Empty was the cradle before I learned to walk
I crawled to find out where the song played
The music and the melody were captured by the heart
And so my road to light and darkness had begun

The dream inside the vision fueled within my mind
Has guided me to some where in between
Wandering the twilight in a circle of fire
Sent here to burn in this wheel of yearning
As I'm turning

The promised land is hidden beyond this life and time
But somewhere in the distance hides the sun
Brave into a new world we stumble to the fall
Into after all
I can feel death call

We're on a mission for the rock
This music carousel will shake and shock you
We are the melody and rhyme
The story must be told, it's in my mind yeah

A vision dancing to the grave
This is the fire of the lonely brave ones
Before our dreams fall out of time
Until the end we raise the metal sign

Bring heavy rock to the land
It's never over, the crown is in our hands forever
Play rock and roll for every man
The song is the tower, it feeds us the power.

Be the crusader and the rock of the road
Follow your destiny don't fake your future
Even winds can turn you blind
Life it holds the pain to break and crack you

Before my heart runs out of breath
Until the dawn of darkness
And to my death I

Bring heavy rock to the land
It's never over, the crown is in my hands forever
Play rock and roll for every man
This is the hour of magic and power
The night is my tower - yeah

Oh, this life was never easy
But it's fate
I got to stay and deliver

Time, is there no end to all our crime
It's crying in my mind
So many countless centuries of sorrow
Dark winds will haunt inside
the new tomorrow

I'm on a mission for the rock
This music carousel will shake and shock you
We are the melody and rhyme
The story must be told, it's in my mind - yeah

My vision dancing to the grave
This is the fire of the lonely brave one
Before our dreams fall out of time
Until the end we raise the metal sign

Bring heavy rock to the land
It's never over, there will always be a band that wants to
Play rock and roll for every man
The song is the power, it builds me the tower - yeah

(Bring heavy rock to the land)
(Play rock and roll for every man)

With the magic of the sun we will burn and run, yeah
All you children of the night, we will rock all right
Come on and rock, rock, rock.

Moving with my blackness
Shadow on my soul
Someone brought the liar
Evil took control - yeah

Crawl away from sadness
Scratching heaven's crust
Now my rust goes deeper
Eating all my trust

Lift my clouds of sorrow
Don't rain this fire down
Whirlwind life so hollow
Emptiness abounds - yeah

I give you the best that I can
And I got to keep it coming
'Till the end I'm creating something
Old magic pounding heart
You are the clock that holds me
Some dreams came true this far
How many more in a lifeline

Walking brave to never
In this ending game
Stole my dream so clever - ooh
And turned the screw of pain

Rise my wings of fortune
I am carried by the sound
Howling at the naked moon
I spread my words around - yeah

I do as good as I can
And I have to keep on rolling
Here I go my friends
I know I'm creating something

You forged my sword and armor
I fought my way this far
So many roads to follow

Is there judgement after
When our days are gone
I have sinned forever - aahh
Forgive the things I've done

Open the arcanum
Wisdom must be found
Burn your mind of venom
And force it to the ground

We give as good as we can
And we have to keep on rocking
So here we go again
To the end we're creating something
Old magic fireheart
You've been destroyed but not defeated

We've made it here this far
A thousand cuts won't bleed us dry
I give the best that I can
No no a thousand cuts won't bleed us dry

So here I go my friend
Old magic pounding heart
It's magic it's magic
To the end I'm creating something
Creating something - yeah

[originally by Christopher Cross]

It is the night
My body's weak
I'm on the run
No time for sleep
I've got to ride
Ride like the wind
To be free again

And I've got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
So I'll ride like the wind
Ride like the wind

I was born the son of a lawless man
Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand
Lived nine lives
Gunned down ten
Gonna ride like the wind

Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the
Church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old

Once when your life was an open door
Someone poisoned you blind
Can you remember those days without war
Now you have left them behind
Did you become what you needed to be
Have you achieved what you wanted
There was a time when your heart spoke free
Before the demon was planted - yeah

