Tomas Bodin

Goodnight, goodbye, auf wiedersehen
Now time has come for sleep
May God forgive me if I dwell
Once more in glorious dreams
For 50 years I've lived in exile
But they'd like to see me swing

I've moved around to escape the lies
And I've turned away from those hateful clowns
Jealous and greedy, star of David
We made them kneel
But still their God couldn't save'em
Goodbye, finito, the final solution is real

Goodnight, goodbye, auf wiedersehen
Now time has one more dream
I dream of old Bavarian skies
And mountain views beneath
I loved my country just like you
But times turned out so strange, so strange

Someone may claim I was evil
Now even notorious, now that's a lie
There is no smoke without fire
The Jews they are liars, of course, now we have proved
Such an excellent scapegoat, now let's move them

And Germany was going bad, all wrong
So we asked our god for a strong man
To give back the glory land
That was the dawn, the beginning of impact
We are felt so strong, how could we all be wrong
For once God's glory shone over Germany
No more defeat, no more retreat
So unified, we were all so proud
We were "uber alles"
What a glorious feeling of power

Goodnight, goodbye, auf wiedersehen...

Got a perfect view
From here in the voyage window room
Blue planet, sleeping beauty
The place that we call home
From here you can detect no borders
To me it looks the same
One world, one until under the sun

Let's leave it, don't get closer
I fear what we might find
Up from here it looks so peaceful
From the innocent blue sky

There's a view of constant beauty
That time and man can't change
Just mind to keep the distance now
And your impressions will remain
You want to keep the dream forever
You never wanna leave
I wish that everyone could see
And feel the way I feel

The more you look, the more you try
The more you free the inner eye
There's a mountain we could climb

Got a perfect view from here
From a window in the sky
You ain't going nowhere now
You want but cannot fly
Sometimes it feels like god has left us
But you never can be sure
You're stuck with us and your dreams
Inside revolving (hotel) doors

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The world is open
The world is alive
It's technicolor and the sun is slowly rising
The morning sun
Can almost set the hills on fire
All along the coastline
You can hear the seagulls cries

Is it me that paints a picture
Is it me that directs the day?
Am I one amongst the millions
That will see the world this way?
Is it part of the illusion
All the overwhelming scenes?
Is it love that found it's way in here
To lift my beating heart away?

Oh, oh...

I can see the beauty
In a thousand different faces
I can hear the small talk
In the far and distant market places
Everybody is special
It's the highlight of their story
New life is in the meeting
Of the glowing morning glory

Oh, oh...

The world is even, yes the world is alright
We all just float about like sleepy satelites
Watching the cycles, see the seasons change
From thunderous rivers to the sunny lanes

The world is grooving to a brand new beat
The ground is swaying below our feet
All we ask for is a bit of happiness
And a smile upon our children's faces

If you really wanted to
You could write a hit
You could cut the corners
And you could make things fit

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

We don't want no bloody poem
We don't want your second thoughts
Don't you think you overdo it?
Have you heard that less is more?

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

You don't have to fight for regocnition
You don't have to sweat to get the gold
You just have to shake those two and listen
You just have to do what you are told

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

How I love it when you're down
I love when your wings
Are nailed to the ground
And your pain brings me joy
But I'm a lonely and cold jealous boy
And this feeling is all that I know
I've been taken and bent by the undertow
And I hope you hurt like I hurt, I do
Hope you join my emotional vertigo

When it rains, it rains, it rains
My memories, they're fading fast
Like watercolors in the rain
So much I wanted to say
But I'm locked away

How I love it when you fail
When your wings are tied down to the rail
When the train run you down
See your smile break down into a frown
Any devil give credit to me
Turning triumph to sweet misery
Guess I locked my door to love long ago
And the questions don't come for the answers I know

When it rains, it rains, it rains
My memories, they're fading fast
Like watercolors in the rain
So much I wanted to say
But I'm locked away

I'm lonely and cold jealous boy
I'm a lonely and cold jealous boy

Winter, no leaves on the trees
Sky is turning red
Silence, I don't know how it feels
Deep inside my head
So scared to walk that moonlit mile
I can't stand to lose my face
So tired, I have to rest for a while
And get out of these wicked ways

Life will kill you!
Life will kill you!

