
Act I - The Descent
1. In the Land of Death and Joy - The Spell of Ezrazellda
- Can you hear them call you
- In the land of death and joy
- I will go there with you
- To the land of death and joy
- Days will wear your soul thin
- Flow on through on southern wind
- Lost in shame and grace and pain
- In the steel your mind will tame
- Lay down your earthly hopes and dreams
- Nothing here is as it seems
- Ishtar sings out from the shore
- As Marduke takes his men to war
- Find the joy in death and pain
- And you may live well yet again
- Dive into your pool of fear
- And lose all that you now hold dear
2. 1000 Stairs- The Descent of Ishtar into Hell
Act II- In Hell
3. Lost Souls - The Tormenting of Ishtar
4. My Demons Inside - The Fracturing of Ishtar
- Am I sad
- Am I glad
- Have I gone mad
- My Demons Inside
- Here I am in Section D
- Breathing in air that I can see
- Why can't they let me be
- My Demons Inside
- Here I wait inside my cell
- Held forever in a spell
- What's the answer? I can't tell
- My Demons Inside
- Here I am in Section D
- A thousand years and still not free
- Why can't you save me
- From the Demons
- From the Demons
5. Interlude - The Sentencing of Ishtar by Ezrazellda
- Ezrazellda speaks, " And how are we doing today,
sister? Do you know that the mosquito may live only 4 days, never thinking
about time? And your mighty oak tree can live 500 years, watching time
slowly change? Humans live an average of 72 years, forgetting about time,
running from time, and trying to slow time down. They are doomed to a cycle
of birth and death, only to be born again to be tormented for another lifetime.
Pleasant dreams, sister."
6. The Long Dreaming - The Many Lives of Ishtar
7. Spider - The Moment of Decision
- Spider waits for me
- With electric eyes
- Waits for me to choose
- Shall I live or die?
- In his spider sleep
- Reality
- Thread on thread the same
- To live or die
- Waiting to die
- Waiting to die
- Waiting to die
- Waiting to die
Act III- The Ascent
8. Interlude - The Awakening of Ishtar
- A voice out of the darkness speaks, "You're a
true believer. But where is all the joy it's supposed to put in your heart?"
9. pianofortisimo - The Balancing of Ishtar
10. Interlude - The Realization of Ishtar
- Ishtar speaks, "I had a dream once. I was in
a big house filled with rooms. For years I ran from room to room, looking
for a way out. I finally found a room I'd never been in before. Hidden
behind furniture was a door. When I touched the doorknob, the door swung
open. It was open all the time."
11. Ezrazellda - The Scorn of Ishtar
- She cries for my forgiveness
- She lies for my forgiveness
- She tries to buy my forgiveness
- She'll die before she has forgiveness
- I looked into my sister's face
- And etched upon it I saw the trace
- Of her fear
- Of her fear
- Maliciousness was in her eyes
- The guilty burden of her sighs
- She carries on
- She carries on
- Our vigil held the night he died
- She couldn't wait to say goodbye
- I felt his pain
- I felt his pain
- Deliberatly she wounded him
- Adding to her list of sins
- She didn't care
- She didn't care
- She held her breath till I was down
- Then kicked me further in the ground
- Out of spite
- Out of spite
- She hates me so for all I am
- She can't be me and I don't give a damn
- For her soul
- For her soul
12. Interlude - Threshold (spoken) - The Reunification
of Ishtar
- We stand, like children
- At a doorway
- Shamefaced and sullen
- Fear cementing our feet
- Desire infecting us
- Time dissolves us away
13. Threshold - The Ascent of Ishtar
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