1. CHAIN

The sun in the sky is turning mercyless rounds
Shadows grow fast
(Why, why did we turn back time)
Finally lay down your head close your eyes
When destiny call
(Then your candle will see the last night)

Weaved my whole life at this melancholy
Lost so much life
(Now at the end it´s a bitter insight)
I´m looking back and my heart bleeds inside
It drives me insane
(Now as an old one I´m trying too late)

Come on and tell me the tales of the kingdom
The glorious deeds of it´s men
And in my dreams when I´m flying through
All the years waiting ´til they rise again

This night I only seek...
Since the day of bitter retreat
At the end of all there´s a price I have to pay

Give me a reason to live or to die
I´m trapped in the past
(Dreams are my life but the night´s getting short)
This man on the edge´s got his heart in his hands
He stumbles and falls
(And the heart flies away through the gates of time)

Come on and tell me the tales of the kingdom
The glorious deeds of it´s men
And in my dreams when I´m flying through
All the years waiting ´til they rise again

This night I only seek...
Since the day of bitter retreat
At the end of all there´s a price I have to pay

When I´m alone and darkness surrounds me
Visions so clear the right way´s apart
A path in my soul will show destination
It´s hopeless, I´m damned, the storm´s
Breaking down

Come on and tell me the tales of the kingdom
The glorious deeds of it´s men
And in my dreams when I´m flying through
All the years waiting ´til they rise again

This night I only seek...
Since the day of bitter retreat
At the end of all there´s a price I have to pay


2. HERE I AM

Small and weak - I'm feeling since I left my home
Glory days - are grey because I am alone
The sun goes down - up my way so many miles
Way back home - is not easy to find, be my guide

Is the house still warm
A fire in the stove

Yes, here I am -
So many years went by
And here I am -
I´ve learned but I´ve wasted my time

Here I stand -
I knew it I´m no more alone
And here I am -
There was a price to pay
But I feel I´m coming home

First so glad - I stood on my feet and was wrong
Uncertainly - a question where do I belong
A world so vast - I´m only a leaf in the storm
Searching for - I need someone to keep me warm

Is the house still warm
A fire in the stove

Yes, here I am -
So many years went by
And here I am -
I´ve learned but I´ve wasted my time

Here I stand -
I knew it I´m no more alone
And here I am -
There was a price to pay
But I feel I´m coming home


3. SALVATION

Back in myself, emotions surround me
Feelings passed this way
Absence of light, just the flame of my hope
In this brandnew form of yesterday

Absolved of your deeds, the abyss is far beyond
Sand of time runs down
Agree with the adder, it´s the guilt of the child
When a preacher counts his sins at night

Malediction of holy lands, blessed and betrayed
In the mirror grief I see, like a gift of history

The hill are reflecting
An old man´s last cry
Another day´ll bring back salvation
The sun in fy face is kissing
Dark dreams goodbye
Another day´ll bring back salvation

Lonely and blamed, grattitude´s a foreign word
Sanity will die
Offspring and source in their evil disguise
Tell me when a word becomes a lie

Escaped but still trapped,
A pilgrim between life and death
This episode´s the last
Discover the unseen, a gate in your heart
Resurrection of our glory past

Destination so far away, somewhere in time
Every stone of doubt I feel, on this path of misery

The hill are reflecting
An old man´s last cry
Another day´ll bring back salvation
The sun in fy face is kissing
Dark dreams goodbye
Another day´ll bring back salvation

Tell of your dreams, I know it´s not easy
To stand here and wait for the end
Once in your life, as stars were still shining
A word like tomorrow was free of pain and disease

Malediction of holy lands, blessed and betrayed
In the mirror grief I see, like a gift of history

The hill are reflecting
An old man´s last cry
Another day´ll bring back salvation
The sun in fy face is kissing
Dark dreams goodbye
Another day´ll bring back salvation


4. NIGHTS IN PARADISE

Standing at the crossroads
At the point of no return
Which way of them´s my own
Who will lead me home

Unseen waves of stormy clouds
Are driving out the light
The rain of tears came down
These feelings inside aren´t my own

