mistress of the gods
studio album
concept development
lyrics
vision of choice
mistress of the gods
music by steve brockmann
words by george andrade
studio album
released february 14, 2020
© 2020 zoundr/fencesound
the first album of new material from Brockmann-Andrade since AIRS - A Rock Opera!
mistress of the gods has a loose conceptual narrative of an archaeologist's son who discovers a cache of hidden scrolls amongst his late father’s papers, a treasure trove of cuneiform texts cataloging the ancient psalms of a lost goddess… and adventure awaits him!
celebrating the over-the-top folklore and myth making that was 80’s heavy metal, vision of choice is a german metal project helmed by steve brockmann and featuring the powerful vocals of lukas remus (epilirium).
expect influences by classic bands such as Helloween, Omen, Metal Church, Iron Maiden, Malice, Heathen, Savatage, Riot, Pretty Maids, Chastain, Warlord and Hallows Eve spiced with some Fates Warning, Armoured Saint, Cirith Ungol and Liege Lord!
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lyrics
new horizon
6AM
pinned down by the Fliers
fight away
crawl in shifting sand
long ago my fight
was desire
but now my fight
is for those who fear to land
9AM
called out by the Criers
fear to stay
cross the coastal stand
long ago my fear
was desire
but now my fear
is for those who dare to land
and you
my words that night…
after the storm
when it's all over
we’ll lift our heads
on the new horizon!
come take my hand
I’ll take you with me
we’ll make it there
our adventure’s just begun!
4pm
preyed on by the Miters
loss - dismayed
bleeding down the strand
long ago my loss
was desire
but now my loss
is not knowing where to land
and you
my words that night …
after the storm
when it's all over
we’ll lift our heads
on the new horizon!
come take my hand
I’ll take you with me
we’ll make it there
our adventure’s just begun!
~ solo ~
after the storm
when it’s all over
we’ll lift our heads
on this new horizon
you’ll take my hand
I’ll take you with me
we’ll make it here
the third planet from the sun
after the storm
when it’s all over…
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come tomorrow
in ships that dropped from the sky
I raided graves to ask “why?”
an archaeologist’s son
now under cover of carriage
covert traders in passage
safeguard me on the run
I took the scrolls from the darkness
of a well
and now I’m haunted by what they
foretell!
look out
your days that follow!
watch out
for come tomorrow!
the ancient wisdom of ages
and the voices of sages
in the end had their say
but these voluminous pages
cuneiforms that presage us
tell how we lost our way!
her words were lost in the darkness
where none dwell
and now I’m hunted by those who
would sell!
look out
your days that follow!
watch out
for come tomorrow!
reach out
to ease your sorrow!
seek out
for come tomorrow
~ solo ~
he lost himself in the darkness
of that well
and like my father before me
I pray not tell
look out
your days that follow!
watch out
for come tomorrow!
reach out
she’ll ease your sorrow!
seek out
for come tomorrow!
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shine
in the distance dance the tribal flames
and the men all gather to them
lifting voices up to call my name
celebrate my life in poem
hidden huddled at the edge of night
children whisper once up to me
through the days they are all chasing light
though they find this darkness freeing
on this special day
in this special way
I’ve been waiting for my fire call
shine
dance and call me to a new way
shine
let my myth be life for you to find
fearing facing an eternity
Mistress of the Gods consoles me
behind her veil lies the mystery
and our fire songs set me free
on this special day
in this special way
I’ve been waiting for my fire call
shine
dance and call me to a new way
shine
let my myth be life for you to find
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“ …VISION OF CHOICE includes all facets of Brockmann's composition theory, powerful, melodic structures, rich riffs, galloping basses and driving, floating guitars.”
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into the light
in the river of history
on the banks of hypocrisy
we’re all that matters
in the quiver of agency
on the flanks of democracy
we’ve never waited
gunshots all around you
and you wonder
but you don’t know why
children’s arms surround you
and your saddened
when they ask you why
out on the street
follow the lead
into the light
we’re all the same
chasing the name
into the light
on the needing of currency
in the place of identity
we’re all that matters
on the seeding of fantasy
in the face of reality
we’ve never waited
stranger’s words spellbound you
and you wonder
but you don’t know why
children’s words astound you
and your saddened
now you must ask why
it’s so absurd
follow the herd
into the light
we’re all the same
chasing the game
into the light
~ solo ~
it’s so absurd
follow the herd
into the light
we’re all the same
chasing the name
into the light
out on the street
follow the lead
into the light
we’re all the same
moths to the flame
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endlessly
deep snow all around
her voice hanging in the air
I shouldered the door
determined to break from there
now I know what I must do
make to any port
back home to you
pushed over the hill
I swore she was standing there
eyes white in the night
black hair in the blizzard air
yes I know what I must do
make to any port
back home to you
through the darkest nights
on the stormy seas
I’ll be thinking of you
always
endlessly
through the mountains high
and in dungeons deep
you’re my vision of choice
always
endlessly
made passage at dawn
a captain who trades my way
still secret the book
strange text that will haunt my days
oh I know what I must do
make to every port
back home to you
through the darkest nights
on the stormy seas
I’ll be thinking of you
always
endlessly
through the mountains high
and in dungeons deep
you’re my vision of choice
always
endlessly
~ solo ~
through the darkest nights
on the stormy seas
I’ll be thinking of you
always
endlessly
through the mountains high
and in dungeons deep
you’re my vision of choice
always
endlessly
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hold your head high
standing at the headlands of your life
feelings break like waves down below
searching for the answers you can’t find
fighting back the tears that won’t flow
I know you’ll make it
make it all right
you can’t forsake it
make it a fight
hold your head high
you know what you can do
when holding your head high
you’ll see beyond the edge
and you’ll fly
awaiting a magnificent skyfall
praying all the gods would allow
saying you’ve been generous to all
hoping for salvation somehow
I know you’ll make it
make it all right
you can’t forsake it
make it a fight
hold your head high
you know what you can do
when holding your head high
you’ll see beyond the edge
and you’ll fly
I know you’ll make it
make it all right
you can’t forsake it
make it a fight
hold your head high
you know what you can do
when holding your head high
you’ll see beyond the edge
and you’ll fly
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" ...Steve Brockmann pulls out all the stops: driving riffs, powerful harmonies, widescreen chorus, located somewhere in the area of earlier Helloween..."
