1. COMING FROM THE DARK

Coming from the dark, we are ghosts
We are shadows in the world
Silent in our art, in our craft
We are not there to be seen
Underneath it all, we have eyes
They are shining but invisible
Hidden in the souls, on the inside
Like all else that is real

All of our goals will be met

Coming from the dark, we are hands
We are instruments of work
Hanging from our arms, by our sides
They are not there to bе held
Underneath thе arms we have hearts
They are beautiful and innocent
Hidden in their beat, in our blood
There is mercy, there is love

All of our goals will be met
All of our goals will be met
All we know is how to go on

But we bleed, we bleed
We bleed and we hurt like the living
Screaming through invisible veils
We know no one will come

Coming from the dark, we are mouths
We are instruments of sound
Grinding in our teeth, on our tongues
Words not passing over lips
Underneath the words, there is truth
There is passion, there is tenderness
Hidden from the world, from the light
Where we never can belong

All of our goals will be met
All of our goals will be met
Will be met

But we dream, we dream
We dream and we yearn like the living
Turning our faces to the light
We know no one will come

We know no one will come
Come, come
Come


2. ON GUARD

There's a black hole at the window
Howling at any change in the air
If you forget to lock your smile in
Don't you worry, the sorrow will be there

So I remain on guard

Old habits dig their roots in
Dark slivers of past everywhere
I remember I've been hiding something
But seems I forgot how to share

So I remain on guard

And I hope you will not hurt me
That what you don't say is also true
You know, I want so much to trust you
To hand over my heart like it's new

But I remain on guard


3. MASTER TONGUE

True proficient, Master Tongue
Your mistakes were never wrong
What should be stone is only sand
What should be soul is just a brand
What should be soul is just a brand

These are the bitter streaks you wove through my life
This is the innocence you cleared from my mind
Now I know your face, Master Tongue

True enchanter, Master Voice
In your mouth, the words are toys
What should be touch is just a hand
What should be truth is just a plan
What should be truth is just a plan

These are thе bitter streaks you wove through my lifе
This is the innocence you cleared from my mind
Now I know your face, Master Tongue

Master, master, master
Master, master, master
Master Tongue

I've been watching
(Wants to try)
I've been watching

I've been watching you try to escape from yourself
You chose the one game that there's no way to win, you know
Thought a sip from a stream could do you no harm
Well, this is the river, clear and cruel as love
And your last breath carries my name in sorrow

These are the bitter streaks you wove through my life
This is the innocence you cleared from my mind (innocence you cleared from my mind)
Now I know your face, Master Tongue


4. THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN

Remembrance makes a hateful weight
A weariness that clings to me like rain
Sleep that brings no peace or rest
Troubled dreams of failure, loss, and shame

The aimless stream of caustic thoughts
Rewinding every word back to the start
I′m losing hope of making sense
Of the jumbled threads I pick apart

But I'll wear out my voice in an attempt to wake the dead
Spell my weakness out so clearly that it cannot be misread
Stop pretending I don′t need you when it's obvious I do
There is nothing I need more right now than you

But you wait to see me beg?
That day comes never
You would see me beg?
Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Precarious golden memories
The moments of no distance in your voice
Singing heart and dancing eyes
Bright and fleeting.
Breathless, stupid joy

But anything that seems to hold
Just makes you dive right back into the dark
To lick the open wounds that made you
So afraid of who you are

So I'll wear out my voice in an attempt to wake the dead
Spell my weakness out so clearly that it cannot be misread
Stop pretending I don′t need you when it′s obvious I do
There is nothing I need more right now than you

But you wait to see me beg?
That day comes never
You would see me beg?
That day comes never

You would see me beg?
That day comes never
You would see me beg?
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Heavy is the head that wears the crown

By now you know you got it wrong
I won't pretend that it′s ok
You played my heart out for too long
And threw the crucial parts away
Stop pretending you don't need me when it′s obvious you do
There's no fucking doubt about it

But you wait to see me beg?
That day comes never
You would see me beg?
That day comes never

You would see me beg?
That day comes never
You would see me beg?
Heavy is the head
If that is what you want, you′ll wait forever


5. COLD HARD RAIN

Cold rain and gray skies, short numbing days
That slowly dissolve into lines on your face
Losing your way if your feet hit the ground
Small hopes that vanish when you turn around

A weight in the low light muffles all sound
There's a crack in the world where the colors drain out
Endless doubt spins a web that you can't pull apart
And your thoughts take the shape of the hole in your heart

And the cold hard rain just keeps on coming down (cold hard rain)
Nothing to hold on to (cold hard rain)
No point in going on (cold hard rain)

Locked in your heartbeat, heavy and strained
Stealing your seconds and wasting your days
Longing for something you're not sure can be
Waiting for something to force you to feel

Hour by hour, the rain coming down
You sit frozen in time while the world rushes on
Breathing in, breathing out, as you wait for a change
In that torrent of nothing, no tenderness remains

Only cold hard rain that keeps on coming down (cold hard rain)
Nothing to hold on to (cold hard rain)
No point in going on (cold hard rain)

But there's hope in the dark, and you're not all alone
You've been sinking for years, now I'm breaking you out
I have patience and strength enough to wear down the stone
And a blazing, ruthless love, I won't leave you to drown!

