1. The Futile Quest

You all wish that you could leave a trace
Oblivion will devour the human race

A tyrant dies, another tyrant takes the throne
A historic triumph is carved into a stone
Blood is shed to obtain domination
But Death is watching through the eyes of a future king

You all wish that you could leave a trace
Oblivion will devour the human race
The sun will die down – all will be lost
The achievements that you made at any cost

Behold! Your buildings are falling to the ground
Let this be told! Your head is removed without a sound
History repeats itself! Another tyrant claims your throne
Memento mori! Now you are nothing but a pile of bones

The lives you destroyed, the things you did
Was it worth a name in the human history
The life your lived, always watching your back
Paranoid – just waiting for the next attack

Dreams of greed will blind you
And know that Death will find you
Though mankind will never see
it's a futile quest for immortality

Your father died and you inherited his business
You feel you have to prove him wrong even in death
You treat your staff like shit, just to make an extra buck
You must be proud of what you have become

You all wish that you could leave a trace
Oblivion will devour the human race

Behold! Your empire is falling, your stocks are worthless
Let this be told! Your failure is documented in the press
History repeats itself! A ruthless businessman takes your place
Memento mori! In the end we'll all become a pile of bones

The lives you destroyed, the things you did
Was it worth a name in the human history
The life your lived, never looking back
Obsessed by proving yourself to your dad

Dreams of greed will blind you
And know that Death will find you
Though mankind will never see
it's a futile quest for immortality

2. Ages Ago

Ages ago in the deepest forest
I sold my soul to Satan
Boiling pure of hate within
to spread my guilt stained with sin

This life brought me nothing but pain
I wish to repay
Infect the world with the sorrow I felt
as I was cast into life without choice

I will not find peace in life or death
Forever I haunt you mortal souls
Crystals of tears fall from my eyes
when I think of the life I left behind

Eternal sleep won't reach me here
Floating soulless over the boundaries of death
Blue mist covering my path
where no mortal dare thread

3. The Beast Called Man

A lifetime I have spent
watching over them
And I have seen them devolve

You'd think that they would learn
but truth be told...

They are truly a lower form of beasts
They will stop at nothing until they are pleased

Emotions won't affect their intellect,
a bloodtrail spatters all that's pure

They would walk through fire
just to satisfy their greed
They would betray their own kind
to fulfil their own twisted needs

The beast called man

I spent a lifetime trying
to find beauty within man

You'd think that I would learn
but truth be told...

They are the hungriest form of beasts
They will stop at nothing to pursuit their beliefs

Emotions won't affect their intellect,
a bloodtrail spatters all that's pure

We would walk through lava
just to satisfy our greed
We would betray our own kind
to fulfil our twisted needs

The beast called man

This is why my family died
This is why my childhood ended
To this day I can't deny
we'd all be better off dead

We are
the Beast called man

We are
the Beast called man

And now I aim to end us all...

4. Wither

The barren trees point to the grey sky
Rotten leaves lay on the ground
The cold winds haunt, it's raining
and it never seems to end

A woman in clothes so thin
wanders the streets alone
Trail of tears in her beautiful face
as she stumbles in fear

A time of inner loneliness
embraced by the darkness
A wish to sleep eternal
in beautiful bright dreams

Candles are burning bright through windows
Doors are closed and locked
Screaming winds consume all heat
Yes, this is the time when everything dies

Gaunted and pale she hallucinates
Dreaming of warm clothes and food
But she was known by none
and forgotten by all

Bewinged creatures gather in the sky
together in search for the light
For these are truly the forgotten lands
Watch the beauty wither and die

A cold moonlit night turned to day
but the warmth in her heart couldn't keep death away
Her mouth open wide as in a silent scream
Her body stiff and numb

Her blue lips never smiled again
On her chin she had crystals of tears
Yes, this is the time when life fades away
Watch the beauty wither and die

5. Towards Purity

Towards purity you strive and you will see
the essence of humanity does not rhyme well
in this machinery

Your emotions
are obstacles for the corporate machine
Your flaws well hidden
A key to success

Soon you are there
excitement turns to apathy
Dreams so far away
Not meant for this state of efficiency

Colleagues turn to numbers
in an equation of stocks
No such thing as friends anymore
just parts in a complex engine

I see your future now
so vividly
Resentment, fear and loneliness I see

An old, bitter man
living in excess
in every aspect but love

A well hidden diminished being
in echoing halls of wealth

Most people see a luxurious palace
and dream of it
I see a mausoleum
a tomb for a deserted soul

6. The Message

Ten thousand years ago
We received a message from your galaxy
A message that filled our hearts with joy
A chance to exchange experiences and knowledge

You spoke of a green paradise in the cold dead space
A place where life against all odds did grow
Life sprung from water to pursue a life on land
evolution gave mammals a leading role

We did come – we heard your call
But found no life at all

We came to late – was it fate
The rage in you became your fall

A flock of monkeys learned to stand erect
invented tools and weapons to kill and gain respect
You said that much has changed since then
But none of our people ever kill our own men

Your thirst to lead and kill
was the guiding force for your development
This green oasis you called Tellus
destroyed by your need for possessions

Ten thousand years too late
But lucky not to feel your hate
So many things you could learn from us
You could have lived on...

7. The Darkness In The Corner Of My Eyes

There is something in my head
I see glimpses of it everywhere I turn
Recently it has grown stronger
forbidding me to feel at ease

It appears as twisted faces
on every reflecting surface
Sometimes it freezes the world
and everyone but me

And it calls for me at night
with voices of people that I since long left behind
In another life
In another town

In reoccurring dreams
it wants me to live it and feel it
over and over again
Things I've suppressed with time

The Darkness in the Corner of my Eyes
blocks out the sunlight in my life

The Darkness in the Corner of my Eyes
will never let me forget the things I did

I fear the shadows behind me
Driving faster on the road to madness
I cannot even relax when I'm drunk
and it's been long since I responded to pills

In reoccurring dreams
it wants me to live it and feel it
over and over again
Things I've suppressed with time

Staring down from the edge of a building
knowing that I created this monster
One free fall to end it all
One leap from washing the guilt away

8. Grief Was Never Far Away And I Invited Her To Stay

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9. End

Water
covering me

Reflections
below the surface

Just a few more breaths
to become one with the stream

I have fulfilled most of my dreams
by the measurements of society
Though the longing has always been stronger
than the final outcome

They all say this should be enough
But my spirit is longing for something else
The spark of life is fading
Could I find release if I turn away?

This is the end
I have given all I can
but I am through, my friend

The love we both feel
could never be a reason
to stay alive for me

All of my life I've struggled to fill this void
But it keeps eating and tearing

Life's colors are fading away
slowly to be replaced by nothingness

Today I feel like something has changed
A feeling of determination slowly taking form
A sudden urge to watch the sea
I can feel it calling and I'm longing

I want it to consume me
Take my body away
Release me from these chains of life
In oblivion I am free

I take one step into the sea
It chills me and satisfies me at the same time
I walk further out
The water caresses my neck

This is the end
I have given all I can
but I am through, my friend

The love we both feel
could never be a reason
to stay alive for me

All of my life I've struggled to fill this void
But it keeps eating and tearing

Life's colors are fading away
slowly to be replaced by nothingness

I just keep walking further and further
My head is all below the surface
Your face seems so clear to me
I walk towards your smile

I inhale, and close my eyes, I hear your laughter
and float away into the stream
Soon I'll cross the border between life and eternity
and I feel happy for the first time in years

Water
covering me

Reflections
below the surface

Just a few more breaths
to become one with the stream