1. ENTREE

Darkness among the forest
Where creatures prepare to dance
Who knows where they came from
They just appeared in a glance

Nymphs and fairies lilting their sweet chants
To praise the night, in velvet veils
My kingdom for a jester's wisdom
The old king shouts in search of hales

The elfin folk know it's their last hour
So they'll celebrate until they're done.
Some thousand years, some thousand stories
Shimmering past and we'll go on


2. A DEAD MAN'S SONG

I don't know how long
This place's been my home
I don't know how long
I've been trying to write this song
The boys are all gone
Oh-since 1981
They've left me
All alone

I've been trying
Without a reason
Just floating
With the stream of my heart
Or what's been
Left of it

All I ever wanted
Was the ultimate song
Pure, true fulfillment of the heart

I've heard a million songs
I've seen a thousand bands
Generations came along
Shared my room, my house
But none's ever noticed
Me or my craft
They were too busy
With themselves

I've been trying
To get trough
But these mortals
Were so ignorant
Who needs
A dead man's song

Once I had a love
Who inspired all my songs
Now, I've found you
Would you sing along
To tell the audience
Oh-about 81
About me
And my room

I've been trying
To escape
But for me every exit
Is an entrance to this room
Where they've left me
All alone..


3. THE PAPER

Your skin was as white as the fresh fallen snow
Your eyes were so bright with a promising glow
Your lips red as roses and your hair black as coal
I would have given my life but you've taken my soul
There was nothing on you a man wouldn't admire
My heart made of paper and you've been playing with fire

I think I will never know why you chose me
But I know that I'm not the man I used to be
You knew you're my queen without realm without crown,
Just one look from you turned my world upside down.
You didn't want a piece of me, you took the entire
My heart made of paper and you've been playing with fire

Your heart was so hungry and I was the feed
But soon you ate your fill and now I must bleed
You loved me forever but just for a while
You've broken my heart and my life with a smile
I'd never have dreamt of you being a liar
My heart made of paper and you've been playing with fire

I told you that I couldn't live without you
You promised redemption it proved to be true
You shortened my suffering with a long knife
First she'd taken my love then she'd taken my life
Where we loved each other my bed was my pyre
My heart made of paper and you've been playing with fire

Now I'm hunting the land I'm prowling around
Or so many years I've been searching but found
Not a trace, I confess it's unfortunately true
I should be ashamed but I still do love you

There still is this damned so called burning desire
My heart made of paper and you've been playing with fire
Now you know my name as my story's exposed
Now you know why they call me the paper-hearted ghost


4. A TALE OF REAL LOVE

She was sweet and seventeen
First time from home
He was a stranger
To her and in the town
Where they
First met
In a club in Paris
Long time ago

This is how the fairy-tale begins
A tale of true love

She´d changed into an angel
Shining wisdom and love
When they met again
She´d chosen him to be
Her first man
The first time
In tenderness
And warmth

And then they felt real love
As it's meant to be
So deeply, so true
Universal and free
Without a thought
Of distrust
Together
They grew

This is how the fairy-tale goes on
A tale of true love

He never thought that this could change
She was a dream come true
He made her a woman
She´d healed his wounds
So their minds
And their hearts
And bodies
Were one

But the gods have chosen
Another destiny
And after several years
She knew, she had to go
And left him
Cause angels
Are free
Like the wind

Since then, they´re separated
Still there's this love they had
Even though they´ve taken
Separate ways
They belong
Together
Forever
And always

This is a tale of
Real love


5. IN MY GARDEN

In my garden
Lives the tiny folk
We share the flowers
Meadows and woods
And if I wish to dance
The green fairy
Shows me the way

In our garden
They sing me their songs
Tell me their tales
Of their promised land
And if I wish to dance
The green fairy
Shows me the way

She´s the one I adore
She´s the one
(To open doors and free my mind
She frees my mind
She frees my heart
Sets lets me fly

In my garden
They bring me wisdom,
Joy and grace
Fulfill me with love
And if she wishes
The green fairy
Lays down by my side

In my garden
I sing them my songs
Tell them my tales
Of love and life itself
And if she likes the tune
The green fairy
Sings along

You will never see
My green fairy
Even if I´d like to share
She´s only there
For me


6. INVISIBLE

Can't you feel - my head leant on your shoulder
Can't you feel - my breath upon your neck
Can't you hear - the raindrops falling louder
Can't you see - I've been gone but now I'm back

Can't you feel - my fingers closing 'round your heart
Can't you feel - can't hold you in my embrace
Don't you know - promised we'll never be apart
Can't you feel - the tears upon your face

When I said I'd never let you go
I never knew, how could anybody know
When I stand before you, you walk through
It's time for you to find somebody new

I'm invisible'.

Can't you hear - my whispering in your ear
Can't you see - it's time to take off your mourning dress
Don't you know - there's nothing yet left to fear
You don't have - to forget me none the less

When I said I'd never let you go
I never knew, how could anybody know
When I stand before you, you walk through
It's time for you to find somebody new

I'm invisible...

