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Beyond The Realms Of Time

by Sands Of Eternity

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1.
Still Awake 04:36
“The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.” Jacques Derrida I’m still awake In my cold and forsaken land Lost in thoughts, caught in sadness Infinity of madness Day and night seem the same Time slowly fades away I don’t know how many years I cannot drop anymore tears Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain Once life was real and Once there was so much to feel Playful laughter, words and smiles The brightest faces of mankind But as time went by A dark shadow covered up the sky Lust for power and corruption Murder, is the only action Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain Like leaves that wind takes away You‘ve all gone alone I remain But time has arrived and I feel Last of all I have to leave Oh-Oh-Oh, I’m still awake Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain Oh-Oh-Oh, I remain Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain Oh-Oh-Oh, Still awake Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain Oh-Oh-Oh, I remain Gone in vain, I remain Fire is burning and no one’s returning Lost in chaos, caught in action, all I saw was destruction Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain Like leaves…That wind…Takes away Like leaves that wind takes away You‘ve all gone alone I remain But time has arrived and I feel Last of all I have to leave
2.
“Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.” Richard Paul Evans Lost! But your words come again in my mind As I lay down your power I find As I pray it’s to you that I bind I want to follow you Thoughts! But my thoughts are all bent to your will Is it faith on my knees as I kneel Is it love or it’s hatred I feel I need to follow you Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky In the end of the horizon your power won’t die Mighty warrior I want to believe In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves Truth! What is truth I am not sure I can tell All I want ‘s to break free from my shell As I look in your eyes I can’t fail I want to follow you Lies! But I seek only what I can see Lost in trance of your eternal sea I surrender my hopes and my dreams Surrender all to you Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky In the end of the horizon your power won’t die Mighty warrior I want to believe In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves (Keyboards & Guitar Solo) Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky In the end of the horizon your power won’t die Mighty warrior I want to believe In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky In the end of the horizon your power won’t die Mighty warrior I want to believe In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves
3.
The Hitman 04:00
“Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it -that is what you must do.” Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment” I‘ve learned to hate I‘ve learned to wait And in the dark I’ve learned to take With nothing mine No faith to bind No love to give Alone I ride Mark my words I will survive Waiting my fate to arrive Yeah yeah!!! I ‘m always here I ‘m always near I hear your prayers I drop no tears As I scream fire ignites Nobody stands in my sight Endless of bodies I see No choice, just follow my lead No!!! (Guitar & Keyboards solo) Mark my words: “I will survive” Waiting my fate to arrive Mark my words: “I will survive” Waiting my fate to arrive!!! (Guitar Solo)
4.
Faded 03:53
“I wanted everything to stay the same but feelings fade and people change.” Unknown Watching now close I see your face Once lovely features now disgrace Where is the bright side I adored Where is the smile I used to know They all have gone they all have faded Torn by the years and thrown away Where is the kindness in your eyes Where is the fire that burned inside They all have gone they all have faded Faded…faded…faded Oh…No!!! How did it come this way Now it is here to stay The truth sometimes is hard in pain it nurtures For better or for worse we shape our future The memory is gone Once as bright as the sun Why does it have to be that all that mattered (Is) lost in a winter storm forever scattered (Guitar Solo) I see you now I see you right I see your face under the light Everything’s lost everything’s changed What has gone wrong and who’s to blame It’s only you that’s changed your “style” Down on the road and down for miles Lust for the money, fame and power Nothing to stop you sweet desires They all have gone they all have faded
5.
Red Flag 06:44
“Silence is so freaking loud.” Sarah Dessen Every morning I stand In my eyes, the red flag As it waves through the air As it blows in my heart Justice I am told to serve Men to kill for their crimes But for so many of them is it sin To believe they were right They may have gone They may have passed But their blood on my hands remains Did I killed them for right Was “Justice” their death Or just I‘ve been serving a game Alone in the night I start to find In the air they began to glow And as I draw near I see them clear My consciousness plays along And in my mind there is turmoil and fear and hate As I wake when they start to arrive Are they guilty or their crime is just their “state of mind” And as I walk back to kill I am still afraid I feel my body that is growing tired And my soul just flies in the air for judgment to arrive And years have passed But I ‘m still afraid What I‘ve done that can’t be undone Searching inside Eager to find The peace that forever seems gone Doubt creeps in me The day I see I am more of a shadow than man What is to be found Forever profound Denies the core of who I am I see men than their time has come to pass I see them not denying their believes And I wonder if I can stand the pain this feels As they walk to be dead then they stand up tall And they look at me straight in the eyes With their faces prouder than death in the end of their lives “Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they awake “Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they arrive And as I stare to all that remains I realize they‘re not gone in vain “Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they arise Death but how can those deaths be justified Lies, lies upon lies to make them real Strengthen my soul, harden my face And deep inside I feel the change You power hungry pigs forever I‘ll fight! The last day has come No more I’ll see the red flag
6.
Desire 03:56
“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.” George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” Lightning strikes, a light on the horizon Takes my form revives my will of iron Endless are the things you never see What becomes of life and death you ‘ll seek As I pray aloud I feel the power As it changes shapes forever higher Tell me please that I can save them all Free their souls in time before they fall Oh!!! I want you I‘ve warned you I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find Desire Through fire The hour has come at last to see the light Please believe I will go on my way The last desire for me is for you to stay Passing on the knowledge that I gave Have no fear of end but love instead Oh!!! I want you I‘ve warned you I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find Desire Through fire The hour has come at last to see the light (Guitar Solo) I want you I‘ve warned you I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find Desire Through fire The hour has come at last to see the light
