1. THE HUMAN SAGA

Faith emerging from the soul
Growing out of fear
Born and died in pain.

Fools wiser than the wise
Human race defy
We denied our soul.

But now the curse is sevenfold
Wisdom left the young and the old
The prophets died the message failed
And the truth is still unveiled.

Ever since the dawn of times
Your immortal spirit shines
You created gods to serve you
Then you begged them to desert you.

Overrun by endless silence
Craving for a new defiance
Than you woke up in a war
And prayed for peace… peace forevermore!

Feeling mighty, full of power
Raise another Babel's tower
Build another bloody throne
For your heir to carry on.

Overrun by endless violence
Craving for a higher guidance
Praying for the final war
One to end it all.

Reading through the chapters of the Human Saga
I don't feel I'm reading something new
We keep repeating all the same old saga
A never-ending déja vu.

Dream another dream
Fight another fight
Redefine again and again
Wrong and right.

Fantasy, rebellion
Splendour and dismay
Chase the grand illusion
Till all meanings fade away.

You dreamed of glory, dreamed of power
Dreamed to have the final hour
Live a story of your own
That the next will carry on.

All the secrets desecrated
All the science you've created
In the end, you're all alone
Fearing the unknown.


2. DAEDALUS

Far above the sea
Out of slavery
Seeking ecstasy
Closer to the sun

Closer to the light
Getting out of sight
Sun, please, hold me tight
Till my fate is done!

I create and I redeem
Our sacred right to dream
Here I come, to pay the price
The highest sacrifice!

Higher, higher, higher I will fly
Till my wings will touch the endless sky
Father, let me go and never cry
I am the perfect dream: I cannot die!

Now I'm left alone
I'm rising on my own
Straight to the unknown
No one will join me here

Closer to the sea
To meet my destiny
I found eternity
And lost the sense of fear!


3. WITHOUT A CAUSE

Why, why my eyes are so dry
When I should be cryin' in horror
I take it all with a smile…

Thirty years of pushing my horizons
Thirty aeons screaming bloody silence!

Silence is the answer to my
Voices blistering the silence
Apathy and ignorance are
Everlasting in alliance.

Dying are the older whom I love and understand
Time is getting out of my hand…

Without a cause, without a cause
As I grow old, the anger grows
Now I'm left with no remorse
Here I stand and I arise without a cause.

Science has no answers for the
Mysteries provoking science
Miracles have lost the battle
Fought against the gray defiance.

Staring at the younger whom I cannot understand
Souls are getting out of my hand!


4. AGGRESSIONE EXPRESS

I don't know how to fight this new war
Taking stand or running to the backdoor
Feels like a tragedy, heading for anarchy
Unleashed it's raging now free

Aggressione is coming right here
Spreading like fire and asking for fear
Accelerate, blind like your fate
Aggressione, the new train of hate.

They need no reason, just an excuse
Visions of power of violent abuse
They never hesitate, run and retaliate
Fighting the new war of hate.

Look around, on the ground, the gift of life is blown
Silent victims can't hear the ringing of the phone
Nor can they answer the questions we ask
Wearing for eternity the accusation-mask!


5. FAVORITE FEAR

We must have the inner key
That unlocks the words of every prophecy
We can solve the mystery
The end that our eyes would never want to see!

Who is the king, the beast and the number?
Who knows the time, and the place?

Play the game
Try to find the hour and the name
Who's to blame?
Our favorite fear remains the same.

We want to have every key
And desecrate words of the great prophecy
We'd foretell our destiny
Pretend all the things we'll never live to see.

So we search in history
Looking for myths and conspiracy
Heaven-sent mystery
Answers are late, or not for us to see.


6. DIE SONNE SCHEINT NOCH

Born into this whirlwind of wolves and chameleons
There's a pain within I cannot stand
Taught to help the human spirit fall into oblivion
Driven into times I cannot mend

Sometimes you must pick your side
Sometimes life and truth collide
Certain things just matter more than life
When the world becomes a jail
Dreams of freedom will prevail
And one day all tiranny will fail

Faith, and pride and liberty
Remnants of our dignity
Are mine today: I'm dying…

Never mourn the one who's right
Soaring free into the light
I see the Sun
The Sun is still shining!

Tried to stop and change the world of wolves and chameleons
Found my hope within a hopeless stand
Raised my voice for things that were doomed to oblivion
In this shattered world I couldn't mend

When all hope of future dies
Everything you love collides
The chosen ones are caught in the crash
Through the torment and the jail
Dreams of martyrs will prevail
“Fear not the one who kills the flesh”.


7. HUNGRY FOR LIFE

Your lips have spoken lies
And your tongue mutters wicked things
No one calls for justice
No one calls for integrity

They hatch the eggs of vipers
And spin a spider's web
Their deeds are evil deeds
Acts of violence in their hands

Where are we heading?
What are we doing?
What's gonna come?

