CD 1
1 The End of An Era 4.12min
2 Tears of Earth 7.49min
3 City of Mortals 10.16min
4 Prayer of the Gods 10.32min
5 In this Forgotten Paradise 13.49min
6 An Illusional Kiss 9.45min
7 The Dark and Bright Tunnel 11.31min
8 The Forsaken Ocean 12.04min
CD2
9 Childhood Emotions 3.21min
10 The Broken Face 13.15min
11 Beyond my Blood 11.40min
12 Mirrors of Time 11.16min
13 Angels of the Apocalyptic Storm 13.34min
14 Far From Home 26.38min
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lyrics
« Plastic bottles on the ocean floor
Turtles trapped in nets »
Max Enix:
Why should it be?
Tell me
Blue was the see
Now all is murky
Nauseating
What are they thinking?
All they do
is throwing
Gigantic piles of rubbish
I can see
no more fish
Dolphins in agony
Sacrificed
Carelessness reigns
We're paralyzed
Devon Graves (+Guitars): A rose still floating
Upon this bathing pool
Like a memory, still falling,
Wither and turn to mud
It weighs upon your heart
A vague and fluid form
Tries to reappear
Chorus:
Devon Graves:
How much longer
Will we not see
The Ravages and flaws
That flow into the sea?
It's right before your eyes
It’s easy to be blind
Deaf and dumb and blind
To the ills of our time
The truth that you deny Is calling now
« My skin is wet
The Corals swirl
The undercurrent Carries off the world »
Max Enix:
The Ocean Is dying
The wind Still blowing
Creatures are screaming
We are Not hearing
Harpoons Are flying
Like Death itself
Still diving
Birds are lying
Fight for life, breathing through oil
Nature chokes,
her soul is wrecked
Now hope seems gone or laid to rest
Like there is none
to fight against
All organs filled with plastic wastes
Devon Graves (+Guitars):
I take a ride on a serpent
A Way beneath the waves
Whispering can you please...
Can you please take me out of this place ?
To an island where I pray
For the world to make a stand
Wet feet on Summer sand
A peaceful quiet place
Chorus:
Devon Graves: How much longer
Will we not see
The Ravages and flaws
That flow into the sea?
It's right before your eyes
It’s easy to be blind
Deaf and dumb and blind
To the ills of our time
The truth that you deny Is calling now
« Let's get away from here
This ocean's made of tears
The bleak, the horror vision
Everdrowning salvation »
Devon Graves:
Your selfishness is limitless
The living breath seems worthless
« Without hesitation
We take, we take, we burn
The suffering unheard Consideration only whispered
A living creature
Reduced to be furniture
Or eaten on the altars
Of what man wants and desires »
Max Enix and Devon Graves:
Down to the Unknown (X 4)
Solo made by Xavier Boscher
Max Enix:
Against every current
All in the wrong direction
Seeing it all, they can't
All Life's annihilation
Soul-scavengers
Unconscious derelict
« At its core, mass destruction
A final, final conflict
In high and fragile towers
They lose their minds
On golden thrones they shiver
All fears entwined
Generations scorned
You're wasting all our times
It's written in the Universe
Ignorant lines »
Max Enix:
They hearts will turn to black
Like Karma fighting back
Like flies crushed in their flight
Fallen kings facing plight
« Corrupt, deprived
Of soul, of depth, of height
Mediocre fools, they fight For what is not their right
To them, I say goodbye
I bid farewell tonight »
Devon Graves (+Guitars): In dreams I see the sand
Devoid of all these stains
Under the moon it shines
The silver gleams so bright
I hear them in the night
The sound of whales
And now The rose is coming back
Petals of purple and black
Choruses:
Devon Graves:
How much longer
Will we not see
The Ravages and flaws
That flow into the sea?
