Stratovarius

I'm your god computer's my name Give the password or you will fail I will lock you into my mind Your number is all you will find Don't try to run (I'll take your life and the will of your power) Under the sun (There is no place where you can hide) If you are...

These empty days are filling me with pain After I left it seems my life is only rain My heart is longing to the better times When everything was still so fine I wonder why it happens so fast You give your heart away knowing it might not last I'm still h...

Sign of the times and writings on the wall they show me it's time has come Order of a new kind we will all find stronger than never before Things are pretty much the same like in the year thirty eight oh won't we ever learn This time is't gonna be different so...

Seasons of madness fill my mind A lunar poet trying to find A conception of what life is all about Seconds pass me by I greet the minutes As the hours roll them over And years will drown the days and months We are one, we are strangers in the night Searching...

I don't know what to do I don't know who you are I'm calling from the silence We have gone too far I try to understand you, your life has been so cruel Please try to see it my way I've got something to say All those years Were not in vain Even though there was...

I'm waiting for a train To take away the pain and ease my mind I hear the tracks squeal It makes me want to scream and let the world know how I feel One way journey, no need for a seat I'm beat, I won't be coming back And what I'm learning, this life will be...

I'm out on the open sea the wind is embracing me I'm watching the setting sun Far far away from you there's not much that I could Do you know what's the only way for me Into the depths I fall into the unknown darkness I go Down, Down, Down down, down, down f...

I feel like I'm drowning, trying to catch my breath. Don't know what is happening, there's no sense of time. Deep underneath my skin, feeling the pain within, hear my cry... I feel drowned towards you, I can't resist, I don't know why. My life is changing...

Once again I try to make things work facing all the power of society Searching all the answers of the life I'll never make it on my own Was I meant to fail everytime Seems to me thats my destiny Is this all that's left to me Confusion and bad memories But now...

I am the earth and sky I am the low and high I am the snowflake in the winter evening I am the birth and death I am your final breath I am the one that gave you life and freedom Choosing your own way Everything you've ever known Every seed that you have sown...

The setting sun creates another world The shadows fall another day is in the end The Paradise is sleeping peacefully And one more day is again history Tell me can we go on like this? Everybody is living in a bliss Are these the last times of our Mother...

I'm staring at the wall Sick and tired of all Manic depression makes me crawl It makes me small I need some peace of mind The pressure makes me blind The labyrinth of pain, the exit I must find It's all inside of me, the answers lie within And all that I can w...

A new day is rising in ancient Babylon Revealing mysteries to see and the endless caravan never ending it's journey with the wings of the wind I will fly I can hear you calling me I am blind but I see Babylon your memory haunts me forever won't leave me be Ba...

Another winterday is gone I'm lying here all alone There are many like me here behind these closed doors Somehow I lost the way Fear just led me astray Deep into the labyrinth of my warped mind I lost all of my belief And I felt my spirit break Through the r...

Before the summer turns to winter, before the dreams will turn to snow. I see the yellow leaves are falling and soon I know I have to go. But I'll be back before the summer, next year you're in my arms again. The winter breeze will send my message, it will kee...

Again I see you standing there watching me Your gaze, those eyes are tantalizing openly Inviting me to get close to you Can´t help myself There´s fascination in the air I try to fight this strong sensation But there´s no chance to escape from this temptation...

Over the sea Moon's shining bright on it's way To clear the black night Witness of the fight You got the power on me I'll be fighting forever You cast the spell on me Why don't you let me go? No, no, no, no, no Day will dawn For me and for you, car...

I realize I missed a day But I'm too wrecked to care anyway I look around and see this face What the hell have I lost my taste Don't want to find out Just want to cut out My head explodes, my ears ring I can't remember just where I've been The last th...

When you tell me that you’re truth will set me free Don’t believe you and I wish you’d let me be From the cradle to the grave I feel your pain But I’m trying to erase you from my brain Carry me To the shore, I can’t stand it anymore I am blind but I can see...

I've been trying There's no denying It's sending me Out of my mind I've seen reason Change to treason It's losing it's sense Of all kind How much longer will it take For the world to see We should learn to live And simply let it be Bloodstone, bloodstone In...

Why do you stare at me? It's hard to please when you're feeling ill at ease Hey let it go You have feelings inside let them show Grim craven mind Timid all the time Can't come out of your shell It's hell Shame on you There are so many things that you could d...

Born under the fire An innocent child, pure-hearted and silent The world is a fight My everyday life In war and strife Went down to the wire They said I was weak, told I was a liar But once I begin I'll never give in I'll make them believe in me They can bur...

I've been lost far too long, Need to find my way back home. Dig a hole and hide inside, Live to see the morning break. Just a wayward soul, Played the last card, lost it all. All is gone but one remains, In your hands I place my life. Take me in, Wash away...

