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The Ancient Order

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Thijn I love the lyrics.. awsom contemporary music with a bigger picture message. i love it!! Favorite track: Money Tree.
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1.
Totem 05:07
TOTEM SHOW ME THE WAY SHAMAN, SHOW ME A SIGN THE ANCIENT PROPHETS WERE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE IS DIVINE DAY AND NIGHT IS SACRED NATURE'S GREATER DESIGN A HIGHER ESSENCE OF BEING, WE AS A PEOPLE COMBINED SHOW ME THE WAY SHAMAN, SHOW ME TONIGHT THE ELDERS TELL OF A TALE OF GALACTIC INSIGHT ILLUMINATING THE TRAIL OF THE CRYSTAL LIGHT WHEN THE PLANETS ALIGN AND THE PEOPLE UNITE, AS ONE AND WE'RE CONNECTED AS A COLLECTIVE, LOST IN OUR MINDS CONSCIOUSNESS HAS EVOLVED FROM LOGICAL TO INTUITIVE FINE-TUNED WITH A UNIVERSAL PRESENCE A RESIDUE OF THE HEAVENS SUBLIME TRUTH TRANSCENDENCE WE ARE THE WAY SHAMAN WE ARE ALIVE WHAT IS ABOVE IS BELOW THERE IS NO DIVIDE DIVERSIFIED WE'RE ALL ONE OF A KIND CHOSEN SOULS WE'RE NOT ALONE INSIDE THE INFINITE, SIT QUIET AND LISTEN IN SILENCE INSIDE THE INFINITE SILENCE, SIT QUIET, LISTEN IN [ CHORUS ] IN LAK'ECH ALA'KIN ENDLESS PURSUITS OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH MANIFESTING DESTINY'S OATH RIDE THE RIPPLE TO THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN LET LOOSE, SET FLUID IN MOTION
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Amen Ra 07:04
AMEN RA IN THE BEGINNING ALL WAS ONE WITH NATURE'S LAW BIRTH OF A NEW SUN THE ENEMY IS AMONG US I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE WHO CAN I TRUST? DECEIVER... FALSE PROPHECIES SECRET KNOWLEDGE HIDDEN FOR ALL TO SEE ARCHITECTS OF PYRAMID SCHEMES HIGH COUNCIL KINGDOM OF THE EVIL ELITE ANCIENT MYTH CIVILIZATION'S CRYPT HIEROGLYPHIC SARCOPHAGUS ARMY OF STONE GUARDS THE PHARAOH'S TOMB AFTERLIFE OF DOOM UNDERWORLD DUALITY A GREAT BARRIER INSIDE LEAVES ME DIVIDED READ BETWEEN THE LIES REDEFINE THIS SUPERSTITIOUS MIND IDENTIFY THAT WE ARE HOLY AND DIVINE SIRIUS SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS OF THE MYSTERY SCHOOLS STELLAR CULTS AND SACRED TRUTHS STUDENTS OF THE SUN AND MOON IN THE LAND OF THE LOST CITIES UNDER THE SEA FALLEN ANGELS OF ENOCH, SEED OF ADAM AND EVE ROYAL LINEAGE BLOODLINE, A DYING BREED OF THE INCESTUOUS SERPENT FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN
3.
Temple 03:19
TEMPLE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE SO MANY SECRETS... HIDDEN IN THE ETHER SPINNING PLANET, REACHING COMPLETION ONLY OUR LOVE CAN HEAL HER INNER... SPIRIT DIES LOVE CAN HEAL HER SPIRIT RISE OUR LOVE CAN HEAL SPIRIT GUIDE MOONBEAM LUNAR ECLIPSED THE SHIFTING TIDE SUN FIRE LIGHT THIRD EYE OPEN WIDE FREE YOUR MIND ZERO POINT ENERGIZE CHAKRAS ALL ALIGN THIS SACRED SHRINE TAP INTO THE POWER GRID ACROSS THE MERIDIAN LEY LINE
4.
Money Tree 03:46
