1. Temple Of Evil

Holy soldiers in the army of the silent unknown warrior
For their kingdom they will fight
They're so ready to be faithful, dead and violent
Assassing of doom – they will kill with all their might

In the rays of the early morning sun be afraid of the dark
In the temple of evil – in the heat of the night
In the absebce of mercy – be the bringer of light
In the cradle of fire – there's a reason to be

Another truth telling liar – say a prayer for me
In the temple of evil
Another sundown – fallen angels – faded glories
Another prophet – another born – again saint
Another tyrant – in the book of made-up stories
Take your virgins and buddy this is paint!

In the rays of the early morning sun be afraid of the dark
In the temple of evil – in the heat of the night
In the absebce of mercy – be the bringer of light
In the cradle of fire – there's a reason to be

2. Home Is Where The Pain Is

Innocence raped – ice cold reflections in a tear
Childhood of darkness, desperation – endless fear
Lies become cages – silent rage is love, my dear
Perverted attraction – where do we go from here?

Circle of cruelty – will there ever be an end?
Abuse vs. youth – who will finally understand the truth?
Home is where the pain is and pain is where you live
Pain is all you ever knew and all you have to give
Home is where the pain is

People pretend not to see but they're lying
People pretend no to hear – tell me why
Even your mother walks around with her eyes closed
Afraid that the neighbours could talk or hear your cries

Circle of cruelty – will there ever be an end?
Abuse vs. youth – who will finally understand the truth?
Home is where the pain is and pain is where you live
Pain is all you ever knew and all you have to give
Home is where the pain is

3. Reborn To Wait

Waves of dissection – attraction of death
It's getting bright at the long tunnel's end
War – resurrection – interaction of wrath
It might be a little too hard to understand

I used to be silent – I used to be strong
I used to be cool – now all I am is wrong
You used to be burning – I used to be straight
You used to be pretty – but now it's just late

No destiny – just fate – reborn to wait!
Holy creator of man, mule and sea
Traitor – annihilator and such
Against all you stand for and whatever you want me to be
I won't and I don't owe you too much

I used to be silent...

Did you say the exact words when you broke the rules?
If not we'll be doomed for all times
Ghouls of vengence will get you, you fools
"Forever" or "never" still rhymes
I used not we'll be doomed for all times
Ghouls of vengence will get you, you fools
"Forever" or "never" still rhymes

4. The Roll Of The Dice

I once believed in magic – in the beauty of it all
In honesty –in love and trust – but slowly came the fall
The winter killed the friendly colors and the air got cold as ice
And red got blue – and rusty, too – that's the roll of the dice

Well, the first cut is the deepest – that's what they always say
But in my case each one hurts a little bit – maybe that's the price I have to pay
For all the wrong roads I have chosen – against everyone's good advice
For all the hearts I've broken since I first watched the roll of the dice

We walk barefoot on the ashes – stumble through forgotten lies
Slowly aimless fortune crashes – down from bloodred burning skies
Distan thunder – silence – lightning – I fall asleep with open eyes
Sometimes gentle – sometimes frightning – the roll of the dice

I've always been a searcher – a seeker for the truth
Restless and forsaken – with nothing left to lose
I've laways been on my way out and most of my life alone
I never knew where I was going – never had a place to call my home

That's the roll of the dice
We walk barefoot on the ashes – stumble through forgotten lies
Slowly aimless fortune crashes – down from bloodred burning skies
Distan thunder – silence – lightning – I fall asleep with open eyes
Sometimes gentle – sometimes frightning – the roll of the dice

I don't know where I came from and I don't know where I'll end and
Maybe when it's over I will finally understand all the words I've ever spoken
All the selfish stupid cries – all the reasons lost in the flood and the roll of the dice

That's the roll of the dice

I once believed in magic – in the beauty of it all
In honesty –in love and trust – but slowly came the fall
The winter killed the friendly colors and the air got cold as ice
And red got blue – and rusty, too – that's the roll of the dice

5. When The Circus Is Coming To Town

Cassandra was a groupie – a die-hard rock'n'roll fan
The word "fan" comes from "fanatic" – the work "candle" from the "can"
She used to wait outside at the backstage door for the objects of her desire
With every bus that came and left again her boops got pushed up higher

