Bernd Aufermann

Frightened Shadows
Appear behind the light
And the coldness seizes me
A paralyzing pain catches me again
Can anybody tell me what's going on
Another day is over
see horror on the screen
The shadows gonna
touch my heart
A skeleton hand
that bears all the grief
Does lightly stroke my sleeping emphaty

Can I leave and close my eyes
for one more night
Can I pay to be set free
of all this pain
That makes me bleed

Gotta meet the pries
and ask for his help
Will the collection
heal my soul
Can money clear the temple
of prejudice and lies
Can I reach heaven and enter paradise

Love and faith
Future and hope
Never appear in their lives
Has all guilt been payed
by the death of christ
Or is there something to apologize

Blue sky- the sun is shining bright
Silence- the noises crystalsed
Freezing when you feel the frantic form
Breathe in the revenge for ancient sins

Black- ancient poser
Black- creeping hazard
Black- out of darkness
Black- black rain

Falling rain washed away the light
No excuse can justify the pain

Black- ancient power
Black- creeping hazard
Black- out of darkness
Black- black rain

Horror in my eyes
I don't know whats going on
List in hell
Nothing remains the same
Creatures of the night
arise in me
Darkness around me
Encourages their evil deeds

I feel my mind
is leaving me
I will follow into eternity

A light shines on me
I feel the sun arise
Fire will banish my fear
My dreadful
black dreams
No longer they'll
scare me
Until the night returns

How long can I stand
The return of
the eternal curse
Deliver me of all the pain
The fear of the dusk
paralyses me

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Black is the jail of my soul
In my haunted nights

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Do you remeber -
a walk along the river
In the valley of our dreams
Forgotten problems -
they've darkened the horizon
Life's no more what it seems
The other side of pain
is rising high again
And makes me cry

So why don't you follow me?
Why don't you follow me?

Forgotten promises -
just flow within the water
Remebrance - just fades away
Echoes of a perfect love
Hurt just like a force
from high above

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Times are changing -
life has just begun
There are new aims to be found
Different valleys
Sweeter dreams
Now I know new love
I found my way

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Do you remeber -
a walk along the river
In the valley of our dreams
Forgotten problems -
they've darkened the horizon
Life's no more what it seems
The other side of pain
is rising high again
And makes me cry

So why don't you follow me?
Why don't you follow me?

Forgotten promises -
just flow within the water
Remebrance - just fades away
Echoes of a perfect love
Hurt just like a force
from high above

Chorus

Times are changing -
life has just begun
There are new aims to be found
Different valleys
Sweeter dreams
Now I know new love
I found my way

Chorus

Here I am
Just a poor boys dream
My life's lost in trouble
You know what I mean
Knowing the gutter
There ain't no escape
Life has no offers just my body is raped

All my broken promises
Intentions that have failed
Helped me cross the borderline
All the screaming memories
That I wasted in my life
Creeping death is gonna shine

I am lost but I will find
Just a little piece of mind
To keep my self back in control
Will it ever be the same
The syrenge is calling out my name
See myself I am addicted
To serenity

Wasted time
For a shot to come
The bigger they are
The more I'm done
Sacred feelings
There ain't no return
Suicide solution
In hell I will burn

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I still heart the tales
That often have been told
I hardly tried to listen
Discover word of gold
Knowledge ain't wisdom
But led you through your life
And all I ask you for
is let me live mine

I hear a voice
From deep inside - open your eyes
The truth of one is
another book of lies

From birth till death
There's a road for everyone
Easy to survey so easy to run
But all simplicity might be a lie
And your grave was digged
Long before you die

Those words of stone
decay so soon
Your truth ain't mine
Why're you so sure you're divine
My life- just a cesspool of lies
My life- anyone could supply
My life- ignorance with no remorse

Beat me - treat me
Respect I am silent
And deaf of all those
curent instructions
That you - spit on - me
Imagine I am one
Just like you who believes
It's worth to besome one
Of love - of faith - and pride
Do you believe that your god
Is anybetter than mine
Are you sure it's his will
My kind - is the next one - to die

Surrender - why do you think I should
Surrender - do you belive I ever could
Surrender - to make you believe I'm fine
Surrender - this ain't a term of mine

Wars have already been tought
No one is left to die
Have you come to an answer
Who's better you or I
A voice breakes the silence
And tells the only truth
That will last forever
My word for my own life

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Sanity fades with every breath I take
I'm drowning in shadows
on the way to my fate
None of your words will ever
reach me again
I'm drowning in shadows
I'm calling your name
Now here I stand in a shade
of my dream
I start to forget that you
blame it on me
You don't know if you're right
It's just hatred you see

When the night falls down on me
This is the time where I can see
I need no longer run away
When the night falls down on me
All of my sadness disapears

Still I am disdained by you
Still I am blamed by you
Color me black till I hate forever
Hate me till I hate my self forever

