SONGTEXTE
LIFE WORK
TRIUMPH OF WILLPOWER
STRAIGHT
PYRRHIC VICTORY
WHISTLING IN THE WOOD
BORROWED PLUMES
STRONGER THAN BEFORE
ORIGINAL TRUST
MENTAL CINEMA
RISING FROM THE ASHES
WASTED EMOTIONS
LONE FIGHTER
PHANTOM FEARS
THE WILL TO LIVE
IMPLACABLE
LONGING
RUNNING OUT OF HEROES
Where are those men / With a vision and a dream / Who spread their hope around the world // They are getting fewer; now we need 'em more than ever / Now they're gone - buried with their voices we still hear. // We're running out of heroes / Who light the darkest day / We're running out of idols / Who we follow, who show the way / And paint the grey // Who's here today / With a mission or a goal / Showing us how to make a better world // The kids without real idols or someone to look up to, like we had - most of them are dead and dumb // We're running out of heroes / Who light the darkest day / We're running out of idols / Who we follow, who show the way / And paint the grey // We're running out of heroes...
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NOTHING FROM NOTHING
It's all up on you now // You have to plant the seeds / Then you'll get your fruits / You can milk a fat cow / But first you've got to feed it / That's the truth // All that money can't buy / Effort, work and knowledge / That is what it takes / It's your duty to try / Labour comes before cash you will make // Things won't come out of the blue / It depends on what you do // You'll get out what you've put in / But you'll get nothing from nothing // Don't think it's all easy / You'll harvest by the way / No need to strive / Might as well be lazy / Waiting for the great days of your life // Fate lies in your own hands / You'll get what you deserve but nothing more / You're the smith of your chance / The gain you'll get is worth working for // Things won't come out of the blue... // You'll get out what you've put in / But you'll get nothing from nothing / If you fight and put in pain / You'll succeed and get your gain // Things won't come out of the blue... // You'll get out what you've put in...
datafiles/NOTHING_FROM_NOTHING.pdf
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Don't want to know those million ways to go / Wonder which one's right / It's too hard to decide / Pondering we compare and check out carefully / Study night and day until we say "OK" // I think that life was much easier before / Should we complicate it more and more? // Still search the perfect deal / I don't know what to take / Feel overcharged by choice / Like running in a wheel / I choose for heaven's sake / Don't need multiple choice // Could decide what to do / When choices were just few / Didn't waste my time / By making up my mind // I think that life was much easier before / Should we complicate it more and more? // Still search the perfect deal / I don't know what to take / Feel overcharged by choice / Like running in a wheel / I choose for heaven's sake / Don't need multiple choice // It's a world of plenty / No more overview / Is it neccessary? / A little less would do // Still search the perfect deal...
A LIGHT IN THE DARK
The whole world is nagging me / Spits right into my face / Signs of hope they can't be seen / Get lost in a horrible maze // Who's there to make my day / And stop today's dismay? // Just wait for better times / For one good ray that shines on me / Shines on me // A light in the dark / The hope giving spark // Give in to my "poor boy blues" / Seem to pity myself / There is nothing I could do / But all is good that ends well // It's you who saves my day / Who wipes all clouds away // You come here just on time / At last one ray that shines on me / Shines on me // A light in the dark / The hope giving spark // It's you who saves my day / Who wipes all clouds away // You come here just on time / At last one ray that shines on me / Shines on me // A light in the dark / The hope giving spark
datafiles/A_LIGHT_IN_THE_DARK.pdf
EARTH BURNING
Someone please help us, save this earth / Greetings from a dying planet / Drowned by the rain and burnt by the sun / Nature is killing itself // Man has destroyed his own existence / Never cared and now it's too late // Tell me why the earth is burning / Why those heavy storms are raging / Devestating everything / Tell me where the seasons are / Why we've let it go that far / And where's the god out of machine // New weather records, natural disasters / Climate has gone to extremes / Global warming, bad storm warnings / We're facing our world's destiny // Hoping nature would forgive every sin / Now we have reasons to be afraid // Tell me why the earth is burning / Why those heavy storms are raging / Devestating everything / Tell me where the seasons are / Why we've let it go that far / And where's the god out of machine / To avoid the great catastrophe // Tell me why the earth is burning / Why those heavy storms are raging / Devestating everything / Tell me where the seasons are / Why we've let it go that far / And where's the god out of machine / To avoid the great catastrophe
SOURCE OF ALL EVIL
Rage, the inner devil / Deep inside we're evil / Pride destroys our chances / Arrogance / Lewd animalism / Pure lust satisfaction / Mind's inertia stops us / Makes us rust // Evil comes from deep within / Origin of seven deadly sins / We all suffer from our own mistakes / Pay for every stupid fault we make // Breed the plants of my own pain / No one but myself to blame / The source of all evil is me // Envy - can't deny it / No one else should get it / Greed - we always need more / Snatch and store / Bad immoderateness / Never put up with less / Mindless dissipation / Derision // Evil comes from deep within / Origin of seven deadly sins / We all suffer from our own mistakes / Pay for every stupid fault we make // Breed the plants of your own pain / No one but yourself to blame / The source of all evil is you // Breed the plants of our own pain / No one but ourselves to blame / The source of all evil is us
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DIFFERENT TERMS
Has our past only been an illusion / We dreamed of glorious times / Now we are facing some strange confusion / We hear the parting bells chime // Too many things have divided us / We live our lives on different terms / We lost the link that once was combining us / And now we think in different terms // We thought that we would fit well together / After a promising start / Now we're like boats in heaviest weather / That can't help drifting apart // Too many things have divided us / We live our lives on different terms / We lost the link that once was combining us / And now we think in different terms // Have lost each other so long ago / Been sliding into that mess / Only separate ways to go / Admit we all failed the test // Too many things have divided us / We live our lives on different terms / We lost the link that once was combining us / And now we think in different terms / When our hearts beat in different terms and different minds do us part / When our hearts beat in different terms and different minds do us part...
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Use your elbows, scratch and bite / Otherwise you can't compete / Show your teeth and hide your weakness / Life's a neverending fight / Just two options: "lose or beat" / To succeed you should hide your kindness // All that you've been trying hasn't been enough / Someone's always better, someone is too tough / Using all your power just to keep the pace / Survival of the fittest who will win the race // It's the nature of the beast / Just the fit and strong survive / Your only chance is to be smart / Being our own worst enemies / We take up every senseless fight / Tough times demand us to be hard // All that you've been trying hasn't been enough / Someone's always better, someone is too tough / Using all your power just to keep the pace / Survival of the fittest who will win the race - in the end // All that you've been trying hasn't been enough / Someone's always better, someone is too tough / Using all your power just to keep the pace / Survival of the fittest who will win the race - in the end
datafiles/SURVIVAL_OF_THE_FITTEST.pdf
BOYS WILL BE BOYS
They might get older and serious / Maybe they master a difficult job / They might be family fathers / Deep inside still kids at heart // Like children in the shape of men / They can't quit playing with their toys / What women never understand / At every age boys will be boys // They are crazy 'bout football / Or they go hanging 'round with blokes / For some beers and good laughter / Need the fun of smutty old jokes // Like children in the shape of men / They can't quit playing with their toys / What women never understand / At every age boys will be boys // Men cling to their hobbies / Things to build or games to play / They can't get mature and adult / What they have been is what they stay // Like children in the shape of men / They can't quit playing with their toys / What women never understand / At every age boys will be boys // Boys will be boys / Boys will be boys...
