1. Welcome To The Cage...

No more choices born from freedom
No more kings and no more kingdom come
Live in fear of what your doubts are
You may find all your nightmares
Knocking down your ivory tower

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made

Forced apart by blind divisions
Inspiration, rash decision making
Ignorance and tears, innocence and early years
Beware the chaos that will tear apart
that game you play

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves

When you're forced to the wall
By the sheer weight of will
When you're fighting between one another
Be sure that you know who the prisoners are
And don't turn against your own brother

Behind every thought is a far greater plan
You can feel as the elements gather
Be sure on which side of the bars you are on
You will live with your choices
forever.....forever.....forever!
Forever........ever.....ever.....ever.....ever.....ever

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the heart and soul
that freed the slaves
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, welcome to the world we made
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the cage
Welcome, oh, to the shattered world we tried to save
The spirit that will never fade
Heart and soul that freed the slaves
Welcome, welcome to the cage!

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3. Empire Of A Thousand Days

Traitors – Heathens....don't thank me!
Empires – Princes....don't thank me!
The fellowship started here
With bleeding hearts and fine cause
The brotherhood started here
With fevered brows – malevolence
Beaten – Howling....I'll drag you down!
Kneeling – Cowering....I'll drag you right down!

Soldiers – Victims....don't thank me!
Warriors – Pilgrims....don't thank me!
The fellowship started here
With righteousness and lunacy
The covenant started here
With screaming souls and vitriol

Can there be comfort left
For one who lies bleeding in the fields
Remorse and second thoughts are not enough
To shield me from the consequence

Horses – Warcries....Don't thank me!
Forces – Armies....Don't thank me!
Dedicate your life to this
With blood vows and loyalty
Dedicate your life to me
With suicide – atrocity
Onward – Fervent....I'll drag you down!
Torture – Torment....I'll drag you right down!

Can there be a heaven still
For one who lies bleeding in the fields
A pardon for these actions and passions
Committed in the name of our salvation

Innocence of acquaintance or liaison
The darker side of hunger and need
We reach a path –
the way beyond reason
Now we have sown that nemicidal seed
And I can count on you to let me bleed

An act of trust is as fragile as a child
And we have led as far as we can lead
We'll make a pact from threats and insecurities
Things will arise from lies and disagreements
And I can count on you to let me bleed

Let the meek lie down!
For they shall not inherit the earth from me
Let the meek lie down!
I will never set your people free
Take no prisoners!
For they shall not receive any hope from me
Take no prisoners!
I will never set your people free
Death is the enemy!
For he waits in the field of blood for me
Death is the enemy!
I will never set your people free
Let the meek lie down! Let the meek lie down!
Let the meek lie down! Down!
Let the meek, let the meek lie down!

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5. Medusa

It's just a matter of course now
Like some ritual or formality,
that's guiding me
Violent flows the venomous dance
Chasing through the system in a frenzy
of enhancement

Addicted to your belladonna kiss
I am running in the shadows
Anonymous, invisible to all the world but you
How can you be so proud of the
things you do

Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses

Only with a heart of anger
Could you freeze the lifeblood in my veins
Only with a heart of anger
Could you bleed the strength,
put out the flame

Poisoned by your belladonna kiss
I am trapped in the web
I am drowning in the bitterness

and all that I can pray
Is that I die in your embrace again

Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
I turn to stone

All I need is a bloodstained jewel
Or a poisonous flower
All I yearn for is the siren's cry
Or the torment and endurance
in the final hour

Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
Oh! I'm paralyzed before this vision
Medusa! Hollow words and promises
Bow down in servitude before this throne
Medusa! You always know my weaknesses
I turn to stone

Addicted to your belladonna kiss
I am running in the shadows
Anonymous, invisible

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Help me, help me.........help me

Let us share this hope
That we may close our eyes in peace
Follow what may rise from this
Standing in the halls of grace
Let my people go
Was the cry I heard from far away
I should have known
Not to trust every word I heard them say

Help me, help me.........help me

There's a face I can see
Staring back in desperation
Nowhere to turn to now
Drowning in this sea of fate
Don't run! Don't hide!
The devil will find you anywhere
We should never have lied
The sin was always there

Help me, help me.........help me

This choice must be free
Answers do not grow on trees
We must face our enemies
With faith in one another
Don't fall down! Don't lie down!
You can lean on me my friend
The future may not bring us luck
But together we can go down fighting!

