1. AMNESIA

It is as if it all would have happened just yesterday
The memory is so clear
Yet as I hear you speaking
I got the impression that it never happened at all
You ignore the facts that don’t support your views
You call those a liar who don’t share your theory

How could the villain become a hero
So big a change in such a short time
How could the sinner become a saint
Such a huge transformation in a few ticks of the clock

Really you should be much smarter than that
If you forget your past you’ll be condemned to repeat it

The monster of yesterday is celebrated now
The memory of the oppressor is hold so dear
The one hated by the masses not so long ago
Is mourned for by many whose memories have been cleared

The looking glass you look at history through
Distorts the view
The pages of the books you feed your mind on
Are poisoned

Amnesia
Amnesia

The suffering of the masses is ignored
The tribulation of millions is forgotten about
History repeats itself day by day because of
Our refusal to remember


2. TRANSPARENT

I hear you crying again
But it will impress me no more
Your fake teardrops will be
Wasted on me now

You still have not realized
How transparent you are
Drowning in self-pity
But at the same time
Mocking those who buy the story
You made up
I will not laugh at your expense
But expect your ivory tower
To collapse under its own weight

You have fed your soul
On lies of your own invention
Convincing yourself that you are
You are full of good intensions


3. THE WHEELS OF TIME

You have fallen in love
With your own voice
The sheep do not seem to recognize it though
You are not the good
Shepherd
You imagine yourself to be

Dug up the old man
That was supposed to stay
Six feet deep for good

It’s hard to believe
You are the same person I used to know
If it’s a change time brought
I want to grab its wheels and turn them back

It’s hard to believe
You are the same person I used to know

Look at the damage done
By the person you’ve become
I want that person drowned and you alive


4. IGNITE THE FLAME

Darkest night surrounds me
But I must never forget
About the light inside of me
That shines bright after the sunset

Pitch darkness around me
Ignite the flame
Let it burn bright
To lead the way

While others dive deep
In their senseless sleep
I must be awake
Until the coming of a new day

Ignite the flame


5. DAWN OF A NEW DAY

(Instrumental)


6. SHELTER FROM THE STORM

I feel you have forsaken me
Just when I needed you the most
Still I keep calling your name
And just as I am doing so

I hear my voice
Tired, but not without hope

And I begin to realize
That speaking to you still means
More than some habit I have
Gotten used to

Now in the midst of all this
Of all this confusion
You are the only stable point
That I can rely on

Every time I set my eyes on you
I know it will be all right
When I listen to you
All the doubt is gone

In this sea of bitterness
You are the anchor
That keeps me against the highest waves
That seem to overwhelm me

And before their weight could crush me, you make the storm calm down
With your still small voice that shakes me inside
Speaking to me in languages I have never heard before
Yet the meaning is so simple and clear

Bringing down the high walls
I have built to shut you out

Letting peace flow all over the place
Mending this wounded and broken heart

All the doubt is gone
When I listen to you
All the doubt is gone
When I hear your voice

In these times
The times that try men’s souls
I can take refuge in you
Shelter from the storm


7. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

(Instrumental)