The ground under me´s not the same
When the moon´s rising high
But don´t fear the night like the most

You´re the only ghost still
Waiting for another chance to save
The light in your heart

One more day is dying and horizons turn to black
Following are countless hours of darkness
The rope of fear is reahin to the bottom of my soul
I feel it when the last sunlight is leaving

Drops of water on my hands
Are running to the ground
I can´t explain if it is a refreshment
When this destiny is like a poison in my heart
I´ll open up my veins and let it out

One secon´s not valid at night
Only growing are fears, pain and strife
This black mass is laughing at me -
The enemy

Blind men turn their heads to the sky
Getting restless but do not know why
They can´t see the fingers of light -
Not out of sight´s
The end of rain, they´re breathing again

Through this dark veil allied forces had spun
The new morning will send it´s first signs
And when tidal waves of red light
Start their reign I´m feeling pure life again

Can´t take one minute sleep this night
Damn, I can´t close my eyes
I´m roaming aimless on this pathless landscape

Heaven´s tears are coming down
Don´t feel them on my skin
But every drop tells it´s own story

One secon´s not valid at night
Only growing are fears, pain and strife
This black mass is laughing at me -
The enemy

Blind men turn their heads to the sky
Getting restless but do not know why
They can´t see the fingers of light -
Not out of sight´s
The end of rain, they´re breathing again

Through this dark veil allied forces had spun
The new morning will send it´s first signs
And when tidal waves of red light
Start their reign I´m feeling pure life again

Branches of trees dayly have this despairing fight
Against the storm ´bout breaking
Or another fight another day

And sometimes when I´m thinking
´Bout the nights in paradise
I feel a fire deep inside and it will tell you why

There´s a way some day
When we are roaming on the other side
My dreams will become true
And the night will fall asleep - will fall asleep

I´m on my way, like a river runs
But it will never reach the sea
Another time at anothe place
This calmness´s coming late at night

One secon´s not valid at night
Only growing are fears, pain and strife
This black mass is laughing at me -
The enemy

Blind men turn their heads to the sky
Getting restless but do not know why
They can´t see the fingers of light -
Not out of sight´s
The end of rain, they´re breathing again

Through this dark veil allied forces had spun
The new morning will send it´s first signs
And when tidal waves of red light
Start their reign I´m feeling pure life again


5. LOST

In a land a million miles away
Dark clouds arrived from east one day
With them came lies and hate
It hurts me when I´m thinking back

And they showed no mercy only war
Brought pain and anger their own law
The right to kill was on their side
A shadow growing fast

Take me away my friend
Where eagles fly
Where the sky is so blue
And the mountains so high

Through rain and through storm
We will ride fast and straight
The battle I´ll fight
But to die is my fate

Since this day I´m a stranger in my land
I ruled the years I´d understand
My kingdoms lost, they broke my will
I hope the day will come...

So sit down, I´ll tell, you will hear it all
First blood was spilled we lost the wall
Deep in my chest my heart is sad
So many tears I cried

Take me away my friend
Where eagles fly
Where the sky is so blue
And the mountains so high

Through rain and through storm
We will ride fast and straight
The battle I´ll fight
But to die is my fate

The poison of their lies, you´ll feel it every day
Don´t look back at all
And when you close your eyes
Think back of glory days
Hear the cries no more
Hear the cries no more

Take me away my friend
Where eagles fly
Where the sky is so blue
And the mountains so high

Through rain and through storm
We will ride fast and straight
The battle I´ll fight
But to die is my fate


6. ONCE A TIME

Once a time, far away -
You lived a life of hope and dreams
Days were fast -
And soon things weren´t what they seemed

Left your house, your land -
All your dreams they died that day
Memories, deep inside -
Are all you have got, don´t send them away

Take my hand
Tell me what you´re searching for

When I look deep in your eyes
I recognize distressed no time stand still
Wide behind were dark times
Your journey through the unknown

So don´t look back to yesterday
Leave fear and pain behind - I´m on your side
Another sun is rising

Many wounds in your soul -
No time will cure, they hurt inside
Getting weak, still strong -
There´s left a flame of faith and pride

