1. No Need To Surrender

Why do you pray
With words you feel so empty?
Why do you think
That others hold the truth?

Never deny
The things you hold so sacred
Never despise
The strength inside your dreams
I know your hunger.
Try to let it take control
I know the reasons
That make you I ell so dead inside

In time you will see...

There's no need to surrender
No one is holding you down
If there's nothing to forgive
Why do you pray for absolution?

When you hear these words,
You think they're not for you
That's the first mistake,
To think you're just above
It's the death of passion,
Depriving you of freedom and control
And so the emptiness
Slowly fills you till there's nothing more

We were born to fly
Not to crawl in mud like dismal jesters
We should seize the sky
Never put on hold, never wait until tomorrow
Reach up high and win the day!

2. I Don't Believe Their Lie

Here they are
And they want more
Here they come
To steal your mind away

Here they come
To buy your dreams
And sell you plastic lies

They built a cage with no bars

I don't believe their lie
I live tonight
I feel the fire inside
I'll never back down
I am the sinner
I live the dream
I am the fallen
I dare the sky

All they want is sacrifice
All they ask is 40 years of pain
When you're old
You can have fun
With sickness and regrets

Shatter the cage and fly!

They built a cage with no bars
Shatter the cage and fly!

We don't believe their lie
We live tonight
We feel the fire inside
We'll never back down
We are the sinners
We live the dream
We are the fallen
We dare the sky

3. Endure And Survive

Another day comes
Wake up so tired
I'm wearing away
My life is starting to make no sense
Why do I fight so?
Planning is useless when
Nothing's in sight, no
My heart is colder and so worn out

Jaded and played out, but still alive
I still got something to say

I carry on, I carry on
Endure the lashes and bleeding
I carry on, I carry on
In spite of darkness and pain

Another kick here
Use and abuse me
Come join the carnage
The silent killing of all that's right
Tread on my wishes
Then spit on my dreams
I don't feel nothing
Cause I am not here
That's the illusion that keeps me alive

Jaded and played out, but still alive
I still got something to say

There is a will deep inside our bones
We can be shattered and torn
But still it breathes and whispers:
Endure and survive!

4. Just The Same Story

How can I know?
How could I be sure?
Nothing unfolds
When I'm in need
Pieces long lost in time
They keep coming back
Oh, why do I care?

I cannot breathe
In this place I cannot cry
Yet I still wish
That I had the strength
To shout
Where are you now
Now that I need you so bad?
Where am I now that I am lost?

In the eyes of the crowd
Standing there, watching me
All I see is the same story
Told behind different eyes

You that seem so sure
You that stand so strong
Tell me what you see
When you look at me...

I'm no hero, I am just a man like you
I hide in darkness
As you do when you're alone
If we could entwine our minds
For once in time
We all could understand...

Feel the ties that bind us close
Yet we stand so far apart
Open your eyes, let me in...

5. The Shape Of Thing To Come

At times I feel like I'm eternal
The master of my life
I feel like no mountain's high enough
No trial's too demanding
I set the world on fire
That's when I come alive

At times I feel devoid of power
Paralysed in fear
Like a leaf lost in the wind
When tomorrow becomes today
And the lies unveil
All the dreams crumble away

Spinning the wheel of fortune
I bet my life, day after day I keep moving on
No end in sight, every day I keep on...
Spinning the wheel of fortune
I bet my dreams, gambling with fate like I'm dead and done
Cause I cannot see the shape of the things to come

Love comes and fills your heart
Then it flies away
Leaving memories to linger over
True bonds are forged in steel
But slowly rust away
Things always die and rise anew

At times I feel like I'm eternal
The master of my life
I feel like no mountain's high enough
When tomorrow becomes today
And the lies unveil
All the dreams crumble away

6. Prometheus

I deceived the Olympian
Just as he deserved
I left him mystified
Just as he loves to do with us

We had the chance
To call the shots
Setting all to rights
But I knew that it was
Just a fraud, oh no
So I tricked him to accept
The choice of offerings
Beautiful but worthless
Or ugly but held dear...

I am paying
For the freedom that I gave
I am paying
For the gift that I stole
Look at what they did
To a man who would not kneel
Look and learn
That you can trick them too

He chose the bones
Cause they were shining
Glistening with fat
Leaving all the meat to clever men
Full of rage for his confusion
He demanded retribution
He took fire from our homes

Then I stole back fire
Twice a fool I made of this god
Dire was his vengeance...
In eternal torture
I am chained and eaten alive
Dire was his vengeance...

He sent Pandora to burden men
Made of clay and born of the winds
Curse and blessing for us all...
Now I am paying but you are free
Suffering for mankind,
You know that...

