[99] 43. Shadow Gallery - Mystery

[1999] 43. Shadow Gallery - Mystery

Shadow Gallery - Tyranny ('98, 3rd)

1. Stiletto in the Sand (Jihad) (Instrumental) [1:56]   

2. War for Sale (January) [5:35]

3. Out of Nowhere (February) [4:20]

4. Mystery [5:42]

5. Hope for Us? (July) [6:00]

6. Victims [5:13]

7. Broken [1:56]

8. I Believe (September) [8:40]

9. Roads of Thunder [6:06]

10. Spoken Words [4:37]

11. New World Order [8:11]

12. Chased (Instrumental) [4:36]   

13. Ghost of a Chance (November) [5:19]

14. Christmas Day [5:41]

Carl Cadden-James - Bass, Vocals, Flute

Brendt Allman - Guitars, Backing Vocals 

Gary Wehrkamp - Guitars, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Piano

Joe Nevolo - Drums

Chris Ingles - Piano, Keyboards

Mike Baker (RIP 2008) - Lead Vocals 

with

Larry Burke, Gary Sloyer - Spoken Word (9)

James LaBrie - Vocals (8)

Laura Jaeger - Vocals (Female) (10)

D.C. Cooper - Vocals (11)

Paul Chou - Violin (10, 11)

This is a narrative concept album - the album "Room V" continues the story that begins on this album.

Tracks 1-7 form "Act I," tracks 8-14 form "Act II."

 

4. Mystery

Days at a time pass 

In the dead of the night is when you come to me

You've got so much to say

Just spread your wings and ride

on the electric universe behind your computer

What do you picture when you read

my words and thoughts and dreams?

Do they all come alive and breathe?

It's no wonder this is a brand-new world we're on

I'd really like to meet you somewhere along

The way you come to me is such a mystery 

I just reach out and connect 

A thousand miles from me and yet it's all right here 

It's electric on a silver thread 

I never see your face, you're such a mystery 

Where you are I can only guess 

Addictive screens 

I just cannot turn away 

Where are you anyway? 

Those things you say seem so damn far from real

But I can tell you this 

I have seen things for myself that just don't seem right

I have always been an honest man

I believed that the system worked for you and for me

But no, you say it's just a show

And we've all been way too busy

or too spoiled to even care who's got the wheel

I used to look behind the lies

Use to look for sunny skies

I learned so much since I've been hacking their computer systems 

The truth had knocked me to the floor

That a boy now out the door

A little power and I'm on my way to logging on the world

The way you come to me is such a mystery 

I just reach out and connect 

A thousand miles from me and yet it's all right here 

It's electric on an endless thread

I never see your face, you're such a mystery 

And your touch I can only guess

I lay here dreaming

We're so gone away 

The way you come to me is such a mystery

I just reach out and connect

A thousand miles from me and yet it's all right here

Just electric on a silver web

And every night you're here, you are my mystery 

And where you are I can only guess

Morning's rising

and it's dawn again