One step, I'm close to the edge
I can't move no more
In my life, there's a lot of things I regret
That I can't take back for sure
My confidence is leaving me
The evidence is clear to see
It's nobody fault but mine
Life will kill you, anytime
Life will kill you, any minute

Winter, no leaves on the trees
I can't move no more

Life will kill you, any time
Life will kill you, any minute

Lucy had a dream last night
Lucy dream in black and white
Lucy was left there on her own
Out in the field, out in the cold
She had her summerdress, no shoes
She had no plan, she had no clue

Maybe the angels beamed her down
Maybe she hurried out of town
Leaving a family behind
Is someone missing her?

God, he knows where little Lucy goes
She's alone in her dreams high in the fields
The men just moving in and out of her life
Just to prove that she's not dead, she's alright

Lucy has a dream last night
Lucy is beyond the skies
Lucy is higher than a kite
In the back of 60's Cadillac
She has a stranger in her arms
She ain't going back home until dawn

God, he knows where little Lucy goes
She's alone in her dreams high in the fields
The men just moving in and out of her life
Just to prove that she's not dead, she's alright

Trainride, dreaming the day away
Slowride, (go) passing the gardens
Travel, room for my mind to play
Mindgames, ('bout) life of the others

Now get movin', pack your suits and ties
One more airport, feel the rush of life
Speed forever, waiting in the queue
All I wanna do is be with you

Send me over the ocean
I am lonely
A man of the world and emotions
Sleepless under the moonlight
I get homesick
I traded the world for the blue skies

Ghostflight, losing the hours
First class, lonesome and tired
Day or night, it all looks the same to me
Cab ride, pick up some flowers

Now get movin', pack your suits and ties
One more airport, feel the rush of life
Speed forever, waiting in the queue
All I wanna wait, is wait for you

Send me over the ocean
I am lonely
A man of the world and emotions
Sleepless under the moonlight
I get homesick
I traded the world for the blue skies

Daydream, life on the seaside
Angel, give me the big smile
Frame by frame, life in slow motion
I'm gettin' sunkissed, down to the ocean
Lose it, letting the pressure go
Now I'm sinking into the blue...

Send me over the ocean
I am lonely
A man of the world and emotions
Sleepless under the moonlight
I get homesick
I traded the world for the blue skies

Now imagine, can you, can you, if you will
See the sunrise "colorize" the hills
All the waters running down the mountain streams
Flood of Eden bring to life this dream

Tiny steps
Minor giant steps in the world unite
Tiny steps, in the wisdom ramp
Minor giant steps in the world unite

On the mountain side, silver thread unwind
Gently linger on, crystal waters chime
Watch the engineer get the details right!
Watch him shape the day
Out of the darkness comes the light
Out of the darkness and the night

Tiny steps, in the wisdom ramp
Minor giant steps in the world unite

Now we understand how we play a part
In the tireless games
Circles round a sacred heart
All the beauty there is
Our perception of the dream
Sharing equally, all like players of a team

Sixtynine, we're walking on the moon
Sending those waves to see if we're alone
50 million keep choking in the sun
Nothing learned from life still dog eat dog

It's just a transmission so we don't mind
But what about god and what lies behind
Those patterns are old and make no sense
So keep on exploiting until the end

The masterminds create the new frontiers
So "einstein me" please I wanna see it clear
Bit by bit they took this world apart
There's no more secret left as it hit the market

It's just a transmission so we don't mind
But what about god and what lies behind
Those patterns are old and make no sense
So keep on exploiting until the end

I'm just the minor giant soul
Trying so hard to understand
The things that I cannot see
Arise from inside of me

Coming to terms, to lose control
See how a man becomes a soul
If thinking is wider than the sea
Arise from the dream within a dream

It's strange how life's illusions turn
They look so different around the corners
I wasn't prepared for such a journey
And now there ain't no turning back

I'm just a minor giant bird
Sitting on someone's shoulder
And she might undertake this journey
While I keep getting older

She once was brighter that the sun
I may have been her soulmate
She couldn't speak while she was dumb
But I couldn't figure out

It's strange how life's illusions turn
They look so different around the corners
I wasn't prepared for such a journey
And now there ain't no turning back

It's strange how words can start a war
They call it the domino syndrome
A new world is hiding behind the door
A world that's always been there

Mommy leave the light on
Tell me that the monster is gone
One more lullaby to sing
Mommy leave the radio on

