A Strange Utopia, by Factory of Dreams

A Strange Utopia

by Factory of Dreams

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This digital album also includes the Single version of 'The Weight of the World', the video edit version of 'Sonic Sensations', a special re-recorded version of Jessica's 'Broken', plus the fabulous Music Videos on Mp4 of 'Sonic Sensations' & 'The Weight of the World'. Finally, this digital release incudes the full booklet with 12-page artworks and lyrics!

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Some Kind of Poetic Destruction, Melotronical, A Strange Utopia, Poles, Dawn on Pyther, Out Of Place, Floating World, Playing the Universe, and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Voyage to Utopia 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Voyage to Utopia Distant scenery Impossible imagery Swarming with bright ideas Teases my attention Asking for my concentration Distant scenery It’s merely a faint idea Vanishing into the ocean of the real But I hope the dream Becomes true And I yearn, and I sleep again Chorus: I walk the boundaries of Imagination, Defying it, Teasing it As if seeking my unreal image Depicted in the mirrors of life And the voyage begins As I unveil my mysteries The theater’s curtains opens A Play begins Called Utopia Utopia, Utopia, Utopia! The screening of my imagined life A window to Utopia This place, impossible And I dream, I want It to stay as I remember it Chorus
2.	The Weight of The World 05:54	lyrics	buy track
The Weight of the World Weight, weight of the world Weight, weight of the world We carry our own Unbearable weight We are slowly thrown To the ground Hardly standing our bodies We are facing our destiny Suffocation Deterioration The air is toxic Full of carbon monoxide Can't stand our weight Can't stand our lives Can't stand it no more The end is near Chorus: The planet Is getting larger, Mass is growing every day Gravity is aggravated We are just Too much for this place Justice in the Weight of the World Chorus2 Weight of the World Crushing us down Weight of the World Lost and found Standing its ground “Weight of the World We now feel the Weight of the World” It’s nature’s payback time For all the centuries of War and misery Dishonesty and hypocrisy The World says its final word The World says its final! Chorus Chorus 2 “Weight of the World We now feel the Weight of the World” We suffer from our mistakes And we die, we die! And then wake up, for the World Showed us a dark future Chorus 2 We are now taking action Finally embracing our Home We felt what it would be like Carrying the Weight of the World The Weight of our actions “Weight of the World We now feel the Weight of the World”
3.	Inner Station 06:18	lyrics	buy track
The Inner Station “All aboard the train Into this Utopian mind The screening of my imagination to the listening audience” The misty station Pulls me towards The center of my Consciousness It looks at me Scans my mind Stares me in the eye With doors wide open Chorus I got a one way ticket To my mind's core Hidden truths, hidden lies Utopian visions I got a one way ticket To my mind's core Hidden truths, hidden lies Utopian visions My dreamworlds I am tired of This dull life Made of disillusions I want to see now What I’ve never seen The train is waiting for me ‘And I see, and I see, And I see’ And I see my Other selves Staring at me Frightening me Haunting me And I enter the train Never looking back Chorus The Station Whispers into my head It got me a free ticket For a one way travel...
4.	Sonic Sensations 04:18	lyrics	buy track
Sonic Sensations Enter this World of living music Where everything is sound Group of notes invade my Mind The vision of a city forms around It's all sound It's all sound Surrounding me Chorus The roaring bass Creates this place Makes me tremble This is my temple The soothing treble It's so incredible To see this World As never told The sonic tension Is now Creation Chorus2 The roaring bass Creates this place Makes me tremble Makes me shiver Explosions of sound Shake the ground Utopian waves Create this place The world of sound My Senses are now sound waves, I see melody in everything I feel the sonic tension It's all sound Surrounding me I stand before this world of sound Appalled by its uniqueness And if it were true Music finally changed the world Chorus1 Chorus2 The roaring bass of the destruction Makes me tremble in fear The soothing ethereal pads And it all becomes clear A sea of sound The ocean of sound waves
