The Flower Kings

I'll stay forever true to you
Your velvet touch makes me feel brand new

I don't wanna wait until tomorrow
You don't know what you got until it's gone
I wanna put an end to all the sorrow
You've done me wrong

Let's drift away on the ocean
Sail away into the night
Let's live just for the moment
Cause you don't, don't know what you got until it's gone

In the morning I sense the light
I'll sacrifice all I got before the day turns to night

I don't wanna wait until tomorrow

(But now I'm) flyin' in a purple sky
Tryin' to find the truth in the corner of your eyes
I found out I'll never walk alone
Cause you don't, don't know what you got

When you turn away and lock all your doors
When it's getting out of hand, how am I to understand
And then you may think there's no turning back
Running low on self esteem
falling back into your dream

There's this endless hole in the wishing well
Wish you were somebody else
but too afraid to ask for help
Would you play a part in the scheme of things
And I will depend on you, if you show me how to do

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

And the winner smiles and she takes it all
And you are lonely and afraid,
but she doesn't look your way
And they know the drill, taking you apart
And the world that you have known
is a world without a heart

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

Who can tell the price of learning,
steppin out and turn the key
slow and steady fire burning,
feeding on it's elf esteem.

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

When you turn away and lock all your doors
When it's getting out of hand, how am I to understand
And then you may think there's no turning back
Running low on self esteem
falling back into your dream

There's this endless hole in the wishing well
Wish you were somebody else
but too afraid to ask for help
Would you play a part in the scheme of things
And I will depend on you, if you show me how to do

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

And the winner smiles and she takes it all
And you are lonely and afraid,
but she doesn't look your way
And they know the drill, taking you apart
And the world that you have known
is a world without a heart

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

Who can tell the price of learning,
steppin out and turn the key
slow and steady fire burning,
feeding on it's elf esteem.

We are the troopers, pick up the losers
and turn into a better day
Pick up the sceptics, the non believers
and turn into a brighter day

I'm back in the world of adventures
in grand new adventures, expect to fly
I'm deep into sonical changes
radical strangeness and I don't know why

We run the fields in the summernight
in silent kisses in black and white
and we'll make footprints on a higher ground
We're children of the Woodstock nation
lost in peace and comtemplation

I'm the magic carpet rider
the strawberry glider across the sky
We're getting high on adventures
say goodbye to the pressure
prepare to fly

We run the fields in the summernight
in silent kisses in black and white
and we'll make footprints on a higher ground
We're children of the Woodstock nation
lost in peace and contemplation

What if God is alone
and he really needs someone to talk to?
What if I'm feeling small?
I need someone to look up to
In this day and this age
there is too much information
And the loudness of man
seems to cloud the revelations

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed and sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
my scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait and I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if God is at your door
but you leave him standing in the cold
If there's angels on board
you can hear the voices thru the walls
There's a heaven obscured
by greed and hate and pettiness
You know love can turn cold
and leave your heart with emptyness

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed & sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
My scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait & I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if silence will fall
and finally I'll hear myself
What if God hear my call
all my wearyness be put to rest

I can see beyond time
I can love beyond words
I can shine beyond suns
I can dream beyond worlds
I can live, I can die
but it all means the same
I'm the spark in the eye
I'm the bright inner flame
I am one of the earth
I am one of the skies
I am blood, I am war
I'm a sweet lullaby

I'm not good I'm not bad
I'm just born in your head
When you want me to be
Where you want me to be
I am nothing you'll see
we both die, don't you know
so don't you try

What if God is alone
and he really needs someone to talk to?
What if I'm feeling small?
I need someone to look up to
In this day and this age
there is too much information
And the loudness of man
seems to cloud the revelations

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed and sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
my scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait and I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if God is at your door
but you leave him standing in the cold
If there's angels on board
you can hear the voices thru the walls
There's a heaven obscured
by greed and hate and pettiness
You know love can turn cold
and leave your heart with emptyness

Like letters from across the sea
Secrets written signed & sealed
My hands, shaking like a leaf
My scarred soul is getting healed
Every time I try to get it right
In the dark there is no light
I wait & I wonder why
God is on his own?

What if silence will fall
and finally I'll hear myself
What if God hear my call
all my wearyness be put to rest

I can see beyond time
I can love beyond words
I can shine beyond suns
I can dream beyond worlds
I can live, I can die
but it all means the same
I'm the spark in the eye
I'm the bright inner flame
I am one of the earth
I am one of the skies
I am blood, I am war
I'm a sweet lullaby

I'm not good I'm not bad
I'm just born in your head
When you want me to be
Where you want me to be
I am nothing you'll see
we both die, don't you know
so don't you try

See the children playing in the evening sun
see them riding kites across the sky
Take them gently in, into the new design
see if the magic will prevail.