How can you live
with these chains around you
Building your future on lies
Windows are open with a perfect view
You will see if you try
You can recover the heaven you knew
I saw you fall from the sky
Hiding your rainbow in the black and blue
Too late to regret when you die

Slowly you drown in your ocean of hell
No more ships passing by
Far in the distance the wind tries to tell
Of the ghost and the cry
There's no shame in the eyes of the fool
Only greed keeps you yearning
Life a fireball rolling in fuel
There's no end to the burning - no

How can you live
with these chains around you
Building your future on lies
Windows are open with a perfect view
You will see if you try
You can recover the heaven you knew
I saw you fall from the sky
Hiding your rainbow in the black and blue
Too late to regret when you die

Once I could read you like an open book
'Till you closed up inside
Do you remember the love that you took
Stole my heart with a lie

Why do we carry these chains full of rust
Why are they haunting our minds
So many memories of broken trust
There's no erase or rewind
We must believe and try over again

Brave we will turn in the spindrift of pain
Holding the flame 'till we die
Yeah - keeping the flame 'till we die

Feel the starlight
Glowing eyes above the sea
In the temple of the sun
Silver moonlight
Shining down up on the dream
Aiming far beyond the sky

Forever I never betray the melody
Take me there anywhere
I know my destiny
Rock

There is a dark cloud coming from afar
Raining down its pain on me
I have been searching

But the war is never done

I am painting while waiting to keep my sanity
>From shadow to rainbow fire still burns in me
God bless rock

What is wrong in this world I see
Why can't we live here peacefully
Blinded in this labyrinth of hate
Life is bleeding from losing fate
After all will we ever know
Is there breath where the wind don't blow
Music is my reason to be
I still have the song in me - yeah ooh

Send a loveline to the lost forgotten ones
In every corner of the world
Save the children
Bring a smile to dry the tears
Across the oceans of the earth

We are climbing and rising to find our galaxy
Fly us there to somewhere
On wings of destiny

And rock

[originally by Masterplan]

Sending a message to man
I am the sound of the road
Moving with darkness to my home
Searching for reasons to grow
Cynical creatures of coldness
I am the master of soul
Burning like fuel to the hellfire
Power is out of control

In this whell of deception we fell then we die - Yeah!

I am flying with the wind
It's my time to be king and rise

Melting this world of destruction
I am the devil below
Torching the ground of the holy
My heart is black as coal

I am one with the thunder
Crushing the tower of stone

Walking so brave till my breath fades away and I die - Tell me why

I am gliding on a wind
It's my time to begin soaring high
And I'm going home

Sending my fire to mankind
I want the story told
Remember the lord of the lonely
I was your rock and roll
Screaming the beast in the monster
My engine is ready to blow
This machine of confusion will fade out and die - right
On this earth of conception we break down and try again
Till the end we believe you and I
Our vision has entered the sky

I'm the storm from within
Hear me crying like the wind - now
Spread the word across the land
The crown is in my hands
Time to be King

Her majesty Victoria gave call
upon the troops
And gave the final order for their fate
Into the dawn of silence
the burning desert sands
The hour of the battle was at hand

Stood proud against the evil
The soldiers with no names
They kissed the iron cross
and blessed the land
They faced the deadly enemy
from the wastelands of the Tsar
Encamped up on the valley of the damned

Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Cannon to the left cannon to the right
Cannon to the front
Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Kingdom on the run fighting in the sun
Ride ride ride - ooh

And on their mighty chargers
went forward on and on
The thunderous six hundred came to die
The torching of a kingdom
The murder of the guns
The order for attack it was a lie

And hell rained down up on them
who'd taken to the field
And all around destruction came to call
The blood and bones made rivers
The crimson tide did flow
And one by one the brave began to fall

Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Cannon to the left cannon to the right
Cannon to the front
Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Killing in the sun fighting on the run
Die die die

