second sun Undo the catalyst for once And I feel it on me, the cool falling leaves The change circles me But why can't I see in your eyes, The strangeness of your sight? And why can't I live in your eyes? I see the possibility Save me from the smiles of bastard sons They glare of your chagrin And save me from your judgment when I'm gone You know that I've done wrong
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(Italian) Resistete! Resistete! La morte del corpo non è la morte dell'anima! Resistete! Resistete! Quello che ci è stato dato, ci rifiutiamo di essere presi! Da un lato: Il Donatore. Fa in modo incautamente, perché sa che suo fratello invertirà le sue azioni Dall'altra parte: Il Taker La sua gelosia regna. Vuole quello che prende, ma si dissolve con il suo tocco Un'oscurità che circonda, come una tenda Dietro c'è il Watcher, che guarda con un occhio perverso Il suo sorriso è pieno di malignità Resistete! Resistete! La morte del corpo non è la morte dell'anima. Resistete! Resistete! Quello che ci è stato dato, ci rifiutiamo di essere presi! Resistete! Resistete! Resistete! Resistete! Resistete! Resistete! (English translation) Resist! Resist! The death of the body is not the death of the soul Resist! Resist! What was given, shall not be taken! On one side: The Giver He provides recklessly, for he knows his brother will reverse his deeds On the other side: The Taker. His jealousy reigns. He wants what he takes, but it dissolves with his touch. An encompassing darkness, like a curtain Behind it is The Watcher, who peers with his perverted eye His smile is filled with wickedness Resist! Resist! The death of the body is not the death of the soul! Resist! Resist! What was given, shall not be taken! Resist! Resist! Resist! Resist! Resist! Resist!
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A Soliloquy 04:42
It came on a summer's day The first time I saw the sun in the rain In the mist of this war: Death and darker things; A gathering storm That clouds my weary eyes What can this be? What do I see? An angel grounded, wingless But nonetheless... She sets my heart aflight What's this I'm seeing? Could I be dreaming? Forever changed now, by the sight of your face Can you feel the same? It came on a summer's day What's this I'm seeing? Could I be dreaming? Forever changed now, by the sight of your face Could you feel the same? Could you feel the same?
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I'm moving through you Weaving inside and past you Trascend what pull the Earth can do There's no gravity, no gravity In fields of green and blue Stained with moonlight filled with you Words speak but hands can do I can't help but be drawn to you With your gravity, your gravity How long I've waited Just to feel you Centuries anticipated Now I become you Your taste: saturated Our skin: connected now This night: incinerated Drowns the moon out A silver song Fills our night in Messina It won't be long Until the sun rises to greet us I won't waste a breath You should do the same Time is fading We'll lose sleep tonight But we'll get much more The dawn is waiting
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On this precipice we stand Will you hold me now? God knows how this will end Now the dark is closing in The void is calling out Don't look, just hold my hand I can feel the separation of worlds tonight Without choice of fear to accompany Hold my hand into this pitch tonight With you oblivion feels like a finite thing And I feel it in my soul A consummation of things insurmountable How could I have known, with you I'd be sustainable? And I find: I'd follow A million suns may burn, but not our hearts And though this world will turn, we won't be moved Death is living if it's with you I'll wait for you I'll wait for you I'll wait for you I'm waiting for
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[Movement I] Separatum, Notate Perdere, Observe Give to them dreams You came to me Like a dream Left me in two I wish I knew From the start Now I've got these scars And it goes on and on and on You left and you took my... It's not death it's a homicide You left and you broke my... Give them dreams everlasting [Movement II] (Instrumental) [Movement III] In my dreams, I see you You're in the air, I breathe you Now I wait, impatiently await The day when the love in my heart awakes... Stars It's cold outside with you I'm not alive without you I'll never be free Never free, never we When you're away I will never forget our love [Movement IV] You lied Meet me tomorrow, and we'll escape [Movement V] In the mist of this war: Death and darker things Tear it out of me Take it, take everything And everyday it just feels so far away Oh, when she's gone away A million suns may burn, But not our hearts And though this world will turn, We won't be moved Death is living if it's with you I won't waste a breath You should do the same Time is fading We'll lose sleep tonight But we'll get much more The dawn is waiting You're inescapable It's inescapable
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[Movement I] (Instrumental) [Movement II] (Instrumental) [Movement III] The lights The first time I saw them bright Without the filter of the sky And I can see why outside eyes Would say that we are so small And I feel so small And I feel so small The flight The fear of the fall The height We dare to discover all And now we delight And now we ignite
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Wake up, wake up A million suns away Swept upon a burning gale All the storms that we've weathered Through the vast expanse Misfortunate and circumstance Who would believe? We're sailing in the stars We're never coming down For so long it seems Time was our enemy Now at the start of an era I hold you close to me After cold centuries On a warm new terra Worn and tattered But I'm finally here with you The veil was shattered Now you're watching me And all the promises That we thought were broken came true Our hearts ignited such a brilliant flame We're sailing in the stars We're never coming down We'll light the sky with our hearts We'll never run aground We're sailing in the stars We're never coming down We'll light the sky with our hearts We'll never run aground
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Above Below All around me Only water, water, water so cold I'm all alone Down below, oh no Left behind a thousand torn Imagine your face on everyone, everyone How many faces affected by my screams? Waiting here in your dreams Everything plays at once Saved and thrown to chaos Disturbed and far from us She waits They wait How did I get here? What have I wrought? Enveloped by unwarranted guilt My skin swells at the thought I guess you could say My mortal life is but a taunt So while my hunters revel in their kill I've left behind this earth to haunt Time is beyond regret When your soul is torn I didn't get to say goodbye Goodbye, goodbye (I wanna see you, come through) Goodbye, goodbye

about

ATYLS is a concept album that chronicles the unique love between our protagonists, Orion and Alhena. It is a love that transcends time, circumstance, and even death.

In this story, our antagonists are three deities that control the Universe: The Giver, The Taker, and The Watcher. One gives life and creates matter; one takes life and destroys matter; and one simply watches, for without an observer, the Universe does not exist.

The album is split into five chapters, each taking place 250 years apart from the previous. The story follows a linear path, which mirrors the manner of how we developed the songs--almost every track is presented in the order in which we wrote them. As the album evolves, so too did our writing, which is reflected in every new chapter.

If you're interested in the story behind the concept, a narrative compendium is available at www.athousandyearlovestory.com

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released May 22, 2020

Performed by: Children of Orion

Stuart Best: Bass, Vocals
David the Day: Guitar, Programming
Douglas Katez: Violin
Lauren Lance: Vocals
Brian Scott: Drums

Songs written by: Stuart Best, David the Day, Lauren Lance
Other contributors*: Molly Baker, Brian Scott

Recorded, Mixed, Mastered, & Produced by: David the Day @ Wizard Beard Productions

*See individual tracks for specific composer and lyricist credits

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Children of Orion are modern day bards, regaling with tales of dying galaxies, eternal souls, and everlasting love.

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