Elegy

[Helmantel/Bruinenberg/Parry]

D'you ever get the feeling that, you're never welcome
You walked into a place feel the atmosphere change

My body's trembling, I sense a presence strange within
A ghostly silence, a place for the living dead

Icehouse... a sanctuary for strangers
Where evil's waiting
Icehouse... your darkest secrets are known
In this icehouse... a pure demoralization
A cold frustration
Icehouse... darkness glows

No sign of life, the air you breathe is thick and frozen
A shallow grave awaits, a home for the living dead

Don't venture in, you'll just regret this sight appalling
It feeds on frightened souls, the lost and the weak of heart

[Parry]

What you see you must not touch, what you see
What you want you cannot have, what you want
As Adam plucked the apple from the tree he never realised
A chemical and biological attraction, came to be

Consummate, your one desire
Physically connect as one
To copulate, will quench the fire
Burning fiercely in the soul and mind

What you want
You know you can't touch
What you see
You know you can't have
What you need
It's just what you feel
What you can't have
You want more and more

Once you've had a taste you're hypnotized
Forbidden fruit resist the call

An appetite, to self-indulge
Keep's growing stronger by the day
Your self-control, you're bound to lose
If you continue in this feverish way

Once you've had a taste you're hypnotized
Forbidden fruit resist the call
Don't be drawn into it's sweet desires
Forbidden fruit can change it's form

Everything is spiritual, everything has a spirit, everything is brought to
you by the creator
As Adam plucked the apple from the tree he never realised
A chemical and biological attraction, came to be

Why, why did man create all of these things?

(Rondat/Parry)

Crystal drops of rain
I make a wish and hope... to die

Is such a feeling very strange
I'm living my life
On borrowed time

In this weird existence
I'm not afraid
I'm gettin' ready to stand in line

An' I believe, there's no disgrace
In wanting more, than just this plain old life
An' I believe, beyond this time and space
Well it's crystal clear, what life is all about

As futile as it seems
I'm never losing sight
Of how important life can be

So I embrace the test of time
And gaze up to the stars
Waiting for my turn to come... my other life

I believe, there's no disgrace
In wanting more, than just a plain old life
In wanting more, than just an ordinary life
An' I believe, beyond this time and space
I believe, time and space
Well it's crystal clear, what life is all about

[Van der Laars/Parry]

Responsibility and blame, tall orders made
Affecting the lives of your friends, for whom you care
Serious doubts within
A nightmarish tale look what you've done

A sacrifice means many things
Determined you won't give in
The answer is loud and clear

Against all the odds you're determined to win
A simple solution exists

Such loyalty and trust you gave
To all your friends
Impossibilities, this task you face
Solutions for everyone
The perfect resolve can it be found

Loyalty and trust, both you gave

Simplicity a saving grace, as clear as day
Don't be cruel to be kind, just change your ways
Searching your soul inside
Your nightmarish tale has finally gone

(Parry)

On the surface things look different
What's underneath you cannot tell
For years it seems that everything is going well

Behind the laughter hides a mystery
Shrouded in a friendly veil
The moment when you're making progress
All things fail

A challenge to be solved, they can't resist
The chase
Their masquerade
This dangerous path you're on, what if your instinct's wrong
Beware the wrath of a patient man

Danger, danger
Danger Lies
Close beside, close beside you
Danger, danger, close beside
Waiting to take you away

What we perceive as being normal
A twisted mind won't stipulate
To occupy their genius a masquerade

Way down a no-where road you're drifting
Into a no-where place you'll stay
Make a wish pray someone's listening, night and day

[Van der Laars/Parry]

An' through the mist I see, an image standing there
But do my eyes deceive me

I'm seeing what I see, what is reality
It's just a game

The great charade, which we play
Are we here, to pick out the clues

Opposites they always meet... try to focus try to see
Nothing here is what it seems.. in this world, nothing's real
Try to focus try to see... where opposites always meet
Nothing in this world is real... nothing here is what it seems

A concept so surreal, this abstract world in view
With no beginning or ending

Our rationality, we think therefore we are
If it's a game, who makes the rules

An' now the mist has cleared, thyn eyes the truth they see
Beneath the mysteries, the magic
Our future is in our hands, if we are who we are
The choice is ours, if we choose

(Rondat/Parry)

Hiding in fear
Such abnormality
Close your eyes now, say a prayer

Memories, a punishment so real
They played their cold and isolated games

Games, that wicked children played
They made you feel afraid
Paralysed, a child's imagination

Lost
You're caught inside a spell
Subconsciously afraid
The answer lies, behind the tears

Fight
Don't hide away you're strong
Enough to face the truth
Which hides behind, behind the tears

Reality, it comes in shapes and forms
Concentration, chase those fears away

Thought a power, the power to be free
Think positive the pain will disappear

[Van der Laars/Parry]

Wait a minute, hold your horses there
What's the rush now, take your time
Easy does it, the hours the seconds they
They last forever, an infinity of time

Each day and forever, endlessly the same
Nothing ever happens worth, mentioning again
Significantly quiet as always

It's all we wanna do, we're killing time
Killing time
There's nothing else we'd rather do
Rather do
Than killing time (Just Killing Time)

Late a minute, an hour a perfect time
It doesn't matter now, take a while
Easy does it, don't have a heart attack
The brain keeps warning us, messages of kind

Patience is virtue, at least that's what they say
What's the point in hurrying, take it day by day
There's time enough to get things done

(Van der Laars/Parry)

Known well and favoured
There's no limit to his charm
This illusive adversary, unforeseeable consequences

Absurd behaviour, a macabre like frame of mind
Living for the moment, not a care in the world

Excuses one and more... proclamations he'll make
You must, beware... a hand and arm he'll take
...He'll disregard us all

Though in thee we trust
Lead us not to temptation
Help us one and all
In the company of a force majeure

Lead us, lead us not... beyond the realms of our salvation
No sacrifice is more... than following a force majeure

Each vow is broken, it's a total waste of life
An urge to lead us on, irresistible strange compulsions
Euphoric notions, superior in kind
So irresponsible, for the fun of it all

Good morning my son, watch the sun topping your dream.
In the future a future to see.

