1. TRUST

Seen across the field, thru the memories left behind
Eyes full of promises, faith in between the lines
Paths entwined in the snow, your footsteps behind mine
An adventure unfolds, tasks and roles we assign

Look out,
Don’t play their game
It’s set and you will lose
But I watch over you

Never say we don’t have the trust in the two of us
We were sealed with blood
You call me when the world is falling around you
In the time of need you’ll be there for me
When all I need is your sympathy
If the road leads me to pitch black darkness
You’ll find me

Time walks on and on, names carved in the yard tree
Our form of contract, bound with trust and loyalty
Cut of the knife to run the blood, a handshake to make it true
Unbroken bond, now we can come through

Watch out,
Don’t take the blame
That’s what they try to do
I watch over you


2. SUNSHINE PATH

We have fallen under a spell of rush and useless needs
Have we lost our way? Where does this lead?

This is why we came here, the reason we took the time
What we demanded and we expected from the night

Feel the wind and the air that you breathe

Now wake up, hear the birds sing your song
Go down the path, what you’ve waited all along

When we sit still and dream about joy and laughter
Are we truly in a place that we really are after?

We’ve seen pictures of rejoice and we believe that is right
It has took our thoughts and the answer is in our sight

Feel the sun and the light in your eyes

Now wake up, hear the birds sing your song
Go down the path, what you’ve waited all along
Where the sun meets your eyes, your mind is set at ease
There’s no goodbyes, just a warm summer breeze


3. LOST CONTROL

Day after day
The same loop all over again
Soon all will click
And no-one can turn off my switch

Bing, bang, boom
The bringer of doom
Just like people drum
Sirens wailing from the distance
They will not catch me before I am done

I lose control (I lose control)
I'm overthrown
Things will fall apart (Things fall apart)
Now I shall start

It was not me
But the burden falls on me
They will not see

Desolation
I will make all of them scream
Abomination
This all seems like a dream

Bing, bang, boom
The bringer of doom
Just like people drum
Sirens wailing from the distance
Now I will pay for things that I have done

I lose control (I lose control)
I'm overthrown
Things will fall apart (Things fall apart)
Now I shall start

It was not me
But the burden falls on me
They will not…


4. SOLITUDE


A step by step they walk past me
No look, nor smile, they see everything but me

In grief the heart can be sublime
But slowly turns to stone in the wheels of time

I'll be in my thoughts, in my dreams
There is a peace and a place to be

But I say to myself

I pick up the pieces from the ground that freezes
And make them whole again
I see a light in my eyes and I shout to the heights
This has never been the end
When the day turned to night, I kept up the fight
Found my place in solitude
Now a new day is born, I am no more torn
It brings me something new again

I hear the ghosts knocking at my door
The invite back to where I sweared to look no more

The world keeps moving past me
All seems an out of focus
Just a blended colors before me

I used to paint the heavens with a bright and blue
Today the sky seems all black and gloom


5. NIGHTMARINER

In Ireland it was raining blood
For seventeen straight days
A man from rural Wisconsin
Had another evil little face
Father saw behind the window
A line of silent men
Children woke up at the dawn
And never spoke again

Wonder where my soul has gone?
Sundown caught my mind undone
Thousand little legs they crawl
A horde of rats bite through the wall

Don't wake up
There's a wound on the door
And the ceiling is bleeding
Don't wake up
There's a blood on the floor
And the carpet is screaming

In Hollow Lake a ship
Of deadmen came ashore
Natives saw a distant peak
That was not there before
At midnight something sinister
Came knocking on the doors
And all bad children fell to hell
Through cracks in the floors

Wonder where my soul has gone?
Sundown caught my mind undone
Darkness sits upon my chest
Where mother spider weaves its nest


6. THE GOLDEN HORDE

I had a dream again where I was someone else
Fell asleep to the sound of midnight bells

Walking the centuries again, I'm walking far
To a world where I'm on the trail
My bow and arrow swearing
By the name of the Khan

A rolling thunder under endless sky
The Golden Horde ride
Birds of a feather prey together, alike
Folk of the pelt and hide

It goes down nearly every single night
In dreams I traverse time and space to this place

I wonder why the dream is every time the same
A noble horseman, nomad rider
Hooves and irons swearing
By the name of the Khan

A rolling thunder under endless sky
The Golden Horde ride
Birds of a feather prey together, alike
Folk of the pelt and hide
Plains like an open sea,
And there afar a guiding star
Trusted leather shielding us, we ride
The homeland far and wide

And somewhere
Beyond the great veil of time
A weary rider comes to rest by a creek
By his fire lies under a hide
And dreams of being me


7. I LEFT MY HEART AT HOME

When the snow arrived it was again the time
To close the door behind me and head afar
Now a month has passed, got some words at last
Your letter will guide me, like the brightest star

In the winds of the world, I lose my direction
Take a wrong turn or step and drift away
But still find my way back

Oh, I left my heart at home
The road has kept me away far too long
All the wonders that I have seen
Cannot compare to what awaits me
At home

It's a change of seasons, this is what I've been dreaming
I'm coming back to you, will all still look the same?
No news from you, I've been out of reach
The hour grows late, but our time will be reclaimed

In the light of the morning sun, it finally appeared
The tree of our lives, the roots of our youth
I am finally here now

Once again it's time for goodbyes
Until we will see again
Meantime let's meet under the North Star
Sometimes the space in between
Can turn out to be a good thing
That has made us what we are and what we can be


8. THE MERCY RACERS

When the winter closed off the ocean
The Bering sea, year twenty-five
DIsease hit Alaskan coastland
The town of Nome fought for its life

In the winds of the north
No airplane could fly
Brave men with their dogs came forth
It's up to us, let us try

We are the final hope
Through ice and storm we go
Final hope to outrun Wendigo
We go on, we will not turn around
We're the ancient union, man and beast
Pushing on through Norton Sound

When the winter showed them no mercy
Men of the northlands stood tall

From Fairbanks to western sea
Six hundred miles of trail
Along Yukon to bring relief
The relay cannot fail

In five and a half days
Vials of cure in their sled
Through the blackest of nights
The lead dogs led
The cruelest of miles
Live in a memory


9. CALLSIGNS

Silence on the highway as I make my way
Path down to darkness to visit memory

Twenty years have passed today
Never yours to live, only mine
On route thirty-nine, in vain I called your sign
My youth ended that very day

You were Maverick, I was Jester
Had tanks full of freedom, a road wide and long
Had our callsigns since we were kids,
You and me, my best friend
Wherever you went, I went along

Calling Maverick, are you there?
Can't see you anywhere
It's the worst that I fear, come in if you hear
I saw your headlights disappear

I said,
You behind your wheel, and I behind mine
Let's go nightriding, let's go down the line
Hit the afterburners, do a barrel roll
The night is so fine
I'll race you down the thirty-nine

Right here we can stand once more
The chasm just before the lakeshore
Your callsign one last time
Maverick, are you there?
See you where eagles dare