If you listen close now you can hear a stream
running from a sacred place within
calling gently without promise but a dream
to let the flood of love begin

Now this moment all the pieces find it's home
strung high but touch gently
We can figure out the steps that need to be
to get home ?
see clearly the one future-
Sincerely depend on you...

Any way you like it, any way you hope
any of the details of your dream
you can make it happen as you realize
the gates of Eden lies within

Everybody loves your even try to care
Dive into the multicolour scene
You can stop the nursing of the deadly sins
and give the wheel of love a spin

Now this moment all the pieces find it's home
strung high but touch gently
We can figure out the steps that need to be
to get home ?
see clearly the one future-
Sincerely depend on you...
We all depend on you
I am You and you are Me

Now straight from the heart
Your dreams will tell you where you will begin
It's straight from the source
The image from a long forgotten dream

Look into the flow
Your thought will dance into the evening sun
As good as it gets
We all remember days of future spent

10,000 riding the sky, big league passing by
Set to defend our homes, certain to turn the stone
Well, to define our enemy, it's easy now, knowing how
They are all solid but no name, sign says blank, so we don't care

Feeding the fire fields, marching into unreal
Knowing it's them or us, fall into the mortal buzz
Slowly become the devil dog, the grinnin' jaw, the cat's claw
Over and over justify, the mindless crimes, the hollow times

See what it takes to become what is truly yours
Don't let it break you and take you away from us
This road will lead you to nothing but fearful eyes
This war means freedom, but freedom means sacrifice

Slowly become the devil dog, the grinnin' jaw, the cat's claw
Over and over justify, the mindless crimes, the hollow times

See what it takes to become what is truly yours
Don't let it break you and take you away from us
This road will lead you to nothing but fearful eyes
This war means freedom, but we all must pay the price

No expressions on their faces in the rain
We ain't going nowhere, children
We're just strangers on a train
No goodbye, and no use sending letters home
There's one way to oblivion and that road is far from home

You may find it hard to face the evil, do you Son?
You still think a miracle will happen when you face the gun

And then we'll fade into the night
We hold our precious dreams inside
With our young hearts open wide
Running on the edge of time
So won't you hold me one last time
Go tell the world about the crime
And let it never happen ever again

A fool believed his kingdom would last a thousand years
Now the echoes paint a future
But tomorrow hold the tears
The world is watching, but then no one's seen the end
Running on a train to nowhere
That's the bitter truth my friend
Will we ever learn? So the crosses burn

You still find it hard to face the evil, do you Son?
You still think a miracle will happen when you face the gun

And then we'll fade into the night
We hold our precious dreams inside
With our young hearts open wide
Running on the edge of time
So won't you hold me one last time
Go tell the world about the crime
And let it never happen ever again

The world will fade into the night
Will it ever be the same?
Someone remember my name
Ride this nightmare to an end
So won't you hold me one last time
Go tell the world about the crime
And let it never happen ever again

Should I stay here on the floor?
I can't get up... and you no more!
Someone's talking in my head
The sunshine!
Laugh away my only thread
The white line
Touch my heaven

My mind is climbing on the wall
It's getting high by setting small
Someone's crying in my ear
The sunshine!
Make my way look so clear
The white line
Touch my heaven!

Should I stay here on the floor?
I can't get up... and you no more!
Someone's talking in my head
The sunshine!
Laugh away my only thread
The white line
Touch my heaven

My mind is climbing on the wall
It's getting high by setting small
Someone's crying in my ear
The sunshine!
Make my way look so clear
The white line
Touch my heaven!

Time is a thief and timelines invisible
Embedded them years in the texture of skin
Slide down the timeline of youth and sobriety
Passing the filters of acceptance and charm

All of a sudden you're rocking he cradle
Born out of love for the memory spin
One hand the rattle, the other a hammer
Racing with time is where you can't win

You can't fight time and you can't just shine on
Like in big bold American style
There is no facelift to cover the scars
So just sit back and enjoy for a while

My generation is fresh out of school
My generation is close to the rim
Shuffle the options of life's complications
Scrambling the landmarks, still wearing it thin

Trading your freedom for a lifetime achievement
Sign up for life on a path that grow dim
Chained to the customs and daily routines
Things will be different, but God knows when

You can't fight time and you can't just shine on
Like in big bold American style
There is no facelift to cover the scars
So just sit back and enjoy for a while

The ticking of time is non reversible
So sit back my friend, enjoy the ride
All of a sudden you're rocking he cradle
Born out of love for the memory spin
One hand the rattle, the other a hammer
You know racing with time is where you can't win

From your singular secret eye
watch the neighbourhood passin by
Stay by your TV and telephone
Stay in this fortress that you call home
Now you are constantly on your guard
but it's tough as they're getting
smarter and faster, spreading like rabbits
across the land.