Morning or not, it's always too late.
Why do we live in the past?
A moment is just long enough for the next to erase.

[Bridge:]
A fading dimension, with a link to the soul.
It feels like, no freedom, but life to go.

[Chorus:]
I - Hide the poet in silence.
AM - Where the whisper still screams.
LOST - Like a storm on the ocean.

FIND ME

SON - To my inner emotions.
TO - Kill the time on its way.
ME - Bringing lies to the notion.

[Bridge:]
You're blessed with the power of seeing,
What for others remains.
The violence, the torment, with who to blame?

Take a look at my life,
Encounter the ways protected by time.
It's buying, supplying and taking lives.

Take a look at this face,
The present disgust, tomorrows disgrace.
We're hiding, denying we're stuck to race.

I'm on top of the world, enjoying the fruits of decision
Conquered the lame feeling brought on by your Spanish inquisition
Hey you cannot beat a religion such as mine
In a way I'm a relic of a god forsaken time

Sure business is tough and we've got to make a living
So never mind the people you loot and consume your glory days
I hardly can wait for the day the tables turn
I will be there to spit on your grave
When your soul for ever burns

Look for the writings on the wall
This one's for you but from us all
Look at your mirrors ugly face
King of the scum of human race

Near sweet liberty sing it's a song with a truthful origin
Lip up the sky dance and drink wine to the tune of judgement day
Hey clouds start to pack, could this be your waiting sign?
Don't think I care I'll take my share and my chain to look away

The thoughts you have given, a spiritual song
I enter the day, it's the first of your voyage
Through logic and time
I'm here by your side

My kiss on your forehead
Your skin is so cold, yet you crack a smile
Without moving you reach out and cling to my hand
Are you happy again?

Ooh, we're crossing the rainbow
Skin ti skin we make love in the sand
Ooh, we go through the pages of life
As we live it again

I'm reading my conscience, why always too late
When fortune is lost
Is it part of the lecture, the lessons of life
Will I learn in the end?

I taste your existence, I feel you are near yet I turn my head
And I cry like a baby so helpless and scared, to meet you again

All my life, wandering around in a strange kind of motion
Square one, back at the end
So strong, I always though it's a scaled way of living
Out of the blue, there she was
Love on the rescue

I crossed the line, to end my...
False vision, submission to passion crime
I crossed the line, to find my...
My angel, my Eden, my place in time

In my life, the story of love had the worst kind of ending
But now it feels so right (love showed its light)

All my life, wandered around in a strange kind of motion
Square one, there is no end...
Don't let it end

In your mind I am free, I AM
Using you to tell, I CAN
When you touch yourself

From the spot where new life gets born
Right down to the places you don't want to show
Try and find me baby, I'm all over you

In a way I am just your darkest fantasy
I call tell exactly what you want and need
I can't keep your soul from falling
You can't keep your motor running
But release is on it's way...

Spirits watching every motion, day by day
What will be your faith?

Spirits, born to our devotion
On our way
To what will be our faith

I'm the stain on your wall. I AM
Watching you when you craw. I CAN
Won't you touch yourself?

I'm in your bed when you're not alone
Watch you make the faces when he makes you come
I can tell you baby, who you're thinking of

He sees no more reason, to find the inner strength to carry on.
'Cause there's nothing left.

There are no more answers.
No more fire in her heart, it all turned black.
No tears left to cry, the river's run dry.
Under gods naked eye.

A frozen horizon, he needs a shining star to melt it down,
And color his view.

She needs a new vision, 'cause the one she thought was real,
Came tumbling down and shattered the ground of love she had found.
Under gods naked eye.

[Chorus:]
Save me,from the thunder roaming in my brain.
The chilly chimes, the bell of pain keeps calling me
Until you....
Save me, 'cause my whole wide world comes tumbling down,
My feet can't seem to touch the ground.
You're the only one to save me now....

He sees no more reason, to find the inner strength to carry on.
'Cause there's nothing left.

A frozen horizon, she needs a shining star to melt it down
And color the sky,
And answer the whys.
Under Gods Naked Eye.

I watched your face a million times.
It shows the invitation that I can't refuse.
Win or loose.
Head in noose.
Trapped each day.

[Bridge:]
I looked for possibilities to change course of destiny.
Not one thing I tried, fill me up inside.
So now I say..

[Chorus:]
I will always be with you.
Close be hand,day by day.
I'll be always beside you.
Till the morning comes, till the morning comes our way.

I watched you grow from black to white.
Enlightened by your message inside.
Only fools,
Play by rules.
So mow I see,what's to hide.

I walked this road a million times.
Each time a new direction.
Who's the one that's pushed aside?

Who needs you anyway,
It's not like you make things happen.
You decisive sting decides.

You ran my face into a wall of endlessly denial.
Tell me what you're living for.

You'll bleed, not me.
So when your heart is falling don't come knocking on my door.

[Bridge:]
You.Mind is defeat.
You.Mind is defeat.
Well not for me.

[Chorus:]
If the time should come,grow some scene.
Clean up your act.
With the axe about to fall, down on as all.

You spoke of love a million times,
But one thing is better.
Cut me from your line.

Who needs you anyway,
It's not like you make things happen.
I'm not blind.