Let no intruders make their way into my dreams
So mommy keep it nice and clean
You light a fire and keep the animals away
I'll try forget that I'm afraid

Mommy you can tell me why
There is no way we can escape from dying?
Mommy can you tell me I get well
I really don't care if you're lying

If god still have his kingdom
Far beyond the skies
Now do you think he can hear our cries?
Can daddy take me sail across the milty way?
I'll try forget that I'm afraid

We've got guests, plenty, they come and they go
I'm the friendly smile but nobody knows me
One checkin' in, the other checkin' in out
This house is nothing but a roundabout
We carry your bags and we clean your room
We polish the glasses, the forks and the spoons
We've got staff standing by
With people ready to die for you

Communication systems are state of the art
Educational prospects of getting smarter
"First class service" will cost you some more
We've got sexy "livestock" back in store
Just give us a call and we'll send them up
we've got satisfied guests all the way to the top
Bankers, lawyers and politicians
The guest is king, now that is our mission!!

It's a living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

Now if you're hung up on celebrities,
we've had them all, on that you can trust me
We know their little secrets and dirty lies
Their little filthy habits - this job is priceless!!!

The clock is tickin', day in, day out
Life in the fast lane this ol' roundabout
Some people are good, some people are bad
But we seem to remember all the fun we've had
We've had Picasso and Einstein too
Howard Hughes fell out of the blue
Hookers, liars and fancy folks
The wall street gamblers and their money talk.

A living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

She's waiting for the early tide
She turned back where the road got wider
She's looking for a soft asylum
Thinking loneliness is such a bitch to juggle

Been searching in the book of dreams
Been dreaming of a desert flower
Been waiting for the perfect touch
To release her from the self-consuming fire

Been hiding in a solitude
Grim exile in the business towers
A life amongst the living dead
Afraid to see what's building up inside of her

Five frozen faces fade away
Like still life in twilight hour
As memories of years gone by
The years of glorious undivided power

A flower tamed at your expense
A friend that could have been your lover
Sing softly from a world unchained
To catch the dawning resurrection hour

Five frozen faces fade away
Like still life in twilight hour
As memories of years gone by
The years of glorious undivided power

A flower tamed at your expense
A friend that could have been your lover
Sing softly from a world unchained
To catch the dawning resurrection hour

She tapped into the lucid dreams
To try escape the wildest fire
The fires that consume her soul
The way out is getting stony, steep and narrow

She's following the spiral down
She's trapped inside the wicked powers
If only she could hurt her God?
He'd crush her soul in the 11th hour

Summer is gone, memories long
We're afraid and hold on desperately
To the last of hopes and memories
Time moves on, how I wonder
Even perfect moments slip away
And may leave us empty and afraid

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
Now this ain't right, I curse and cry
I've asked myself a million times
Why some just have to lose and suffer

Summer is gone, it all went wrong
So we bury all the pain inside
And once more put on a friendly smile
Life moves on, but no more bonds
We're afraid to love and lose once more
So we turn lights low and lock the door

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
This ain;t right
Here's one more sleepless night
I'm growing older
There's no way I escape your cries
I've asked myself a million times
Why I have to lose and suffer

Should I stay here on the floor?
I can't get up... and you no more!
Someone's talking in my head
The sunshine!
Laugh away my only thread
The white line
Touch my heaven

My mind is climbing on the wall
It's getting high by setting small
Someone's crying in my ear
The sunshine!
Make my way look so clear
The white line
Touch my heaven!

What if God is alone
and he really needs someone to talk to?
What if I'm feeling small?
I need someone to look up to
In this day and this age
there is too much information
And the loudness of man
seems to cloud the revelations

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed and sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
my scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait and I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if God is at your door
but you leave him standing in the cold
If there's angels on board
you can hear the voices thru the walls
There's a heaven obscured
by greed and hate and pettiness
You know love can turn cold
and leave your heart with emptyness

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed & sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
My scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait & I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if silence will fall
and finally I'll hear myself
What if God hear my call
all my wearyness be put to rest

I can see beyond time
I can love beyond words
I can shine beyond suns
I can dream beyond worlds
I can live, I can die
but it all means the same
I'm the spark in the eye
I'm the bright inner flame
I am one of the earth
I am one of the skies
I am blood, I am war
I'm a sweet lullaby

