"Darkness" genre: Progressive Metal
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	Though I believe this to truly be my best work yet, it is with a sad heart that I release this song. On February 6th, 2002, Rony Tiomkin of Ariel, Israel died. He was a good friend of mine, and I am very sad to see him go. This song is dedicated to him.
	CD: N/A   Label: N/A Credits: ©2002 Kevin M. Beals
	Story Behind the Song I actually began writing this song before I found out about Rony's death. Only the first four minutes had been completed, so I radically changed the song towards a different direction. I had written a poem in memory of him, and so I felt it appropriate to include it in the song. There was a tremendous amount of work I had to go through to get all the vocal effects completed and mixed in with the synths in the center section, but I think the end product would have made him proud--even if he didn't like the style necessarily. The last section in particular is very representative of the emotions I was feeling in response to his death. I still don't think that it has entirely hit me yet, and I don't know when it will. Other than the vocals, the guitar sections were also extremely time-consuming to complete, as I actually re-recorded them to match the drum rhythms for the first time. They're not perfect, but you'll hopefully notice that the drums are actually on time for the most part here. I think that overall this song definitely has much better production quality than what I've previously done (as would be expected, I learn as I go) and far more attention to detail. Anyway, as far as the poem goes, it is largely left open to interpretation. There is a lot of heavy symbolism, but I think that much of it is personal, and those who knew him will probably pick up on some of it. If there was one wish that I could have, it would be that he could hear the song, but that cannot be granted. It was very emotionally draining and healing at the same time for me to go through the process of producing the song, and hopefully it can have some of the same affectation on the listener as well. Goodbye Rony, you'll be sorely missed... Lyrics Darkness ----------- by: Kevin M. Beals Dedicated to the memory of Rony Tiomkin ----------- Words were spoken Words were forgotten Nothing could erase the permanency And nothing was guaranteed The tears stained the earth Soaked up in her dirty hands She called him to her bosom From whence he came As darkness fell upon that weary brow Not a head was bowed An eye averted low As morning came the realization fell If there was return It was far too late to tell ...here is where words fail The death of innocence occurred long before this Trailing behind in the stream A ripple upon the water He placed his hand in willingly Aware of some other reality Yet none was guaranteed Betrayed by no god And betrayed by no man Fate cast his long arm far And drew forth the shortest straw A cry rose up And was left unanswered Cold and cruel it seemed But such is the bitter cup Nineteen times the cock crowed twice Rings of light twisting about As a soul rose up His final adventure now embarked The great unknown Sang a siren song His wry smile answered in return To the seed unsown He turned back and looked behind Yet those watching could not see And smiled again a childish grin "If you knew you'd wish you were me" With that he departed Never to return Never to be forgotten Though they would still yearn A glitter on the morning dew Revealed another world Opaque to the naked eye Another play unfurled Grasping at unseen mystery With unseen open hands Spilling forth no history Awash in distant lands

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