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Now I know I'm still alone
And have to face the light
No escape - I have to stay
And hear your abscent cries
My memories are fading away
Desperation will end

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Once againthe pictures
disarray
No more empty words
that go astray
Paralize I step into
the stream
Hoping all my lies
will follow me

I feel the dawn rise in me
The light disappears
I start to regret
I can't breake these chains
I die to live again

Ever so I try to turn arround
Electrifying voices
tie me down
My senses are erased
I'm breathing in the flames
The termination has begun
I cannot break these chains

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One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
Meant the time had cometh
For one to go
To the temple of the king

There in the middle of the circle he stands
Searching, seeking
With just one touch of his trembling hand
The answer will be found

Daylight waits while the old man sings
Heaven help me
And then like the rush of a thousand wings
It shines upon the one
And the day had just begun

One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to sing
It meant the time had cometh
For one to go
To the temple of the king

There in the middle of the people
He stands
Seeing, feeling
With just a wave of a strong right hand
He's gone
To the temple of the king

Far from the circle at the edge of the world
He's hoping, wondering
Thinking back from the stories he's heard
Of what he's going to see

There in middle of the circle it lies
Heaven help me
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
The answer had been found

Back with the people in the circle
He stands
Giving, feeling
With just one touch of a strong right hand
They know
Of the temple and the king

Listen my children,
Listen wat your lord's gonna say
I hear you praying me day by day
I know that you believe in me, the only truth
You're the deciples of knowledge
All elder and youth

And I will eat up your minds
And swollow your souls
There ain't no escape
From the mechanical claws

I'm just your only nightmare
Etched in your mind
I'm just your only nightmare
And I'll be back night after night

Listen everyone
To what your lord's gotta say
There ain't no sinners
You all know waht is to do

And I'll will eat up your minds
And swallow your souls
There ain't no escape
From the mechanical claws

I'm just your only nightmare
Etched in your minds
I'm just your only nightmare
And i will come bach - every night

Separate me from the dead all around
Smashed into the ground
Ecstasy of killing blinded my eyes
I cannot remember the day it has begun,
Nor do I know why
Once I learned to kill and fight
For a battle that was in sight
When I'm dreaming,
I still hear them marching on
In the darkness,
Innocence got ripped
Out of my heart
I washed my hands in the blood of
The man that just have been killed
The beast in me had risen again,
Gave death into my hands
Oh, ripping, shooting, burning
That's the way, that I got drilled
Menmachine of no remorse.
The killer is deep in me
When I'm dreaming
I still hear them maching on
In the darkness. I start to pray:
Let me live, let me love again
Let me drop my head - into your lap
Let me live - let me love again
Ease my pain - when I'm home again
Wondering 'bout what a man is able to take
Wondering why I'm still alive
Exodus of humanity, already, it hast begun
Skulls and bones aroud me
A bloodbath full of lies
Insignia of imperfection branded in every face

Slip into my outfit
Dress up like it shall be
I'm correct, I'm an ideal
There are thousands to be led
I see devine visions
We'll rise as high as the sky
I look into the mirror
Is this my face I see?
I'm deeply involved into
A brand new hast - and I hear him say:
Break the chains that tie you down
And be again the one you are
Lift the weakness off your heart
And be again the one you are
You?re like the rolling thunder
Your heart is made of steel
Undefeated on the field of honour
I believe, he is holy
Electrifying each and every soul

Oh my dear husband, open your frozen heart
I miss so much of you, where has all your love gone?

And she says:
Break the chains that tie your soul
And be againt the one you are
Lift the shadows off your heart
And be again the one you are
Are you still the loving father
Your children can look up to?
Open your heart again for humanity

I can smell the sweat and blood around me
I can hear you screaming loud for me
Blow him into nothingness you're shoutung
No one but me shall walk out of the pit
Meet my rival for the very first time
Gotta make sure, it will be his last
You don't like to pay for naught and nothing
All you wanna see is, I bring him pain
And I know, all your love is with me
-Beat him, -tread him, -kill him-
I'm your sowrd, I'm your angel of death
This is the place where I kill for you
This is your time of diversion and fun
So enjoy!!

