No more beautiful moons may we spend on our land
In the north, the scarlet council talks of war
And the long knives have massacred the tribe and burned corn
We're not welcome in our homeland anymore
No more songs of the hunters on the baffalo plain
No more smoke from sacred fires touch these hills
And the numbers of the people grow fewer every mile
And our children will not leave the Great Spirit's ways
There will be a trail of tears
There will be a trail of pain
And Jackson will have the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
But for us the trail is all that will remain
On the streets of rapid City
On the road to Wounded Knee
There is whiskey for forgetting everything
But the old ones say there may be time learning from each other
The way that it had once been meant to be
There is still a trail of tears
There is still a trail of pain
And Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
But for us the trail of tears remains
And Jackson has got the Mississippi and the twenty dollar bill
There's a thousand voices in my head, long ago
Come inside, see yourself tonight
Let me in, floating on the wind, oh, I don't know
The sound your hear are silent in the night
God, I'm dying on a trail of tears
Where tomorrow never knows
A resurrection closer
To a light I've never known
Play the game existence to the
Living end I go
Take me down to the trail of tears
Where tomorrow never knows
The lost road of destiny, I ride away home
Head to lay on velvet nails tonight
And will I lay me down to close my eyes
Oh, I don't know, spirit wind with broken wings to fly
God, I'm dying on a trail of tears
Where tomorrow never knows
A resurrection closer
To a light I've never known
Play the game existence to the
Living end I go
Take me down to the trail of tears
Where tomorrow never knows
My feet are raw from the trail where I've been
Oh God these tears are evermore
My heart is gone, oh, to never come back again
I'll walk the stars on my way home
Oh, I'm on a trail of tears
Where tomorrow never knows
Oh, I'm closer to a light
I've never known
Play the game of existence to the
Living end I go
Down to the trail of tears where
Tomorrow never never knows
She'll always get you when your guard is down
Pick you up and then drag you round
And everybody knows you'll be found
Following a trail of tears
She keeps her heart all locked in chains
You'll never have a chanse to love again
But you won't be the first my friend
You're following a trail of tears
A trail of teardrops always fall
Cos girls like that don't care at all
She just wants to see you crawl
Crawling through the trail of tears
You'll tell her that you need her so
But she'll just laugh and then you'll know
That you've got a lifetime left to go
Following a trail of tears
A trail of teardrops always fall
Cos girls like that don't care at all
She just wants to see you crawl
Crawling through the trail of tears
You're asking me how I can tell
But it's a story that I know well
Cause I've been walked all over hell
Following a trail of tears
A trail of teardrops always fall
Cos girls like that don't care at all
She just wants to see you crawl
Crawling through the trail of tears
A trail of teardrops always fall
Cos girls like that don't care at all
She just wants to see you crawl
Crawling through the trail of tears
Crawling through a trail of tears
Ask and you won't be forgiven
This is a blessing in disguise
All of your choices are spoken
You've killed the child in my eyes
I'm gonna see you burn
When in some dark distant future
you'll meet my presence in a song
You'll punch the walls in frustration
Can you hear my voice and say I'm wrong?
I'm gonna see you burn
With the first light I touch your skin
rise above the challenge, the day begins
and the brightnessss runs to black
fading in the darkness I'm not coming back
Here we live and here now we die
on this mountainside
arms entwined, the chosen the brave
fire wind to take you away like the wrath of God
Ask and you won't be forgiven
This is a blessing in disguise
All of your choices are spoken
You've killed the child in my eyes
Too many broken promises
Too many trail of tears
Too many times you were left cold
For, oh so many years
Too many times you walked away
And was made to feel ashamed
And though you only tried to give
You were often blamed
How can this world be so dark
So unfair and so untrue
How did the cards of life
Fold right on top of you
God in Heaven, hear my prayer
If You are still above
Send the children hopes and dreams
And lots and lots of love
For this I only ask of You
To conquer all their fears
And let them soar like eagles
See the sun as the day is done
life is of the broken ones
some will stray as time will come
All their lives, they live it well
red man proud and giving hell
some stand and shining tall
Can you hear them call...
See the sun as it's setting still
tears fall from a warrior
damn those who I feel
Set a trail to the promised land
mother and child holding hand in hand
through the snow or through the sands
All across the land...
Full moon's rising from the sky, a warrior's riding
ride with the wind
so far away, the spirits will guide you
no more sorrow
don't look back, your freedom will follow
flying so free
can't you see... on the trail of tears
Full moon's rising from the sky, a warrior's riding
ride with the wind
so far away, the spirits will guide you
no more sorrow
don't look back, your freedom will follow
flying so free
Another day has passed you by, and now it seems that you don't care.
You've let your life slip away, you feel no pain, you feel no joy.
You've let your feelings fade away, you've let life tear apart your soul.
Feel no pain.
You must wake up and perceive, that you are not a victim here.
You're a traveller through this life, no one persecuted you.
You've brought it down upon yourself, and now you're standing on the edge.
Feel no pain.
Take a look at where you are, and then look back to what you were.
And think of how you got there, work at repairing your life,
You can't just throw it all away, you've got to stick it to the end.
tower of stone to take him straight through the sky.
Oh I see his face.
*Chorus*
All eyes see the figure of the wizard;
As he
Such desperation
Left you in shame
This bitter harvest
Bearing all the blame
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
From your Trail of Tears
From this oblivion
Seek dignity
Just human cargo
Crying to be free
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
Change it
Gonna change it - change it
Greed of man has pushed you over
Feeding on the fears
Poverty will always prosper
On your Trail of Tears
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
From your Trail of Tears
Trail Of Tears
Not for a day
Not for a while
You run alone you never satisfied
Oh you've been dreaming for a hundred years
So you begin
To understand
That your lifetime is running through your hands
Oh! Will forgive you for this Trail of Tears
There you go out
Someone to know
Easy to find
Full feel your hearts will blew of many kinds
Only will change it for its train of shore
There you go
Hearing voices and noises to go
There you stand
Back in time every hour once begin
There you walk and then...
After a shock
Time to recompose
No bleeding heart
"So the screamings that you feel"
Oh! Will forgive you for this Trail of Tears
There you go
Hearing voices and noises to go
There you stand
Back in time every hour once begin
I've seen shadow, I've seen shine
I know what and what is not mine
I've seen glitter and I've seen gold
And I've heard everything I've been told
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my whole life walking
Along a trail of tears
Trail of tears
Well you know battle, you know war
You know what and what you are for
Scared of you and I'm scared of me
Scared of letting my future be
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
Trail of tears
Nobody in their right mind
Could fail to see unless they were blind
It's gone, true love has gone
Nobody wants to throw it away
But oh my darling how can I stay
When it's gone, good has gone
I've seen shadow, I've seen shine
I know what and what is not mine
I've seen glitter, I've seen gold
And I've heard everything I've been told
And I don't want to spend my life time walking
A trail of tears
I don't want to spend my whole life walking
Along trail of tears
All the leaves were turning brown as we marched through Tennessee
Herding men like Moses did into the dusty sea
And though they cried to Jesus still we did as we was told
Mother Mercy looked away and the sky was thick with crows
They say there's a difference 'tween the white man and the red
That though they pray and work like me they're something else instead
President Jackson says it's best, but he ain't the one to go
Mother Mercy looked away and the sky was thick with crows
I marched down the trail of tears with a rifle in my hand
With orders not to pick them up if anyone couldn't stand
And though the sun was shining down that trail to Hell still froze
Mother Mercy looked away and the sky was thick with crows
Daniel Thorton held his tongue 'til he couldn't hold it back
He raised his voice to the Major's guns so they shot him in his tracks
Their bodies fed those feathered coats on blackened wings they rose
Mother Mercy looked away and the sky was thick with crows
What do you tell a mother who can't feed her starving child?
How can you tell a boy of ten to march a thousand miles?
What do you tell your children when they ask what words you chose?
Lightly walking on clouds on a sunny day.
Doesn't feel any pain 'cause it's gone with the rain.
Prepare the lifetime seekers,
hidden in our past.
Prepare the new sensation,
that will leave us high.
The wall around my heart's been defeated by you.
You haunted my tomb.
All I needed was to believe in life.
Prepare the lifetime seekers,
hidden in our past.
Prepare the new sensation,
that will leave us high.
And now it strikes me...
Now that the image of hope has ceased to exist.
And now it strikes me...
Now that there's no way that I can resist.
