1. INTO THE ABYSS

(Instrumental)


2. HEROES (WE WILL BE)

Can't believe I will live forever
As I try to pretend
Dead and gone are my kin and I know
That I will follow suit

Feel no pain but I won't go on
Tell me now what's going on

They all try to control our thinking
They sway the purple heart
When we're gone
No such piece of metal
Will ease our families' pain

(It's always been like that. The ones declaring war
Are not the ones who fight, are not the ones who suffer,
Are not the ones who die. They are blind)

Heroes we will be, that's what they tell us
I won't believe their propaganda
For a higher goal we're used like pawns
We are the ones, ohh, ohh

Kill for life
No time to think it over
Or you're the next in line
Constant fear, but no chance to show it
No time for your last prayer

We all fight for a higher goal
What it is no one's ever told

Left behind all the former heroes
No sign of thankfulness
Can't forget what I had to witness
I am a different man

(What we're fighting for?
Honour, glory, our country, our families?
In the end, we are alone.
Left alone with what we have witnessed and done)

Heroes we will be, that's what they tell us
I won't believe their propaganda
For a higher goal we're used like pawns
We are the ones, ohh, ohh

(We will be forgotten, our bodies are rotting)
Offering our sons
Hoping that they'll make us proud
(Heroes in advance, it all make so no sense)
Years spent in pain
Praying to see them again

No one understands what we're going through
But everyone judges what our sons do
Better serve our country than end up in the gutter
They say and that's what they will do


3. DOOMSDAY MACHINE

In a world fraught with uncertainty
In a time of cold war we cannot be free
Without measures we just have to take
We can't rest when our world is at stake

Escalation in forty-four steps
Just in case they attempt to launch the first assault
We shall counter with all of our might
Must not let down our people

All deterrence cannot save us
When this thing gets out of hand
Our way of life is threatened - show no fear

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!

Must not step back from steps we must take
Don't know how they will act, better be prepared
Feeling safe with this doomsday machine
A device that the world's never seen

Thermonuclear war impending,
Common weapons out of date
Megadeaths we will be counting - choose your side

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!

There's decisions that can change the world
In one way or the other, always be aware
That the free world's relying on us
We have seen what appeasement can be

Spinning faster
Looking over the edge, one more step would be
A disaster for all of mankind
Opening doors we don't know what's behind

Still we hope it won't be needed,
Striving for a peaceful way
But give up our achievements - there's no way

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!


4. LIVE TO DIE

Are we the ones to give, pay for the life we live
Are we the answer to their prayers - just what they need

Caught in our web of wealth, we forget who we are

Can we go on like this, send them down the abyss
Who are we just to carry on and never ask

Is it their own fault
Born without perspective
Live to die, never win, never fly
We're the lucky ones
Always more than needed
Ignorance, take a glance

Out of the ivory tower into reality
A new horizon far away, world in decay

Caught in our web of wealth
We forget who we are and to ask

Is it their own fault
Born without perspective
Live to die, never win, never fly
We're the lucky ones
Always more than needed
Ignorance, take a glance

Is it all cast in stone, reaping the seeds we've sewn
Is it the calm before the storm - it's raging right now!
There's no calm when you're on the wrong side

Is it their own fault
Born without perspective
Live to die, never win, never fly
We're the lucky ones
Always more than needed
Ignorance, take a glance


5. HELL'S ROUNDABOUT

Surrounded by a circle of words
Flowing past the ear and head
World is spinning like a roundabout, roundabout
Colourful and deafening
I'm rotating and I'm staggering
Loosing my footing, knees are trembling

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

The cold hands of fear is penetrating
The abdominal wall
As a voracious worm is digging, digging
Through the entrails on the search
For the jerking life donor
Grabs the heart from the inside,
Brings it to deadly stand still

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

Stop this diabolical whirl that drags me into depth
Release me from this roaring agony, let me rest at last

Panic, pain, eyes bloodshot
Captured in this rapid spin
Muffled voices getting shrilled
Cutting sharply the head asunder
The spirit set free form the head
Shooting up the clear night sky