When the day turned into night When the stars run out of light Will you be here to sing my song I call your name To maybe shield the flame Cause the night is dark and long In the kingdom of the visible In the kingdom of the sun Was a man who saw the years go...

Here in the Universe I find some things that are so hard to understand The vastness of space just takes my breath away I see through history The years they come and go The seconds that will shape my destiny The time that we spend here Is precious, that I s...

I have been sailing across the oceans flying across the blue sky Without never finding the answer the answer to the question why just when you think you reach it, it's gone Chasing Shadows, Chasing shadows Chasing Shadows, all your life Harder you try to fix...

Summer's gone a while ago The daylight dims away I'm watching here how the snow begins to fall Yesterday's like a dream A memory in my head Like the life's gone behind the winter wall I'm lighting up the candles and lock the door Sitting by the fire It's time...

I wake up in the morning so far away from home, trying to make it through the day. Many miles are between us, I'm sending my love from this payphone. Through the storms we've wandered, many mountains we have climbed but all the bad times are behind. The road i...

These frantic memories They bring me down, tormenting peace The darkness drowns me I'm restless without sleep When day breaks, I'm still awake, I recall my mistakes I'll be never alone, never again, never alone, I'll be never alone, never again, never...

Living on the edge of falling down Like each day would be your last one Reaching for the stars that shine so far Take my hand it will be alright For you and me to go Look into my eyes they are black as night now You can see your reflections I tell you no lies...

Taking a chance Going into the great unknown Facing your fears And feel What’s on your mind When all alone Fall into the sea Soon you will be free Into the deep you disappear Down you go, descend below Dive deeper into the ocean You will find more About you...

The times are changing so fast I wonder how long it lasts The clock is ticking time is running out The hatred fills this Earth And for what is worth We're in the end before we know Throughout the years I have struggled to find the answer that I never...

Went into the plane, was scared like hell tried to relax for awhile But when we took off I feared we would fall waving goodbye to this life I'm flying through winds tonight no sign of the dawn or light Silhouettes in the sky wings are carrying me through the...

You wanna go to heaven but you never want to die A silent scream for freedom turn to Fire turn to water turn to Stone’s the same, the sky’s the same, it doesn’t roll away The other side where life goes on is Close and yet you know it’s just a lie But you’re s...

Now it is thome for you to close your eyes They've seen much pain it's slowly filling your mind Pretty as they are but now so pale You better leave all your worries far behind Not long ago when you had the Fire Burning inside of you brighter than any fla...

Looking back through time to my childhood days I used to have a place where I could escape the reality But lately things have been so difficult for me trying to reach for the light in the fall of darkness Waiting watching my life I'm wasting my time I'm losin...

Lying alone in your bed Images from the past filling your head You try to run, you try to hide But there is no escape, your eyes are open wide Long time ago you felt alive Now only emptiness is blackening your life The time has come to break away Or you go ast...

All through the night he is lying awake Wond'ring how much more can he take Watching the walls where the shadows dance Drifting away into a trance And his eyes are blazing with fire Dreams burnt to ashes so many times Highest of mountains, still he climbs Rea...

Elements -- Wind, Fire, Water, Earth Elements -- Fear, Anger, Sorrow, Joy Pools of sounds fill my mind A universe of shapes Kaleidoscope of colours Stargardens blossom in their solitude Spiral architecture Here I'm standing Here I'm wondering Curiosi...

-- Part 1 -- I've never felt like this before Am I awake? Am I drifting? There's a hole in the sky! Am I alive? Did I survive? Broken pictures on my wall A story of fallen heroes Now stare ahead with their blind eyes on A lost horizon Some...

I'm staring at the last rays of the sun, The final night's begun Shadows fall and hide the earth beneath them My land has fallen deep into the hands Of men with evil plans Times have gone, when peace reigned over our lands It's time to break these chains and...

Under burning sky Flames are rising high Ground is turning red, All but one is dead Dying man his hands Above his head Thru the ruthless night, Fought with all his might Made his final stand, Made the last demand Paid the price, His dying time's at hand Noth...

I'm deep in my sorrow and feeling down Not waiting for rapture to come around With nothing to lose I'm about to clear my mind So many times I have dealt with my pain And now it is driving me almost insane I had a future but now it is left far behind Then out...

When clouds are covering the sky I can't help thinking what's behind In a fading evening I can feel strange thoughts in my mind What if we aren't alone here there's a clone of everyone somewhere that duplicates all that we do not like me not like you but our o...

Standing outside in darkness My breath is steaming The skies open wide I hear the silent screaming Deep in the dark, somewhere in space Spinning around, leaving no trace Nothing escapes And the boundaries been breached All matter and shape Destinati...

Everywhere I go I see people staring at me It makes me feel so strange why won't they just leave me be So take a look in the mirror and maybe you'll see all the things that happened while you were looking at me Am I really so different In the Eyes of the worl...

