1. DYSTOPIA

Lost in the intestines
Of your mesmerising labyrinth
Designed to make us feel safe
While the walls are closing in

I run around in circles
Despairing for an open door
An exit from a system
That’s rotting at the core

Don’t you dare to tell me
How to feel and what I should believe
Don’t you dare to tell me
That you wish me well should I succeed

Dystopia – Where our dreams are up for sale
Dystopia – Our Utopia unveiled
Dystopia – Time to look beyond the lies
Time to make up your mind

A shining new messiah
Sells redemption from his throne
I refuse to buy your gospel
I won’t give you control

I once believed
I could conquer the world
With you by my side

So much has changed
All my hopes erased
Since our dreams have died


2. OUT OF TIME

I’ve not forgotten how it feels
To fall asleep and not know fear
When I see the morning sun again
I’m one step closer to the end

Wake me up
From this recurring
Nightmare I get
Infiltrating
Night and day
Never relenting
Until I give up
To get some relief

Time after time I’ve paid the price
Just let me fight for another day
You can’t refuse my sacrifice

I’m running out of time
I’ve tempted fate for far too long
Across the last divide
I’m begging you for another dawn

I’ve had the chance to taste defeat
Face on the ground, down on my knees
Not a second will I hesitate
To lock the darkness deep in my embrace

Just one cut
The virus is spreading
Into my blood
Slowly invading
Every part
Feel the disease
Too late to stop
From falling too deep

Just one cut
The virus is in my blood
Invading every part
It’s too late to stop
I’ve fallen to deep


3. SAVE ME

Caught in a contest of lies and deceptions
Forcely seduced to stop praying to a new God
I've crossed the line between war and perdition
Not comprehending how my future would unfold.

Caught on a one way trip to do my kataklysm
Drown like a mad towards the flame.

Save me from the fires of eternity
Save me from dammnation, don't let me burn in Hell.
Rescue me from everlasting agony
Rescue me... Save me from myself.

Too many times I've regreted my choices
Trying in vain to renounce the demon within.
Am I the remedy, or am I the poisson?
Now that the darkness has Fucked to my skin.

Caught on a one way trip to do my kataklysm
Drown like a mad towards the flame.

Save me from the fires of eternity
Save me from dammnation, don't let me burn in Hell.
Rescue me from everlasting agony
Rescue me... Save me from myself.

Once I had fallen,
Despite your warnings,
It was already too late,
What's left unspoken,
My bow was broken,
And so I sealed my faith.

Caught on a one way trip to do my kataklysm
Drown like a mad towards the flame.

Save me from the fires of eternity
Save me from dammnation, don't let me burn in Hell.
Rescue me from everlasting agony
Rescue me... Save me from myself.

Save me from myself!


4. NOT INNOCENT

Remember the day when our hands got soaked
With the blood of the fallen
Remember the day when we kissed good-bye
To the world we know

I swore on that day that I would not forget
That I’d do what it takes to erase my debt

We are not innocent - Guilty of complicity
We are not innocent - We were too blind to see
We are not innocent - Tomorrow’s blood is on our hands
We are not innocent - Disciples of violence

When you look into my eyes
Don’t you recognise
A fallen angel full of demon’s pride
Born of despair and decay
Justice ravaged by pain
I surrendered my innocence in vain

Nothing you can say will erase the past
Or safeguard our future
It takes for more than words to recreate the home
We’ve left behind

And I’ll swear again that I will not forget
That I’ll do what it takes to pay off my debt

Deep in me
Underneath my skin
I can feel the change begin
Why should I fight the pain
It’s the only scar
That remains


5. COCOON

Left behind in the dark
Lost and afraid of the darkness in my heart
Searching forgiveness in your eyes
Knowing it will be forever denied

Once cold and torn
Wrapped in my cocoon
I feel save and warm

No need to embrace
The truth you don’t want to face
I’ve made my escape
Even though I’m
Too paralysed to start again
Anesthetised I feel no pain
Hypnotised can’t run away
I’m much too terrified to stay

Inside my shell I no longer hurt
Invisible I cannot be disturbed
Within these walls no one’s able to judge
No matter what I cannot be touched


6. NEVER ENOUGH

I made a choice not long
To travel on the brink
Of the values I uphold
And still believe in

In the name of my crusade
I sacrificed my pride
To continue the charade
While bide my time

Why is it never enough
Why do you bleed my soul
Still not satisfied
Now that you’ve taken all

Never before did I plead
You got me on my knees
Caught in your embrace
Till you let go of me

You’ve succeeded where I failed
Using methods I abhor
Since blind violence is hailed
As tool of first resort

I’m not afraid to bear my cross
Face the burden of betrayal
To regain what I have lost
I have to lose my way

Can I hide my secret intentions
Can I deny who I am
How much longer
Can I keep on pretending
To wear the mantle of someone
That I know I’m not


7. WHAT KIND OF WORLD

Come, take me by the hand and show me
Your version of the past
How you can manage to explain away
The reason for your scars