MONEY TREE WORK ALL DAY PLAY THE GAME HOURS SLOWLY FADE AWAY KEEP THE CHANGE PUNCH THE CLOCK GOT DEBTS TO PAY TO SOCIETY FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE AM I THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE OR A HUMAN BEING? THE ENDANGERED SPECIES WITH ATOMIC CAPABILITIES SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES IT'S A DISEASE THE CURE IS TO LIVE FREE IN PEACE AND HARMONY AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITHOUT THE CHEMICALS SPRAYED IN THE AIR WE BREATHE ON THE FOOD WE FEED OUR FAMILY TREE OF MONEY, TREE OF MONEY TREE OF MONEY TREE OF MONEY CUT DOWN THAT MONEY TREE CENTRAL BANKS CONTROL ECONOMIES UNHOLY OIL CRUSADE SEND IN THE TANKS SPREADING DEMOCRACY IT’S THE FOREIGN STATE POLICY OF THE MONEY, TREE OF MONEY THE MONEY, TREE OF MONEY CUT DOWN THAT MONEY TREE WHY THE FUCK WOULD WE TRADE ALL OUR GOLD FOR FIAT CURRENCY? IS IT WORTH THE PAPER IT’S PRINTED ON? FAIR SHARE IS FOR SALE BEGIN THE BIDDING WAR CUT DOWN THE MONEY TREE (AND) EVERYTHING IS FREE
5.
Peace 04:28
PEACE GATHER ROUND THE FIRE ABLAZE BURNING FLAMES OF THE FUNERAL PYRE ASHES OF A FALLEN EMPIRE TEND THE GARDENS TEMPLE HEAL THE SOUL SOURCE OF ENERGY LET THE RAIN DANCE BEGIN KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERING WISDOM SO GOLDEN ENLIGHTENED BY THIS SILENT MOMENT FIRST DROP OF WATER SOAKS THE SOIL THAT FEEDS THE LAND SHARE THE HARVEST OF OUR RESOURCES BUT WHAT’S LEFT FOR US TO DEFEND? BETTER DAYS AWAIT FRESH BREATHE OF AIR FINAL RESTING PLACE RELEASE THE SPIRIT IMPRISONED HERE LEAVE THE PAST BEHIND BUT NEVER FORGET IT’S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YOU CAN TEACH PEACE AND RESPECT SOON THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL KNOW THE ONLY REASON LEFT TO LIVE IS LOVE, TILL DEATH TO LIVE AT ALL IS A BLESSING OF FLESH AND BLOOD SO BE THANKFUL WALKING THE HALLS OF VALHALLA FOLLOW YOUR OWN FOOTSTEPS
6.
Warrior 02:43
WARRIOR SIMPLE SOLDIER MARCHING ON INTO BATTLE SOUND THE ALARM ENEMY AT THE GATES A CALL TO ARMS HEAR THE SIRENS RING DISPATCHING THE INFANTRY AIR STRIKE RAID BOMBS AWAY TAKE COVER AND PRAY TAKE COVER AND PRAY TO THE GODS WHICH ONE WILL SAVE YOU? WARRIOR STANDING GUARD DEFENDING HONOUR IN THE NAME OF GOD IS IT THE ONLY PATH TO GLORY TO DIE BY THE BLADE OF THE SWORD?
7.
Shadow 05:23
SHADOW FOUND MY MIND LIKE AN OPEN BOOK...LOST ON THE TOP SHELF THE DUSTY PAGES ARE MERE REFLECTIONS OF A THOUGHT AND I AM FALLING INTO MY SHADOW SELF BLACK DAYS OF DARKNESS SAW THE LIGHTNING STRIKE DOWN SO PROFOUND…TOUCH GROUND YEARS OF YOUTH CRAWL TO AN END GROWING OLDER CAN I CHANGE THE PATH I WALK? I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON THE ROAD TO ANNIHILATION I TRANSCEND THE FUTURE AND THE PAST EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF ONLY TODAY, JUST SECONDS AWAY WHEN THE HOURGLASS BREAKS THE SANDS OF TIME SLIP THROUGH OUR HANDS COUNT THE MOMENTS...GRAIN BY GRAIN MEMORIES DON'T FADE AWAY, THEY REMAIN SALT IN THE SEA AND THE TIDE WILL BE TURNING THE SEASONS WILL CHANGE MY FIRE'S STILL BURNING FROM THE ASHES WE'RE BORN AGAIN TO REACH HIGHER LEARNING GALACTIC EMBRACE GREAT CYCLE OCCURRING THE PLANETS IN PLACE AND WE ARE RETURNING THE SUNS RAYS THE MOON WAVES THAT SHINE LIGHT ON THE AGE OF AWAKENING WASH IT AWAY WHY ALL THIS PAIN? WHY ALL THIS FEAR AND ALL THIS HATE? GIVE ME A CHANCE TO ESCAPE, TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH INTO THE OCEAN BELOW CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT, DROWN LIKE A STONE UNDERTOW STRANGLEHOLD WON’T LET ME GO WILL I SINK OR SWIM TO THE