1. A PORTRAIT OF LIFE

(Instrumental)


2. REMNANT

His mind is getting close to insanity
He stands vulnerable under the harshness of life
"Once the future seemed by my side, how wrong I was
Now I'm forced to walk this path towards the unknown"

As he plunges into uncertainty, his past behind him
He feels a heavy burden in his heart, the price of his deeds

Swallowed by a coil of despair
His instincts are gone like mourning birds
He can't quell his torment

Freezed up in my thoughts, my past is chasing me
A burning feeling is piercing my mind with rage
Enslaved by the void, reality and mind are falling to pieces
I'm sought by fear, it holds me tight

Inside of me my past is disturbing me
My life must head for another way
Inside of me I feel remorse corroding me
As I make up my mind hope has come to stay

"My spirit is dying slowly, once time ago the future seemed by my side"
Misfortune's spoken your name
"Poor fool bastard, I'm lost alone"
No one shall hear your cries, like fading echoes in the night


3. THE HARVEST

In this time of despair
When the lack of hope reigns my silence
All I can do is look ahead
And wait

I keep my seeds close to my heart
For it's the only thing now I have
All my hopes rest in those seeds
Which in time will grow into trees

As I harvest my hopes

Rain starts to fall on me
My harvest is all I can see
I praise the day when I will see
All my seeds come to dreams

Time to heal my wounds

I drift away on the tides of oblivion
Trying to hold onto my memories
Fed by your reflections
Which keep me sane


4. INVOLUTION

Which is the path we're walking?
Have you ever looked back at your steps?
Why is this inertia pushing us?
Just a few questions in my head

Sometimes it's just so hard to believe
That everything could go on like this
Perhaps I have made up my mind
This can't go on, not like this

Is this the price we pay for all these years?
We all seem blind in front of this in retrospect
We can see it's still the same
Always cherishing this involution

Pain, sorrow, self-destruction
Starvation, war and corruption
Why aren't gods stopping this bloodshed?
There isn't any god left to pray

Is this the price we pay for all these years?
We all seemed blind in front of this in retrospect
We can hope it won't be the same
Always cherishing this involution

Our steps have guided us to this point
Where nothing seems clear and everything wrong
So cultured in some ways and so coarse in others
Am I the only one feeling like going back?

Pain, sorrow, self-destruction
Starvation, war and corruption
Why aren't gods stopping this bloodshed?
There isn't any god left to pray

We can't be going backwards


5. TWILIGHT

Awaiting for the shadow my heart is beating weak
On this coming eternal night my spirit is now in doubt
Forever in this place my mind will find a place
Where I shall escape from this darkened reality

We wait now
Below the sky
Twilight comes
Sun is hiding beyond my fear

Who can tell now my uncertain destiny?
Only warm fires will talk for me
A starry sky is now calling for me
In this twilight another dimension appears

We wait now
Below the sky
Twilight comes
We march with our feigned pride

Deadly land like the most frozen mountain peak
Who knows now, who knows Twilight?
Should I believe in my life in these times?
Beside the fire I see now forgotten dreams

We wait now
Below the sky
Twilight comes
The essence of mankind is found


6. REVERIE

You can't really escape your thoughts...

Can you tell me oh friend of mine
If you've ever seen the light
If you've never touched time
With your very hands?

Can you affirm if the woods are real
If your fate has guided you
If at night your thoughts hunt you?
Oh, my friend, I can

Through the sorrow and the past, through the chaos in my mind
You'll never understand, my freedom can't be touched
Through the unknown lands of rain, on the dying greyish grass
In a broken world I'm struggling because of my past

Going now I find my escape
Through a broken reality
Tell me why the sun is cold
Only here where I stand

For a while I see my truth
In the depths of my heart it lies
Go now friend, tell I'm lost
Wake me when winds change

Beyond meaning of the pain, carving out forgotten life
In extremes of thought reality is now mine
I'm crossing a new born land with a stellar warming light
I'm wandering only guided by my time