Was a time when the sky was blue
and the traffic was nice and slow
Now, we've got tools to communicate
We fly out in minutes to any state
Still I see sadness in your eyes
and thru the walls I can hear your sighs
and it's getting harder as you're getting
older and that's no lie.

Was a time when your head was stronger
You were brilliant but that's no longer true
Now your memory is growing weaker
You have long since passed your peak
No more Ace to play, in a fading day
You are still alive, nothing less - no more
and the years go by, thru the walls I can hear your sighs.

From your singular secret eye
watch the neighbourhood passin by
Stay by your TV and telephone
Stay in this fortress that you call home
Now you are constantly on your guard
but it's tough as they're getting
smarter and faster, spreading like rabbits
across the land.

Was a time when the sky was blue
and the traffic was nice and slow
Now, we've got tools to communicate
We fly out in minutes to any state
Still I see sadness in your eyes
and thru the walls I can hear your sighs
and it's getting harder as you're getting
older and that's no lie.

Was a time when your head was stronger
You were brilliant but that's no longer true
Now your memory is growing weaker
You have long since passed your peak
No more Ace to play, in a fading day
You are still alive, nothing less - no more
and the years go by, thru the walls I can hear your sighs.

Run brother hide if you can
Take these words from the medicine man
I saw the sign of men with cold hearts
With a heart of stone, unholy rolling stone

There is more to this world than we see with our eyes
There is more to this world than we touch with our hands
(Feels like heaven, feels like flying)

Once he was one in a crowd
Now, mighty warrior, he walk tall and proud
He once heard of a kingdom come in the skies
One day he'll spread his wings, go where the eagle flies

We touch the solid, seems like we trust the marble men
We hold the limits, build a small world for even smaller men

See how we run the fields
See how we touch the stars
Ride the wild horses again
Ride like the one you see

Run with your open heart
Run with no gun in hand
See with your open eyes
What has begun again

Run brother hide if you can
Take these words from the medicine man
I saw the sign of men with cold hearts
With a heart of stone, unholy rolling stone

There is more to this world than we see with our eyes
There is more to this world than we touch with our hands
(Feels like heaven, feels like flying)

Once he was one in a crowd
Now, mighty warrior, he walk tall and proud
He once heard of a kingdom come in the skies
One day he'll spread his wings, go where the eagle flies

We touch the solid, seems like we trust the marble men
We hold the limits, build a small world for even smaller men

See how we run the fields
See how we touch the stars
Ride the wild horses again
Ride like the one you see

Run with your open heart
Run with no gun in hand
See with your open eyes
What has begun again

Run brother hide if you can
Take these words from the medicine man
I saw the sign of men with cold hearts
With a heart of stone, unholy rolling stone

There is more to this world than we see with our eyes
There is more to this world than we touch with our hands
(Feels like heaven, feels like flying)

Once he was one in a crowd
Now, mighty warrior, he walk tall and proud
He once heard of a kingdom come in the skies
One day he'll spread his wings, go where the eagle flies

We touch the solid, seems like we trust the marble men
We hold the limits, build a small world for even smaller men

See how we run the fields
See how we touch the stars
Ride the wild horses again
Ride like the one you see

Run with your open heart
Run with no gun in hand
See with your open eyes
What has begun again

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Summer is gone, memories long
We're afraid and hold on desperately
To the last of hopes and memories
Time moves on, how I wonder
Even perfect moments slip away
And may leave us empty and afraid

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
Now this ain't right, I curse and cry
I've asked myself a million times
Why some just have to lose and suffer

Summer is gone, it all went wrong
So we bury all the pain inside
And once more put on a friendly smile
Life moves on, but no more bonds
We're afraid to love and lose once more
So we turn lights low and lock the door

Now
I can sense there's something wrong
The way the waters are moving
Struck by the impact we all change
Forever
You are all gone
And I'm left here slowly dying
This ain;t right
Here's one more sleepless night
I'm growing older
There's no way I escape your cries
I've asked myself a million times
Why I have to lose and suffer

If you walk down that lonely road
Realizing how little we know
I can see the strain in your face
Just assuming we all join the race
Hold on - the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

No one asking "how does it feel?"
In a world with no room for your needs
Putting words to the grief and the pain
Disappearing like tears in the rain
Hold out - you will see, the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

If you walk down that lonely road
Realizing how little we know
I can see the strain in your face
Just assuming we all join the race
Hold on - the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

No one asking "how does it feel?"
In a world with no room for your needs
Putting words to the grief and the pain
Disappearing like tears in the rain
Hold out - you will see, the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

If you walk down that lonely road
Realizing how little we know
I can see the strain in your face
Just assuming we all join the race
Hold on - the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

No one asking "how does it feel?"
In a world with no room for your needs
Putting words to the grief and the pain
Disappearing like tears in the rain
Hold out - you will see, the truth will set you free
Rain keep on falling like the first morning

Down to the crossroad with an open mind
Tails out tapes so please rewind
Do you mind if I me take a closer look
add my name in blood and then close the book...

