Rough Silk

one Cain of a friend pain in the end - that's the roll of the dice eyes filled with tears when brain disappears - that's the roll of the dice well, life's a gamble just and traps are callin' us we live from day to day without a care we may forget someti...

From the cradle to the grave from the ego to the ghost from the master to the slave the bigger - the better - the most so all you secret heroes there's a reason for cries: from lonely 1's to 0's it's just a matter of size from the short guy with a do...

Beyond the sundown - you're just a beast without a name beyond the sundown - life is more than just a game beyond the sundown - mirrors rise and shadows fall beyond the sundown - darkness rises after all beyond the sundown - you need light and light needs...

Like the princess of time damned not to die I know we all need it a shoulder to cry on at night a place we can hide blessed are the innocent 'cause they do not know you only can miss what once ruled the show in your life then it cuts like a knife w...

Now that you're gone i'm trying not to cry and I'm asking my walls why our love had to die wise people say time will heal every wound - someday well, I tried to be a good guy tried harder day by day but on this bed of roses the fire - the wire didn't...

Nameless cross on the misty rain reminds on hopes gone down the drain you - who's burried at this lonely place were proud to be a man as you lost the race or did you cry in vain did you scream for your mother but she never came dead soldier - what was...

man will come and man will go man will fight and still don't know why man must altuays rise and fall take the gun and want it all man of hatred - man of gain man of children died in vain man of war - what for? man must eat and man must kill man must pa...

I've lost and loved screamed and cried i've seen the devil's face and on the other side i've seen the rainbow i've seen your smile i've seen the mountains high and I've tried to keep my style someday we'll find - someday we'll know someday the blind...

They sell you sixty-nine and a thousand tales just to make your fortune in this kingdom made of glitter and tears honesty on the run afraid to touch the taken sun and the lost light a candle but don't forget you can touch the sky (just follow your hear...

There where times when I lived in darkness mother said: "Don't believe in life it's just a game of shame you'll never win. first you think you're the one and only then you'll end up lost and lonely just like all this guilty dogs of sin." but if I'd swea...

Someday I'll find a way tonight I found just shame someday - my life delay might break this spell of fame today is like tomorrow tomorrow's just like yesterday the tales below and the skies of time's decay someday may rule the show and silent waves...

for once in my life for once in my life I feel like a reason would lately arrive with a name to recall for once in the night for once in the night I feel like some fortune was with me to light one new flame - after all rains to the ground - rains to th...

I was born to believe in dreams, fortune and twilight all my life I tried to understand why - why silence roars I had my pride reached for the sky but dreams never last FOREVER 

Where strangers meet and lovers lie where loosers win and winners cry down on senseless boulevard where they run so fast but they won't get far when the lights go out and the neon signs promise everything you want between the lines there's a reason why a...

Something's evil - in my mind satisfaction - left behind words unspoken - driven blind I've been searching' - (you'll) never find darkness rising - blackened sun painted traces - on the run loosers - winners - long time done you're the trigger - I#m th...

I believe someone's blood is another one's wine I believe someone's trace is another one's sign I believe someone's love is another one's hate I believe someone's soon is much too late you look surprised - you shouldn't be, my friend this world is full o...

Centuries of war and lies, crusade and inquisition an old man's face with eyes in flames of superstition somewhere in a darkened room beyond the gate of fire twilight calls the claws of doom, wisdom and desire like raves in the morning light saints...

The silent gods of darkness let owls rain down on me red roses from tomorrow renew my last dawn's key like the drifter needs the road and the poet needs the pain like the thief needs everything and the flower needs the rain all I need is a deep black...

maybe I'm a sinner - maybe I'm a fool maybe I'm a prisoner of the everlasting rule maybe I'm a looser - maybe I need a priest maybe I've seen too much and coming of the beast some call me a traitor - some call me a saint some call me a coward and what I'...

Where the rich become the beggars and the wise become the fools some jaded heart may turn the page and start to break the rules way beyond the distance the knaggy oaks of truth wake thoughts of resistance and send you on the loose in the deep of the...

here's to you, my fatherland silent scream - my only friend traces - disillusion - down masquerader - sailor - clown I was born without a home blue wherever I may roam seems like finally I would find everlasting peace of mind - Insania all the laughte...

it happened in the gutters near the dirty river's shore where the rats were the readers and on the run from the rising sun and the war they ain't gonna follow their leaders down the drain in the pouring rain anymore in the chest of someone who just l...

you got fallen reasons in one blink you got people always tryin' to think you got sisters in a traffic jam my body's like a tram you got trouble melted by the heat liberty on dead end street you got an iron lion sighin' when you're cryin' and life goes...

