1.FATHER OF LIES

In times of darkness
when the end is getting near
false prophets
start to appear
they're searching for evil
and they're working hard
don't you know they've got
the devil in their own backyard

They'll fight their battle with lies
and with words unspoken
makes me wonder if the first seal's
finally broken
oh, lord teach your children
about the liar
and save us from the black messiah

See through his disguise
and you'll recongnize
the father of lies

His talk is sweet but his breath is rotten
the eight commandment all forgotten
you'll hear him praise the lord
you'll even hear him pray
but his shepherds gonna lead
his herd astray
times of darkness
when the end is getting near
false prophets
start to appear
oh, lord teach your children
about the liar
and save us from the black messiah

In this modern-day inquistion
freedom of speech is the definition
of heresy

He's using religion as an excuse
to annihilate the right to choose
for you and me

Look him in his eyes
and you'll recognize
the father of lies

2.TEARS IN THE RAIN

Walls are closing in around you
in your moment of despair
you can't seem to wake up
from this nightmare
life is so fast
and you move much too slow

You've got nowhere to go
still you know that you can't stay
termination seems
the only way
I ain't gonna tell you
what you already know

So once again you've reached
the end of the line
everytime the song
remains the same

So I'll watch you fall
I´ll just watch you fall
silently like tears
in the rain

So you wanna live fast
you know you're gonna die young

So one more time, my friend
we watch your bridges burn
one more time and still
you will not learn
life is so fast
and you move much too slow

3.DON´T BOX ME IN

Won't you get off my case
and stay out of my face
don't need your kind

Just wanna leave your world behind
just wanna leave your world behind

I´m gonna break away
I´m gonna leave today
I´m sick of living in fear

I´ll keep on walking
till every sign of man has disappeared

Don't box me in
leave me be
don't box me in
set me free

Don't even ask what I'm about
I´m on the outside looking out
oh, I've learned your world is cruel
and I don't wanna be nobodys fool
ain't gonna be nobodys fool

And when I walk out through that door
you will not exist no more
I am not your friend
I´m gods lonely man

4.MAXIMIZER

Paranoid xenophobia
is burning in your head
you wanna teach'em a lesson
you wanna see them dead

they should be punished with no doubt
and you know the perfect way
to wipe those suckers out

We've been soft for much too long
It's time to get mean
You know it's time to get efficient

5.FAST AND CLEAN

The trouble in the middle east
is driving you nuts
those problems could be solved
if we only had the guts

To
press the button
activate
bring on the maximizer
press the button
ignite
bring on the maximizer

You take a look around
and it makes you understand
this world we´re living in
is coming to an end

This artificial life
will only last a while
with just one flick of the switch
the world could go out in style

If we
press the button
activate
bring on the maximizer
press the button
ignite
bring on the maximizer

Press the button
activate
all systems go
why dontcha bring on the maximizer
now!

Politics and corruption
is hurting your brain
population and pollution
is driving you insane

Your hopes are dead and gone
it´s time we said goodbye
the only solution you can see
is to vote for the guy

Who´s gonna
press the button
activate
bring on the maximizer
press the button
ignite
bring on the maximizer
now!

5.FLEXIBLE BULLET

Trapped in somebody elses fantasy
screaming voices echo inside me
they say there´s nothing left in life for me
nothing but misery

They say
nothing to lose and all to gain
you won´t even feel the pain
just put a flexible bullet
in your brain

So i pulled the trigger and it sent me
headlong into insanity

Well, i don´t know but i´ve been told
many men have lost control
in the kingdoms
of their souls

Look out!

So when you´re in need of something new
the last bullets always there for you
and when you´ve got nowhere to run
madness is your loaded gun

Now, i don´t know but its been said
some bullets are not made of lead
just put a flexible bullet
in your head

6.THE EVIL THAT YOU DO

So you thought you´d
cause misery
by the means of evil sorcery
you re walking the path of no return

Working hard to
find a new kick
take a chance on that black black magic
you´re playing with fire and you´re gonna burn

So you lead a
life of sin
can´t you see it´s like spitting in the wind
one day you´ll pay the price my friend

Call out for demons
in the night
you turn to darkness looking for the light
they´ll come and get you in the end

The evil that you do
is gonna bounce right back on you

Leaving others
lives in ruins
there ain´t no stopping in your evil doings
there ain´t no mercy in your attack
tyrannize
terrorize
do your thing but don´t you be surprised
when the devil taps you on your back

Take a look in the mirror and you´ll see
nothing in this life comes free

7.CHILDREN OF GOD

We are the flowers scattered in the dirt
we sleep beneath the stars
you will never catch us
never put us behind bars
we feel no sorrow for tomorrow
we´re living day by day
but we´re free
an d that´s how we´re gonna stay

When you re looking for us down on earth
we´ll be trucking in space
i won´t let nobody
stick no label in my face
we will never serve you
we will never be your slaves
´cause we´re free
and thats how we´re gonna stay

Children of god
the freaks shall inherit the earth

We won´t let you tie us down
we won´t stay inside your cells
we ain´t gonna take no part
in what you´re doing to yourselves
you may give your orders
but we won´t obey
´cause we´re free
and that´s how we´re gonna stay

8.INTOXICATION
(cd-version only)

I gave you an inch
you took a mile
you offered your services
with a smile
you came without a warning
got me into your game
soon you´d taken
all i had to my name
you showed me things
i´d never seen before
before too long
you had me begging for more
followed your every step
thought i had nothing to lose
and like a fool
i stuck my head into your noose

Gotta get you out of my life
gotta get you out of my life

It looked so easy
when it began
oh, one touch
and the damage was done
a small affair
so it seemed at the start
now i´m yours
till death do us part

Gotta get you out of my life
gotta get you out of my life
i can only bend until i break
how much more can i take

I go down on my knees
and i pray
that sometime there will
come a day
when i break out
of all this misery
leave it all behind
and be free
oh, how i wish that
some sweet day
i´ll be able to
walk away
but you got me
under your spell
turning my days into
living hell

9.DARK ETERNITY

Over and over
round and round
day by day and year by year

All i see
dark eternity
silence screaming in my ears

On my own
all alone
i feel my body turn to stone

Stuck in a rut
i´ve seen it all before
well, i dont need it anymore

And the end seems so near
and heaven seems so far away

Memories
haunt my dreams
happiness forever gone

Eternal night
no dawn in sight
it just goes on and on and on

Oh, don´t it make you wanna laugh
don´t it make you wanna cry
how the future seems
no different fromthe past
circles!

10.PERMANENT SOLUTION

Young man driven
mad with strife
slashed his wrists
with a hunting knife
to put an end
to a pointless life

It´s just another life lived in vain
sorrow and pain, still nothing gained
it´s just another life gone to waste
death is such a lonely place

Young woman´s next in line
as the reapers prey
popping pills just to
face the day
untill an o.d.
took her blues away

Looking back at all those wasted years
living on a lie
in the end it became all too clear
they were born to die

You can´t accept the gift god gave
so you´re killing yourself every day
and though you may not use a gun
you´re in for the permanent solution

11.THE REMAINS OF SILENCE

Instrumental (cd-version only)