datafiles/BOYS_WILL_BE_BOYS.pdf
PUNCHES OF DISAPPOINTMENT
Still I feel angry 'bout what happened yesterday / Was treated worse than I think I would deserve / And I heard myself say "mm, well, that's OK" / Just didn't dare to put my real thoughts into words // Hiding my anger sometimes really isn't easy / In moments when I rather want to scream / Keep my feelings in control / But deep inside it ain't what it seems // I'm taking the punches of disappointment / Like a boxer who hasn't learned to strike back / With fist in my pocket I swallow my hate / And force myself to keep calm / Reacting againt my true inner nature / Pretend understanding while crunching my teeth / Unwillingly riding on wings of injustice / Feels like imploding inside // Cowardly I kept emotions with myself / As my raging mind began to think about revenge / I was too surprised to work out quickly what to tell / But inside I was boiling and my fists began to clench // Keeping my temper sometimes really isn't easy / But neither putting up with everything / Open up and let it out / Before it all eats deep into me // I'm taking the punches of disappointment / Like a boxer who hasn't learned to strike back / With fist in my pocket I swallow my hate / And force myself to keep calm / Reacting againt my true inner nature / Pretend understanding while crunching my teeth / Unwillingly riding on wings of injustice / Feels like imploding inside
datafiles/PUNCHES_OF_DISAPPOINTMENT.pdf
SABBATH YEAR
Feel some kind of emptiness inside / Feel burnt out in my mind / Lost the power to carry on / The same old routine year by year / No more breathing in my sphere / Yes I know, this can't go on // Now it's time to say goodbye / To leave it all behind and go away / Now the time has come / To care about myself / I need a break, a sabbath year // Seems that my world's become too small / Life surrounded by a wall / Feel like dying day by day / Get out of the treadmill for some time / Have to recreate my mind / Don't want to go astray // Now it's time to say goodbye / To leave it all behind and go away / Now the time has come / To care about myself / I need a break, a sabbath year // Now it's time to say goodbye / To leave it all behind and go away / Now the time has come / To care about myself / I need a break, a sabbath year
RESTLESS MIND
Think without a break / Future plans I make / Always something to undertake // My head's electrified / Wondering and pondering / Unsatisfied - Slave to my perfection // Wish I could stop my restless mind / From working all the time / I overload my mind / Poor restless mind // Striving for the best / Not accepting less / Until I sleep I get no rest // My head's electrified / Wondering and pondering / Unsatisfied - Slave to my perfection // Wish I could stop my restless mind / From working all the time / I overload my mind / Poor restless mind // No more inner freedom / No more peace of mind // Wish I could stop my restless mind... // Wish I could stop my restless mind...
SISYPHUS WORK
Paid my dues - Now there's nothing more I could achieve / The final goal lies way beyond belief / How could I roll that rock up on the hill / The only way to get my work fulfilled // I won't get any farther / It's gonna be absurd / And if I tried much harder / It would be desperate work // All I've tried - Was it worth the effort after all / I've always run against that same old wall / There's no result to justify my pain / Now realize I've done it all in vain // I won't get any farther / It's gonna be absurd / And if I tried much harder / It would be desperate work // I won't get any farther / It's gonna be absurd / And if I tried much harder / It would be desperate work
WISHFUL THOUGHTS
Expect another good thing to come out of the blue / Like a nice young fairy lets it all come true / You're a wishful thinker whose kingdom has to come / In stubborn optimism you only see the sun // Just unrealistic, neglecting every fact / Aims far too eccentric, still your hope's intact / Always disappointed by plans that didn't work / One day you might get it - somewhere good luck lurks // And now you hope that all your wishes will come true / Overoptimistic, you haven't got a clue / Still you are waiting until your dream's fulfilled / Only live on fortune, not on your own skill // Throw your expectations into a wishing well / Get no satisfaction by what you foretell / Everything just happens the way that fate decides / Buried all your great plans and put your dreams aside // And now you wonder why your wishes have come true / Never stopped believing, now the turn's on you / Now you're happy, your dream's reality / Was it wishful thinking of how things should be // And now you hope that all your wishes will come true / Overoptimistic, you haven't got a clue / Still you are waiting until your dream's fulfilled / Only live on fortune, not on your own skill // Wishful thoughts, wishful thoughts.... // And now you wonder why your wishes have come true / Never stopped believing, now the turn's on you / Now you're happy, your dream's reality / Was it wishful thinking of how things should be
datafiles/WISHFUL_THOUGHTS.pdf
MY OWN WORST ENEMY
There's something in me / A war inside / Something that hurts me / My inner fight // Body and mind will never get on well / Feel like a helpless victim of myself // I'm my own worst enemy / The only one who's to blame / The one who loses the game / Treating myself recklessly / It's me who's making me cry / Who'll make me finally die // My pain that stings me / Wearing me down / My nerves that tease me / Keep me unsound // Body and mind will never get on well / Feel like a helpless victim of myself // I'm my own worst enemy / The only one who's to blame / The one who loses the game / Treating myself recklessly / It's me who's making me cry / Who'll make me finally die / Who makes me cry / I am my own worst enemy
datafiles/MY_OWN_WORST_ENEMY.pdf
IRONY OF DESTINY
Beaten by our own best weapons / Caught in our own traps / Realize that fate can be absurd / Desperately we face the crisis / The ruins of our lives / The worst case struck without alert // Irony of destiny - fell down from the sky / Came too unexpectedly - now we wonder why // Built our houses on loose ground / Never thought they'd break / Losing everything that made us proud / Figured out what least could happen / Relied on being safe / And now we're falling off the clouds // Irony of destiny - fell down from the sky / Came too unexpectedly - now we wonder why // We are victims, victims of ourselves / We are victims, victims of ourselves // Irony of destiny - fell down from the sky / Came too unexpectedly - now we wonder why / So much for our destiny, so much for our faults / It's not fate's absurdity, we're victims of ourselves // We are victims, victims of ourselves / We are victims, victims of ourselves...
datafiles/IRONY_OF_DESTINY.pdf
GREED
Greed's a tempting lady, we never get enough / Slaves to endless hunger - we're insatiable / We would trait our best friends for a few bucks more / The bigger and the better's what we're striving for // GREED - WE WANT MORE THAN WE WOULD EVER NEED - WON'T STOP REACHING OUT FOR SOME MORE THINGS, MORE GOLD, MORE MIGHT // Greed's one of the scourges in post modern times / The scenting hearts of hunters with rapacious minds / Material obsession - having is a must / Augment our possession to satisfy our lust // GREED - WE WANT ... // Are we never satisfied 'til we used up all reserves? / Do we think we have the right to take more than we deserve? // GREED - WE WANT ...
THINGS YOU CAN'T ALTER
TRY TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST, IT IS OK IF YOU DON'T FALTER / THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO / YOU CAN ONLY REACT WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T ALTER / THERE ARE EVEN LIMITS FOR YOU // Don't be too impatient, demanding to yourself / Live with what's not perfect, what's impossible / Don't waste all your power trying to pull out trees / Deal with situations beyond ability // You're not God Almighty, you're not Superman / You will just make better what you can // TRY TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST ... // No one will blame you, so don't blame yourself / You can't do perfectly, you just can do well / Accept what's given and make the best out of it // TRY TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST ... // Think you have a problem with what's out of your control / Desperately you're fighting to reach the highest goal // There's no need to worry 'bout what you can't change / All that you can do is just arrange // TRY TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST ... // TRY TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST ...
datafiles/THINGS_YOU_CAN'T_ALTER.pdf
FRIENDLY FIRE
They who once have been my friends, now worst enemies / All I've told them openly fed their strategy / Trusted in true faith, thought we want the same, murmurs on my back, mobbing is the game // DANGER WITHIN, ATTACKED FROM BEHIND / I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT FRIENDS HAVE TURNED TO LIARS / VICTIM OF MY CREDULOUS MIND / NEVER EXPECTED TO DIE BY FRIENDLY FIRE ANYWAY // Traiting snipers in my team, ambushed suddenly / Call it vicious, call it mean, lulling certainty / Knowing me well, my Achilles' heel, quickly I'm expelled, it's all too unreal! // DANGER WITHIN ... // DANGER WITHIN ...
TEENAGE WARHEAD
He's been brought up in violence, the stronger man's always right / World of hatred and vengeance, now he knows how to fight / He just gives what he's taken, on the street or at school / Feels alone and forsaken, leads his war without rule // TEENAGE WARHEAD - FIGHTING SENSELESS WARS / TEENAGE WARHEAD - REBEL WITHOUT CAUSE / TEENAGE WARHEAD - COOL DOWN AND REFRAIN / SEEK YOUR INNER PEACE AND LEARN TO LOVE AGAIN // Lost for words, no discussion / He just talks by the fist / No more sense of compassion / Cry for love that he's missed // TEENAGE WARHEAD ... // So much hate he has wasted / Suffered from struggles within / All the rage that has hastened / Blood stained warrior teen // TEENAGE WARHEAD ... // TEENAGE WARHEAD ...
