1. The Sentence

The sun is burning
There's no water to be found
Your fate's to walk the desert
With your load forever on

Your load is all the fates
Of the ones you left behind
Your load is the misery
Of those you misled until blind

Here's for your sins
Prepare for your ride
Welcome to forever
Time to pay for your lies

Scream
Your lungs out in agony
Beg
For mercy in vain
Burn
Explore the atrocity
Live forever in pain!

Pleading with your eyes in confusion
Crying tearless in fear
Drooling vultures circling above
Getting ready for their meal

You dream of the day
With a flame in your heart
When your dues have been paid
And you will be set free
But no man alive will ever hear your plea
And the worst of it all:
The worst is yet to be!

Here's for your sins...

2. Unbreakable

Just when you thought it was over, it comes around again
Just when you thought you were in control
You're back into the pouring rain

But deep within you gather power, cause there's a will inside
You'll be fighting till your final hour
There's no limit to what you can take

Invincible – standing tall through the wars
Untouchable – a machine at full force
Unbreakable – to no man you kneel
Born a survivor for the whole world to see

Though you're feeling tired, hold your head up high
You'll be growing stronger
As weeks and months go by

Invincible...

Godless and proud you keep moving
To catch your dreams before they slip away
Fear no enemy or danger
Anyday is a good day to die

Invincible...

3. Praise The Rain

This ever growing need to be alone
It doesn't seem to ever leave
Today I wish that I was on my own
I wonder what is wrong with me

I'm praying for the sun to go away
Why is it that I praise the rain
How come my mind is always led astray
Could it be that I'm insane

Floating in the twilight zone
Bid me welcome
Cause I'm coming home

Praise the rain caressing me
In solitude is where I'll be
So much anger, so much pain
Chains of steel pulling me down

The cold and the dark is all around
No more sun – praise the rain

This ever growing pressure will finally blow
Will I stand or will I fall?
Are you ready when it's your turn to go?
Does anyone exist at all?

Floating in the twilight zone..

4. New Boss

I can see the dollarsigns in your eyes
Your papers and budgets and lies
Sick of introducing myself
Put someone else on your bottom shelf
Enough taking orders from dead men
Enough directives, enough trends
No longer gonna watch you steal
Now it's your turn to sign my deal

Move, you bastards, for those who believe
Burn all your papers – time to leave
Watch your empire crumble to dust
Say hello to your – New Boss!

Bring me my coffee, hire me a girl
Welcome to a different world
Don't bother to think – you're only my tools
Better get used to play by my rules

Move, you bastards...

Last chorus:
Raise your glasses for those who believe
Burn all the papers, time to receive
Watch their empire crumble to dust
Say it loud: In Rock We Trust!

5. Weightless

You'll see me although I'm not there
You keep talking to me, but I just can't hear
You reach out for me, but I will slip away
I try to find the path, but my thoughts are astray

Wipe the sweat from my brow, keep me safe from the storm
Help me lie down, keep me tucked in and warm
You're calling me back, but I'm already gone
You wanna be with me, but I'm on my own

Travelling nowhere, lost somewhere out there
No day or night, no dark, no light
Weightless and free
At last I'm me

I'm the king of the new world, I finally rule
Holding court with my jesters and fools
A river of wine that will never run dry
Nobody asking me when, where or why

Surrounded by servants eager to please
A snap of my fingers, and they're on their knees
Building me castles of silver and gold
On top of it all, I will never grow old

Travelling nowhere...

Surrounded by servants...

Wipe the sweat from my brow, keep me safe from the storm
Help me lie down, keep me tucked in and warm
Please lock the door, they may want me today
Don't let them take me away

Travelling nowhere...

6. Heavy Mental Overload

"insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties,nations and epochs it is the
rule"
Nietzsche

The TV screen is flashing, the horror's everywhere
The whole world comes down crashing, and no one seems to care

A thousand marionettes are dancing by the strings...

A new kind of disease, is breeding in mankind
The virus is called ignorance, and everyone turns blind

A million marionettes are dancing by the strings...

The death bell starts to ring
It chimes across the land
A new world in its spring
I wonder where it ends

The cries of all in agony, they're never to be free
Heavy mental overload, they're gathered here in me

A million marionettes are dancing by the strings...

The death bell starts to ring....

A new kind of disease, is breeding in mankind
The virus is called ignorance, and everyone turns blind

Greed and violation in every corner of the world
Only one solution, the whole thing's got to burn!

The death bell starts to ring...

7. Second Time Around

Half asleep – half awake
Endlessly stumbling around
Tired of figuring out what went wrong
And wondering where I belong

Show me a drug that will set my mind free
Show me something that I can believe
Being a liar myself, who's to blame?
No way to erase the shame

The old man told the young man
Work hard, stay true, tell no lies
How come these words of wisdom
Failed to open up my eyes

No excuse for my past mistakes
No excuse for my sins
No one but myself to blame
This is where it begins..

The gentle embrace of water
Turns the fear into relief
My eyes are getting weary
I'm sinking...

Closer to the end
Be my guide and friend
End this life for now
For a second time around

Here in my peaceful seabed
Out of anyone's view
From here I'll start my journey
To something clean and new

Closer to the end...

8. Fleet Street Superstars

You came in a lion, and out half a man
You tried to explain, but they didn't understand
All you'll ever get from them is a turndown
No justice will happen – not this time around

New terms of disapproval
Shaped by snakes with pens
Swallowed by starving diciples
Slaves of the trends

After spending years of fighting in the storm
Nobody cares what's your name or where you're from
You're not a penny worth until you die
Media is a blessing – and pigs can fly

Expect no recognition
Just prepare for war
There's a million know-it-alls
All rotten to the core

There's no riding high
Keep away from the light
All you need is time
Once you're dead, you're made for life

New terms of disapproval...

9. Feeding The Fire

10. Bleed

You gave me your word all my dreams would come true
Promised me all of the moon with my name on it too
Blinded me with visions of diamonds and pearls

Made me reach for the sky
Put a knife in my eye

You're the devil's right hand man
Took me years to see
Spider-like you trap your prey
Now it's your turn to bleed

I've figured out all the rules of your wicked game
Tables have turned, now it's your turn to feel the pain
Once you got what you came for, you left me for dead

Trapped in your own web
Now you crawl instead

You're the devil's right hand man...

11. Sacred World

Ever since the day I was born
I've been told of the only one
The one to tell wrong from right
I wonder can you help me sleep at night?

They say it's everywhere
That someone is watching us
That means it's here right now
So hard to believe – I can't picture how

I wonder what's behind
All the black clouds rolling by
I wonder what it's like
Lightyears behind these poisoned skies

Are you asleep or awake?
Or busy some other place?
Are you on holiday?
Or blind beyond belief?

Wake me up from the dream of life
Take me far from this place
We're all running out of time
Losing track in the haze

I wonder what's behind...

Like places of birth cannot be chosen
Truth can't be found in a crystal ball
One hundred million minds all frozen
Major decay out of control