It's right before your eyes
It’s easy to be blind
Deaf and dumb and blind
To the ills of our time
The truth that you deny
Is calling now
Max Enix:
Barbaric
as they act
Can't face the face of facts
Kill us
or save us all
Disaster chasing all
It seems
we're lost
Mistakes... foolishly take and take
Actions
without a sense
Blood as a quintessence
Max Enix and Devon Graves: All creatures soon extinct
Icicles are melting
So deaf to the warning
Most people never caring
Solo made by Xavier Boscher
Devon Graves (+Guitars): Back to the shores, then
The Serpent leads my hand
Throughout the coral halls
Will the future take it’s toll
Or will it be restored
Is it too late for all
The beings and the nature
So much left to discover
Ethan : « This ocean does not belong to us, it is not ours, just like these lands, these territories... We cohabit with the elements. Let's stop trying to possess everything.
Let's stop being out of touch with current issues
Let's not lose our anchored values The light is in us »
« Let us spread it as much as possible and everywhere The time is ahead of us, let's not hide it any longer to destroy unjustly and without reason. »
Max Enix:
A reason
to live
And another to believe
Is this a time to leave?
Is it my time to fly
Solo made by Xavier Boscher
« Away to search for air and starry skies?
The birds can show me how...
But as the sun appears
And it's rays pierce the clouds
I abandon all fears »
Max Enix:
A matter of perspective
Solo made by Mattias Ekhlund
« I see, I tremble, I am alive I believe, I smile and go
Like something from outside My body vibrates now
Like cosmic sudden vibes »
Devon Graves:
What kind of world are we living in?
The time has come for giving
To everyone and everything
From Strangers, to your next of kin
Max Enix:
Embracing in the distance
People around, they dance
The key-word is "together"
Like constellations gather
Wet sand shines of white foam
Universe is my home
And thy majestic form
Echoes in simple things
This colored shell, deformed
Max Enix:Tell me a story
Devon Graves: From all the world's end
Max Enix: Tell me your dreams
Devon Graves: From childhood bed
Max Enix: Tell me emotions
Devon Graves: Tell me vibrations
Max Enix: And of the seasons
Devon Graves: That bear no comparisons
Max Enix: Tell me about your life
Devon Graves: Tell me your desires
Max Enix: Are they buried inside
Devon Graves: Are you strong enough for light?
Max Enix: And tell your story then
Devon Graves: It can't be robbed or taken
Max Enix: It's only yours my friend
Devon Graves: Yours until the end
Max Enix and Devon Graves: A rose...
Devon Graves: Opens up Again
Again...
Max Enix: Harmony...
"Leaving this beach, Ethan walked up the river... The trees were dull and looked sad and distorted, but Hope was always present.
He stopped in front of an amusement park
From childhood, from afar, Memories flowing now..."
credits
from FAR FROM HOME,
released June 9, 2023
Far From Home (2023) curated and produced by Max Enix
Max Enix: Music, Vocals, Artistic director, Lyrics/story...
Thomas Kubler: Additional arrangements, Orchestrator
François Rousselot: Conductor
Mixed by David Castillo at Studio Grondahl, Stockholm, Sweden
Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination street studios, Orebro, Sweden
Vocals recorded in the Studio Pangos (Marc Krauth), Russ, France
Orchestra recording: Budapest Symphony orchestra, Hungary
Booklet Illustrations/Conception/Artwork by Thomas Ewerhard
Logo by Niklas Sundin
Max Enix photos: Milo Lee
supported by 6 fans who also own “The Forsaken Ocean”
It's only four tracks, yes, but it's four tracks of great cosmic psychedelia.
Here's my full review - https://www.7thlevelmusic.com/?p=12710 Nik Havert
supported by 5 fans who also own “The Forsaken Ocean”
Bought the Embryo CD and am loving every bit of it. Waiting for Paragon Circus to arrive and am looking forward to playing it over and over in the car. Thanks for creating such beautiful music and continued success! rockfan4life
It’s a match made in heaven: Juliana Hatfield tackles the classic ELO catalog on a road that leads to power pop bliss. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 18, 2023
supported by 5 fans who also own “The Forsaken Ocean”
For some reason, what I previewed and the real songs was somewhat different - maybe because of the cover art?
But I definitely don't regret something more spacial than expected. The recent Ocean drifting in space. frankwurst