The raven's wings were silent
They gathered for their feast
No sorrow for the fallen or their deeds
Who would break the silence or pacify the wind
And who would ever cage the Russian beast - oh

Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Cannon to the left cannon to the right
Cannon to the front
Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Cannon to the left cannon to the right
Cannon to the front
Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Fighting 'till death and the final breath
Die die die - yeah

Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Cannon to the left cannon to the right
Cannon to the front
Ride to the guns ride to the guns
Killing in the sun fighting on the run
Ride ride ride

In my life I've taken stormblows
When the wind was hard
it blew me to the ground - oh yeah
But I got up before I lost my soul
Now it's gonna take much more to bring me down

And I know it's coming another black morning
Casting shadows in my mind
And it's gonna be a heartache but I won't let it break
I believe it's gonna be a better day for me
Oh yeah it's gonna be a better day

Oh it hurts to find some people unkind
I chose my friends and left the bad behind
Took so long to find the way to go
Had to sail my ship to safer waters - yeah

But I know it's coming another black morning
Shooting demons in my mind
And it's gonna be a heartache so much pain to take
In the rain I keep my burning flame and I try

We feel it coming that final dawning
Yeah - the ghost is in our minds
We don't need a new religion
'cause the old one's not forgiven
'Till we die we face the liar and the crime - yeah

And now it's coming another black morning
another black morning - yeah
Oh Lord I feel it coming
and I got to hold on hold on hold
I'm coming hold on I'm coming
Got to hold on

I was born in darkest night
A storm of thunder
There was no hope in sight
Life pulled me under
I found my gasoline
My demon fire
It made my engine scream
It flew me higher

Away from the earth I'll be soaring from pain
Finding my own horizon
No more deserts without rain to dry us lonely
There's a light in the black wind

Gonna rock
The music is my soul I keep the sound
Wear it like a crown
It makes me live so
I can drink my wine and have it all
The vision is the melody
I'm playing for the world to see
I came to rock

Branded with the mark of Cain
We feel the evil
Lifting our wings of fame to fly like an eagle
We've got to shock this life
There's no return

Like God and devil we crash and burn

In the shadow of the wolves
waits the lonely night owl
Calling below the moon - yeah
Among the feasting crows
walks the taunted stranger
But he knows how to get away

Gonna rock
The music is my soul I keep the sound
Forever in my mind
It makes me live so
I can drink my wine and have it all
The vision is the melody
I'm playing for the world to see
I came to rock

In the heat of bitterness you turn to winter
Just make your heart confess
Don't let it wither
Maintain the love machine
Feed your desire
Don't linger in between - no

It's time to rock

Music is our soul we keep the sound
And wear it like a crown
We got to live so we can taste
the wine and take it all

Playing for the world to see
Music is our remedy - yeah
I came to rock

Heads above the water
But too close to the slaughter
Life on the run
No justice done

Time for hell and thunder
The mind can pull you under
Hauling you back
Into the black

Moving with the dark
will bring you pain inside the heart
And burn you deeper like an arrow made of sun

Rolling with the wheel
It makes you turn the way you feel
From to joy to cry
You've got to live and let fly - yeah

No sign of the morning coming
You were lost before the warning
Came here to shock
Children of rock
Don't need a new religion
The past is not forgiven - no
Inside the night
We've found the light

Living in the cold
Will freeze the chain around your soul
and leave you stranded on this desolation boulevard

Before we end up old
We dream of streets made of gold
And then we die
So I say live and let fly - yeah

I was born here to deliver
I'm pouring like a river
The strain is back
Coming down the track

Get on the roller-coaster
Your faces on the poster
No need to blush
Just feel the rush

Baby it's a sacrifice
But you will have to roll the dice
And pay the price for things you've never done

Life inside this old machine
Is blinding your forgotten dreams
They blind your soul and steal you from the starlight

The tower of the wall
Must rise again after the fall
And into the sky
Live and let fly - yeah

Got to live
Before you die
Live and let fly