Crashing down from divine disgrace
Hanging on with a bitter restraint
They never seemed to care that your hope was lost once more
They never seemed to care that your mind was turned to stone
Let your conviction die in their sea of lies
Treasure me `cause I am the only hope you'll ever see
Treasure me `cause I am the one who'll heal you of this decease
They've come to take you and drag you down
to where your fear becomes their allied
They have the power to bend the shape
of mankinds logic into despair
They'll let indecency establish itself
in the lack of solid consent
Crawling deeper into your hole
Seeking strength to prevent your fall
You proved them wrong at last and they turned away in shame
You proved them wrong at last, let's celebrate their end
Entangled in misery I was
Condemned as I still bred frustration
Worshipped and nursed the suffering
My conscience all slain
I found myself making love to the pain
Final and true was my loss
And bleak was the sight of salvation
You helped me to clean all the wounds that I wore
Through you grew my sense
To witness life through another lens
Filled up with my own poison
Dug down in my own dirt
Filled up with my own poison
Bit by my inner snakes
Making love to the pain
Dragged through a storm of misery
Through you grew my sense
A new dimension of might
Incomprehensible sight
Confusion and lips painted red
Intentions to feed of your needs
A tear is spilled in the city of sin
A new dimension of might
Incomprehensible sight
A beauty so vast and unreal
The voices they whispered to me
Come indulge in the ecstacy
I see the shadows of the night
Dark reflections of delightful grace
Prepare for me
Call me insane cause I worship the sinners
All of my visions they will be in vain
You need me in order to feel complete
I'll be here to serve and fulfil your needs
Distractions are no longer here
My heart explodes as I feel your touch
Forcing me to take part in your lust
Distractions are no longer here
I felt my emotional scars healing
and welcomed a pleasure so pure
A natural intoxication has taken a chokehold on me
You were the source to my deepest figments.
Yet a repentant deceiver, who surrendered to
the uttermost ridiculous ways.
I still scream in woe.
The evil in your soul, the demons playing with your thoughts,
will not disappear until you have let go of the past.
This moment is crucial...
All that matters is the size of the terror.
All that matters is the size of the terror!
To proceed I must know why you're still here.
Although I drudge to endure.
Mystery fog surrounds the trees.
This is the night of the beloved.
No! Don't leave me now!
Blow away the fragments of your own imagination.
The tension strikes me, though I shall fear no such thing.
For I am the peace that shall forever cause unrest.
You were the source to my deepest figments.
Yet a repentant deceiver, who surrendered to
the uttermost ridiculous ways.
You destroyed the honour.
You destroyed the essence once known as pride.
So rejective, deceiving...
...but can you stand the feeling
of being caught within yourself?
Of being blamed for nothing even though you did so much harm?
I condemn your presence,
I condemn your being.
The situation does suggest that I turn my face
only to find that everything is crystal clear.
Everything is hopeless as I have come to see.
Disappointment blossoms,
Disappointment blossoms, so please set me free.
So that I never become,
so that I never become anything like you.
I would never have managed,
I would never have managed to be what you are.
You destroyed the honour,
You destroyed the essence once known as pride.
So rejective, deceiving...
...but do you know the damage
that has been caused by your ignorance?
And do you know the truth to all the lies in circulation?
Everything is crystal clear.
Everything is hopeless as I have come to see.
Disappointment blossoms,
Disappointment blossoms, so please set me free.
So that I never become,
so that I never become anything like you.
I would never have managed,
I would never have managed to be what you are.
You know that you can see the truth,
'cause it's coming straight to you.
Walking through streets, look at the sun.
No meaning to run.
It will reach you anyway, someday.
Along your way, someday.
Walking through streets, look at the sun.
No meaning to run.
It will reach you anyway, someday.
From your eyes I see the confusion dwell.
I condemn your presence,
I condemn your being.
The situation is at hand.
You destroyed the honour, you destroyed the essence.
But do you know the damage,
do you know the damage?
Can't you see that she is dripping red?
Her mind forlorn, her feelings mislead
As a consequence of all your lies a life nearly ceased
Put force into your words and treat yourself to destruction
I felt a wave crashing over me so cold
I tried to escape from your ignorance
I praise your fall
Tears of joy run down my face as panic strikes you
Uplifted by your desperate stare
Never again shall you be allowed
to walk around guilty yet proud
I'll make you see the difference, I'll force you to understand
Your time has come
I raise a smile in dark delight
Tears of joy run down my face as panic strikes you
Uplifted by your desperate stare
Now I stand glowing as your body turns pale
I hide my smile and walk away
[Instrumental]
Wipe off the blade and put it aside
Rinse all your wounds and dress up in pride
Anguish will sit by your side till you die
and feed off your lies
Confessions in vain, you're destined to fail
Anguish took hold on your neck
Indecent behaviour
Doomed to a fate sealed in red
Attempting destruction
The evidence is running red across your floor
like rivers of guilt
Sovereign yet so possessed by their denial
Unable to justify
Shed one last tear and treat your own fear
Your memories bleed, oblivion is near
So I wiped off the blade once more
as I cried out for mercy
Judge me not
I am only human after all
These visions tear me to pieces
Someone save me
In the coma vaults
In deepest sleep
You tie them up and watch them swing
from the rope of insecurity
You start to question the reason of your mind
as paranoia penetrates you and rapes your sanity
You're running towards the end
as your eyes are blinded
So frightened by your own mistakes
that you feel you're falling down
You're running towards the end
as you try to comprehend
For the things you never did fulfil
are back to haunt you
In the coma vaults
In deepest sleep
They flash before your tearful eyes
from the bottom of your dreams
In the theatre of deception you play the leading role
Put fire to your memories
It's time to end them all
I feel the fright as I hide from my dark desires
In honesty I confess all my deepest secrets
It is not how you think it is.
Believe in me.
No, strangled yet released.
Of all your victims, you had to choose me.
You stole my glow, you stole my all...
But turn your back once more and you'll regret it forevermore.
They are the victims, not you.
That's why I released you.
You stole my glow to a crime that's the way of living.
To give and take, without break, like a flower needs water.
No, strangled yet released.
Of all your victims, you had to choose me.
Strange it seems, that in all my clearness
I was unable to foresee the thing that should not grow in me.
Don't know how to love, before you have hated.
Don't know how to give, before you have taken
And if you heard the story of my tears, you would be understanding.
Strange it seems, that in all my clearness
I was unable to foresee the thing that should not grow in me. Now take aim at the centre, for you to understand.
Just how much I ache to release the trace of anger inside of me.
And you'll never feel strangled again.
Just heading forward with your all and everything...
Yes, released at last!
Of all your victims, you still did choose me.
Release your fears, release yourself!
'Cause then and only then you'll be my all and everything.
And you'll never feel strangled again.
Just heading forward with your all and everything...
Victimized, indulge in the lies
To have no control is the way of the blind
Comatized, the trance in their eyes
A demise of souls, for them to live is to hide
You used to be one of them for a while
Helplessly you crawled and obeyed as the lies unfolded
Opened up yourself to a lie often told
Your feelings were all stunned and your hands so tightly folded
I will lead you, I will guide you
I will bring you to your safety
I will lead you, I will guide you
I will clean you of your frailty
A pathetic and weak ensemble
Using blindfold to gain attention
Integrity was lost
To live in disguise was a solid decline
from all you wished for
Your hope was shot dead and you bled for their lies
Profound devotion to the moral disguise
Collection of fools so fatally scarred
You could never see cause your eyes were sewn shut
All logic seemed impaled as you fell to your knees and pleaded
Never got a chance to reflect on their cause
Your dignity so ridiculed yet your hope so dearly needed
Opened up yourself to the higher word
Told by souls with intentions to scar
You're effectively paralysed!
Recognition of the ones who saw you drown
in relentless and distinguished disguise
Integrity was lost...
Deeply sown and never known
The mirror bleeds the truth
Deeply sown and never known
Your presence is fading
As I fill my glass and watch my own reflection
then I know that I'll be gone
As I raise my hand, try to comprehend what
I've been missing, I feel distracted
In the mist of my own perception
I bow before myself
The pressure is not withdrawn, I fall again
I catch a glimpse of my downright pretending self
As I take a step and fake my own conception
then I know that I'll be gone
As I raise my grin, show the world my sin
of being tempted, I feel distracted
A hopeful ride is hereby ending
Horrid fate, it's time to exit
I feel tampered with, I feel so empty
All I ever saw from my contaminated view
kept me looking for mercy
Yet illusions stay the same
I realise that it's wrong now that all is lost
and I have withered
I will persuade you to believe me when i say
that everything you hoped for is declined in every way.