Fading now, last thoughts -
Feeling light like once a time
Leaving me forever
Now on your way, please send a sign

Take my hand
Tell me what you´re searching for

When I look deep in your eyes
I recognize distressed no time stand still
Wide behind were dark times
Your journey through the unknown

So don´t look back to yesterday
Leave fear and pain behind - I´m on your side
Another sun is rising

Through cold and stormy nights
The candle out of sight
A better time without pain and fear

This path is looking so strange
A voice is screaming my name
Behind I feel the winter is near

When I look deep in your eyes
I recognize distressed no time stand still
Wide behind were dark times
Your journey through the unknown

So don´t look back to yesterday
Leave fear and pain behind - I´m on your side
Another sun is rising


7. BANNED TO BE

Come stay while
I´ll tell you ´bout the shadow sides of life
All changed that moment
The darkest night,
The darkest dream I ever had in life
I can´t deny it

I saw this man
A figure that was built of all my sins
I saw them all
The night so cold
Was running through the land of all my crimes
I saw pain and anger

I can´t believe myself
My senses are so blind, it´s true
I´m waiting for salvation friend
I hope you´ll help me through

Winds blow sharp straight in my face
Cannot rest, breathing pain
It´s so dark my, eyes so blind
Far away he screams my name

Lonelyness hurts in my heart
Need a guide through this strange night
And the darkness will crush myself
Be my candle, be my guide

An awful life
Since I waked up alone I´m banned to be
Existence gone now
And every night
My sins return to take the price from me
When will they find me

I can´t believe myself
My senses are so blind, it´s true
I´m waiting for salvation friend
I hope you´ll help me through

Winds blow sharp straight in my face
Cannot rest, breathing pain
It´s so dark my, eyes so blind
Far away he screams my name

Lonelyness hurts in my heart
Need a guide through this strange night
And the darkness will crush myself
Be my candle, be my guide

Break - feel my vein, blood runs cold
Screams my name, now you´re told

I can´t believe myself
My senses are so blind, it´s true
I´m waiting for salvation friend
I hope you´ll help me through

Winds blow sharp straight in my face
Cannot rest, breathing pain
It´s so dark my, eyes so blind
Far away he screams my name

Lonelyness hurts in my heart
Nedd a guide through this strange night
And the darkness will crush myself
Be my candle, be my guide


8. FADING STARLIGHT

Waiting for my execution in this halls
Of stone and steel
End of hopeless persecution
My faith and my hope I´ll reveal

Living at the darkest abyss
But the stars are shining high
After I am gone then it is
Time to break out, search the light

Remembring all the years of searching
Look into the northern sky
Deep down in my mind´s a vision
One dy my friend I swear we´ll fly

Answers to the second questions
Brought me down, they broke my neck
Send me out of this dimensions
My soul will survive I´ll be back

Wrapped by breathings of the night
Looking to the sky
Eyes of the universe- spellbounds of the light

And countless tales I heard (I will return)
I will return when I have found
My fading starlight

Climb upon the highest mountain
Feel the spirit far above
It is real but it´s not in vain
I kow the end of the rope

Close your eyes, look through the history
Read this chapter once again
There´s a realm of fire in me
Notice it carefully and then tell me why

Wrapped by breathings of the night
Looking to the sky
Eyes of the universe- spellbounds of the light

And countless tales I heard (I will return)
I will return when I have found
My fading starlight

Another day, another night will come
Will they remember all our tales
But after all we´re standing tall
Awaiting our destiny

So say the night goodbye - a place so far and wide
Right to another dawn
In the fading light the stars are born

Open your eyes and see, a miracle to me
The time can run they´ll be
Since a million years for eternity

´Cause the ending our dreams
Is not always what it seems
And the beauty of the light you´ll find in the night

Another day, another night will come
Will they remember all our tales
But after all we´re standing tall
Awaiting our destiny

Wrapped by breathings of the night
Looking to the sky
Eyes of the universe- spellbounds of the light

And countless tales I heard (I will return)
I will return when I have found
My fading starlight