Dionysus /daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/ dy-ə-NY-səs (Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος, Dionysos) was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thracian, others as Greek. In some cults, he arrives from the east, as an Asiatic foreigner; in others, from Ethiopia in the South. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes", and his "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults. He is a major, popular figure of Greek mythology and religion, and is included in some lists of the twelve Olympians. His festivals were the driving force behind the development of Greek theatre. He is an example of a dying god.
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst, 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
His early works show the influence of Grieg, Wagner,Richard Strauss and fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams, and later, through Vaughan Williams, the music of Ravel. The combined influence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes enabled Holst to free himself of the influence of Wagner and Strauss and to forge his own style. Holst's music is well known for unconventional use of metre and haunting melodies.
Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets, choral hymns and songs. An enthusiastic educator, Holst became music master at St Paul's Girls' School in 1905 and director of music at Morley College in 1907, continuing in both posts until retirement. He also taught singing at Wycombe Abbey School from 1912 until 1917.
He was the brother of Hollywood actor Ernest Cossart and father of the composer and conductor Imogen Holst, who wrote a biography of him in 1938.
1. Illusion of life
[intro]
You see the shadows closing in
I know the fall has just begun
Nowere to hide, you can't get out
You were trapped inside your lonely life...
[Verse 1]
Empty inside almost insane
Feel so lonely you're stuck to bare the pain
Only you can take control
Watch out before the hangman takes your soul
Don't hide there nowere to run
No escaping from all the things you've done
It's time to face reality
There is no chance for you to feel...
[Bridge]
Falling, loosing your ground
And times running out but still you're blind
[Chorus]
You're down and out, you're lost in paradise
You're just a fool, a fraud filled with lies
You're in a land where shadows watching you
That land is only an illusion of life!
[Verse 2]
Watch out darkness will come on your way
Decide if you ever want to change
You're the one with the golden key
To the future and to your destiny
You need to find out who you are
Take my advice or else you wound get far
Stop pretending that you're the man
Guilty of charge it's time to take your stand
[Bridge]
Falling loosing your ground
And times running out but still you're blind
[Chorus]
[Stick]
You see the shadows closing in
I know the fall has just begun
Nowere to hide you can't get out
You were trapped inside your lonely life!
I have never been so worried as I am today
I'm thinking of the way we're movin? closer to the end
There?s no turning back this time
How can we survive a crime like this?
Cause there will be nothing left
If we don't realize that soon will everything be too late
What are we heading for?
It's so hard to realize
If we don't open up our eyes
Cause it will be far too late
When our progress has ended it all
Rise up people, gather all, together we are strong!
We?re not gonna sit in silence when hell is breakin? loose
There?s no turning back this time
How can we survive a crime like this?
Cause there will be nothing left
If we don't realize that soon will everything be too late
What are we heading for?
It's so hard to realize
If we don't open up our eyes
Cause it will be far too late
When I'm down and out without the strength to carry on
The sun still reaches your hair as it's always done
Will I ever see you again, just one last time?
Anyhow I cannot feel any peace of mind
All around the world the fallen ones will see
That love was never ever meant for me
I?m torn apart but how could I flee?
I would die for you, so please come rescue me
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
I will love you forever ever more
I realize that life is never easy
But in my heart, I'd hoped for something greater
A dream I guess, but something to hold on to
A rainbow on a darkening, rainy sky
'Cause my body's caught, but still my soul is out there
They can take away my life, but not my freedom
My love is all that matters, you'll see
I would die for you, so please come rescue me
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
I will love you forever ever more
When I'm down and out without the strength to carry on
The sun still reaches your hair as it's always done
Will I ever see you again, just one last time?
Anyhow I cannot feel any peace of mind
'Cause I wonder where you are
Have our freedom gone too far?
Is there still an open door?
[Bonus track]
Weapons of steel, horses of thunder
He rides the wind, fighting the sin
Demons and ghosts, he pulls them under
He makes the laws and he will win
Lord of the magic twilight
King of the eternal flame
We're fighting right at your side
Against the creatures of hell
Holy Lord we will ride, straight to the light
We will stand together 'til the end of time
Beware creatures of hell, we will prevail
Riding on a comet for the final day
Loyal and brave, knights of the master
We won't forsake the holy land
Wise energy crosses our hearts
While the king touched our skin, ready to win
Lord of the magic twilight
King of the eternal flame
We're fighting right at your side
Against the creatures of hell
Holy Lord we will ride, straight to the light
We will stand together 'til the end of time
Beware creatures of hell, we will prevail
Riding on a comet for the final day
So we will fight the sins
Killing the tyrant and shedding his blood
To show the world
That the evil is dead for eternity
Holy Lord we will ride, straight to the light
We will stand together 'til the end of time
Beware creatures of hell, we will prevail
[Japan bonus track]
Earth was made round so we'd see
There's no borders to be found.
