LYRICS - THE INFINITE LOOP
1. AGONY
(Music by Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia - Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
Fighting for nothing,
Aiming for anything but
Hopeless and faithless
I find myself again
This place is so cold
Just like my father’s warm hugs
It’s overdue…I am aware
To try to make amends
But confidence is dead
Candle light faded away a long, long time ago
Yet no God has led me to a clear and quiet road
Still I hear the screams and suffering of my past lives
Keep telling me to stay the hell out of my mind
Searching for answers
They swear they have a clue
I just stopped asking
I had to find my own truth
Taking all these pills
The only way to subsist
I cannot keep the way I live
My lungs are failing I can’t breathe
I’m on my knees
Candle light faded away a long, long time ago
Yet no God has led me to a clear and quiet road
Lying on the floor losing my sight it’s now my time
A scarlet light arose and covered me with fire
"No podéis comprar la salvación; no podéis ganar la rectitud"
"No seréis salvados porque viváis una vida recta,
sino que viviréis una vida recta porque ya habéis sido salvados"
"No dudes del poder amante de mi Padre,
sino tan solo de la sinceridad y alcance de tu fe. Para el que cree de veras, todo es posible."
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
What’s this epiphany?
I’ve always felt empty with these beliefs
Facts changed at their will
Thus we could be controlled
You punish me if I don’t follow the rules
Can you fit all this in perfection?
(Solo Eduardo Gil)
(Solo Richard Garcia)
Death has come to me and made me see the darkest night
Suffocation’s nothing compared to its evil wrath
Suddenly epiphanies destroyed the wicked knight
I started to believe and chose to live my life
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2. A CRITICAL AFFAIR
(Music by Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia - Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
Empires built out of innocent blood
Raiding and draining until the last drop
Now surrender all you possess
Let the weak be strong
Let the silenced be true
Let yourself be the hero
Embrace the final race
And join the next revolution
Going unnoticed like a deadly virus
Playing the savior
Stink fades into smell
Our evolution has reached its end
Let the weak be strong
Let the silenced be true
Let yourself be the hero
Embrace the final race
And join the next revolution
Let yourself decide
A new dawn is about to arise
Raise your fists
Sound the drums out loud because now
We’re the ones to survive
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Eduardo Gil)
(Solo Eduardo Gil, Richard Garcia & Ugo Barbone)
Let the weak be strong
Let the silenced be true
Let yourself be the reason
Embrace the final race
Let the sheep be shepherd
Let the censured be known
Let yourself be the hero
Shape the final days
And join the next revolution
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3. ENOUGH
(Music & Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
It’s not enough that you’re here
If I still feel alone
It’s not enough to hold me now
If you’re gonna let me fall
It’s not enough to pay my bills
It’s not enough if you’re not there
Not enough if you’re not there
And I’m here…I feel
My skin has been torn off
The pain is so real
The consequences spell your greatest downfall
You made yourself a hole…
A hole in the ground
It’s not enough you’re sorry
when the guilt keeps you up at night
It’s not enough if you hear me
If what I sense you don’t mind
It’s not enough you’re wealthy
It’s not enough if you’re empty
Filling yourself with shit you don’t need
And I’m here…I feel
My skin has been torn off
The pain is so real
The consequences spell your greatest downfall
You made yourself a hole…
A hole in the ground
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
And I’m here…I feel
My skin has been torn off
The pain is so real
The consequences spell your greatest downfall
You dug yourself a hole…
Now you can’t be found
I feel
My thoughts have been denied
The pain is so real
My mind was left behind
My body won’t heal
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4. STOP CALLING ME LIBERTY
(Music by Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia - Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
Welcome to a place where wrong
Is our regent
Equity is just a clown
diversions amuse us
We’ve gone through hell, saw it all
Though we’re still lost
Looking for someone to blame?
Take a look inside
I’ve been so lonely out here
Bloodshed, raw deals made in my name
My green is rusting to black
The chains of dread have been locked
For quite so long
For far too long
My crown is falling apart
My fire is lifeless and dark
Light it up now
Let’s light it up now
Or stop calling me liberty
(Solo Richard Garcia)
Our brave soldiers leave their homes
“To fight for our freedom”
But they’ve just been deceived again
While some others get a check
With Superstores and all your malls
Thirst gets insatiable
The worst prison is the one
They call “freedom”
I’ve been so lonely tonight
Killings, slaughters under my eyes
My green is rusting to black
The chains of dread have been locked
For quite so long
For far too long
My crown is falling apart
My fire is lifeless and dark
Light it up now
Let’s light it up now
My green is rusting to black
The chains of dread have been locked
For quite so long
For far too long
My crown is falling apart
My fire is lifeless and dark
Light it up now
Let’s light it up now
Or stop calling me liberty
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
Politicians kiss your flag
While they’re spitting on your country and constitution
Retribution, rightness
All our books have been adapted, modified
Whole chapters vanished
Just to make us go to war for their oil, gold and soil
(Solo Richard Garcia)
Should I even write this song?