THE MISANTHROPIST
See him walking all alone at night / When the streets are empty he feels alright / Hiding in a shell where he lets no one in / You could never tell if he just hides dark sins // HE CAN ONLY LIVE AND BREATHE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE AROUND / CAUGHT INSIDE HIS MENTAL CAGE HE BUILDS UP SOCIAL BOUNDS // There are rumours 'bout him that arouse / Lives like a hermit in a strange old house / Long ago he had a family, they say / Turned away from all society one day // HE CAN ONLY LIVE AND BREATHE ... // He's unlearned to trust in anyone / He just gets along when he's lonesome / Like a single fighter in a world of "enemies" / Takes his inner strength from his misanthropy // HE CAN ONLY LIVE AND BREATHE ...
datafiles/THE_MISANTHROPIST.pdf
BUILDING OF LIES
You've always wanted to make it right for everyone / High expectations as you are the hopeful son / But life's what happens while you're working on your dreams / Your truth moved further from the point of hope / To keep your image you've been dancing on a rope / And through the years now they summed up to a pile, your comfortable lies // YOU CAN'T BREAK IT, YOU CAN'T GET OUT / NOW YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THAT BUILDING OF LIES / JUST REPEAT IT, FIGHT YOUR OWN DOUBTS / YOU MUST KEEP TO YOUR FICTIONAL LINES / YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING UP YOUR PERFECT SIDE REALITY // Afraid of questions you just go out of their way / Still you're trying to avoid the great dismay / Your second feature, your false identity / That you pretend to be // YOU CAN'T BREAK IT ... // Lies, a building full of lies / Invisibly scraping at the sky / Lies, your blessing in disguise / To wipe away the shadows of your life // They're so convincing all the stories that you tell / Your credibility makes you believe yourself / Your mum is happy and dad is proud of you / Of things that are not true // YOU CAN'T BREAK IT ...
datafiles/BUILDING_OF_LIES.pdf
FROM TODAY'S POINT OF VIEW
Watching the mirror of my yesterlife / Am I seeing a stranger or was that really me? / That boy in the garden, the student at school / The shy teenage rebel, in search of his identity - that was me! // I'm smiling - this can't be me / Recalling - the guy I used to be // ALL THE FEARS I'VE GONE THROUGH / ALL THAT TURNED OUT UNTRUE / ALL MY FAULTS I CAN'T UNDO AND RENEW / WHEN I'M LOOKING BACK NOW / WHEN I FEEL ASHAMED NOW / WITH MATURED MIND AND CLUE / FROM TODAY'S POINT OF VIEW // The years went by quickly, I was coming of age / Still the same person, but wiser in many ways / The waves of emotion, excitement of youth / They let me grow stronger to become who I am today - these days! // I'm smiling - this can't be me / Recalling - the guy I used to be // ALL THE FEARS I'VE GONE THROUGH ... // I'm smiling - this can't be me / Recalling - the guy I used to be // ALL THE FEARS I'VE GONE THROUGH ..:
datafiles/FROM_TODAY'S_POINT_OF_VIEW.pdf
TREASURE OF EXPERIENCE
I. CONDITIONING: From our birth we're put in forms / Raised and taught to stand in life / Only learn how to conform / Only learn to work and strive // We adopt what we've been told, the predetermined truth / Take for granted what we're sold - the wisdom of our youth // The treasure of experience / that our parents pass on to us / Soon our childish innocence / Is replaced by 'do' and 'must' // Products of environment, of our place and time / Pushed and made intelligent - we're feeding our minds // Schooled by people old and wise / To put out what they've put in / Grow up quickly in pride and size / Question our conditioning // ALL WE'VE SEEN AND KNOW IS WHAT WE'RE LIVING ON / FEEL OUR TREASURE GROW AS WE KEEP MOVING ON // Everyone is original / Educated differently / To be upright, to do things well / To fit into society // ALL WE'VE SEEN AND KNOW... // Dare to emancipate, dare to nonconform / Learn to deviate from nonsensical norms / Transform!
II. THE CONSTANT STATE OF BECOMING: After our deliverance / From the elders' sacred words / Treasure of experience / Lies ahead in our 'own worlds' // Every day brings something new, be it good or bad / Changes that we're going through and everyone we've met // No one can deny his past / Steadily we elevate / Every year of life will last / Becoming is our constant state // KNOWLEDGE IS OUR WEALTH THAT GROWS ALONG THE WAY / LEARNING'S MENTAL HEALTH - GROW STRONGER EVERY DAY // Proud of all my memories / Moments that I've stored inside / On the point of becoming me / Knowing time is on my side // KNOWLEDGE IS OUR WEALTH ... // On our neverending way / We won't 'be', we just 'become' / Wiser 'til our supreme day / When everything is said and done // The past's a bag of purest gold, collected through the years / We are richest when we're old by hands, heart, eyes and ears / The past's a bag ...
datafiles/TREASURE_OF_EXPERIENCE.pdf
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
The sorcerer's apprentice scents the coming of his chance / When the master's left the house he can practice what he's learned / The product of his witchcraft soon continues to enhance / But self - dynamic power of nature cannot be returned // HE CAN'T STOP WHAT HE HAS STARTED, HE'S DROWNING IN THE WATER ONCE EVOKED, THERE'S NO RETURN / AND HE HASN'T YET THE KNOWLEDGE TO PUT THINGS BACK INTO INITIAL STATE, BY MAGIC WORDS / MAN CAN'T MESS WITH HIGHER FORCES, HE IS TOO SMALL AND STUPID TO PLAY GOD - EVEN TO TRY // He's the culprit and the victim in his fatal game / It's much easier to provoke, but too hard to control / All his tries to make it end are senseless and in vain / Now the crazy way things go has taken its own toll // HE CAN'T STOP ... // "HELP ME, I DROWN BY MY OWN MISDEED / THE ONLY ONE TO STOP DISASTER STILL HE ISN'T THERE / MASTER, MASTER, COME BACK HOME, THE FLOOD IS EVERYWHERE!" // Man has often tried to be the master of this world / Started wars, built atom bombs, exploited energies / Disguise that's once been started can't be stopped by magic words / Mankind can't stop overrating their abilities // HE CAN'T STOP ... // "HELP ME, I DROWN ...
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EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE
What you've seen is what it seems is what you believe / What you think is what you know - public point of view / What's behind can't be shown - are we deceived? / What is real, what is just - never know what's true // Every life must go through change beyond the public eye / Before you make up your mind, remember // EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE, EVERY SAINT HAS GOT A PAST / EVERY WINNER GETS HIS CRISIS, EVERY LOSER GETS HIS CHANCE / CAUSE NO ONE'S ONLY EVIL AND NO ONE'S ONLY GOOD / WHO WE JUDGE BY IMAGE GETS MISUNDERSTOOD // Take care - there's so much you don't know / Be aware - there's a truth beyond all the show // Read the lines of black and white, there's just good or bad / Who's the liar, who is guilty, whose side are you on / The power of words manipulates - trust in mindless chat / Side with someone, hate an unknown / D' you know who's right, who's wrong? // Every life must go through change beyond the public eye / Before you make up your mind, remember // EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE ... // Take care - there's so much you don't know / Be aware - there's a truth beyond all the show / Take care ...... // EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE / EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE ...
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ONLY FOR THE GALLERY
Here's one more to show you / One I had to do / No one really needs it / One more unknown hit / I don't care - just want it to be there / It's not made for business / Only for pure bliss / Tunes remain unuseful / Just some worthless play / But they can save the darkest day // ONLY FOR THE GALLERY / ONLY MADE FOR ALL TO SEE / PLAYING FOR THE GALLERY / WANT YOU TO ADMIRE ME // Built upon emotions, made with energy / All our visions must be shown and seen // Nothing comes from nothing / There's some work put in / Proudly it must be show / Want you all to know / That's the cause - fishing for applause / Use up all my free time / Writing all those rhymes / Watch my artful parade on a silver plate / It's worthwhile - one more stone on pile // ONLY FOR THE GALLERY ... // ONLY FOR THE GALLERY / ONLY FOR MY VANITY / PLAYING FOR THE GALLERY / PLAYING FOR YOUR SYMPATHY // ONLY FOR THE GALLERY ...
datafiles/ONLY_FOR_THE_GALLERY.pdf
SETTLED AND DONE
I always hear the same old lines / Should have raised a family / Built a house and know what's mine, that's fine / No, I'm too young to resign / Fixed in all day apathy / I'm an ever restless mind / I'm a seeker, not yet // There in the place where I must stay / From now on every day / On the long unending way / I think that only // TIME WILL TELL ME WHAT I'LL BECOME / DON'T WANT TO BE SETTLED AND DONE / STAY FREE FOR WHAT'S TO COME / LIFE - KEEP IT A BIG SURPRISE / KEEP IT UNFINALIZED / CAUSE IT'S MY ONLY LIFE // To achieve all that I've been looking for / Might as well lay down and die / But my dreams still long for more / Cause life's no // Masterplan that has to be fulfilled / The generation bill / The neverending mill / All I know's that // TIME WILL TELL ME ... // TIME WILL TELL ME ....
datafiles/SETTLED_AND_DONE.pdf
MICROCOSMONAUTS
People used to live their lives in uniformity / Pressed in rigid patterns of a stiff society / Now we all are self expressers / Playing different roles / Leaders of our own "Me - planets" / Pilots of our souls // We're all microcosmonauts // EVERY SINGLE MIND OF INDIVIDUALITY / LIVE IN MICROCOSMSN THAT WE'VE BUILT AROUND OURSELVES / EVERY WAY OF LIFE IS BASED ON NONCONFORMITY / LIVE OUT OUR INTERESTS IN OUR LITTLE PRIVATE SHELLS // Only face the world around us, our environment / Multi - interest media serves us, we're all different / Actors in our own life's movie, stars in our own show / Defenders of our liberty, living our ego // We're all microcosmonauts // EVERY SINGLE MIND ... // Products individualized, each for every kind / Million people - billion choices, no more common mind / Anonymous single drivers cross each others way / Self designers and freestylers, plotters of their play // We're all microcosmonauts // EVERY SINGLE MIND .... // EVERY SINGLE MIND ....
