1. THE CALL

[Old Man:]
Hear the voice
They’re calling and haunting me
Never heard such questions
Won?t let me free
I?ve never felt so insecure
My peace of mind disturbed by the urge to know

I try to see, but I am blind
I try to see the truth behind
Please come to me
Awareness

I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world,
But hands are turning as the ages decay
Existence crashes, and everything that I’ve changed
Is dust to ashes as it passes away

I can feel my duty
To ?nd the key
Missing rules
No order, no sanity
I’ve never heard about this before
My peace of mind disturbed by the urge to know

I try to see, but I am blind
I try to see the truth behind
Please come to me
Awareness

I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world,
But hands are turning as the ages decay
Existence crashes, and everything that I’ve changed
Is dust to ashes as it passes away

I wish my life would disappear
Or merge within a dream
No questions, suffering or fear
A clear, indifferent stream
I wish my light would cease to burn
But yet, my soul is torn
And lets me face my last concern
Why I was even born


2. THE APPARITION

[Old Man:]
How can a single drop perceive
The whole surrounding sea?
For being part, it will receive
A higher cause to be
How can a simple man reveal
The world before he dies?
True spirits, come, hear my appeal
Sever the bonds of lies!

[Spirit:]
I heard your call
I?m a spirit of ancient days
I know you crawl
In the dust on your hopeless ways
I am your guide
And the answer to your demand
I see the light
See the reasons you know you

Can’t and awareness?
Then why don't you speak up and ask?

[Old Man:]
I - I want to know
Where I come from, where I go
What I will be able to know

[Choir:]
Hail to thee!
Certainty
Thou art crystal
Tyranny!
Raise thy hands
Esperance
Thou hast shown
We shall crush down
Chance

[Old Man:]
Open my eyes and let gnosis arise
And then show me the lines in the sand
What walks away and leaves
Signs at the bay of faith
Show me the moment when
light ?lled the night
Took on its might
Chased off the fright

Give me a sign! Is there good or divine,
Or is random creation the cause?
And say, are we fooled by religion
And ruled by fate?
Show me the moment when
light won the strife
Nurtured to thrive
Breathed and it was life

[Choir:]
Come and dance
Ignorance
Show thy ugly
Countenance!
Be my guest and
Dance!

[Old Man:]
Why don’t you speak and respond?

[Choir:]
How can you be sure
That there is more than you know?
What if you had lost?
Lost your way?

[Old Man:]
Reveal it, unseal it
Untie the bonds!
Come show me and take me there!

[Spirit:]
Trust me, I will show
That there is more than you know
Trust me, I will teach you how!

[Choir:]
Hail to thee!
Thou art cruelest uncertainty!
Not to be
Pain and grief begone
Relief me!

[Spirit:]
Leave your eyes and leave your ears
(My reason)
All your senses leave them shut
(My feelings)
Trust your ever faithful fears
(My voices)
And don’t yield to reasons smut
(My heartbeat)

If you want to face it,
You must know I will be your eyes
And if you trace it,
You won?t go before I advise

[Old Man:]
No! I want to be where
I can feel the truth on my own
So let me ?ee there
And reveal the answers alone

If there?s a place where I will be aware
Lead me
There is a place here, I will be aware
Lead me
(x2)

[Spirit:]
Where do you believe
will you be able to perceive?
Dare how could it be
In this reality how?

[Old Man:]
I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world,
But hands are turning as the ages decay
Existence crashes, and everything that I’ve changed
Is dust to ashes

I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world,
But hands are turning as the ages decay
Existence crashes, and everything that I’ve changed
Is dust to ashes as it passes by
Show me the place
And I triumph for irreality

[Spirit:]
Trust me, you will see
If you blindly follow me
Trust me, you will feel
What your senses conceal
Trust me, I will show
Where you come from, where you go
What you will be able to know…

[Choir:]
I, I keep on yearning
But, but hands are turning
Life is ashes to dust
Is ashes to dust
…And who you are


