1. INTRO/DEUS EX MACHINA

(Instrumental)


2. UTOPIA

Action
Reaction
Let them cry

Action
Reaction
Let them die

Action
Reaction
Restless violence

Action
Infection
Silence

Rise again my cute idea
Rise again and grow up fast
You’re nourished by the human fear
I will not repeat the past

Action
Reaction
Let them cry

Action
Reaction
Let them die

Action
Reaction
No more violence

Infection
Perfection
Silence

We killed for you, now die for us
This is the time you need to trust
In what we want to do
For you we will erase all taint
This time the sinner ain’t the saint
System error, system failed
Reload utopia and start again

It won’t hurt
Just close your eyes
Forget your name
Forget your face
Not a trace
Of what you’ve been before

Utopia reloaded
Please start again

Action, first mistake
Reaction, far too late
Infection, stand your ground
Perfection, peace around

Just leave your freedom at the gate
The perfect world won’t even wait
Not for you, not for the rest
Utopia is created

We killed for you, now die for us
This is the time you need to trust
In what we want to do
For you we will erase all taint
This time the sinner ain’t the saint
Dreams come true
Utopia is created for you


3. ALIVE

My life was a fairytale
And I took it this way
I felt that it was just a game
That I just had to play

Everything I did
I did it best
Got the aces of sex
A Jolly Joker for the rest

Everything is all right
Just a feeling inside
One question’s crawling through my mind
The life I’m living all day
Just a beautiful lie
Tell am I still alive

The night is hot as fire
The face is cold as ice
666 was my number
Because I rolled the dice

Every single thing
I did it my way
A devil will win
If to the devil you pray


4. ONCE UPON A TIME

I look at the world around me
A world in grey, its past in black
How could I ever face the future
Without looking back

I look at the world inside me
A world in black, its past the pain
Over a hundred words unspoken
And a thousand words in vain

Once upon a time
In a better world than mine
Life was just the fact to be
But this is not what I can see

Mirror, mirror you’re a liar
I see behind your blinding eyes
Mirror, mirror I escaped
You will never catch me twice

Once upon a time
In a life that was just mine
There was anger, there was hate
But also love and also faith

Once upon a time has gone
And a brave new world has come
I call this the puppet time
But it will never be mine

I look at the world around me
A world in grey, its future black
I am not the one to change it
But at least I won’t go back

In the world around me
Now I sense another one
Maybe he has just awoken
But you fear what he’ll become


5. INSIDE

What the fuck is wrong with me
There is something in my mind
Killing my inner self
Leaving me afraid and blind

I don’t know what time is it
And I fear the mirror’s sight
It’s like I lost myself
In this endless shadow’s night

Words, smiles and promises
Present a pointless puppet play
Get away, you little bitch
No one is forcing you to stay
No matter if I stay or go
This game has just begun
You call yourself a gambler
But you don’t play, you try to run

I’d like to throw it away
Every word that you say
Every fucking memory of this night
Cause it cuts too deep inside
An endless shadow night

What the fuck is wrong with me
Is there something in your mind
What the hell is going on
And have you ever been this blind

I don’t know what time is it
But I feel it’s far too late
Tomorrow is another day
Of this pointless puppet play

Words, smiles and promises
The glamour, pride and fame
You could give them a hundred names
But in the end it’s all the same

You’re afraid of life tomorrow
You turn to life tonight
This might be your final chance
So don’t give up the fight

Stop running and try to stay
To hate yourself is the easy way
Face the enemy within


6. HOPE DIES LAST

Look into a mirror
It’s a stranger you will see
Is this all you want
All you want to be

Call the world a whore
But then pay her price
Imagine you’re a phoenix
And from the ashes you will rise

You’re talking about faith
But you never faced the doubt
You are nothing but another
Fancy face in the crowd

Never fear tomorrow
It’s just another day
If life would be a gamble
Would you stop to play

Is this one night or even a hundred
It seems you look inside my core
But you will never change this world
Nor what it was before

You’re living in a prison
A prison in your head
Deep inside you know it’s true
The world is not this bad

If it’s the hope that dies last
I am already dead
Call it a prison, call it a curse
But in fact, it’s in my head

Look into a mirror
Face the face that’s looking out
You want to make me believe
It is not part of the crowd

You say you are a gambler
Why don’t you start to play
You’re swimming with the tide
Dreaming of another way

You’re talking about faith
But you never faced the doubt
You are still another
Fancy face in the crowd

Call the mirror a liar
Don’t mind about the past
The future lies in front of you
Hope dies last


7. THE JOKER

Close your eyes
It’s time to sleep
Enter my dream world
Cute and deep
Reality comes back
When you’re awake