I thought I could not find Someone who's so alike The way you think, I feel it in my heart It is so hard to see What's happening to me Two souls united that can't be apart All these lonely nights and days Let me start Waiting for a light, this feeling I have...

I'm sitting by the calm lake And watch the setting sun My feet are in the water The journey's just begun In the mist there is a boat and it's heading towards me On the deck the lady's holding her hand and I agree I'm falling into fantasy The dream goes on We...

Feel the night time growing nearer From amidst the darkness I will start my flight See the stars are shining clearer Turn around before you’re blinded by the light I am made of burning flame, cast from coldest ice There is nothing that can stop me Now I ride...

Come to me my disciples Said the stranger who came Healed the sick fed the poor Spread the joy and the cure He will rule our land With his leading hand We'll achieve our deliverance Is it just an illusion Or the mass confusion Is it just the work of the False...

Welcome to my world Close the gates You've come from far away I've been expecting you You are the holders of the key To the story that never ends Fantasia Resides deep in your heart Leave your worries far behind Fantasia Let the freedom ring the bell Let us a...

Reach a star, travel so far or find out who you really are Climb a hill, learn a skill, all of your dreams you can fulfill Take a dream, make it real, don't let yourself give in to fear Come with me you can make it anywhere Sing along, to this song, and let i...

Reach a star, travel so far or find out who you really are Climb a hill, learn a skill, all of your dreams you can fulfill Take a dream, make it real, don't let yourself give in to fear Come with me you can make it anywhere Sing along, to this song, and let i...

Walking down the path that leads me to my memories Pacing all the way without a care in my stride Where are the friends of my yesterday have they moved on with they lives Can we still laugh and joke about things like before There's no need to hide the past th...

Reading all the daily news Full of crime, hate and abuse Where is this world heading to Can't you get it in your head No brighter future lies ahead There's nowhere to hide We're lost and we're out of time So hear me now The time has come to make a stand We l...

Don't fear the darkness Let it find you if it must Open the door and Embrace the sadness Pain won't stain you It will only make you strong Hurt won't haunt you But lead you where you belong Let your grief fade away He's a guest, not here to stay For one more...

Climbing mountain Big stone on my back Hopeless feeling Everything is black What am I fighting for? What am I living for? That is the part that I don't know You gotta fight Fight for your life Until you die Fight for your life Endless searching In the cyber...

No Christ, God nor religion Gave me the answers I was looking for Arrogant hypocrites Selling the key to heaven's door I've got my own way I don't care what you say You speak your truth and I speak mine Find your own voice Unleash the power within Go find yo...

Dancing around the fire We've gathered here tonight Flames are getting higher Memories are filling my mind As I look back through the time Nothing left to find You're just a memory from the past now And now it's time for Fire Dance Fire is burning my...

On the long and winding road If I say there's no tomorrow If I say there's only sorrow Would you ever let me be? Coz I'm drowning in despair I can barely stay in focus And I can't get it together anymore Anymore But somehow it's all worth it and the pain ins...

I was born within a dream and awoken by a thunderous scream Fireborn, burning within I can feel it burn under my skin Hold my head up high tonight we're gonna fly be all that we can be go as far as we can see fly high I'll tell you why tonight we take the sky...

I stand alone in the darkness The winter of my life came so fast Memories go back to childhood To days I still recall Oh how happy I was then There was no sorrow, there was no pain Walking through the green fields Sunshine in my eyes I'm still there everywhe...

I stand alone in the darkness the winter of my life came so fast memories go back to my childhood to days I still recall Oh how happy I was then there was no sorrow there was no pain walking through the green fields sunshine in my eyes I´m still there everyw...

They try to give me answers to questions I've never asked. I'll have no part in their conspiracy. I guess I am the kind of guy that will never stray. The thing I need is privacy, some guiding, depriving, misleading and combining. They're watching our every...

I’m dreaming awake My thoughts won’t let me go Feels like my wind Has turned into my foe The fear of tomorrow The fear of today I’m trying to stay I’m trying to run away My life is at stake My time is running out Feels like I live my life It constant doubt Th...

Higher I set my goals everyday I make my own rules that I will obey each moment As long as I live This is the life I was born to lead Unique chance for me to express myself And fullfill my dreams I'm in control of this ship of mine And everything will be just...

Feel the night, conceal your fright It came from your right Look what you found lying on the ground Shiny ball you don't know anything at all Look through yourself there's a mystery full of you Always condemn though you never understand Why you resist never k...

Shining there in the sky light our way across the land Black clouds in fromt of you face fading into the haze In this prison of mine my soul lies in despair My mind wanders through time tell me what is my crime What is behind velvet lies heart as cold as the...

I saw it in a dream the day that changed our history I still can hear the screams swear it was no mystery In the heat of the blast Houses fell down into the ground This happened so fast Mankind disappeared without sound Now the world lives in shadow of atomic...

Hear my call don't waste your time remember what we're fighting for Hear my voice take my hand We've got to win this war We were meant to be free not to live in slavery To the other Galaxie we go gather all our strength before they know Soon the time will co...

Haven't you ever been drowning in sorrow? In the morning, Because you're never gonna fly. So insignificant, waiting for daybreak, With a heartache, Under the black and evil sky. Life is unfair, And nobody cares, But did you think for a moment that you are so...

The sun is setting on the pain the people freezing in the rain the Earth is rolling in her grave I beg the light up in the sky to make me whole, to tell me why I can't be bothered to be brave and I've been waiting, and hesitating, and then I see the curtain fa...

A failed painter, born to change the world Beaten up kid swore his revenge Whirlwind of chaos and destruction man has never seen before Blind masses led like a flock of lambs Deception, blinded by the lie Another "saviour" of mankind showed the way Gargantua...

I was sent out To the world From the mission I just returned The dust has not settled down yet Still I am needed more fame to be earned I thought I could have some rest But I feel like I am possessed I shouldn't be complaining cause I am blessed Must have be...

Halcyon Days What I feel inside my mind Is driving me insane It's so hard to explain What lies behind it all, what goes around So I'm twisting here within loneliness And all the pain inside now Don't matter anyhow There's something in the air Something isn...

Once they countdown the final dream, Life will never be the same. Due to blindness they cannot see, That we cannot starve this way. They will stop when it's too late, Just to realize, you cannot eat money. Oh, time is running out, Runaway, World is burning d...

I feel the wind in my hair, and it's whispering, telling me things, of the storm that is gathering near full of power I'm spreading my wings Now I'm leaving my worries behind Feel the freedom of body and mind I have started my journey, I'm drifting away...

Feeling so sad and tense Confusion on my mind Nothing makes any sense Things are entwined Hopeless soul in the haze Trying to find the way Out of this wicked maze To a new day We will rise out of agony And find a way to victory Higher we go Climbing up to t...

Since you were born pushed into corner and left all alone Told what to do, obey all the rules be just like everyone else those fools Day at the school teacher's a bully You're mobbed as a rule nothing from TV Your folks are away you are trapped inside this hou...

Those cold black eyes with their empty stare revealing nothing at all what's on the way and when the air is filled with fear he's lurking in the shade unrevealed his aim is concealed He is like a shark when he smells some blood he goes blind and insane...

I feel the wind in my hair, and it's whispering, telling me things, of the storm that is gathering near full of power I'm spreading my wings Now I'm leaving my worries behind Feel the freedom of body and mind I have started my journey, I'm drifting away with...

I surrender to your heart babe Do anything that you want me to do Please be tender I'm in your hands girl This is a feeling I never knew You know I tried to make it on my own That's not the way it was meant to be Spend my time waiting by the phone Oh darling c...

I'm walking the streets and i hear what you say Advising me telling me how to play I know your name it's called Mr. Mean One thing i've learned you don't know beans High i fly I touch the sky Far above the frozen hearts You can't kill my dreams You can't kill...

Look around turn around You just might fall to the ground Sail away break away Damage done nothing to say All my life I've felt like an outcast But not anymore, a thing of the past Feel the sun, got to run Feels like life has just begun All is new, different v...

Once upon a time I was the scribe of all my dreams I've seen the years turn into dust, now feel the rust in me I've walked the shores of Avalon, I've seen the seasons change I've laughed and cried, I've lived and died, but only on the page Now all I have,...

You deserve everything Everything that you need And all that you long for But I, I'm rarely around Every train feels outbound I wish I could give you so much more I must roam Follow the road I've chosen Leave our home The land is dark and frozen Night by nig...

You faded away And woe is all that remains And I have gone astray My mind full of theory and states I'm carrying a seed of insanity A burden of faded memories Delusion, destruction, Salvation Go on without saying Hate in this creed Awareness so numb this tim...

Mother watch your children The iron fist of fear is ruling our lives It's not too late to change the course We can make this world a better place to be in How much more do we want until we're satisfied? What happens when we have what we want? Acquiring more ,...

Sometimes I just want to lie in your lap and dive into deep blue. When the world's too much too bear, to get a way I dive into deep blue. The ocean of your eyes, I sink into the mystery tonight. Into deep blue. When reality is hard I have a place to go, into...

In the middle of the jungle There are ruins of temples built along ago Stone by stone They were made by the Mayas A tribe that is not so well-known Each pictures on the wall Recorded history They were gazing at the sky Seeing stars telling them the days On the...

Time goes by But you can't rest Too many things And you're obsessed Trying to find Some sense to it all No-one knows what you've been through Like no-one cares But it's not true Turn the page And make a fresh start When you are low You should know You are no...

The shadow falls on me today Why can't it fade into the distance? And darkness calls, no other way I rage at the riddle of existence The day's almost gone but you'll carry on Can you keep the flame for me? The day's almost gone but you'll carry on Can you ke...