When the circus is coming to town
And the merry-go-round is turning 'round and 'round
High hopes are slowly going down
When the circus is coming to town

Kasimir was a drumtech who truely fell in love with her
He dreamed of calling her "honey" or something like that but she just called him "Sir"
Cause she only had eyes for the rich and the famous – the skinny guitarslingin' guys
Okay, sometimes she's take the drummer too – but the keyboardplayer she's always deny

When the circus is coming to town
And the merry-go-round is turning 'round and 'round
High hopes are slowly going down
When the circus is coming to town

So Kasimir watched her from the distance while he was setting up the drums for the show
She did it with Tom the busdriver to get a pass – behind some roadcases the wild winds did blow
And after the show Kasimir started tearin' down while she was with the band in the bus
Now he's somewhere out there on the road again and she's waiting at the stagedoor for us...

When the circus is coming to town
And the merry-go-round is turning 'round and 'round
High hopes are slowly going down
When the circus is coming to town

6. Sierra Madre

Desert tales and sidewalk stories pearlwhite skulls of broken dreams
Beyond the path of consequence life ain't always what it seems
The truth is like a tumbleweed – past the point of no return
We become what we once chose to be while the bridges behind us burn

Countdown: 3, 2, 1, 0

All the endless miles of bad road – all the pleasure, all the pain
All the world we yell in anger – all the tears we cry in vain
All the questions never answered – all the lonely hours too
All the reasons for whatever and the evil that men do – Sierra Madre

All the million times I was way too wrong to admit that someone else was right
All the hours my own worst enemy was my selfish foolish pride
So adios, my dear comrades, it's so hard to day goodbye
But I'm damned to be a searcher – until the day I die

All the endless miles of bad road – all the pleasure, all the pain
All the world we yell in anger – all the tears we cry in vain
All the questions never answered – all the lonely hours too
All the reasons for whatever and the evil that men do – Sierra Madre

7. A New Beginning

Mouse the louse & Buddha the bear tried to conquer the world but the world didn't care
Welcome to this planet, sir, anything to declare?
Said Mouse the louse to Buddha the bear
Mouse the louse & Buddha the bear knew greed & anger, trust & despair
They went up and down and here and there
Mouse the louse & Buddha the bear

And all they wanted was a dream
A reason why

A new beginning
1, 2 – watcha gonna do – when your last torpedo's coming back to you
3, 4 – better lock your door – there ain't no flag in the world worth dying for
A new beginning
5, 6 – we'll fix it in the mix – no regrets but a bag of tricks
A new beginning
7, 8 – time won't wait – it's never too – late for a new beginning
Buddha bear and Mouse Louse lived down by the river in a nice little house
50 seconds of fame turned into a lack of applousefor Buddha bear and Mouse Louse
Mouse Louse and Buddha bear
Were on the way to the stars in a space rocking chair
But somehow time fades like the wind in your hair
Like Mouse Louse and Buddha the bear
And all they wanted was a dream...

What you get ain't what you see
Silent voices torture me
Another lonesome melody
The time is right for a brandnew beginning

8. Warpaint

Warpaint warpaint...
All contracts broken – your promises too
Our heroes, they all died in vain
Words unspoken – you tough us to drink to kill the emptiness and pain
But we are leaving together like little white mice we sure do look nice but we ain't
Cause this is: warpaint
Mighty tribes once free and proud now living in chains
The time has come to get angry and loud
What you hears our drums calling the rains

9. Black Leather

On the wings of tomorrow
We're riding side by side
We beg, steal and borrow
With nowhere left to hide

Sing one for you and me and how brave we used to be
Well no money but the pain will remain

Like black and leather
We still belong together
Like black and leather
We'll never quit the fight

Like black and leather
We're holdin' on forever
We're running free – outselves to be
We're coming home tonight

A black moon is rising
We're back home from the past
We tried to do the right thing
But time travelles fast

Sing one for you and me and how brave we used to be
Well no money but the pain will remain

Like black and leather
We still belong together
Like black and leather
We'll never quit the fight

10. We've Got A File On You

Do you like arabian food or wine – we've got a file on you!
Are you still waiting for the sun to shine – we've got a file on you!
Is your mom a whore or your dad a communist – we've got a file on you!
Is your name on any mailing list – we've got a file on you!

