1. THE LAST FLOOD

Another day in the city of pain
Sharing the life of the mad and insane
I'm closing my ears in awe of the scenes
I cover my ears in fear of their screams and I'm waiting

The day does not end and so does the night
That covers the streets in darkness and fright
I'm staying awake while the city sleeps
Watching the low life, the pimps and the creeps

And I'm waiting
Waiting in vain
And I'm waiting
For the cleansing rain

And I'm praying
Praying in vain
And I'm praying
For the cleansing rain

And when I look up I can't see the sky
Storm-bringing clouds are piling up high
Pouring red rain, forming pools of blood
Bringing redemption of the last flood


2. ISOLATION

Isolation is like serving time, except in this case I've done no crime
I choose to be alone to search my soul
To see if there is good in this heart with a hole
I had no control when I lived out there, my life became a nightmare
There is no love in isolation, all you have is your imagination
I live in a world created on my own, contempt from the outside keeps me alone
Isolation is for me, the only way to be free
I had no control when I lived out there, my life became a nightmare
There is no love in isolation, all you have is your imagination

Isolation - is liberation
When desperation is what you feel
Isolation - is liberation
When desolation is what you feel

Isolate - myself
Free - myself
Isolate - myself
Be - myself

Isolation is like serving time, except in this case I've done no crime
I choose to be alone to search my soul
To see if there is good in this heart with a hole
I had no control when I lived out there, my life became a nightmare
There is no love in isolation, all you have is your imagination

Isolation - is liberation
When desperation is what you feel
Isolation - is liberation
When desolation is what you feel


3. ODYSSEY OF THE MIND

Sitting in a cage, an open cage
You're used to its measures, used to the way it feels
It gives you security and eases your anxiety
The fear of the unknown, the fear to be all alone
The desire to leave home, the nightmare of being torn

I set my mind on something, I would like to see
And I open up the door
there is so much more to explore
I set my mind on things, that I would like to be
And i open up the door, there is so much more to score

I sure could leave this cell, but I don't
I should leave this Hell, but I won't
There is only one way out of this, It is to travel my mind, noiseless
The body is trapped but the mind soars free
The body is caged but the mind soars free

I set my mind on something, I would like to see
And I open up the door
There is so much more to explore
I set my mind on things, that I would like to be
And i open up the door, there is so much more to score

It's the odyssey of the mind
It's the odyssey of the mind

I set my mind on something, I would like to see
And I open up the door
There is so much more to explore,
I set my mind on things, that I would like to be
And i open up the door, there is so much more to score

It's the odyssey of the mind


4. EGGSHELL

I live in an eggshell, not as strong as it seems
I protect myself from the world, don't fit in its scheme
My home is unstable, the walls are wearing thin
I break under pressure, but I'm trying to endure within

Break the shell, and you will regret it
Break the shell, you wish you never did it
Break the shell, you won't like what you see
Break the shell, you won't recognize me

I can't deny it - I reached my breaking point
I personify it - an eggshell in duress
I can't deny it - I'm at my limit
I identify with, an eggshell in duress

Your world around me is cracking my shell
the weight of your problems makes my life Hell
under the pressure from your house of pain
I choose to live in my shell under strain

I've tried to conform
I've tried it your way
I've tried to conform, live my life day by day
This is my reality, my life in a shell,
This is my heaven, outside is my Hell

I can't deny it - I reached my breaking point
I personify it - an eggshell in duress
I can't deny it - I'm at my limit
I identify with, an eggshell in duress

Break the shell
Break the shell

I live in an eggshell, not as strong as it seems
I protect myself from the world, don't fit in its scheme
my home is unstable, the walls are wearing thin
I break under pressure, but I'm trying to endure within

I can't deny it - I reached my breaking point
I personify it - an eggshell in duress
I can't deny it - I'm at my limit
I identify with, an eggshell in duress

I can't deny it - I reached my breaking point
I personify it - an eggshell in duress
I can't deny it - I'm at my limit
I identify with, an eggshell in duress


5. SCENT

My brain is haunted by this scent
It takes me back to a past event
It's like a drug that I need everyday
I need to preserve it, have to get it my way

Forever I'll have this desire
This scent keeps me alive and fills my soul
Forever engulfed by its fire
This scent consumes my mind and takes control

The feelings I get when memory comes back
Gives me something in my life I lack
It takes me away to the place I seek
And my being reaches its highest peak

Forever I'll have this desire
This scent keeps me alive and fills my soul
Forever engulfed by its fire
This scent consumes my mind and takes control