Alone in the prison I made of my mind like many mornings before I stare in the ceiling until I go blind it's hard to take anymore I ask from the fools how they slumber away with all the evil around but no one can answer and no one can say and there's no peace...

Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill Oh no move me out of harm I need a spell and a charm Fly like the wind I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on Kill the king Tear him down Kill the king, yeah Strik...

In the year before we lost our empire We were children on the march We were told we had to serve our empire and die In our wake we only left destruction Sent their children to the graves In the year before we lost our empire and died The war was lost but we w...

To see the things in a brand new light Not to give up without a fight To surrender is not in my sight I'm a child of the universe In the noisy confusion of life Where uncertainty rules my way It's so easy to go astray I got to keep strong and bold Give me a w...

I will call for you, Said the man to the fool as he rode, Out with his gold in his hand. Finally I know the truth, thought the fool to himself, I really understand. Paradise calling me, After life, eternity. No more lies, the divine set me free... Gloria is...

Hey you take a look aroud Can you feel the change begin? Soon it will be too late If you don't wake up Outside the winds are blowing And the people are staring so cold The look that's in their eyes Tells me something's wrong Lead us into the light It's so st...

Life will go on Soon it is gone It's bigger that we can conceive Wink of an eye A thousand years Into eternity we shed our tears I'm changing, Rearranging my destiny Learning to fly Touching sky on my way Learning to fly High above the sorrows To a new day I...

Listen to what I have to say We could get out of here today I'll take you with me if you want to go New kind of place, just let me know I am a man, I'm not a child And I am free, 'cause I can feel We just have to get away We have nowhere left to stay We can...

Far in the core of the earth, first it was given birth. We heard the call the message was so clear. The tracks were laid for the future to come. Sons and daughters of the Rising Sun, the armies in Europe here we come. We run like the wind we play from the hear...

Sun is shining Sky is so blue I'm filled with hope It's promising The course my life is taking Searching of my truth has brought me here Facing things with confidence That all will be OK Past is gone Life goes on Memories remain I break the chain of misery and...

From the dark, I watch you go away I will never see you, again... Every passing day prolongs my pain I am slowly fading, into the void... Fades without a sound, A sound that no one cares to hear A second round to live your life Just passed away! Moment in a...

I'm going back through time before the war this crime who would have believed that they would do it One April morning without a warning the sirens woke us up two minutes to live we got I'm dying I'm crying still I'm the lord I'm fighting denying still I'm the...

I can't explain the way I feel sometimes The Loss of words, the chaos in my mind. It seems like I can only bring you pain The passion fades away Like tears in the rain And every time you try to reach for me I feel afraid to feel I'm in too deep It's not your...

Luminous we shine Like the stars on the evening sky Through the universe And centuries They are calling Hear them calling Luminous moonshine Is guiding my travel through life Through the wind sometime I hear angels calling Hear them calling No tree has branch...

He's crawling out from the asylum Under cover of the night Insanity of his crazy mind It's useless for you now to hide Walking the streets someone's in sight He's waiting for you in the night Hiding in the shadows Hiding in the alleys He's ready to kill tonigh...

Let me take you to the far away places Where you've never been to the orient lands Soon you will notice the mountains and forests We're flying over them now Don't you be afraid, just take my hand as we race with four winds Welcome to the land of mystery Welco...

Cry for the man in the mirror See his empty eyes, where nothing lies beyond You rape all the world for nothing You made fire and curse the flame You suck dry the fount of wonder You turn sorrow into hate A lone wolf, a walking carcass A sore sight for putrid...

His year has been a nightmare I've been so low, I don't care I've dwelled in depths of darkness Swam across the ocean of pain I've fed the tabloids, the media It's a bottomless pit, a redia Front pages, gossips, knifings, drunken nights and days Sadness, rag...

More that I live More clear it's each day We got to change our ways There is no way to go back anymore Eons rumble through space We must find new ways to live I know there's so much more to give Millennium - Where do we go? Millennium - Time will show Foreverm...

Time waits for no one So they say It goes on forever The tears of pain I see in your eyes How can we change for the better? Hate and greed`s getting stronger day by day Injustice rules the world Killing the lungs of the Earth How far are we prepared to go? I h...

Would you move the mountain, Would you build a tower, Would you drink the sunshine, Like a wilted flower? Would you waste that hour If you knew this fullmoon would be The last one you'd see? Would you gaze in wonder While the world was turning, While the moon...

I still remember when I was a child So curious, adventurous and wild Looked at the world with open eyes I couldn't tell the truth from all the lies I was taught how to live, how to behave I was told, how to walk, to talk, to know my place All those years I wa...

The night turns to dawn The city’s left behind Those who’ve been blind they will be saved White stripes on the road they’re guiding my way Reciting my prayers the road is paved Through all the years I’ve carried the flame In the darkest nights as the lightnin...

I live on the street, it is my home All my life I've been alone I see people passing by And they lower their eyes It's been like this for so many years I had my share on lonely tears My parents left me long ago They did not want to know Tell me how can I sta...