Mankind, under the same sun
Evolution never stopped
The empires fell apart,
...They all will rise and fall...
Creations survived the time,
...The ones built by us all
Child of time, born in the new dimension
YOU are sent to find the key into the past
Make them see that all their true beloved ones,
In a time to come had love to conquer all
After twenty centuries
There was thousand years of peace
Mankind changed the history
[bonus track]
There is thunder ahead
I just want you to know this
my eyes will be set on you
Because you are my game today
I know your face, know the life you live
I know enough, let your fears ride on free
I'll bring you down, soon you'll know
you cannot hide cause i know where you are
I read the fear in your eyes
Just like an open book
I'll find a way to take back what is mine
I'll be your foe and I will fight
Just like a loaded gun
Revenge is all mine
I just want you to know this
Cause life ain't a game no more
Lightning is waiting to strike
Can you hear Heaven calling out your name
A choir of angels taking home their claim
Luther King, Theresia and Mandela
All heros of the world
In a time known as the dark era
They fought and meant to be heard!
Dedicated, filled with spirit
Truthfully they followed their harts
They had a dream that they would die for
It's time to gather us all!
Keep on walk and march for freedom
All over lands and seas
Keep on walk and march for freedom
Mankind is set to be free!
Light the torch, step out of the darkness
Feel the wind of change
On the path to freedom and glory
There's only one way to be free!
Keep on walk and march for freedom
All over lands and seas
Keep on walk and march for freedom
Never thought I'd be caught in the web
Like a lamb lying down to be slaughtered
Put down your walls for a minute
I want to let you know what is on my mind
I am trying to find the words
To reveal the scenery
I was never enough for you
And it splits my soul in two
Every time you go
My heart is crying
Every time you walk away I'm dying
I know I have to be strong and fight it
But when you look at me I fail to hide it
I can't let you go
I just want you to know
I'm like a leaf that keeps on falling.
Never thought I'd be lost on my own
Never dreamed I would suffer such pain
Now put down your walls for a minute
We have to work this out, doesn't matter how
I am trying to find the words
To reveal the scenery
I was never enough for you
And it splits my soul in two
Every time you go
My heart is crying
Every time you walk away I'm dying
I know I have to be strong and fight it
But when you look at me I fail to hide it
I can't let you go
I just want you to know
I'm like a leaf that keeps on falling.
Time will go on eventually
My heart will heal again
But you will forever be the one
The one that haunts my heart and soul
forever more
I'm lighting a candle for all of the victims around the world
Of pointless destructions and killing it's so unbelievable
I cannot see why this madness continues to grow all the time
I guess there is no way to understand
Something that is hard to believe even when it's there
In front of our eyes every day
To tell us that life never ever should be taken for granted
Never wait until tomorrow
Live life today
Cause in this world you never know what's goanna happen
you might not live to see tomorrow so live today
How does it come that the people are living their lives in fear
Wondering each day if this nightmare will ever come to an end
What kind of future is waiting for all of these innocent children
Who have to grow up in a broken world
Where joy and security seem so unreachable
Cause evil has no heart at all it strikes where it wants
And no one can tell whenever it's coming
Never wait until tomorrow
Live life today
Cause in this world you never know what's goanna happen
you might not live to see tomorrow, get on with it right away
Don't ever hesitate to tell the ones that you care about
How much they mean to you now while it's time
I'm standing here facing a city in silence
Forces of nature have taken control
Streets layin? empty hand houses are fallin?
They had to flee for their lives
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
One lonely madman or beasts of mankind
Watch out so they?ll never get to your mind!
They came unexpected with evil intensions
They came to loot, to divide and destroy
Faces were frozen in pain, tears were fallin?
From innocent children's eyes
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
I just don't get it, I can't understand
Why things can't be solved here in paradise land?
Man, woman, children everyone
Were thrown out of their homes
And forced to become refuges
With nothing they could call their home
Sparkling beaches once full of life
are laying desolate
They had there dreams and future hopes
Until it all were whipped away
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
One lonely madman or beasts of mankind
Watch out so they never get to your mind!
Where does it come from and who can create
The power that keeps people trapped in their hate?
I just don't get it, I can't understand
You're running to me with a smiling face
I look at you thoughts are hitting me
how could I ever think that it was right
to justify my state of insanity
So I close my eyes and thanking all the gods
that I opened up my mind and realized
that some things are meant to be
So don't forget who I am and that I
always will be there and try
to do the best that I can to be
some one that you can rely on when
life seams to fall apart.
So what ever happened to you ... don't forget.
