1. CRUEL SANDS OF TIME

(Instrumental)


2. WHEN REALITY DISTRACTS

I am weak with disbelief, where my heart would be, there’s Only doubt
Far too long have we been far too proud

I look into the hourglass, at moments rushing by
When reality distracts, it all goes by too fast

I try to see underneath it all, but the answers all come Out to loud
Seems our time is running out

I look into the hourglass, the sands of time
Leaves no time to react, it’s all about to crack


3. OUT OF REACH

Frustration, I’m one of those desperate souls
Who’s merely trying to stay afloat
I’m falling without reaching solid ground
Instinctively, I cling to life as it was

Out of reach, I’m sinking deeper into sleep
With no footing in these lies, torn and frayed
Out of reach, Drifting further away
The world around me now becomes surreal

I’m fading, aching senses go numb
If I give in to indifference, little by little I’ll succumb
And I wonder, am I for ruin bound?
Instinctively, I cling to life as it was

Out of reach, I’m sinking deeper into sleep
I catch my breath and grasp for what remains
Out of reach, Drifting further away
The world around me now becomes surreal

I’m sinking deeper now into catatonia

Out of reach, I’m sinking deeper into sleep
With no balance in this truth that always stays
Out of reach, Drifting further away
The world around me now becomes surreal


4. INTO THE LION'S DEN

Out of ashes and into madness I run
Into the flame where it begun
Devastation, the product of my one-track mind
Is without a doubt what I will find
After all that’s been, you’d think I’d be careful when Wishing
But as always, I give into temptation

And once again, I’m heading straight into the lion’s den
Into the fire that’s burning me

Always hunting a spark igniting the glow
I curse this need that won’t let go
After all that’s been, you’d think I’d learning my lesson
But as always, I return to my prison

And once again, I’m heading straight into the lion’s den
Into the fire that’s burning me, into the lion’s den
I know what awaits, still I go with confidence
I feel my heart’s set ablaze, but I still set it free


5. RUST ON THE RAZOR

No one in their right mind would ever venture this
In fact, on any other given day, this would not be
Today I am fightin for something I cannot achieve

Knowing no matter how hard I will try, I am lost
Left with no options at all
I must go on, no matter the cost
I’ll be fightin until I fall

I fall through the darkness, through the unknown
Into the shadows and the depths of me I’m thrown

I gotta see it for what it really is
And know that second chances never come for free
I am still fightin for something I cannot achieve, oh

Knowing no matter how hard I will try, I will fail
I’m fallen apart, I am fallen astray
The solution’s far too remote
It’s the rust on the razor that threatens the throat


6. DEPARTURE

Getting harder to breathe
As we’re closing in, it grows stronger
In this place I hoped to never see again
Where the wicked finds no rest

The air grows closer, you see
Filled with memories and anger
Holding unforgiven sins and unforgotten truth
Never look for welcome here
Never look for welcome here

Shed no tears for me my Angels of Stone
Cause I know where I’m going now and why
Don’t feel sad for me, oh no, Angels of stone
I’ve been expecting this burden, my end is certain
I will feel no more pain, cause now my time has come
I only get where/what I deserve

A place of the past
Where unleashed darkness lingers
Might be late, but still too soon, too soon for this
There is nothing to forgive
As I’m leaving you behind

Shed no tears for me my Angels of stone
Cause I know where I’m going now and why
Don’t feel sad for me, oh no, Angels of stone
I’ve been expecting this burden, my end is certain


7. WHISPERS TURN INTI CRIES

I know they’re not real
The murmuring thousands of conflicting views
But they’re inside my head and now they are growing loud
In this chaos, that’s pushing me right to the edge of what I call sane

I seek a way
And the means to rid this corrupt way of thought
I seek a way of getting my stray thoughts caught
In this chaos, that’s pushing me right to the edge of what I call sane
I’m wide awake, Still the voices won’t leave me alone
Despite all tries, The whispers will turn into cries

Although I’m weary
I aim to keep some kind of calm
But I might as well face that my mind is at unrest
In this chaos, that’s pushing me right to the edge of what I call sane
I’m wide awake, Still the voices won’t leave me alone
Despite all tries, The whispers will turn into cries

As they speak of silent sorrow
Confessing the coldness condoned
The clash of differing views
Stirs my mind into confusion