Scream at nights But you won't be heard It's deep inside The pain within your head You cry for help The torture won't let you go Your mind is aching And you can't go on Reaching for window Your execution The only solution Night Screamer Afraid at nights Ther...

If I could stay awake for awhile it would be another morning don't wanna fall asleep now when everything seems so far and beyond Walking down a familiar road but the darkness is misleading me I know I should feel fear inside but still the shadows is where I w...

Shades of night I'm walking through sleeping village that is having a dream of thousand dreams Moon is guiding my way through the land the snow is silently falling from the sky that is lit by million stars Nightfall I feel the breeze Nightfall on my face Nigh...

So long I have been accepting what I've seen Never really speaking my mind Now the heat's leaking out I'd like to scream and shout I want to leave it all behind There's no one else to turn the wheel I've got my own life to steer No turning back Coz I...

I've locked myself in silence And kept denying That you're already gone Isolated in the darkness for too long I'm still holding you before You fade into oblivion I can't save you In the end we fall apart Forgive me now No matter how Hard I try, you'll carry...

Son, my father he said to me, You only dream when you're young. Some might think that he knew it well, But I have proved him wrong. Years have passed and I've grown old, And time has taken its toll. Though my days are soon over, It feels life's just begun. J...

Take all that I have left Take everything I have spared for you Tear down all my veils Tear down ‘til you see my naked core Burn down my Eden Burn down all that I had built for you Save me-it is all that I have Spare me-or we all will be damned Save me One...

Black day is dawning All prayers unanswered, laid to rest If there’s a god he ain’t here now In daunting darkness we will march Towards the end with desperate hearts Too tired to hope, too scared to dream Let innocence fade, make no sound Let blood that we’ll...

Out to the light from the mist From the shadows I go Facing the new world the odd things The places unknown Far away I sail away today Seeing a new face impression the moment The thought Unarmed and naked defendless My mind is caught Far away it sails away to...

Flying to the day One day to play With eyes open wide I am Papillon I watch the world Curiously World is my home I am Papillon I have no God Life is in me I am in life I am Papillon Brightest of days Holds me in embrace I am free I am Papillon In my dreams...

Flying to the day One day to play With eyes open wide I am Papillon I watch the world Curiously World is my home I am Papillon Sans dieux ŕ prier La vie est en moi Je suis en vie Je suis Papillon Ces jours luisants M'enlacent tendrement Affranchi Je suis Pa...

Late at night I find myself again wondering and watching TV. I can't believe what's on the screen, something that I wouldn't care to see. Many rare species will perish soon and we'll be short on food. Why do we have to be so selfish, we've got to change our...

I am facing the truth I got to change the way I live Can't go on this way The price is too high to pay After the rain I feel the sun See how I run to my destiny Life is a game I got to learn how to play I make my own rules 'cause now I am free to choose Courag...

Hunger grows stronger I feel it day by day I need I desire her passion now I see that look the shine in her eyes Can't let her go she's so divine There's no one who could stop me now She'll be mine She's teasing I'm unfreezing wanting more and more I'm...

You found the truth again I showed the way The Path of Wisdom is the only way to reality You learned to live Your life The hard way Your tears put out the fire from your soul Lost behind the lies I can hear your cries Now is the time to rise again so s...

What the hell is going on Skijumpers making music that sells gold There's no talent in this game Hunting, hunting for the fame Publicity is all you need that's why it feels to me like Reign of Terror Everything costs so much nowadays An individuals vanish in...

A house made of cards and no time to run Unfolding the path before me Together with you and not making sense And slid from my grasp, that moment in time When everything stood to reason The clarity gone, I wait for my fate Black clouds gathering Wind, carry t...

Scam is the way How they play How they make their move Damned everyday What they say How they forge our truth We've seen it all so many times before Make a stand, their demands don't matter anymore Uprising, uniting, all those who fear no more Confusing, mis...

Run the other way Wipe your tears away The pain is here to stay Nothing in the way Take the clouds away There's nothing more to say There's nothing more to say Run away I will remember you Run away I will remember 'til I die Never wanna die Drowning in the s...

I'm waiting for the rain now To settle the dusty air Clearing up my emotions Facing it all if I dare I've been thinking I've been trying But I've always been denying Wasted days are still inside of me It's time to set them free Why don't we see what...

Season of change life feels so strange Look into my eyes do you see the truth I'm lost and alone feelings unknown Come to me stronger than before On winds of time my soul will fly The angels are knocking at my door Oh now I need to be free From all this hatre...

Seasons they come seasons they go Observing them in their perfect flow Changing my life as they pass me by Drying my tears letting them die In the sunrise I am born again In the sunset I die again What will you do when all fails? When you feel like a ship wit...

