1. PRELUDE TO AGONY

(Instrumental)


2. CHAOS EQUATION

An army of slaves. nothing more’s
What you are with your heads in the sky.
Close is the hour, that my harvest
Begins and the whole can be seen...
Fatal disease goes around
And you fell for the stench of it's lie.
How is this life, that you live
In the arms of a poisonous dream — your dream?

What lies behind? full confirmation!
Now all seems lost, where did we go?
Tear down the walls! new life is born.

We'll leave these lands - from solid ground
We will step away, fly away.
Give it up, give it up, give it all up!
Hide away, run away!
Let it go. et it go. let it all go!
Free your mind. take your chance,
Don’t look back from this point to a.new horizon...

I am of no use to those,
Who create the desire inside.
Lies have been told. they're the prize
For the ignorant solace you feel.
Power is nothing if fury and
Honest redemption collide.
Weapons of bliss were held back
For too long by the uncertainty. . .

Any place feels like heaven
If you were in hell.
Devour it all, all the despair!
Command your past,
Resurrect the chaos equation!


3. SEED OF HOPE

Brother, oh brother - go plant the seed of hope,
Shining from the palm of your hands.
Where the deepest sorrow lies
And the winds of riddle howl,
You’ll know the signs of the time.

Wander through your fears and doubt,
Watched by the eyes of destiny.
The freezing forests hold the truth.
A lonely shade’s, what you must be.
Desperation is the name you’re given,
But every journey finds it’s end.
The day the seed of hope will grow,
A touch divine renews the land.

Let them grow, the seed of hope!
See them grow, the seed of hope!

Darkness took their hearts and land.
The masses scream: Await your doom!
They need a sign from heaven above,
In sacred earth the seed shall bloom.
One single move can turn the tides,
We’re pieces in a cosmic game.
Still if we give this battle lost,
We are the final ones to blame.

Angel of mercy, descend from the sky,
For kindness shall prevail -
We say a prayer for those we hate…


4. THE IMPOSSIBLE CHAIN

Slight hope for rain ignites our conspiration,
Yielding back from the mists of death.
When the willess abyss swallows all remains,
Twisted flowers bloom before your eyes.

Speaker of torment, narrator of old,
Your words are to us like drops of honey.
Sweet like a chime, the fear is gone – all fear is gone.

A gift to the ones, that believed in the fading,
A rebel will not be silenced no more.
We follow the rules, we follow the fate,
In this nightly melancholy.

Fruit of temptation,
Wouldn’t you wish to taste, as they fall?
Chained to each other impossibly,
The passing of things, it reminds me of you…

The souls of the brave, all madness of mankind,
A wise man’s tear to the ground,
Distant sound of screams…
By the face of the moon, nameless men drown in blood,
Unleashed is extinction upon us all.

Our quest led us to the most wonderful places,
Old empires collapsing as new ones are born.
Once the kind-hearted rule,
There is hope and forgiveness -
No foolish revenge as together we mourn.

There’s madness around us, this world is corrupted.
We are in the eye of the storm.
Forever my love and my faith are your shield,
’Cause I will be there,
Right with you when the end comes!

For every blessing
Glows brightly a star in the sky, far away…


5. ANOTHER INQUISITOR

This is the time, he’s the chosen one.
No king or queen he serves,
Always hiding from the sun.
He holds the flag of the enemy,
This is the way of the prophecy.

Falling through time
To the edge of our world into war,
Hollow the promise
And greedy like never before…

Lingering, lurking in the shadows –
Feeding from the rules, we’ve created.
He speaks with our voice, his words bring us pain –
He’s just one of the others!
He speaks with our voice, his words bring us pain,
He’s just one of the others…

Twisted thoughts in mind, black torches lead his way.
He’s thriving from our kind, we are this hunter’s Prey!
Vengeance will be his as he follows an idle plan.
No beating heart inside – the pestilence of man.

I’m willing to believe,
We can alter the sense of our fortune.
And blinking into the sun we’ll share a smile.
I’m willing to believe, I’m willing to believe…

Struggling we see in his eyes, what you are, what I am.
Always beware of the wolf with the face of a lamb!

Silence, silence – listen, my child!
Can’t you hear his steps in the night?
The reaper’s might around his shape,
clutches of coldness, of terror and fright!

Under these skies we know,
Lies become undone.


6. DENY ME

I’ve had my choice, my way leads home now.
No doubt, there’s poison in my heart.
Don’t you cry for me!
Some wishes came true
Despite all these fears, I try to hide inside.
I will – I shall! – return just for you.

Show me your love, forget about consequences!
The voice from within sweetly breathing your name
Deep in a dream, lost without an ending.
That flattering armor, that hides your inside…

Give me your word this can go on forever,
Squandering our days in loving eternal.
Nothing shall change, nothing ever at all,
You have to promise to deny me.

I am your friend and I am the perfect Illusion,
For perfectly well fits the mask, that I wear.
Let me concede all the wishes, I silently made!
Some of them could maybe one day come true.

Wings unfolded we’ll fly.
On the stage of heaven we will dance
To the whispers of the stars
And the angels’ guidance by our side…

Soon we will leave,
We are off to a wonderful journey.
Admire this world, you don’t know but you feel!
Just splinters of joy and fragments
Of marvelous memories,
I will devour the time, that I have left with you.


7. FOR A FINAL ULTIMATUM

Slay down the lies, there is sense to Illusion!
And never look back to those places you’ve been!
We found ourselves in the process of Illumination.
Embracing the tale we still share,
We will mark an end.
A dead mans forgiveness, his way led to shelter
And fire is burning away our seal,
For all that remains is a story forsaken.
Chosen by few we are here
As the pages turn.

Tell me, who’s strong now and tell me, who’s weak!
We’re chained to the word of a dead-bringing fate.
Blinding and twisted in riddles it speaks.
Keep up the struggle before it’s too late!

I’m calling the angels, I’m calling the world,
Before I close my eyes one last time.
The final words are the ones to be heard…

I feel confused and insecure,
But I carry hope in my pockets
And your smile on my face
Always your smile on my face.

Don’t touch the void now, resist it’s attraction!
Our unconscious dreams form a new start from here.
Seducing and tempting the voices invite me.
What sacrifice needs to be made?
Was it all in vain?
So they say, we had to face all the pain
And no one would ever leave this existence.
The face of the tragedy smiles between us.
Sweet visions appear in the dark,
Reaching out for me.


8. BETA

Why do these feelings last and burn?
When is the day, we call Someday?
Comes there a time, our doubts will end?
I hear the non-believers pray…

Who were these friends before you met?
Where will be the last one of our kind?
What is the meaning of all these shattered dreams?
Will we forget those left behind?

The mirror’s face, shows it the truth?
Shall we smash it in abomination?
That scene I see was long ago,
Ragebound I break it’s domination.

Leave me behind, I’m your Beta.
Erased shall I be from the face of the earth…

The world feels different today
And those little nothings won’t make it up.
Taste the salt from my cheek, for still there’s a tomorrow…
I dug the roots of time and found enchanted hours.
Please take away, what’s ours. Words that are said remain Said.

We’re selling our hopes to the poorest of men –
Their passion, counted in gold.
But as long as the touch of our dream haunts my soul,
This relic of once stays unsold…

And here we are, we met again,
Still you’re my muse and whisper songs.
Reach out for me, your past is mine,
No beta ever is undone.

I left you behind, you’re my Beta.
Erased shall you be from the face of the earth…

Peace at mind to our innocent spirits!
Like the death of an old friend, it broke up the line.
A heavenly promise survives in our hands…