1. A TRICK

the angel wings you gave me
they led me to the sky
then you took my eyes and threw them away,
made me blind and no one noticed
the passers-by trod on me, tearing my skin

do you care 'bout people dying?
do you wonder if they're lying?
I can't live but I'm still trying
I can't stop now

so weak and helpless
lying on the ground frozen and still
the stones I'm throwing are heading for me
breaking my will

it's snowing in Paris

people scream for nothing, over the words we said
revelations leaking - a price that must be paid
decadence is coming, they get what they can steal
all will be revealed

still misled by false convictions
hypnotized by televisions

I fall from grace
your hands on me, that's all I feel
night is falling like a shroud
on the firing lines in this land of mine
you took my eyes, then tears fell silently

diamonds and shining gems
to reach and damn, reaching none of them

incantation, conjuration
a trick of passion
I've been told it's snowing in Paris

I float in your sea
it's not letting me drown
is this an unaware farewell?

I fall from grace
your hands on me are all I feel
night is falling like a shroud
on the firing lines in this land of mine
you took my eyes, then fears came silently

is it snowing in Paris?


2. WHEN I FELL OUT OF THE SKY


things you find wandering
like a flower that you’ve never seen before
right behind a verdant hill
I am lying (e)motionless and cold as stone

climb up these woollen walls
change your point of view
fall down into my mouth
I was pink, now I’m blue

eyes wide sad, but that’s okay
stay here peaceful while my body gently warps
bodies die, rot away
you love feeding on my sweet decaying corpse

stranded, marooned
(when I fell out of the sky)
in my fine decay
(still I did not realize)
maggots in my soft wound
(I was going to fall apart)
taste me,
(I was going to lose my heart)
then get their wings and fly away

when I fell out of the sky
still I did not realize
I was going to lose my heart…..

(when I fell out of the sky)
won't you tell me where you've been?
(still I did not realize)
happiness is here today
(I was going to fall apart)
I love you and you love me
(I was going to lose my heart)
but you get wings and fly away...


3. THE DOOR TO YOU

real is a tower buried in the sea
and the sea inside the town
steel, dust and smoke and clockwork machines
rusting where sunbeams break down
run away from redemption ground
running through the traffic lanes
the sounds of flowing life drown out the sound
of a thunder without rain

see a shiny garden full of blooms and trees
where once were white stones
feel inside a singing of happiness and glee
and a sense of being home
as I walk in again and stay a while
like I never did before
to spend the night where the dark
can’t reach you anymore

the road is long, you have to go
ain’t gonna follow you
I'm not starting from this room
who locked the door to you?
overcome, you gotta go
but I can’t get to you
I tried to break into your room
who locked the door to you?

you're a clear blue sky in a cage of steel
watched by hard days with no eyes
that should make us feel so blind

everybody's trading sentiment and bliss
for new days of vanity
spirits of the sunrise all come out and speak
then the proud ones will see
reality is the new idea of light
reality is everywhere
a fly killed by the spider
a car that killed the rider, everywhere

we are clear blue skies in a cage of steel
watched by dark days with no eyes
that should make us feel

the road is long, you have to go
ain’t gonna follow you
one last song to leave this room
who locked the door to you?
overcome, you gotta go
but I can’t get to you
I tried to break into your room
who locked the door to you?

the road is long, you have to go
you chose to follow through
the song you sang, the gun you drew
who locked the door to you?
on the floor a man is sleeping,
I can’t get to you
on the floor a man is sleeping
is the door still locked to you?