Now, I don't regret so much what I said
but it's sad some of it stayed inside my head
Jumped the garden wall, climbed the learning tree
sleep the meadows green, high the memory

Like a slave to the grind
of my own tortured mind
I just look for a road back home.

Wheels of life turning endlessly,
like the rivers run to the sea.
Now I'm grateful to you and I tried to be true,
and after all, it's good to be alive

Bless my lucky star that you came my way
I picked up on most what you once said.
And it's always plain for the world to see
there's just one place where I long to be.

And I talked to the wind
where am I to begin
I just pray for the road back home

Wheels of time turning endlessly...

A time of learning from time again
Uncover the past mistakes
A way to freedom thru education
Is real, so the prophet speak

Using the new love to navigate
Thru a dark and confusing time
Leave no room for the sinister
Giving in to hate is a crime

You were all in the flow
On the road to a better known
So we wait and we watch
For the Master Plan to show

Freedom is more than the right to speak
So first out make up your mind
Out of the isolation tank
And put your ear to the ground

While some say 'love is all you need'
And some try to buy the world
All are waiting for the act of kindness
So start out by doing good

You were all in the flow
On the road to a better known
So we wait and we watch
For the Master Plan to show

Fragmentation, twilight memories
A whirlpool of mains and gears
Now some refuse to show their face
Reading your deepest fears

Obligations and bitter judgment
Made you a silent lamb
Still the future is within reach
Shaped by your very own hand

You were all in the flow
On the road to a better known
So we wait and we watch
For the Master Plan to show

Come on get your tickets, step up to the merry go round
Come on lift me up, take me home, take my feet off the ground
Everyone's got to be in or we're out
Everyone knows what this is about

Dizzy, dreamy, you're dancing around in my brain
Working the orbital lodges onboard on this train
Once you're abroad there's no turning back
Once touch the backdoors the surface will crack

Number one, still undone
Number two, feeling blue
Number three, late for tea
Number four, here for more
Number five, still alive
Number six, need a fix
Number seven, gone to heaven
Number eight, always late
Number nine, feeling fine
Number ten, lost again

Come on get your tickets, step up to the merry go round
Come on lift me up, take me home, take my feet off the ground

Free, now you're saying you're at peace,
Now you're spinning the tales,
I keep dancing the deep
Time, spin your secrets within
Tales of life everlasting,
Take me in, set me free

And the angels sang, sweetly the blues away
And I will bend this starless night into day

King, in this layer of gold,
He once spoke of his home,
He was once around the world,
Lost in this merry go round,
In this spinner of sound
Letting go, let it be

And the angels sang, so sweetly the blues away
And I will bend this silent night into day

Mother, what's it all about
Tell me, what's that scream and shout
Do they fight what they don't understand
They've got nothing to fear from a peaceful man

Time running out, wolves getting closer
Judas kissing the world is a looser
Curtains are down for the Nazarean
He'll carry the cross and the world will go free

Brother can you feel the fright
There's a pack of wolves on the streets tonight
The sting of a chilly wind on your face
Watching the dogs crawling in disgrace

Time running out, wolves getting closer...

I heard a voice saying "no, no, no
never heard that name, I really got to go"
I saw the signs and I heard the call
And I bang my head against oblivion wall.
The sting of a chilly wind upon your face
And the dogs are crawling in disgrace

Time running out, wolves getting closer...

Mother, what's it all about
Tell me, what's that scream and shout
Do they fight what they don't understand
They've got nothing to fear from a peaceful man

Time running out, wolves getting closer
Judas kissing the world is a looser
Curtains are down for the Nazarean
He'll carry the cross and the world will go free

Brother can you feel the fright
There's a pack of wolves on the streets tonight
The sting of a chilly wind on your face
Watching the dogs crawling in disgrace

Time running out, wolves getting closer...

I heard a voice saying "no, no, no
never heard that name, I really got to go"
I saw the signs and I heard the call
And I bang my head against oblivion wall.
The sting of a chilly wind upon your face
And the dogs are crawling in disgrace

Time running out, wolves getting closer...

Falling out of the sky, falling into a dream.
All I need is the heart where it all can begin
It's just a matter of time, it's just a matter of trust
It's just a matter of faith when we all sleep in the dust.

Don't deny, just verify the genius of it all
It's the cycle of all living thing, hear the children
hear the children call !

"We believe in the light, we believe in love every precious little thing
We believe you can still surrender you can serve the Flower King"

Going out into the grey, into purple and red
see, all the beautiful shapes flowing out of my head
It's just a matter of time, it's just a matter of trust
It's just a matter of faith when we all sleep in the dust.

Don't deny, just verify the genius of it all
It's the cycle of all living, hear the children
hear the children call !

"We believe in the light, we believe in love every little precious thing
We believe you can still surrender you can serve the Flower King"

"We believe in the heart, we believe in healing in a house where angels sing
we'll unite the divided and the fallen one will serve the Flower King"
"We believe in the heart, we believe in healing in a house where angels sing
we'll unite the divided and fallen one will serve the Flower King

Falling out of the sky, falling into a dream.
All I need is the heart where it all can begin
It's just a matter of time, it's just a matter of trust
It's just a matter of faith when we all sleep in the dust.

Don't deny, just verify the genius of it all
It's the cycle of all living thing, hear the children
hear the children call !

"We believe in the light, we believe in love every precious little thing
We believe you can still surrender you can serve the Flower King"

Going out into the grey, into purple and red
see, all the beautiful shapes flowing out of my head
It's just a matter of time, it's just a matter of trust
It's just a matter of faith when we all sleep in the dust.

Don't deny, just verify the genius of it all
It's the cycle of all living, hear the children
hear the children call !

"We believe in the light, we believe in love every little precious thing
We believe you can still surrender you can serve the Flower King"

"We believe in the heart, we believe in healing in a house where angels sing
we'll unite the divided and the fallen one will serve the Flower King"
"We believe in the heart, we believe in healing in a house where angels sing
we'll unite the divided and fallen one will serve the Flower King

And now, you're a soldier of fortune and fame
They say, you're a knight with no number no name
And now.....that you've come to the end of the road
Step back, step into the fold

And what, if you call this a home of the brave
They say that you've got to have sinned to be saved
Past days of Sunday school enter your mind
Lost in your nursery crimes

The nursery angels set the world on fire
A rocketeer couldn't get much higher
Moms little angels with their deadly toys
In battlefield games with the boys,

Armed to teeth and "Arnoldized"
Now, shut your ears and close your eyes
The guardian angels turned his face away
This child's gone astray
Yes this one's gone astray...

Left at the chessboard, childhoods end
King of the playground, your move again
Wooden horses and heart of steel
But this time it's for real
This time it's for real...

It takes no muscle, it takes no mind
to see it clearly, what lies behind

it takes no jury, it need no court
this walking justice will walk thru doors!!!

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

it takes no lifestyle, don't need no Klan
see we're all naked right at the end

One walk beside me on squeaky floors
One holds he wolves back, back from my doors

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

It takes no jury
it needs no court
this walking justice
will walk thru doors!!!

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

It takes no muscle, it takes no mind
to see it clearly, what lies behind

it takes no jury, it need no court
this walking justice will walk thru doors!!!

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

it takes no lifestyle, don't need no Klan
see we're all naked right at the end

One walk beside me on squeaky floors
One holds he wolves back, back from my doors

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

It takes no jury
it needs no court
this walking justice
will walk thru doors!!!

It's the angels, It's the angels
kissin' goodbye with a kiss of fire
It's the righteous soldiers,
soaring, sweeping,
swinging the sword of god's mercyful hand!!

Now you think that you're so bright
running smooth when thing are right
Now you think you've payed the dues
soon you're down to sing the blues
So you think that you're so cool
well in my eyes a dancing fool
Now you think you've got it made
what's really you when stars fade

You, you stupid girl, you hit the sky, you own the world
You, may fly so high, but soon it's time to pay the price

So you think, that I "has been", I'de rather say an Evergreen
You may think I'm lost in space, but I've already won the race

You, you stupid girl, you hit the sky, you own the world
You, may fly so high, but soon it's time to pay the price
open eyes, stop those lies
Deliverance that never end, now can you stand up to that test?

May take you higher, higher and higher
So you think you are the center of the Universe?

You stupid girl, you hit the sky, you own the world
You, you may fly high, but soon it's time to pay the price
You, you stupid girl, you hit the sky, too soon to know
You, you may fly so high, but soon it's time
for th final deal, it's back to real, now break the seal
deliverance that never end, now can you stand up to the test, can you?

I can be your guardian angel
I can be your starlight man
You can find a home inside me
I can bid you one more dance

I can be your all time father
I can be your backup friend
Although I speak in tounges of angels
It resemble sounds of man

I'm beside you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

Carry on the torch I hand you
It'ss not made by human hand
Look inside the depth of my eyes
And you'll find a universe

I'm no taller than the treetops
And my sight is not the best
But my mind is at the outlook
And my view is from birds nest

I'm beside you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

I'm beside you
I can be you guardian angel
Look inside me
You can find a home inside me
I'm around you
I'm the starlight in your mind
Look inside me
I am you, that's what I am

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

Look for no tears in my eyes
Sing me no sweet lullaby
I made a heart of stone
I can call my own

Remember the days of the shoreline
The sun made the surfers go blind
Once painfully trapped between childhood and fame
Now that's my name

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a place in the sun
I know that I'm not the only one

Shadow flies, dead end of fame
Them neon lights spelling my name
And I fear the day when the light goes out
What's it all about?

The dust that once came to my eyes
Suddenly left me unwise
Painfully trapped between childhood and fame
That's a shame

Astray like a leaf in the rapids of time
Once touched the stars, then back to the grind
Back to the level where humans tread
Imploded back into my head

Someone please tear down the walls of this room
Don't leave me deaf-dumb in a silent cocoon
I gave my soul freely for a moment of truth
A servant and knight to the boot

See me, touch me, feel me, will I live forever?
Hold me, thrill me, in your love forever

Shiny minstrels of worn out time
look down upon you and me
sing their praise of a time long gone
when freedom meant more than life

Kings would hold on to all Gods given
the swords and armour bright
Ground would shake below his feet
the day of the freedom call

And it's all in the way that every king must fall
And it's all in the way all good men must go

King is afraid to lose the grip
he's tired and not so well
He'll walk all night on shaky ground
and dine with the dogs of hell.
A single whisper will crack the wall
a song is a wrecking ball
Lost in the vortex of friend and foe
a solitaire in his home

And it's all in the way that every king must fall
and it's all in the way all good men must go

I know it open doors, carry the weight, so many values still left to define
Once on the factory floor, invisible ball and chain will keep you to the grind
Do you believe in words like "equal rights"
The right to live a more than decent life
What is it's true, "the winner takes it all", you get what's left, you get no less no more.

In the beginning man learnt all the tricks of trade
The race has just begun, melted the golden beast
To marks and pennies, earning them empires in the sun
Do you believe the keyword is possess and once you're in there is no turning back
What if it's true ? it spreads like a disease- from the royal mansion to the ghetto shack...
I am the bank of time!! Display some fallen empires, cracks along the line
I've seen the greatest fall!! I'd say the western world will need a new design...!!!

Out of the west, out of the real, you need the suit to cut the deal
You shave so close, you shave so clean, don't cut, revealing something obscene!

High profile going, high time alone, you get your kicks, you're on the phone
Don't get involved, no time for help, you're passionate in love with all your "geld"
The days of progress, when they are gone, then looking back, days in the sun
Did you have someone you called your friend, or were they all associates?
God may look at what we've done, knowing well we're the ugly ones

Some may have blisters, well on their feet, some broken elbows, some twisted knees
Now being used up, now being used, isn't it time we all pay our dues??
God may look at what we've done, knowing well we're the ugly ones

I wish that I could see
The state of things that you can do
Life would be nicer to me
Like the way life is treating you
Information, revelation, always seems to come my way
Now I'm stuck in this situation
It's getting clearer every day

Doors of these dark rooms open wide
I cannot stop them even if I try
No need for this information
Someone else have to pay the price

I'll drown in a silent sorrow
I've seen all too much, too soon
I'm lost in a silent sorrow
Wrapped up in a dark cocoon

I've prayed that I would have changed
Close my ears & shut my eyes
Life wouldn't be so strange
Bullet hit between the eyes

Complicated, escalated
Visions always make my day
Life happened while I waited
For the truth to come my way

Doors of these dark rooms open wide
I cannot stop them even if I try
No need for this information
Someone else have to pay the price

I'll drown in a silent sorrow
I've seen all too much...

Quarter to four & the hours keep draggin' tonight
Nothing is wrong but you feel that your life ain't quite right
All the plans you made those years ago
Looking back on that dusty road
and the fading signs all read "oblivion"

Stare at the ceiling, the wheelin' and dealin' begin
You'll give almost anything now for some real peace within
Halfway down our faces frown
knowing more but still unsure
All the missed opportunities
fading hearts and aching bookends

Quarter to four and there's something odd building inside
Swimming the silence, the river is dark, warm and wide
Floating the chambers the echoes start filling your head
Finally fading until you don't know if you're dead...

Quarter to four and the thoughts keep spinning your mind
Don't dig too deep cause you may not like what you'll find
Caught between what you're expected to and what is really you
Could you have played your cards differently?
This and more you will never know.

Quarter to four & the hours keep draggin' tonight
Nothing is wrong but you feel that your life ain't quite right
All the plans you made those years ago
Looking back on that dusty road
and the fading signs all read "oblivion"

Stare at the ceiling, the wheelin' and dealin' begin
You'll give almost anything now for some real peace within
Halfway down our faces frown
knowing more but still unsure
All the missed opportunities
fading hearts and aching bookends

Quarter to four and there's something odd building inside
Swimming the silence, the river is dark, warm and wide
Floating the chambers the echoes start filling your head
Finally fading until you don't know if you're dead...

Quarter to four and the thoughts keep spinning your mind
Don't dig too deep cause you may not like what you'll find
Caught between what you're expected to and what is really you
Could you have played your cards differently?
This and more you will never know.

Left at the roadside with this rapidly burning map
like a magician with no rabbits in his hat
Line up the measures to fulfill your brothers dreams
across the land we pay in sweat, keepin' up the steam

Now you tell me that you can't afford the dreaming
but I know it's just a lie!
Serious dreamers always can afford the dreaming
and you know we're aiming high

Put on your makeup, put on your dancing shoes
into the wasteland we've all seen you
dance away the blues
No time for introversions no more time to play
Serious distractions always seem to come your way

Now you tell me that you can't afford the dreaming
but I know it's just a lie!
Serious dreamers always can afford the dreaming
and you know we're aiming high

From the nest we descend in a mist,
all like birds on thin ice
From the kingdoms of childhood we dream on
and turn to the wise
And the code that was written in blood & flesh
in an ancient time
From the kingdom of heaven
the ships of dreams were sent to enlighten YOU.

Playground Pirates gaze at the Sun
far out sisters and flying Nun
Poor Picasso gaze at the art
Ahead of time means a Lonely heart

War is over, boys are home
move into the friendly zone
Dream at Diners, dying slowly
where hungry hearts grows cold and lonely

From the nest we descend in a mist,
all like birds on thin ice
From the kingdoms of childhood we dream on
and turn to the wise
And the code that was written in blood & flesh
in an ancient time
From the kingdom of heaven
the ships of dreams were sent to enlighten YOU.

Left at the roadside with this rapidly burning map
like a magician with no rabbits in his hat
Line up the measures to fulfill your brothers dreams
across the land we pay in sweat, keepin' up the steam

Now you tell me that you can't afford the dreaming
but I know it's just a lie!
Serious dreamers always can afford the dreaming
and you know we're aiming high

Put on your makeup, put on your dancing shoes
into the wasteland we've all seen you
dance away the blues
No time for introversions no more time to play
Serious distractions always seem to come your way

Now you tell me that you can't afford the dreaming
but I know it's just a lie!
Serious dreamers always can afford the dreaming
and you know we're aiming high

From the nest we descend in a mist,
all like birds on thin ice
From the kingdoms of childhood we dream on
and turn to the wise
And the code that was written in blood & flesh
in an ancient time
From the kingdom of heaven
the ships of dreams were sent to enlighten YOU.

Playground Pirates gaze at the Sun
far out sisters and flying Nun
Poor Picasso gaze at the art
Ahead of time means a Lonely heart

War is over, boys are home
move into the friendly zone
Dream at Diners, dying slowly
where hungry hearts grows cold and lonely

From the nest we descend in a mist,
all like birds on thin ice
From the kingdoms of childhood we dream on
and turn to the wise
And the code that was written in blood & flesh
in an ancient time
From the kingdom of heaven
the ships of dreams were sent to enlighten YOU.

She's waiting for the early tide
She turned back where the road got wider
She's looking for a soft asylum
Thinking loneliness is such a bitch to juggle

Been searching in the book of dreams
Been dreaming of a desert flower
Been waiting for the perfect touch
To release her from the self-consuming fire

Been hiding in a solitude
Grim exile in the business towers
A life amongst the living dead
Afraid to see what's building up inside of her

Five frozen faces fade away
Like still life in twilight hour
As memories of years gone by
The years of glorious undivided power

A flower tamed at your expense
A friend that could have been your lover
Sing softly from a world unchained
To catch the dawning resurrection hour

Five frozen faces fade away
Like still life in twilight hour
As memories of years gone by
The years of glorious undivided power

A flower tamed at your expense
A friend that could have been your lover
Sing softly from a world unchained
To catch the dawning resurrection hour

She tapped into the lucid dreams
To try escape the wildest fire
The fires that consume her soul
The way out is getting stony, steep and narrow

She's following the spiral down
She's trapped inside the wicked powers
If only she could hurt her God?
He'd crush her soul in the 11th hour

Walk with me as long as we're together
Get your tickets to what is forever
Trades in loyalty and disengagement
First make sure that your business is hellbent

Then you are alone with the ghosts of the night
One Road may lead you to Sanctuary
Seeking the price of your heart and soul
You're still in doubt!!!