CLEAR FROM THE CLUES
Deep inside I worried, felt inquietude / Told myself I was oversensible / Still there was no reason thinking 'bout real facts / Assured myself that things would go on well // MY INNER VOICE HAD WARNED ME / THERE WAS TROUBLE ON MY WAY / FELT IT COME, BUT COULDN'T RUN AWAY / VAGUE ANTICIPATION / SOME KIND OF SEVENTH SENSE / TURNED OUT TO BE THE BITTER TRUTH / IT WAS SO CLEAR FROM THE CLUES // I really should have known it, but now I'm thunderstruck / All those homely signs did not deceive / Trusted in my clear head, pushed aside "bad luck" / Clung to my refusal to believe // MY INNER VOICE HAD WARNED ME ... // Saw it run towards me just like a dieseltrain / There was nothing I could really do / I was right to worry, I was right again / Fears came true // MY INNER VOICE HAD WARNED ME ...
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WON'T GET OVER ME
You said you've had enough / Packed your bags and went away / But I'll remain inside / Forever you'll regret that day / I left traces in your heart / Made you depend on me / I have been your caring friend / Don't make me enemy // You'll be haunted everywhere you'll go / Can't escape my shadow, you're too slow // WON'T GET OVER ME / WON'T GET OVER ME / YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME! // WON'T GET ... // I'm your ghost, the echo in your brain / Like a thorny rose, your neverending pain / Deep inside I'm living in your mind / You think you weren't right, you can't leave me behind // I'm with you when you sleep / Stand invisibly beside you / Your memory's too deep / Live with it cause you will have to / Feeling guilty all your life / That's the price you'll pay / Much too late you realized / That I will always stay // You'll be haunted ... // WON'T GET OVER ME / WON'T GET OVER ME / WON'T GET OVER ME / WON'T GET OVER ME / YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME!
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STARFLIGHT TO INFINITY
Stationed on blue planet / The mission's simply "life" / Departure's not been planned yet / So we live and thrive, struggle and we strive / Someday we'll be called back / To the endless never / Where all light turns to black / The infinite forever, there'll be no return // STARFLIGHT TO INFINITY / TAKE OFF FOR ETERNITY / WE'RE JUST TRAVELLERS OF TIME / CREATURES OF A MORTAL KIND / FROM OUT OF NOWHERE WE'VE COME / LIKE ALIENS VISITING EARTH / AFTER A WHILE WE'LL BE GONE / WAITING FOR A REBIRTH // Think we're so important / That we can't be replaced / Limited existence / In this time and place among the human race / How long must we stay here / Until we're leaving ground / A hundred billion light years / Away from our hometowns / World can't be refound // STARFLIGHT TO INFINITY ... // STARFLIGHT TO INFINITY ... // We'll be leaving ground / Never to be found / Through infinite space / Leaving without trace / Ashes in the air / Dust in the nowhere / Meaningless we are / Out in galaxy / Travellers of time / Of a mortal kind / To infinity / For eternity / From nowhere we've come / Soon we will be gone ....
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PRIME MOTION
Move at first / I'm not moving with the flow / I wrote this verse / Cause these lines are yet unknown / I take the lead / Just to do it all before / Make my beat / Won't get beaten any more // In a world of imitators I innovate my own way // I'VE GOT TO PULL FIRST BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE / I WON'T WIN IF I HESITATE / I'M SNATCHING THE PREY THERE BEFORE MY EYES / GET OUT OF MY CHAIR, NO TIME TO WAIT / THEN I LURK, ANTICIPATE / WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE WON'T FALL FROM THE SKY // Get in my shoes / I don't have no time to waste / Make things true / Never follow an old trace // In a world ... // I'VE GOT TO PULL FIRST ... // When I create / It's originally mine / Hold my fate / Go ahead, it will be fine // In a world ... // I'VE GOT TO PULL ... , FROM THE SKY, FROM THE SKY
DECISIONS
How often did I think what would have happened if / If I'd go back in time to set the switch again / And if I changed it I would wonder how I'd live / Today I have the outlook that I didn't have back then // IF I WENT BACK TO ALL THE CROSSROADS OF MY LIFE / I COULDN'T SAY WHAT I WOULD DO / ALL THE DECISIONS THAT I'VE MADE ONCE IN MY LIFE / HOW OFTEN WOULD I SAY "UNDO!" ? // So many choices that we all make every day / And shortly after we regret what we have done / Once I decided I must walk my chosen way / And until in the end I will know / Was it right or wrong // IF I WENT BACK ... // With unimportant things we hardly can decide / But when it really counts we rush straight into fate / I can't retrace the years to check if I did right / Life is no program that I can manipulate // IF I WENT BACK ...
THE ART OF LIVING
You're ploughing through your routine every day / Like soldiers you are marching through your lives / The "savoir vivre" as the French would say / No, you're not really living when you strive // Can't you see that the world's a magic place / All its beauty's right before your face // SLOW THINGS DOWN - DECELERATE / ENJOY YOURSELF - JUST HAVE A BREAK / TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF / IT'S YOUR LIFE - SO LIVE IT WELL // I know the wheel of life is turning fast / But it's your choice to jump out for a while / Just think of what you're living for at last / It's not for pure results, it's for the style // Can't you see ... // SLOW THINGS DOWN ... // Take a breath of life / Sit down on the grass and have some wine / Make up your mind / Learn to enjoy moments and feel fine // Can't you see ... // SLOW THINGS DOWN ...
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KEEP AWAY FROM LOVE
Been caught in a web of emotions, I been losing my head / My heart's been hurt once too often now and left back too sad / You ain't right to say love is holy, no, it just brings you down / My bucket of tears shall remind me, yeah, when love's coming 'round // There'll be more to lose than to gain, oh / That unwinable game I know / Well, it is never worth all the pain, no / I can't handle the flame, oh // BURNED MY HANDS AND BROKEN MY HEART / I'LL KEEP AWAY FROM LOVE / IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE A NEW START / I'LL KEEP AWAY FROM LOVE // There'll be more to lose ... // BURNED MY HANDS AND BROKEN ... / LOVE'S AN ARROW STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART / SO KEEP AWAY FROM LOVE / IT DECEIVES, THEN IT BREAKS YOU APART / JUST KEEP AWAY FROM LOVE / Turn away, run away, keep away - you know that love is a snake ...
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HANGING ON BY A THREAD
Life is a survival fight / We're fine with today, but tomorrow could be something else / No, we never know / Wait for the turn of the tide / Take nothing for sure, our future's not yet to foretell / It's time that will show // WE ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD / LIVE ON CHANCE AND RISK AT ONE TIME / WE ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD / WE ARE WALKING ON A THIN LINE / BUT CAN'T TELL WHAT IS TO COME // Moving on dangerous ground / We're skating on ice on which we could stumble and fall / We'd better beware / Peace of mind can't be found / Cause when we'll be old there'll be nothing left after all / We're going nowhere // WE ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD // Times will get hard - waiting on the rainy days / The fear's always deep in our minds / Floating through life - like riders of fortune / Whose hearts are brave but eyes are blind // What will our future be like / For granted we take what doesn't depend on ourselves / There's no guarantee / On a loose path we all hike / And push ourselves onward as long as we can do it well / Whatever will be // WE ARE HANGING ON BY A THREAD ...
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WHITE ORPHAN
My life has been different from yours / You've never known me anyway / You could never get me on your course / You've always been too far away // You don't know just how hard I tried / For you I couldn't make it right, oh why ?! // I'M NOT CALLING, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY / BEEN REACHING OUT FOR YOU / BUT YOU NEVER SEEMED TO CARE / I'VE BEEN TRYING, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A WAY / TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF YOUR SON / BUT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN AWARE // Have you ever tried to understand me? / Have you wondered who I really am? / What I'm proud of mostly you have never seen / You make me feel like being a white orphan // You don't know ... // I'M NOT CALLING ... // You don't know ... // I'M NOT CALLING ...
