1. TRAUMA

Left alone
Cast away
A wounded soul
Faith betrayed
Left to bleed
Cursed in tears
Erase the memories
Bury those years
Deny dependency
Destroy the bonds
Scatter the ashes
Repent the warmth
Believe in dispositions
Believe the truth
Not only one – it's needed two

Welcome!

This is the time of desperation
In a world about to die
This is the time of desperation
Take your pain and start to drawn
In an ocean full of whys

Describe the monster
Construct your world
Build up the barriers
Call me disturbed
Convince the masses
Try to survive
Release the storm on me and safe your life
Make me drown in guilt
Make me bleed
Let me suffer
Rip out the weed
Mark me a liar
Wash yourself clean
You have tried everything but I was mean


2. CHECKMATE

On a battlefield of glory fall devoted servants heads
Victims of a tactical move – parts of a bigger plan
On a battlefield of glory fall the wounded, left to die
Their lives in shards, their hearts in pain
Their eyes left up to the sky

"For king and land" he whispers
For king and land he dies
And doesn't know there is no honor
For the king is bound to die in his greedy reach for power

Run for your live king of terror and darkness
Run for your live for your fall is at hand
Repent from your cruelty, plague of the nations
The cry for the doomed fills the air: checkmate!
Checkmate!

On this battlefield of glory – what if they refused to play?
What if they laid down their weapons one dreadful blood stained day?
Leave this battlefield of glory, turn their backs on hate and pain
Cut bonds their masters placed on them before they go insane?

"For peace and love" he answers
"For peace and love" the tyrant cries
And doesn't know there is no honor
For himself is bound to die in his greedy reach for power


3. FOLLOW THE LEADER

Follow the leader into the night
For he knows the way – he shows you the life
Admire the master, the king in the play (but)
Don't ask for answers – for he will betray
The truth is what suits him in reaching his aims
Vengeance is justice in what he proclaims
The greater the lies, the more do they blind
And no one is able to hide – so follow the leader!
Follow the leader!

Follow the leader into the night
The one led by greed – the one led by pride
Conquer the heaven he promised to you (and)
Die in the battle – he won't help you through
For you are the tool in his hands – held by fear
Caught in the web of the night – can't see clear
And after he has won he'll surely be gone
But you are too blind to be warned – so follow the leader!
Follow the leader!


4. DREAMKILLER

Brace yourself for the day when the dreamkiller comes
And your innocence dies
Strengthen your soul for the day of the dreamkiller comes
Like a thief in the night
Nailing your feet to the ground, cuts your wings
Burning your hopes and the dreams of a peaceful new world
Of a peaceful new world

As a child your day was bright and tomorrow far away
You slept safely in your bed
You didn't know about the lies in this holy brave new world
Didn't know about the pain
Remember these days my sweet child, lift your eyes to the sky
And enter the kingdom of light before it's too late

In the meantime you have learned: only trust in what you see
Your doubting heart has turned to ice
Could it be that you forgot the music of eternity?
Did the pain just take its price?
Remember the day, my poor child, you looked up to the sky
And enter the kingdom of light before it's too late


5. THE RACE

Whispering voices, killing forces, haunting shadows in the dark
Try to save your earthly treasures while the dark lord plays his cards
You're on the road you never wanted to go
And they're throwing their nets and you are caught

The victim is here and its sacrifice near and your running for safety in vain
And your fear is their joy and their strength while you're standing alone
They are playing their games and you don't know you sold them your soul

Crying children, dark eyed demons, violent dictators reign
Alien civilizations take control over your brain
This is the road you never wanted to go
And they're throwing their nets and you are caught

Black tomorrow, sleep in sorrow, bodies cover blood red land
As you shut your eyes to cruelty hope for change dies by your hand
You chose the road you never wanted to go
And they've thrown their nets and you are caught


6. THE SYSTEM OF VIOLENCE

Welcome in the system of violence
Welcome to your fate
In a world of justice, in a world of hate
Welcome in the dream of freedom
To buy what you desire
To justify the hunger, to manifest the lies

Born to be king, raised to be strong
Forced to success, need to hang on
Empty in sadness, no way to tell
Despising your weakness and choose private hell
You don't know what's coming, you don't know what's wrong
You're trained to efficiency and told to be strong

Out of the race, longing for life
A second chance, out of the lies
A way to heaven, an inner peace
But that's chauvinism and you're called to deeds
You're destined to follow, you're forced to go on
You know you can make it, you know you are strong


7. THE GOLDEN IDOL

We lost control of the car heading towards destruction in this heedless race
We lost our minds in this war, in this craving for riches, in this scaring maze
How could we ignore the signs – the caller in the desert
The poison in their lies, the greed in their eyes?

We're selling our souls to the golden idol
Bowing our heads at the golden idol
Bending our knees at the golden idol
Blowing our heads for the golden idol
The golden idol

We lost control of the game we were convinced to be winning
We're waking from a dream
Where are the ones we can blame, belying the pain of betrayal with our angry screams
How could we ignore the signs – the caller in the desert
The poison in their lies, the greed in their eyes?

Will we ever learn to yearn for riches in a land
Where no one ever can take them out of our hands?


8. ZU SPAT

Die Mutter allen Lebens – missbraucht und geschunden
Wartet auf den Tod durch unsre Hände
Der Meister seiner Schöpfung weint um ihre Pracht
Und ruft zu seinen Kindern: Haltet ein!

Bewahrt mir meine Liebe! Erhaltet ihre Pracht!
Bewahrt mir ihre Schönheit und bereut, was ihr gemacht!
Ich gab, was ihr benötigt, ihr nahmt aus reiner Gier
Und wenn sie stirbt, dann schreit ihr zu mir
Doch dann ist es zu spät...
Zu spät...

Die Lungen meiner Schönen verarbeitet zu Geld
Das Blut des Lebens machtet ihr zu Strom
Ihre Kraft wird versiegen, die Pracht zu Ende sein
Was euch an ihr gedient, bringt euch den Tod

Bewahrt mir meine Liebe! Erhaltet ihre Pracht!
Bewahrt mir ihre Schönheit und bereut, was ihr gemacht!
Ich gab, was ihr benötigt, ihr nahmt aus reiner Gier
Und wenn sie stirbt, dann schreit ihr zu mir
Doch dann ist es zu spät...
Zu spät...