Neal Morse
As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others—to find success in t… Read Full Bio ↴As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others—to find success in the pop music world. But after years of struggling in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, he realized that this dream would not materialize. Eschewing conventional wisdom, Morse took a courageous step: He about-faced and devoted himself to progressive rock, the music truly in his heart. The obscure and fiercely competitive genre held little chance of commercial success.
Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community.
Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians.
The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing.
Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden—and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along. Yet he also began to find his career growing at odds with his faith. The rising spiritual tension and increasing commercial success finally came to a head with the release of Snow (2002), the group’s magnum opus...and swan song with Morse.
The extraordinary 2-CD rock opera, composed by Morse, was widely acclaimed as the group’s finest. But it was the end of the era. Neal felt God calling him out of his former musical life and into the unknown. He made the agonizing decision to leave both Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Despite having finally achieved the success he had long sought, Morse had to begin all over again; musically, emotionally and spiritually.
Neal then embarked upon the most ambitious musical project of his career. Entitled Testimony (2003), it chronicles his spiritual and musical journey in words and music. The 2 CD set spans over two hours as one continuous piece of music. Genre-wise, it ranges from a gospel choir to hard rock; from symphony orchestra to contemporary pop. Testimony was also Neal’s first of many albums with drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). A deftly woven musical tapestry, Testimony takes the listener on a fascinating journey as unique as the man behind it.
The ensuing world tour was captured on one unforgettable night for the 2-DVD set, Testimony Live (2004). Morse was recognized as a remarkably passionate and engaging performer by England’s Classic Rock Magazine, who included him in their “100 Greatest Frontmen of Rock” listing. The tour was awarded “Best Rock Tour” from the popular Dutch website, DPRP, besting nominees Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, RUSH and others.
Morse’s next studio album was a conceptual, progressive rock album entitled One. Mike Portnoy returned to perform on drums (in what is regarded as perhaps his finest performance), with up-and-coming bassist Randy George. They were joined by legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy. The result was a band-focused sound, harkening back to Neal’s Transatlantic work. Continuing in the tradition of Snow and Testimony, One proved epic in scope and sublime in nature.
For Morse’s third progressive rock album, he took a new approach, artistically. On Question (2005), Morse weaves a compelling storyline that owes as much to C.S. Lewis as Indiana Jones. His journey is a timeless quest—to find the biblical dwelling place of God. Joining Neal are more of prog’s brightest stars, including Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Roine Stolt (Flower Kings, Transatlantic) and Steve Hackett (Genesis).
Bringing Question to the stage required an outstanding tour band. Fusing technical wizardry with musical nuance, a young band of unknowns proved themselves in the fire of Question’s musical rollercoaster. The audience responded with energy and passion, with the experience captured on CD. Unrestrained, raw, and magnificent, the resulting 2 CD set Question: Live (2007) was to be further unveiled on the DVD, Sola Sciptura & Beyond.
Neal's next prog epic was his most daring, stirring passions and controversy. On Sola Scriptura (2007), Morse tells a compelling and sometimes macabre tale of the darkness that inevitably falls when humankind tries to elevate itself to God. Focusing on the Church in the Middle Ages, Morse is unflinching in his description of its abuses. Neal frames the issue as just one example of faith separated from its true foundations. The album closes not with an end but a beginning—for us to consider our world, and feel called to illuminate it.
Question and Sola Scriptura were received as Neal’s best to date, and the ensuing tours were captured on film. The ensuing release, Sola Scriptura & Beyond (2008) was an extraordinary live concert 2-DVD set that brought both albums to life. Also included were generous selections from One and Testimony, a Transatlantic section, five songs from Spock’s Beard, and an hour of behind-the-scenes tour footage.
Less than three months later, Neal completed Lifeline (2008), his next studio album. Unlike his other releases, Lifeline wasn't a concept album. Free from this constraint, Neal stretched out in all directions. He revisited early Spock’s Beard, Snow, Transatlantic, his solo releases, and launched into new territory. Joining him once again were Mike Portnoy and Randy George. It was the album that fans of Neal and progressive rock the world over had waited for. Press coverage of the album reached from some of Europe's biggest mainstream music publications, to Rolling Stone in Mexico.
Twelve years after The Light, Neal continues to blaze new creative trails. In 2009, he shines brighter than ever in the next remarkable chapter in Neal's musical journey.
Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community.
Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians.
The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing.
Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden—and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along. Yet he also began to find his career growing at odds with his faith. The rising spiritual tension and increasing commercial success finally came to a head with the release of Snow (2002), the group’s magnum opus...and swan song with Morse.
The extraordinary 2-CD rock opera, composed by Morse, was widely acclaimed as the group’s finest. But it was the end of the era. Neal felt God calling him out of his former musical life and into the unknown. He made the agonizing decision to leave both Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Despite having finally achieved the success he had long sought, Morse had to begin all over again; musically, emotionally and spiritually.