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

Stop this diabolical whirl that drags me into depth
Release me from this roaring agony, let me rest at last


6. KILLING CHILD

The chosen one through accident of birth
Your predetermined destiny on earth
No influence on where you leave the womb
Heading south or east or straight to hell

This childhood ends that no one cares about
These roots are ripped from solid ground
Deprived of everything that's real
You have no choice but go and kill

Caught in the circle no way to escape
From the sad hollow eyes of a

Killing Child - fights for what is right
Silent screams in the night
Killing Child - there's nothing to lose
Only one way to choose

No one's laughing, no one is playing
All are dying, while they are praying
For salvation from a nightmare
Which is never gonna end

Kill or be killed all enlightenment lost
A fallen angel, on broken wings it flies
Bringing death to those who gave you life
When everything is numb it's alright to forget

Pulling the trigger is just one last step
On a journey through pain and deceit
When all of their bodies are rotten and gone
The truth fades away they are walking alone

No matter how far and away it might be
There's always someone who's a

Killing Child - fights for what is right
Silent screams in the night
Killing Child - there's nothing to lose
Only one way to choose


7. ON WINGS OF STEEL

Then all of the sudden energy's taking your breath
Losing the ground beneath your feet
As you're pressed into the seat

So many pale faces
Poorest of creatures they will
Never experience what it means
To be free, yeah to fly

Out into the unknown, reaching the top of the world
We can share infinity, yeah, for all of eternity

There's no fear of falling
Trust in the power of steel
It's too great when you can feel
To be free on wings of steel

Once again, getting faster
Need this thrill, ooohh
Can't forget, how it feels like
Wings of steel, ooohh

Clouds, darkened horizon
Excitement is part of the show
Shaken by force but we all know
So much further we can go

Since the birds of metal
Were born we can conquer the world
There's so much planet left to see
Waiting there for you and me

Through the clouds a sunbeam
Blinding me, making me stare
Never seen anything like this
It's a state of constant bliss

Approaching our destination
Our world's getting bigger again
Soon touching ground and we all know
So much further we will go

Once again, getting faster
Need this thrill, ooohh
Can't forget, how it feels like
Wings of steel, ooohh

Wings of Steel!


8. SILENT AGONY

Sliding on tip toes
So not to wake him
But he's already gone
All that remains

The lifeless cold body
Calm and stiff, eyes wide open
The look full of fear

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bad days passed by
Awake in the here and the now

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bad days passed by
Awake in the here and the now

Nothing can be read from them
(Nothing can be read)
Dull, empty, staring
Gently touching the pale lips
(Waiting for a sign of life)
Hungering for a word
Hungering for a word

Full of doubt, shake the body
Waiting for a sign of life
Come back from your black world

Dark forces are detaining you
Fear binds my thought
I scream my soul out to be near you again

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bad days passed by
Awake in the here and the now

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bad days passed by
Awake in the here and the now


9. COLD DISTANCE OF THE UNIVERS

I - THE SEARCH

A lone wolf on the run from home, a man without a name
A town turns out a prison cell, when life becomes a lie
A phalanx built on prejudice, aligned in common rage
As life goes on and on and on, you hate to turn the page

No one knows, no one can see.
This soul that bends in agony
What is left is fear and hate and pain
When brotherhood becomes disdain

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

A drifter on the search for life, break free from all the chains
Out into the great unknown, to leave the past behind
If life means to deny yourself, I'd rather make it end
Than pay for all their ignorance, they'll never understand

No one knows, no one can see, this soul that bends in agony
No way out for you and me, denounced by words of bigotry

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

II - THE CALL

Can't you see all this misery, isn't it plain for all to see
It's not me, here no one is free, it burns inside of me

I can't see who I could really be
But it's always the same
Don't really know who's to blame
But I'll take up this fight all the same

III - UNDERSTANDING

History does repeat itself, you never lose your past
The same stubborn mentality that always seem to last
Whatever way you think is right, it's not your own decision
The hypocrites are everywhere, who think they're on a mission

No one knows, no one can see,
This soul that bends in agony
There's no chance for you to see the fire
That burns inside of me

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, I will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe