1. Everlasting

It won't ever lade, it won't ever break
Never, ever, never, no
It is instant, it is instinct
I can't see you, but still I know

It's beyond a decision, beyond a question
I'm merely a witness, but I cherish my part
In the middle of it, gotta embrace it
Few things go that straight to the heart

There's something thicker than water
And the son becomes the father

Everlasting
Forever lasting and beyond
Everlasting
Forever lasting

Not much in us runs deeper
And it has since the dawn of man
Right to the essence of life, to the essence of us
It will take a while before you understand

Right now you simply can't,
And well, neither do we,
Down to the genes, bolder than all
In us, from us, yet stronger than me

2. Why I Burn

It's all about the reason, it's all about your goal
Is the very top a must have? Or for love of it alone?

Fame for 15 minutes? No, but a lot of years of trying,
I rarely saw my name in lights, but man, I'm not crying

I have conditioned myself, I just need one thing
Twenty years of living and bleeding on six strings

Maybe never had it, and man, I just don't care
Being here is already more than the dream of getting there

Not the money, not the fame
Not for the respect I earn
It's all about the Go!, the Yeah!
And that's exactly why I burn

Not the money, not the fame
Not for the respect I earn
It's all about the Go!, the Yeah!
And that's exactly why I burn

Rock'n'roll might need a saviour, but could you even save yourself?
No one owes you recognition, that's why you scream for help

You pushed it all beyond belief, now the band is out of luck
I'm still blazing on and on, 50 miles past giving a fuck

I know about the odds
That's not the point, my friend.
I wouldn't mind, of course
It doesn't matter in the end

3. Coming Home

Today I'm close to fame and freedom
You'll see me heading down the road
My back is score, my knees are bleeding
My goal is bigger than you know

I need my folks

If you believe there's nothing more to this
You stumble and you fall
All of the time you'll stand alone
If you believe the gods show you sympathy
You stumble and you fall
All of the time their eyes face the gate
Until I'm coming home

I can't betray myself with dreaming
Where my sins turn from black to gold
You bet your ass I'm a believer
Look in my face when I'm coming home

I need my folks

No longer bound to rust and concrete
Don't even know what's waiting there
Your expectations fall to zero
The more you mock the more I dare

4. More Than A Man

We can only wake up guilty
It we find the time to sleep
Once this thing gets moving
No-one cares if it goes deep

The train would keep a-rolling
All night long, and all day too
Hard to ignore obvious attraction
Homo sapiens back to the zoo

It takes more than a man
To stop this man
From doing what every man would do

You can only wake up guilty
If you ever fall asleep...

Hard to walk a straight line
Around curves like this
I wonder how I kept so clear
Armageddon in a single kiss

Sparks are flying
And you light a cigar
Getting along like a whorehouse on fire
Got your hand in the cookie jar

The aftermath would be crazy
But I'm pretty good with numbers...

5. Simplify

The world is hectic, oh, the world is fast
We keep the place, love the speed, but it will never last

I want to simplify
Stop living on the run
Get away from it all for good
On that island in the sun

But get me online, phone line, TV prime time
Sure I want to simplify, but I need all the stuff that's mine.

But I've found the solution, I'm stepping down for good
I'm moving out to that island, always knew I should

But get me online, phone line, TV prime time
Sure I want to simplify, but make sure we're back in time
Get me online, phone line, TV prime time
Sure I want to simplify, but I need all the stuff that's mine.

I must change this life I know
There's always something before I go
Check my mail, check my phone, do a final call
As long as I'm tangled in this web
I won't be cutting any ties
So would you please take me out of here – anytime

Clean up this weirdo life

6. 50 Ways To Love Your Liver

It all got scary that day we stopped for gas
Four guys were pushing a dead car, not very last
And as they reached the garage, they loaded up on beer
They kept on pushing that car straight out of there

Man, all this drives me to drinking
I laugh it off, shake my head, burn some more
I laugh it off, but I can't help thinking
I laugh it off, shake my head, burn some more

If JC sneaks around, I bet he won't have a clue
How to keep my cool, like all the others do
Nothing helps a bad moon more like spreading it around
Feeling six inch under, but it's still underground

There are 50 ways to love your liver
And if this circus doesn't change
50 ways to love your liver
I'll try one of them

Money and children first, and beer is thicker than water
Surviving my drinking is a reason to party
Alcoholiday to Alcoholocaust
But with this level of shit, a little sip is fair

Oh man, we all know better
And fruit tea saves life and brain cells
But do you want to know what?
You wanna know what? Fuck that.

