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The Traveler (Standard Edition)

by Dave Kerzner

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    "The Traveler" is Dave Kerzner's third studio solo album. The main character of his debut solo album "New World" returns! The Traveler takes you further along in the journey tying in the stories of not only Kerzner's first three solo albums but there's even a connection to In Continuum's Acceleration Theory storyline and beyond!

    For the first time Kerzner has combined collaboration his band mates from four different bands/projects: In Continuum, Sound of Contact, Mantra Vega and Arc of Life! Featuring an all All Star cast of Prog musicians including Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom, Nick D'Virgilio, Marco Minnemann, Randy McStine, Matt Dorsey, Francis Dunnery, Billy Sherwood, Jon Davison, Alex Cromarty, Stuart Fletcher, Ruti Celli, Joe Deninzon and more!

    Produced by Dave Kerzner
    Cover artwork by world renown artist Rafal Olbinski
    For tour dates and more: www.davekerzner.com

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    Note: this is for the standard single CD version with a signed postcard. Other versions are available on the Sonic Elements Bandcamp page. Shipping will be in August, 2022. Also included with this package is a Hi Quality 16 bit 44.1k download of the album when available.

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1.
Another Lifetime You’ve played a part in the grand parade You walked the path you were not afraid Hills of green under desert sky In backward motion time goes by Lay your body down Lifting off the ground You’ve been haunted by a world rewound Let your spirit high There’s starlight in your eye From another lifetime What does it means to be alive? Do memories and thoughts survive? You can see the future past unfold And witness stories yet untold Lay your body down Lifting off the ground You’ve been haunted by a world rewound Let your spirit high There’s starlight in your eye From another lifetime Lay your body down Lifting off the ground You’ve been haunted by a world rewound Let your spirit high There’s starlight in your eye From another lifetime
2.
Ghostwritten Fables

 Words 
 ghostwritten fables 
 long forgotten legacies
of who and why 

 Life 
 Feeling and dreaming 
 All the things we say and do
before we die 

 All I see is real to me 

 I traveled in time
with only my mind 
 just to see a world without people
 no drama no pain
 all lost with the rain 

 Minds 
 forever changing 
 Years of ingenuity Would pass us by 

 Hearts
 The stories of loving 
 Etched into the sand
and blown into the sky

 What I see is real to me 
 
 I traveled in time
with only my mind 
 just to be In a place without hunger No borders no hate 
 In a world without people But I’d miss your face The sweet sound of laughing the wild human race All lost with the rain I can’t let this go
 cause I’m burning to know
 the future of mankind
 If I look through my mind 
 what would I see?
what would I find? A place without hunger No borders no hate 
 a world without people But I’d miss your face The sweet sound of laughing The wild human race The wild human race Where are they Where are they now? Where are they now? 
 Rain
3.
A Time In Your Mind 


 Something moving in the dead of night 
 Iris searching for a shred of light 
 All the years of learning who we are 
 Baggage heavy when you’ve traveled far 

 We live on the edge of a knife Another trap, another lie
 Don’t miss out on love in your life Something lurking through a veiled disguise 
 In the doorway there’s a watering eye 
 It sees the truth and all you choose to hide and every fear that you create inside We live on the edge of a knife Another trap, another lie
 Don’t miss out on love in your life You’ll never be all alone If you believe 

 Wake up

 Slow descending black cloud 
 you can weather this storm
 you don’t know why keep waking in the sun
 you don’t know how 
 it all resolves as one

 Ooo Aaah When you find a time in your mind
 that drags you into the deep
 Lift your spirit up and high 
 Until your heart is at peace

 Now wake up Unbounded ravens fly with broken wings
 A flood of water in the canyon sings
 You were an island and it had its place In the mirror there’s a motionless face We live on the edge of a knife Another trap, another lie
 Don’t miss out on love in your life You’ll never be all alone Just believe it 
 You’ll never be all alone 
 Don’t miss out on love in your life 
 you don’t know why keep waking in the sun
 you don’t know how 
 it all resolves as one

 When you find a time in your mind
 that drags you into the deep
 Lift your spirit up and high 
 Until you heart is at peace

 Wake up
4.
For Granted 06:03
For Granted It’s too late for the song that you finally made it in 
I remember when you asked me if it would begin
 when there’s nothing left but sadness and it’s all gone away
 when we learned you could not stay Took it for granted 
Don’t understand it
 Don’t understand it 
 Took it for granted
 that we could speak again Autumn leaves will fall down taken by the wind and the smallest bit of comfort for the state I’m in Is knowing that you wanted to be some other place and the pain has left your face Took it for granted
 Don’t understand it
 Don’t understand it 
 Took it for granted
 that we could speak again 

 I took it for granted
I don’t understand it 
I don’t understand it 
 I took it for granted
 That we’d see you again 

 With secrets of the ocean spirits left their shell You could see their beauty with no vision to tell And the people from the old town are waiting for their dance But fate was left to chance 