Do you visit chatrooms or like bondage sex – we've got a file on you!
Do you prefer to live without oaying taxes – we've got a file on you!
Do you like to read or smoke cuban cigars – we've got a file on you!
Do you think the past is more that just scars – we've got a file on you!

Whatever you say – whatever you do
The eye in the sky – will keep watching you!

Do you dare to ask – do you dare to care – we've got a file on you!
If you know too much you better beware cause – we've got a file on you!
Maybe your moral ain't PC – we've got a file on you!
Whatever you plan to do we already see – we've got a file on you!

Whatever you say – whatever you do
The eye in the sky – will keep watching you!

Well, you could be a terrorist – or maybe just a stupid bloke
You could be lesbian or maybe guy – or you simply never get the joke
Maybe you're a sinner – or your religion is not ours
Maybe you dare to say the truth or you love the deadly smell of flowers

We watch you from the distance – we watch you from above
We watch you from the neighbourhood – we watch – and we watch tough
We are the real protectors – we're the guardians of your life
We collect all information – about you, your pets and your wife

We've got a file on you

11. Deadline

Way beyond the deadline time keeps marchin' on
No chance to rest nowhere to sleep I'm here but already gone
Way beyond the deadline it's silent wet and dark
And when you hear the timebomb tickin' remember the evil's mark

Way beyond the deadline
All you see is a flashing sign – deadline
Way beyond the deadline – every move you make
Feels like "home is where the heart is"
But how many heart attacks can you take

Way beyond the deadline – maybe you should hold your breath
But when your fantasy kills reality it's your creativity silent death

Seconds – minutes – hour – day
Fearless nights and wicked ways
The lawyer's screaming "mine all mine!"
Cause you know where you are man?
You're out, buddy!
You're lost way beyond – the almighty – deadline!

Tic toc tic toc – there's a timebomb tickin' in my blackened heart
When you got left behind you gotta get back to the start

Deadline

12. We All Need Something To Hold On To In This Life

Come take my hand
I'll be by your side
Guide you through the darkness
Till you reach the light
Let me give you hope when the ghosts arrive
We all need something to hold on to in this life

Remember who you had planned to be
All your secret dreams, too and all you wanted to see
Don't let those memories cut you like a knife
We all need something to hold on to in this life

We all need something to hold on to in his life
We all need something to hold on to in this life
A reason to walk on
When your casue is dead and gone
We all need something to hold on to in this life

This big ol' world keeps spinning round and round
Like a tumbleweed we're getting lost and found
So dry your tears and press "overdrive"
Cause we all need something to hold on to in this life

13. A Song For Hilmer

I just got the phonecall that you suddenly died yesterday
Now I'm sitting here shocked in my dressingroom in L.A.
I still can't believe you're dead – so many things remain unsaid
Sometimes what you give ain't what you get

So now you sailed away to a different shore
It feels so strange to know that we'll never talk at all no more
I don't know if there is a life after death or if this is the end
But we all get there sooner or later and maybe then I'll understand

But right now here I sit on the order side of the ocean
I'm on the road like most times of my life
I'm gonna make it home to your funeral but I still can't believe it's true
But you're gonna forever and man this sure cuts like a knife

So in a few hours I have to go up there on that stage
And pretend to be alright like someone had turned the page
But in my mind I'll think of you, your wife and your little daughter, too
Well, I wish I would have told you that you were one of chosen few

I'm thinkin' back to were we both were young
So many dreams – so many songs unsung
We founded this little band – and we tried real hard to make it grand
But youth did fade like words written in the sand

So farewell, my friend, and may you rest in piece
I'll put on my smilin' mask so my pain nobody sees
You used to say "the show must go on"so I'll crank that amp up tonight
And when it's over and they'll finally dim the light
It all will fade to grey
...cause I just got the phonecall that you suddenly died yesterday