I am responsible for your fragile state of mind,
and yet you refuse to see the only thing that's clear.
Namely that there's nothing left for you to treasure here.
I am responsible for your fragile state of mind.
So why don't you come with me,
and adapt to what I see?
Help me change into my other shell.
It may seem odd, but still it suits me well.
You never thought that you would feel such relief,
but thanks to me now you're finally at peace...
...with your fragile emotional disorder!
So why don't you come with me...
Your eyes sparkle with grief,
yet I shall close them without regret.
The optimism in your face has turned somber yet again.
I shall withdraw all mercy,
and multiply the feeling that sends shivers down your spine.
Open up and see.
Enter the image of all that you have feared.
I hold the key to slaughter your thoughts with ease.
I hold the dagger that'll cut you off from all your dreams.
So let it all come through the way that I have seen,
and let me watch you drown in reversed prosperity.
Never again shall you rise!
I withdraw from my shelter of peaceful rest
to measure all gathered forces
in the spirit of raging contempt
I watch as my decadence gets shattered
and blown away into the cold seductive void
where all enemies fear to thread
Paralysed by the panoramic view
I prepare for the death trance
Observe the face of the fool
draped in hysteria
I reflect and take a trip inside my own head
Try to justify all the sins I commit
Now leave your life as you know it
and join in this state of mind
where visions burn so bright and high
Another throat is slit for its lies
Come with me and let's dive into the bloodred trance
Come with me and let's penetrate the normal climax
The silver bullets that hold their names are made ready for us
to use in case of disturbance
Of violation of this trance we share
The silver bullets that hold their names are no longer at our hands
They have been set out to cleanse and erase our terrible plague
I laugh as the sceptics are laid to waste
A rapture so profound and strong
has taken it's hold on me
Now let's join and celebrate their fall
Release yourself and follow
Let their failure become your joy
Never again shall I loose my perspective
Never again shall I fall for their lies
Never again shall I feel so rejected
I will spit at the face of betrayal
Take my hand
Release yourself from pain, agony, distorted views
and all will be well
The image of passivity is killed before you
An image of distinct sharpness will now rise before you
Loneliness has entered me and
Once again I cannot sleep, so
Many things are confusing me
And the seed of pain, it's infecting
Me, the seed of pain has grown
Defenseless I bleed
Realize all is lost, realize all
Is dead, realize all is lost
All is dead, realize all is
Gone, realize all that was
Sacrificed for us both, has been drowned
Mournful tides have come for me
When the hunger sets, I'm too
Weak to eat, there is just so much
That I don't understand, how did
I end up here where life seems so
Unfair, with such an open heart
There's nothing to defend
For far too long I've been searching
in endless ways, to shelter, to cover
Up while storms are moving by
For far too long I've trying how can
I, keep on going now, when the
As you approach me you want to compromise.
(beyond)
You wish me dearly to surrender to the lies.
(beyond)
I praise the symbols of your deepest misery
rather than to live by your random theory.
(Beyond I fall, I feel the cold)
I will prevail, relentlessly
(beyond)
and shine on though with a distant inner scream.
(beyond)
I praise the symbols of your deepest misery
rather than to live by your random theory.
(beyond I fall, I feel the cold)
They are out there, they are everywhere.
Prevail now, little one...
Prevail with me and watch the haunted burn.
Let's praise the symbols of their deepest misery.
Together we lay here in total ecstasy!
Which pleasures await me in the chambers of lust?
Will you grant me redemption for my feelings so cold and unpure?
I thought you'd never reach me but you're here by my side
I'm ready to be enlightened
I'm ready to join and to measure the pulse of your pulsating desire
Your shivering flesh
Your glorious grace
I strayed away from my belief
You should have noticed by now
Light the flame
Pull me in
Share with me your glorious deeds
I need to disconnect to fit your need
The centre of dreams
deprives me of things that should
have been
As I wander towards my final sin,
there is noone to explain what I feel
Will you see to that I will arrive?
Feeling bitter and blue as I lay down
my heart
And even though you know that it is
me you will continue to live out my sin
The fact however, I cannot confirm
the secrets that once were lost with
the burden that was you
Dreams in a fantasy of reality,
there is where you'll find me
The burden is you, not me
Living in a world far out of society
One day you will see that fantasy can
become reality
You have been carried away,
carried away on a cloud
One day independence day will arrive
Now, you have noticed that I have arrived
so when will you depart from my heart?
You say that I have been carried away,
and I suddenly realise it is all here
to stay.
Climb within me, read my satisfaction
Because it is the strongest of sins that makes me what I am.
Live through me, feel my satisfaction
Because you see, it is me who make them what they are.
Leave me now, an innocent soul
Wanna get out of your grip.
Look up to the stars, freedom between
Angels cry because of their guilt.
Once again I am drowning...
in this lake of betrayal and lies
So who are you to speak,
when they have already tightened the grip?
The creations of ones destiny.
and meanwhile I drown,
in the corners of your eyes.
To be the saddest of sins (would you be?)
Carry me to the fields of lust,
as you stand here withering I feel so alive.
My soul has been sacrificed
to the "demons" of betrayal
and I feel strangled to act in lies.
Tighter, tighter, tighter
oh, is it hope in sight?
Is it hope in sight?
Redefine, and welcome the vast immortals
How can we escape the insanity
that lurks within?
However, strange it might appear,
it's back to torture me again.
You should know that I have tried before,
to complete the pieces long ago.
Yet when you found me truly lost
I understood your precious cause.
Don't give up even though it's hard. Give it a try, just don't ask why.
My second voyage has begun.
On separate lines, and with all that follow.
Uncertain, though I'll try again.
So shameless, though still so real.
Lay beside me, don't think I'll wake again.
So shameless, though still so real.
Flow with the river and it leads you the way.
Tomorrow is going to be a better day.
You'll see the sun, you'll see the light.
It warms your soul, deep inside.
You'll feel the battle in your mind,
but you will win and survive.
There'll be no questions, no why,
'cause you'll see the answer is not a lie.
You'll see the sun, you'll see the light.
It warms your soul, deep inside.
Profoundemonium. Leave me not tonight.
You know the damage caused when treading hard my path.
We've tried to run, we've tried to hide,
but what we always feared is tearing us apart.
This is the place where frustration grows.
This is the place where damnation seeds get hold.
And even though the guilt will never take my hand,
I'll chase the visions so that we will shine again.
Profoundemonium, leave me not!
Profoundemonium, leave me not.
Take my hand, let's head for damnation's land.
Profoundemonium. Leave me not tonight.
You know the damage caused when treading hard my path.
We've tried to run, we've tried to hide,
but what we always feared has torn us all apart.
Sink down, seems brighter now.
United on the other side.
Forthcoming, couragous...
I'll rule these thoughts again.
Again and again
Hear the madman scream
As the pain whistles within
See the madman's face
As he understands
From the left to the right to the front
Only to remain at point zero
From the depths of perversion
He watches as time draws near
Hear the madman scream
As the pain whistles within
See the madman's face
Cross my bridge of thoughts,
in order to explore.
Confront the lost intentions,
in order to behold the multitude of anguish
that dwell inside of me.
Just turn your head this way
and hopefully you'll see.
Break your wall and make yourself see,
what's behind is strong enough to break free.
But you know what you have and not what you get,
so I know how you feel.
I struggle to decide
which agony to choose.
For better or for worse...
No matter, I still lose.
Their smiles, deceiving...
No point to run away.
In my final hour it makes no difference what I say.
I am entangled within Frustration's web.
Deprived by reason, deprived by common sense.
Grant me at least a fraction of your stupendous grace,
and I'll be waiting...
Confront the lost intentions,
in order to behold the multitude of anguish
that dwell inside of me.
Just turn you head this way,
and hopefully you'll see.
You should have swallowed your pride,
and I would drip essence of my strength through love.
But now it's too late, now it's too late...
