1. INVITING THE STORM

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2. THE ILLUSIONIST

Racing hours
Chasing sunrise in my heart
In the depths of darkness
Elusive illusions die

It's so easy to bow down to the shadows of the mind

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Inside this deranged theatre
We must dream with open eyes
Dreamers of the day
The future's ours

Believe in tomorrow
That fleeting promise of light
Hold me tight while the night's dark
Deceive me bravely if you must

Welcome to our illusion

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Still I can feel
A cold hand's touch

Wrap around my neck and tease
Until I can't breathe
Dare I dream again - He asks
All I know is dream I must

Tell me what's out there for you fool
Now there's nowhere else to run
Where will you go?
You'll fail
You'll lose
You will suffer
And to the end
The world's so cruel

It could be that sometimes
You have to break
Your beloved chains
And leave with nothing
But a heart ache
In a cage you cannot live
I cannot live


3. THE DESCENT

Broken inside but
Hands soaked in blood

Murderer

The future's finally opened up
The lies
The words like knives
But whose blood's on the steel?
A criminal mind
A terrible night
A silent escape to life
After the kill

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Surreal and absurd
The world rushes past so fast

But what can beat the thrill of freedom
The midnight air inside your lungs
A universe of possibilities
Opened up before you

As darkness soars above
Her anger alights the fading clouds
In tremors of rage
A thundering Earth
Unleashed the sorrow of skies
Upon the world
As her anger turns to fear

But she must run and take the blame
She must fight two fights
For one great mistake
No matter where this road will end
She must run or lose herself

As the distance grows
Her tears may run dry
But deep in her heart
The memories mar
The past remains an aching scar

You're nothing without me!
There's no more to this life!
There's nowhere else to run!

I may not know where this path may go
But my heart must fly
And I'll sacrifice all that I must
And I'll dream and fight
To keep my illusions alive

Forgive the past
Remember
Tomorrow's a new day

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4. DEEP INSIDE

Those wounds may run deep
But finally she's free
So free
But is she like the others
Too scared to fly?
Spread your wings and rise
High towards the stars

Forget all that's been
And all I've seen
How life has changed
And my world's been turned
To dust time after time
And my heart
Frozen into ice again
Does it make me who I am?

It's time to follow your own path

Are you master of your time here?
Are you master of your own fate?
Is it worth fighting?
Is it the end you seek?

I'm ready to leave
I'm ready to go
But the pull of the past
Is far too strong
How can I let it go?
Let me go

You know the only life
You'll lose
Is the one
That's now yours
How will you go on?
Is your own choice

But even when
Just to live is
An act of courage
Time flows
Relentlessly

Are you master of your time here?
Are you master of your own fate?
Is it worth fighting?


5. BROKEN

Murdered desires will never be tamed again
Haunting underneath the cold stare of reality
The earth's slipping underneath her feet
And loss
Her friend long lost returns for another embrace

And it's no use
That this sorrow
Is bearing gifts
She never sought
That flowers bloom
In the depths of her wounds

Creeping behind
And wasted years
Memories of a cold embrace
That send the ancient sea
Pour down her broken face

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Immersed in sound
The madness descends
In shattered illusions
The world now rests
In emotional darkness
And there's nothing left
But the memory of the pain

Soothing the crazed solitude
The madness seeks redress
To heal the wounds
The other hand has slashed

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After all we've done
After all we've seen
Have we learned nothing at all?
How can we go on?
How can we begin on the same path?
We've been down before

There must be a way
Tell me
How can we abandon all we've got
That matters so much
I know
It'll never be the same
All the future holds
Is emptiness
That the past will become nothing
But a failure
Yet we both know
It's over


6. END GAME

It's over
You know it's all over
Just let the tide sweep over us now
I'm ready to go
To go under
Oh take me under

I'm ready to quit this fight
I just can't sell my body and soul
It's all a game alright
Well let the dice roll
I won't wait to see where it stops
I played my turn
I played my turn

It's been too long
Was it over before it begun
It's take and it's toll
Turning friends into foes
Giving you all
Just to take everything
You've had or dreamed of

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The game is played
The winners lost
The stage is empty
And there are no more
Strings to left to break

For every good moment
There's a million
That crushed my soul
Soon every way's
A Faustian bargain
The road back's uncertain

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7. SURRENDER

Care free or lost
Has she forgotten how to dream?
The silence inside
Is growing so loud

Where're the dreams worth dreaming?
The friends worth keeping?
The future that's worth the ride?
What are the things worth knowing?
There must be a better
Version of ourselves
Somewhere inside
Deep inside
We must know
Wrong from right
Or maybe we're just waiting
To find out who we are

Wait for your chance to fly

Inside our walls
Trapped but contented
A past forgotten
A future stalled
A fast gain
A fast ride
Without goals
Without pride
Without care
For what is right
Oh how we cry
Every time
Our chains are undone

And beyond
Our treasured delusions
And when we find
Our fame and fortune
Finally gone
What's left
Is who we really are
Behind our masks
Deep inside
True and right

The answers aren't hard to find
Just dare to live
'Cause every heartbeat
Is a universe of possibilities

And your heart
May get broken
And your path
May lead nowhere
But you know you must go
Where your heart leads you
'Cause love and loss
Go hand in hand
Leave your fears behind
Surrender to the tide of life
Surrender to the tide


8. ALL I AM

Daring my voice
Once more
I invite the pain
To come with me and stay
For another endless
Night and day
To hold my hand
And tear me apart

Emerging from the silence
A muse misunderstood
She knows - Oh she knows
That some wounds
Will never heal
Never fade away
But you must go on
Go on and live

So come what may
The words entwine with sound
A lone voice
Against the roaring tide
Whether or not
The world will stop

And suddenly I am
A world apart
Sinking
Through the world beneath
And the skies above
The skies above
I've arrived
This time with no way out
Touching raw flesh
With every sound

Through sorrow and pain
The only way's forward
Through adversity to the stars

And if I am to fall
And if I am to fail
I know you'll be there
you'll be there

And we must run sometimes and take the blame
We must fight two fights for one great mistake
No matter
Where this road will end
We must live
And give all ourselves

So come what may
I won't try escape
Without this love
What's life but an empty dream
So have my blood
And have all my dreams
Have the tears I cried
And all I've never been
The moments missed
And all that made me feel
It's all worth it
I know - I know - I know - I know
It's all
Deep inside
I've always known
It's all I am