1. DEEP MIRE

(Instrumental)


2. BACK FROM THE DEAD

Striving to catch my breath
And not to lose my head
At the point of dying of thirst
While the water is around my neck

Lost my foothold in the deep
With no mercy from beneath
Lost my voice crying for help
Waiting for the saving hand

When the waves are closing
Above my head
You’re the one who brings me
Back from the dead

Enemies on every side
Who hate me without reason
They want me to give back
What’s never been taken

The mockers sing about me
I’m the song of the drunkards
I’ve become an alien
I’m a stranger to my brothers

Cains of this day
Seeking my life
Hating the cause
That drives me inside

Cains of this day
Seeking my life
Hating the cause
That drives me inside

A flame inside consumes me
A flame inside
A flame inside consumes me
A flame inside

When the waves are closing
Above my head
You’re the one who brings me
Back from the dead

When wolves and vultures are
Circling around me
You come near and
Make them flee

When the waves are closing
Above my head
You’re the one who brings me
Back from the dead


3. NO LONGER

I’m trying to let my voice be heard
But no one seems to catch a word
Are all those around me deaf
Or is the language I speak dead?

No longer
Belonging
To this world

The more you look the less you see
Eyes are shut for reality
An honest word is rarely spoken
You show no concern for the broken

Open your
Eyes to see
Your blindness

How can I survive
This dark parade?
No more want to be
A part of this game

Your rules were never mine
Your truth is but a lie
Your tongues they cut like knives
Your ideals I despise

I despise
I despise
I despise

Your rules were never mine
Your truth is but a lie
Your tongues they cut like knives
Your ideals I despise

I despise
I despise
I despise
I despise


4. NOTHING NEW

I always wanted to see
What’s behind the mask
What lies beneath the surface
I’ve always done my best

To learn more and more
About me, about you
About ‘us’, about ‘them’
About who is who

What did I gain?
It’s all in vain
It’s all meaningless
Under the sun
We’re chasing the wind
We try to defeat time
We breathe, we live, we strive, we die
Under a stolid star

I always wanted to know
Who you really are
I constantly wondered
What’s behind your constant smile

What’s the use of being wise
In this world of fools?
Is it for sure that among the blind
The one-eyed man rules?

Nothing new
All seen before
Same old song
All heard before
We’re not the first
To grace this earth
But we can be the last
Ignoring the past

“With much wisdom comes much sorrow;
The more knowledge, the more grief
The more the words, the less the meaning
So do not be quick with your mouth
Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb
And as he comes, so he departs
Like the fool, the wise man too must die”

What did I gain?
It’s all in vain
It’s all meaningless
Under the sun
We’re chasing the wind
We try to defeat time
We breathe, we live, we strive, we die
Under a stolid star


5. NARROW MINDS

I wonder
How it feels wasting
And losing
What you’ve never had

Poor men
Who own nothing
And fear the ones
With something to give

Afraid of your weakness you attack the weakest
Hoping at last you’ll be the best
When there remains no one else left
So kill the humble, kill the rest

Empty
Scratch the surface
(Selfish narrow minds)
Lying
Hiding your true face
(The blind leading the blind)

If I fall
Will you lift me up
Or march
Through my back?

If I die
Will you mourn for me
Or dance
Upon my grave?

It’s hard to tell my friends from enemies
When so many wolves are bleating like sheep
They greet me with a smile and a kiss
But I have learnt to respect their teeth

Empty
Scratch the surface
(Selfish narrow minds)
Lying
Hiding your true face
(The blind leading the blind)

You can kill me, but never take my life
You can break my flesh, but never crush my heart
You can make fool of many, but you will never deceive me
I know your voice too well, it has the sound of hell


6. LONELY PATH

Hard to tell the night from the day
This misty fog takes my sight away
Am I on the right way, am I lost?
Still cannot stay here, move on I must

Blurring vision, fading lights
Sirens singing, enchanting sounds
My voice must be louder than theirs
Calling out to you with all my strength

Take me, and save me
Break me, embrace me
Steal me, and hide me
Seek me, and find me

Seize me, and bind me
Release me, untie me
Calm me and thrill me
Kill me, and heal me

Every time I hear your voice my fear subsides
My wings get light I take off for new heights
I’m leaving ground, I leave my shadow far behind
I leave here everything that tied me down
I keep my eyes on you and hold my head high
With you I’ll never die

This narrow road seems a lonely path
Sometimes I’m even losing track
I’m pushing my way through and through
Many are called, but the chosen are few

Take me, and save me
Break me, embrace me
Calm me and thrill me
Kill me, and heal me

Every time I hear your voice my fear subsides
My wings get light I take off for new heights
I’m leaving ground, I leave my shadow far behind
I leave here everything that tied me down
I keep my eyes on you and hold my head high
With you I’ll never die


7. EMBRACE

What have I done?
Where have I gone?
Far from your arms

Innocence dies
My conscience cries
I close my eyes

I’m reaching out to you
Holding a hardened heart
In my bloodstained hands

I’m giving up to you
All that I’ve got
Everything I have

What should I do?
Where should I go?
Into your arms

Where I feel alive
And embrace the light
As I open my eyes

I’m holding close to you
Grabbing you by the hand
To never let go again

I’m feeling home now
With a new found safety
Bound to you forever


8. THINKING OUT LOUD

(Instrumental)


9. THICK FOLD

(Pride goes before destruction
A haughty spirit before the fall)

You believe what they tell you
If you like what they say about you

I recall the days when you used to fight
Against what you are today
You lost connection with reality
Running away from responsibility

You let your eyes be covered by a thick fold of lies
In unconscious fear of seeing the truth

You pretend to be the wise man
To fool the ones who cannot make decisions on their own
You let your eyes made blind
By your glory that exists only in your mind

(You claim to be a visionary
While you cannot see beyond the borders of your own little world)

Your apologies are of no value
Your promises have lost all their worth
I decline to waste any more time
Listening to your pathetic words

You pretend to be the wise man
To fool the ones who cannot make decisions on their own
You let your eyes made blind
By your glory that exists only in your mind

Who will lend an ear to your fake prayers
Who will lend a helping hand to your aid


10. DEEP ROOTED

You said the words
You planted the seed
It’s taking root
This spreading disease

I thought I was safe
You proved me wrong
Now I’m standing here
With nothing to hold

Though my hands are empty
I’ve still got something to say

I won’t give up the fight
I won’t snuff out the light
I’m turning to the sky for release
From this deep rooted disease
I won’t give up the fight
I won’t snuff out the light
I’m turning to the sky crying for release
From this deep rooted disease

You left me here
With empty hands and a stone cold heart
Eyes once so bright
Turn pale and grey like ashes and dust

Memories of the past
Are fading like fallen leaves
All that’s left for me
Is a small sunbeam among the trees

I won’t give up the fight
I won’t snuff out the light
I’m turning to the sky crying for release
From this deep rooted disease
I won’t give up the fight
I must conquer the night
I’m falling to my knees praying for release
From this deep rooted disease

My words may sound empty
But I’ve still got something to say


11. JEREMIAH

You opened my eyes to see
My ears to hear
You gave me words to speak
You started a fire that is consuming me

This gift from you
Feels like a curse sometimes
A heavy cross to bear for me alone
Help me walk the path