I follow the trail it leaves behind
Boxing it up is on my mind
Preserving this scent is my aim
I satisfy my senses, that scent must sustain

Forever I'll have this desire
This scent keeps me alive and fills my soul
Forever engulfed by its fire
This scent consumes my mind and takes control
Forever I'll have this desire
This scent keeps me alive and fills my soul
Forever engulfed by its fire
This scent consumes my mind and takes control


6. THE FINAL OPTION

I've been with the in-crowd been on the outside too
I've seen life's many faces seen the high and low
I've been on the crossroad between heaven or Hell
Don't need no direction
Don't need no one to tell

If that's the Final Option
I'm gonna choose it
Don't point the gun, if you don't wanna use it

This is - the Final Option - choose
This is - the Final Option - choose

I challenge the devil
For another game
Winning or losing
It is all the same

If that's the Final Option
I'm gonna choose it
Don't point the gun, if you don't wanna use it

I challenge the devil
For another game
Where every bullet
Is having my name

If that's the Final Option
I'm gonna choose it
Don't point the gun, if you don't wanna use it

This is - the Final Option - choose
This is - the Final Option - choose


7. LCD

I don't oppose
I don't confront, go with the flow, hard to control
I do conform
I follow the norm, swim with the mainstream
I'm not what I might seem
I can't be identified, Mr. Faceless personified
without reflection, there's no detection

This is my strategy
I use the LCD
you can call me an infiltrator
I'm the Lowest Common Denominator

This is my strategy
I use the LCD
you can call me an infiltrator
I'm the Lowest Common Denominator

I won't protest, won't disapprove
the faceless crowd, covers my moves
I don't offend, seem easy to bend
don't have a profile, no god-given style
I can't be identified, Mr. Faceless personified
without reflection, there's no detection

This is my strategy
I use the LCD
you can call me an infiltrator
I'm the Lowest Common Denominator


8. JECKYLL OR HIDE

Fear myself - and nobody else
Born of innocence, you and me
The struggle to know, who to be
Society's forcing you to be rotten
All morals have been forgotten

Find myself, in all this mess
Free myself, from all this mess

Your fighting to stay on the good side
There's no one to show you what's good or right
When desperation strikes with all its might
You turn from good Jeckyll to evil Hyde
Society's forcing you to be bad

It is the truth it is so sad
It makes the worst come out
I see where it's leading to and I shout
The world says hate - yet I still care

Jeckyll or Hyde - which will I be
Society throws the dice - will I be a prisoner or will I be free
Jeckyll or Hyde, which will be my fate

Society throws the dice, will I love or will hate
Jeckyll or Hyde - which will I choose
Society throws the dice - will I win or will I lose


9. METALMORPHOSIS

Weak the body and the soul
Poor the body and the mind
Lost the vision as a whole
Shame and disgrace to the kind
Drift around directionless
No clue what occurred to me
Got myself into a mess
Swallowed down by misery

Body - Body - Body
Versus Mind - Mind - Mind
Versus Soul - Soul - Soul

This was then but this is now
Find your own identity
This was then but this is now
Truth lies in intensity

Time for change
Metamorphosis - Metamorphosis

History repeats itself
At the point of no return
Decay's put back on the shelves
Dying flame is back to burn
Energy is streaming back
Removes weakness frame by frame
New beginning's taking shape
Destiny recalls my name
This was then but this is now
Regained power and control
This was then but this is now
On the edge but burning slow


10. ALIVE

Where's the hand that guided me
My cry within me is let me be
Crossing the endless seas of pain
Fighting against torrential rain
It seems pain is the experience in life
I'm sorely tried by affliction in my life
I have to master this impossible situation
This driving force is my salvation
The world in my arms - I'm alive
Love is gain, pain is strife
In my world - I'm alive, and I can't see danger anymore

This driving force sets me in strife
That driving force that's in my life
Whatever the pain is - I must survive
Determination keeps me alive,
This extreme situation makes me realize - I'm alive
It makes me realize it changed my life
Hope is the hand that guided me
Secured by the hand that set me free

The world in my arms - I'm alive
Love is gain, pain is strife
In my world - I'm alive
And I can't see danger anymore
The world in my arms - I'm alive
Love is gain, pain is strife
In my world - I'm alive
And I can't see danger anymore
I can't see danger anymore
I can't see danger anymore
I can't see danger anymore

The world in my arms - I'm alive
Love is gain, pain is strife
In my world - I'm alive
And I can't see danger anymore
The world in my arms - I'm alive
Love is gain, pain is strife
In my world - I'm alive
And I can't see danger anymore