Never listen to the rest
Trust in me
I know best
What’s good for me
What’s good for you

So you’re hypnotized
Don’t you realize
The lies beyond this mask

He manipulates and regulates
Too late to realize the trap

Close your eyes
It’s time to sleep
Enter my dream world
Cute and deep
Reality is nothing more
But senseless pain

I am the joker
Smiling cute for you
Never trust a joker
Perfect smiles aren’t true

There is no need
For all the rest
Perfection has always been the best
You shouldn’t care for anyone

You try to hypnotize
I realize what lies
Beyond this mask

You manipulate and regulate
I hate your mirror face

You are the man with thousand faces
But mine will always be with me
You tried to catch the mind behind
But you failed, oh can’t you see

Face the mirror on the wall
It will show you just a doll
Open your eyes and you will see
The mind behind belongs to me
It has always belonged to me


8. SHADOWS

How much counts a word
How much counts a song
How much counts a whisper
When its sound is gone

We’re shadows of our former selves
Our tears, they fall and fade
And in the end, all that remains
Is the illusion we create

But it’s just another shadow
It’s just the other side
Of another little secret
In an endless shadow night

How much counts your word
How much counts your pride
We’re just pawns in a game
And it may end tonight

It’s just another rising star
And it will fall down too
So remember all the words you said
How long can they be true


9. CIVILISATION

This is a melancholy day
In a melancholy year
The tale of the person number X

These are the long forgotten words
Out of long forgotten times
Childish dreams of honour

This is the last of thousand words
The last of thousand men
And the memories of them

But no one cares
And no one matters
When they’ve gone so long ago

This was a rainy night in autumn
Another night in the life of X
It was another rainy night in our life

Now you see behind the scenes
Now you know, what we’ve become
Let’s stay on course until the end
And do the things that must be done

Here comes the joker’s melody
His harmony, his symphony

Everyone is all alone
And part of our new creation
A number is better than a name
Welcome to our civilisation

This was a rainy night in autumn
And it is coming to an end
It was another rainy night in your life

So now the final step is yours
And as the noble man I am
I’ll offer you another chance
Here we go again

These pages are my last escape
Sweat runs down my chest while I try
To hold the pictures of my past close to me
But my mind is poisoned
I’m running out of time
So pay attention, I can’t and I won’t repeat myself
They will tell you that there is no other way
They will tell you there is no other choice
But every word you say, every move you make
And every breath you take is your decision
You have these decisions, so never waste them
There is always another way
The times may be dark, but they don’t last forever
This reality is nothing but another kind of scary fantasy
Call the world a whore but pay her price
Imagine you’re a phoenix
And from your ashes you will rise

The more I get the less I am
And what I am is what I hate
All my life and all my faith
Is the illusion I create

Never fear tomorrow
It might be a glory day
This life is just a gamble
Never stop to play

This is a melancholy day
In a melancholy year
I am the person number X

I write these long forgotten words
Out of long forgotten dreams
Foolish dreams of childhood

These are the last of thousand words
The last of thousand men
And the memories of them

What shall I do
Where shall I go
Ain’t there any other way but death
Maybe a way with you


10. PUPPET PLAY

Have you ever watched a puppet
And how the masters make it dance
With its wooden mask of luck
Its zero percent exit chance

It’s just fun
It’s just a trick
Of a birthday party mage
I remember Shakespeare’s words
“All the world is a stage”

Just let it go
Look at the sky above
I fucking hate you
And hate is unrequited love

Have you ever been a puppet
And did the master make dance
Do you know this happy smile
This zero percent exit chance

There are no strings to hold my hands
There is no voice to speak my part
Can only feel one string on me
The one that’s playing with my heart

Just let it go
Look at the sky above
I fucking hate you
And hate is unrequited love

This was the last time
And every last time it’s the same
I am addicted
Pain, pleasure, passion
Do it again

Just let it go
Look at the sky above
I fucking hate you
And hate is unrequited love


11. WHAT I AM

It has been a while
But it still feels like yesterday
Every single day
A neverending play

It has been a while
But it will always be
Like yesterday, just you and me
My beloved enemy

And one more time
It all comes back to me and I realize

All I believe in
Is what I can see
But what is this darkness
Inside of me

It has been a while
But you have never been away
Because you’ll always be
A mirror image anyway

And one more time
It all comes back to me and I realize

All I believe in
Is what I can see
But what is this darkness
Inside of me

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Show me the faces of the doll
That I tried to be so long
Missing place to call home

All I believe in
Is what I can see
But what is this darkness
Inside of me

It’s what I am