blackness awakens
visions come alive
seeing through darkness
with borrowed eyes

death survivor
take me higher
reunite my soul

whisperer of truth
i trust in you
to make me whole

sun
come shine my way
may healing waters bury all my pain

wind
carry me home
the fabric of reality is tearing apart
the piece of me that died
will return
to live again

feeling myself slip away
suddenly dreaming awake
hidden memories
flooding back

i will not grow in the light
until i pass through the darkest caverns of my heart

dance with fire
spirit guide erase the world outside

messenger of truth
i trust in you
transform me now

sun
come shine my way
may healing waters bury all my pain

wind
carry me home
the fabric of reality is tearing apart
the piece of me that died
will return
to live again

and at last the time has come
to unite again as one

to the power of the earth i'm calling
crossing bridges in the sky
on a journey to renew my life
shaman take my hand

sun
come shine my way
may healing waters bury all my pain

wind
carry me home
the fabric of reality is tearing apart
the piece of me that died
will return
to live again

and at last the time has come
to unite again as one
to the power of the earth i'm calling
crossing bridges in the sky
on a journey to renew my life
shaman take my hand
				

six o'clock the siren kicks kim from a dream
try to shake it off but it just won't stop
can't find the strength but he's got promises to keep
and wood to chop before he sleeps
i may never get over
but never's better than now
i've got bases to cover
he's in the parking lot
just sitting in his car
it's nine o'clock but he can't get out
he lights a cigarette
and turn the music down
but just can't seem to shake that sound
once i thought i'd get over
but it's too late for me now
i've got bases to cover
melody walks through the door
and memeoriy flies out the window
and nobody knows what they want
'til they finally let it all go
the pain inside
coming outside
so many ways to drown a man
so many ways to drag him down
some are fast and some take years and years
can't hear what he's saying when he's talking in his sleep
finally found the sound but he's in too deep
i could never get over
is it too late for me now ?
feel like blowing my caver
melody walks through the door
and memory flies at the window
and nobody knows what they want
'til they finally let it all go
but don't cut your losses too soon
'cause you'll only be cutting your throat
and answer a call white you still hear at all
'cause nobody will if you won't
				

no one dared to
speak of the terrible danger
the hideous ancient warnings
forged in the void of night

he has risen up
out of the blackness
chaos
the last of the prophets
sinister
a sickening monstrous sight

through the stifling heat
underneath the pale green moon

i burned with a thirst
to seek things not yet seen

climbing endless stairs
leading to the choking room

eager to explore
his most shocking mysteries

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

black forces
rage in the vortex,
fighting
waves of destruction
swallowing
the echo of the universe

i am the last
born of the blood of the pharaohs
the ultimate god of a rotting creation
sent to unleash this curse

restless crowds draw near
nameless hooded forms appear

amidst fallen ruins
grotesque creatures battle

shadowed on a screen
yellow evil faces leer

vacant monuments
corpses of dead worlds left behind

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

trapped in a hellish dream
spinning past worlds unseen
and frightfully vanishing
into the dark eternal night

drifting beyond all time
out of a churning sky
drawn to the beckoning light
of the dark eternal night

trapped in a hellish dream
spinning past worlds unseen
and frightfully vanishing
into the dark eternal night
				

in the heart of your most solemn barren night
when your soul's turn inside out
have you questioned all the madness you invite?
what your life is all about

some of us choose to live gracefully
some can get caught in the maze
and lose their way home
this is the life we belong to
our gift divine

have you ever wished that you were someone else?
traded places in your mind
it's only a waste of your time

some of us choose to live gracefully
some can get caught in the maze
and lose their way home
this is the life we belong to
our gift divine

feed the illusion you dream about
cast out the monsters inside
life begins with an empty slate
fragile left in the hands of fate
driven by love and crushed by hate
until the day the gift is gone
and shadows remain

some of us choose to live gracefully
some can get caught in the maze
and lose their way home
memories will fade
time races on
what will they say after you're gone?
this is the life we belong to
our gift divine
our gift divine
				

proud enough for you to call me arrogant
greedy enough to be labeled a thief
angry enough for me to go and hurt a man
cool enough for me to feel no grief

never could have just a part of it
i always need more to get by
getting right down to the heart of it
the root of all evil  has been running my whole life

dirty enough for me to lust
leaving nothing left to trust
jealous enough to still feel envious
lazy enough to sleep all day
and let my life just waste away
selfish enough to make you wait for me

driven blindly blindly by our sins
misled so easily
entirely readyhave to leave it behind
i'm begging to break free

take all of me
the desires that keep burning deep inside
cast them all away
and help to give me strength to face another day
i am ready
help me be
what i can be 
					