Neal then embarked upon the most ambitious musical project of his career. Entitled Testimony (2003), it chronicles his spiritual and musical journey in words and music. The 2 CD set spans over two hours as one continuous piece of music. Genre-wise, it ranges from a gospel choir to hard rock; from symphony orchestra to contemporary pop. Testimony was also Neal’s first of many albums with drummer Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). A deftly woven musical tapestry, Testimony takes the listener on a fascinating journey as unique as the man behind it.
The ensuing world tour was captured on one unforgettable night for the 2-DVD set, Testimony Live (2004). Morse was recognized as a remarkably passionate and engaging performer by England’s Classic Rock Magazine, who included him in their “100 Greatest Frontmen of Rock” listing. The tour was awarded “Best Rock Tour” from the popular Dutch website, DPRP, besting nominees Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, RUSH and others.
Morse’s next studio album was a conceptual, progressive rock album entitled One. Mike Portnoy returned to perform on drums (in what is regarded as perhaps his finest performance), with up-and-coming bassist Randy George. They were joined by legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy. The result was a band-focused sound, harkening back to Neal’s Transatlantic work. Continuing in the tradition of Snow and Testimony, One proved epic in scope and sublime in nature.
For Morse’s third progressive rock album, he took a new approach, artistically. On Question (2005), Morse weaves a compelling storyline that owes as much to C.S. Lewis as Indiana Jones. His journey is a timeless quest—to find the biblical dwelling place of God. Joining Neal are more of prog’s brightest stars, including Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Roine Stolt (Flower Kings, Transatlantic) and Steve Hackett (Genesis).
Bringing Question to the stage required an outstanding tour band. Fusing technical wizardry with musical nuance, a young band of unknowns proved themselves in the fire of Question’s musical rollercoaster. The audience responded with energy and passion, with the experience captured on CD. Unrestrained, raw, and magnificent, the resulting 2 CD set Question: Live (2007) was to be further unveiled on the DVD, Sola Sciptura & Beyond.
Neal's next prog epic was his most daring, stirring passions and controversy. On Sola Scriptura (2007), Morse tells a compelling and sometimes macabre tale of the darkness that inevitably falls when humankind tries to elevate itself to God. Focusing on the Church in the Middle Ages, Morse is unflinching in his description of its abuses. Neal frames the issue as just one example of faith separated from its true foundations. The album closes not with an end but a beginning—for us to consider our world, and feel called to illuminate it.
Question and Sola Scriptura were received as Neal’s best to date, and the ensuing tours were captured on film. The ensuing release, Sola Scriptura & Beyond (2008) was an extraordinary live concert 2-DVD set that brought both albums to life. Also included were generous selections from One and Testimony, a Transatlantic section, five songs from Spock’s Beard, and an hour of behind-the-scenes tour footage.
Less than three months later, Neal completed Lifeline (2008), his next studio album. Unlike his other releases, Lifeline wasn't a concept album. Free from this constraint, Neal stretched out in all directions. He revisited early Spock’s Beard, Snow, Transatlantic, his solo releases, and launched into new territory. Joining him once again were Mike Portnoy and Randy George. It was the album that fans of Neal and progressive rock the world over had waited for. Press coverage of the album reached from some of Europe's biggest mainstream music publications, to Rolling Stone in Mexico.
Twelve years after The Light, Neal continues to blaze new creative trails. In 2009, he shines brighter than ever in the next remarkable chapter in Neal's musical journey.
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Neal Morse Lyrics
12 Twelve groups of stars (Rev 12:1) Surrounding God's heaven …
A Million Miles Away (Joseph) Last night I had the strangest dream A dream as rea…
A Whole Nother Trip This used to be mine you know Plenty of time and…
Absolute Beginner Long ago and far away I let you down; I let…
Agenda Agenda My beautiful agenda The one that never dies I'll…
Ain't Seen Nothin' Like Me Adam was livin' a care free life Nothin' to do but…
Alive Again You called me forth amid the waves And wayward waters That…
All the Young Girls Cry She was seventeen years, three months and seven days when…
Another World Another World The tent of meeting at the center and the…
Author of Confusion Author of confusion you play inside my mind and I…
Better Weather 12. BETTER WEATHER PETER: Some say You're Elijah come back …
Break of Day Long before he came to claim me Things had started changing…
Broken Homes Little Tommy's waitin' for someone to see That he's left hi…
Burns Like A Wheel (Judah) Then he told another dream We were out in fields of…
California Nights Let me take you back to where it all began Out…
Chance of a Lifetime I wish that I could tell you I'd turned right…
Children Of The Chosen Come inside the coast is clear Watch all your troubles disa…
Colder in the Sun Grace kept rolling off Like so much rain into a…
Cradle to the Grave Sometimes I don't understand Why I was born at all When all…
Daddy's Daughter When you were five years old We danced around the house I…
day after day Earth, dancing 'round the fire Come, meet the western sky …
Day For Night So how 'bout you? Has the time been long? Maybe the people…
Emma Emma was the lawman and I was the brave We got…
Entrance I see a man with hair as white as wool…
Everything Is Wrong All the world's a stage And all can play their part Words…
Father of Forgiveness Who's that up the road? The man who went his own…
Fly High Life like a razor can shave you clean Or it cuts…
Freak My tongue is the pen of a ready writer; I've…
Free at Last 9. FREE AT LAST MARY MAGDELENE: All out of…
Gather the People 4. GATHER THE PEOPLE JOHN THE BAPTIST: I can feel Him com…
Get Behind Me Satan 14. GET BEHIND ME SATAN JESUS: Get behind me Satan…
Getaway 3. GETAWAY (3 ½ years earlier. Israel is under the oppressi…
Gethsemane 5. GETHSEMANE (Caiaphas and the Pharisees continue to plot …
God's Love Try as you might, you can't understand it all And you…
Gold Dust City (Slave Driver) We're taking you to a city Where the streets …
Have You Heard? (Joseph) Now some thirteen years have gone by Oh my my Oh my…
He Must Go to the Cross 1. HE MUST GO TO THE CROSS (Time has passed and…
Hearts Full of Holes 3. HEARTS FULL OF HOLES (The celebration fades to black and…
Heaven In Charge Of Hell (Guard 1) Look at how he keeps his cell clean (Guard 2) Loo…
Heaven in my Heart All of me is down And the waiting days are over I…
Help Me Help Me Help me I have fallen And I can't get up Help…
Help Me / The Spirit and the Flesh Help me I have fallen And I can't get up Help me…
I Am Willing Jesus, is it true what they're saying You know in my…
I Am Your Father Sensitive boy, military father Both of them needing somethin…
I Will Wait On The Lord (Choir) I will wait on the Lord I will wait on the…
In the Fire But before you enter in nothing more can begin All the…
In the Middle In the middle of the breaking through There was still more…
Inside His Presence And in this place of gold [1 Kings 7:50] The ancients…
Introduction 1. INTRODUCTION (Jesus on the cross) JESUS: Father, why h…
It's All I Can Do It's all I can do to get up in the…
It's For You One day at the gathering When all the people prayed I…
It's Not Too Late It's not too late to change your mind The soul will…
Jayda The sun crossed a field to a pale gray Time was…
Jerusalem 2. JERUSALEM (It's Passover and the people are gathering in…
Jesus Before Pilate and the Crucifixion 8. JESUS BEFORE PILATE AND THE CRUCIFIXION (The soldiers an…
Jesus Before the Council and Peter's Denial 6. JESUS BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND PETER'S DENIAL (Jesus stands…
Jesus Bring Me Home Out on the road for thirty days With lightning in my…
Jesus' Baptism 5. JESUS' BAPTISM JESUS: I've come to be baptized by you,…
Jesus' Blood Sometimes I'd come home After playin' with the bands I'd w…
Jesus' Temptation 6. JESUS' TEMPTATION (Jesus is led into the wilderness to b…
Judas' Death 7. JUDAS' DEATH (Judas sees that Jesus is not going to…
King Jesus You were once away like a wayward stray You were first…
Landslide A bridge that can span a hundred miles Can break without…
Leah Leah's mother and me were quite a pair So we looked…
Leviathan Praise ye the Lord from the earth ya sea monsters Stretch…
Liar Liar (Jacob) Joe, you're foolish, now shut your mouth We don't ca…
Lifeline Maker of the sun and shade The plans were made before…
Like A Wall (Joseph) Here I am like a cloud without water Now I'm a…
Living Out Loud You can't always see when you're right And some people…
Long Story To make this story even longer Life began to cut me…
Lost Cause I used to be a poor man But now I'm really…
Love Has Called My Name 11. LOVE HAS CALLED MY NAME (REPRISE) ENTIRE CAST: Love…
Love Shot an Arrow There's a pain that I feel, it's like I'm bleeding But…
Mary at the Tomb 9. MARY AT THE TOMB (3 days later) MARY: It is…
Mercy Street Love knocked upon my door one day In the midst of…
Momentum The pedestrian auto walkway Rushes on and its crowded today…
Moving in My Heart Cherie and I got married In my bass player's old back…
Nighttime Collectors We were rockin', we were rockin' We were rockin', we were…
Nowhere Fast There is this girl I know She hates my guts I…
Oh Angie It could have been good We could have been the lucky…
Oh Lord My God Oh Lord, my God You were there when things were hard Oh…
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind (Potiphar's Wife) Throw him in the pit cause he lied to…
Outside Looking in Here I am more or less a man Second rate, the…
Power in the Air Somewhere down inside me there's a new sensation Out there …
Prologue You meant the world to me Before the world was When there…
Pt. 1: The Land of Beginning Again I wish there was a way to start again Just blink…
Question Mark Medley Question Mark Medley 1. The Temple of the Living God A…
Ready to Try I drove out to Nashville in the pouring rain With revolutio…
Rejoice Rejoice For the king is here Yes he's with us now Whisper…
Reunion I. No Separation Now there is no separation Standin…
Road Dog Blues Two weeks after I got home I heard the news Metal…
Seeds of Gold Sowing in the fields of gray and far from home In…
Sing It High Can somebody shout Hallelujah? Can somebody give an amen? …
Slave Boy (Potiphar's Wife) Hate me or love me I don't care which Just…
Sleeping Jesus But during that time Of darkness and doubt I began…
Smoke and Mirrors Fantasy worlds and barren lands Made for unknown Gods by tr…
So Long Goodbye Blues Wednesday I was yesterday's news Caught in the old So long g…
So Many Roads I came to a place in my life When I looked…
Solid as the Sun A million people in the sun A million people waiting for…
Somber Days Breath blew right out of me Like wind across a window…
Something Blue Sharon's waiting for the other shoe to drop Sitting there in…
Song for the Free korkuyorum anne al beni icine alisamadim anne al beni yine b…
Supernatural When the music fades And no one cares or really understands…
Sweet Elation Sweet elation Come down, come down And bring a new sensati…
Testimedley Testimedley 1. Intro - Instrumental 2. Overture No. 1 …
That Crutch You don't need that crutch anymore You think that without it…
That Which Doesn't Kill Me I once had the luck of a four-leaf clover I once…
The Angels Will Remember Gone - that moment just passed by It's written in the…
The Call Leave it all behind you Time to let it go free the…
The Change Calling all people wherever you are Get ready for the chang…
The Conclusion Come out of her my people... I saw the light of…
The Conflict God took the Promised Land And put it in my bloodstained…
The Creation I- One Mind Long before these brave new modern times The fi…
The Door Giving up the time we've got to live the life…
The Eyes of the World A world so innocent so easy to face Full of what's…
The Glory of the Lord And the glory (2 Chr 5:14) And the glory of the…
The Greatest Love of All 10. THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL MARY: I can't believe…
The Keys to the Kingdom 13. THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM JESUS: Well you have…
The Land of Beginning Again I wish there was a way to start again Just…
The Last Supper 4. THE LAST SUPPER (Jesus and the disciples have the…
The Madman of the Gadarenes 10. THE MADMAN OF THE GADARENES (Jesus encounters a man pos…
The Man's Gone Cast out from the place of Eden A mighty gulf…
The Outsider I am no one I hide outside I must stay in the…
The Pit (Reuben) Let's throw him in the pit In our family tree He ju…
The Prince of the Power of the Air With one hand retreating like one that would drink to…
The Promise Princes, principalities, legals and legalities They have no…
The Separated Man I. I'm in a Cage As the dream floats by ('neath…
The Storm Before the Calm I can't let go, I can't let go I want to…
The Temple of the Living God And then after all, with our backs against the wall We…
The Truth Will Set You Free The storm before me stands upon the water I've been sailing…
The Way Home Running from a destiny I wasn't sure was mine I chose…
The Wind the Rain The wind and the rain Fiercely fall Pounding on my roof an…
The Wind + the Rain The wind and the rain Fiercely fall Pounding on my roof and…
The Woman of Seven Devils 8. THE WOMAN OF SEVEN DEVILS (A woman tormented by demons…
There Is Nothin' That God Can't Change A woman in prison for a terrible crime Killed her best…
There's a Highway 7. THERE'S A HIGHWAY (The devil leaves Jesus and he begins…
Thoughts Part 5 What is there to say? My face it may betray me Thoughts…
Time Changer The time changer, tapping on my shoulder Now is later, the…
Time has come Today While I was playing rock n' roll Wondering if His way…
Ultraviolet Dreams (Joseph) When there is no light And darkness consumes You fe…
Wait On You (Joseph) Now Darkness is all they allow Time and silence Ar…
Wasted Life Hearts can turn away And the roots of bitterness can…
Waterfall Set all your dreams to go Wake up wondering Where you are…
We All Need Some Light Some people think Think they have none They might as well …
Weathering Sky Out here on a desert plain I can't explain the call…
What Is Life What I feel, I can't say But my love is there…
Where the Streets Have No Name I want to run I want to hide I want to tear…
Why Have You Forsaken Me (Joseph) Now some thirteen years have gone by Oh my my Oh my…
World Without End With the slip of hand and a boombox I am the…