I lay my head upon your chest
Hush hush my baby and find some rest
If you only stop crying
Wipe wipe the teardrops from your eyes
I know I can no longer stay
It's up to you to make a brand new day
I pray that you'll never go astray
In the first morning light I fade away

I'm invisible


7. SILENCE

Holding her head
She´s walking the room
To keep those voices inside
From eroding her mind
She opens a window
To stretch out her head
There the voices cease
In
Silence, silence, release

To free her voices
She sculptures shouting heads
Plastered witnesses of her pain
Of her madness
Her cries for safety
But her fellows
Couldn´t read those

One thousand shouting heads,
For each voice one
In my head and in my room
And from time to time
I open up a window
To stretch out my head
To ease my troubled mind
In

Silence, silence, release

Thinking those voices
Could once and forever disappear
And leave her
If she´d kept her head
Outside the window
She takes the step outside
Into the final release
Into
Silence, silence, release

Tourists took photographs
Of that bizarre piece of art
Her ultimate sculpture
Made of her wrecked husk
Made in...
Silence, silence, release


8. HOMETOWN

It's cold and it's rainy
But my heart's all warm
When I'm walking the streets
Of my homentown

These woods were the playground
I grew tough and strong
Fought with the dragons
Against christians and knights
School coudln't teach me
What I wanted to learn
But the people in the streets
Of my hometown

It's cold and it's rainy
And my heart's all warm
Cause I'm walking the streets
Of my homentown

Down by the river
I was kissed the first time
Now she's married to a rich man
We know the reason why
I had to travel far
To find my true love
It's bound with the soul
Of my hometown

It's cold and it's rainy
And my heart's all warm
Cause I'm walking the streets
Of my homentown

I was gone for so long
But now I'm back
In the arms of my parents
My friends, my love
There lays my body
And turns into dust
But forever I'll dance
In the streets of my town


9. HEART OF STONE

Where´s all the love gone
My heart´s like a stone
There´s no fear, there´s no fire
A life without desire

My mind works cold and clear
My heart shrouded in stony fear
For it´ll never break again
And nothing can drive me insane

And it feels like - I´ve sold my soul
And it feels like - I´ve lost my heart
And it seems like - I´ve signed this contract
With my blood

So I won´t hold you in my arms
Can´t give you tenderness
There are no caresses
My live without emotion

Sometimes I feel like there´s something missing
Then I´m drowning in endless sadness
And I would give anything
If I could only feel something

And it feels like - I´ve sold my soul
And it feels like - I´ve lost my heart
And it seems like - I´ve signed this contract
With my blood

Sometimes I can feel you
I can feel your emotions

And it feels like - I´ve sold my soul
And it feels like - I´ve lost my heart
And it seems like - I´ve signed this contract
With my blood


10. THE TRUTH ABOUT SNOW

Ten dwarfs walking whistling, singing
Joking, bouncing making noise ten? ... ten!
Had some drinks after work
Now they're heading towards home

But they're in for a big surprise, they're about to meet
Snow-white

Red lips
White skin
Black hair
Snow-white has
Flirt bit,
Bint, wench
Fairy-whore

Snow: white
Blood: red
Heart: black
Snow-white has
Minx, slut
Slag, tart
Fairy-whore

One dwarf had a heart-attack
He couldn´t face the mess
Another having no more weed
Spiralled in deep depressions
Three and four killed each other
In a jealous fury
Number five, with other tendencies
Escaped to find his prince

Meanwhile, comatose, happy in a dwarf´s warm bed:
Snow-white!

Red lips...

After years of subservience
They were close to death
A pathetic prince appeared
With gleeful number five in tow
Snow-white, bored of midgets and obvious shortfalls
Seduced the man; of course
Eloping with the somewhat less pathetic prince
She left the dwarfs, helpless, in a mess

Red: red
White: white
Black: black
Ebony
Snow: snow
Blood: blood
Fairy whore

Seven dwarfs walking whistling, singing
Joking, bouncing, making noise
They all recovered very quickly
Once surrounded by their friends
They hired a retired sorceress
As protection for their home
Just in case another day
Snow-white comes along

Meanwhile, comatose, happy in his bed:
The prince!

Red lips...


11. LITTLE DEVIL

I´ve got a little creepy devil itching under my skin
He´s got a little creepy devil itching under his skin
I fight all day, all night but I don´t know if I'll ever Win
He fights all night n' day but no one knows if he´ll ever Win

Hey-ho, don´t you know
Where this little devil is about to go...

Round-and-round, into your brain
Little devil´s working hard to drive you insane
Round-and-round, and here he comes again
The master of the puppet that I am

There´s a tiny but demonic voice directing my thoughts
He´s got a tiny evil voice directing your nasty thoughts
My limbic system´s fallen first, he´s got me under control
So you´re a slave of your emotions and of your dirty lust

Somebody help me, help me please
Take this devil out and far away from me...

Round-and-round, into you brain
Little devil´s working hard to drive you insane
Round-and-round, and here he comes again
The master of the puppet that I am

You´ve promised pleasure and
Desired pain
But all you've done
´S drive me insane
I tried to think and act
But you drove me first
To hell and back
With your greedy thirst
You made me bleed and vomit
Suffer and enjoy
But for no longer, no,
I'm gonna be your toy
You´ve torn my heart apart
Spread my brain all over the wall
But now we´re through
The priest´s gonna take it all


12. SHALL I FALL

The smell of peat (and)
Misty veils obscure
This darkened place, our home
My hands are sore
My life spent in toil
Had to care for you
Since you were born

But hear this voice
Mother´s calling us
Promising tenderness and warmth
Oh, sister come
Can´t you hear her moan
She´s out there in the fen

Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I fall for you
Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I follow you

This flickering sound
Is guiding us
To our mother´s lap behind these veils
Oh, sister please
Leave all that grind
Let this song induce you to the light

It´s an illusion,
No guiding light
Our mother´s dead and gone,
We´re all alone
My brother see
This twinkling shine
Is a perfidious black butterfly

Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I fall for you
Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I follow you

My love don´t go
Stay right by my side
In my arms you shall sleep becalmed

Oh, sister please
I´m drained and freezing,
The voice out there will care for us

There´s no more fear,
No more pain
In mother´s embrace myself entrust
Don´t leave me now
My little love
In the clutches
Of the black butterfly

Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I fall for you
Shall I fall, shall I fall, shall I follow you