Mandrake

They all live it seems In perfect harmony But the truth seems to be concealed Until the curtain falls All the hidden thoughts remain a mystery Everyone has a secret to reveal I wonder what your worst would be Everyone has a secret to conceal What would you s...

I welcome the beautiful night I am happy to be all alone And I welcome the heavenly light I am happy to be all alone Oh I want you to be right at my side But I did not hear your call 'cause of my pride Oh I want you to be right at my side But I did not hear y...

How long will I drown you In the sea? How long will I miss you To be free? Oh, how I adore life By God, it’s just not mine Those single moments I enjoy I could leave them anytime How long will I trust you? Care for me How long will I hold you? Eternally Wis...

I saw you in the corner A shadow against the wall Hidden beside the cradle And nobody saw you crawl You lingered in the dark Always by my side You taught me in my dreams Protecting me while I sleep Strengthening myself Hardening my will But now tha...

Don't accuse me of things I haven't done at all Just look who's talking now You are the one to blame Don't put the saddle on the wrong horse I will not bear the blame You cocooned a mesh of lies It is elucidated now You will see that in the end I will come b...

The ashes of the letters are lying on the ground She watches the candle’s dying light and forgets what she has found She has lost the pleasure of her life Searching for the water in which she may die She is longing for the autumn rain to cover her with...

On silent shores we once stood Listening to the waves Slipping into distant dreams Free to become slaves In cloudless nights we once awoke Staring at the lack of light Hiding before worlds unseen Free to ignore their sight Teardrops falling down So mortal an...

Lie to me Shelter me Burn my youth Rape the truth… Wound me deep Watch me bleed Feel my pain All the same… Pain will surely end someday Nothing here can harm me Pain will surely end someday I am a widow of my grief Cease to breathe On your knees Fall asleep...

As the rain falls down And the kingdom falls asleep When the bridges are burning And the kingdom falls asleep I start to fix the light I crash the beautiful sky To punish the weakness inside And getting stronger Coma – please pray for mercy A mass d...

I leave the place to see you down there I won't look back to see you falling in And you believe in things that I once said You leave the calling to penetrate me Fold - Crawling I am addicted to you, affected by you, you make me feel blue I reach the cold blu...

The dreams of days forsaken Where peace and winds have taken No life lives forever And deadmen never rise But even the weariest river Winds somewhere save to sea I watch the green field growing Crowned with leaves she stands With cold immortal hands She wait...

I remember Thy voice as a promise Carressing my soul Doubt has grown and poisoned me Abusing angel’s secret wishes To fill the lack that Thou hast left With crystals of forgiveness And these tears are just for me To keep this sacred memory Sheltered from Thy...

She has lost her grace A grace that seemed so dear She has trailed away Desperately She has lost her faith A faith that seemed sincere She has lost ground Desperately She has lost her grace Lost ground and hope and faith Mournful melodies take her...

When I reach the mournful skies You see me falling away with you You will leave the paradise To see the place where I lost you I close my eyes - and passed the day into misery Please wake me up Hear my calling I close my eyes - and passed the day into misery...

Please stay here beside - ‘til I feel our hearts collide Pray that time can heal - the bleeding wounds I feel Like autumn flowers you withered away Bright shining colours fade to shades of grey In a state of emptiness alone I sit and cry Memories h...

For I am the voice in your darkest dream We have arrived at the end And now my friend look what we got You will sink into despair I will be your destiny Take a look into a different world Forget your name and lose your will Merge with me as one To a w...

Punish me, my darkness As I wander blind On paths I never dared to go Lead me until I find And now that I am willing To reach another day I find myself forgiven No words are left to say Wipe me now, my silence As I still am deaf To words I never dared to hea...

Moonlight glowing carefully Caressing my mind’s eye With fragile moments of distress Memories (denied) Voices whisper silently Intensively my name Assuring me to find an end Their echoes still remain Ghosts and demons, come to me Grant me sight upon the star...

I smell the fragrance of my love passed by Feel emotions of the affection I close my eyes I see lovers full of devotion I feel your breath surrounding me I close my eyes and kiss you I am abandoned and all alone Winds have confused my mind All that r...

I am the god of your lies Dreams and reality are just the same I am the god of your history – miraculous But only a game – I am your god All the lies in the sky – I sink I am blessed – I am blind – I am the king I hope some things would never have cha...