3. TRIUMPH OF IRREALITY

[Spirit:]
Conned to my reality
I sensed the hidden scheme
Accepted this divinity
A clear indifferent stream
All doubts dissolved
Opaque turned clear
No questions, suffering or fear
No blemish but in?nity
Con?ned to my reality


4. THE SPRING OF IT ALL

[Spirit:]
There is no place
Where Men could trace
The spring of it all
All you could ?nd lies here
The worlds combined in a grain

It is all a matter of knowing
When the wind is sprung up and blowing
When the sky is gleaming
Rivers streaming
It?s a matter of knowing

[Old Man:]
There is no chance
No single glance
At the spring of it all
This paradise be it!
All men could rise, but they fall

[Spirit & Old Man:]
It is all a matter of knowing
When the wind is sprung up and blowing
When the sky is gleaming
Rivers streaming
It?s a matter of knowing

[Old Man:]
When the sky is gleaming
Rivers streaming
It's a reason to wonder


5. WORLD OF WONDERS

Don't you know it's a world of wonders that you live?
There's a strength that can pull you under and forgive
And it lives in a sky of thunder
And it breathes light in your soul

And the trees and the wind are stroking, and they scream
And beneath you, the earth is soaking of this dream
Every raindrop is telling stories,
And they whisper words in your ears

Hey, don't you see the light?
Don't you feel its might?
Tell me, don't you see?
Don't you feel it?
There's a strength in your veins of glory,
And it breathes light in your soul
(x4)

Breathes light in your soul
Breathes light in your soul


6. THE PRIMAL DEMAND

[Old Man:]
How can a single drop perceive
The whole surrounding sea?
(x6)


7. DOORWAY TO SALVATION

[Spirit:]
Your sad lit candle is guttering,
But still won't seize to burn
Enough to seethe
Enough to cry
The cause to breathe
The cause to die
If I should handle your muttering,
I?ll call for in return:
Enough to seethe
Enough to cry
The cause to breathe
The cause to die

[Old Man:]
A child
A dream
A women?s embrace
A thought
A scream
A comforting face
Two blinks
Three steps
Four words of a phrase
One reason to go on remembering

[Spirit:]
It might seem much,
(It might seem much)
But don’t condemn me
Just break the crutch
(Just break the crutch)
That you call memory

[Old Man:]
Finally! There’s a doorway to salvation
Should I trust and yield to this temptation?
If I lost my memory
All of my life
Will I still be human?
Curious and free

[Spirit:]
Doubts are shading
As the lights are fading
Go lift the curtain
Now be certain
And see

[Spirit:]
I will be righteous
And measure the price you have to pay
Enough to seethe
Enough to cry
The cause to breathe
The cause to die
So I am claiming
Your treasure of fortune and dismay
Enough to seethe
Enough to cry
The cause to breathe
The cause to die

[Old Man:]
A kiss
A smile
A cold chill inside
A song
A dance
A word and a ?ght
Two hearts
Three lies
Four eyes how they cried
One reason to wipe out and wash away

[Spirit:]
It might seem much,
(It might seem much)
But don’t condemn me
Just break the crutch
(Just break the crutch)
That you call memory

[Old Man:]
Doubts are shading
As the lights are fading
Go lift the curtain
Now be certain
And see

[Spirit:]
Finally! There’s a doorway to salvation
Let him trust and yield to this temptation
If I will have gained
What once was his life,
I will be like mankind
Curious and free

[Old Man:]
A tear
A touch
A black tie and shirt
A book
A speech
A shovel of dirt
Two stones
Three names
Four cries of a bird
One reason to live and to die at last

[Old Man:]
Finally! There’s a doorway to salvation
It's the trust we take from contemplation
It's the strength of memory
And of wondering
Finally there’s a doorway
Curious and free

[Spirit:]
Doubts are shading
As the lights are fading
Go lift the curtain
Now be certain
And consign your life to me!