7.
“The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.” Carl Jung Moving slowly in the darkness The city is fading in its sadness All seem empty but I hear Walking footsteps coming near For my fate no one cares, but I sense the power in the air, and I will stand I will survive, for The final day that will arrive Oh!!! Alone I stand into this life I ‘m forgotten but alive I live to breath another day and see another way that leads me to the light Senseless words I do not hear Senseless dreams I do not fear My senses are all that I have and feel as the light comes and waves to me so clear No!!! Shadows of light! Shadows of light! Alone I stand into this life (Alone I stand into this life) I am forgotten but alive (I am forgotten but alive) I live to breath another day and see another way that leads me to the light Senseless words I do not hear Senseless dreams I do not fear My senses are all that I have and feel as the light comes and waves to me so clear Oh!!! Shadows of light! Shadows of light! Moving slowly in the darkness City is fading in its sadness Empty words, I do not hear The light is coming and is near Shadows of light!
8.
“Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk.” Dante Alighieri Sad, when the truth is so hard to seek When all virtues are so hard to keep When in silence I am left to weep Till the pain finally is asleep As the days pass they won’t return What could be instead we‘ll never earn What our lives could mean we will not learn Till our time finally will end Oh! At first on my path, I move slowly With my own beliefs, I feel lonely But bay after day, I feel stronger The fog in my way is no longer Up on my feet, I feel proud and I reach for the stars, I m’ on the ground Time and again I wipe the fear The time has arrived, redemption is near Don’t tell me who I am I will deny you My power will transcend And I’ll defy you Because I’m born to live Up to my senses My thoughts and my believes Are not through your lenses The way I see the world Is through eyes that are mine Inside I hear the call Its power arising I know I’ll break the wall Freedom is calling I know I will not fall Like thunder I’m rolling Everything stops as I pass by Again and across the barrier defined I won’t compromise, I’ll move forward The truth I will find and I‘ll move towards A different way but not in the shadows The light on my way is one thousand arrows With fire in their tip to seek for my purpose And through my believes to spark my intentions Don’t tell me who I am I will deny you My power will transcend And I’ll defy you Because I’m born to live Up to my senses My thoughts and my believes Are not through your lenses The way I see the world Is through eyes that are mine Inside I hear the call Its power arising I know I’ll break the wall Freedom is calling I know I will not fall Like thunder I’m rolling
9.
“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” Ernest Hemingway As I begin, my body is trembling As I release the power that’s burning Deep down in me but I know it won’t keep me alive My senses are blank, my vision is fading The world spins around as I ‘m pretending That I ‘m not gone or that I care to survive Feeling lost, I look around me All alone, no one’s beside me My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade Light is gone and I will surrender In the end I‘ll try to remember All the reasons but they seem so far away Was it worth trying, I do not know To take lives of others, people unknown If it was wrong or right now it doesn’t seem so clear I try to believe all that they‘ve told me Here as I go regret stands before me The feeling in me now is that of an endless fear Feeling lost, I look around me All alone, no one ‘s beside me My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade away Light is gone and I will surrender In the end I‘ll try to remember All the reasons but they seem so far away (Keyboards Solo & Guitar Solo Feeling lost, I look around me All alone, no one‘s beside me My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade Light is gone and I will surrender In the end I‘ll try to remember All the reasons but they seem so far away So far away No!!! So far… away!!!
10.
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” Albert Einstein They asked me if I wanted to change, to be just like them, I said to them “NO” They told me “go away from us, forget all your past and keep your mouth closed” But I spoke, I spoke loud and clear but nobody wanted to hear my words And now all the people are gone and I’m left alone behind the walls I struggled to find my way To bow or to fight I struggled but everyday My emotions seemed to be right I knew not what to convey Knew not what to feel But as hours turned to days I knew what I must fulfill So I began and the journey lied ahead Nothing to hide, there’s no point to pretend I am rolling No withholding Through Fire I’m going But so far They got me in the end (Keyboards Solo) And now as time passes by I feel the end near But I‘m glad that I have tried To speak for those who can hear Here I‘m lying without eyes Without legs and arms But torture can’t destroy A soul that flied so far I didn’t compromise And in your eyes I see the world The sun is setting And it rises upon us all I‘m not sorry That’s my story Inside I feel Glory And peace that I find in the end They asked me if I wanted to change And be just like them I said to them “NO”

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"Beyond The Realms Of Time" is the debut full-length album of Athens' based SANDS OF ETERNITY (founded in 1996!), exploring the vast sandstorms of Heavy/Epic/Power/Prog Metal!

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released May 6, 2022

Line-Up:

Michael "Dice" Papadakis: Vocals
Ioannis Ioakimides: Guitars
Thanassis Skoutelis: Bass
Vangelis Kalentzis: Keyboards
Giannis Chalkidis: Drums

PRODUCED AND MIXED BY BOB KATSIONIS
Recorded at Sound Symmetry Studio, Athens, GR
Mastering by Nasos Nomikos at VU Productions, Piraeus, GR
Cover Artwork by Uwe Jarling
Keyboards performed by Bob Katsionis

ALL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY IOANNIS IOAKIMIDES

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Sands Of Eternity Athens, Greece

Sands Of Eternity were originally found back in 1996 in Athens,Greece under the name HOURGLASS S.O.E.
Their debut "Beyond The Realms Of Time" consists of ten new songs written by Ioannis Ioakeimides and produced by Bob Katsionis, always in the spirit of Heavy/Power Metal keeping the lyrical character of the band's roots but also evolving in terms of sound and aesthetics. ... more

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