There is no one here to call And shadows will never fall Can you hear me calling in the night “Stay by my side?” We were on a high promenade And we thought about what they call lust We stare at the moon and at the skies And we live in peace and foreve...

She stares into the fire A fire with no flames She stares into the fire A fire with no flames What you wish to kindle in others Must burn within yourself What you wish to kindle in others Must burn within yourself A mass of icy crystals She sees in...

Time stands still as I stare at the water Your hand is all I can feel Time stands still as I gaze at the sky Don't know if this is for real My mother groaned - my father wept Into the dangerous world I slept Struggling in my father's hands Striving against m...

Wish I could hate you Wish I could forget our past Wish I could say that it's all over But it never ends I love the way you smile I like the way you feel I adore the way you kiss Abhor the way you lie to me Hold out I will be there for you Hold out we will m...

I found a way to just forget To leave these days without regret May they mourn and may they cry Remembrance will stay alive Sin so far away from silence This is where I long to be Another death to teach alliance When will this empty world teach me? An endles...

Leaderless in misty fog No souls left onboard Abandoned sailing far from shores Denied to reach her port Mournful voices, howling screams Are carried by the wind In misty nights the ocean sings Of those who died therein The whole ship a wet mess Vanished sou...

I thought I opened myself Shared my deepest passion Was so sure that you beheld My secret dream’s redemption Nothing here has ever changed Still I kneel in confidence Wait for the winds to take my hand Truth drowns before my eyes Let me not see its honour fa...

Dogs of war – march to die Dogs of war – no reason why The battle is over – death and blood remains Soldiers marching further – the enemy enslaved No mercy for survivors – they won’t take prisoners Killing as professionals – mercenary’s life Dogs of w...

Shelter me from what I feel For what I know should not be real Silence breaks into my mind I listen to its voice divine A single moment, touched by time So useless with Thy words combined Growing through the past of mine Nothing yet remains I wipe at their d...

When the ivy puts out tendrils into the sky And the sea is painted like the forthcoming night The flowers have languished like a weeping willow Only the ivy is the wisdom of this night Breathing the blue feel the wisdom inside of you The message is the e...

Goodbye to all that counts in a frozen world of concrete walls Goodbye to all the happiness - deep down in my hole I feel alive Goodbye to all those wannabies drowning in their selfishness Some day I will find myself hiding from the outside world Torturing me...

She noticed it in the way that he talked She knew that he did not say what he thought She just could wait for the time He decided he would give her a sign To stay... or to go away... He was her harbour, her home Always there but also always alone She forgot h...

Start thinking if truth is what you see Evidence for the light and for the day The dark of night – just a curtain A single thought – never to be spoken Struggling with a creeping cognition God gave and God takes Everyone you love and everyone you hate...

The crimson sea Reflects my silhouette Embracing all the tears I’ve ever shed All the tears I’ve shed The shallow ground Surrounds my feet I can’t find no sleep The whitecaps look like crowns Of long forgotten kings May they rest in peace The bre...

Will I find solace in a world without tomorrow? Will I find silence when I fall asleep? Deep slumber eases pain and all my sorrow May I never wake up from this final dream You should be thankful each time I wake up Another day to learn what patience means Se...

The voice of water wakens me A tale of sorrow told Let me to its breathing listen And in my heart its pain behold As I leave I’ll often turn Makes me think it’s not in vain Unearthly singing guides my way Sweet desolation where I’ll stay Into some wond’rous w...

There is no harbour There is nowhere to go Only the deepening blackness Surrounding you There is no way There is nowhere to hide There is nothing But all the tears I have cried This might be the end - the final chapter Falling down, falling down so deep Ther...

I just want you to know that I am sorry For all things that I have said and done Call me egoistic, call me reckless I know that I was wrong Souls are just like pearls you said Your pearl shines so bright killing all the light The necklace you create at the e...

In the light of the fading candle I listen to your voice You said it was a game And you have to leave me now The words hurt deep so deep And tear my soul into pieces When I hear your goodbye It echoes in my mind It’s too late Too late for tear It’s...

Time has come to cleanse my soul from all the grief Time has come there is so much more to achieve Threatening skies - dark cold winter nights Guide my way through all the emptiness Turn the page - let the storm become your closest friend Turn the page - let...