No one really knows Where this man comes from Or if he has a name He moved from town to town And forging his own way Without shame he played his game No allies and no friends He leaves no traces bahind There is no proof who's to blame As the legend starts...

I worked so hard to get my aim Pulled out wrong card is this my last game Too fast too son you know it takes time Hasty deeds spoilt the chances of mine I'm burning inside outside seems all right Try not to think about it much It's hard to say when I will pla...

When I was young and life had only just begun The days were long and bright So warm and full of life I never knew that one day you would fade away Your colors fade to gray It seems like yesterday Still you're shining in the dark You're still safe within my he...

When I was young and life had only just begun The days were long and bright So warm and full of life I never knew that one day you would fade away Your colors fade to gray It seems like yesterday Still you're shining in the dark You're still safe within my he...

Welcome to my world, close the door I don't wanna see nobody anymore The colors of my life are gone forever Fading like a dream away from you My world is all black, there is no light Long time ago I knew the wrong from right I still hear your footsteps...

Yesterday seems so far away Some projection in a dream Sweaty sheets, I am back to reality I woke up to my own scream All the bad things that were said Will not leave me be I need to get them out of my head What have I said, what have I done Can I have anothe...

Pack on my back I wander Over mountains across the seas My yearning soul keeps roaming In the endless search for peace sky is my roof, my shelter Stars shine and light my way Earth is my bed, my altar On this road that leads to nowhere In silence I scream bu...

Today is just an other day Of my life too short to live I should have some kind of meaning A destiny to believe in Before I go to sleep I find some pictures of a time When everything was still so fine Although the years have passed by I will give it all I hav...

Stand My Ground This is my way, these are my rules These are my rhymes, this is my song Don't take me for some bloody fool For I still dream, you can't hurt me, I'm strong You can try to bring me down, to keep me down I will rise and I'll be fighting back Th...

Again I see you standing there watching me Your gaze, those eyes are tantalizing openly Inviting me to get close to you Can't help myself There's fascination in the air I try to fight this strong sensation, but there's no chance to escape from this temptation...

Tears of Ice falling down my cheeks forming a lake in it's surface I see you face and I watch it till it's gone There were times all I did was cry out your name only thing I feel now is pain Tears of Ice, frozen heart icy drops fall to the ground forming stre...

I'm back in the air, but I've nowhere to go I nervously glance at the mountains below Two hours of sleep, seven more 'til the show I pray to the goddess of coffee to keep me alive The crew's getting wasted, we're back in the sky I join in the fray, 'coz the r...

Concord and tears from industrial giants, Apologies counting for nothing! Graveyard obsessions and shallow confessions, The game never ends in a draw. An eternal horizon that reaches the sky When we're standing together, we cannot ever die And we're chasing t...

The time is running It's running so fast that you don't notice Years are passing by And you're growing older What happened to all your dreams? Did they become true at all? We cannot undo the deeds of the years They leave you on your own With all your deepest...

Come with me my child It's gonna take a little while To teach you the knowledge Of the ancient rhyme Fly with me tonight Through the cosmic sea It's a mystery From the thirst for life You will never keep away Pleasure of one man Makes another man a prey Fly w...

I hear footsteps dosing in, I recognize them from my early days. The times are different the image remains the same, repeating back flashes remembering the name, approaching visions of things. I can't recall, a familiar smile awakes the pain. Unkept promises,...

The land of ice and snow Where the midnight sun blows Hundred thousand lakes glow In the land of ice and snow Northern lights guide our way Come whatever may Forest god protects our day In the land of ice and snow Where Koskenkorva flows Where the freezing w...

I sail away from my homeland My mission's to raid and plunder I fight, I will rage, I will sunder I hail the Thunder God I look at the sky Watch the waves turning into foam I send my prayers againt the wind And I hope they'll reach my home I spent weeks on t...

I'm walking on a thin ice Lying paralyzed There's staying there's alone Reaching for the unknown In the mirror I see despair In the closet I smell death There's needles in my bed I've finally lost my head 

I'm staring out the window wondering will I soon know the answers to the questions within where should I begin I'm delusioned by a clear crystal night While trying to find some insight the solution is close at hand yet still so far away I'll turn the tables '...

I'm entering in to the woods I left everything behind I have to follow my heart Don't know what I'm looking for Starlights guiding my way to old black oak where we meet now it's full moon other side is calling me singing dancing this is no dream Twilight Symp...

Danger zone I look into the mirror see my face again I hear myself preaching You are getting bold Growing old Skin turns cold You´re to blame But I will find the way to be myself again I break the mirror with a noise Stop preaching me teaching me leave me be...

Danger zone I look into the mirror see my face again I hear myself preaching You are getting bold Growing old Skin turns cold You're to blame But I will find the way to be myself again I break the mirror with a noise Stop preaching me teaching me leave me be...

Worthless without time We follow how it flies by We still keep believing In wide and comforting lies When it's our turn Together we stay stronger We lay still and silent and watch how our world burns for eternity You carry me away 'Till 'morrow we're...