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mistress of the gods
on a dark arctic evening
it’s late in the season
the snow howling
strands me in hell
the lantern light leaning
I struggle with reading
from scrolls hidden
deep down a well
o hear my words
soothing your despair (127.86)
heed my words
fighting your despair (127.92)
Mistress of the Gods!
symbols strange and blaspheming
they predate the meaning
of cuneiform texts
that we’ve known
I speak the words weeping
and struggle with sleeping
dreams haunt me with
fears that have grown
o hear my words
soothing your despair (127.86)
fear my words
fighting your despair (127.88)
Mistress of the Gods!
~ the break for home~
on a dark arctic evening
it’s late in the season
through high mountains
ancient gods moan
swirling out of the snow
in the lantern light’s glow
comes the Goddess
with psalms of her own
“o hear my words
soothing your despair”
“heed my words
fighting your despair”
“o hear my words
soothing your despair”
“fear my words
fighting your despair”
Mistress of the Gods!
~ outro ~
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givin it up
roarin’ down the coastline
mayhem breakin’ all around
flames engulf the engine-
no quarter to be found!
flashin’ in the heavens
violent burstin’ from the sky
all my men around me-
no one questions why!
givin’ it up
with nothin’ to spare
givin’ it up
with no repair
keepin’ our line steady
radio breakin’ up inside
smoke flies past the windows-
it’s one last hellish ride!
linin’ the horizon
airships liftin’ from the sea
we all can’t believe it-
no place we’d rather be!
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gates of evermore
these days of sorrow
shall be my last
I see the gate now
forgive my past
lay my body
on the ground
I shall rise
bathed in light
these days of sorrow
they will not last
I’m at the gate now
the die is cast
share my body
when I’m found
as we’re told
in new light
time
how many times
have we all cried
hungry and so alone
I promise
I’m coming home
to you my friends
lives
how many lives
far from their own
lost on this broken road
“I know I’ll be going through the Gates of Evermore!”
~ at the gates ~
time
how many times
have we all cried
hungry and so alone
I promise
I’m coming home
to you my friends
lives
how many lives
far from their own
lost on this broken road
“You’ll know I have passed on through the Gates of Evermore!”
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"An endless series of head-banging sing-alongs delivered by a band capable of sounding fresh and classic at the same time."
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hold on
after midnight
the siege engines tumble the wall
all hell breaks loose and fills us with dread
frantic orders
and stark cries of pain in the hall
fill the courtyard where royalty fled
and ‘till the end-
men
“we’ll still defend!”
while you pretend
the only thing to do is
“hold on!”
men
“we hold on!”
“our lives are all for one!”
wounds lay opened
our blood flows down drains in the hall
to the river we enter, flow red
life is over
my king doesn’t know me at all
now with no dreams, I wait with the dead
and ‘till the end-
men
“we’ll still defend!”
while you pretend
the only thing to do is
“hold on!”
men
“we hold on!”
“our lives have just begun!”
take care
account for what’s been lost
beware and understand the cost
men
“or you’ll need us more!”
~ solo ~
take care
account for what’s been lost
beware and understand the cost
men
“or you’ll lose us all!”
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touch the sky
so much access
found things
they couldn’t know
realize what they’ve been waiting for
you retrace the changing story
unknown to the world
now you don’t understand
just who you are
too much access
some things
they shouldn’t know
worried from what they’ve been waiting for
caught up in the changing story
but they don’t understand
just who you are
are you lost and lonely?
and you’ve fallen from on high?
touch the sky!
drunk on access
say things
they wouldn’t know
make the name that they’ve been waiting for
you embrace the changing story
but you don’t understand
still who you are
have you lost somebody?
and you don’t know where you’ve gone?
touch the sky!
~ solo ~
are you lost and lonely?
and you’ve fallen from on high?
touch the sky!
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“Mistress of the Gods makes me feel like an archeologist’s son who, upon finding an ancient relic, has been transported back to a time when the guitar solo was king and the line between metal and rock was fuzzy or even non-existent.
