Traversing two decades and two continents, the album Utopia Rising is a culmination of the artist's journey through life and the interpretation of his experiences. Some material was born years ago with the influences of 60s and 70s music while other material from angst of the injustice of the modern world. Travels to South America and exposure to the artistic form of “World Music” further impacting the artist and pivoting a new found understanding of the universal language; music. Ivan has utilized the ultimate form of expression with the hope of truly finding a Utopia Rising. Lyrics: 1. Run Away World Run Away I can feel my soul getting darker, ire, rage Try and push me over, you liar, your biggest, mistake Cryin' gets you nowhere, might as, well, turn the page Money's got you wantin', to do, whatever, it takes Chorus: Well, I wanna run away from you world Well, I'm gonna go make my own world Well, I wanna run away from you world Well, I'm gonna run Run Away So you think you got, away with, it all, again Get your act together, or else, it's gonna, get rough I've got no more patience, left over, for you, to spend Best step out of my way, 'cause now, I've had, enough Chorus: Well, I wanna run away from you world Well, I'm gonna go make my own world Well, I wanna run away from you world Well, I'm gonna run 2. Rain Rain falls hardest when it's falling on you I've got no time to listen to your blues Get up your fat side and find a new high Don't know how fast wind's gonna fly by Chorus: Let it rain, let it rain Storm's coming in, tide's getting high Let it rain, rain, rain Why don't you find what it is you're looking for I'll help you find the way Blessed be your heart of gold Only to find your soul's been sold Time will tell if you've been true Horizon's clearing skys turn blue Chorus: Let it rain, let it rain Storm's coming in, tide's getting high Let it rain, rain, rain Why don't you find what it is you're looking for I'll help you find the way 3. Reunify Mama's all alone, 'cause nobody's home Daddy's got a new flame, she'll never be the same My brother he's the one, who brings my day a new sun And me well you know, working hard make my dough Chorus: By the blood of my own Valor need not speak words Come one all who've grown Reunify the worlds, the worlds Take a chance make a run, never stop till it's done Break your heart, filter grain, don't it feel like goin' insane? Light's come down from beyond to lead us back home Free someone from your heart and then you'll know which way to fall Chorus: By the blood of my own Valor need not speak words Come one all who've grown Reunify the worlds, the worlds 4. Heart Needs Found my free ride for the first time been too long Climbed that mountain where the birds sing my song Stake my claim for all that belongs to me Worked my heart to death just trying to be free Chorus: So if you don't like the way, just lay yourself down in a hole, down in a hole But if you find what your heart really needs, come with me come with me Reach the other side where to follow is to lead Cultivate your soul and plant the seed The lesser I pain, the more I fear It's the end of the world or so I hear Chorus: So if you don't like the way, just lay yourself down in a hole But if you find what your heart really needs, come with me come with me 5. Earth Light By winter's falling light I've got nowhere to go City covered in white, trudging through the snow so slow I knew I hadn't done right, should've just gone with the flow Well now you're out of sight, it's all been such a blow Chorus: Hail Valhalla, thy plight has come Over seas of red to seek tales yet unsaid Think not of nothing to do, you've got the whole world to save Lest your lessons through time have brought you to think in a way more brave Then you have arrived at that time in your life to rise Leave the pain behind, learn from the destruction you have dealt Chorus: Oh, Mother Earth, look what we've done to you now Forgive not those whose song's not in your repose 6. Father Time Mother Earth Not even the stars know why I love you Reason being in our world it's only you and me In days long gone before the evil they sang of one like you My precious lover you are to me as the sun to the earth Chorus: Father Time, free my mind I'm goin' nowhere Mother Nature, I'm just a creature searching for your song Conditions of membership, do not enter, why they after me, didn't mean to offend Why oh why, something's very wrong, I should not be here Have you had enough of the demencia, then it's time, it's time for Revolution from this Devilution Chorus: Father Time, free my mind I'm goin' nowhere Mother Nature, I'm just a creature searching for your song 7. Say You're Sorry There comes a time in your life when you feel all alone When all you want is someone to call your own Chorus: When you say you don't love me I knew it wasn't true So now you need to tell me And say you're sorry, say you're sorry, now Yesterday seems to say run away But now I've found your love and I think I'm gonna stay Chorus: When you say you don't love me I knew it wasn't true So now you need to tell me And say you're sorry, say you're sorry, now