I'm not good I'm not bad
I'm just born in your head
When you want me to be
Where you want me to be
I am nothing you'll see
we both die, don't you know
so don't you try

Goodnight, it seems that it won't be the last goodbye
How strange we see the hours fly, the voices slowly fade away
Still walking tall, come walk with me that royal rocky road
Dividing the evil from what's good and soon the judge will pass the score

I had the world in my hand, the peace and the power, a love divine
I had the land at my feet, but bad is bad when loose ends meet
One bad apple can spoil them all

How long will matter have the power over mind
How long before we leave the wars behind
The leaders write our history in blood
What would it take before science serve the matters of the heart
Instead of keeping half the world apart...
The other seeing profit as it's god

We had the world in our hands
The sea and the forest, the lonely land
We had the land at our feet
We had it all, but still it seems it's not enough
Enough for the most of us...enough for the most of us

The world is open
The world is alive
It's technicolor and the sun is slowly rising
The morning sun
Can almost set the hills on fire
All along the coastline
You can hear the seagulls cries

Is it me that paints a picture
Is it me that directs the day?
Am I one amongst the millions
That will see the world this way?
Is it part of the illusion
All the overwhelming scenes?
Is it love that found it's way in here
To lift my beating heart away?

Oh, oh...

I can see the beauty
In a thousand different faces
I can hear the small talk
In the far and distant market places
Everybody is special
It's the highlight of their story
New life is in the meeting
Of the glowing morning glory

Oh, oh...

The world is even, yes the world is alright
We all just float about like sleepy satelites
Watching the cycles, see the seasons change
From thunderous rivers to the sunny lanes

The world is grooving to a brand new beat
The ground is swaying below our feet
All we ask for is a bit of happiness
And a smile upon our children's faces

If you really wanted to
You could write a hit
You could cut the corners
And you could make things fit

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

We don't want no bloody poem
We don't want your second thoughts
Don't you think you overdo it?
Have you heard that less is more?

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

You don't have to fight for regocnition
You don't have to sweat to get the gold
You just have to shake those two and listen
You just have to do what you are told

Are you really ready to believe it?
Are you really taking my advice?
Do you have a mission, can you see it?
Do you really feel that you are alright?

And soon you'll dine with presidents
And soon your name will get that nicer ring
You'll be the one familiar face
In hollow echoes from a world you sing

If I don't wake up by tomorrow
If I don't work one more day
If this is my hearts final beating now.
Here is to you what I'd say
Never listen to tales from the high wire
Hear my flute that I played in your ear

I'm just a clown in the eyes of the world
Guess I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

What do you see in the crystal ball
Now, what may com in my way?
Tell me the truth do you love me?
Cause I haven't come here to play
Never listen to voodoo tongue teachers
Just taste the stardust I've placed in your mouth

I'm just a clown in the eyes of the world
Guess I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

I'm a clown, I'm a clown in the eyes of the world
I'm a clown, I'm a clown in the eyes of the world

Some may say I'm a loser
Some may say I'm a sinner
Work my way like a bulldozer
Twist my day for a change
Never listen to voodoo tongue teachers
Just feel the love that I placed in your heart

How I love it when you're down
I love when your wings
Are nailed to the ground
And your pain brings me joy
But I'm a lonely and cold jealous boy
And this feeling is all that I know
I've been taken and bent by the undertow
And I hope you hurt like I hurt, I do
Hope you join my emotional vertigo

When it rains, it rains, it rains
My memories, they're fading fast
Like watercolors in the rain
So much I wanted to say
But I'm locked away

How I love it when you fail
When your wings are tied down to the rail
When the train run you down
See your smile break down into a frown
Any devil give credit to me
Turning triumph to sweet misery
Guess I locked my door to love long ago
And the questions don't come for the answers I know

When it rains, it rains, it rains
My memories, they're fading fast
Like watercolors in the rain
So much I wanted to say
But I'm locked away

I'm lonely and cold jealous boy
I'm a lonely and cold jealous boy

Last minute on earth
what would you do, who would you call?
Your mobile is down,
who will write the history of that final day?

That last minute on earth
one minute alone, lost word or cause
for one who had everything,
now unfold this scary beautiful end

Last minute on earth
saving your last famous words
maybe just whistle a tune on a plain bird of clay

Last minute on earth
fractions of time is all that is left
You used to kill time,
now it's time who's killing you, they've closed the store

Last minute on earth
waiting to fly like pigs in the dirt
gold 'round your neck,
but your wings are broken, bent & burnt they say

Last minute alive
check your account, to buy a way out
beating the clock,
but you cannot beat the feeling of being alive!!!

Last minute on earth
saving your last famous words
maybe just whistle a tune on a plain bird of clay

Last minute on earth, in the rapids of time
A story on wheels without rhythm (or rhyme)
Racing the memory lane, high and low
You own the world but got nowhere else to go

Last fraction of hope, a flickering light
Voices so clear step out of the night
...go talk to your God instead of talk to yourself
Look into the light if you're looking for help!!!

Winter, no leaves on the trees
Sky is turning red
Silence, I don't know how it feels
Deep inside my head
So scared to walk that moonlit mile
I can't stand to lose my face
So tired, I have to rest for a while
And get out of these wicked ways

Life will kill you!
Life will kill you!

One step, I'm close to the edge
I can't move no more
In my life, there's a lot of things I regret
That I can't take back for sure
My confidence is leaving me
The evidence is clear to see
It's nobody fault but mine
Life will kill you, anytime
Life will kill you, any minute

Winter, no leaves on the trees
I can't move no more

Life will kill you, any time
Life will kill you, any minute

Waterfall, a midnight monsoon in a moonlit tropical station
A million eyes in the African night, calling us in, now don't you be afraid
Blue whales navigate the Atlantic, nuclear submarines control the space
Life spent, a precious moment, in the wink of an eye we live and we die

Dream it up, dream it up!
Thinking of a world, a state of perfection
Over and over again, masterplan unfold for each generation
One touch from the master's hand, one simple chord for the future
One touch from the master's hand, one simple chord for all of the future!

Monitored by the eye in the sky, while we map it out by the fireplaces
New line of technology hits us, celebrate the long lost sensation
Multiplying the images as top of the line of all of creation
Eagerly we took it apart just to find a glimpse of divine insanity

It shines even brighter, for each single day we're climbing the ladder
It shines even brighter, with a love supreme, all the work of the master's hand

See life reinventing itself, starting over, time and time again
A new time of understanding begins, see yourself as a link in the chain reaction
This world couldn't do without you, this world couldn't be without you
It's perfect because you are, it's perfect because you are

Coming up, growing up, looking for a bigger understanding
Coming up, growing up, speaking of respect for all the planet
Coming up, building up, new religion sees the light of day
Coming up, building up, changes ahead but don't you be afraid

Every street I've walked down, everyone I've talked to
I'm afraid I love them all but for different reasons
Every grand old building from a time of visions
Every single song, every syncopation
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

Every act of mercy, every word of kindness
Every time I find out how love is blind
Every time a smile breaks out from a grumpy face
I remember there is hope and it all amazes me
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

And all my wanting is down to understanding
My eyes are deep and distant like the blue Atlantic
I'm off the riptide just when the stormy skies roll in
I'm just a shimmer in the wind

Every time we give, but not for selfish reasons
Every time a flower bursts to bloom in the desert
Every time a politician is telling the truth
Every time I see an end to a lifelong blues
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

And all my wanting is down to understanding
My eyes are deep and distant like the blue Atlantic
I'm off the riptide just when the stormy skies roll in
I'm just a shimmer in the rain

And all my lifelong is focused to be justified
Before the train will take me way beyond those dreamy skies
A burning questionmark along the corridors of time
I'm finding out just who I am

Mommy leave the light on
Tell me that the monster is gone
One more lullaby to sing
Mommy leave the radio on

Let no intruders make their way into my dreams
So mommy keep it nice and clean
You light a fire and keep the animals away
I'll try forget that I'm afraid

Mommy you can tell me why
There is no way we can escape from dying?
Mommy can you tell me I get well
I really don't care if you're lying

If god still have his kingdom
Far beyond the skies
Now do you think he can hear our cries?
Can daddy take me sail across the milty way?
I'll try forget that I'm afraid

We've got guests, plenty, they come and they go
I'm the friendly smile but nobody knows me
One checkin' in, the other checkin' in out
This house is nothing but a roundabout
We carry your bags and we clean your room
We polish the glasses, the forks and the spoons
We've got staff standing by
With people ready to die for you

Communication systems are state of the art
Educational prospects of getting smarter
"First class service" will cost you some more
We've got sexy "livestock" back in store
Just give us a call and we'll send them up
we've got satisfied guests all the way to the top
Bankers, lawyers and politicians
The guest is king, now that is our mission!!