self-centered fear has got a hold me
clutching my throat
self righteous anger running all through me
ready to explode

procrastination paralyzing me
wanting me dead
these obsessions that keep haunting me
won't leave my head

help to deal for me what i can't do myself
take this fear and pain
i can't break out of this prison all alone
help me break these chains

humility now my only hope
won't you take all of me
heal this dying soul

i can feel my body breaking
i can feel my body breaking
i'm ready to let it all go
i can feel my body shaking
wrapped into the foundation
the root of it all

take all of me
an the drive that keep burning deep inside
cast it all away
and help to give me strenght to face another day
i am ready
help me be what i can't be
i am ready
come to me
take me away
					

i am not immortal
i am just a man
a power-craving tyrant
beyond the shadows in the sand

men have come to fear me
many bow and cry
known across the desert
i am the one who will not die

i have faced the demons of our most desperate moments
i have been the one to defend our pride
i have worn the banner of my abandoned brothers
i will be the first one to give my live

lost not forgotten
reigning against the odds
feared and respected living among the gods
leading the empire
spirit as black as coal
lost not forgotten
king of the deathless soul

an epic novel no one's read
pages torn and faded
the greatest story never told

behold the kingdom i possess
land of wealth and beauty
where the streets are paved with gold

once fearless and brave
a realm passed away
the ghosts of yesterday

lost not forgotten
reigning against the odds
feared and respected living among the gods
leading the empire
brutal and heartless
vanishing further
into the darkness
lost not forgotten
king of the deathless soul
				

[Instrumental]
				

I can remember when,
In the unity of our five-day sessions
Not even once did we hear the siren song
What kind of imagination
Asleep in some lyrical coma
Who's vain futile memory
Could have been so wrong?

You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles

A trifling euphoria
was such an untimely religion
maybe your life can explain
the reason for my indecision
Here is a poor man
the heart of this monster creation
He said we both will be heroes
and I was led into temptation

You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles

Can you show me your gold
and your silver?
A hero in frozen water

"For the first time in a long time...
everything was right in my world...     [Sample from a television prison  ]
and then I woke up..."                  [documentary.                     ]

Now you've made a fortune in lies
and you kept a giant alive
You rode the red
You rode the red
				

a question well served
"is silence like a fever ?"
"a voice never heard ?"
"or a message with no receiver ?"
pray they won't ask
behind the stained glass
there's always one more mask
has man been a victim 
of his woman, of his father ?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith ?
desperate to fall
behind the great wall
that separates us all
when there is reason
tonight i'm awake
when there's no answer
arrive the silent man
if there is balance
tonight he's awake
if they have to suffer
there lies the silent man
				

is there ever really a right time?
you had led me to believe
someday you'd be there for me
when the stars above aligned
when you weren't so consumed
i kept looking for the clues
so i waited in the shadows of my heart
and still the time was never right

until one day i stopped caring
and began to forget why i longed to be so close
and i disappeared into the darkness
and the darkness turned to pain
and never went away
until all that remained was buried, deep beneath the surface

a shell of what things could've been
tired bones beneath a veil of guarded secrets all too frail
sad to think i never knew
you were searching for the words
for the moment to emerge
yet the moment never came
you couldn't risk my fragile frame

until one day you stopped caring
and began to forget why i tried to be so close
and you disappeared into the darkness
and the darkness turned to pain
and never went away
until all that remained was buried, deep beneath the surface

i would scream just to be heard
as if yelling at the stars
i was bleeding just to feel
you would never say a word
kept me reaching in the dark
always something to conceal

until one day i stopped caring
and began to forget why i longed to be so close
and i disappeared into the darkness
and the darkness turned to pain
and never went away
until all that remained was buried, deep beneath the surface
beneath the surface
				

somewhere overhead
distant thunders roars
the revolution has begun
the war to end all wars

as i welcome death
i hear the battle cry
bullets fall like fire
raining from the sky

the rebel in us all
someday gets tired
of being pushed around
but freedom has a price
the cost is buried in the ground

we suffered far too long
we gather now growing stronger
we will not be ignored
anymore any longer
our anthem will guide us

rise up, be counted
stand strong and unite
wait for the outcry
resistance is calling tonight

far too many years
of chaos and unrest
far too many voices
brutally suppressed

we fight for what is just
for all that we believe
we fight till death or glory
fight to be set free

the street are bathed in blood
time to step down
and time to walk away
you'll never rule me now
though you may stand upon my grave

you can look the other way
or you can face the light
although it seems so far away
freedom's worth the fight

rise up, be counted
stand strong and unite
wait for the outcry
resistance is calling

rise up, be counted
stand strong and unite
wait for the outcry
resistance is calling tonight

the world watches on
while we risk our lives
locked in a kingdom of fear
as our children die
				