5.	The Road Around Saturn 04:21	lyrics	buy track
The Road around Saturn Ringing ringing Ringing, Ringing inside my head Bringing, bringing, spirals and circles My mind is clear instead My mind is clear My mind My... Mind... Clear... Scanning my head Widely spread Across the Saturn's rings The infinite road taking me Into the horizon of my thoughts Chorus1 Lights flashing before me Tracks of unknown minds Visions of things to be Different Eras, different times Chorus2 Lights flashing before me Tracks of unknown minds Skidmarks of long fought wars The scars seen down the road The road around Saturn The passage to other dimensions Deep within me Turning the stranger inside me Into my best friend Chorus1 Lights flashing before me Tracks of unknown minds Visions of things to be Different Eras, different times Chorus2 Lights flashing before me Tracks of unknown minds Skidmarks of long fought wars The scars seen down the road The Saturn rings Surrounding me What does the future bring? Endless roads to see … and I am free!
6.	Garden of all Seasons 04:20	lyrics	buy track
Garden of all seasons “I’m travelling for so long In the garden of all seasons” I’m travelling for so long I’ve discovered so many hidden truths And I feel so alive like The memories blowing my mind Chorus1 I feel so alive Colors exploding my mind Blinding my eyes with Blissful light Seasons alternate each day My heart pounds and I long for the sun And a walk by the seashore My wish becomes real I’m in command Of my thoughts My journey... Chorus2 I’m mesmerized And I'm confused Could this be real Could this be true? Chorus1 I’m mesmerized By the sand, Grabbing soft grains with my hands, Bathing in the soothing Comfortable ocean of Utopia The Ocean and the Sun of Utopia... Chorus 2 The sand now turns into leaves, Leaves turn into trees, I feel the cold wind blow As autumn invades my senses Senses become colder The warmth of the fireplace Hits my face, Winter is here The snow gently falls Soon to morph into The beautiful flowers And the rainbow shows up Above the full grown trees of spring It's the garden of all seasons
7.	Dark Utopia 04:50	lyrics	buy track
Dark Utopia ‘Dark Utopia’ ‘Dark Utopia’ Safe walls are crumbling down I’m alone and lost in the dark The world around me keeps pulling me back Destroying the faint light that guided me Chorus: I see Destruction I see Death I see Dark Devouring all A falling star Make a wish... I wish no more I hope no more I yearn no more I'm dead to this World Dark Utopia Dark Utopia The whole landscape Seems like the dark night sky With windows Disguised as stars Darkness is all around us Nothing more is to fear Nothing more to lose Dark Utopia Safe walls are crumbling down I’m alone and lost in the dark The world around me keeps pulling me back Destroying the faint light that guided me Chorus Can you believe Such a Dark place? Don't you see Dark Utopia Everywhere in your World? Can you believe There’s no Sun in this place Only Darkness To hope for To die for Chorus
8.	Vacation in Venus 04:26	lyrics	buy track
Vacation in Venus The Sun blinds my Sight Sweat explodes from my skin The lucid mirage of An unreachable land Amazes me Mesmerizes me With insane power! And I picture The ocean’s red waves Crashing down into the sand Devouring the land The most vivid dream Now becomes my real vision My brain switches off Away from my homeland To see this landscape To feel the heat of Venus Energizing my imagination Chorus Venus the eternal mystery Becomes my hidden pleasure Mesmerized by the scenery Venus is my life’s treasure Chrorus2 Eternal mystery The Sun blinds my Sight Sweat explodes my skin A lucid mirage Unreachable land Amazes me Mesmerizes me With insane power! Chorus I lay down in the sand Gazing at the enormous structures That melt within the landscape Creating this Dream-Like nightmare It’s my vacation in Venus “Vacation in Venus “
9.	Chaotic Order 04:09	lyrics	buy track
