this is the continuing of the glass prison and this dying soul

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
					

there's a story in your eyes
i can see the hurt behind your smile
for every sign i recognize
another one escapes me

let me know what plagues your mind
let me be the one to know you best
be the one to hold you up
when you feel like you're sinking

tell me once again
what's beneath the pain you're feeling
don't abandon me
or think you can't be saved

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you

summon up your ghost for me
rest your tired thoughts upon my hands
step inside this sacred place
when all your dreams seem broken

let's remain inside this temple
let me be the one who understands
be the one to carry you
when you can walk no further

tell me once again
what's below the surface bleeding
if you've lost your way
i will take you in

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you

oh, when everything is wrong
oh, when hopelessness surrounds you
oh, the sun will rise again
the time you sweep against will carry you back home
so don't give up
don't give in

i walk beside you
wherever you are
whatever it takes
no matter how far
through all that may come
and all that may go
i walk beside you
i walk beside you
				

it was the mortal passion
the flame that lit the fire
the beauty of the starlight
brought the cruelty of desire
a lover's link was broken
another's vengeful plan
was contrived through jealous hatred
for a cross of god and man
'i hope it will turn out so but i can't help
being afraid
perception is hindered by lust
to be sure of the choice you have made.'
'grant me this request, please
just promise me your word
attest to the mighty river
let the truth be heard!'
she asked to see the power
his realm of life and love
his godly immortality
the thunder roared above
her words were so quickly spoken
lest he stop her from the deed
'i gave you my word, now my love
your grim request i shall heed!'
leaving his maiden
he rose to the sky
returning in splendors
to earth he did fly
subject to presence
too brilliant to face
another had killed passion's grace
				

i touched with one
who made me run
away from my own soul...
in this world with its
many illusions
we are moving like mice through a maze

and now i find
what's left behind
has served to make me whole
full of doubt, deception, and delusion
seeking purpose to all earthly days

i search within
beneath a skin
that bears both pleasure and pain
in a world full of constant confusion
i will not be a par to the craze

in the afterlife
will dark be bright?
will cold be warm?
will the day have no night?
in the afterlife?
will the blind have sight?
in the afterlife.

behind closed eyes
some comfort lies
in knowing the truth never spoken
through this world with its
hidden conclusion
we'll keep moving like mice through a maze

in the afterlife
will dark be bright?
will cold be warm?
will the day have no night?
in the afterlife?
will the blind have sight?
in the afterlife.

in the afterlife
will dark be bright?
will cold be warm?
  will the day have no night?
in the afterlife?
will the blind have sight?
in the afterlife.
				

tell me
remind me
chase the water racing from the sky
always beside me
taste the memories running from my eyes
nervous flashlights scan my dreams
liquid shadows silence their screams
i smile at the moon
chasing water from the sky
i argue with the clouds
stealing beauty from my eyes

outside the soundness of your mind
bathing your soul in silver tears
beneath a blackened summer sky
praying for time to disappear

beneath a summer sky
under glass moonlight
niht awaits the lamb's arrival
liquid shadow crawl
silver teardrops fall
the bride subsides to her survival

by your hand
i've awakened
bear this honor in my name
				

animation
breathes a cloudless mind
fascination
leaves the doubting blind
until the circle breaks
and wisdom lies ahead
the faithdul live awake
the rest remains misted
some will transcend spinning years
one as if time disappears
innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
trinty jaded
i'll break down walls to find you
callow and vain
fixed like a fossil, shrouding pain
passionless stage
distant like brothers
wearing apathetic displays
sharing flesh like envy in cages
condescending
not intending to end
some will transcend spinning years
one as if time disappears
innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
trinty jaded
i break down walls to find you
beginings get complicated
the farther we progress
opinions are calculated
immune to openness
beyond the circle's edge
we'r driven by her blessings
forever hesitating
caught beneath the wheel
innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
cynically jaded
the child will crawl to find you
				

have i thanked you for your time?
or will your life go unrewarded
again?
never asking for a dime
you just gave all of yourself
until i turned my back on you
my friend

the powers that be made you a martyr
conspiracy led you to slaughter
i tried to control it but as soon as i showed it
i was shot down again

once again outnumbered
appreciation slumbered
you can ask yourself why
but that look in your eye
doesn't pass the test
you've been laid to rest my friend
again

tortured artist bears his soul
seems the pressure took its toll
lived a life so punishing
now he keeps the publishing