My pen is bleeding
Thousands come here everyday
Playing the patriot game
Well, has your boy heard the guns?
Cause you chose the whipping
It’s time for you to hold the torch
And set the road on fire
My green is rusting to black
The chains of dread have been locked
For quite so long
For far too long
My crown is falling apart
My fire is lifeless and dark
Light it up now
Let’s light it up now
Let’s bring our glory days back
Remember what we were
Hear not fear words
Hear not weak minds
Question all we believe
Crushing the prison we’re in
Light it up now
Let’s light it up now
Or stop calling me liberty
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6. WHAT IF (DICHOTOMY)
(Music & Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
What if I
Listen to my wayward and melodramatic mood
Just For a change
What if I’d sat here to
Contemplate my future and my past
Over no coin toss
And what if I
Stop trying
And start off making
A little bit of sense again
Here I am
Going all out to be someone
Well this is me
Pretending I know why I breathe
Set the stages and props
This is my prime role
I’m the only one
But I’m still lost inside me
Empty that brimming glass
Off of my head, don’t fill it up again
But I keep hearing the screams
What if I
Self induce amnesia and a little bit of madness
Bury my mental patterns
What if I
Quit fancying my life from the mighty leafy treetops
I might get real…just might get real
Here I am
But I’m not allowed to be someone
Well this is me
Another casualty of this dichotomy
Set the stages and props
This is my prime role
I’m the only one
But I’m still lost inside me
Empty that brimming glass
Off of my head, don’t fill it up again
But I keep hearing the screams
Like a dream as I touch the sky with my bleeding hands
I set my foot on this life
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
Set the stages and props
This is my prime role
I’m the only one
But I’m still lost inside me
Empty that brimming glass
Off of my head, don’t fill it up again
But I keep hearing the screams
The ego needs to be loud
Empathy speaks out for itself
But I keep hearing the screams
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7. To Who I Am
(Music & Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
I feel blurry
I’ve been afraid
I was just wondering
How long you’ve been like this
Don’t even want to think about it
Just the thought of you faking it all along
I tried to fix it
I tried to make amends
But nothing seemed to change
I got up off the ground
I’m tired of being something I don’t want
I’ll try to find my way back
But this time with no regrets
Try to find my way back
To who I am
I’ll try to find my way back
But this time with no regrets
Try to find my way back
To who I am now
I tried to fly until I fell down
Until my wings got tired of flying low
Looking back into who I was
Can’t even compare it to what I have become
I got up off the ground
I got up off with pride
By coming as I am
I wanna feel the breeze
Hear the mountains crying out loud
I’ll try to find my way back
But this time with no regrets
Try to find my way back
To who I am
I’ll try to find my way back
But this time with no regrets
Try to find my way back
To who I am
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
I’ll try to find my way back
But this time with no regrets
Try to find my way back to who I am
I’m trying to find my own healing
Try to find my way back
To Who I Am
Now…
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8. Ghost Of Lie
(Music by Eduardo Gil, Richard Garcia & Winston Jarquin - Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
Evil spirit come to me
In the darkest night
I'm not afraid
I'm not your slave
I let you pass
Ghosts have been threatening me silently
Since I was just a kid and they’re still here
Never seen, never heard one, not sure if I had
Though I’m still aghast
Oh! Fear’s just a big liar
That conquers our lives
Just turn off the lights
And tell me what you see
What do you see?
Maybe they’ve showed up in my sleep a couple of times
Choked me against the pillow…was that even real?
who knows…might have been just a bad dream
Mix of Hollywood movies and…and my fear of dying
Oh! Fear’s just a big liar
That conquers our lives
Just turn off the lights
and tell me what you see
What do you see?
(Solo Derek Sherinian)
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
Maybe they do exist
Just ‘cause you can drown
You shouldn’t be scared of water
We’ve been in denial
Can you walk around the house with the lights out?