I know that I wanted to run away
and that I painted my world all in black
Could only see the picture of myself
standing there with nothing by broken dreams
I cant ask for understanding cause I know
that what I tried so hard to get away from then
Longing to see what I wanted to be
It never got out of my soul
To really fullfill what my dreams?ve always been
Though sometimes it feels just too far
What if I never had chosen this path?
What if this might never be?
Life is short and it just slips away
Live free now right here and today!
On a long and windy journey
I will pray I never fall...
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
So many can't think far
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
But see who you are!
A bright newborn star
Yours is the power of living the dream
To follow the waves of the see
You know that to live is love and be loved
To give and to fight, to be free
All I can see is the truth in your eyes
The love and the goodness inside
I pray there is shelter wherever you go
For keeping you safe from the storm
On a long and windy journey
I pray you?ll never fall...
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
So many can't think far
I look through the eyes of the world
I see a shining star
So few put any trust in you
But see who you are!
Sign Of Truth
Soon we will come to the endâ¦
Mankind's madness failed once again
We are caught in a trap
Soon it's to late!
Try to carry on in a world of greed and hate
When time is passing by I hope for a brighter day.
Try to fight it back while my faith is torn apart
By children without hope with eyes that haven't shine since long ago.
~ Chorus ~
Longing for a sign of truth
When greed and hate are vanished, dead and gone
Longing for a sign of truth
When all children laugh and justice has been doneâ¦.
Secrets forever untoldâ¦
I wish we could all be there for you
Make their pain go away !!!
No more silent cries in the end...
Try to carry on in a world of greed and hate
When time is passing by I hope for a brighter day.
Try to fight it back while my faith is torn apart
By children without hope with eyes that haven't shine since long ago.
~ Chorus ~
~ Solo ~
I can't believe this
Ten days have past
And still this endless rain
Keeps falling from the sky
I know I'll survive it
But this time the clouds cover the midnight sun
The beauty of my land
I know I can't cope with it anymore
I have to go I fly away
To a distant place
I take the chance and leave,
Away from this pouring rain
Night's getting closer
The season of light is fading long before it even has begun
I know I'll survive it
But that is the only consolation
When we see our precious days
Turn in to pieces once again
I have to go I fly away
To a distant place
I take the chance and leave,
Away from this pouring rain
I never knew that this would be
This is no place for me
My ship is caught at sea, the storm comes towards me
It's not that I don't like the (winter) snow
But I need sun to rest my soul
I never knew I'd need a shelter from the rain in the end of June
I may be moving on without any sign of what's below the surface
I may pretend that everything is in order
but It's just an illusion
I may just walk on by like nothing is wrong
I might say that it's all right
but I can never fool myself in this matter
Cause inside it's aching
I walk alone here in the center of my life
it felt so good to be all free
but I never wanted it to be forever
I could walk on fire
to hear you whisper that you want me in your life
I could walk on fire
cause I surrender to feel the magic once again
I thought that I could be so strong on my own
Without obligations
but there's a hunger that I can't look away from
no matter
I never thought that I would ever feel the need
in the name of desperation
but I have learned that there is nothing in this world that can
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
Too many ways to be the fool?
Too many lies to see the truth?
Become the one you'd never be?
Go back find yourself deep inside,
I'm telling you to
Fly with me, fly together
Until the end of time
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
Still having dreams and future hopes?
You tried your best, you did not flee?
Life's still just one big mystery?
Follow your path, stick to your dreams
they're telling you to
Fly with me, fly together
Until the end of time
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
I wonder if you dare
or have the power and the will?
Come - fly with me, fly together
Until the end of time
Fly with me, fly forever closer to the sun
I wonder if you dare
A cold cunning razor smile
Is cutting through your spine
Words of evil, deeds of greed
Into the mouth of the nation he's sowing his seed
What's done can't come undone
But don't let us do it again
Have all we taught been so wrong
If not "Why are you singing this song"
Remember, a single spark can ignite the fire
Inside its womb you're his soul desire
The Bringer Of War
Like a phoenix he arose from the ashes
But did you ever see him come?
Eventhou his eyes are shining true
He's not the saviour for me, nor for you
What's that sound I'm hearing?
Hasn't he been here once before?
A malefactor, promissing to take down the sun
It seems like our past has come undone
Remember, a single spark can ignite the fire
Inside its womb you're his sole desire
In hunger and in fury
In all of human race
The evils resurrection
In all time and space
Our faith is getting weaker
Our hopes are dead and gone.
Who is here to guide us?
To see right from wrong?
To be there for the lonely?
Be there for the weak?
To show us what we're here for?
To make our lives complete?
I just wanna know what's true in order to survive.
Forever in my heart I will believe the hands of time
Though we fear and though we try to make us strong inside
Maybe he'll never l arrive
As long as we don't try
A fiction or a savior?
Fate has chosen you?
Mankind needs your guidance
Something to believe into
We're born into a mission
To grow and realize
We're here for something greater
Above ignorance and dimes
To be there for the lonely
Be there for the weak
Show them what we're here for
Make our lifes compleate
I just wanna know what's true in order to survive.
Forever in my heart I will belive the hands of time
Though we fear and though we try to make us strong inside
Maby he'll never l arrive
As long as we don't try
To be there for the lonely
Be there for the weak
Show them what we're here for
Make our lifes compleate
I just wanna know what's true in order to survive.
Forever in my heart I will belive the hands of time
Though we fear and though we try to make us strong inside
Maby he'll never l arrive as long as we don't try
It's the same all across the nations
The ones who suffer the most
Always victims, always mistreated
Not even a sign of hope
Wonder who's goanna live tomorrow
Wonder who's gone? insane
Empty souls with a shell of iron
Life is just one big pain
I see the fear in their faces
I see the tears in their eyes
Never felt the joy of living
Never felt quite okay
Tell me how can they even make it
To another day
Save a prayer for the innocent
Their childhood's been taken? away
It's an anthem for the children
They're always the ones who must pay
Save a prayer for the innocent
It happens right here and today
It's an anthem for the children
Dreams are engaging in battle
Cosmos is rising to fight
Our world is neglected and falling
Gaia, she screams in the night!
On the verge of decay and destruction
Hope is what keeps her alive
Sending her plea to her people
That nothing is written in stone
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
Live the dream
Be the Anima Mundi
Clouds are beginning to muster
Oceans are stirring beneath
Life as it was may be lost now
'Cause Gaia, she screams in the night!
On the edge of the ending eternity
Hope is what keeps her alive
Sending her plea to her people
That fate can be altered somehow
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
Live the dream
Be the Anima Mundi
A star on the night sky
Guiding her hopes
Her dreams are in motion
A sign of light
All will be well again
See the sun
See the sky
Hear the whispers of the wind
Take the time
From the remnants of myth I come
A mythago alive once again
I was born from the mists of time
From the legends that whisper my name
I'm the dream of a thousand minds
Come to set things right
And by my honour I hereby swear
Love will conquer all
It's my gift to replenish life
Can you feel the surge of vitality?
If you join me and heed my call
Together we'll redraw reality
I'm the wish of a thousand hearts
A wish to set things right
And by my honour I hereby swear
Love will conquer all
'Cause I am the maker of miracles
Chaos awake in my hand
I am your fate
I am darkness and light
In my heart and in my soul I'm divine
'Cause I am the maker of miracles
Chaos awake in my hand
I am your fate
I am darkness and light
[Verse 1]
It's time to fight
As one on the battlefield for every right
It's up to you to change someone's destiny
It's time to prove what you wanna do!
[Bridge]
I can see a burning flame
That light up lost gone souls
Somewhere is a spark of life
That leads towards our goal
[Chorus]
We're marching for freedom
Stand for one kingdom
Follow the wisdom, all true at heart
Gather all forces, from long distant courses
Stronger then ever, all true at heart
[Verse 2]
I have a dream
To see all the people of our world be free
We'll live as one, our enemies forces
Will be on the run, the future is here
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
Along the echoed street,
You heard my screams.
Like an animal trapped in wire,
I clung to the warmth of your fire.
You caressed my bones in guilty passion
and spoke your wisdom in majestic tones.
I smelt the dirt on your flesh,
From the old and dusty land.
Like an animal trapped in wire,
I can see the light is shining
Fate has shown my destiny.
From the never ending fire, flames burning in me.
I won't wait 'till life has fading
away from the prophecy.
Time will tell if flames still burning
But it's ment to be.
In the sky the stars are shining all upon the Gods.
From their view they see it diffrent how the dreams come true.
We are heading for tomorrow
We are heading for the light
Far awy from lies and sorrows
We could make our paradise:.some never realize:.
I can't say I'm not religious.
but I don't mind if you're in church!"
I can't say "I am no sinner!"
Cause I'm filled with dirt.
Who I'm I to judge somebody?
I just wanna be myself
I don't wanna be a puppet
[Japan bonus track]
Earth was made round so we'd see
There's no borders to be found.
Mankind, under the same sun
Evolution never stopped
The empires fell apart,
...They all will rise and fall...
Creations survived the time,
...The ones built by us all
Child of time, born in the new dimension
YOU are sent to find the key into the past
Make them see that all their true beloved ones,
In a time to come had love to conquer all
After twenty centuries
There was thousand years of peace
Mankind changed the history
..And left hatred far behind...