I must be lost in a dream so cruel
Released just to realize nightmares do come true

They’re inside my head and now they are growing loud
In this chaos, that’s pushing me right to the edge of what I call sane
I am wide awake, Still the voices won’t leave me alone
Despite all tries, The voices won’t leave
Wide awake, Still the voices won’t leave me alone
Despite all tries, The whispers will turn into cries


8. HOUSE OF CARDS

Give me time to think, give me a moment
Cause my world just fell apart, I have to gather my thoughts
Never thought my life was ever so fragile
A mere illusion of stability, now revealed
I stand in the middle of it all and all I can do is observe
No way to make my voice heard

In this house of cards, my world turns to ruins,
Any moment it could fall.
In this house of cards, walls are closing in,
Caged inside and there’s no way out

The room seems caving in, but escape is no option
Cause there’s a lot of pain – here, that I need to face
I stand in the middle of it all and all I can do is observe
No way to make my voice heard


9. FRAGMENTS

I force the pieces into place
Sides of me refusing to fit
Only fragments remain
When I’m pulled into this

I’m caught in something I cannot grasp nor comprehend
I’ve been given something I did not ask for, that will not End
Chosen out of pieces of a shattered me
Broken for what I am and choose to be

Too much to handle to ignore
Too many parts left to mend
Only fragments remain and nothing more
I will break when I no longer can bend

I’m caught in something I cannot grasp nor comprehend
I’ve been given something I did not ask for, that will not End
Chosen out of pieces of a shattered me
Broken for what I am and choose to be

Only fragments remain
When I’m pulled into this


10. WITH A CLOUDED MIND

I’ve been searching clear thoughts with a clouded mind
An endless journey into the unknown
I’ve been hunting dreams with a cynics view on signs
Need something radical to find my way back home

All that I’ve been through has taught me nothing at all
I’m still treading the same old path

I’ve been chasing shadows of a prior life
Been searching reasons caused by a past, that now is gone
Been tracing logic in this chaos passing by
Now would be the time to reap what I have sown

But all that I’ve been through has taught me nothing at all
I’m still treading the same old path

I need to break the chains to make a change
To make me see with crystal clarity

I need to rearrange and find a way
To see with crystal clarity


11. HOLLOW

Some scars will always remind me
No matter how many times I have tried
Some pain will in no way cease to ache; it will not subside
Along the way, I’ve lost my heart, I feel no sorrow
Like I somehow lost my soul and I’m hollow

Some memories always linger
Reminding of my endless hunger
Too much of such continual greed will leave you unsatisfied, forevermore
Along the way, I’ve lost my heart, I feel no sorrow
Like I somehow lost my soul and I’m hollow

Hollow, hollow, my hollow pain is showing through, showing Through
Hollow, hollow, my hollow pain is breaking through, breaking through

Some wounds will never stop to bleed
Some things will never heal
There is no way to escape
The hurt that has taken hold of me
Along the way, I’ve lost my heart, I feel no sorrow
Like I somehow lost my soul and I’m hollow

Echoes in this vacant space
Drained from all contents when it died
Numb my senses yet again
There’s a pain, that keeps this empty shell alive, but leaves my spirit dull inside

Let emptiness root in this barren place of mine
At the core of what is me
Break this weary void open now
Let it grow with its desire to be free
Desolate and tender misery


12. SHATTERED

The scattered images; a puzzle of my emptiness,
Riddles from the chaos inside of me
The fragments of my life, Pieces of what could have been
Amount to nothing at all
The shattered mirror lies, reflecting all my wretchedness
At the bottom of my grave to be

Shattered, from one day to the next it all changed
Shattered, I watch my life fall apart

The mirror imitates the broken trust that cannot mend
The skew perspective on which I depend

As my life flashes by, I can’t help but wonder why
I ignored the fact that my life was out of hand
In this wreck made a tomb, I will force my point of view
As my life falls apart, I am made to understand

Shattered, from one day to the next it all changed
Shattered, I watch my life fall apart

Oh, in the shards of glass, I see it
There are sides of me that I can’t deny
In a mirror intact, the picture would still be broken
But shards of truth is better than a whole of lies

Shattered, from one day to the next it all changed
Shattered, I watch my life fall apart