[Instrumental]
				

Morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today

I know it's easier to walk away than to look in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
And here beneath this tar tonight I lie
She will slowly yield the light
As I awaken from the longest night

Dreams are shaking
Set sirens waking up tired eyes
With the light of the memories all rush into his head

By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances
She was dancing thru the night above his bed
And walking to the window
He throws the shutters out against the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let light surrounded you"

It's been a long, long time
He's had a while to think it over
In the end he only sees the change
Light to dark
Dark to light
Light to dark
Dark to light

Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the pain
But mine will never be the same

He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let the light surrounded you"

Once lost but I was found
When i heard the stained glas shatter all around me
I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
But I will hold this one on high above me still
She whispers words to clear my mind
I once could see but now at last I'm blind

I know it's easier to walk away than look in the eye
But I had given all that I could take
and now I've only habits just to break
Tonight I still be lying here
Surrounded in all the light
				

standing on the backs of angels
destined to create
mounting the attack
while heroes carry your weight

we spiral towards disaster
survival fading faster

riding out the wave
content to feed off the machine
bleeding us to death
the new american dream

you're blinded by your hunger
beware your days are numbered

tears fall from the shameless
shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
selfless are the righteous
burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter

blurring lines drawn in between
what is right and what is wrong
victims on the radar string us along

we're on to your agenda
the dead end road to nowhere

tears fall from the shameless
shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
selfless are the righteous
burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter

tears fall from the shameless
shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
selfless are the righteous
burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
selfless are the righteous
burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
				

napalm showers showed the cowards
we werent there to mess around
heat exhaustion, mind distortion
a military victory mounting on innocent ground
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
war inside my head
years and years of bloodshed and warfare
our vision was to get in and kill
a free vacation, palm trees and shrapnel
trading antacids for permanent sci-fi in hell.
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
feeling strangers staring my way
reading lines never read
tasting danger with this where it all has said
waging the war inside my head
				

standing in the darkness
waiting for the light
smell of pure adrenaline
burning in the night
rain and blinding flashes
aiming at the stage
intro taking is to rome
tonight it's sonic rage
still the cage made between these hollow walls
hoping to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
the boy is just simply crazy
he has all these delusions
we honestly think that maybe
he might need an institution
he lives in a world of fiction
i'm afraid he could use some help
we've just got the place to fix him
save him from himself
curled up in the darkness
searching for the light
the smell of pure stale sweat and shit
steaming in the night
random urine testing
pills - red, pink and blue
counseling and therapy
finding not a clue
they will gate made between these hollow walls.
hoping for to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
we've come here to find the answers
looking for a clue in the case
we just cannot just let him live here
and put all this work to waste
why don't we try shock treatments?
i figured he could use some help
we have just the tools to fix him
save him from himself
				

[Instrumental]
				

nicholas :
where did we come from ?
why are we here ?
where do we go when we die ?
what lies beyond
and what lay before ?
is anything certain in life ?

they say, life's too short
the here and the now
and you're only given one shot
but could there be more,
have i lived before,
or could this be all that we've got ?

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on

i used to be frightened of dying
i used to think death was an end
but that was before
i'm not scarred anymore
i know that my soul will transcend

i may never find all the answers
i may never understand why
i may never prove
what i know to be true
but i know that i still have to try

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on

victoria :
move on, be brave
don't weep at my grave
because i am no longer here
but please never let
your memory of me disappear


nicholas :
safe in the light that's surrounds me
free of the fear and the pain
my questioning mind
has helped me to find
the meaning in my life again
victoria's real
i finaly feel
at peace with the girl in my dreams
and now that i'm here
it's perfectly clear
i found out what all this means

if i die tomorrow
i'd be allright
because i believe
that after we're gone
the spirit carries on
				

with the sun in place
there's a test of faith
streams of thought awaken

new realities
singularities
breaking all illusions

sudden bust of heat
burning source of life
masterful destruction

power's not an act
it's understanding truth
changing my direction

live in the moment
breathe in a new beginning
wisdom revealed
as i unlearn to learn

life's biggest battles
often are fought alone
my spirit brings me home

emerald thoughts flow through my consciousness
drawn to curses left behind
test of will the threshold to one's faith
starts a fire in the mind

searching out
reaching in
to arrive
where i began
sights remembered
in the light

searching out
reaching in
to arrive
where i began
sights remembered
come alive

embrace the days
don't turn away
life's true intent needs patience
karma starts the signal
				

The smile of dawn
Arrived early May
She carried a gift from her home
The night shed a tear
To tell her of fear
And of sorrow and pain
She'll never outgrow

Death is the first dance, eternal

There's no more freedom
The both of you will be confined to this mind

I was told there's a miracle for each day that I try
I was told there's a new love that' born for each one that has died
I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid
I was told if you dream of the next world
You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire

As a child, I thought I could live without pain withpout sorrow
As a man I've found it's all caught up with me
I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid

Somewhere like a scene of a memory
There's a picture worth a thousand words
Eluding stares from faces before me
It hides away and will never be heard of again

Deceit in the second without end

The city's cold blood teaches us to survive
Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive

The third arrives...

Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors
There must be the third and last dance
This one will last forever
Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles
She's taken you to your home

It can only take place
When the struggle between our children has ended
Now the miracle and the sleeper know that the third is love

Love is the Dance of Eternity
				

this is so hard for me
to find the words to say
my thougths are standing still

captive inside of me
all the motions start to hide
and nothing is getting through

watch me 
fading 
i'm losing
all my instincts 
falling into darkness

tear down these walls for me
stop me from going under
you are the only one who knows 
i'm holding back

it's not too late for me
to keep from sinking further
i'm trying to find my way out
tear all these walls for me now

so much uncertainty
i don't like this feeling
i'm sinking like a stone


each time i try to speak
there's a voice i'm hearing
and it changes everything

watch me 
crawl from 
the wreckage 
of my silence
conversations 
failing

tear down these walls for me
stop me from going under
you are the only one who knows 
i'm holding back

it's not too late for me
to keep from sinking further
i'm trying to find my way out
tear all these walls for me now

every time you choose to turn away
is it worth the price you pay
is there someone who will wait for you
one more time 
one more time

tear down these walls for me
stop me from going under
you are the only one who knows 
i'm holding back

it's not too late for me
to keep from sinking further
i'm trying to find my way out
tear all these walls for me now

tear down these walls for me
it's not too late for me
tear down these walls for me
				

today i will be your savior
tomorrow a demon
you crave my erratic behavior
and watch my every move

obsession at all cost
you'll be the death of me
broken and torn apart
why can't you let me be

you build me up
you break me down
until i'm falling to pieces
i crash and burn i never learn
i'm your guilty addiction

build me up
break me down

tonight i am the new messiah
you deify
when i'm no longer desired
i'll be crucified

the one who's free from sin
the first to cast the stone
fighting the fear within
i won't be left alone

you build me up
you break me down
until i'm falling to pieces

the price i pay
to live this way
and the fantasy stays alive

i can't live up i can't let down
and leave you falling to pieces

i crash and burn
i never learn
i'm your morbid obsession.
				

silence disguised
i watch you
show me the hurt
that haunts you
would you despise the thrill
if all you hide were mine ?
i can't hold on any longer
these feelings keep growing stronger
echoes that deafen the mind
will bury my voice in their wake
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging onby a thread
spinning the lies
divised in my head
i've seen the path
the one you take
shows the truth
for you to make
this turn of phrase
we might not see
is the thirst of desire
found so easily
try to push me 'round
the world some more
and make me live in fear
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive i don't care
'cause even when i danced with life
no one was there to share
does this voice the wounds of your soul ?
caught in a web
removed from the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning the lies
devised in my head
tried to live the life
youlive and saw
it doesn't work for me
i bare all that i am
made of now
attractive, i can't be
inside the dance of life is one
i'll never hold to me
you can't heal the wounds of my soul
caught in a web
refused by the world
hanging on by a thread
spinning a cage
denied and misread
				

Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory leave her spirit soon
She shuts the doors and lights
and lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
So quietly she lays and waits for sleep

She stairs at the ceiling
And tries not to think
And pictures the chain
She's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone

And water can't cover her memory
and ashes can't answer her pain
God give me the power to take a breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal frame

In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled in my heart
And the heart of the world
				

no one truly has the answers
every day
i struggle through in once more
keep things bottled up
never speaking my mind
misinterpreted
i'm doing just fine

every day i
put a brave face on
serves me well
feeling helpless
facing it alone
hard to tell
that i
can't change who i am
how i feel
there's no end

i have done
what you have asked me
leaves me nothing to live for

coming undone
way too high a price
i should pay
you keep your pride
while i die inside
every day
no i
can't lie anymore
won't pretend
i've done
all i can

you can't imagine
the hell i'm going through
not asking you save me
i'm too far from heaven

nothing you can do to change me
but accept me as i am
				

Lost in the shy
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again

This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last

Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

I'll take seven lives for on
And then my only father's son
As sure as I did ever love him
I am not afraid

This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is set it right

Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again

This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done