It's a living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

Now if you're hung up on celebrities,
we've had them all, on that you can trust me
We know their little secrets and dirty lies
Their little filthy habits - this job is priceless!!!

The clock is tickin', day in, day out
Life in the fast lane this ol' roundabout
Some people are good, some people are bad
But we seem to remember all the fun we've had
We've had Picasso and Einstein too
Howard Hughes fell out of the blue
Hookers, liars and fancy folks
The wall street gamblers and their money talk.

A living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

If you walk down that lonely road
Realizing how little we know
I can see the strain in your face
Just assuming we all join the race
Hold on - the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

No one asking "how does it feel?"
In a world with no room for your needs
Putting words to the grief and the pain
Disappearing like tears in the rain
Hold out - you will see, the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

Should I stay here on the floor?
I can't get up... and you no more!
Someone's talking in my head
The sunshine!
Laugh away my only thread
The white line
Touch my heaven

My mind is climbing on the wall
It's getting high by setting small
Someone's crying in my ear
The sunshine!
Make my way look so clear
The white line
Touch my heaven!

What if God is alone
and he really needs someone to talk to?
What if I'm feeling small?
I need someone to look up to
In this day and this age
there is too much information
And the loudness of man
seems to cloud the revelations

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed and sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
my scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait and I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if God is at your door
but you leave him standing in the cold
If there's angels on board
you can hear the voices thru the walls
There's a heaven obscured
by greed and hate and pettiness
You know love can turn cold
and leave your heart with emptyness

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed & sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
My scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait & I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if silence will fall
and finally I'll hear myself
What if God hear my call
all my wearyness be put to rest

I can see beyond time
I can love beyond words
I can shine beyond suns
I can dream beyond worlds
I can live, I can die
but it all means the same
I'm the spark in the eye
I'm the bright inner flame
I am one of the earth
I am one of the skies
I am blood, I am war
I'm a sweet lullaby

I'm not good I'm not bad
I'm just born in your head
When you want me to be
Where you want me to be
I am nothing you'll see
we both die, don't you know
so don't you try

I am back at the beginning, I have a crust upon my eyes
I'm alone in this my blindness, I'm alone but there is still life
Not under a tombstone, no worms are lickin' my bones
I'm just in a state here day turn to night and it's late

I am back at the beginning, I am black down to my heart
I am tied down to this rhythm, In a trance 'til death do us part
Like one of those people that are nothing but evil
A life of regrets is saved in the flower of death

All the things that are sad are saved inside my madness
all I touch will die before the summer is gone
All the blackest days will always flood my soul
Inviting me to rest upon the leaves of autumn
Searching for some kindness, lost inside my blindness
I turn around, I turn around

I am back at the beginning, stripped down to the bone
I am blank and I am nothing, I am drained of passion and soul
I've traveled the world, All the beautyful girls
they have made me a lifelong notorious deciever, believe me!!
I'll go underground, when the sun beats down
(I'll go underground, when the sun beats down)

I am back at the beginning, in the shadows upon my strike
So the world have become silent, I can tell that this ain't no life
I'm the man without shadow, I've got a stoneful of pillows
There's no man in the mirror, just me and I hate what I see!!

All the things that are sad are saved inside my madness
all I touch will die before the summer is gone
All the blackest days will always flood my soul
Inviting me to rest upon the leaves of autumn
Searching for some kindness, lost inside my blindness
I turn around, turn around

From the underworld we arise
on string of bloodstained magnolias
Endlessly throwing the dice
but there's no way we can get out of here
In a time that see no end
I'm building
this cluster so sinister
of thoughts on love and death
in a one man strong disaster
In a dark tranquility
our hearts descend
Aching from a bittersweet that'll never end
A face with hollow eyes, A face with no more smiles
The cold face of perdition, A voice silent cries
The blind man the rooster, the ultimate loser

From the ragged fence
to the cosmic bends
we have paved our way with eagerness
and forced the world to make some sense

In this endless space,
looking for Gods given grace
Among countless scattered dying stars
by the fireplaces we found some comfort

Waiting all to serve a greater purpose
or to join the cosmic circus now

From the garden greens
to the mountain streams
We all worked the land and payed in sweat
while sweet illusions were passing by

Like fading tribe
on the ocean wide
In a random flash we live and die
Searching all religions, reasom why

Waiting all to serve a greater purpose
or to join the cosmic circus now

From the habbit hole, to the frozen poles
we have filled our hearts with poetry
while science was our leading star

On to million suns
where our fading memories dance
While we try so hard to understand
the untold genesis of man

Waiting all to serve a greater purpose
or to join the cosmic circus now

An observation from the greenhouse
A nifty cluster of insanity
Not that solid where the ice is thinner
Even for dog with a pedigree

You've seen them juggling with emotional devices
So confident and so relaxed
The league of hasty grown up poets
Bumping the world upon its axis

And so it's time to take a stand
You've seen your life come shaped by foreign hands
And so it's time to make a move
Letting the world know that you greatly disapprove

You better stop that roadside drinking
Try find the key to the lock
Call a halt to the nightmare shrinking
See what's in that Christmas stocking

Of money, power, fame and passion
The "holy" foursome will spin the ball
The ghost of greed above the mansion
For leagues of copycats a standard call

And so it's time to take a stand
You've seen your life come shaped by foreign hands
And so it's time to make a move
Letting the world know that you greatly disapprove

Stranded like starfish on the shore, when the moon eclipses the sun
So the countdown do begin. No leg, no feet, no run
And when the water finally hits us, then it's either sink or swim
Examining the clockworks of the Gods, inside your shiny skin
Stranded like ET's on the floor when the ships have left the pond
We are all left to float about, for countless years to come
No it is either do or die, the last and lonely tribe
Finding a way to leave the pond, to say a last goodbye

Scanning the same old pages
Look for a sign of greatness
Learning in the script of life
To know your self is self contagious

Hope for a glorious Sunday
Push back the crappy Monday
Eight days to cross the poles
And reach the soil of old Britannia

Angel, your mind is far from home, in a mayhem of it's own
These are the lost breaks of Babylon, the bad of Adam's bone
Seeking the pleasure of his ground, as human flesh and bone
Tell me has love gone slightly wrong or vastly overblown?

Chasing the monster of success and it's catalyzing sparks
Flexing the qualities you dispose for entering the game
Now it's either do or die, to keep you entertained
Keeping the audience on their toes, beyond the last refrain

Scanning the same old pages
Look for a sign of greatness
Learning in the script of life
To know your self is self contagious

Hope for a glorious Sunday
Push back the crappy Monday
Eight days to cross the poles
And reach the soil of old Britannia

On to the riverbeds of time
We're scattered driftwood in a sad and lonely line
A sum of incidents called "Life"
A place where "V.I.P." will grant no further rights

As we are swaying in the wind
The image left will go no deeper that your skin
But all our doings and our deeds
Propel the universe into love overbleed

Just as the river made a hole inside the mountain
You throw your soil into the soul of the great nothing
It's not so easy to describe, it looks as though you're binding time
But you must be waiting for the moments to arise

And so you find yourself in the driver's seat
Down the fishing line, the obstacles of time
And so you find yourself with a million options chiming
Time is such a bitch and fate it's little sister

Those universal minds, the archetypes of life
To the great minds of our time our admiration flies
All the poets and the queens, all the starlets of our dreams
To those who came before and those who opened up the doors

And so you find yourself in the driver's seat
Down the fishing line, the obstacles of time
And so you find yourself with a million options chiming
Time is such a bitch and fate it's little liar

Waterfall, a midnight monsoon in a moonlit tropical station
A million eyes in the African night, calling us in, now don't you be afraid
Blue whales navigate the Atlantic, nuclear submarines control the space
Life spent, a precious moment, in the wink of an eye we live and we die

Dream it up, dream it up!
Thinking of a world, a state of perfection
Over and over again, masterplan unfold for each generation
One touch from the master's hand, one simple chord for the future
One touch from the master's hand, one simple chord for all of the future!