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Remember sitting behind the steering wheel / Out of the darkness came a light / Seconds later, nothing I could feel / Just sank into eternal night / A choir of angels, all dressed in white / Someone took me by the hand / Opened my eyes, but I have lost my sight / This can only mean the end // ANYONE THERE ?! CAN YOU HERE ME ?! / LET ME SURVIVE OR REDEEM ME! / NO MORE ALIVE , BUT NOT DEAD YET / I THINK THAT I MUST BE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN // Body's numb in a deep coma sleep / Yet I still haven't met my maker / Who stands beside me to worry and to weep / And full of hope that I'll awake? / Inside I scream, but nobody can hear / It's hidden in a lifeless cell / Slowly transcending having no more fear / Now there's nothing left to tell // ANYONE THERE ?! ... // ANYONE THERE ?! ...
datafiles/SOMEWHERE_IN_BETWEEN.pdf
BURNING AT BOTH ENDS
In the morning I get up to start a new day / Being sure that everything's been wisely planned / But I couldn't know that there were rocks on my way / I'm afraid that things are getting out of hand / Now a wind of trouble blows into my window / Red letters and bad phone calls sting my brain / Yes, I'm searching for a way out that I can go / Cause I've been forced to leave my usual frame // THE CANDLE IS BURNING, IT'S BURNING AT BOTH ENDS / WHILE FIGHTING A FIRE ANOTHER FIRE BEGINS / AND I MUST BE TURNING, TURNING TO MORE BRANDS / FIND A WAY, FIND A NEW WAY // I wonder if it's just a test or a challenge / Those pretty little tricks to thrill my life / In a stormwind it's so hard to keep my balance / The horns of fate are playing some funky jive // THE CANDLE IS BURNING ... // The candle burns at both ends / My body burns at both hands // The hooks and crooks in life cannot be foreseen / Just try not to stumble over way-stones / When the world gets hard on me I have to be mean / Cause fighting two front battles shakes all my bones // THE CANDLE IS BURNING ...
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POETRY AND TRUTH
There's a discord with us / You take it all too serious - every subtle joke / I can't tell what you receive / Mindless fake makes you believe that all I say is true / Our line must be disturbed / You always feel hurt just by what I say / Don't you think I just talk facts / Cause my humor is intact - no need to be dismayed // WILL YOU EVER SEE THE LINE / THE FINE LINE BETWEEN POETRY AND TRUTH / YOU MISTAKE ME ALL THE TIME / EVERY SINGLE WORD I SAY // When I talk ironically / There's a miming you don't see / And you misunderstand / We can't go on like this / I just tell you as it is / Don't you understand? // DON'T YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES / AND DIFFER BETWEEN POETRY AND TRUTH / NEVER MEANT TO BE UNKIND / I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU // WILL YOU EVER SEE THE LINE ...
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ALL YOU KNOW IS WRONG
You've been living so well and warm in a fine state of mind, where all seemed right / And everything you've been told was no reason for doubt, it was so clear / But one day you woke up, you wondered and made up your mind - you realized / What all of your schooling and knowledge was really about, it's all unreal / All those wasted years // YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE / YOUR MIND HAS BEEN RAPED - CAUSE ALL YOU KNOW IS WRONG / ALL THAT YOU KNOW ARE CASTLES IN THE SKY / THEY'RE FADING AWAY - CAUSE ALL YOU KNOW IS WRONG // Tousands of facts that you've stored in your head turned out wrong - how could you know / And by every person you've trusted in you've been deceived - from cradle to this day / Nothing's for sure is all you can think from now on, you must be shown / Now you're asking yourself where's the God in whom you believed in this evil play / Where you can't even pray! // YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW ... // You happened to build the house of your life upon sand - one day it broke / All of a sudden you lost your own stability that kept you safe / The people around you they all were a part of the plan, that giant joke / Deluded you fell on the hard ground of reality, your mental grave / There you start to rave // YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW ... // YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW ...
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YOUNG AT HEART
I won't lose the child deep inside / I'll stay cool, keep rocking all night / Keep my fire burning, forever I'm inspired / Instead of being an old fart / I'll be playing my guitar // Age, I know, will show its signs / But hearts can stand the test of time // CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS YOUNG AT HEART / AND OUR MINDS THEY WON'T GET OLDER / STAY FOREVER YOUNG AT HEART / WE'RE NOT AGING, JUST GET BOLDER / YOUNG AT HEART // How you lived in your teenage years / It's your past that won't disappear / I won't lose my yearning, still I'm feeling fierce / I will never lose my thrills / Look out for something that fulfills // Age, I know, ... // CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS YOUNG AT HEART ... // Age, I know, ... // CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS YOUNG AT HEART ...
BETTER OFF ALONE
The crossroads of my life / When you wanted me to marry you / But I'm sure that it won't last / Think of the trouble jive / Bloody wars that we'll be going through / I'm sure that we'd make a mess // SOONER OR LATER / I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR CHAIN / AND I'LL BE MOVING ON / IT WON'T LAST FOREVER / BEFORE I'D GO INSANE / I'M BETTER OFF ALONE // I like to be with you / But it hasn't to be all the time / I need some air left to breathe / Bein' free in all I do / Never I'll be walked by your short line / I won't let you pull my teeth // SOONER OR LATER .... // SOONER OR LATER ...
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RIDE ON ME
You're such a cool tough girl of luxury / But there is something you can't hide / You should be giving all your love to me / Because tonight you'll be my bride // YOU BETTER RIDE ON ME, BABY RIDE ON ME / YEAH TONIGHT I STING YOU LIKE A BEE / TAKE A CHANCE AND COME WITH ME / YEAH, RIDE ON ME! // You could have every guy you want to have / But now there is no one in sight / You know I've got all you need to have / Hey, I'll give it to you all night // YOU BETTER RIDE ON ME ... // This is your only change for a one-night romance / You should not miss it / There's no promise to make, no "big love" we must fake / We're just gonna do it! // You turn me on, I'm hungry for your flesh / Please satisfy my appitite / Don't want to waste my time on small talk trash / Just let me be your horse tonight // YOU BETTER RIDE ON ME ...
PEARLS TO THE PIGS
The words you're saying / Just say them in a simple rhyme / The tunes you're playing / Oh no, they needn't sound too fine / Your precious pieces / And the skills you demonstrate / You'll never reach them / Dumb people can't appreciate // DON'T THROW YOUR FINEST PEARLS TO THE PIGS / CAUSE THEY'D BE WASTED / JUST PLAY A SONG THAT EVERYONE DIGS / YOU'D BETTER KEEP IT EASY / AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND // To reach the masses / You must attract their simple minds / It would be senseless / To paint pictures for the blind // DON'T THROW ... // Just paint it brighter, cause everyone should like it / Cook your food lighter - so that their teeth can bite it // Those thoughtful notions / I think they're just a waste of time / Aim at emotions / But don't overcharge their minds // DON'T THROW YOUR FINEST PEARLS TO THE PIGS / CAUSE THEY'D BE WASTED / JUST PLAY A SONG THAT EVERYONE DIGS / AND KEEP IT EASY ....