I took it for granted
 Don’t understand it
 Don’t understand it 
I took it for granted
 Don’t understand it Don’t understand
5.
Here and Now Part One A wave of evolution moves across the sand All will be forgiven Only some will understand We lift off the ground and we feel every sound All we need is here and now
6.
Better Life 05:08
Better Life All through the years you thought nothing was right Biding your time and fighting the good fight Hoping someday that you’d have it made Wasting away in the plans that you’ve laid You long for a better life Maybe its time right now Maybe its time For a better life Because the time is now Waiting for love your own special way Saving so long for some other day Joining the people standing in line To get to the place where everything’s fine You long for a better life Maybe its time right now Maybe its time For a better life Because the time is now 
 It’s all in the 
way you believe 
 you can see 
you can feel you can fly Better get it right before the end of the line You long for a better life Maybe its time right now Maybe its time For a better life Gonna turn around now There’s no more hiding the tears 
 All your hopes and your fears are behind How many years would you trade for a dime? You should know by now You want a life of ease
 You’ve been burning the candle at both ends
 and you pine for peace
7.
Cannot Get It Back Pt 1
 You know that nothing’s ever here to stay Your moment comes and it’s gone away
 and you cannot get it back
 you cannot get it back Autumn leaves will keep falling down 
 It will continue when we’re not around 
 and you cannot get it back
 no you cannot get it back, back, back
8.
Feels Like Home It’s been so long I can’t remember when I had such piece of mind Through all the ups and downs there and back again. To be alone I was resigned Then you opened the door to another world of harmony and light I grew tired of walking backward to the same reasons The reasons why we fight Raining down washing out the fire You’re with me now It finally feels like home Reaching out I was walking across the wire It’s over now It finally feels like Feels like home Lost in stagnation A cold state of disrepair I was doubting all I know Determined to grow my way out Like a sunflower in the snow Raining down washing out the fire You’re with me now It finally feels like home Reaching out I was walking across the wire It’s over now It finally feels like Feels like home Open your heart Open your mind Hold it in your hands feel the changing tide in tune and aligned a field of liquid light stars that fill your eyes boundless of time Raining down washing out the fire You’re with me now It finally feels like home Reaching out I was walking across the wire It’s over now It finally feels like Feels like home Feels like home like home like home…
9.
Here and Now Part Two All this time I still believe There's a place left for you and me Endless doorways will deceive To know the truth and what will ever be Tonight oh we are not lost Cause all we need is here and now And for you it's worth the cost Change we must Old ways gone bust Moments defined A future left behind All we need is here and now We lift off the ground and we feel every sound All we need is here and now It's your hills of green It's your desert sky It's your lucid dream It's your open mind And the answers take a lifetime to find...

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Note: This is the standard edition of the album "The Traveler"

"The Traveler" is Dave Kerzner's third studio solo album. The main character of his debut solo album "New World" returns! The Traveler takes you further along in the journey tying in the stories of not only Kerzner's first three solo albums but there's even a connection to In Continuum's Acceleration Theory storyline and beyond!

For the first time Kerzner has combined collaboration his band mates from four different bands/projects: In Continuum, Sound of Contact, Mantra Vega and Arc of Life! Featuring an all All Star cast of Prog musicians including Fernando Perdomo, Durga McBroom, Nick D'Virgilio, Marco Minnemann, Randy McStine, Matt Dorsey, Francis Dunnery, Billy Sherwood, Jon Davison, Alex Cromarty, Stuart Fletcher, Ruti Celli, Joe Deninzon and more!

Produced by Dave Kerzner
Lyrics and Music by Dave Kerzner
Cover artwork by world renown artist Rafal Olbinski
For tour dates and more: www.davekerzner.com

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released July 10, 2022

Dave Kerzner - The Traveler

1. Another Lifetime
2. Ghostwritten Fables
3. A Time In Your Mind
4. For Granted
5. Here and Now Pt1
6. Better Life
7. Cannot Get It Back 
8. Feels Like Home
9. Here and Now Pt2 

All songs written by Dave Kerzner
except: 
Cannot Get It Back music written by Dave Kerzner, Randy McStine and Fernando Perdomo, Lyrics by Dave Kerzner
Here and Now pt 1 & 2 music written by Dave Kerzner, Randy McStine and Fernando Perdomo, Lyrics by Dave Kerzner Ghostwritten Fables by Dave Kerzner and Gene Siegel, Lyrics by Dave Kerzner

Cover artwork by Rafal Olbinski
Graphic Design by Dave Kerzner

Musicians: 
Dave Kerzner - Lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars and drum programming
Fernando Perdomo - Guitar on all tracks, bass on tracks 1, 4, 6 
Francis Dunnery - Guitar on track 6 
Randy McStine - Guitar on tracks 5, 7 and 9
Nick D'Virgilio - Drums on tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Marco Minnemann - Drums on tracks 1 and 2 
Alex Cromarty - Drums on track 8
Stuart Fletcher - Bass on track 8
Matt Dorsey - Bass on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 9
Billy Sherwood - Bass on tracks 5, 7 and 9
Jon Davison - Vocals on track 8
Durga McBroom - Backing vocals on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 
Alex "Yatte" Chod - Backing vocals on tracks 1, 3
Joe Deninzon - Violins and Violas on tracks 1, 2, 5 and 9
Ruti Celli - Cello on tracks 1, 2, 5 and 9



Cameo spoken word appearances by Emily Lynn, Heather Findlay, Lara Smiles and David Longdon (Here and Now pt1) as well as a guitar cameo from Steve Hackett (For Granted). 



