1. EINFÜRUNG

(Instrumental)


2. BURNING SWORD

Clouds converging in the sky
Forgotten dreams, my mind is gray
Uneasy feeling, feeling so profound
Rider of doom beckons you near

Time escapes, memories flicker and wane
When all you thought you were was dust

Hold on to the burning sword
The crimson fire lights the way
Drive the blade through the beast that keeps you down
Don’t let the years pass you by, they’re passing me by

In the end everything dies
Save your soul before everything dies

La da da, da da da die
La da da, da da da die
La da da, da da da die
La da da, da da da die


3. ETHEREAL NIGHTMARE

Seasons quickly dying
Plunged into eternal winter
Blood is falling to the snow
Life force slowly fades away
Fill the chalice, blood red wine
Drinking from the plenty cup
Selfishly I leave you there
On the altar lying there

Turn away, from the past
Follow me to distant lands
The light is wearing thin
Card of death has marked your fate
You’re an exile of this realm
It’s time to escape

Far away, so far from home
Fate has been forever sealed
Death is on the doorstep
Ethereal nightmare

Walking through the flowers, the flowers in the fog
The world is slowly dying
Crystal ball is turning black
Scores of death march ever on
Take this sword to protect you
The taste of blood will keep you strong

Turn away, from the past
Follow me to distant lands
The light is wearing thin
Card of death has marked your fate
You’re an exile of this realm
It’s time to escape


4. COLD IN SEPTEMBER

I’m driving on the highway, to be with you
My eyes are on the rearview mirror instead of the road
I’ve travelled past the boarder to try to get through to you
There’s signal interference, communication breaks down

It’s cold in the evening, sun is fading fast
And it’s cold in september, these feelings never last

It's difficult to tell you how I really feel
I struggle just to find the words to make you understand
I’m swimming in circles, I’m running out of breath
Please take my hand and pull me up before I drown

It’s cold in the city, sun is fading fast
And it’s cold in the winter, these feelings never last

Frozen in a stasis, the silence is screaming
Deep in paranoia, exchanging misread lines
Strangled by the tension, I choke on my words
I wish I had the answer, a breath of relief


5. YESTERDAY FADES

In a dark and lonely cave a vision came to me
A spectral astral spirit said these things to me

“Things will never be the same, distant memories bring pain
There’s an aching in my heart
Forced to always play your part, never knowing till the moment’s gone
Hold on to today!”

Always seduced by the past even though it will not last
Fetishize it and you’ll waste away
Trapped between the golden years and the unknown road that lies ahead
Yesterday’s fading away

“Things will never be the same, distant memories bring pain
There’s an aching in my heart
Forced to always play your part, never knowing till the moment’s gone
Hold on to today!”

Always seduced by the past even though it will not last
Fetishize it and you’ll waste away
Trapped between the golden years and the unknown road that lies ahead
Yesterday’s fading away


6. NACHTMUSIK

(Instrumental)


7. CHILDREN OF THE DARK

I don’t wanna sell my time
We’re not meant to sell our souls
It’s all in vain
We all live on borrowed time
They hold a dagger to your throat
You havn’t got a choice
We all live on borrowed time
We live on borrowed time

What I meant to say
Is that another part of me is broken
We are the last alive
We are children of the dark
And I’m meant to stay
Right here where I belong
I’m right were I belong
Another child of the dark

The sound came to me
Amid all the chaos
Like a distant memory
I call into the void
I will not sell my soul
I live for the catharsis
Always chase the sound
You’ll always hear the sound

What I meant to say
Is that another part of me is broken
We are the last alive
We are children of the dark
And I’m meant to stay
Right here where I belong
I’m right were I belong
Another child of the dark

Children of the dark
Children of the dark

I don’t wanna sell my time
I’m not gonna sell my soul
I see the pale reflection
We are the last ones alive
We’re children of the dark
We’re children of the dark
We’re children of the dark

What I meant to say
Is that another part of me is broken
We are the last alive
We are children of the dark
What I meant to say
Children of the dark
And I’m meant to stay
Another child of the dark
We are children of the dark


8. SWALLOWED BY THE OCEAN

Standing by the ocean
At twilight under moon
Captured by her beauty
And endlessly vast depth
Strip away my armor
And leave my things behind
Waiting in the water
I will be consumed

I’ve been swallowed by the ocean
I feel peaceful when I’m drowning in her
Waste away in her motion
Sinking deeper now than ever

Floating here as nights go by
I won’t return to dry land
Spend the years surrounded by her
Under lady ocean’s spell

I’ve been swallowed by the ocean
I feel peaceful when I’m drowning in her
Waste away in her motion
Sinking deeper now than ever

By the light of the moon
I’ve been swallowed by the ocean


9. WILL WE EVER LIVE AGAIN

Hope is waning in the night
The shadow of the moon
Is cast upon the earth
Obscuring all in sight
Shrouded by the mist
Held in secrecy
Struggle for the answer
It just escapes my fist

Falling faster to the ground
Are we running out of time?

Will we ever live again?
Are we sinking into sin?
Do we falter in our fate?
Blissfully await demise

Will we live again
Or be forever cursed
To wander in the cold
Weighted by this burden
Sentenced to the doom
Restlessly expire
No chance to survive
The omen will forever loom

Will we ever live again?
Are we sinking into sin?
Do we falter in our fate?
Blissfully await demise


10. WALKING ALONE

The streets are empty now
Late nights wandering alone
Pondering the silent freeway
Is there really no direction?

Hope and dreams lie dormant
Like an ember burning low
Living on the brink of failure
In this world we all walk alone

Oh how can we be sure?
Of what is real
Everything we tell ourselves
Is the most assurance that we get

In our ever changing world
It feels like theres no one out there
When I walk the streets at night
It feels I’m a million miles away

Don’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
Don’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
Don’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders
Don’t carry the weight of the world on your shoulders


11. DAMMERUNG

(Instrumental)