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YESTERDAY'S FAME
Bathing in light, he was talk of the town / Future looked bright, he was wearing the crown / Went off like a rocket, soon he was number one / He thought he could make it / Straight to the sun // Now he's looking back and sighs / Cause time has passed him by / He can't revive his glorious days // YESTERDAY'S FAME // Fame is a bitch, a lover in time / That first made him rich / Then tangled his mind / When the curtain fell down / Someone else took his place / He gave back his crown / Being out of the race // Now he's looking back ... // YESTERDAY'S FAME // No more cash cow, it wasn't his fault / A trash hero now, forgotten and old // Now he's looking back ... // YESTERDAY'S FAME / YESTERDAY'S FAME
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DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS
My world is broken, I'm bleeding inside / So badly mistaken, can't tell wrong from right / Wake up crying, so hurt by the pain / A mix of anger and sorrow drives me insane // And now I'm caught in this place / Torn and fallen from grace, oh yeah / With all those painful thorns in my crown // I'M DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS / YEAH I'M DOWN IN A DEEP LAKE OF A THOUSAND FEARS / I'M DOWN, I'M DOWN, I AM DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS // My world is darkened, I fell off the clouds / Locked up in torment, can't find a way out / Down here I'm freezing, I tremble and sigh / Pray to the gods of goodness to lift me up high // And now I'm caught ... // I'M DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS / DEEP DOWN ON THE GROUND I MUST DROWN IN A COLD LAKE OF FEARS / I'M DOWN, I'M DOWN, I AM DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS / YEAH, I'M DOWN IN A COLD LAKE OF A THOUSAND FEARS / YEAH, I'M DOWN, I'M DOWN, I AM DOWN IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS
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SELL MY SOUL
Don't twist me and turn me or bend my mind, it won't help / No matter how hard you try I'm staying myself / No job and money is worth giving up my pride / Don't tell me what to think cause I know what I like // I'D NEVER SELL MY SOUL - I WON'T DENY MYSELF / I'D NEVER PLAY A ROLE IN A WICKED GAME / I'D NEVER SELL MY SOUL - NO MATTER WHAT'S THE PRICE / I WANT TO KEEP CONTROL AND MAKE UP MY OWN MIND / DO WHAT I JUDGE RIGHT // I won't join the army cause I can't obey senseless rules / I don't run with the wolves or follow the words of old fools / No, won't deal with the devil unless there's a gun on my back / You can't tell me something is white when I know that it's black // I'D NEVER SELL MY SOUL .... // You can have my time, my love / You know that you'll get everything / But you won't get my soul / Give you my help, my hand / My heart, when love took hold of me / But I won't give my soul // I'D NEVER SELL MY SOUL ... // I'd never sell my soul - you won't get my soul .....
THE STRINGS OF MY HEART
Like an angel you came from above / You touch the strings of my heart / Sip each other 'til we're drunken by love / We swear that we'd never part // It's too good, it can't be real / This moment of magic will soon disappear / Now you're all I want to feel / I just want this night to stay // TONIGHT ALL OUR STARS ARE SHINING / AND EVEN THE MOON IS FULL AND BRIGHT / AND DOWN HERE THERE'S ONLY ME AND YOU / I KNOW THIS IS SILVER LINING / BUT THIS IS WHAT I FEEL TONIGHT / NO, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE // You are lying close to me / Whispering beautiful lines / You're telling me that you'll be / You will always be mine // It's too good.... // TONIGHT ALL OUR STARS.... // Gone to heaven and back again / On the sweet milky way / But we both don't know what remains / In the cold light of day // It's too good... // TONIGHT ALL OUR STARS....
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IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY
The charm of night has left me like a whore / I wake up in cold reality / My fantasy - I can't see it anymore / Lying on the ground of dull sobriety // All the magic and all we feel at night / In the morning things look much too bright // AWAY, VANISHED IN THE COLD LIGHT OF NEW DAY / SWEPT AWAY, LOST IT BY THE DAWNING OF A NEW DAY // Now I miss the illusion in my mind / Must have died by the first rays of sun / I had ideas and I know that they were fine / After sleeping every dream is gone // All the magic.... // AWAY, VANISHED.... // All the magic.... // AWAY, VANISHED.....
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THE ISLANDER
I'm a state of my own / On a plate made of stone / There's an island that I call my own / Where I retire in tranquility / When I'm tired of soliloquy / I'll take a boat that brings me back / Across the sea to the world's shore / To the rush, the greed and roar // IN THE STORMS OF LIFE I HOLD MY GROUND / FIX MY SHORE TO SAVE ME / THE WORLD'S LIKE AN OCEAN FLOODING ALL AROUND / AND I AM AN ISLANDER OUT AT SEA // Take some time out for myself / Here it's mine, no one else / I refine, a little rest can do me well / Wanna feel the breezy wind / Such a real touch of skin / Take a breath and look down from my watchtower to the distant shore / Don't need the bustle anymore // IN THE STORMS OF LIFE..... // No, I won't break in high tide / I won't get washed away / I won't forsake, stay upright / No matter how much waters rush at me // No more fools disturbing me / There's just rules made by me / One day I'll leave disappearing in the sea... // IN THE STORMS OF LIFE....
TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
When playin' with fire you must touch the flame / It takes you higher, you think that life's a game / Need no wings to fly to the endless sky / Catching moments, walking on the edge / Wild amusement, dancing on the ledge // WHEN WE GET TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN / OH WE BURN OUR HANDS AND SKINS JUST TO LIGHT UP OUR SOULS / SOMETIMES WE ONLY SEE THE FUN / WE WANT IT ALL ON OUR WAY UP TO THE STARS // Like slaves to passion on a train of joy / Seek satisfaction, live just to enjoy / There's a lot to try - let no chance go by / Sweet temptations, careless lust / Self destruction and in God you trust // WHEN WE GET.... // Bright - too bright for my eyes / The heat of the night - black wounds in the light / Breathe excitement, doin' it for the kick / Entertainment, yet you've always clicked // WHEN WE GET TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN.....
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NEWPHOBIA
We don't trust in what's still not proved / There are sacred habits that we don't want to lose / Constant change, it all goes much too quick / We're overcharged by facing every new trick // NEW MARKETS, NEW MONEY - WE WONDER IF IT'S OUR LOSS OR GAIN / NEW LAWS BY NEW LEADERS - JUST WISH THAT EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME / NEW PROGRAMS, NEW MEDIA - THEY CHANGE TOO FAST, WE CAN'T REMAIN UP TO DATE / NEW CULTURES, NEW PEOPLE - WHAT'S NEW AND STRANGE MAKES US AFRAID / IT'S THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN - NEWPHOBIA - KEEP TO WHAT WE KNOW // Feel upset - revolution in our minds / We wear those blinkers just to pretend that we're blind / Only eat what we've always known / Cause things that we are used to feel cozy like home // NEW MARKETS..... // New communication - new media / Making new music - newtopia / New situations - newrotica / New's what we don't know - newphobia // NEW MARKETS.....
MY SPIRIT LIVES ON
I started thinking 'bout the meaning of my life / And when I'm gone, what will I leave behind / Something that would outlive me, that's for what I strive / My words and music's what I'll be remembered by / I know when I'm dead my spirit lives on / Yeah, all those long gone singers live on in their songs / They had created their own immortality / When I can't keep on living, all I've done stays on / A little something for all eternity / I know when I'm dead my spirit lives on // THE STRONGEST PART OF ME REMAINS FOREVERMORE / THE FINEST REASON WHY IT'S ALL WORTH WORKING FOR / THEY'LL TAKE MY BODY BUT MY VOICE STILL SINGS TO YOU / IN ENDLESS SILENCE MY TUNES ARE SOUNDING THROUGH // THE STRONGEST PART ... // The trees I've planted never fade away / They won't let die the memory of me / I needn't worry when I'll face my final day / Cause I'll leave something for my posterity / I know when I'm dead my spirit lives on......
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A LITTLE BIT MORE
Go - keep it in motion / Keep my spirit restless, never give up / Glow - glow of creation / 'til my flame is dead there's no reason to stop // HOLD ON - THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO SAY / MOVE ON - I GO FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, I WANT MORE, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE // Try - I still have to try out 7 The game's still going on, there's some more to do / Life's a frame I must fill out / It's the unknown doors that I want to go through // HOLD ON..... // Ride on - the way is what counts / I feel the same old challenge in me, I wonder - / Carry on - when I'll stop I'm dead / New songs make me move ahead / I wonder what's still there in me! // HOLD ON.... // Good - I can do better / Never satisfied with what I've already got / Should - seek for the latter / Curious for the next, cause there's still a lot.
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GOLDEN CAGE
There's one world, but different kinds of life / It's so easy on the sunny side / On the golden road of life / Some are wealthy from the day of birth / The finest comfort, always first / Wishes don't remain unheard // LIVING HIGH OR LIVING LOW / A GOLDEN CAGE I'VE NEVER KNOWN / SEARCHING HIGH AND LEAVING LOW / THAT'S THE WAY I WANNA GO // They never have to count the cent / It doesn't matter how much they spend / It's just a figure anyway / The way is smoothed by connections / Some never must renounce a thing / That's not what life's about // LIVING HIGH..... // Everything I've wanted I've had to achieve / I can just enjoy the things that I have reached // LIVING HIGH.....
