Disc One

1. "A Flash Before My Eyes" – 31:12
   • "The Ballet of the Impact" (Dave Meros
     Dave Meros
     Dave Meros , is an American bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard...
     
     , John Boegehold) – 5:34
     1. "Prelude to the Past"
     2. "The Ultimate Quiet"
     3. "A Blizzard of My Memories"
   • "I Wouldn't Let It Go" (Alan Morse
     Alan Morse
     Alan Morse is a guitarist for the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He is the brother of Neal Morse, who left the band in 2002. Morse is married to Kathryn Morse and has two children, Julia and John. He has recorded with many artists including Chad & Jeremy, Spencer Davis, Neal Morse, and Ryo...
     
     , Boegehold) – 4:53
   • "Surfing Down the Avalanche" (Nick D'Virgilio
     Nick D'Virgilio
     Nick D'Virgilio is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist musician, often referred to as NDV, best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations album...
     
     , Meros, Boegehold) – 3:43
   • "She Is Everything" (Meros, Boegehold) – 6:46
     1. "Strange What You Remember"
     2. "Words of Forever"
   • "Climbing Up That Hill" (Meros, Boegehold) – 3:31
   • "Letting Go" (Ryo Okumoto
     Ryo Okumoto
     Ryo Okumoto is a rock keyboardist, best known for his work with progressive rock group Spock's Beard. He joined the band in 1996 and has been a member ever since. When singer and keyboardist Neal Morse was in the band, Ryo played Hammond Organ and Mellotron on the albums...
     
     ) – 1:52
   • "Of the Beauty of It All" (Meros, Boegehold) – 4:53
     1. "If I Could Paint a Picture"
     2. "Into the Great Unknowable"
2. "NWC" (D'Virgilio) – 4:16
3. "There Was a Time" (Morse, Boegehold) – 4:58
4. "The Planet's Hum" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Stan Ausmus) – 4:42
5. "Watching the Tide" (D'Virgilio) – 5:07
6. "As Long As We Ride" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Boegehold) – 5:34

Disc Two (Special Edition Bonus Disc)

1. "When She's Gone" (D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold) – 5:41
2. "Follow Me to Sleep" (D'Virgilio, Boegehold) – 5:39
3. "Game Face" (D'Virgilio, Okumoto) – 4:10
4. "Broken Promise Land" (Morse, Boegehold) – 4:45
5. "Listening to the Sky" (Okumoto) – 3:08
   
   Extras from "A Flash Before My Eyes"
   
6. "Someday I'll Be Found" (string quartet, Flash #2) – 1:04
7. "I Was Never Lost" (background vocals, Flash #2) – 1:09
8. "Paint Me a Picture" (pipe organ outtake from Flash) – 1:29
   
   Video
   
9. "The Formulation of Octane"

Personnel

• Nick D'Virgilio
  Nick D'Virgilio
  Nick D'Virgilio is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist musician, often referred to as NDV, best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations album...
  
   – Lead vocals, drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , loops, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   and acoustic guitar
• Alan Morse
  Alan Morse
  Alan Morse is a guitarist for the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He is the brother of Neal Morse, who left the band in 2002. Morse is married to Kathryn Morse and has two children, Julia and John. He has recorded with many artists including Chad & Jeremy, Spencer Davis, Neal Morse, and Ryo...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, theremin
  Theremin
  The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
  
  , saw
  Musical saw
  A musical saw, also called a singing saw, is the application of a hand saw as a musical instrument. The sound creates an ethereal tone, very similar to the theremin...
  
  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Ryo Okumoto
  Ryo Okumoto
  Ryo Okumoto is a rock keyboardist, best known for his work with progressive rock group Spock's Beard. He joined the band in 1996 and has been a member ever since. When singer and keyboardist Neal Morse was in the band, Ryo played Hammond Organ and Mellotron on the albums...
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Dave Meros
  Dave Meros
  Dave Meros , is an American bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard...
  
   – Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  

• Stan Ausmus – song co-writer
• John Boegehold – song co-writer