Reckless wheel of time We follow how it flies by We still keep believing In wide and comforting lies When it's our turn Together we stay stronger We lay still and silent and watch how our world burns for eternity You carry me away 'Till 'morrow we're unbreak...

Learning by trying it's hard to deny it while paying for what I used to know Dreams are deceiving untill I'm achieving the goals I haven't set too low Waiting for a new day to wipe away the Uncertainty that flows around me once again to stay So many choices...

The wind is blowing There's ashes in the air The heat is flowing You stare in despair Hear the warning The times are changing fast The Earth is crying With a thundering blast You feel the ground's quaking The powers unknown are released The dams breaking The...

We drifted apart on the sea of lie Sailed into new horizons, out of sight We lost the way, we lost the key But the spirit was kept alive and free Now destiny has brought us back We are here before your eyes, we hear your cries And that's why tonight we all ma...

Until the end of days Until the end of days Fear is building lies like castles out of sand An age of ignorance that I don't understand Just hold on If you can bend you can't be broken You must hold on to your life All the hatred in the world can break you do...

[Japanese Bonus Track] Hiljaa, hiljaa kuulen kutsun tän Pidän kiinni nyt mä palleistain, ne on mun ystäväin Kuulen kutsun peniskateuden Kun en pysty edes kusemaan katsomatta viereen Painan pään ulko... hihihih, vittu! Muista pyyhkii aina Embolla tai susi sinu...

It's 4 in the morning I'm gazing the sky with Millions of stars A moment before the Dawn The endless Universe fills me all Where are you now? Alone just like me and Venus in the Morning? I touch your face that's filled with pain I kiss away the tears...

I have seen the future of mankind, The wisdom of my prophecies you'll find. Follow the truth and be careful, are we the last? Hundred years has passed what have we done, Inconceivable damage under the sun. I think it's too late to change the man - we are...

What is wrong with a man destroying the land. Our planet is full of waste. Sheltering ozone layer is no more a shield, the temperature is rising up. Now it's time to stop this madness, Preventing increasing sadness. Let's put end to all this while we can. Ma...

I'm watching as the morning sun rises before my very eyes Revealing all this beauty Questions fill my mind once again clearing my thoughs have I been blind Now I see The hole is getting bigger in the sky do you know the reason why nobody seems to care Everyth...

Sometimes it's not that easy finding all the words For how I feel when you are near The more we are together makes me realize All I ever wanted is you What can I say? You make all my dreams come true And every day I want you right here by my side To take my h...

It was just like yesterday, When you chose to leave and I to stay It was a warm and sunny day But my heart felt as heavy as stone Never told me where you went, Then again I never tried to ask Now I know in life you have one chance And you better use it well...

Look around there's no time to waste life goes on nothing's gonna change Feel the winds of life blowing cold it won't take so long you are growing old there is no answer to be found it is so easy to fall without a sound Days of loving and gold kept me from fe...

When the stars are gone forever and planets are turned into dust It's a good escape to lie in the haze In the past I found the answer in music and drinking and lust Waiting for the end and counting the days But I want to find an answer, so what if my terror d...

I've been searching for an oasis In the desert for so long In my weakness trying To pretend I'm strong I've been holding on To things that I have left behind I've been scared and lonely I'm crippled inside Bathed my soul in the starlight Healed my wounds in...

Throwing my dreams out of my mind casting them into the sky canceling tasks I've delayed for so long now it's do or die I can't be seen I can't be heard but I am here and I am wondering Will the sun rise tomorrow will it light up my sky can I wake up with no...

New winds are blowing over the world can you feel it Message is spreading among all the people Future is calling, history is leaving behind Nobody is thinking about the past days If you want to have a look in future world If you have an open mind now it is yo...

Silence is all I hear Blackness fills my world Midwinter days and lonely nights Depression takes over my frozen mind Morning starts a new day Dawning nowhere to be seen Oh, won't you break my chains and let me go free as a bird in the sky Winter blows colder...

Walking by a frozen Lake Silent snow in the air Dreaming of the summer day Carry me til I’m there Winter skies leave me alone When I lose my way Winter skies you call me home (2x) Bring me back when I’m lost Far from your embrace Bring me silence bring me fr...

Walking by a frozen Lake Silent snow in the air Dreaming of the summer day Carry me til I’m there Winter skies leave me alone When I lose my way Winter skies you call me home (2x) Bring me back when I’m lost Far from your embrace Bring me silence bring me fr...

The witch is worried Which is bitch? Take both of them in And do a spin Experimenting with fingers spreading Lips concealing the secrets of the joy The witch-hunt is coming to town You better look around The witch-hunt is coming to town They'll see t...

Look around do you see So many things have changed And you should know by now I never meant to hurt you at all All my life I have been an outcast But now I've been reborn And I see things so clear Open your eyes and realize Hard times are over if you want Ope...