EYES OF A CHILD
In the eyes of a child all is big, all is so impressive / And someting's even strange / They don't know what it means, how things work / How the big wheel's turning 'round, keen on finding out / In the head of a child all is vain, so they take in everything / Feed their hungry brains / They must learn, they must feel, they must taste / What's good and what is bad, whait's all about // CHILDREN TRUST IN YOU, CHILDREN NEVER LIE / IT ALL GETS LOST ALONG THE THE WAY / WORLD OF FANTASY AND OF WONDERING WHY / YOU SEE THAT WHEN THEY PLAY, SO WATCH THEM PLAY // In the mind of a child there is ease / There's no place for sorrow, just bright utopia / In their dreams they can fly, paint their world / And their genuine pictures tell more than words could tell // CHILDREN TRUST..... // Getting older views will change / Sweet illusions go away / They must learn how hard life can be / All's familiar that looked strange / There's no freedom left to play / Winning age they will lose fantasy / And the heart of a child still is pure / So very clean that it can carry so much love / They can trust, they believe in the goodness of everybody / They're still not hurt by life // CHILDREN TRUST....
SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER
All upset, the world stood still / It tasted like a bitter pill / Repeating pictures endlessly / Just staring at them speechlessly / The hope for a world without war / Seems to be utopia / Mankind's deranged to the core / Zealots cry words of hate but // SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER / PEACE THE ONLY WORD TO SAY / SILENCE KEEPS SOUNDER / IN A WORLD THAT'S GONE ASTRAY / REASON UTTERS IN A QUIET WAY // Religions that can't co-exist / Multitude of interests / Every day new victims die / There's no band to unify / The hope of.... // SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER.... // Split by ideologies / Freedom fought by enemies / Earth can never be one world / Hate is spread by killing words / The hope... // SILENCE SPEAKS LOUDER....
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
We all face situations / When all our hopes are falling to the ground / Then hold your head up, then you should be your best friend / Shake your mind's confusion / As better times will soon be coming 'round / There's a lot of new chances, you've got it in your hands! / There's something good in all that's bad / No more reason to be sad / There's a blessing in disguise - realize // SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN / BEFORE YOU THROW IT AWAY / THERE'S NOT ONLY BLACK OR WHITE / MIX IT TO A FRIENDLIER GREY // The little light in the tunnel / A glimpse of hope shines right into your face / It's a new beginning, but you only see the end / Life's a crazy journey / And sometimes we must get out of a maze / Now it's time for winning - do the best that you can! / There's something good... // SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.... // There's something good.... / SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.....
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PRETTY PACKED-UP NOTHING
Listen, all you cute girlies waiting for a chance you sing and dance to be a popstar / Dig it, you're just a plastic product like a one-way toy of the mighty industry / Admit, except a pretty face there's nothing fine about you that could take you very far / Hey kids, don't you cut school, before you sing a song there's something more to learn and be // WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO BE SO PROUD / PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU'RE A STAR / IN FACT YOU'RE REALLY NOTHING / YOU'RE JUST A PUPPET ON A STRING / A TOY IN TIME THEN THROWN AWAY / A PRETTY PACKED-UP NOTHING // You're just the package not the content of a cheesy tune for a superficial crowd / On stage you're hopping, lip-singing, wearing fancy dresses, being made up like cheap sluts / Success is only what you're given, a "surprising" chart position, there's no reason for you to be proud / Don't you call yourself musicians cause none who's into music listens to you unripe nuts // WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.... // It doesn't matter who you are / But only what you look like / Now where do we go if all is just a show / Let's get back to something real / Back to music full of soul // WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.....
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SOPHISTICATED
Live on bright illusions, far away from home / Mentally detached from place and time / Having great ambitions we don't care where we're from / Always chasing for the finest rhyme / Good old English genius and hearts so full of pride - the great desire / All they do's majestic, way of life eccentric / The fathers of our music live in us forever / Gentleman, Puritan, artist, sometimes superman / And humour that's unique under the sun / German by the passport, English in our minds / And wearing our spirits like a crown / It's right to say that we can be one of a kind / Creative freedom without bound / So well educated, mind sophisticated - here I am! / All they do's majestic.... // ACT OF PROMINENCE, LET US GO TOO FAR / FREE OUR MINDS TO BE A BIT MORE GAY / WE'RE NOT MODEST KNOWING HOW GREAT WE ARE / LET'S DO IT IN THE FINE OLD ENGLISH WAY // Music is our playground, everything's allowed / We only have to do it from our heart / Those gifted talents showed us what it's all about / There must be high spirit in your art / Based on fine tradition, royal intuition, lunacy / All they do's majestic..... // ACT OF PROMINENCE.....
BITTER RAIN
Now she's walking 'round in circles / And through her empty flat / She stares out of the window / On this cold November day / Still her heart is aching / Her eyes look so sad / And strings of pouring rain pearls / Roll down her window pane / Her cheeks are full of teardrops / Yeah, her world is turning grey / Falls deeply into sadness and dismay // SHE'S GOT BLUE EYES, THAT'S WHEN SHE CRIES BITTER RAIN / CAUSE HER HEART IS FULL OF SORROW AND OF PAIN / IN HER BLUE NIGHTS, ONLY DARK SKIES AND THE RAIN / YES, HER LONELINESS IS DRIVING HER INSANE // She used to smile like sunshine / But that was long ago / But since she lost her big love / She can't distract her mind / She's feeling lost and lonely / Cause she had to let him go / There's no more lust for living / Her tears have made her blind / Her cheeks are full..... // SHE'S GOT BLUE EYES..... // Bitter Rain, bitter rain - bitter rain, bitter rain / Her cheeks are full of teardrops..... // SHE'S GOT BLUE EYES.... / Bitter rain, bitter rain - bitter rain, bitter rain
SIMPLICITY OF MIND
Another simple village fool / Who's never had a chance / Parents missed to teach them him well / Just how to think and speak / Grown up in a microspace / Yet never crossed his fence / Leads a life in daily dullness of a country freak // NO ONE'S TOLD HIM THERE'S A WORLD TO SEE / NO ONE'S SHOWN HIM OTHER WAYS TO BE / HOLDS OUT IN HIS DUMB SIMPLICITY / FOOLISH CHILD OF INNOCENCE, PHLEGMA, BLIND OBIDIENCE / WASTING AWAY IN HIS HOPELESS LITTLE HOME // Nothing's there to interest him / To break his lethargy / Never learnt to read and write / To make up his own mind / Gets along with other natives in social apathy / Never knew of bright big cities / He's always been too blind // NO ONE'S TOLD HIM.... / He's doing all that he's told / And don't care if it's right / He's half man, half dog / Who's never seen the light // NO ONE'S TOLD HIM....
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THE GONE CHAPTERS
All my broken contacts, people I once knew / Echoes from a distance, memories of the past / I know that every ending's the chance for something new / The big design keeps going, stories never last // BUT NOW IT'S GONE / LIKE QUICKSAND IT WAS RUNNING THROUGH MY HANDS / SOME THINGS JUST CAN'T LAST VERY LONG / IN LIFE YOU GET NO SECOND CHANCE / SO MANY FINISHED CHAPTERS IN MY BOOK / ALL THE STORIES THAT ONCE ENDED CROOKED / LEAVING SCARS ON MY SOUL // I'm only moving forward, I needn't waste a tear / Things could have ended better, but now it's far too late / Like a train rolling out of a station thats rear lights disappear / Those parts in life won't come back, you can't reanimate // BUT NOW IT'S GONE..... // Constellations can't persist when they were built on sand / Ways they meet and part again - no time for regret / Hide the book of all my errors that led me to dead ends / It's easy to displace them, but I cannot forget // BUT NOW IT'S GONE....
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WOLVES IN SHEEPSKIN
The friendly neighbour who beats his wife / The shy pupil - a living timebomb / The caring teacher who takes his life / And then you wonder what went wrong / They wouldn't tell you, you needn't ask / A double feature, schizophrenia / There is a secret behind their mask / A kind of hidden psychophobia // THERE'S NO JECKYLL WITHOUT HYDE / WOLVES IN SHEEPSKIN EVERYWHERE / YOU CAN NEVER TRUST YOUR EYES / THEY CAN'T SHOW THEIR DARKER SIDE / WOLVES IN SHEEPSKIN TAKE GOOD CARE / AND CONCEAL THEIR SECOND "I" // The silent student - a terrorist / And loving fathers rape kids like animals / Some kind old lady - a racist / The streets are full of thought criminals / Deep still waters are dangerous / The wolf appears when the sheep's upset / Their second nature's mysterious / A skeleton in everyone's closet // THERE'S NO JECKYLL..... // THERE'S NO JECKYLL.....
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WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME
Hand of fate is cynical when it strikes by chance / Life is unpredictable, can't tell how it ends / Could be me, it could be you, who must pull the black card / No, there's nothing we can do when disaster hits hard // HUMAN TRAGEDY - VICTIMS OF A CRIME / IS IT DESTINY OR JUST THE WRONG PLACE AT WRONG TIME // Different people's life stories share one date of death / Predestined by destiny, ain't it merciless? / There must be a masterplan for each single fate / And we don't know where and when is our final date // HUMAN TRAGEDY.... // HUMAN TRAGEDY..... // HUMAN TRAGEDY.....
