Silentium Motiva 1. Truth Every day is grey The sun eludes the ground The earth is shifting it's sway The sky makes no sound The last guiding light Leads to a truth obscure Still we stay Can't move Or turn Can't see through this night The everlasting dark Will have a stern hold Of my mind I'm breathless Can't fight The mass veils the light Into a distant blur Still we stay Try to run and hide But I still can't move The endless wait A closing gate My heart a swollen mess Is it too late? The endless wait This frozen state Life's empty cold caress Is it too late? The endless wait My desperate fate I gave my all Yet still, is it too late? I shield my eyes in clouds Can't face the truth I must not speak I'll find my peace of mind Breathe in the gentle haze and sink I shield my eyes in clouds Can't face the truth I must not speak I'll find my peace of mind Breathe in the gentle haze and sink I shield my eyes in clouds Can't face the truth I must not blink I'll find my peace of mind In this blinding blaze now think 2. Unchained I feel the noose tighten‘ round my neck I look around but there’s no escape They see my strength is fading But they don’t know I’ll never give in Broken dreams and bitter lessons Endless streams of futile hopes They will chain your mind I feel death creepin’ round my steps Everywhere I see more mistakes They see that I’m drowning But they don’t know I’ll never give in Broken dreams and bitter lessons Endless streams of futile hopes They will chain your mind They will keep you down I feel my toes barely touching the surface yet My balance lies within this floating cloud of mist This life is killing me but I can’t lose the bet They see my strength is fading But they don’t know I’ll never give in Broken dreams and bitter lessons Endless streams of futile hopes They will keep you down Now unchain your mind 3. Vow I brought you in this world You perfect beam of light Shining so bright Truth inside A place of dread and fright Evil is in its core Laced with soft spoken lore Waging war Can you feel Can you feel my hand in yours In the rain I will stand unmoving Those trusting blue eyes wide A debt to you I owe To your soul Pure as snow Not yet as cold Can you feel Can you feel my hand in yours In the rain I will stand unmoving Come water high I'm by your side I brought you in this world You perfect beam of light I vow to face with you Anything Can you feel Can you feel my hand in yours All the pain I will stand unmoving 4. Safer/Easier Can you still Remember When we were young? Our hearts were Untainted Cruel songs unsung In the dark it's safer with the night on your side I'm the one who must stand by the merciless hand In the dark it's easier to see what you hide But in the light now the shame is mine Can you still Accept all The things we've done? Our conscience Compassion All that is gone It's all gone In the dark it's safer with the night on your side I'm the one who must stand by the merciless hand In the dark it's easier to see what you hide But in the light now the shame is mine It is rarely with a flash of lightning that a man is stripped of his ideals, but rather by succumbing to a gentle, deceiving rain that slowly drowns the soul. And all that we have done must one day be reckoned and our character judged. There will be no lenience and there will be no forgiveness. We wear our stains to eternity. Can you still Remember? I dropped the gun Now it's done In the dark it's safer with the night on your side I'm the one who must stand by the merciless hand In the dark it's easier to see what you hide But in the light now the shame is mine 5. Vortex Three times bid and Three times answered Master conjured in Yearning wisdom That should never Pass to world within I crave for more The course of stars bare to me all All that will be To be adored An endless zeal forevermore For knowledge lost and found Wealth profound Fame resound More! Fortune handed Wishes granted Master takes his toll Burned and branded Price is weighted With my mortal soul I crave for more The birth of stars I've seen befall All that has been With gold adorned An endless zeal forevermore For knowledge lost and found Shine brigter, brighter, brighter... Rise higher, higher, higher... It burns like fire, fire, fire... The voice louder, louder, louder... It burns like fire, fire, fire... Shine brigter, brighter, brighter... Shine brighter and brighter My soulless will is unbound All that I devour From power will not desist It's louder and louder The voice they worship is me! Rise higher, higher, higher... Rise higher and higher My spirit is now unleashed All that I desire My hunger will never cease It burns me like fire The flame they embrace is me I crave for more The course of stars bare to me all All that will be To be adored An endless zeal forevermore For knowledge lost and found Wealth profound Fame resound More! 6. Shame I gave you all I had And more I let you in the door Once more I can't blame you for bleeding me I offered my heart to the slaughter This time there's no freeing me Succumb to the black muddy waters How do you grieve for a mere illusion? So many tears for a fool's delusion I have no one to shame but me The blame lies on my weary shoulders I was blind I refused to see Love crushed by a Sisyphus' boulder How do you grieve for a mere illusion? So many tears for a fool's delusion How many times did I try to pull away? And every time I gave in anyway Please, release Need to breathe Don't repeat Admit defeat Please, release Give me peace Don't repeat Love deplete Please, release Need to breathe Don't repeat Admit defeat Please, release Give me peace Don't repeat Love deplete How many times did I try to pull away? And every time I gave in anyway I gave in anyway 7. Circle 8. Tide Is all in vain? We must stand past the pain Hope will remain Tidal wave Swarming on our trail Where is the peace I crave? Repeating Our history Innocent Yet guilty And now it is our turn As the times the world does not burn The cycle starts again Yet we have learned nothing Grab your children by the hand Tell them lies of the familiar So we run With no place to hide Tell your elders not to fear And hope they die just like a whisper So we run But shall reach us the tide My kin Brace yourselves The worst is yet to come Born as one Yet torn apart Enmity In blood depart And now it is our turn To see the castles crumble Now it is our turn To let the greedy eat the humble This is how it will begin Ruthless means for an end Grab your children by the hand Tell them lies of the familiar So we run With no place to hide Tell your elders not to fear And hope they die just like a whisper So we run But shall reach us the tide My kin Brace yourselves For the kingdom come Once more there will be sunshine and laughter All hands joined in love We will rebuild all that was broken Fly free my dove Into the wind we cry our suffering This is the day we fell To a raging hell, devouring Into this darkness Through rage and ruin Our path of woe unfolds As our blood runs cold Undecayed our light's forced to fade No salvation now Unportrayed we fall under the shade We must survive, somehow While our beating hearts are burned alive With wilting dreams inside All hope a scornful lie It's time to die Dry your tears They wont stop your fears Childhood's over now Waiting Abating Our hearts breaking Hold on 'Til dawn Grab your children by the hand Tell them lies of the familiar So we run With no place to hide Tell your elders not to fear And hope they die just like a whisper So we run But has reached us the tide My kin Brace yourselves For Hell unleashed 9. 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