Cold hard rain
So now I call you by your name (cold hard rain)
Speak the words that burn in you (cold hard rain)
Let the pain go in my hands (cold hard rain)
Let my warm blood comfort you, oh, oh
I'll burn in you (I'll burn in you)
I'll burn in you (I will burn in you)
I'll burn in you
Let it rain

Let it loose
I'll be with you


6. UNITY

Unprotected and surrounded
When you catch me, I'm reminded
Any choice you make will be one that shakes me, ah
And for once you're single-minded
A relentless hand that guides me
To a razor's edge where I'm strangely safe, ah

There's no place here for anything but you and me
No place here for anything but unity
Nothing but the way your body moves with me
No place herе for anything but unity

And at the storm's eye, calm and quiеt
Voices gentle, words ignited
A blood-set need that runs true and deep, ah
To be challenged and admired
To be wanted and required
And broken down so tenderly, ah

There's no place here for anything but you and me
No place here for anything but unity
Nothing but the way your body moves with me
No place here for anything but unity

You're damn right, it's inconvenient
Not what you planned at all
You keep trying to pretend
That the rush of life you feel
Pushing my back against the wall
Has no significance at all, hey

But it has a will to live, this skeleton
We've buried for too long
So let's bring it to an end
Silence never was your friend
Don't you push it down again
Don't you push it down again

There is no place here for anything but you and me
No place here for anything but unity
Nothing but the way your body moves with me
Nothing here but unity
No place here for anything but unity


7. TOWERS

Bold statements that are not what they seem
Words piled on top of words while meaning seethes beneath

I work my fingers through your bones
I sink my teeth down into stone
′Cause in the corners of your eyes I see dark towers
I see towers

Give me the rage, the blood and truth, not fucking platitudes
I want it all, and you will come to love that attitude
You should fear me most when I'm on my knees for you
On my true name and on my crown
I swear I′ll bring those towers down

Hopes, dreams and pleasure so sternly set apart
Deep in the shadows where stasis quells the heart

I dip my fingers in your time
I slip my toes across the line
'Cause in the corners of your eyes
I see those towers
I see dark towers

Give me the joy, the hate, the tears, not fucking platitudes
I want it all, and you will come to love that attitude
You should fear me most when I'm on my knees for you
On my true name and on my crown
I swear I′ll burn those towers to the ground

The goddamn towers in your eyes
The wasting fortress that you hide behind
Where you are spellbound, deaf and blind

Stale world sways beneath you
Pale thoughts worm your mind through
Clinging on to what defeats you
You′re hiding. But I see you
I see you

So give me everything, the lust, the lies, the days you lose
I want you whole, alive and present in a world that moves
I see the towers rise, the fear in your eyes, your heart
And I'm telling you
On my name and on my crown
I swear I′ll burn those towers to the ground

Rip the scales from your eyes
Tear stone from stone the walls you hide behind
And I won't promise I′ll be kind
But I will bring those towers down


8. HERE AND NOW

You set your steps so close to mine
Keep falling in and out of pace
Flaunt your distance like a deadbolt
Then tumble right back into place

So near me now
That I can sing for no other
A here-and-now
That overturns the balance of my world

You braid your thoughts right into mine
Then you lean back just out of reach
Push me away when you really need me closer
Pull me close and ask me to leave

So near me now
That I can sing for no other
A here-and-now
That overturns the balance of my world

When you lock your eyes in mine like that
There's something broken and soft there
You can't bring yourself to say
I stand frozen there in those headlights
Can't fight or run, can't turn away

So near me now
That I can sing for no other
A here-and-now
That overturns the balance of my world
Here and now, you come so close to me
So near (so near) me now

And then my heart will break
And then my heart will break
And then my heart will break
And then my heart will break
And then my heart will break
(There will be nothing I can do)
And then my heart will break

But here and now
I can sing for no other
Here and now
You are at the center of my world


9. THINGS I'LL NEVER DO

Of all the things I'll never do
These were the ones I wanted the most
To hold my heart out without thought
To know for once that I wasn't lost

But these are things I'll never do
Lovely things I'll never share
Distant dragonflies of frost
That melt away when I come near

Mind the heart
It's much too weak to last beneath the snow
Mind the heart
Its follies haunt you everywhere you go

The soft defеnseless hidden words
Thе faint pathetic flickering of hope
Those gentle things are not for you
And nothing in this world can make it so

Of all the things I'll never do
These were the ones I wanted the most
To find a haven in your arms
To fall and know that I would be caught

But these are things I'll never do
Warm, sweet things I'll never know
Stinging seeds that came to fall
On fallow soil where nothing grows

Mind the heart inside
Mind the heart inside
It wore itself out carrying the load
Of all the things that will not be
And nothing in this world can make it whole

Be the slow river's flow
And yield to the waters that sang my childhood's sleep
Kneel, breathe out and let go
A moment of courage is all it takes
All I am, all I know
Dissolving in red swirls

Of all the things I'll never do
These were the ones I wanted the most
To fill my words and days with joy
To feel the love consuming the void

But these are things I'll never do
Just useless dreams that lingered on
They couldn't live here in the cold
And they won't matter when I'm gone


10. LONG ROAD

It's been a long, slow road, but we're finally home
It's been a hard few years, but we're out of it now
The weight on our hearts is lifted off at last
As the long, slow road sinks into the past

So I open my heart to you now, you should know that I'm scared
I'm bruised and I'm broken, but healing fast under your care
'Cause the roar of the emptiness dwindles away when you're there
And that's a right thing

There have been cold, cruel days when my spirit was gone
There have been dark, dark nights when I thought I was done
But somеhow your voice could always break through
To the part of mе that knows what is true

So open your arms to me now, there is room for that here
I'll hold you as long as it takes you to know that it's real
'Cause the roar of the emptiness dwindles away when it's shared
If we should dare to hold on to this

It's been a long, slow road
It's been a hard few years
Maybe there's hope of peace at the end
Of the long slow road