4. SHOOTING STARS

stay for a moment
enjoy the streets alight
they're so bright they hide
the milky way tonight
that's what they gave us
but storms are breaking through

clouds of endless rainfall
uprisings have begun
peace will be our goal
even when, one by one
the stars
fall down
like men


5. A DYSTOPIAN TALE

what if I shut your blue eyes with a blindfold made of lies?
don't tell me you'd never do this, 'cause we all have a price

you can't move, you cannot even say a word
you can't say a word
you try so hard to speak but you will not be heard
you will not be heard, yeah

your mouth is full of sand and your hands are tied so tight
you thought that you could mess with masters
and their neat vermillion ties

but you are their scapegoat
and there's nothing you can do

you should know
they were created to give you life
to then take it back from you
(you) should know
storms are still breaking through
flesh is slain with knives

what if you could see through mirrors and maybe find the truth?
you can choose but nothing matters - yours is just a point of view

you are just a shadow floating in the night,
you're out of sight
so who are you to say that you are right,
right, right, alright

you're a wave lost in the ocean, an answer in the wind
but no one recalls the question, so be more disciplined

now you're in this game
where every day is the same

but you know
they were created to give you life
to then take it back from you
(you) do know
storms are still breaking through
flesh is slain with knives

(now you know)
they were created to bless our lives
(so well)
but they cursed us all
(they please you, then take your life)
now you know
(now you know)
storms are still breaking through
(so well)
flesh is slain with knives


6. 1994

come here when everyone’s gone home
‘cause the night can surround us at any time
dreams are dreaming the darkened streets
one of the darkened streets is mine

yesterday and for evermore


come here when everyone’s gone home
I see a shadow in your eyes
maybe the lights are not bright enough
distorting the truth and the lies


(yesterday)
immortal in the air
scattering the fears away
(and for evermore)
you’ll hear music all around you


silver and gold in your hands
you open them and spread redeeming material life
but your heart is still bleeding
and i can see it,
I can see it in your eyes


come here when everything is gone
'cause the night is around us one more time
dreams are leaving the darkened streets
one of these darkened streets is mine


yesterday and for evermore


7. BEFORE THE WRATH

anything that falls is unwanted
as planes in flight are searching for applause
and though we try to escape that
we grieve and struggle red in tooth and claw

the visions flow in my head
tear-stained eyes
all the good things gone bad
tears run dry

the clapping hands that smile in approval
they're hard to understand
they're pictures on the wall
with satellite t.v. anyone can see
but they don't watch at all

radioactive snow's an ill omen
it's something that no sun can ever melt
if there's a time for sorrow
it arose while we were doing something else

the flames burn high in my head
bloodshot eyes
all the good things gone bad
anger rises

we don’t care about the light
burning in that field so bare
there’s a man asking for help
fascinated by the flare

a man with a beaten child inside
beats a child who’ll hate the world outside
with the wave comes the high tide
all this fucking town will die
before the wrath
before the wrath
before the wrath…

radioactive snow is still falling
it's something that no sun can ever melt
we had a bright tomorrow
which in the end turned into something else

the visions flow in my head
tear-stained eyes
all the good things gone bad
tears run dry


8. COLD SUN

seeking for so long
a sense of right and wrong in my daydream
rain is falling down
blending into my bloodstream

under the sun
the fall has begun

zeroes dressed in white
captivate the light in the longest sleep
I guess there's something more
than crawling on the shore, at sea

I've been water, I've been rainfall
now I'm concrete, now I'm a dry wall

still I miss the days of dreams and laughter
when there was no warning of demise
I tried to run away the morning after
just to fall into the mud of loss and compromise

drowning in the stream of countless ordinary days
watch the few surviving lights slowly fade away

this road is longer than before
I just can't take it anymore
and the shining sun won't heat me, no
but I won't grow cold
maybe grow old

watching up above on the blue screen
the biggest flock of birds i've ever seen
is anything left for me
of all the great things that could have been?

did you ever feel in chains with nothing in your hands
except your humming head?
always yearning for the stars shining free and grand
but the stars are stuck in the sky instead

still I miss the days of dreams and laughter
when there was no warning of demise
I tried to run away the morning after
just to fall into the mud of loss and compromise
compromise (living)
compromise (bleeding)
compromise


9. WRECKAGE

no one knows what we've seen
no one knows what we'll see
nothing will be the same
though we dance again

once more we saw the lies
we chose that wrong was right

drops of rain down the wall
as thick as blood and icy cold
running down on to the floor
and no god to call

violins will play one more song
and sirens will be heard, we'll dance along

we will float in the ocean
we will dance in the sea…