I am heart and soul of all you people
Bearing all your hatred in my fists
I'm licensed to kill for your pleasure
In your name, I bring the deepest pain

For me and I
Live seems so hard at all
Not evenworth a dime
Need to do some kind of crime
I'm looking up
To a high command
But watching you tears me in two
To sell myself I got to do
There's no return now
If I want to go my way
To leave this life of a dying man
I would sell my soul to anyone
Here I am, an eternal slave
I will do what you like
I will be at your side - I'm allright
I would die to be your friend
Fly away to the other side
Fly away to the point of entry
Fly away to what?s so high above
Will you establish me
In your company?
Oh please
I'll be forever yours
Seems I am none, but I'm sure I'll be one
There's a place for me too
Just tell me what to do

I lay awake every night, thinking about what to do
I already know we will surely come to a row
Agressions send out with might,
We will darken the light
Gotta meet a new friend, I need to speak
I'm talking to you, because I'm so cofused, I am insane
Somewhere I heard, we will soon come to war. What to do?
So, join our secret circle
Now, come into resistance!
Please don't judge me
For I'm too scared
But who'll take care of my dears?
So untrue brave new world seems to me, mankind's cruel
Soon we'll reciprocate kill each and all
Need to do anything, there must be a way out of disaster
World still turns 'round but how far can we go? - I don't know
So, join our secret circle
Now, come into resistance!
Please don't judge me
For I'm too scared
But who'll take care of my love?
I see a coming hell - earth will release the dead
I feel the pain of all you - who are condermned to death
I feel the lineliness - of those who are left home
God is already gone from us
Back into nothingness
Please don't judge me for I'm too scared
I cannot leave my dears alone
Please don't judge me for I'm too scared
I'm not alone - alone

A mind full of haunted shadows
Keeps away the painfull sleep
Light a candle for the sacred moment
Needless thoughts are in to deep
Scary pictures behind the curtain
Burn my eyes and melt the tears
Lonleyness in a hidden chamber
Unlock the doors to forgotten fears
There is nothing left to take
All I do is lay awake
B e n e a t h t h e s i l e n c e

My dear wife, seems my life is over
without you
I dream of you in every glacial night,
that I'm alone
You're so far away from the thundering guns
round my head - so far

I feel your tears
Dropping slowly down on my skin
I can taste your lips on mine
Let me kiss you before I must die

Oh, my love, what has been done to us?
Or was there anything - I could have done?
Your tears are the ocean,
that spends love and hope and faith -
for my wounded heart - to heal

I feel your tears
Drying away off my skin
The shine within your eyes
Will soon enlighten my night

But still I'm fighting
But still I'm bleeding
See their dying eyes and suffering
OH my love, I need to kill

Believe in me, I promise you,
I soon will close my arms around you

But still I'm killing
And still I'm bleeding
I suppose to see, there's nothing real
The answer might once be found in me

I need you
I'll lead you
I'll thrill you
I'll kill you
I'll lead you out of the night
That once has fallen upon us
Revenge for the stab with a dagger
Right into our shieldless back
Do you agree when I say expulsion?
Do you agree to wipe them out?
Do you mind the voice of the world?
Or will you follow each command?
One heart, one soul
One man to lead you into your
Salvation, domination,
We can rule the world forever
I need you - like the air I'm breathing day by day
I'll lead you - my lambkins, my dear children
I'll thrill you - I?m the twilight of the gods
I kill you - as I will die for you
Now you believe every word I say
Now you're puppets in my hands
Do you remember, I'd asked you once
If you will follow me even into death
Now, here's your ultimate chance
To take your oath, you've sworn on me
Don't pray to God for he is dead
A new Messiah has caputred your minds
One folk, one lord
One man to lead you into your
Salvation, extermination
We will change the world forever
I'm your leadeer, I'm your lord
Am I human or divine?

When the sun rises slowly and the haze fades away
Everyone knows that the time has come close
To be the first in line with the rifle in our hands
You and I, my old friend, will we ever die?

See the fire, feel the pain,
The blood runs cold through our veins
No mercy will reflect in our eyes
United with the cold steel of death in our hands
Let them pay for the crimes, they have done
Crush their cities, burn down their lodgings,
Allow no one to survive
Or their revenge will eradicate
Your childrens lives
Be prepared for the moment,
when you'll meet your maker
And his reaper has become your own life taker
Oh, here I stand and I swear, it's your word that I bear
And I'll scream it out for everyone to hear
I will fight not asking why, I will rub out every lie
For your law, oh my Lord, I'm prepared to die
See an arm, see a leg
Torn apart the rest
That's been you my friend
Just seconds ago
How many tears are left to cry
How many lifes are left to die
Who'll answer me now after you've closed your eyes?
Oh here I stand and I swear, I'll damn your word I still hear
And I'll scream it out for everyone to hear
I will not fight four your lie, why you want us all to die?
For your law, oh you beast, we've been sacrified

Retread - lay down the row
That I've been told to fight,
- For whom?
The child in me is dead,
Innocence is lost,
Ripped out of my heart,
- By whom?
I've found my way;
So I thought and so I hardly tried
my whole life
Or could I have failed?
Oh, "Lord" watch over me
So I prayed each night
And believed to do the right
How could "He" fail?
Too dull - to open my eyes
Too blind - look, what's behind
Too vain - to confess my own lie
Pain - through which hell we have gone
Pain - into void we were thrown
Pain - we brought and we suffered
Pain - mankind went insane
Pain - there's no way to undo
Pain - 'cos I followed you too