Mixed and Mastered by Dave Kerzner

Additional Production Assistance by Simeon Spiegel

Produced by Dave Kerzner



Special thanks to Hal Feldman, Erik Nielsen, Joel Barrios, Jerry Ewing and Prog Magazine, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Geoff Callingham, Stephen “Pud” Jones and Genesis, Nick Davis, Hugh Padgham, Simeon Spiegel, IK Multimedia, Gary Kerzner, Daniel and Leah Kerzner, Sherri Nahan, Angie Garcia, Alejandro Araujo, Jack Beerman, Mike Jobborn, Tom Lord-Alge, Steve Hackett, Arc of Life, Terra and Allen at RecPlay, Larry Morand and Cruise To The Edge, RosFest and all of the backers on Bandcamp who supported the making of this album.

Elaine Jubb, Bernd Leipert, Timothy Clough, Eric Attal, Richard Hallworth, Mikael Oljemark, Alan Pierce, Yoonho Oh, Pascal Gross, Andy Hooper, Shuji Madama, Andrew Despirito, Richard Krueger, Kevin Amburgy, Ian Wilson, Mark Mittentag,
Viktor Suter, Lisa Wetton, David Tracey, John Myhill, Danny Howard, Joanne Giguire, Daniel Münch, Raymond Riethmeier, Barry Miller, Erik Giethoorn, Scott Blondin, Paul Rijkens, John Baldyga, Volker Warncke, Brian Curtis, Doug Curran, Gregory Chance, Volkmar Mueller, Chris Kohler, Marshall Brownstein, Cosmin Sirbu, Gary Arnold, Gary Bittick, Brian Novak, Martin Booth, Stefan Sandmeier, Andrew Ives, Steve Moore, Mark Dreyer, André Fostier, Richard Hermans, Paul Elliott, Darcy Dixon, Larry J Barton, Vamos Franz, Edward Rush, John Kuehne, Herman Beunk, Andrew Griffin,, Kenneth Dowling, Donald Rogers, Lance Allen, Daniel Smedile, Patrick Jackson, Paul Zotter, Jed Levin, Lorenzo Zencher, Andrew Mellor, Jonathan Nein, John Martino, Peter Selter, J-Alexandre Barata, Christopher Piecha, Michael Buckley, Mathieu Thibault, Alejandro Araujo, Richard Schilder, Kerry Gordon, Alessandro Berni, William Hsiung, Richard Combs, William Hogston, Murray Weismer, Phillip Merkel, Julia Hutslar, Petit Jean-François, Gregory Mazure, Danny Vasut, Krasnozhon Krasnozhon, Robert Ciccone, Gregory Chludzinski, Robert Wolf, Stephen Foy, Jeffrey Bond, Donald Erwin, William Accola, Lisa Robertson, William Mutschler, Mark Nicholson, Denis Pepin, Kenneth Gregory, Steve Swayne, Simon Phibbs, John L Yeostros, Arnold De Larisch, David P Giezen, James Huber, Jacques Pacquet, Michael Ostrich, Steven Wilson, Alastair Hey, Frode Egeli, Michael DeMichele, Mark Spritzler, Daniel Bobrowski, Christos Konstantelos, Brent Jones, Kirk Hagadon, Steven Moses, Paul Doerwang, Annamarie Moore, Joseph Alvarez, James Brown, Ronald Amesbury, Joseph Pica, Marcus Frutchey, John Blangero, David Lewis, Craig Estenes, Robert Kiddle, Sarah Louise Patrick, Patrick Alexander, Russell Bellinger, Mark Bates, Colin King, Jon Haverman, Venceslas Alberge, Paul Forrester, David McCoy, Richard Combs, Julie Stewart, Robert Packard, Brian Cyrier, J.D. Queener, Andrea Lupino, Victor Bergaz, Rick Rosinski, David Goodge, Patine Inc. and Rafal Olbinski.

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Dave Kerzner, of the band "Sound of Contact", has a variety of Progressive Rock projects including his work as a solo artist. Dave's “Sonic Elements” project uses sounds from his company Sonic Reality and features iconic guests like Steve Hackett (Genesis), Keith Emerson (ELP), Billy Sherwood (Yes), Francis Dunnery (It Bites), with SR drums from Neil Peart, Nick Mason... ... more

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