[Instrumental]
Hiding in the bottle
Away from all the tears of life
Watch you fall as you take a dive
And sinking to the bottom of the glass
Watch you fall as you're crawling helplessly
In the corner of despair
Watch you fall in the bottomless pit
To escape from the past
And your fears within
I release my anger
To the once I cannot see
My disease attracts me
To what is wrong for me
Hiding in the bottle
You always try to drown the guilt
Watch you fall as your life gives in
You're strangled by the lack of redemption
Watch you fall as the poison spreads within
And the cold hand prepares for the end
Watch you fall into the savage domain
'cause you can't face life
As it was meant to be
Turning away
Into sadness
Taken away
Into madness
I release my fury
To the ones I cannot see
As my consciousness tells me
What is wrong for me
See me fall
Hiding in the bottle
Away from all the tears of life
Watch you fall as you take a dive
And sinking to the bottom of the glass
Watch you fall as you're crawling helplessly
In the corner of despair
Watch you fall in the bottomless pit
To escape from the past
And your fears within
Turning away
Into sadness
Taken away
Find a way to catch you while you fall
Leave the burden here, walk further on
Feel no shame or guilt
Nothing at all
Deceive the pain and I will seal the door
(Chorus:)
I will let these tears wash away
Let these tears wash away
What remains of anguish and pain
I still fall, I'm still crawling
Will you keep me from anguish and pain
I will let these tears wash away
Let these tears wash away
what is left of your shame and despair
I still fall, I'm still crawling
Will you keep me from anguish and pain
Sail your way now, leave the shore
An open sea is not your enemy
Greet the storm with an open heart
I'll guide your path if you get lost in the dark
(Chorus:)
I will let these tears wash away
Let these tears wash away
Well, it turns out to be
a simple behavior of ignorant disloyalty
Now tell me!
Protest all life in lack of connection
Challenge the soul on the eve of despair
I might be black from grief yet I am white at heart
My bloodstained endurance will set me apart
[Chorus:]
Deception grows and malice continues
Descend with pride, to pleasure your needs
Deny your thoughts, unbreakable silence
You're nothing more...
A pitiful, ignorant, devious, meaningless fool
Feel your fatal deceit
The consequence rages straight through your face of disgrace
Just take it!
Protest all life...
[Chorus:]
Deception grows and malice continues
Descend with pride, to pleasure your needs
Deny your thoughts, unbreakable silence
You're nothing more...
(Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen)
Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten
and walk with me hand in hand towards the end
No reason to attempt once you've been kissed
by poisonous tongues
I watch my hope
as it hangs pale from an old fragile rope
Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten
and walk with me hand in hand towards the end
(Chorus:)
Present fear is consequence
Smothered in my common sense
Will let our history be past
So we can sin together
Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten
and walk with me hand in hand
I'll leave it all behind
and descend into your arms
Despite my promise
Despite what I already said
I'll leave it all behind
and I'll fall into your arms
If you could only open up my eyes
and wipe them clean from all this malice
I could have bought some time to lace my damnation
(Hansen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Nordhus)
Empty room
a lonely child
left to suffer
Empty room
and nightmare wild
Never forgotten
I never meant
to do you harm
And if I could reverse our story
I'd never dare
(Chorus:)
All alone
All alone
I think
and I shiver
What could have been
was never real
I think, and I think
and I shiver
Candles lit
and tearful eyes
But not dreaming
left to suffer
Candles lit
and strangled cries
Never forgotten
(Chorus)
I never meant
to ruin it all
And if I could reverse our story
Tainted
I stand here ridden with decease
Nail me with a vacant stare
Prepare me for release
Sow a scar upon my face
Plans for my resurrection laid to waste
It takes more than me
To heal the infected eye
I'd drain me dry
To heal the long lost beauty
It takes more than me
To seal the infected eye
I'll follow my fate
To cut your tongue of hate
Sink further down
Let myself drown
In my own self-deception
Watch how the mirrors twist the truth
Sink further down
Let myself drown
In my own self-deception
Watch how the mirrors twist the truth
Thoughts designed to destroy the average man
Thoughts designed to erase our confidence
Anger, frustration, the message is now
These are all things that now pressure my soul
I can see your face turning blue
The fire in your eyes is fading too
I can sense the fear running through your veins
As the pictures turn to red
Tainted
I stand here ridden with decease
Nail me with a vacant stare
Prepare me for release
Sow a scar upon my face
Plans for my resurrection laid to waste
It takes more than me
To heal the infected eye
I'd drain me dry
To heal the long lost beauty
It takes more than me
To seal the infected eye
I'll follow my fate
(Perez, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Nordhus)
Heading out in cold frustration
on yet another route
To chase your destination
always ready to pursue
Forced into the corner
you spill your fluids to the floor
As another filthy needle
has pierced through once more
(Chorus:)
It hurt me hard
and i fell low
It hurt me hard
pulled me below
But they were many to pull
until my lungs were full
So vigorous upon a scale
It is what I descendant
To just the guilty, the wondered fail
Save me the lash upon the scale
It is what I descendant
To just the guilty, the wondered fail
Heading out in cold frustration
on yet another route
To chase your destination
always ready to pursue
In tears you spray the closing walls
with wrists open wide
In contrary to what you think
you cannot ever hide
Tears fall as you spray the walls
The walls are closing further in on me
Why can't these demons let me be
I feel so cold
I feel so sick
(Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
(Chorus:)
Frail believer
Won't you wipe away the shame
Inject my soul and paint it black within a narrow frame
I have no one to follow
yet no time to linger
I must face the day alone
cause whenever around
she tends to weave shadows
See the innocent
Not afraid to stay withdrawn
from mother nature
Bound
Heaven's sent
Doesn't speak my name
but maybe later
(Chorus)
All mercy has been withdrawn
as your world comes crashing down
and desperation knocks on your door
Why don't you dare to speak my name
Damnation
All the times we shared
appears to have been in vain
(Chorus)
See the innocent
Heading to the skies above
from mother nature
Bound
Heaven's sent
Doesn't leave me be
(Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
My time to give in
There's nowhere else to hide
My time to swallow
remaining drops of pride
How many tears have stained this soil?
How many souls have vanished?
I could have sworn I saw you
passing by in the blink of an eye
(Chorus:)
You bring me down to further deepness
as you focus the pain on my sides of shame
You bring me down to a level below
as you focus the pain on weakness
Time to surrender
Rip the last bit of hope
Time to lay down
Joy is not to be found
(Chorus)
Your venom still runs inside my veins
Words of contempt to increase the suffering
Thoughts I can't deny they still appear
Black pulsating heart
You bring me down
Down
Down
(K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
My comfort
Why do you let me fall
when you see I'm about to absorb
the torment
Why do you hide and run away
when I turn to the shades
when I run from the hate
If you could grant me some strength
I could chase the thoughts away
(Chorus:)
Come lift me up
Invincible
Make it stop
Invincible
Don't play me false
Never again
I'll find my long lost salvation
My comfort
Why do you let me down
when you see I'm about to deliver
the poison
Why do you hide
and run away
when I close my eyes
and let my mind astray
If you could grant me some strength
I could suffocate the pain
(Chorus)
Come out from the shadows
to face the day of retaliation
I will consume the poison in your name
and suck you dry
What will it take for me to face
these fearful hours
To face the facts I cannot bear
I'll consume the poison in your name
Torment strikes you all the same
A phase completed
Now let it pass
What will it take for me to face
these fearful hours
What will it take for you to help
me find my long lost salvation
My comfort
My inner self
Peace
I will sew shut the lips of the liar's mouth
and silence who fails to see
A clean hit to the head of the ignorant whore
as a sign of how much you mean
If it's so easy how come you struggle still
to gain some attention?
All your words so dated and pathetic
Feeding still from the plate of jealousy
Oh how you wish to climb up to my level
and spark some sorely needed light
into a life so drained of everything you want
and ridden with prejudice
You never could face your own incompetence
You try to choke your envy as I watch
I embrace the silence as your words die out
now that you're hanging gasping from the rope of guilt
Silence the one
You are the one
who sorely needed the light
Silence the one
failing to see
I will sew shut the lips of the liar's mouth
and silence who fails to see
A clean hit to the head of the ignorant whore
as a sign of how much you mean
If it's so easy how come you struggle still
to gain some attention?
All your words so dated and pathetic
Pour shame all over us
Harden into a crust
---cement---
Forget the glamour and
Mumble a jackhammer
---under your breath---
Hide your face in the curtains
Better unsaid so close
And it rolls off the tongue
ALMOST
The world expects a pose
Perfectly natural
---loosen up---
Smearing wet concrete and
Swearing you'll never be
---caught---
At your weakest, etched in stone
And we're frozen here, peeking
ALMOST, sweet talk, CAFFEINE
Make contact
Up to my neck
I confess in quicksand
But it's so easy for youYeah, there's always one thing
Do you have something to tell me?
Say something
Anything
I'm warning you
I'm warning you
I'm fucking you
I'm warning you
Relax
It's just a phase
You'll grow out of it
Believe anything anyone ever tells you
It's not funny anymore
It's the thing you hate the most
The thing you hate the most
(Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen)
Decadence becomes me
Halfway into the second glass
as I sit indulging in my mental filth
Depraved
Deprived
Indulge with me and kill your pride
Sin is in so join the fold
Let the only truth be told
(Chorus:)
Decadence becomes me
as my mind is getting sick
Taken into hopeless solitude
Decadence becomes me
as I'm heading to the floor
Someday I'll be out to have some more
Decadence becomes me
Halfway into the seventh glass
My senses shaken as the green ones pass
Depraved
Deprived
My image bleeds before your eyes
Sin is in so join the fold
Forget the rules that you were told
(Chorus)
I feel the light escape my soul
Trying to gain control
Temptations everywhere
and I dare not resist
No I dare not resist
I'm too weak to turn away
(Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
When your thoughts are carried
down the savage filthy lane
and winter flushes feelings down the drain
Let me be the one who pulls you towards the sun
Let me be the one
to chase your demons on the run
(Chorus:)
The future is memories to be shared
and we know those memories will remain
The more I try, the more I love
and the more I do makes the demons fly
and the day you die
will even make the flowers cry
Venomous feelings as your thoughts are dragged
through the smoke of life
As it penetrates it's time to cease the day
Intoxication to control the hate
Whatever comes will kill your faith
Leave it be
and pour the blame all over me
My shadow follows me everywhere I go
Please take it away, cause I wanna go
Alone...
Bring forth the agony of your inner
thoughts
Far out in the forest lies a secret that I
hid when I was little. Wonder if it's still
out there. The Past, I try to forget it
and nearly forgotten.
Behold, as they are stepping towards
us. The Saint, the sinful father. Can't
he reject the temptation of life,
as he stops, sees and speaks to me
The temptation of life makes sense
to me
His mouth is dripping with insanity
Stupendous scars of agony? Heal These
scars, set in time to heal for me
Stupendous scars of agony?
He tried to caress the lost ones,
forever engaged...
Read my life as I read yours
A second chance for everyone?
Heal these scars, set in time for me
Tell me I was wrong,
and I will relive it.
Trapped inside a swollen haze
Looking out, a dead end gaze
Meet the future, cold and bleak
Your own actions determine directions
(Chorus:)
Sealed with exposed words in a truthful design
Enter the image of an open mind
In a time for destinations
An emotional ride
Reborn construction built by honor and pride
Time to pass the tension on
Take back my life before I'm gone
Cease the future, warm and bright
My own actions determine directions
(Chorus:)
Sealed with exposed words in a truthful design
Enter the image of an open mind
In a time for destinations
An emotional ride
Do you know how it feels to be standing
Alone, with the weight of the world
Pressing down on you hard.
On chance to choke the pain gained,
By the things that you say, by
The games that you play.
From this moment I stand amazed, the
Question still remains. How you choose
To behave, what you make of your lifetime.
Let those feelings leave, I know that life's
Been tough. Be aware of what you've got.
Stay, stay with me, take me home
Don't let me go. Stay, stay here with
Me, where our souls will be free.
Lay down your principles and pray to your
God of emptiness, like a last stroke of
Consciousness, an attempt to be brave
And to reach expectations.
Your time has come, cherish all your loved
Ones in this bleak hour. Cause I know
They'll be leaving you one by one.
When the darkest clouds gone by
We burned the bridges down and let All perish from the ashes of old We'll resurface to rise again Nothing will break down the faith That we have all this turmoil will Only regain our strength Nothing will ever appear in our way We were destined to prove all the Thing that we say
Come with me into the trance Join us in the final dance Cause it will not last, so Let us raise our glass Now together here we stand
I've got something to tell you Oh, please believe me, I have Nothing to offer you, Do you See what I mean you're on The path of destruction
It is over now I have no fears, no more Fears, no more love I can't feel anything anymore
I won't go with you, on that Edge you walk and I can't Save you from falling Soon you will see the ground Getting closer Soon you will find yourself So much deeper Soon you will see your Path of destruction I wish I could give you the World, that you deserve
I could be wrong...
I could be gone...
Who are you to call yourself a friend of mine
When you choose to ignore all the signs
When even enemies turned and stuck out their hands
You decided against and burned your last chance
Why did it have to take this long
To realize that bastards are gone
Why could you not keep up the pace
Rather than to succumb to disgrace
Strengthen your colours
And show your true face
Why did it have to take this long...
(Chorus:)
Draw me down until I hit the ground
Try to make me weak and consume my peace
Satisfy all your needs, feel the great relief
Strengthen your colours
And show your true face
Why did it have to take this long...
(Chorus:)
Draw me down until I hit the ground
Try to make me weak and consume my peace
Satisfy all your needs, feel the great relief
So you may hold me down until I nearly drown
Break my strength and might, though it comes around
Filthy tongues and angry souls
clench their fists in contempt
Trying hard do stay afloat in a well of bitterness
All this pitiful desperation
makes me but victorious, glorious
While their lungs got filled
my heart beat still
and I hear from deep within
Take aim. Reclaim. Prevail.
(Chorus:)
Step back and face the loss
Unarmed and left behind those enemy lines
Strip down to the core
So haunted by the vicious, diabolical minds
Filthy tongues and angry souls
clench their fists in contempt
Trying hart to stay afloat in a well of bitterness
You cannot crush me anymore
(Chorus:)
Step back and face the loss
Unarmed and left behind those enemy lines
Strip down to the core
So haunted by the vicious, diabolical minds
My soul is fading
and nothing is the same
There are tears and suffering
and lots of pain
(Chorus:)
Step back and face the loss
Unarmed and left behind those enemy lines
Strip down to the core
Embraced by lies too many times
In the past I have stalked the shadows
Led by both misery and strength
Even still sought refuge from myself
[Chorus:]
Leave the past behind as faith comes to greet you Continue
Take a step towards a prosperous life
There's no time to waste
The future is still with you
Returns to the place where dreams completely come to life
How many chapters of self contempt
must rise and surface violently
How many dreams must disappear
and shatter straight in front of me
[Chorus:]
Leave the past behind as faith comes to greet you Continue
Take a step towards a prosperous life
There's no time to waste
The future is still with you
Returns to the place where dreams completely come to life
How many chapters of self contempt
must rise and surface violently
How many dreams must disappear
and shatter straight in front of me
I am still stuck inside this box with you
We used to be many but now we're only two
The problem is that I'm so tired of you
(K.R. Hagen, Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
The shades of yesterday
Decayed by maturity
and these enchanting thoughts
are victims of myself
(Chorus:)
Set your sails
Head towards your faith
All forbidden fruit tastes better
than the seeds of yesterday
The shades of nevermore
Depraved by reality
and these enchanting thoughts
are victims of myself
Would you like to annihilate?
Would you like to leave it all behind?
Temptation calls and all the doors are open wide
Vivid are the thoughts
vivid are the thoughts that I have tried to deny
(Chorus)
Temptation calls and all the doors are open wide
Vivid are the thoughts
vivid are the thoughts that I have tried to deny
to deny in the past
And shadows embraced me and claimed my heart
Into a fearful story of dark
A soul to forever be torn apart
I'll make your mind into my insanity slave
Carried away by winds of betrayal
I'll lock you up, chain you to aspects of
Chaos, malice and death
[Chorus:]
Can you hear me scream?
Can you see me bleed?
I'm still falling
I'm still crawling
As your heartbeat faded, in panic breath
Brutal reflections in hysterical ways
A view of desperation is nailed to your face
I hide and disappear, just to haunt you once again
[Chorus:]
Can you hear me scream?
Can you see me bleed?
I'm still falling
I'm still crawling
Please release me
You are nothing to save
Will you leave me
You are lost in yourself
Please heal me
While your eyes are still open
Hypnotized by fear
I'll swaddle your slowly into my crib of pain
To a universe of everlasting immortal dark
Your soul I've claimed
Now it's mine to tear apart
You made me into your own insanity slave
of chaos, malice and death
Carried away by winds of betrayal
[Chorus:]
Can you hear me scream?
Can you see me bleed?
I'm still falling
I'm still crawling
Please release me
You are nothing to save
Will you leave me
You are lost in yourself
Take me away
into illusion
Take me away
from the rain
Wounded but not yet fallen
Still caving in
The marks from the dance with the devil
still healing
Take me away
into illusion
Take me away
from the rain
Shallow but not yet empty
Cries left alone
The marks from a life lived in vain
still sore
Take me away
Take me to places where hope
is not merely an illusion
Take me to levels where strength rises high
Take me to levels where there are no lies
Take me to places where life is for real
Where destiny s challenge has yet to be sealed
Still I awake to the sound of damnation
Torn from my sleep as it calls out my name
Take me away
into illusion
Take me away
from the pain
I fall!
The fact that the curtain of life
is ready to fall
I drown!
The empty white canvas
Here in the garden of the arcane delights,
Dark shadows overwhelm us and we become blind.
Blind to the needs of those who would be free
From the grip of fear and the prisons of the mind.
Amidst the throes of perplexity
Phobia moves amongst us, in her hand is held the seed.
Extermination angel stood beside the road
Wind of life set me free
Lift me from this place and fly with me
Giver of hope and dreams
Cut my wings and crash me to the sea
[Chorus:]
Be a storm at will
Move the soil, stir the sea
Through fields of fire
You'll never break me
To await your destiny
With open arms is a game of chance you fools
Paint your eyes and grin your teeth
Cowards in disguise still all you are to me
[Chorus:]
Be a storm at will
Move the soil, stir the sea
Through fields of fire
You'll never break me
Leave your broken dreams
alone in despair
Stay in that place
Take me to your secret place
Reveal all hidden tears that fell
Along the way
Open up, show me you face
Behind that mask of stone you made
It's time to change
(Chorus:)
We cherish what we built
and buried what was lost
We said our goodbyes to the ones we loved
It's time to move on
I know that you are tired
I know that you are drained
Wipe the tears from your face and shine with grace
Our lives will flourish and prosper yet again
Our time is now
Celebrate as horns of triumph sounds
Here in the valley of ashes we'll build new dreams
Tell the story without frames
Don't leave yourself alone again
in burning shame
As the words stars to take shape
Your heart is near the breaking point
In search of truth
Filth. Soiled.
Tons and tons of human waste
Filth. Soiled.
Laid to rest
(Chorus:)
We cherish what we built
and buried what was lost
We said our goodbyes to the ones we loved
It's time to move on
I know that you are tired
I know that you are drained
Wipe the tears from your face and shine with grace
Our lives will flourish and prosper yet again
Our time is now
Celebrate as horns of triumph sounds
Infinite oblivion...
Beyond all words and thoughts
Desires sent to sleep,
To the dawn of knowledge comes
A dismal gleam in their frozen eyes,
Gathering of the beloved ones
Bleeding portraits on velvet walls
Serene divinity passing on
Hiding are the deceitful ones
They have no courage, they have no feelings
Weakness and greed the most
Now my sighs have been answered,
They have drained me of all life
The passion of the tragedies,
Described beyond my loss
Feels like flying
Far away, out of confusion
Till clearness...
I can see the tears, falling...
From your eyes.
Try to wipe them, try to wipe them away
But they were frozen, they were frozen to your chin
Can`t control my feelings
Feels like I`m blind and stuck out in the dark
With no trees around me
Don`t know what`s passing me by
Why now?
It`s time to say farewell
Leaves fall from the dying tree again
Emotions brought to life
By me
Icy blue and numb I crawl
The red heaven gapes at me
As I embrace the pale,
my final thoughts will sail...
Oh no, oh no, oh no
-and now depression flows from your eyes
On my acheing wounds you spill your tears
But by my own hand, I drown your selfish dream
You seek, not finding...
the eternal portraits
They await me like the night
as this shivering candle holds my only light
-and now depression flows from your eyes
On my acheing wounds you spill your tears
But by my own hand, I drown your selfish dream
Icy blue and numb I crawl
The red heaven gapes at me
As I embrace the pale,
In the weary heart of your lustrous dream
bloody candles being lit by you
I am your child from this moment on
waiting for the dream to awake
Sweet dreams my dearest,
the candles will end one day
Wondering...
I'm gazing
towards the stars
As I hear an Angel's voice in my head...
It sings so softly and so clear
Wanna fly away, wanna fly away
wanna fly away into the skies
They have now fallen
Reaching out to us, a dividing hand
hid to me this endless mystery
Open wide for me to see
a shade of what was never to be
Living in a fantasy world,
far beyond reality
Bury me...
with all of them Eternal temptress.
When silence cries...
is it what I feel?
- or is it what you really long to be?
Depression grows again,
to you I pledge my guilt
Deserted fields I strole
- there is no relief
The bleeding night, surrounds you like a darkened veil
- The echoes wake my sleeping thoughts
The distant voice... it cries again
- I realise it's not a dream, like a journey in solitude
Ignore what I once did say
When silence cries...
The pleasant feeling of something dying (she said)
- Upon the innocent it will rise once again
A tear I spill, in silence
- Punish the word of wisdom that I once gave
When silence cries...
A passage of dreams
- A passage of dreams and memories
Tiny little screams
- Feeble yet reveiled
I heard a strong voice
shout out my name
But when I turned around no one was there
It was just an illusion I had
that they should come back one day
Embrace yourselves!
Watch them collide with destiny
The sinner's hand
strangles them, forever...
Arise, when the chance appears
The sinner's hand embraces them
And so, arise on the Trail of Tears
(I know) the sinners all rose
Persuation falls on the Trail of Tears
It all became history
Rose from dark so graceful
But nothing here is what it seems
It is out of control and disaster unfolds
Voice your ignorance
I am built to take it
Sweet your prejudice
I was born to make it
Spread your lies all across the world
I watch it all with a grin
Hatred heals in all it's forms
Fear us now as our forces storm
[Chorus:]
Inside this world of liberty
There's an existence
Beyond diversity exceed
Let me invite you
Invite you to this fragile world
'Cause I wanted you to see
Scream your own disgust
You are used to take it
Put forth another weak attempt
and I'll be sure to break it
Feel the blood from yesterday
steal your remaining light
Wake up to the smell of wrath and might
We're chasing further heights
[Chorus:]
Inside this world of liberty
There's an existence
Beyond diversity exceed
Let me invite you
Invite you to this fragile world
Drink with me and let your demons loose
Disengaged from all the poison
You´ll see your fear in flames
I raise my cuo if pure madness
as i´m slowly fading out
I feel the silence
and surrender as my heart gives in
I sink to unknown levels
My salvation is painted before my eyes
But it appears so savage
I sink to unknown levels
and smile is being shaped
as my lips turn cold
I raise my cup of madness
as i´m slowly fading out
Come
Now that the smell of a thousand winters
Threatens
Standing tall, denied the fall
All the lies repeat themselves
Embrace the challenge, make it your vengeance
The fate is his to seal
Now he rises from the sulphur
To regain his pride, to expose the masquerade
It takes more than hatred to destroy a man
A lesson told, let the truth unfold
Come and join the masquerade
Are you the predator or are you the prey?
Come and join the masquerade
Are you serious or is it just a game you play?
Break through the mask of sin
It's an act, a senseless play you're in
Where betrayal leads to the fall
Be true, face all the sin
There's a part unknown
The truth untold
In might strike back twice as hard
Deceives engaged to swollen heart
We will exterminate, then create
Damnation decides your place
Into a false direction and tears you apart
Come and join the masquerade
Are you the predator or are you the prey?
Come and join the masquerade
Are you serious or is it just a game you play?
Break through the mask of sin
It's an act, a sensless play you're in
Where betrayal leads to the fall
Be true, face all the sin
There's a part unknown
The truth untold
Tall I saw you
out in the crowd
So many faces,
But it was you that I picked out
I see the rainfall
Outside my window at night
I have discovered my fortune
and it's you...
I lie between hell and heaven
I lie between right or wrong
If I were God
I could have have you,
but I'm just human like yourself
I keep on smiling
Cause I have this dream
Every night when I go to bed
I have this picture of you right before me
You say these three words
Never forget you
But when I open my eyes,
High on destruction
She enters the room
And watches with merciless eyes
And strikes med with sheer desperation
I empty my glass filled with flames
And she takes me away
Drags me towards mirrors so cold
I dive to the depths of convulsion
Tearful I stand as she smiles
At the sight of my rivers
That run down my wrists
I stare towards the endless depths
Of my own self
Of my downfall
Downfall
Cursed be your name!
Cursed be your madness!