Would you take me by the hand and show me
Your verdict on today
Where did you buy your peace of mind
Was it worth the price

What kind of world are you defending
Despite conclusive evidence
What kind of world needs to be shielded
From our prying eyes

They caress you
Then possess you
They chew you up
Before they spit you out
They mould you
To control you
They use you up
Until they let you down

Please take me by the hand and show me
Your vision for the future
Don’t you think that if we had the chance
We’d choose a better path

What kind of world would we be building
Without interferences
What kind of world could we create
If we were left alone


8. BEAUTIFUL WASTELAND

This is not the time to look back
With our wounds still raw and bleeding
Tormented by regret
Why can’t I fade away

This is not the time to be blind
To the suffering I’ve caused you
I’ve come to realise
That it will take

More than words
If you want to stir
Broken hearts
I need
More than hope
Help me to atone
Heal my scars

Beautiful wasteland
Beautiful dream
Now I’m surrounded by
My shattered could have been
I still believe that
We could turn around
Our circumstance to our gain
This beautiful wasteland
Could be our sanctuary
Not a testament to shame

This is not the time to resign
Even though that’s how I’m feeling
I’m guilty as implied
And begin to lose my mind

This is not the time to deny
The flaws in my decisions
I’ve nowhere left to hide
I know it takes


9. SCAVENGER

Can you feel the shadows
Rising up from deep below
Cherishing the dark
Persuasions hiding inside my soul

In the witching hour
They come forth to claim their prize
Their courage growing
Every time their will has been denied

Like symbiotic parasites
They burrow deep into my flesh
An unwelcome rendezvous
Puts my resistance to the test

Beware the scavengers who pray
On our impending doom
Don’t let the carrion escape
Scream the vultures on the loose
Nothing and no one in my way
Can hold me back against my will
No matter who I have to face
I cannot afford to fail

Violent shivers dancing slowly
Up and down my spine
Intimating a dark alliance
Way beyond divine

Bony fingers sharp as needles
Scrape along my skin
Reminding me that Satan’s kiss is
Promise laced with sin

Don’t believe all their lies
You can find the truth if you try
Wake up and open up your eyes
Your hunger left you blind


10. THE STAND

Do your hear their hostile footsteps
Echoing in the dark
Like predators on the hunt
For those who dare to stand against
Their new regime
Convincing them with their guns

At every corner I can feel their shadow
Reaching out
Waiting for my first mistake
Not a second to catch my breath
While I fight fatigue
Striving to stay away

They’re coming closer
Getting stronger
I can feel them
They’re almost here
Their power is growing
While they’re feeding
On our fear

I’ll stand my ground and I will not back down
I’ve played the faithful slave for too long
No one can force my mind I’ve sworn to crucify
The dystopia they have spawned
In the face of violence and despair
I have found the strength to defend dreams we share

Fathers and sons turned into soldiers
Fighting a war that they don’t understand
Another army matching blindly
Frightened pawns
In somebody’s selfish game

I never imagined that I would see
Such naked hatred in their eyes
I’m sorry that I could not protect you
From their lies


11. ONLY TIME WILL TELL

Late at night I lie away too scared for sleeping
That the fragile bond between us disappears
We are like two worlds colliding that can never understand
One another’s fundamental needs

Is it a crime that I’d like nothing more than scream at
The injustice that is governing our lives
I feel so helpless as if my hands were ties
With my feet firmly shackled to the floor

Only time will tell
If our love is strong enough
Can you feel the tremors coming fate has sent for us
Only time will tell
If our love lasts long enough
Will we survive the coming storm

Time and again I will dissect my secret feelings
Worried that erosion’s taken hold
Am I still in love our simply living an illusion
Too afraid of dying on my own

I close my eyes and conjure up the others options
To lay down my arms and cease the fight
Devoid of purpose I’d squander a pointless life
On absolutely nothing worth the while


12. ARMY OF FREAKS

I used to feel as weak as an insect crawling
After a child has mutilated its feet
Too easy to ignore while I kept my silence
Defeated I’d lost the hunger I had felt before

We were like ants without a queen
Small and helpless creatures
Insignificant like cogs in a machine
Now I’m the predator, I’ve become the hunter
I will not condone the enemy at my door

Unlock the secret code
Reject their cruel design
No more lobotomy of the mind

We are the army of freaks
Welcome to our world
The army of freaks can provide all you need
You’ll never be afraid cause we’ve nothing left to lose
You’ve finally come home once you join the army of freaks
Welcome to our family

Every drop of my blood is infused with power
My reactions have doubled in speed
I’ve become so much more than merely human
Finally strong enough that I can defend my beliefs

With your back against the wall we fast-tracked evolution
Into a new race that’s free of disease
Guinea pigs in the name of our own revolution
To kill off our weakness with a new vaccine

Do you feel neglected and confused
Where you rejected and refused
How would you like to join our cause