SHORE? OVERWHELMING, WITHOUT WORDS TO SPEAK AND I CAN BARELY BREATHE IS THIS JUST A DREAM? I'M HALF ASLEEP WITNESSING HUMANITY'S INNOCENT TRAGEDIES EYE TO EYE WITH THE ENEMY, A TESTAMENT TO OUR DESTINY INTO OBLIVION BEYOND HIGH AND ABOVE, LOOK HOW FAR WE HAVE COME OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND UNDER THE HILL, BE STILL SINGING THE STORY OF OLD SIFT THROUGH THE RIVERS OF GOLD WHISPERS OF WISDOM UNTOLD YEARS OF YOUTH CRAWL TO AN END GROWING OLDER I CAN CHANGE THE PATH I WALK ANY DIRECTION
8.
The Slumber 04:24
THE SLUMBER SHEEP BEWARE... MONSTERS UNDER THE BED SMELL THE SCENT OF FEAR SHEPPARD KINGS WEARING WOLF PACK COWLS NOW BOW DOWN FEEL THE POWER OF THE GREAT OLD OWL'S DECEPTION RIDE THE NIGHTMARE STALLION THROUGH HELL'S FIRE FLAMES RAGE, WALKING ZOMBIE BRAIN SLAVES LAB RATS IN A CHAOTIC MAZE CONSUME THE CULTURE, STRIP THE SKIN OFF THE BONES CARNIVOROUS VULTURES SCAVENGED THE CARCASS OF GOLD SNAKE'S VENOM AND VAMPIRE BLOOD LUST A PIG'S GREED FOR AN IVORY TUSK ...AND THE BURDEN IS ON THE FEW OF US RISE AND WAKE ME FROM THIS SLUMBER BREAK THE SPELL I'M UNDER LIGHT OF DAY, LOVE IS THE WAY ILLUMINATE PRISON PLANET FULL OF STARVING SOULS SLAVERY SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PUPPET PRESIDENTS, CORPORATE CLONES MONETARY GAINS FROM MILITARY WAR ZONES BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS SERVE THE IMPERIAL THRONE A TRILATERAL APOCALYPSE ESOTERIC AGENDAS OF THE FILTHY RICH INDISCRIMINATE GENOCIDE, INDIGENOUS SLAUGHTER NATURE'S FALLING DOWN CAN WE TUNE INTO THE FREQUENCY? THERE IS LOVE AND INSPIRATION WE ASPIRE TO A HIGHER VIBRATION EGO HAD TO GO SEE THE PHOENIX SOARING METAMORPHOSIS CEREMONIAL MOURNING RISE AND WAKE ME FROM THIS SLUMBER BREAK THE SPELL I'M UNDER LIGHT OF DAY, LOVE IS THE WAY TO ILLUMINATION ORIGINAL INTENTION SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD TREE AND THE FLOWER OF LIFE POLAR ENERGIES SHINE RECYCLE THE MIND
9.
[r]evolution 04:40
[R]EVOLUTION ONCE UPON A MONARCHY POVERTY AND TYRANNY SEE THE BEGGARS IN THE STREET --- HOLD THE KEY MIGHTY KING UP IN THE CASTLE TOASTS TO A LAND OF BLOOD AND GOLD (OVERTHROW THE CROOKED CROWN'S LEGACY) OUR EYES OPEN TO THE DEVASTATION THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE CORPORATION THEY'RE BUILDING A WALL MARTIAL LAW, POLICE STATE BIG BROTHER SURVEILLANCE INNOCENT DETAINEE MASS MEDIA MANIPULATION EARTHQUAKE DESTRUCTION VOLCANIC CORRUPTION REIGN DOWN, HAIL TO THE TERROR STORM CLOUD BLIZZARD, HURRICANE, TIDAL WAVE, NATURE'S WARNING NOW BRIDGE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN YOU AND I WE MUST UNITE HEMISPHERIC FUSION OF THE HUMAN MIND VICTORIOUS RESISTANCE DECAPITATE THIS SYSTEM OF LIES JOIN THE ALLIANCE OF NON-VIOLENT DEFIANCE AND RECLAIM YOUR PRIDE LIKE THE HEART OF A LION'S COURAGEOUS SACRIFICE HEAR OUR BATTLE CRY WELCOME TO THE ANARCHY PEACEFUL SOCIETY CITIZENS OF LIBERTY ONE COMMUNITY EQUAL WE THE PEOPLE SPEAK ETHICALLY, WE CO-CREATE THE MEANING OF THIS LIFE WE MUST RISE ABOVE THE RULER OF NATIONS THE TIME HAS COME FOR OUR EVOLUTION YOU CAN CALL ME A... TRUTH SEEKER OR CONSPIRACY THEORIST HISTORY REPEATS, EMPIRES DEFEATED ASTROLOGICAL PROPHECY IMPULSE POWER SHIFT FLICKER OF CONSCIOUSNESS ANCIENT WISDOM MIXED WITH FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY WE'RE NOT ALONE EPIC TRIP SPACESHIP EXPLORER WARP SPEED WORMHOLE