spilling your guts out to a pad and pen
communication to your silent friend

raising the knife
to a picture of a life
(i once knew)
there comes a time
compromising my life
(just won't do)
i cannot lie
i can't try anymore
(to reach you)
i just can't fight
raise the knife
raise the knife
cut through

i remember once you were the quiet type
content to sit and watch the motions of your life
with false sensitivity
you cut yourself open so people would adore you

they all bought into your contrived sincerity
and how you wore your heart and soul right on your sleeve
laughing sarcastically
you turned your back on the people who adored you

self-absorbed exhaustion
self-esteem distortion
self-infused extortion
self-serving abortion

i'll take the blame for these things that i say
'cause i had the heart and the will and the courage to stay
every day
i won't walk away

reading through all the digests you show me
i notice the way that you think you control me
doubting my future, you don't even know me
but i never walked out on you

raising the knife
to a picture of a life
(i once knew)
there comes a time
compromising my life
(just won't do)
i cannot lie
i can't try anymore
(to reach you)
i just can't fight
raise the knife
raise the knife
cut through

raising the knife
to a picture of a life
(i once knew)
there comes a time
compromising my life
(just won't do)
i cannot lie
i can't try anymore
(to reach you)
i just can't fight
raise the knife
and live my life
without you

raising the knife
to a picture of a life
there comes a time
compromising my life
i cannot lie
i can't try anymore
i just can't fight
raise the knife
raise the knife
raise the knife

raise the knife
				

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
				

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she can't stop pacing
she never felt so alive
the thoughts are racing
they're set on overdrive
it takes a village
this she knows is true
they're expecting her
but she's got work to do
he helplessly stands by
it's meaningless to try
as he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
she said "i've never see her get this bad"
even though she seems so high
he knows she can fly
and when she falls out of the sky
he'll be standing by
she was raised in a small mid-western town
by a charming and excentric father
she was praised as the perfect teenage girl
and everyone thought highly of her
and she cried every day
with endless drive with the ????
then one day she woke up to find
the perfect girl, had lost her mind
once barely a break?
now she sleeps the days away
he helplessly stands by
it's meaningless to try
and all she wants to do is cry
no one every knew she was so sad.
even though she seems so high
he knows she can fly
she will fall out of the sky
but in the face of misery
she had found hopefulness
feeling better she had weathered
this depression
much to her she resumed the frantice pace
found much power midnight hour
she enjoyed the rest
					

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
					

goodnight kiss in your night gown
lavendar in your bed
so innocent as you lie down
sweet dreams that run through your head
are you lonely without, mommy's love?
i want you to know i'd die for that moment
you're just a poor girl afraid of this cruel world.
taken away from it all
it's been five years to the day
my tainted blood still the same
can't help act in this way
those bastard doctors are gonna pay
i'm so lonely without, baby's love
i want you to know i'd die for one more momment.
you're just a poor girl afraid of this cruel world.
taken away from it all
					

he seemed no different from the rest
just a healthy normal boy
his momma always did her best
and he was daddy's pride and joy
he learned to walk and talk on time
but never cared much to be held
and steadily he worked to climb
into his solitary shell
as a boy he was considered somewhat odd
kept to himself most of the time
he would daydream in and out of his own world
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
temporary, katatonic
madman on occasion
when will he break out
of his solitary shell
he struggled to get through his day
he was helplessly behind
he poured himself onto the page
writing for hours at a time
as a man he was a danger to himself
fearful and sad most of the time
he was drifting in and out of sanity
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
a momentary maniac
with casual delusions
when will he be let out of his
solitary shell
					

i'm alive again
the darkness far behind me
i'm invincible
despair will never find me
i feel strong i've got a new sense of relation
boundless energy a glory of fixation
i still talk to just get by
it seems so meaningless to try
when all i want to do is cry
who will ever know i felt so sad
cause even though i get so high
i know that i will never fly
and when i fall out of the sky
who'll be standing by?
(will you be standing by?)
					

she dresses in black every day
she keeps her hair simple, and plain
she never wears make-up
but no one would care if she did anyway
she doesn't recall yesterday
faces seem twisted and strange
but she always wakes up
only to find she'd been miles away
a sense of awareness
losing time
a lapse of perception
losing time
wanting to escape we had created a way to survive
she learned to detatch from herself(her cell?)
and behavior that kept her away
hope in the face of a human distress
help search to understand
the turbulence deep inside
that takes hold of our lives
she and disgraced of our mental unrest?
keeps us from saving us from those we love
the grace within our hearts
and the sorrow in us all
deception and fame
vengence and war
life's tall and firm
listening to oneself
despite
feel the walls closing in
a journey to find the answers inside
are we losing time(mind?)
					