Lucifer flew one stormy night from hell below to the other side to ask the guardian of the light what the future days may bring. The angels hid their eyes and cried. Some were looking for a place to hide but Lucifer said : "Relax, it's alright I won't b...

Standin' in the rain sometimes love is pain - yes it is take me back - back to light back to where we hold on tight - death Romeo and Juliet no surrender, no regret you and me - you and I trust is fear until we lie inside we die inside - taken by...

He was water when the river took a screaming mother's life in the night he was the reasonn why the ripper used his knife he was anger, hate and misery in a billion deadly wars he was the rising flag of violence when fanatism made the laws he did where...

There's a sign saying "phones in rooms" there's a blind man bangin' the drums of doom there's a barking dog on the telephone line there's a beggar on the street sayin' "I'm doin' fine" there's a cry - there's a cry in the night another love has died th...

So here's to you - my last farewell: I hate your face i hate your smile i hate your grace i hate your style i hate your words your silence, too -all i can say is: i hate you i hate your good i hate your bad i hate your blue i hate your red i hate...

When the cradle of gold like the story's been told shows the blind man the way to mystery bay then a dream will come true for the sad and the blue so recall - come what may - the lonely road to mystery bay 

Most of the time I tried to win in a world that's much too cold to see but still I believe there's a river to cross and beyond the waters someone waits for me and all the years I can't deny and all the tears you'll never cry for me but I will never l...

Never say never - never say die never never never - never say die time is a liar life is a trail lords of desire and the cheque's in mail close your eyes and you will see the dark side of your fantasy eyes of lust and dreams of black heroes gone that...

Sittin' in a streetcafe in Barcelona watching my thoughts disappear with all those people passin' by and I ask myself : "What am I doin' here ?" What the hell did I think as I gave you my dreams and my golden steelbar on the phone you said you knew I wou...

Nosferatu - all the tears and all the pain Nosferatu - all the years - their graves remain Nosferatu - would you share a little drink with me Nosferatu - until the sunlight sets you free Nosferatu - times have changed and always will Nosferatu - now you'...

you gotta call me when it's dark there on the wrong side of the moon and when the toys of love will turn into evil hounds of doom when silence is holy in the cages of light you will remember the shadows of the fight I will be there - after the war I w...

Thought you'd be my friend stuck with me until the end thought you'd be okay thought you'd share my way thought I could trust in you but you broke my heart in two thought a dream would last but your lies came fast oh, you act so cool but I ain't your...

No guts - no glory - no clouds - no rain No reason - no season - no pain - no gain No quality - insanity - reality - humanity No dice - no roll - no spark - no fire No cards - no aces - no truth - no liar No "a-little-bit-of-this" - no "a-little-bit-of-th...

I call and under a red sky I run to you life is like thunder I come undone and blue and we never shall be satisfied we'll be dancin' when our future has died READY FOR TAKE-OFF READY FOR TAKE-OFF without a cause READY FOR TAKE-OFF cradles of never...

(...the lonely road to mystery bay) Well, the night was dark and the moon was pale the saints were searching for the holy grail i drove real slow in the ultrafast way on the lonely road to mystery bay well, it's the goddamned truth - no, it ain't no tal...

So you say you hate and you're ready to fight you're filled up with agressions you say it's too late to discuss for your right - you got violent obsessions But history shows whenever hate grows it's giving you misery and pain it's a deadly illusion to f...

Another smoky venue and another long haired band. Another storm of clapping hands `till the bus rolls again. Alone in my hotel room with the TV on at night just to kill the hurting silence after all that noise and light. And with every mile and every town...

He was a money - hungry - power - thirsty rich man's kind taught to praise the business and that's all he ever did daytime - nightime - always the same one day he realised something's missing in his game well - money makes the world go 'round to have...

Maria called herself an actress. She was waiting by the phone. She was young and pretty but it never rang so she bought some silicone. And suddenly she became a star and she never did sleep alone. She got rich and famous and all because two little piece...

somebody's out there - calling your name in the night somebody's out there - somewhere somebody's out there with the cold winds of tomorrow somebody's turning the wheels of time the closer you get the deeper the night the stronger you feel the more you n...

The 21st century says "hello -I'm the first to come but the last to go you seem to be alive-but hey, you never know that" we all need something to belive in the wicked prince of Babylon met the beast of bourbon and suddenly was gone his soldiers rode an...