10.
Alien 05:47
ALIEN ALL ALONE, FEELS SO COLD ALIENATED FROM THE SOUL SUCH A LONG WAY FROM HOME ISOLATED, SO ALONE SOLITARY SHELL SHOCK…THEY WAVE GOODBYE I'M STRANDED ON THIS ROCK ABANDONED, LEFT BEHIND TO WATCH THE WORLD DIE IS IT THE END OF THE LINE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS SUDDENLY I FEEL SO EMPTY INSIDE HOW CAN I SURVIVE? [ CHORUS ] FRAGMENTED MIND, A FRACTAL OASIS I'M LOST IN THIS HOLOGRAPHIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF CONSTANT CREATION I'M FROZEN IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION LOOKING DOWN FROM ABOVE IS IT JUST A FIGMENT OF...MY IMAGINATION AND IT APPEARED IN A VISION I HAD TO PINCH MYSELF...HALLUCINATION COUNTING DOWN TO EXTINCTION ARE WE THE LAST...GENERATION TO MAKE YOUR PLANET PROUD ONE WAY TICKET LIFT OFF, SYSTEMS GO IGNITION LAUNCH, THE ROCKETS SOAR PIERCE THE ATMOSPHERE, DISCOVER AND EXPLORE THE VAST ARRAY OF THE COSMIC AURA THE EARTH'S DECAY IN ITS FINAL HOUR SO I, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE FIRST CONTACT SEEMS SO FAMILIAR REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR I FALL BACK IN DISBELIEF ALL OF MY DOUBTS DISAPPEAR NO FEAR DEATH IS ONLY AS REAL AS THIS REALITY MARVELOUS AND INSPIRING BEYOND THE UNKNOWN HOME SWEET HOME
11.
Seed 04:52
SEED SPIRIT PLANT SO BENEVOLENT A MYSTICAL LANGUAGE OF HIGHER INTELLIGENCE IN THE INFINITE SILENCE I LISTEN TO THE ELEMENTS WITNESS THE EVIDENCE STILL SO RELEVANT LET'S RESPECT THIS RITUAL SACRAMENT FRAIL BEAUTY SO INNOCENT A PRIMAL RESILIENCE ...PHOTOSYNTHESIS EXISTENCE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I COULDN'T SEE IT WAS A SELF AWAKENING JOURNEY IT TAUGHT ME TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I COULD NOT SEE IT WAS A SELF AWAKENING JOURNEY A VISIONARY DREAM INITIATION THE SEED IS SOWN DEEP IN THE SOIL INFORMATION OVERLOAD UNWIND THE COIL HIDDEN IN THE GARDEN LIES THE ANTIDOTE TO RESURRECT THE OVERSOUL DECIPHER THE CODE WITH MY EAR I HEAR THE FOREST'S STORY WITH MY VOICE I SPEAK IN ANCIENT TONGUE'S WITH MY HAND I PLANT THE SEED, SEE IT GROWING WITH MY HEART I FEED THE ROOTS OF LOVE
12.
Initiation 02:22
INITIATION [ INSTRUMENTAL ]
13.
DMT 07:47
DMT DMT, HEAVY REM SLEEP REMEDY LUCID DREAM, DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE PRIMORDIAL BEING, PSYCHEDELIC EPIPHANY FLOATING ON A CLOUD, SPIRIT OUT OF BODY STARS COLLIDE, A FIRE IN THE SKY DNA, GENETIC TIME WAVE GATEWAY FINAL PHASE, DAWN OF A NEW AGE BECOME ONE WITH NATURE'S REINCARNATION DEEP IN THE GENE, THE CHROMOSOME THE COSMIC DOUBLE HELIX FROM DISTANT GALAXIES SUPERNOVA NEBULA A UNIVERSAL, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TIME MACHINE TELEPATHIC INTUITION CROP CIRCLE INCISION OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY PERFECT SYMMETRY, SACRED GEOMETRY COME SPIRAL THROUGH THE FABRIC OF THE SPACE AND TIME CONTINUUM MYSTIC SYMBOLS ECHO THE FRACTAL PATTERN CONVERGENCE OF LIGHT TO REACH EQUILIBRIUM MYSTIC SYMBOLS OF LIFE ECHO THE FRACTAL PATTERN OF LOVE AND I FOUND AN EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM CONNECTED AS A COLLECTIVE OF LOVE TOGETHER AS ONE

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released December 21, 2015

Written and Performed by The Ancient Order
Lyrics by Matthew Allen and Andrew House
Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Michael Phillips
Mastered by Brett Zilahi @ Joao Carvalho Mastering Studio

www.theancientorder.ca

The Ancient Order is
Matthew Allen /// Vocals
Andrew House /// Guitars / Vocals / Djembe
Andrew Murray /// Bass / Sprout / Synth
Jeremy Lloyd /// Drums / Percussion

Additional Musicians
Charlotte Bell /// Violin
Jessie Morgan Davis /// Vocals
Dan Clarkson /// Keys / Synth / Mellotron
Ray 'Ekoplex" Vincent /// Root / Sprout / Dulcimer / Crystal Bowl /
OM Circle recorded @ ORP Solstice 2012
Dan Ledandan /// Didgeridoo
Michael Phillips /// Synth / Mellotron / Dulcimer / Native Drum / Backing Vocals (Warrior) / Additonal Guitar (Amen Ra)

Studios
Revolution Recording /// Toronto, ON
Assistant engineers /// Stephen Koszler, Jack Clow
Drum technician /// ''Big Red" Tim Butson
Phase One Studios /// Toronto, ON
Assistant engineers /// Matt Snell
Rattlebox North Studios /// Toronto, ON
The Oak Studio /// Toronto, ON
The Hive /// Toronto, ON
Matt's Cottage /// Huntsville, ON
Ray's Rootworks Studio /// Peterborough, ON
www.itsamusicalthing.com
MyKey Music /// Toronto, ON
www.soundsgoodmikey.weebly.com
Sound Garage Studio /// Scarborough, ON

Artwork
Album concept and Artistic direction
Andrew House and Matthew Allen
Album design, Booklet artwork and layout
Ryan VanSteenburgh and The Ancient Order
Special Cover Artwork
Painted by Paul Zulauf /// Designed by Andrew House
Logo and Sigil Artwork
Designed by Jonah Kamphorst with The Ancient Order

The Ancient Order would like to thank our family, friends and fans all over the world for their messages of support that keep us moving forward.

We would like to extend a special thanks to
Charlotte Bell /// Jessie Morgan Davis /// Ray Vincent /// Dan Clarkson /// Dan Ledandan /// Greg Armishaw /// Doug Richardson /// Os Kar /// Andrew Remski /// Nick Misasi /// Corey Stinson /// Jonah Kamphorst /// Paul Zulauf /// "Dante" Ian David Grindall /// Ryan VanSteenburgh /// "Big Red" Tim Butson /// Stephen Koszler /// Jack Clow /// Su Mashakti /// Brian Moncarz /// Brett Zilahi /// Bryan Lowe /// Dave Misener & Dave Dysart @ HHB Canada /// LCB /// Gaudi /// David Bottrill and Michael Phillips

Big thanks to all the studios - Revolution Recording /// Phase One Studios /// The Oak /// The Hive /// Sound Garage Studio /// MyKey Music /// Ray's Rootworks /// Joao Carvalho Mastering and Rattlebox North.

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The Ancient Order

The Ancient Order is a concept band combining progressive rhythms, melodic harmonies and thought provoking lyrics to create an organic mixture of original sound, stunning visuals, with a sense of community.

Connected through synchronicity, alignment and determination, its core members have operated as a collective unit since 2010.

In an age of awakening, this is our voice.

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