Monitored by the eye in the sky, while we map it out by the fireplaces
New line of technology hits us, celebrate the long lost sensation
Multiplying the images as top of the line of all of creation
Eagerly we took it apart just to find a glimpse of divine insanity

It shines even brighter, for each single day we're climbing the ladder
It shines even brighter, with a love supreme, all the work of the master's hand

See life reinventing itself, starting over, time and time again
A new time of understanding begins, see yourself as a link in the chain reaction
This world couldn't do without you, this world couldn't be without you
It's perfect because you are, it's perfect because you are

Coming up, growing up, looking for a bigger understanding
Coming up, growing up, speaking of respect for all the planet
Coming up, building up, new religion sees the light of day
Coming up, building up, changes ahead but don't you be afraid

Every street I've walked down, everyone I've talked to
I'm afraid I love them all but for different reasons
Every grand old building from a time of visions
Every single song, every syncopation
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

Every act of mercy, every word of kindness
Every time I find out how love is blind
Every time a smile breaks out from a grumpy face
I remember there is hope and it all amazes me
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

And all my wanting is down to understanding
My eyes are deep and distant like the blue Atlantic
I'm off the riptide just when the stormy skies roll in
I'm just a shimmer in the wind

Every time we give, but not for selfish reasons
Every time a flower bursts to bloom in the desert
Every time a politician is telling the truth
Every time I see an end to a lifelong blues
It must be something that makes me feel right at home

And all my wanting is down to understanding
My eyes are deep and distant like the blue Atlantic
I'm off the riptide just when the stormy skies roll in
I'm just a shimmer in the rain

And all my lifelong is focused to be justified
Before the train will take me way beyond those dreamy skies
A burning questionmark along the corridors of time
I'm finding out just who I am

I can be your guardian angel
I can be your starlight man
You can find a home inside me
I can bid you one more dance

I can be your all time father
I can be your backup friend
Although I speak in tounges of angels
It resemble sounds of man

I'm beside you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

Carry on the torch I hand you
It'ss not made by human hand
Look inside the depth of my eyes
And you'll find a universe

I'm no taller than the treetops
And my sight is not the best
But my mind is at the outlook
And my view is from birds nest

I'm beside you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

I'm beside you
I can be you guardian angel
Look inside me
You can find a home inside me
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

Time is a thief and timelines invisible
Embedded them years in the texture of skin
Slide down the timeline of youth and sobriety
Passing the filters of acceptance and charm

All of a sudden you're rocking he cradle
Born out of love for the memory spin
One hand the rattle, the other a hammer
Racing with time is where you can't win

You can't fight time and you can't just shine on
Like in big bold American style
There is no facelift to cover the scars
So just sit back and enjoy for a while

My generation is fresh out of school
My generation is close to the rim
Shuffle the options of life's complications
Scrambling the landmarks, still wearing it thin

Trading your freedom for a lifetime achievement
Sign up for life on a path that grow dim
Chained to the customs and daily routines
Things will be different, but God knows when

You can't fight time and you can't just shine on
Like in big bold American style
There is no facelift to cover the scars
So just sit back and enjoy for a while

The ticking of time is non reversible
So sit back my friend, enjoy the ride
All of a sudden you're rocking he cradle
Born out of love for the memory spin
One hand the rattle, the other a hammer
You know racing with time is where you can't win

Quarter to four & the hours keep draggin' tonight
Nothing is wrong but you feel that your life ain't quite right
All the plans you made those years ago
Looking back on that dusty road
and the fading signs all read "oblivion"

Stare at the ceiling, the wheelin' and dealin' begin
You'll give almost anything now for some real peace within
Halfway down our faces frown
knowing more but still unsure
All the missed opportunities
fading hearts and aching bookends

Quarter to four and there's something odd building inside
Swimming the silence, the river is dark, warm and wide
Floating the chambers the echoes start filling your head
Finally fading until you don't know if you're dead...

Quarter to four and the thoughts keep spinning your mind
Don't dig too deep cause you may not like what you'll find
Caught between what you're expected to and what is really you
Could you have played your cards differently?
This and more you will never know.

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

If you walk down that lonely road
Realizing how little we know
I can see the strain in your face
Just assuming we all join the race
Hold on - the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

No one asking "how does it feel?"
In a world with no room for your needs
Putting words to the grief and the pain
Disappearing like tears in the rain
Hold out - you will see, the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning