INTO A PLACE OF DARKNESS HE WAS BORN TO LIVE ALONEHE GOT ONE BIG DESIRE: ONE DAY HE'D GET THE CROWN:HEY DEVIL COME ON HELP ME NOWBE THE ONE TO PULL MY STRINGLET ME BE YOUR SLAVE TO SERVE YOUTO LET ME BE THE KINGJUST...

YEAH...GIANTS OF STONE BUILT UP BY DESIRENO ONE COULD TELL US THE SECRET OF FIRETHE HUNGER FOR WISDOM DEEP IN YOUR HEARTYOU CAN'T ACCEPT THAT YOU'RE LIVING APARTWATER RUNS DOWN THE RIVERLORD YOU ARE THE ONLY TO...

The ivory is cold. Where is my desireIn a cage of gold, not a trace of fireIce cold as ice. I`m heading for tomorrowI am tired of waiting. I?l beg and steal and borrowLife is to short to be wastedSo why do I sit...

OH YEAH...WATCHING A FACE AND A SMILE AND A LIGHTWHEN YOUR'RE WALKING ALONE IN THE STREETI KNOW YOUR LOOK ALWAYS GIVES YOU THE MIGHTMANY MILES FROM YOUR***TO YOUR FEETAND I DREAM - WHAT I'VE SEENIS WHAT I WANT IT TO...

NOWHERE TO RUNNOTWHERE TO GOWELCOME TO LIFE DAMNATIONWELCOME TO FUNWELCOME TO HOMEHERE IS YOUR INVITATIONWELCOME TO THE GATETO THE UNKNOWN FATEWAITING FOR A BETTER DAYJESTERS DANCE AROUNDSLOWLY GROWING OLDHAVING PARTY...

THE MOMENT WHEN YOU HELD ME TIGHTWON'T COME BACK ANYMOREAND AT THE END OF THAT NIGHTYOU SLAMMED THE DOORMY DREAM IT DIED AWAYJUST WHEN I SAW REDAND NOTHING BUT A MEMORYIS LEFT INSIDE MY HEADNOTHING IS FOREVER IN...

Here I'm standing at the junction of my lifeSo many ways, I don't know witch one is the rightDo I wanna keep it up or throw it all awayOr close my eyes, go on and live just for todayI'm alive, I'm aliveWe're gonna...

Waiting all the time to erase it from my mindI feel like I've been left behind, my heart is frozenPunished to rush and fall and again I'm gonna crawlIs there really no return from the life been chosenYou wanted more...

I can't feel, and I can't seeI'm falling down what's going on with meLord in heaven why am I hereDo I live to rise or rise to fall to shed another tearOne more time I fell that I'm aloneI can't describe it cause it's...

I've just returned to give you fearsTo bring you pain as much as tearsYou'll never know what's in my mindIt's an invitation to my wayPray to me or you will payWhen I'm smiling what's behind[Chorus]I'll be tearing down...

In the silence there's a fearIt's growing stronger with every breath I takeA fire inside that drives me madA haunt of darkness that makes me stay awakeBut is it just a trace of evilOr is it the force to bring me downI...

Watching the eventide, the sun will hide and sleepMy heart's beat is slow. I'm thinking about my beliefRain washing over me cleaning up my brainTill I question all my thoughtsAnd clean ¨m up from stainsClean em up...

Pages were written turn yellow the age of the rhymeSadly confused by us with the passing of timeOh no I tell you no lie no madman am IGive me another chance and another wayGive me another time and another dayGive me a...

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And if you wanted that star that shines so brightlyTo match that stardust in your eyeDarling, I would chase that bright star nightlyAnd try to steal it from the skyI would bringSweets for my sweet, sugar for my...

This is my day - soldiers are coming to take me awayMay justice be doneI hold on to pray but no god seems to hear meThe pain I will face is my price for disgraceFor things that I've never doneThe toll of the bell and...

I can't figure the Lord down in funereal gravityOne finishing touch and the creature is coming aliveAs I kneel down and prayI know God is watching over meIs He pissing HimselfWhen He's knocking me out of my strideAnd...

Darkness has covered the opera houseSomething is wrong you can fellThere's a devil in disguiseA traitor has taken the daisCatalogue people spend a pitying gazeWhat can a man do in such a caseAristocratic experts on...

Living in a screenplayShe had never read the endAnd no one else is to see itTHe pain of abrasionsCovered with a smileNo one to look underneathIn a lonesome night she ran awayIn quest for light and then she found...

Darkness has covered the opera house Something is wrong you can feel There's a devil in disguise A traitor has taken the dais Catalogue people spend a pitying gaze What can a man do in such a case Aristocratic experts...

Good intentions pave the way of the human childHeading for the fork as you walk the path of lifeA spell cast from the hiding woods, don't you close your eyesThe snake is waiting anytime to penetrate your mindDon't you...

[Music: Sammet & Ludwig / Lyrics: Sammet]Cold is the wind, starless the nightRain pouring down when the last one arrivesSo many stories telling of painAre told by the freaks they've been throwing awayRide out, set off...

He was born into this worldLiving love but he got hurtAnd he sighed when he beheldThe bleeding lambBlood and tears drip on the groundDung the olives on the mountLove is crucified, made wayFor the greed of manThere's...

Strong on your feet, you were blindedBuilding up a towar on shaking groundOnce in a world full of colorsBack to see just ruins there to be foundAnd now you're falling, crawlingDiggin in the broken remainsOf what had...

When you cross the edge inside reach out for the stranger As you sign the deal tonight Icarus's your only guide See the haggard child of sun To the tempting fires you run Pass the gate and realize Casting evil eyes...

Longing for silence... "Always faster" is the way that we go. Not a little patience... Higher, farer, better we grow. The beast is rising. It?s tantalizing those who are taking the time. Alienation... A revelation......

Yeah... In a world of hate pollution we can't breathe anymore. We've to leave and this time you, the pawn, have won. On our quest for nowhere island we set off to the sea. You call surrender what we call a calm before...

am the madness carrying the torch Lighting the wheat in your fields I am the eyes staring out of the dark I am the war of your yields When you give response away I grow I am more of you than you might know Burning...

Lord of fate, I feel you deep inside my brain... Is it really just a dream or the urge to survive? (...and during an odyssey through the back of my mind a vision appeared to make me realize who holds the key to my...

The rain outside reminds me of your voice Like everything I hear since you're not there And distance doesn't leave me any choice Than to meet you in a dream we still can share In my dream I see your smile But when I...

Blinded by the fire and the sorrow of the day,I come knocking at your doorto dry the tears away.The eventide is calling me to take a look into your eyes.Pull me on and make me mesmerizedRiding on the wings of...

Oh Yeah... Thirsting for salvation You're off to find the stairway Novice on your never ending ride Whatever you may find dare to take it higher Here's your instigation on your trip into the light Standing at the...

"Ladies And Gentleman - Welcome To The Freakshow" Oh Yeah... The world around is killing me No thunder wind and rain Eels are crawling everywhere Compounding with the game Grind the army, the living dead, without...

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Now if you gaze up to the moon See she?s become as blood and soon The time is right: We gotta pave the way You gather silk to weave the net Entrap the strongest you can get A soul that?s ready to return again See the...

Sitting by the window Staring out into the night Waiting up for the light of day And the sound of silence The faintly flaring candle light Parting has got me Around to go insane Alone I try to while away my time...

The dessert in the blazing sun I feel my throat is burning The guard is incorruptable You name it vanity or yearning - oh Now - dusty into my face We gotta build it higher and higher The sun is whipping from above...

[music & lyrics: Tobias Sammet & Jens Ludwig]Crying on the pyre, feelin' all so strangeWhen you took my mind to deteriorate, toldMe that you like me, atrocious and deterrentLies, you showed me how it is to suffer...

[music & lyrics: Tobias Sammet]In the eyes of the mighty domain and its evilDoctrines, there is no trace of romanceBut the fears that growNoone can watch his next into the eyesYou killed the poetry of mineA long time...

Ravens in the air, noone in the streetsSeems like the fiend he must be backRiding on his horse but also flying in the iarLove has just started to crack - owWhisplash and torture, falseness and painEnvy is driving our...

Sacred - standing full of prideSpite in my brain causing you to fightEnchained - you pray to get a slaveRules with no sense, to dust you will decayYou left the empire of freedomHallowed be my nameHallowed be my...

Silence - it ain't the kill but the thrill of the chase Same old story, same old song Only the names have changed Fair warning - I could have read your mind in time By the look in your eyes Like diamonds turning to...

Walking a lonely road in the dark A scent of rain Under wings of a clouded sky Is it a losing game Running after pictures Slowly slipping away Trying to take hold of a memory Do you remember the days when forever Had...

We opened the door after midnight To step into a timeless world Angels and madness been flying around A crack in the voice of reason Something has taken over Preventing us from turning around Been sailing across the...

I saw her coming in high-heels, living like a queenA little sweet angel, but deep underneath a mean machineYou're lying and wait to make me your fool, you want me to biteI'm gonna take the bait and the hunter for...

Waiting for a little signSeems like to no availStrolling down the pavement aimlesslyWaitin for someone to snatch her bag of memoriesHow come you call it destiny?When the cross you bear's your only companyNever seen...

I see your face in a masqueradeI see your made up smileWhen the show is over, then what is left behind?It's in your eyes, it's in your hairHow come they say opposites attract?When all you feel is a struggle deep...

Pain is over, no one's to take the blame?We believed in roses, but then the thorns remainedWhen I look into the rear view mirrorWe create and we destroyBut I've run into a street with a dead endWalk up that stairway...

You do not know, and you don't careAnd you may never learnI made approaches, you gave me teethAnd got my open heartI'm paid for sassin, that's what you sayDon't get the essential pointWhat it came down to, was you and...