Hungry for life
There's too much madness
Too much sadness
Hungry for life
Show me the exit light
Hungry for life
There's too much violence
Too much darkness
Hungry for life
Show me the exit light.


8. ANOTHER DREAM

I have seen the river, running with pain and agony
Bodies turned to ashes, but the spirits speak to me:

Would you like to forget now?
We are lost anyhow…
Try to silence the dying scream
And once again, you'll start to dream

Another dream, rabid fantasy
Brings the future, killing me, thrilling me
Déja vu, tracing destiny
Places of the 21st century


I have seen the writing saying:
”Work will set you free”
Shining eyes of the fear
Death is closing on to me.

Would you like to forget now?
We are lost anyhow…
Try to silence the dying scream
And once again, you'll start to dream

Bridge:
You fought hard against the anarchy
Dreaming of a new society
Now we're here, the blood began to flow
Now your curse will never let you go!

Now I fear the future:
The beast is waiting in its den
Feeding on dreams
It only waits to kill again!

Would you like to forget now?
We are lost anyhow…
Try to silence the dying scream
And once again, you'll start to dream


9. GATES OF PARADISE

At the gates of paradise
There we stand and throw the dice
For the dream of happiness
Never stops to entice.

There's the point where we return
Just to show how much we yearn
For a glimpse behind the gates
We believe that still waits!

As we make our clever schemes
Or we chase the secret dreams
Planning crimes and getting old
One thing we really need to hold!

At the gates of paradise
Our troubled species cries
Sharing hope, hiding fear
For the reason is clear:

We're defining right and wrong
Storming skies, as we are strong
Yet we hope our tears will dry
On the day when we die.


10. BACK TO LIFE

Life keeps speeding and I'm looking for the brake
The road is getting bumpy, I need to be awake
Heading for disaster, there's one thing I can tell
I need to turn around now, before I'm reaching hell

Don't push me further in this unrelenting strife
I must go back now, back to my life!
Back to life!

No reason to run now, this pursuit is insane
Hard to take a detour, but it's gonna ease my pain

I've dancing long enough on the edge of knife
I must go back now, back to my life
Back to life

Got to get back to life!
Got to get back to life….


11. THE GRAND ILLUSION

What kind of hell do we build around ourselves?
So hot and tight, and without an exit door
We're swimming with the tide
And there is nothing we can do anymore. . .
The game is over, we shall see it soon
We'll be swept away by the future we have sewn
Thousand lifeless centuries will stare at our footsteps on the moon

Dreams are breathing in the night
Blowing smoke in the moonlight
If our fate would be a dream
Tell me: would it make you scream?
Would you wake up wet?
Would it make you sweat?
Would your cool mind be impressed at least by that?

What kind of hell is burning in my heart?
Behind the mask no teardrop ever left the shore
I'm playing for laughter
'cause there's nothing else for me anymore...

Dreams are breathing in the night
Blowing smoke in the moonlight
If our fate would be a dream
Tell me: would it make you scream?
Would you wake up wet?
Would it make you sweat?
Would your cool mind be impressed at least by that?

Here's my cross, made of hate
Tailored to my size and weight
Choose my path and set the pace
Gone for glorious disgrace
People around, nowhere a friend,
Somebody to lend me a hand
God may bleed and die for me,
On my cross I'm endlessly alone
We found the perfect ways to kill
And we earned this "evolution"
Thus we live and die for
The Grand Illusion

Pale lights still shining on
They fake another break of dawn
So this mankind will believe
Now's the time for us to live

Frozen dreams fell on the ground
Bits and sliver all around
The poets died, the song have failed
Yet the meaning is unveiled

Do we need to be among the good?
Is there still a hunger for the truth?

We're faking hope, killing faith,
Driven by a reckless hate
Until we end up endlessly alone. ..!

Daedalus' son flies no more
Without a cause, we're lost for sure
No road leads us back to life
Our favorite fears came to life
The Sun still shining far above
No hunger for life and love
The Human Saga ended so nice
Outside the gates of Paradise

Standing alone at the shores of Styx
Balancing the final answer
Through the labyrinth of tricks
I was both the dance and the dancer
No remorse, no regrets
Got the prize's, paid the debts
I'm ready...

"There's still one more task for you
One more trick that you must do
Maybe the last wake up-call
Just before I end it all
Speak to your race
Read one more line
Mock the Grand Illusion
One more time!"

Six billion jesters are playing in the scene
Acrobats in a show never yet seen
Wonderful spirits create a dream, so clean. . .
But evil comes over, aggression prevails; you know what I mean. . .

No more music, we broke every string
Its winter again; there might not come a spring
The saga is over; we have no more songs to sing
¬But we don't know it, and in the silence we swing...