8. THE STRUGGLE

[Old Man:]
Do you really want me to lose my virtues?
Do you really want me to lose my faults?
And do you really want me to lose my weakness?
Do you really want me to lose my strength?
And do you really want me to lose my sorrow?
Do you really want me to lose my joy?
And do you really want me to lose my falsehood?
Do you really want me to lose my truth?
And do you really want me to lose my fears?
And do you really want me to lose my hopes?
Do you really want me to lose my faith?
And do you really want me to lose my soul?
Do you really want me to lose my honor?
Do you really want me to lose my shame?
Do you really want me to lose my freedom?
Everything you strife for is me

[Spirit:]
Open up your weary eyes
Halt your never-ending and sigh-swoll?n cries
All you?ve never ?outed you won't owe
All you?ve never doubted you won?t know

You're crying out in deep despair
As the fair is foul and the foul is fair
You will drown in madness once again
And roll up in sadness, tug you in

Always yearning
Never earning
Always trying
Never ?ying
[Choir: x8] See the light
Feel its might

[Spirit:]
You’d leave this sorrow
If you would follow

[Old Man:]
Do you really want me to trade my heart?
And do you really want me to trade my soul?
And do you really want me to trade in life for light?

[Spirit:]
Do you really think that your life is worth it?

[Old Man:]
Beauty and bliss
In the grace of a kiss and love
Lie in the transience of life
Memories retain
All the moments remain with me
Why should I trade? Tell me!

Do you really want me to lose my memory?

[Spirit:]
Death comes fast and breaks apart
All the words and pictures in your heart
You will ?nd your pain in once shed tears
For what is a grain in endless spheres?

[Choir:]
Always yearning
Never earning
Always trying
Never dying

[Old Man:]
Do you really want me to lose my virtues?
Do you really want me to lose my faults?
And do you really want me to lose my weakness?
Do you really want me to lose my strength?
And do you really want me to lose my sorrow?
Do you really want me to lose my joy?
And do you really want me to lose my falsehood?
Do you really want me to lose my truth?
And do you really want me to lose my fears?
And do you really want me to lose my hopes?
Do you really want me to lose my faith?
And do you really want me to lose my soul?
And do you really want me to lose my heart?
And do you really want me to lose my deeds?
Do you really want me to lose my life?
And do you really want me to lose my memory?

[Spirit:]
Endless spheres
You will ?nd your pain in once shed tears
Don't turn your back on your human destiny
You will die and face eternity
Don?t turn your back on your
All wrong divine conception
As your striving for perfection
Won’t you feel just like a traitor
Who has tricked his own Creator?
Strong with words, you draw a curtain
Keeping early scenes uncertain
Now it's time to take my guidance
I will show the primal silence
Consign your life to me!
Take my gift and rule your destiny
Don?t turn your back on your worthless entity
Don’t you see your useless way to be?
Now take my hand and
Consign your life to me!
Take my gift and rule your destiny
Don?t turn your back on your worthless entity
Don’t you see your useless way to be?
Now take my hand and...

[Old Man:]
Life

[Spirit:]
Light!


9. THE DIFFERENCE IS HUMAN

[Old Man:]
My heart is a ponderer
My soul is a wanderer
To touch, to be
To feel, to see
The edge of the knife
The difference is human
Is life

[Spirit:]
Now that you’re close to the key, tell me
Would you halt and send the called away?

[Old Man:]
All my memories of life can?t die
All my memories of truth can’t lie
And my memories of trust deny
That to know is to see
Hear the pulse of my veins at night
Let my will and my thoughts ignite
Why should I seek the truth in light
when the truth is in me?

[Choir:]
Tide is turning
No more yearning!

[Old Man:]
All my memories of hope
All my memories of youth
All my memories of cheer
All my memories of truth
All my memories of fear
All my memories of trust
All my memories of lust

[Spirit:]
Never, ever will you see
I will know what you will be

It is all a matter of knowing
When the wind is sprung up and blowing
When the sky is gleaming
Rivers streaming
It's a matter of knowing
There is so much reason to wonder
So much reason to wonder
There is so much reason to wonder
So much reason to ask

[Old Man:]
Stop your fraud! Let it be
Stop your lies!
Your deceit! Let it be
Your disguise
And I thank God I ripped off your mask!