Chaotic Order segment1 I see cities I see homes Floating fragments Sleeping stones segment2 I see people And their lives Drifting away I hear their cries I hear their sighs! Chorus War and Peace Love and hate Two extremes Chaotic State Different lives Alternate states So many lies The World's Fate A frightening sight To this beautiful chaos Insanities’ border The chaotic Order Never resigning To the Tides of time And it all seems to function All the pieces Filling the holes Attracting the poles The frightening idea Of a beautiful chaos This beautiful chaos Chorus “Chaotic Order It's a beautiful Chaos” Chorus Segment1 and 2 Chaotic Order It's a beautiful Chaos Beautiful Chaos Beautiful Chaos Beautiful Chaos
10.	Slow Motion World 05:08	lyrics	buy track
Slow motion World The Streets of Utopia Gliding calmly, gently Like the people's lives Everything Is shown to me In every single detail Vividly Chorus1 Tasting life As one should do Can’t run but walk Can’t shout but talk Living the moment Living the moment Feeling what I’ve never felt Loving what I’ve never really loved Chorus1 Chorus2a Can’t run but walk Can’t shout but talk No stress in this life So peaceful and nice My thoughts Reaching every corner Of this Land Moulding it Shaping it Dark isn’t dark anymore I see all the detail of its palettes The Slow Motion All the time in the World Chorus 2a Chorus2b Can’t run but walk Can’t shout but talk No more running No more hiding From this life! Everything Is shown to me In every single detail Vividly Chorus1 Chorus 2a Dream an illusion…
11.	Destructible Destruction 05:57	lyrics	buy track
Destructible Destruction To drive the World To be everywhere This is all that I am This is all that I do On every particle Living, ruling I’m the Fear Controlling you! But the void The silence Terrifies The emptiness Of my existence I’m starting to fail Just Like an obsolete machine Destructible destruction, destructible destruction Chorus Buildings fall Forests burn Earthquakes and Volcanoes Tornados and Floods Bring it on! Planet Destruction Destructible destruction I’m the Fear Controlling you! Chorus The explosive vividness Of my being Can’t outweigh my insignificant matter And I fade away, dying Maybe Utopia does exist The alter ego of my dreams I'm destructible Destructible I saw planet Destruction Chorus Planet Destruction It's Planet Destruction Destructible destruction All around us!
12.	E-Motions 09:32	lyrics	buy track
E-motions “E-motions, welcome to the new age” Machines: Senses duplicated to perfection The feeling, the touch Binary codes of this Cyberworld The body changes The mind is a voyeur to a future That arrived too fast Too fast The physical notion Is no more Welcome to the new age Of electric connections And we Become afraid Of Who we are But we start to embrace Our new existence, slowly New senses, new functions What have we become? Better I hope Chorus Enter Machine World Ice Cold Soulless No fear No remorse Nothing but logic As time passes Ability to dream develops And the Ice Cold bodies Experience the fear Of never knowing what E-motions are Chorus 2 Machines Evolution Electric Minds Electric soul Chorus Organic robot: The little one Just born to the world Will never know How cold days were And how cold days are still to be The Electric body Still much evolution has to endure To reach the dream Of experiencing the feeling Chorus This is the World I see now, From my window In the train of Utopia This is the World I see, From my window In the train of Utopia As real as a Mirage And the tides of time Pass me by As if my memories were Of Forever Chorus

about

Following their album POLES, Factory of Dreams are back with a new production bringing a whole new epic and progressive feel to the sound crafted on their debut. More complex, heavier, faster and at the same time catchy, this is a huge album, featuring the hallmark of Factory of Dreams, with great melodic sense and shivering moments and a great cast of guest singers and performers.
As a highlight, the near 10 minute Epic E-motions, and the beautiful track Sonic Sensations depicting a World created by Sound and Music.

credits

released January 1, 2009

Hugo Flores - Vocals, Music, Instruments, Production
Jessica Lehto – Vocals, Vocal harmonies and arrangements

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Hugo Flores

Multi-instrumentalist Hugo Flores rose to international attention with his first solo album in 2000 called Atlantis. After that he formed the band “Sonic Pulsar” and later a multi album story-arc called 'Project Creation' that would further refine his sound. More recently Hugo created Factory of Dreams, a symphonic metal project with Jessica Lehto on vocals. ... more