John Brown (electric guitar, violin and backing vocals)
Todd Nesbitt (drums and percussion)
Dean Roberts (fretless bass)
Jim Ross (electric and classical guitars, bass pedal synthesizer and vocals)
Produced by Lloyd Hanson and Hemlock
lyrics
THE FATHOMS OF EXORDIUM
A dormant mass floats motionless on waters calm
From wondrous task comes whispers to a silent song
Embracing life a warm felt kiss awakens me
A conquered strife the birth of thought’s implanted seed
I question what I have become
Am I alive or is this merely fantasy
Can I survive or will fate be my destiny
In solitude I sought to find a presence in myself
Did I delude convictions I could have beheld
My journeys led me to the utmost realm of every place
Beyond the sun and moon past origins of time and space
There in my quest I heard tell of the knowledge that I search
They lay within the sea of birth
The breaking dawn adorns the calm salvation I’ve achieved
I reach to touch and learn as much as ever’s been conceived
But as I bathe my thoughts dismayed I fear I’ve been deceived
And now this raging sea’s no more a gentle lure
The cold winds cast me back to shore
Now at a loss I fear to tally time misspent
But at this cost I’ve learned through my experience
I did achieve my dreams fulfilled not shattered as I thought
For I have seen the realisation of what I had sought
credits
from Exordium,
released December 1, 1994
Music by John Brown and Jim Ross
Lyrics by Jim Ross
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