[Spirit:]
Then, pitiful human
You won’t spy the forces inside
And thank your acumen
You will die, as many have died
Now, pitiful human
Say goodbye

“How can a single drop perceive?
How can a single drop perceive?
How can a single drop perceive
The whole surrounding sea?”

Now, pitiful human
Say goodbye
Never, ever will you see
I will know what you will be

You will weep, you will cry
You will be, you will stay ever blinded
You will weep, you will cry
You will be, you will stay just a Man
(x2)
You will turn into dust
And so it ends
You will turn into dust
And so it ends

[Old Man:]
All my memories of faith
All my memories of strife
All my memories of hope
All my memories of life
Show it?s true
What I always knew:

My heart is a ponderer
My soul is a wanderer
My heart is a ponderer
It's the edge of the knife
The difference is life

My heart is a ponderer
My soul is a wanderer
It's the edge of the knife
The difference is life

All my memory of joy is her
All my memory of sense is her
All my memory of life is her
So I'm wondering
How could I trade whom I love?


10. WHERE THE EARTH AND SKY MEET

[Old Man:]
At the break of dawn,
She knocked on my door
I was shocked
She seemed so tired and sore
And she said it’s been time
For a change for so long
All I know
I have to
I have to move on
And I stood on the porch
Where we used to dance
And the world, somehow,
Didn?t make any sense
And so I tried to smile,
Though I didn’t know why
Watched her go
And waved her
And waved her goodbye

Someday I'll meet you, someplace I’ll greet you
Somehow it’ll lead you back to me
It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine
It may be the place where the earth and sky meet
(x2)

And the years went by,
But I did not forget
Her touch, her lips
The words that she said
Suddenly just a glimpse
And a warm well known smile
Clear to see
What kept her
What kept her alive

Someday I'll meet you, someplace I’ll greet you
Somehow it’ll lead you back to me
It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine
It may be the place where the earth and sky meet
(x2)

[Choir:]
Someday I’ll meet you
Someplace I?ll greet you
Somehow it?ll lead you
Lead back to me
(x4)

[Old Man:]
Why should I seek?
Why should I ask?
What should I strive for
If not you?
Why should I seek?
Why should I ask?
Why should I strive?
I am a Man

I am the word
I am the deed
I am the heart
Thank God I?m a Man
I felt the cold
I felt the heat
I felt the love
Thank God I?m a Man

[Choir:]
Why should I strive
What should I seek if not you
Why should I ask
What should I seek, if not you?
Why, what should I strive for if not you?


11. ALL A MAN CAN DO

[Old Man:]
Tinker tailor…
Hush, can't you hear?
Words of judgement
Wise and sincere
Every single winter has its spring
I don’t care
Everlasting continual ring
I don’t care

I?m so grateful I fell and rose and tried
Won and laughed and cried
Lost and swore and lied
Now I have to con?de:
I loved
I lived

[Choir:]
That is all a man can do

[Old Man:]
Soldier, sailor
Hush, can't you hear?
Words of wisdom
As it draws near
Have you seen the truth a man can see?
I don’t care
Have you been the best a Man could be?
I don’t care

I'm so grateful I fell and rose and tried
Won and laughed and cried
Lost and swore and lied
Now I have to con?de:
I lived
It was me

[Choir:]
That is all a man can do

[Old Man:]
Those dire grins of mere cognition
I gave my tears to superstition
Those higher spheres, I can’t adore them
I save my sins, I can’t abhor them

Fell and rose and tried
Won and laughed and cried
Lost and swore and lied
Last eternal pride
To love
To live
(x4)

[Choir:]
That is all a man can do (x4)
Show me pain that is not true
Show me a sense that?s not in you
Show me joy that is not true
Show me a sense that?s not in you
Show me pain that is not true
Show me a sense that?s not in you
Show me life that is not true
Show me a sense to love to live
(x2)

[Old Man:]
Hear the voice
They?re haunting me
Never heard
Won?t let me free
Never felt
So insecure
Hear that voice
Stop and let me breathe!

Finally peace and silence
All around me
Made them hush and killed
The source inside me
Drowned in madness
By the force inside me
Finally peace and silence
All around my grave...