SECOND SIGHT
You think that I'm a fool, a dreamer and a freak / Without emotion and cool you run down your week / You have a sight for what is real, for money you strive / Before you learn how to feel, you've run down your life // I let my fancy fly / My spirit gets high, I can feel it / There's more than meets the eye / And I have to try to perceive it // I HAVE A SECOND SIGHT / TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE / I HAVE A VISION INSIDE THAT INSPIRES ME // You say you live for your work, for your material goals / You may have talents that lurk in the depths of your soul / You keep your feet on the ground and never leave your line / You think I'm fooling around, yeah I'm wasting my time // I let my fancy fly..... // I HAVE A SECOND SIGHT.... // My inner visions - I can let them thrive / mind eye perceptions lift up my whole life // I let my fancy fly..... // I HAVE A SECOND SIGHT..... // I HAVE A SECOND SIGHT.....
AGE OF ROBOTS
They have no inconvenient brain / they don't feel love, hunger and pain / They're never ill and don't complain when they are treated like machines / They function as they were programmed / They just repeat what they have learned / And man would sell his will for jobs cause there's a robot in us all // BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE / JUST LIKE ROBOTS AND MACHINERY / WE'D WORK HARD NIGHT AND DAY / AND IF THAT'S THE WORLD WE'LL SEE / MAN SURPASSED BY TECHNOLOGY / IF THAT'S THE PRICE WE'LL PAY / THEN WE HAVE REACHED THE ROBOT AGE // They took our work, cause they don't fail / They're never late, tired or frail / And man who built them can't keep up with what he once conceived / Superhuman, diligent / Mechanical intelligence / With all our progress we'll turn the tide from blessing to the curse // BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE.....
THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL
There's much more than meets the eye - it's in his mind / Imitating butterflies - but you're too blind to see / What he's striving for / Puts his spirit into things that he works at / Doesn't care what people think - what they can't touch and see they wouldn't understand // NATURE'S BEAUTIFUL FACE / GOD'S CREATION - THE ARTIST'S IDEAL / WITH A FINE SENSE OF GRACE / HE WORKS OUT HIS PRETTY IDEAS // He's a dreamer in a world of vivid parts / Skilled in his organic work / And every piece of art's an image of his soul / Beauty can't be practical - it's fantasy / All his thoughts are sensual / Transposing nice ideas 's the artist's highest goal // NATURE'S BEAUTIFUL FACE... // Art that others can't perceive / People just appreciate what their hands can feel / But in matter they believe / They can just imagine all they keep for real // NATURE'S BEAUTIFUL FACE..... // NATURE'S BEAUTIFUL FACE.....
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ADDICTED TO THE NIGHT
Under the pale light of the moon / Still burns one little light - that's me / With my feelings in good tune / What I don't want I needn't see // From sunset to sunrise, that's when I'm alive / My eyes are blinded by the full moon light // NOTHING IS REAL WHEN YOU'RE ADDICTED TO THE NIGHT / THERE'S SOMETHING MAGIC IN THE AIR / I JUST CAN'T HELP IT, I'M ADDICTED TO THE NIGHT / I CAN'T RESIST THAT SPECIAL FLAIR // In my emotional exile / Where I just let my spirits flow / The world is peaceful for a while / And now I can let my heart go // From sunset to sunrise..... // NOTHING IS REAL..... // When others sleep I stay awake / To take the nightshift in the dark / This biorhythm I can't break / Moody illusions on the mark // From sunset to sunrise..... // NOTHING IS REAL..... // NOTHING IS REAL.....
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HIOB PROPHECIES
Hiob, you don't want us to have some fun / Cause you spread your news like a disease / Your words try to infect everyone / And your head is full of dark philosophies // YOU FORE TELL US NASTY FATE / FOREWARN OF CATASTROPHES / BAD LUCK YOU ANTICIPATE / DON'T NEED YOUR HIOB PROPHECIES // The times, they might turn from bad to worse / But you, you just expect the worst / You paint the world in a colour that hurts / In your mind the future of us all is cursed // YOU FORETELL US NASTY FATE..... // YOU FORETELL US.....
POLITICALLY CORRECT
Be careful what you say cause every word is weighed / Although not fe-malevolent you discriminate / Now we do justice to each minority / Create new expressions of hypocrisy // Don't call me a racist just for saying "black" / Tell me who'd be helped by rewriting history / Why do I affront when I'm saying "handicapped"? / By better terms we'll get no better society // MY CHOICE OF WORDS IS NOT PERFECT / I'M NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT // The colouring of facts is pretending tact / Control your tongue and try to be correct / Don't dare to speak out your true opinion / Linguistic traps can harm your reputation // Don't call me a racist.......we'll get no better reality // MY CHOICE OF WORDS..... // Control your tongue and try to be correct / My choice of words is not politically correct // MY CHOICE OF WORDS.....
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PRIDE AND VANITY
Shining posters on your walls / Showing portraits of your face / You're addicted to yourself / You pretend the king of balls / V.I.P. by your own grace / Cause you only love yourself // YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE / YOUR PRIDE AND VANITY MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE A STAR / IT'S YOURSELF YOU ALWAYS SEE / WITH PRIDE AND VANITY / BUT WHO DO YOU THINK YOU REALLY ARE? // Searching caress for your ego / You climb on every stage / In the spotlight you feel bright / Each appearance is your show / Your name's on every page / You're too beautiful to hide // YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE..... // Your own personality suffers from your vanity / Your pride and ego never let you grow / And the mirror on the wall wants to betray us all / Because what really matters it don't show // YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE..... // YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE.....
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SCHOOL OF LIFE
Grow up with open eyes, be curious and awake / Don't take nobody's lies and find out what is fake / You make mistakes, but that's okay / School of life is open every day // LEARN BY HEART AND HAND / LIFE'S YOUR LESSON PLAN / TRY TO FEED YOUR HEAD / OVER AND OVER AGAIN // Collect experience through all the years / Use your intelligence, overcome your fears / All you hear and see is food for thought / School of life - lessons can't be taught // LEARN BY HEART AND HAND..... // All your life you learn and teach / You listen and you preach / When sometimes your eyes are blind / You better trust your mind / You know well what's wrong or just / You believe and you distrust / And by every finger burnt there's another lesson learnt // Test your abilities, develop skills / Put all your energy in what fulfills / Life can be hard, there's much to pay / School of life ain't easy anyway // LEARN BY HEART AND HAND.....
HEARTS GROW COLD
Still I remember, it was ten years ago / The years of change, when we finished school / The world was waiting, we were ready to go / We felt so strong, thought we were cool / Like birds in cages we were released / To fly as high as our wings would carry / We lived to learn, now we learn to live / Had blue-eyed visions of what lay ahead / Socially conscious and willing to give / High expectations, oh, what dreams we had / We wanted freedom and independence / Time took away those ideals // OUR HEARTS GROW COLD / WHY CAN'T WE KEEP OUR FIRE BURNING / WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP OUR INNER CHILD ALIVE / OUR HEARTS GROW COLD / NOW THE TIDE OF LIFE IS TURNING / YEAH, THAT'S THE RUN OF TIME / BUT STILL THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE // Now ten years older, we saw it all / Fed our hunger and fulfilled our dreams / The rise is over, we face the fall / No more illusions knowing what life means / We thought that we could change the world / But now we must admit the world has changed us / We need our music to keep us younger / And boiled-up memories of those good old times / The power of passion once felt stronger / But now we're part of all those boring minds / Turning thirty's like a wedding eve / We leave the party sayin' goodbye // OUR HEARTS GROW COLD..... // Now I still want to feel the passion / Can't look into your empty eyes / Where is the magic of the moment / Let's keep our fire 'til it dies // OUR HEARTS GROW COLD.....
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THE UNSUNG HERO
There's a man full of spirit and ideas / You can see the passion in his eyes / His art is fine, but there's no one who cheers / And no one really cares how hard he tries // HE'S STILL WAITING FOR HIS FINE REWARD / HERE'S TO THE UNSUNG HERO / WHO NEVER HAS BEEN PRAISED AND LOVED / FOR ALL HIS PAIN WITHOUT A GAIN // He needs no fame, he only wants respect / But for that he never sold his soul / In this cold world there's nothing to expect / So he has to play a minor role // HE'S STILL WAITING..... // There's no success until they say you're good / No one cares for what he has achieved / He gives his best, more than one man should / But ignorance is all that he receives // HE'S STILL WAITING.....