7. The Only Way Out Is Through

How did I get knee-deep in troubles so dire?
I'm gasping for air and pm pushing so hard
But everything goes ever worse
With the new dawn I hope that things will improve
But nothing is changing and things fall apart
It seems I'm unable to stop this

There are times when nothing goes right, every word is wrong
When you feel you've reached the bottom, you can start to dig

Always on edge, balancing on a thin rope
One day at a time, but I don't believe
This is effective at all
I barely control my feelings that want me to explode
My heart is pumping and I'm seeing red
Wishing to break down the walls

Going back is not an option, now I'm in too deep
Words and actions are like stones that weigh down on me

Now it's time to stop complaining
Getting back a grip on life
Now it's time to realise
The only way out is through
Fight again as I did before
One more time
Now it's time to realise
The only way out is through

No time to breathe, no time to sit down and think
People are running and I can't stay back
Pushing the limits again
Keeping the pace, it's hard and taxing on me
But I cannot slow down and time's not enough
I drift away with the flow

Going back is not an option, now I'm in too deep
Words and actions are like stones that weigh down on me

8. Sinner's Tale

I'm driving home, it's 5 a.m.
I raise my eyes, rain again
You're every drop
That falls on me
In every shiver I feel you

I just wish I'd be like glass
But water flows,
It builds a storm
I can't seem to let it pass
It lingers inside, where I'm torn

I feel like screaming
But I've got no mouth
Filling the silence
With guilt and shame

With every tired breath I take
I call your name,
And it burns my skin
I'm losing ground
To all this mist
A fading trace of memory

Breaking down, I fall apart
Breaking down under the rain
I'm a sinner, I know to well
Getting what I deserve:
To ramble in vain

Losing the eyes of a love I've thrown away
Trapped in my own paradise
Dreaming the girl that is sitting at the door
So full of life, so fragile...

Knock at my door, I will hear
Will I be strong? Will I let go?
Start your journey, find your way
I will be past the door...

9. To Heaven And Back

Now it's coming, I feel it pounding in my head
It is growing, I hear it screaming out
Always deeper, the pulse is keeping me alive
Always harder, no, we can never stop

I feel the rush is coming
I'm standing in its way
I will be taken away
I've got the wind in my tail
I'm setting all my sails

Flying away on wings of fire
I'm leaving all the grief behind, now I'm free
Soaring high above the rainbow
I let the wind take me to heaven and back

Running faster, the dream is still one step ahead
Fall and rise, I cannot hesitate
Feed my hunger cause I've been starving for too long
Quench my thirst 'till I am drowning

I feel the rush is coming
I'm standing in its way
I will be taken away
I've got the wind in my tail
I'm setting all my sails

The sky is the limit, I don't look behind, always ahead
There's no sense in waiting, my chances are now!

I feel the rush is coming
I'm standing in its way
I will be taken away
I've got the wind in my tail
I'm setting all my sails

10. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Awake again,
Ever wondered why we're here?
No need to fear
What we cannot know

I'm the maker of my fate
The proud inventor
I don't fear the blaming eye!

A probing mind
Digging for the will to endure
Search for a sense
Maybe nearer than it seems
Fall deep inside,
Find the rock under the soil
Rise up, unite!
Trust is what we lack

I'm the maker of my fate
The proud inventor
I don't fear the blaming eye!

You'd better take the chance now
Forever's not for men,
We're here today
And gone tomorrow
Another night is gone
Never waste your days
Hoping for another shot

Silence the doubts,
They are there to hold you back
Kill all the fears,
They are nothing dressed in black
Things left are gone.
Never look behind

I'm the maker of my fate
The proud inventor
I don't fear the blaming eye!

I'm the maker of my fate
The proud inventor
I don't fear the blaming eye!

11. Horizon Calling

Far from now, and far from here
We feel the urge to fly
Dreamtime sights and unclear pains
Pull us away

Treading the ancient way
Longing to see
What's behind that turn
That lies ahead on the road

I'm heeding the song of the wind
And I'm yearning to fly
I feel the horizon calling my name

Never at peace in one place
Home is right here with me
Waiting for the sun
In the cold light of dawn
Dreaming 'bout new tomorrows
Holding the pictures of yesterday
Waiting for the sun
To shine on a new today

Rising and falling again
Bound to leave once more
When the dust will settle down
I'll be gone

I'm a stranger
And I change my face again
Flirting with the unknown,
Child of the wind
Light is fading,
The night covers up my tracks
Leaving new friends again
Horizon's calling me

Longing to learn what's waiting
After the journey's through
Secretly knowing
That no one is there

Hating to leave and break hearts
Way too restless to stay
Trying to run away
From the darkness within

Rising and falling again
Bound to leave once more
When the dust will settle down
I'll be gone

I won't be waiting
For the sun to come out
To be on the road again
I'll leave in the dead of the night
Out there once more
Afraid to be tied
But so in love with the world
Full of pictures and words
Let's see what's behind that turn
That lies ahead on the road