1. THE GUNMAN OF WILLOW GROVE

A stranger, an outsider, he’s not one of us
Covered by the veils of the dark
Out of nowhere, like a sudden flash in the night
Frightened, suspicious, you stare through the window
While the others are full of hope
But all seems to freeze as bullets tear up the sky

Who are you to decide? What is justice in your eyes?
You bend the rules, but you might loose your own game

We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Behind the bars – The verdict awaits
We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Under the moon – Nothing’s written in stone

There’s no ground to judge, still you stand accused
We know what’s right and what’s just
Twisted words won’t help, your deeds will not be justified
The crowd is gathering, the tables are turning
You feel you are losing control
While you still stand bragging, we will define our own rights

Who are we to decide? Justice burning in our eyes
But there is something that we can’t comprehend

We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Behind the bars – The verdict awaits
We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Under the moon – Nothing’s written in stone

You – The exterminator
Not – Anymore We – The judges of your destiny
High – On the courthouse steps
Doors – Are opening
A man – stands looking down upon you

We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Behind the bars – The verdict awaits
We’ll take the law – In our own hands
Under the moon – Nothing’s written in stone
We’ll take the law


2. REACH THE SUN

Wherever I go, her light is always blinding me
My eyes are blistered by the fire
Here I am, standing alone
And I can never touch the sun
Is this my fate? To be spellbound forevermore
I can’t escape, I’m condemned to live with this curse

Eternal fire burning bright
Reflecting in my eyes
It’s all that I ever long for
I can’t stop this torment now
Oh, and I might never know
What it is to finally be free

Now take a look at her, and tell me what you see
A warming light or scorching flames
Like a fiery chariot, painted on the sky
I can’t control the steeds pulling on the reins
And if I tried to ride those blazing wheels
I would surely be struck down

Eternal fire burning bright
Reflecting in my eyes
It’s all that I ever long for
I can’t stop this torment now
Oh, and I might never know
What it is to finally be free

See her flaming crown in the air; too hot, too far away
See me here below, see me stare; too much for me to take
Oh, I cannot reach – to touch the sun
I can only stare and burn

But now, it will end

I wasted all my years
Now I’ll choose to stay alone till I become the night
Save me from this endless pain
In solitude and shadows I will now remain
For all time

Eternal fire burning bright
Far away from my eyes
Never will I return
My fate is decided now
Oh, and now the evening falls
On my heart; am I finally free?


3. WALLS OF THE MIND

A painting; its colors so clear
Perception is subject to anger and fear
Confusion; a weapon of mind
To shatter these walls, a prison of life

The starry heavens above
Reflected in the stream
Where they seem so easy to grasp
Just like the visions I see
But upon the first touch
They distort, then disappear
The elusive answer I seek
Remains a noumenon

The mind’s eye views its own world
Unknowable truth lost in interpretation
To follow Immanuel’s call
Or are there just impressions? No real truth at all

The starry heavens above
Reflected in the stream
Where they seem so easy to grasp
Just like the visions I see
But upon the first touch
They distort, then disappear
The elusive answer I seek
Remains a noumenon

Try to see beneath the surface, there could be much more
The mind knows what the eyes can see, but cannot reach the core
How can we know what cannot be experienced through senses
For all we know is what we see – What may I hope?

Somehow I still remain blind
The mind within grows older of age
All the years; they are not forgotten
So little done, so much to do


4. THE EXILED FORCE

Long ago they fought for a cause that they believed in
For freedom and for honour, for the right to live their lives
Refusing to submit to dark shackles of illusion
No one to heed their warning - they were banished from the land

Years have come and gone, but they still feel the power
There still is a fire, burning in their eyes
Living by their own way with the guiding call of honour
These warriors are more than just a relic of the past

You cannot stop these rusted gears; the machine will still go on
We stand in line together, we’ll move and fight as one
Carry in your heart that burning spark, don’t let it die out
The Exiled Force - Forever we’ll stand proud

Now they have returned, they swore to get their vengeance
To free the land from darkness and oppression
The morals of the nation have been led astray by evil
But those who once were banished will restore the ways of old

Driving out the forces that corrupted hearts and minds
Of their kinfolk and their brothers, who now rise up by their side
The exiled force is here again to lead us in this battle
So stand up and raise your fist high

You cannot stop these rusted gears; the machine will still go on
We stand in line together, we’ll move and fight as one
Carry in your heart that burning spark, don’t let it die out
The exiled force - Forever we’ll stand proud

You cannot stop these rusted gears; the machine will still go on
We stand in line together, we’ll move and fight as one
Carry in your heart that burning spark, don’t let it die out
The exiled force - Raise your fist high


5. SIRIUS

This silver haze gets heavier around me
As the skies I remember drift away
Someone, make me see – reach out through the mist
The secrets of another day

Like a wheel I was turning, like a steam-powered ram
That endlessly keeps going on
I tasted the bitter taste of resentment
But also the smell of the rose

As the star rises high by the side of the sun
The hunter follows the scorpion
Hidden between the stars lies my road
I will travel into the night
As the star rises high by the side of the sun
The hunter follows the scorpion
Hidden between the stars lies my road
Let the compass rose be my guide

Floating with the winds wherever they may take me
Not having a clue where they come from
I wish they would take me away
Out of this place, before the doors are barred

I would rather be caught in between
These celestial guards in the sky
Than keep going on, turning and turning
Remaining a prisoner here below

Orion’s dog they call it, brightest of all
Lighting the path of the souls
There is no door left now to take me in
So I follow the path where it goes

A life for the sake of life has no meaning
Antares awaits at the end
Alone I will find my way far away
To where the compass rose grows

As the star rises high by the side of the sun
The hunter follows the scorpion
Hidden between the stars lies my road
I will travel into the night
As the star rises high by the side of the sun
The hunter follows the scorpion
Hidden between the stars lies my road
Let the compass rose be my guide


6. BOUND TO OBSERVE

There is a man
With a chain ‘round his neck
Attached to a clockwork
Floating in black

He’s watching the world, like he always did
Now his eyes are closed, and his head bowed in defeat

Does he see the line?
That separates these shades of grey
Did time cloud his mind?
For eternally he’s bound to observe

He did attempt
To rise up and move
To change what he saw
The wrongs that men do

But every time he tries to move
He’s shut in the dark, held back by the chain

Does he see the line?
That separates these shades of grey
Did time cloud his mind?
For eternally he’s bound to observe

This man has seen it all (he could not warn us)
This man has seen it all (he could not wake us)
When we will come to fall (he can’t protect us)
When we will come to fall (eternal observer)
We will fall