re hollow but I see the rising flow
only pain can cure my sorrow
nothing compares to the dreams that I know
can you hear me under the mourning star
all I dream of all the thoughts
I must expel
who would
who could
who dares
who cares
who would
trade his soul for my monocracy
a silver line for me to climb out of the shades
to find tomorrow the pain
your master claims I live it every day
so you are my land
look into my eyes, they're hollow who's behind,
they never show I have waited long,
my fellow nothing compares to the hopes that I've grown
can you hear me under the mourning star
all I dream of all the thoughts
I must expel
who would
who could
who dares
who cares
your conception will remain
dogmas in the breeze
enclosed by anys pain


2. Missionary Man

I've seen the outline of a scheme a vision of tranquility
the world in my profound embrace
I've seen conclusions
at the end a mellow hymn
of promises the voice of god requesting me
I provide you shelter from the cold
so gather at my feet
before the missionary man
in the line for complete redemption
I will make you understand
heaven holds a place
for those who pray
I have the faith it takes
to teach the tolerance of the lord
a stage to play upon
and when the cross is in the air
I fold my hands and see
a seat by god reserved for me
I'm a new perspective for the lost
their watchman in the night
and I'm a missionary man
advocate for a brand new order
I will find the promised land
in the souls I cut wide open amen
I'll make you believe
by the touch of my hand
leave all you know behind
and open your minds
I'm a new dimension
if you would obey


3. Retrospect

in cover of a dazzling fullmoon
I pace in the hall rendered harmless
by the memory of what I used to be
night's soon over I dread another sunrise
the pain of knowing I might have changed the world
I couldn't pass with a compromise
but the healing hand belongs to the living
and I am no longer the world will go on without me
I'm no longer
when I leave I'll feel a soft asuagement
and with minimal manliness
I'll bow to hail the light
when night's over
I'll sink into oblivion
but still I will remember
I could have changed the world
I couldn't pass with a compromise
'cause the healing hand belongs to the living
and I am no longer the world
is the same without me I'm no longer


4. Guilt

I have crossed the ultimate limit today
(a war is half-way won)
time and time again I've said to myself;
there's a time and place for everyone
frozen flame subsides in hunger
my heartbeat lingers as I wonder;
could it be that my affection lies?
I will have to try to comfort you what is on your mind?
as I woke this morning in the flare of my shame
(the claws of night still within reach)
I possessed the powers to arise from the pain
there's a time and place for all
and each consciousness
abash inside me tears assunder, pleads me guilty
could it be that my affection lies?
I will have to try to comfort you what is on your mind?
on an empty stage the play goes on
I applaud the actors as they slowly pass
guess it lies in mankinds constitution the vivid dreams
...they seldom last


5. Sanctuary

blind eyes search the sky
but try not to reveal uncertainty
behind images dancing on a wall
each tear a vision
the more you cry you'll learn
it's so easy to hide in the dark
the song you know so well
encourages to flee the answer to your tears
lingers in colours you can't see
each word a whisper
the more they say you'll find
it's so easy to hide in the dark
you won't find the treasure below the rainbows end
black and white are strangers to the pictures of the rain
you meet another day
with hasty little lies
when someone laughs you turn away
glad people make you feel unsafe
there's a place where all is sound
where you know you won't be found
where the sun and the moon never shine
and it's easy to hide in the dark


6. A Million Gods

don't hesitate to hope, they said come close,
don't be afraid love
don't seem to find it's way to where you stay
you have to feel the light,
they said it's easy to forget
love is really far away
for a dying of today
mother mary comfort in a cross of silver
hard to pick a saviour from a million gods
'cause when you settle for a new dimension
you'll never find the one your dying for
last temptation; touch me before you close your eyes
die a martyr to your principles
'cause you're the only god who's visible tonight
once you have crossed the course
you seek when your resistance'
weak when your goal is left behind you
soon recline eyes of the source
you're searching for can't see you anymore
and salvation's far away for a dying led astray
make another mountain
move before it's over try to pick a saviour
if you know his name but mary's crying
on the edge of heaven deliberation's bad for faith she claims
last temptation; touch me before you close your eyes
die a martyr to your principles
'cause you're the only god who's visible tonight
they all seem to be the same
so hard to decide
when a million gods retain all there is to find
there's another universe behind each blinding flare
suddenly they'll all emerge
but none of them would care


7. Some Wounds

clinch onto the swirling wind
have a glimpse of ancient sins
taste a ray of amber light as the weary sun goes down
there is yet another shore
luna's light won't leave you anymore
closing in closing in a whisper in the rain;
no-one knows your name
you've heard that voice before
some wounds may never heal (the ways of grace are narrow)
some secrets can't be sealed (and in your head the battle rages on)
someone said; you'd never learn
strange how people tend to yearn long for insecurity
you fought to prove them wrong you grew older,
pages turned some were right,
you never really learned fast decisions made your way
too proud to quit the game
but now they know your name be hailed for what you earned
some wounds may never heal (the light confines the shadows)
some secrets can't be sealed (but no-one cares about the tears you cry)
men died for your belief men
that never knew you wouldn't even try remember
responsibility for those who couldn't tell the enemy from defender


8. Carnal Comprehension

Afraid to stop and catch your breath?
You know I'm right behind you
I guess; some time
You'll have to rest and I'll be there
To push you through
I'm the burden you bare
On your shoulder
The voice in your head;
It's time to surrender

Comprehend; I see your eyes
While you're changing, rearranging
Make believe, islands apart
I'm still there for you
I swear it.

I seek the wounded prey in you
Ways to convey your anger
In mother's womb I am sublime
In what we share
I'm a wave in the sand
Tracing borders, I'm god in your hands
It's time you remember

Comprehend; I am the sky
Wipe away the silver lining
Make believe
Down never comes
I'm still there for you

I know the will it takes
To cross the bridge from here to never
I've seen a thousand pictures of a dream
I hardly could find
Forever I will keep the memories
For only you to open
Before you lose your mind
Lust before you lose
Before you lose your mind
It's easy to get lost
In this mad, mad world

If I'm hard to find
Stop the world before you're falling off
Try a second time
All I ever knew
I'd tell you to


9. Solar Serpent

a fading photo on a wooden shelf
sneering in your face
unlike the memory of the little boy
from what you call "the good old days"
the bitter taste of fall the smell of wet concrete walls
and still you count the cries at night you try to analyse
the solar serpent shines
reforms the shadows of the past
and evermore the torment lasts
the solar serpent shines
you traced the contours of a union
where only greed survives
convicted by the mass
you kept your course
with head held high the victims at your feet
the mission must proceed
there is a higher cause
you said afraid to understand
the solar serpent shines
reforms the shadows of the past
eternally the cross will burn
the solar serpent shines
alone again
but yet not quite so sure
watch it coming


10. In Your Multitude

another day reaches for life
and when I see you're not there
I hush the sunrise nails in my tired head
wide awake wide awake remember
all how you laughed when you were near things
we never knew the dreams that we shared
now I miss your warm embrace
once in my life I could have had it all
someone turn back turn back the time
I'd change tomorrow tomorrow
once in my life I should have cried your name
someone turn back the time
I know what went wrong
and I reach out for life
try to catch that moment
now I remember the outline of her face
I know the pain she must have felt
when I came too close
when she was close to me
when the stars would summon the angels
once in my life I could have had it all
someone turn back
turn back the time
I'd change tomorrow
tomorrow once in my life
I should have cried your name
someone turn back the time
I know what went wrong
how I wish that you were here to fulfill the dreams
we never dared help me make it through
when the winter night is clear I see stars,
adore their multitude
they shine for you and I