There are 50 ways to love your liver
But what I'm doing here
50 ways to love your liver
Isn't one of them

7. Ballad Of Broken Angels

We haven taken part
In a play of underlying comments
Concerning mostly me
Oh, how I hate this way of entertaining

Highlights caused by you
And that's why everybody's staring at you
You feed them all with love
While the blood is burning in my veins

But this time
I just won't get back up
Now I decide if the curtain falls

How am I supposed to fly
When I creep with broken angels – tell me
How am I supposed to fly
When I creep with broken angels – tell me
The stage is yours bit I won't give in
There's just one way out of this mess I'm in

Hell yeah
Hell yeah

Spotlights notice that I'm dying
Now I decide when the curtains fall

8. Not Me

I want scream it louder,
But I need to silence all the roar
Everyone wants a piece of me
Every day a new goddamn war

This rollercoaster's bound to break
But even that won't make it stop
If you see me backing off at last,
I'm only taking a long run-up

Something's going to blow
Something's going to break
Someone's hitting the wall (right here)
Someone's going to hell (oh yeah)
Something's got to give – but it won't be me

Extra extra, the game is on
It's called find the weakest link
Cracks appear, the pressure shows
I can't throw the towel in

So come on, folks, keep on firing
I need a bullet to bite
Tying a noose from my lifeline
Teach me the art of living right

Not me!

9. Superman Without A Town

I could be flying through the clouds
But would look out for you down there

I could find the end of a rainbow
But that pot of gold I'd share

I could sing the best song ever
And hope you heart it well

I would become the world's worst sinner
If I could meet you down in hell

Without you
I would feel like superman without a town
Without us
I would be like superman without a town
This hero could not live right
Drowning in an ocean full of kryptonite
A king without a crown
I would feel like superman without a town

I could look straight at the sun
But would still be searching for your light

I could own all treasure of the world
But might spend it in one night

If I had seen the whole wide world
I would still ask you where to go

I do have the coolest band right here
But for you I would... well, maybe ne

You can turn most ordinary days
Into something sweet and special

10. The Man Who Saw The Universe

Finally I got it made,
High-lived the hand of fate
I struck a deal, I signed the deed
Teatime with the gods for me

The only thing I had to give
Is a tiny self and all that lives
While death grows old and fades away
Not in stranger eons I will die

Now I can, I see through you
And in your eyes
Feed your brain
With love or lies

Small human mind
From the inside to the out
Sees it all, feels it all
Never understands it all
And I transcend
And I became – The Man Who Saw The Universe

Imagine you could see it all
Everything, however small
Whatever was and will ever be
Among the gods and sipping tea

Once it's done, there's no way back
No good, no evil, no beaten track
I'm godly now, invincible
Immortal and irrelevant

Now I can, I see it all
With my own eyes
Feed your world
With smiles or cries

Infinite knowledge, I see black
I know, for me, there's no way back
Heaven and hell, the deal is made,
Just wait and watch, and outlive my fate

11. Welcome To Point Black

Running on close to empty
For way too long by far
If things did not go downhill
They wouldn't move at all

So the big bad black hole is lurking
Pulling you inside
If this monster's breaking loose
They're longing for Mr. Hyde

Shades of blue turn to anger
Welcome to Point Black
Words like bullets
Welcome to Point Black
No bark all bite
Welcome to Point Black
No mercy from the bad if you need it

At least that's what it feels like
So jump in all the way
Drowning in a self-made ocean
Walking on water the next day

Only view is from the downside
Then base your life on this
Feel the need to dig down deeper
Just to see how bad it gets

Let your mind go round in circles
Breeding on the back
Breathing fire and faking venom
Until all colours come creeping back

When the dam breaks
I let it all go
I get pulled away
By this undertow
Bite my own neck
Scream until I'm gone
Welcome to Point Black
Rain in my kingdom

12. Wound

I got the phone call the other morning
I wasn't prepared at all
It hit me straight without warning
Well, the higher you fly the deeper you fall

From sun to dark clouds in a second
Another two-day dream lies dead
One slip of the tongue, and it's all gone
Still too surprised to lose my head

Another wound where a scar's just been
Another wound where a scar's just healed

Now I can't keep my life from living
Even if it seems to live alone
I've seen this before and I will give in
Somewhere along the road