I do fly some nights
As smooth as a cloud
I might be raving out,
But it’s vivid and bright
Can’t feel no fear, no pain,
No despair, no denial, no doubts
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Derek Sherinian)
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Derek Sherinian)
Oh! Fear’s just a big liar
That conquers our lives
Suppresses our minds
In all directions you see
Choose now to be alive
Reclaim back your mind
Just turn off the lights
And tell me what you see
What do you see?
What did you see?
Can you see me?
Do you see me?
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9. Emotionless Shells
(Music by Sifting - Lyrics by Winston Jarquin & Eduardo Gil)
Let’s go!
Seen many tragedies
Return to the ground
Correct me if I’m wrong
There is nothing left for me
Cause’ it lives within
Within us all
The fear, the pain
We search and we crash
We serve as our own slaves
Inside of our heads
Our thoughts chain us down
Release release
Instincts took over without us even realizing
Emotions and intuition have just been paralyzed
Empty vessels we are? No!
Filled with nothing? no goals?
Well fuck no!
The end is here…we know
We’ve seen it before
And from the first row
History doesn’t repeat itself
But it rhymes with the past
Humanity has been left
Hanging by a thread
A fine strand
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Eduardo Gil)
(Solo Richard Garcia)
(Solo Eduardo Gil)
Encryption is done
Our brains have…have been programmed
To live with no purpose no aim
Emotionless shells
For centuries everyone has been talking about this
Ruled by elitist groups as we take their bait
Rolling for so long we think is our own choice
Still we keep playing the blind eye, the deaf ear
Obligations to your nation
To your neighbors
Your ego, to your kids
Segregation
Separation
Domination
Defamation reigns your land
Working for somebody else’s goals
Just because you’re too afraid to fail
Shove it! Shove it off!
Shove it! Shove it off!
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10. THE INFINITE LOOP
(Music & Lyrics by Eduardo Gil)
- Act 1: The Search
Who Am I?
Just a heap of atoms trying to survive
Or just a thought
Of a frowning God with a rigid mien
Just playing “the mortals”
Lying in bed
I go through my life and realize I’m in pain
Haven’t done much right
Any poignant, thoughtful, heartful quotes for letters
sold in stores
And I realize
The horizon was fringed by a golden layer of hope
Couldn’t really understand
Guess that’s what they call the ultimate
Leap of faith
“It’s time to wake up
The first light has come
the blossoms have flourish
and the savanna agleam
the trail has never been evident
but your feelings have been
You can make them possible,
You can make them real,
if you choose to follow them”
The first light has come, my eyes see clearer
But the glow has blinded my path
Today’s gone, tomorrow is the same
Though I can’t seem to get it right
Everything I used to be collides
With everything I want to be tonight
Against what the world says I should be
A sentry marked to crash the eternal mind
It hurts to admit I might be afraid
I cannot bear a change in my life
Going flat over uphill paths
Stops my own nature
And now I’m back again
(Solo Richard Garcia)
- Act 2: Detachment
Running past the river and tall grass
There’s an eerie house where I used to hide
And I put away the sense of being
One with my self as I was told
Refusing to embrace my gift
Yeah, the ship that never
Made it to the sea
Talents and powers hidden inside of me
Even started bleeding for somebody else’s dreams
Cast mine aside, I couldn’t allow to let go
It’s spinning
The everlasting circle we are in
And it’s infinite
Like the mantra that sings for enlightenment
No shame in crying
No shame in winning
No shame in wanting more
Break the paradigm
It’s in your nature, your veins, in your blood
(Solo Richard Garcia)
Now he’s found his way back
Look what he's become
That’s all he wanted
The more you have
The more you can give
- Act 3: - The inner voice
Beyond the confines of this place
Lies a sacred sage
A divine oracle
You’ve likely never heard…no
War, division, hunger
It's what's to follow next
That’s when evil finds its way
And makes you forget
Like the sun invades the earth
Destruction takes its place
No way out, there’s no escape
’Til ya start listening
Well, this voice can’t be ignored
Sure it’ll be heard
Crying from the inside out
Might crack your shell
Some will call it non-sense
Some will say insane
Tune-in words, mind and soul
Soon will bring me out
(Solo Eduardo Gil & Richard Garcia)
You think you couldn’t go lower?
The worst is happening
The universe is talking
It’s the storm before the peace
Hang on tight, take up the change
And soon you’ll realize
A new task has been knocking at your door tonight
- Act 4: Who I am
Divine duality
You had me going through all this
And now I think I understand
I really can
In darkness, I discern the light
Being wrong, I’ll know when I’m right
What I want to be, and what I don’t
Who I am, and not
(Solo Richard Garcia)