Help me, help me.........help me
Help me, help me.........help me

7. Fool's Gold

You think you can hide from the life that you made
You think you can run from the hell you created
Never a thought for the fruits of your labour
Just some vague and fading picture

You think I would laugh in the face of neglect
You think I would smile in the light of rejection
Never a thought to the flesh and the blood
Just some weak and willing victim

"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
Fools gold! Ah, fools gold!

Fly to the valleys, fly to the hills
Try to exist on your own without feelings
Ripping your soul beyond all recognition
Unforgiven, twisted vision

Let your conscience decide!

Can you live with yourself
and the deed you have done
Conquer your thoughts when all this has begun
It's tearing your mind into guilt and regret
Troubled dreams – You'll not forget this!

"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
Fools gold! Fools gold!

No........It's not all right to call
No........It's not all right to haul me over hot coals
Burning the soles of my feet
Biting deep – Deep into my flesh – My hands

Vengeance – Be sure that I will repay you
Vengeance – Be sure that I will be
the one to betray you!

Vengeance – I'll strike like a snake
when your back is turned
Vengeance – I shall light the fire
and leave you to burn

Digging deep for something of value
How much more must I tear at the soil?
Then at my feet I find angels and saints
Pleading for forgiveness

Digging deep for something of value
Will I find what I touched in a dream?
Then at my feet I find demons and devils
Waiting to drag me down into the pit!

Digging deep for something of value
Searching hard for answers and clues
Then at my feet I find bigots and sinners
Screaming their abuse at me

Digging deep for something of value
Will I find what I lost once before
From my soul there springs home for redemption
A chance to walk the farthest shore

I made my own bed – I must lie here forever
I made my own prison –
I must live out my life in it now

Are you really afraid when the sun sets at night
Are you really afraid when you lie down
and close your eyes
Never a chance to retreat into sleep
The damage is done – now you shall reap justice

You wanted it all but now you have nothing
Lost to the wind are the chances you threw
You wanted it all but now you have nothing
You killed for the gold but this won't help you

"All that glisters is not gold",
or so the wise man said
"When greed awakes upon your shoulder
Hearts will turn to lead"
That's fools gold! Fools gold!

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9. Sirens

Silently calling
I hear myself speak
My breath is in my hands
I cry out your name
Silently calling
I feel so at peace
And the time to surrender
Is the time you will take hold of me

What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts
for reasons or meanings
And the choices you made

Silently calling
In a field of dreams
Where memories fade
They keep passing through
this soulless maze

What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts for hope or relief
Looking for safety in the falling leaves

Splinters of virtue
From splintering hearts
The door is always closed
As it was from the start
Masters of freedom
Masters of light
Will you ever let me go
Take away this second sight

What did you do when you woke today
What did you feel, were you sad or afraid
Searching your thoughts
for warnings and traps
Nothing in your life will be the same!

Hanging to the sail
Caught behind the storm
Wait for the waves to come
Know the fear
Hide behind your smile
Crying for mercy
Hanging to the mast
Caught behind the storm
Wait for the sea to foam
Climb....Climb....Climb up to me

Hanging to the sail
Far beyond the storm
Lightning across the sky
Catch the rope
Cling to hope
Watch as our lives flash by
Hanging to the mast
Beyond the storm
Saltwater burning
Shield your face from whiplash sprays
Hold your breath and
Neptune will make his next move

Hanging to the rail
Caught within the storm
Watch for the jagged land
Follow a line
From another time
Washed up on stone and sand
Grab the mast
Caught within the storm
Reach for a helping hand
We could share this calm experience now

In shadows I can see the light
I whisper your name
But it's lost in the night
Watching reflections of my own solitude

Heartfelt indifference
towards actions and truths
In shadows I can see light
I whisper your name
In the night

Spare me from those sirens' lies
Spare me from this grand illusion
Spare me from those weeping eyes
And promises of absolution

Shall I stand without defense
Now that death is all around me
Did you hope for my surrender
Leaving me to die on the
bloodstained ground

It's only a lifetime
Where heroes need heroic deeds
It's only a lifetime
Where children dream of breaking free
Follow the cause
Follow the signs
Drawn by a song to our own demise
It's only a lifetime
Dragged across the rocks by the sirens' whisper!