Deceiver and murderer of hope
In venomous intoxication I felt
The punishing strength of the rope
As you strangled by faith
Shred it to pieces
And left me to bury my pride
Shameful I hide
You left me to drown
In senseless oblivion
I stare towards the endless depths
Of my own self
Of my downfall
Downfall
As the curtain falls
I fall down with it
To the endless depths
Of my downfall
Drown me
Winter! The hatred rises in the cold
The way it sharpens all my senses
will enable me to fill the void
All your countless and weak attempts denied
You run with new-fed terror
Pale as you kiss damnation
Pale because of your failure
Hurt where it hurts the most
Bleak as the courage falls
Hit by the winter sadness
An orphan of your own madness
I will attack when you least expect it
and make you stare in awe
with blood-shut eyes at the perishing sun
Too many lies
Too many failures
In midst of yourself
you struggle in vain
Shivers! The way you shiver as you crawl
To see you tremble as your panic grows
is a reward in it's purest form
Fearful you watch the end
as it reflects in the mirror
As you turn blue I vanish
in a joyful trance
Winter! The hatred rises in the cold
The way it sharpens all my senses
have enabled me to fill the void
All your countless and weak attempts denied
you ran with new-fed terror
Pale as you kissed damnation
Pale because of your failure
Too many lies
Too many failures
In midst of yourself
you struggle in vain
Carrier of the Scars of Life.
(Music: F.R. Hagen, Heiseldal, lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus)
Take me away
into illusion
Take me away
from the rain
Wounded but not yet fallen
Still caving in
The marks from the dance with the devil
still healing
Shallow but not yet empty
Cries left alone
The marks from a life lived in vain
still sore
Take me away
Take me to places where hope
is not merely an illusion
Take me to levels where strength rises high
Take me to levels where there are no lies
Take me to places where life is for real
Where destiny s challenge has yet to be sealed
Still I awake to the sound of damnation
Torn from my sleep as it calls out my name
Take me away
into illusion
Take me away
from the pain
I fall!
The fact that the curtain of life
is ready to fall
I drown!
The empty white canvas
Seek shelter in the void
And vanish slowly in the heart-felt terror
Sterile is your thoughts
but not your needs
Attempting to be brave
but still a slave
A possessed servant
A slave to the blade
Burning panic, nothing more to gain
For behold
your precious love is slain
Seek the lies you hail
Seek the lies you left alone
Nailed to the ground
Seek the lies you hail
Seek the lies you left alone
Leaves you no traces to feed of
Leaves you no traces to feed of
Now that desperation run you down
Leaves you to be raped by the dreams
which slit and shred
Yet another week attempt
to reject the knife
and to strengthen yourself
from the source of all life
an endless struggle to get rid of the lie
But you are down on your knees
Time to stand tall, it's all so Clear, the story ends right here Where shall I go, I feel alone And the silence breaks my heart
Nothing seems to make me smile With this burden I'll go down I feel no hope, I see no signs Is there a reason...
Why, why am I here I'm so stuck in life Will you hold my hand So my eyes might dry So far away... I'm just lost in life May the will to fight Once more come alive
Time to be strong, to walk alone And to make my final stand it's all been done, the fires gone And the sadness quests my heart
Now it seems to make me cry Nothing left but still I try I feel the passion let me down Is there a reason...
Listen up here is the story about Me, seducing your mind. Let me have you, let me please you, Let me bring to the deepest of desires, Until you scream out loud.
Bring it on, I'm your own temptress, Use me and take me high. The the room starts to spin around You, when you see that I am no delight, And you will scream out loud.
The hour of truth is upon us, the Sound of the clock ticking fast, There is no more mercy for man. Will I salvage my passion this time, Or will I suffer for the remains, For all that was left behind, This time it's for real.
The time has come to realise
The time has come to face it
Into the void
you tremble as you fall
Into the void
you face it
Still you fear me for purest reasons
Still you tremble cause vengeance still remains my call
You tried to attract me to the void
and faced your failure
Still breeding lies as you fall
Now I'm the one who is standing tall
The time has come to experience
The time has come to face it
Realise
Face it
I will crush your visions with arrogant ease
I will demonstrate hatred until your dreams begin to cease
To think you could tear me from my throne
was to seal your doom
Weak you are standing cold
in fear as all my wrath unfolds
The time has come to realise
The time has come to face it
Into the void
you tremble as you fall
Into the void
Take me from these earth bound chains
I must find it once again
The meaning of equality
We will never hide in shame
But forever guard the flame
Burning for eternity
Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears
Promises sometimes don't keep
Freedom, put to sleep, and now I know
(I lay my body down)
Written with the words you tell
Stories, a lesson in life from long ago
Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears
Hold on, hold dear
The time is near
When you'll know why
The spirit flies
Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears
(Solo)
Children carried on your back
Driven through the wind and cold
How have you become so few
But in the end, oh, I will see
Your spiritual liberty
Forever to be with you
Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears
Hundreds of nights
Oh, my body cries
A trail of tears
Hold on, hold dear
The time is near
When you'll know why
Such desperation
Left you in shame
This bitter harvest
Bearing all the blame
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
From your trail of tears
From this oblivion
Seek dignity
Just human cargo
Crying to be free
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
Change it
Gonna change it, change it
Greed of man has pushed you over
Feeding on the fears
Poverty will always prosper
On your trail of tears
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
I heard about the lonely day
When jesus had to die
It must have broke his mother's heart
O the tears she must have cried
And though she knew the plan divine
He was still her precious son
It only seemed like yesterday
In a stable he was born
Chorus:
There must have been a trail of tears
From the cross to the place
Where they laid him down to rest
In a cold and lonely grave
And as the storm rolled to the door
To seal the prince of life within
It must have felt just like the end
There must have been a trail of tears
Mary knew the day would come
She'd have to say goodbye
The son was on a mission for
Which he would give his life
The angels knew redemption being
Carried out to man
He was dying there on calvary
The sacrificial land
Fallen blind to the demons within
The path to take and I walk it in pain
A darkened mind of destructive taste
My hateful seed grows stronger within
My own hatred - it burns deep inside
My eyes are blind to the demons within
My own hatred - I scream inside
My lips are sealed by the kiss of non-devine
My pain is drowning in the tears I cannot shed
As flowers withers life must come to an end
Can't put me out of my own misery
So I continue on my darkened trail of tears
My own hatred, my trail of tears
My pain is drowning in the tears I cannot shed
My own journey I'll walk to the end
As flowers withers every man has his trails
My own hatred, my trail of tears
My eyes are blind to the demons inside
My own hatred - it grows inside
I hide my fear in the mists of slumbering wine
My constant presence will torment my soul
Like claws from the past, in my eyes shredding tears
Can't put me out of my own misery
So I walk forever on my darkened trail of tears
I´ve seen shadows
I´ve seen shine
I know what is and what is not mine
I´ve seen glitter
I´ve seen gold
I´ve heard everything that I´ve been told
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
Trail of tears
Taking my stand
Think it´s time
Tired of letting you play with my mind
Love´s gonna be a little
Once so sweet
Think I´m gonna stand on my own two feet
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
Trail of tears
Nobody here is wasting my time
You barely notice
Unless there´s nothing´s gone
True love has gone
Nobody wants to throw it away
Why bother? I´m here to stay
Or then gone
True love has gone
I´ve seen shadows and I´ve seen shine
I´ve been here and now I´m wasting my time
Scared of you
Scared of me
Scared of letting my future be
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
I said I
Don´t wanna spend my lifetime walking
Down the trail of tears
The spirits warned us, many years ago
Of a plague of white, but was not the snow
To lie and cheat and kill for our sacred land
We had no escape, from the great white man
Suffer the innocent, for so many years
We left our blood and souls
Along the trail (of tears)
We tried to resist the best way we knew how
We really had no chance, we all see that now
More and more they came, driven by their greed
We were all exiled, it was their final deed
The trail of tears, driven far from our home
The trail of tears, From where we all belong
On the trail of tears
The trail of tears, driven far from our home
The trail of tears, From where we all belong
Suffer the innocent, for so many years
We left our blood and souls
Along the trail (of tears)
The centuries have passed, since they did appear
On and on they go, we still all live in fear
The trail of tears, driven far from our home
The trail of tears, From where we all belong
The spirits warned us so many years ago
The trail of tears, silence is the warrior's song
You think he died for us
redeemer from above
two nails for all our sins
holding back his healin' hands
blind faith leads nowhere in the end
don't ask don't try to understand
this holy grale with blood for thee
whatever happens trust in me
Refrain:
Curse the day when Jesus died
We sold our souls into the night
How many tears god had cried
The day when jesus died
Walking on the trail of tears
I pray to god to ease my fears
Deridin' screamin' crucify
Father let this pain go by
Slowly I fade away
Heaven's light a soothing ray
Here I am beside your throne
Chorus
So far away, so far away
(Chickasaw, Seminole, Mojave, Navajo)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Illinois, Iroquois, Nez Perce, Missiquoi)
So far away, so far away
(Aleut, Yupik, Eyak, Inuit)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Miwok, Quapaw, Natchitoches, Choctaw)
As America expanded from it's 13 original colonies
it stole more territory, forcing Native tribes to flee
history only tells America's side, it's deals and their purpose
but what about the people who already lived in the Louisiana Purchase?
that would be like me and a friend deciding who gets your house and land
even though your family still lives there, cuz once they agreed to a plan
they sent their men to "settle" that land, empowering them with incentives and weapons
intervening if tribes resisted, promising peace for land concessions
saying the tribes could keep their land as long as that tribe still existed
then they'd turn around and kill them, seize that land, and the cycle continued
so of course the Natives fought back, otherwise they'd be devoured
there was no United Nations to turn to and the other global powers
all were doing the same things during this time of colonization
like today's illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine's occupation
in 1829 Andrew Jackson, the slave owning, Native butcher
had won the presidency, ending the fragile peace that stood, the
Supreme Court sided with the Cherokees, ensuring their independence
but Jackson simply refused to enforce it, letting the states continue
cuz gold had been discovered throughout the Southeast and the West
and once again, the Natives had to flee or else they'd meet their deaths
Chorus
So far away, so far away
(Alibamu, Peoria, Kiowa, Otoe-Missouria)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Iowa, Chippewa, Cheyenne, Omaha)
So far away, so far away
(Arikara, Shinnecock, Ottawa, Sauk & Fox)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Mohegan, Massachusett, Spokane, Narragansett)
With every year, there were more broken promises from America’s governments
more than 500 broken treaties, invading more of the southern lands
the Georgia Gold Rush was the final straw, and peace collapsed
in 1830 when Congress passed the Indian Removal Act
then sent troops to force the Natives to relocate to reservations
located throughout the West but many tribes refused to take it
the Seminoles refused to leave, led by Chief Osceola
til they lost the 2nd Seminole War and most were forced to go, the
Potawatomi Tribe was forced to march 660 miles
across 4 states at gunpoint, down to the last child
the Choctaw were promised everything west of the Mississippi Valley
in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, yet still were sent packing
and the Cherokees were forced to leave their capital Red Clay, Tennessee
on foot for more than 1,000 miles, at least 20,000 refugees
and 4,000 died before they reached their destination
those who made it were pressured to give up their cultures, forced assimilation
forced religious conversions for some, the same was done to Canada’s Natives
but that wasn’t enough for the colonists, who even claimed that land as States, and
now we’ve paved over their holy sites, erased their ancient languages
so their heritage is lost forever on that Trail of Tears
Chorus
So far away, so far away
(Ponca, Klamath, Suquamish, Niantic)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Pueblo, Miscogee, Erie, Chickamauga Cherokee)
So far away, so far away
(Catawba, Tonkawa, Coushatta, Chittamacha)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Oneida, Lakota, Seneca, Dakota)
As time passes, our people and our cultures are forgotten
leaving us trapped on reservations like garbage you've discarded
now your history books ignore me, and your leaders do nothing for me
while you desecrate our lands, using our tribal names as trophies
driving Cherokees and Pontiacs, pretending you care Thanksgiving Day
while cheering for the Redskins, the Cleveland Indians, and the Braves
and then you go to war, flying Apaches and Comanches
launching Tomahawk missiles, disrespecting all of our families
several hundred places, lakes, and counties with our words or names
stole our land, robbed us of our cultures, then looted our graves
to this day, American museums and private estates
gladly place the stolen art and artifacts on display
it's disgusting, and yet I truly fear we'll never get justice
since it took 300 years for our South American brothers
to revolt and break free from the European colonies
and finally gain their independence, escaping the tyranny
ironically, Hispanics, the descendants of the Natives
now are hated by some Americans for returning through immigration
and repopulating their homeland, like the colonists are scared
that the Natives have returned to reclaim the land that's rightfully theirs
Chorus
So far away, so far away
(Comanche, Apache, Mississippi, Apalachee)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
(Pascagoula, Cayuga, Delaware, Calusa)
So far away, so far away
(Cree, Cherokee, Biloxi, Miami)
So far away, into a grave (The Trail of Tears)
I heard you were trained to be slain
And now that the war's arranged an early grave
How does it feel
To finally be free?
I guess now you've been
All that you can be
They never told you how
The West was really won
But still we know somehow
The deed got done
And on our hearts, our hands
And allegiance we seek to display
Will the trail of tears evaporate someday?
Someday...
Well, Mr. Yin...
Meet Mrs. Yang
Hi, how've you been?
Ain't seen ya since the Big Bang
How do you do?
What now will you do
Now that you know
Before you go
Who is who?
They never told you how
The West was really won
But still we know somehow
The deed got done
And on our hearts, our hands
And allegiance we seek to display
Watch out for Uncle Sam
If you get in his way
Will the trail of tears evaporate someday?
Someday...
I heard God was known
To go diggin' in his big toy box
Got up off the throne
And into the building blocks
The telephone must've rang in outer space
He left Earth alone
Wound up with the human race
They never told you how
The West was really won
But still we know somehow
The deed got done
And on our hearts, our hands
And allegiance we seek to display
Watch out for Uncle Sam
If you get in his way
Will the trail of tears evaporate someday?
Someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Some sweet someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Someday...
Some sweet someday...
Some sweet some sweet some...
Some, some some...
The Sun hangs low in the Western sky
I bow my head and remember now
Someone's lips pressed close to mine
Her cool hand upon my brow
Hell burns hot for a killer's heart
A shallow grave in an unmarked plot
Crack of gunfire in the dark
Hand in hand we'll walk at daybreak
One wore black
One wore black
One wore black
The trail of tears is winding on
Many pass along the road
Dusty soldiers march along
As they file one by one
One wore black
One wore black
One wore black
Trail of tears is winding on
Frightened soldier run no more
Arm and arm with lovers gone
No one passes on the road
Two girls wait at the railroad track
For their soldiers to come back
Knowing this will be their last
One wore blue and one wore black
Trail of Tears
Laying here with blackened empty eyes, forgotten in
despair
So many things to say, but not a soul that listens.
Gentle caring seems to be a childish wish
Is there a memory, a destiny to believe in?
Shoul I take my life and end this misery
Close my eyes tears falling down like the rain from
the sky
Please don't ask me why
I fear that end is near
Is there a reason not to cry?
Hoping to find some peace of mind
Across the dark into the light
Take me home where I belong
This journey on the trail of tears
Please come, come to an end
Wrists destined to bleed in this blackened world soon
to fall apart.
Imprisoned flesh need to stay sane from childhood pain
Death is standing revengeful and divine
I step into my world my reality
I feel a cold breeze back on my neck
Oh God I know I'm fallen from grace
Please don't ask me why
I fear that end is near
Is there a reason not to cry?
Hoping to find some peace of mind
Across the dark into the light
Take me home where I belong
This journey on the trail of tears
Please come, come to an end
Please don't ask me why
I fear that end is near
Is there a reason not to cry?
Hoping to find some peace of mind
Across the dark into the light
Take me home where I belong
This journey on the trail of tears
Freezing, waking up alone
Starring, at the ceiling and the phone
Thinking, that this house once a home
Falling, for a hundred million miles
Shattered and broken, like a hundred million tiles
And there is something, there is something in my eyes
Come take a walk with me down
The trail of tears
Where legions have walked before
No one is ever alone on
This trail of tears
You're always at home
Listen to these words you'll never hear
We had perfection, and than you just disappeared
Now my eyes are burning, from trying to find you here
And fighting back the tears
Come take a walk with me down
The trail of tears
Where legions have walked before
No one is ever alone on
This trail of tears
When I come round with a bottle inside myself
An all my pride has gone, locked away on some shelf
When my instinct becomes, yeah, yeah, what was once the truth
Many moons that fade away
Such desperation
Left you in shame
This bitter harvest
Bearing all the blame
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
From your Trail of Tears
From this oblivion
Seek dignity
Just human cargo
Crying to be free
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
Change it
Gonna change it - change it
Greed of man has pushed you over
Feeding on the fears
Poverty will always prosper
On your Trail of Tears
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