Step aside and you look at this rat race
Get some more to stuff in your fuzzface
Clear contender for wasting the best years
Your goldplated bones may rattle forever

Then you're alone with the dogs at the gate
One road may lead you to sanctuary
They'll still be playing Hockey in Hell
You're still in Debt!!!

On the fields of Green and Gold
On the hills out in my mind
that we watched and we played and we danced
that were pictured in the Sun

Words, thoughts & play that you constantly gave to me
Did I stop - did I stay - did I think
what the world would be?

How I've tried to define
what is love, in my mind
As we pass what is now
this "now" is suddenly history
Sliding thru the days
making notes of a different kind
Did I stop - did I pray - did I love, Unconditionally

How hard to face you never see a breakingpoint
There's nothing such as finalized, we all must carry on
If time is constant
rulers set the time, the time of day
But it hurts and it aches but it shines
and it celebrates!!!

Walk with me as long as we're together
Get your tickets to what is forever
Trades in loyalty and disengagement
First make sure that your business is hellbent

Then you are alone with the ghosts of the night
One Road may lead you to Sanctuary
Seeking the price of your heart and soul
You're still in doubt!!!

Step aside and you look at this rat race
Get some more to stuff in your fuzzface
Clear contender for wasting the best years
Your goldplated bones may rattle forever

Then you're alone with the dogs at the gate
One road may lead you to sanctuary
They'll still be playing Hockey in Hell
You're still in Debt!!!

On the fields of Green and Gold
On the hills out in my mind
that we watched and we played and we danced
that were pictured in the Sun

Words, thoughts & play that you constantly gave to me
Did I stop - did I stay - did I think
what the world would be?

How I've tried to define
what is love, in my mind
As we pass what is now
this "now" is suddenly history
Sliding thru the days
making notes of a different kind
Did I stop - did I pray - did I love, Unconditionally

How hard to face you never see a breakingpoint
There's nothing such as finalized, we all must carry on
If time is constant
rulers set the time, the time of day
But it hurts and it aches but it shines
and it celebrates!!!

We've got guests, plenty, they come and they go
I'm the friendly smile but nobody knows me
One checkin' in, the other checkin' in out
This house is nothing but a roundabout
We carry your bags and we clean your room
We polish the glasses, the forks and the spoons
We've got staff standing by
With people ready to die for you

Communication systems are state of the art
Educational prospects of getting smarter
"First class service" will cost you some more
We've got sexy "livestock" back in store
Just give us a call and we'll send them up
we've got satisfied guests all the way to the top
Bankers, lawyers and politicians
The guest is king, now that is our mission!!

It's a living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

Now if you're hung up on celebrities,
we've had them all, on that you can trust me
We know their little secrets and dirty lies
Their little filthy habits - this job is priceless!!!

The clock is tickin', day in, day out
Life in the fast lane this ol' roundabout
Some people are good, some people are bad
But we seem to remember all the fun we've had
We've had Picasso and Einstein too
Howard Hughes fell out of the blue
Hookers, liars and fancy folks
The wall street gamblers and their money talk.

A living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

We've got guests, plenty, they come and they go
I'm the friendly smile but nobody knows me
One checkin' in, the other checkin' in out
This house is nothing but a roundabout
We carry your bags and we clean your room
We polish the glasses, the forks and the spoons
We've got staff standing by
With people ready to die for you

Communication systems are state of the art
Educational prospects of getting smarter
"First class service" will cost you some more
We've got sexy "livestock" back in store
Just give us a call and we'll send them up
we've got satisfied guests all the way to the top
Bankers, lawyers and politicians
The guest is king, now that is our mission!!

It's a living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel

Now if you're hung up on celebrities,
we've had them all, on that you can trust me
We know their little secrets and dirty lies
Their little filthy habits - this job is priceless!!!

The clock is tickin', day in, day out
Life in the fast lane this ol' roundabout
Some people are good, some people are bad
But we seem to remember all the fun we've had
We've had Picasso and Einstein too
Howard Hughes fell out of the blue
Hookers, liars and fancy folks
The wall street gamblers and their money talk.

A living Hell / at Paradox Hotel
Come live in Hell / at Paradox Hotel