LT: Beyond The Light was born out of a jam between myself and TY and a rough idea I had for a melody. I gave it to the rest of the band to see what kind of lyric ideas they would come up with and we ended up with a heartfelt tale about the remembrance of a fallen sibling. Absolutely massive amounts of vocal layers in the chorus and a lot of 80s inspired keyboard parts. The positioning of this song on the album is important too; it’s wedged between the epics of Forever and The End Of Days and provides a good “cleansing of the palette” that gives the surrounding songs more impact than what they would otherwise have if they followed one another directly.
lyrics
A heart strong with fire
The measure that I aspire
Living your life abounding
Like few others do
Torn from this world premature
Lost to all those who cared
I’m left behind alone to find my way
Now I look to the skies
Memories: rising tides
I feel a part of me died
The day you went away
Gone to a place never known
Free of sadness and pain
Brotherhood, the memories still remain
CHORUS:
So wherever, wherever you may be
I hope forever you’ll be proud of me
So my brother, someday, I don’t know when
One day, together we will meet again
Far beyond the light
SOLO: MARK
And as time marches on
This heartache will always linger
I’ll shed a tear for you
On those sleepless nights
No matter where I may roam
I feel your presence so near
Gives me strength to see tomorrow’s dawn
REPEAT CHORUS
credits
from Set In Stone,
released August 1, 2009
Words: M. Furtner / A. Dowling / T. Grose
Music: T. Grose / T. Yatras
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