Monday we cry when leaves are fallin' tuesday a ray of hope is callin' wednesday we spend the night together thursday we try to love forever friday we're left - again - alone and the weekend's dressed in black and made of stone stay gold - when the worl...

Someday - time will tell - you will see what a gift this life is - we are meant to be free when we leave this world behind the magic of the night leads the naked and the blind to the other side of a dreamer's golden mind and forevers burn so bright...

The Suicide King and the Chaos Queen met three days after Halloween At the downtown grill where the "once-has-been's" try to drink their shame away. Suicide smiled and took a shotgun in his mouth. Chaos freaked out and gave him applause. "With this toy,...

Sol est rex diei - luna est regina noctis. Usus est magister optimus. Iusticia ! magnis viris vivis honores tribuuntur mortuis statuae ponuuntur. Ita vixi ut non frustra me natum esse existimem. Magnos homines virtute non fortuna metimur. Quibus opes null...

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line Honey I'm still free Take a chance on me If you need me, let me know, gonna be around If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown Honey I'm still...

one stormy night an angel fell the raven sold his dreams in hell to keep the light from burning skies like he's been told to roll the dice the angel smiled and said hello I'm just a tale from long ago the endless mile I've walked alone l've roamed the t...

Now that the show is over and the people have all gone I face the final curtain it's just the same old song I make 'em laugh - I make 'em cry dream on loud until I die alone with a heart of stone? I'm pushing every fader for tenderness and fame anoth...

Below the mighty cliff where the lovers use to hide they found a skeleton on the beach the day the loner died it just lay there with broken bones in the rays of the sunset's light well, the loner was some kinda relict from another century the sidewalk...

this is the end of love - is this the end? this is the end! a little boy stands by the waterfall - he wants it all he's tremblin' in his rage and life soon turns the page the little boy's now growing older fast and even though his aims don't last he's...

mother said: "don't believe in dreams" she said: "life's too hard to swing against the streams" then she gave you a kiss and turned out the light but you couldn't sleep at all and you made your decision to hold on tight - to keep your heart wide open -...

I don't know where to go - I don't know what to say. I don't know why to leave and what I'm gonna see today. I don't know where you are - I don't know what you've found But all I know for sure, my dear, is that the truth is gonna burn you down ! Gimme the...

Days of working, and years of rain a handful of hope sometimes leads to tears in rain we'll never give - no - we'll never give in we're addicted to that rush city to city - from show to show that's the only way we want to go even though the road is ge...

will the forces of daybreak someday quit the fight? do androids dream of electric sheep in the night? faster than light? will princes of anger on horses of pain gather in silence and black where only skeletons remain in the toxical rain? and we dance t...

Sometimes your mind is getting out of control and your soul is on the run pictures of destruction are killing your hopes beat your heart against beat your heart against the wall and lights are turning into dark and rusty wheels but tears won't stay ups...

this' one's dedicated to those who never give to those who always take and break to tears and pain they live this one's dedicated to those who never care to those who always preach and lie and leave you cold and bare this one's dedicated to those wh...

I can feel a desert wind hear it howlin' in the streets tonight it's a warning noone fears and there ain't no place where we can hide strangers lost in silence empty hearts and blinded eyes dangers taste like violence tears - while conversation dies...

The one and only liar lost his faith and cried where the broekn candles burn he gazed into the fire saw the truth and died and the wheels of time did turn and when the strangers meet to face my heart - my life - my tears inside in this world we know...

The science of cash allience of thrash the razor, the blood and the greed a fool one I've been a tool without sin, the chaser, the mud and the seed now it's to late say "Hello" to your fade but then kiss your asses goodbye it won't take too long and...

you won't find no satisfaction, brother when the skunk's got you down 'cause when you smell kinda funny you can look as sunny as you want the skunk's got you runnin' in and outta town There are many kinds of resurrection Or maybe, interattraction no, eve...

Destruction - pollution - intolerance - hatred and blood the respect of nature's been slayed and lies dyin' in the mud we gods are left mightless now as they praise their own shines we only can send our signs when thunder roars - in the night their ho...

Soldierboy was born in vain; one life insane; went down the drain why don't you think? why don't you ask? why don't you live or just say: "No"? soldierboy dead - hypnotized deaf - paralyzed forgotten son war ain't no fun, grace on the run, thou...

Once water took the fire and landscapes ate the seas then preachers grew and hatred too the birth of a disease I'm afraid of new crusaders who force our freedom's fall religions still course so much pain and backs against the wall are we just too bli...