hey you, hey you
i'm right here
conscience fading
can't get through

oh lord
helpless
confused
head swayed
eyes glazed
and mine teared

she's losing control
what can i do
her vacant eyes
black holes
am i losing you
				

look around
where do you belong
don't be afraid
you're not the only one

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within

life is short
so learn from your mistakes
and stand behind
the choices that you make

face each day
with both eyes open wide
and try to give
don't keep it all inside

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within

you've got the future on your side
you're gonna be fine now
i know whatever you decide
you're gonna shine

don't let the day go by
don't let it end
don't let a day go by, in doubt
you're ready to begin

don't let a day go by, in doubt
the answer lies within
				

walls are closing anxiously
channel surfing frantically
burning city, smoke and fire
planes, we're certain.
faith inspired?

no clues a complete surprise
who'll be coming home tonight?

heads are turning towards the sky
towers crumble, heroes die

who would wish this on our people?
and proclaim that his will be done
scriptures say he had misled them
all praise their sacrificed sons
all praise their sacrificed sons

[instrumental section]

teach them what to think and feel
your ways saw in lightening
watch them preach i can't relate
it cuts true love, ?? of hate

who would wish this on our people?
and proclaim that his will be done
scriptures say he had misled them
all praise their sacrificed sons
all praise their sacrificed sons

god on high
a mistake
will mankind
be extinct

there's no time
time to waste
who serves the truth
for heaven's sake?
				

i never wanted to become
someone like him
so secure
content to live each day
just like the last
i was sure i knew
that this was not for me
and i wanted so much more
far beyond what i could see
so i swore that i'd never be someone like him

so many years have passed since i proclaimed
my independance, my mission, my aim and my vision
so secure
content to live each day
like it's my last
it's wonderful to know
that i could be
something more than what i dreamed
far beyond what i could see
still i swear that i'm missing out this time

as far as i could tell
theres nothing more i need
but still i ask myself
could this be everything?
that all i swore
that i would never be
was now so suddenly
the only thing i wanted
to become
to be someone just like you 
					

a doctor sitting next to me
he asked me how i feel
not sure i understand his questioning

he says i've been away a while
but thinks he has cured me
from a state of catatonic sleep

for 30 years where have i been?
eyes open
but not getting through to me

medicate me
infiltrate me
side effects appear
as my conscience slips away

medicate me
science failing
conscience fading fast
can't you stop what's happening?

a higher dosage he prescribes
but there's no guarantee
i feel it starting to take over me

i tell them not to be ashamed
there's no one who's to blame
a second shot a brief awakening

i feel the relapse can't break free
eyes open
but not getting through to me

medicate me
infiltrate me
side effects appear
as my conscience slips away
medicate me
science failing
conscience fading fast
can't you stop what's happening?
					

sailing on the
seven seas the
day tripper
dm's ready

jack the ripper
always ?wilson phillips?
and my
supper's ready

lucy in the
sky with diamond
day's not here
i've come to save the

day for nightmare
cinema show
me the way to
get back home again

spinning round and round
scream without a sound
stumbling all around
find i've come full circle

flying
off the
hand of
with careful with

out a
eugene
gene that
this machine messiah
light my
fire
gather, gather

hey, hey
find my
gener-
-ations home again

spinning round and round
scream without a sound
stumbling all around
find i've come full circle
					

our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
remove all obstacles from our path

second
asking questions, search for clues
the answer's been right in front of you

third
we try to break through, long to connect
we fall on death ears with failed muted breath

fourth
loyalty, trust, faith in desire
carries love through each darkest fire

fifth
tortured insanity, smothering hell
try to escape but to no avail

sixth
they call them admirers, claim they adore
drain all your life blood but begging for more

seventh
innocent phantoms for merciless crimes
i'll pray to some madness for repulsive designs

eighth
step out of step and try controlling my fate
when you finally start living it's become to late

trapped inside this octavarium
trapped inside this octavarium
trapped inside this octavarium
trapped inside this octavarium
					

we move in circles
balanced all the while
on a gleaming razor's edge

a perfect stand
colliding with our fate
this story ends where it began
					

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