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01. The Day Falls

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Finally gone away
We're taken over
We cannot overcome
Do we surrender?

Where are we going to?
We're headed for a blow
Imagination dies away
How far do we go?

Venture into the facts
Never leaving home
Everybody interacts
Yet, we'll be alone

We ran around till sundown
Brings back recollections
All at once
We talked all night
Had a fight
Those days are long gone
In the past

Fading into the wire
Our words and feelings
Waves controlling our minds
Can't stop anymore

What are we looking for?
A place to ease our pain
Warmth and kindness, we ignore
Our wish is in vain

We spend endless time
In silence
Wasting away our prime
It is such a shame

We ran around till sundown
Brings back recollections
All at once
We talked all night
Had a fight
Those days are long gone
In the past

02. Bird Cage

Music by Shoota Hasimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Living a life of a bird in a cage
The doors never open to see the day
When I can spready my wings fara way
And feel the open air rus into me

Nobody showed me
Never go back

A high price is paid for freedom
Can't keep me tied
Now I know
Treasure the liberty
As I go
Don't put me back into the cage

The last time I saw the sunrise in the sky
Screaming in silence in the shadows of fear
The season of action, to do or die
Clear the walls around me, disappear

Into the darkness
Freedom once more

A high price is paid for freedom
Can't keep me tied
Now I know
Treasure the liberty
As I go
Don't put me back into the cage

A high price is paid for freedom
Can't keep me tied
Now I know
Treasure the liberty
As I go
Don't put me back into the cage

03. Celestial Winter

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Strolling in the park
On a cold white winter's night
Only small lights
Show the way to the other side
Listen to the silence
Hear the whispers of the trees
Hair flow in the breeze
This is my home to stay

Winds take my mind
On a long trip to unwind
Like a child on a swing
And a fresh start in spring

Dreamer, I'm just a man
But I know that
Dreamer walk on to the sunset
Dreamer, I'm a little man
But I know that
Dreamer walk on to the sunrise

Everywhere I go reminds me of the past
Like a scene of a movie show
With an all-star cast
Strolling in the park
On a cold white winter's night
Small starlights
Illuminate the way to go

Winds take my mind
On a long trip to unwind
Like a child on a swing
See what tomorrow brings

04. The Dunes

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
I walk along the way for miles ahead
Do the same again today, the future I dread

And it's hard to remember who I am
Believed in a dream, but it's just a sham

Live like a child
Live in a wild
Forget the curse today
Go far away
I'm gonna die
As I realize
Only the doors of hell await me
It's no way to go

Crawling in the dirt, dragged along
Waiting to be taken away to where I do not belong

And it's hard to break with the days of past
Overcome our fears, struggle to outlast

Live like a child
Live in the wild
Forget the curse today
Go far away
I'm gonna die
As I realize
Only the doors of hell await me
It's no way to go

Live like a child
Live in the wild
Forget the curse today
Go far away
I'm gonna die
As I realize
Only the doors of hell await me
It's no way to go

Open the gate
Raise up my weight
Forget the curse today
Go far away
I'm gonna die
As I realize
Living like the dead is worse
Than a story of woe

05. Rise On The Ashes

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Once upon a time
A day began like any other day
All eyes gazed up
Then a wink of timeless eternity
A great explosion was heard
Yet, not a sound was stirred
Bright light flashed in the heaven
Land robbed of color, dead end

Stay away from here
And then closer your eyes
For shadows appear
Shut out the sounds
For the screams will be haunting

Snow all around of doom
Black rain falling in the gloom
Tears of the souls fall down
Into the ashes fall down

Can you see the sight?
The shape gorging sand in ecstasy
Can you feel the plight?
Hover with torn skin

Some follow ways, roads of no return
Loved ones waiting for them in sojourn
Children are not aware of the cause to say good-bye
What moments are there to be found!

Signs of life cast a glint of hope
When the tiny little flowers bloom again
The angels will return here and so then bring back the colors one day
To this land of gray

Hand in hand, all walk together
The way where the tiny flowers bloom again
The angels will return here and so then bring back the colors one day
All over the worldh

06. When The Hollow Sleeps

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
[Instrumental]

07. Waking In Silence

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Lead us into the daylight
I wanna be sure it's all right
To stand up against the men
Who have taken the reins over us

Are you the one to break
Whatever is at stake?
Know that I must defend it
Or the lies will be allowed

Waiting until tomorrow
Trying to forget the sorrows
Force me to decide
To fight against the evil deals

Step aside you fiends, stay away unseen
Know that I must destroy you
So that the truth can come to light

Waking in silence
Giving up in the darkness
Over again
Can't forget the misery
Shouting for our rights
Rising up in a struggle
Breaking away
Lift up your fist to the sky

We're prey to those in power
Wealth and labor to devour
Stand up against the men
Who have taken the reins over us

Hold on to what is dear
Defeat all that we fear
Know that I must defend it
Or the lies will be allowed

Waking in silence
Giving up in the darkness
Over again
Can't forget the misery
Shouting for our rights
Rising up in a struggle
Breaking away
Lift up your fist to the sky

The old world is gone
Times are changing
Might be fate, but we're not just a pawn

Waking in silence
Giving up in the darkness
Over again
Can't forget the misery
Shouting for our rights
Rising up in a struggle
Breaking away
Lift up your fist to the sky

08. Tormenter

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
I'm alone in the fight, don't cry again
Burning with hatred
How do I get back at them all?
Life can be demanding, so fight again
Can't surrender, get rid of the tormentor

I'm lost in the darkness, sending an SOS
Leaving my fears, leaving my tears
Feeling my soul standing daringly

Struggle in the long battle
Promise never fall over again
Some will tell you to tattle
Game over
Now get out of the lion's den

I know it is not easy to be strong
But don't run away, there's no place to hide
Carry on, carry on to the next stage
I can only dream of what awaits me

I'm alone in the fight, so shout again
Burning with hatred
How do I get back at them all?
Life can be demanding, so stand again
Can't surrender, get rid of the tormentor

I'm lost in the darkness, sending an SOS
Leaving my fears, leaving my tears
Feeling my soul standing daringly

Struggle in the long battle
Promise never fall over again
Some will tell you to tattle
Game over
Now get out of the lion's den

I know it is not easy to be strong
But don't run away, there's no place to hide
Carry on, carry on to the next stage
I can only dream of what awaits me

I know it is not easy to be strong
But don't run away, there's no place to hide
Carry on, carry on to the next stage
I can only dream of what awaits me

09. Sail To The Horizon

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
Sailing where the wind guides me
Miles of endless sea
In the mist of the morning sun
Go on! I'm alive again

Lay aside the past and reach out to the horizon
The wayward youth is gone
Won't be missing the neon lights
Ready to go and fly away
To a clear blue sky above
In a dream of a paradise

Gazing up into the starlight
Serenity in the night
Flowing into my body
Vigor and spark of life

Lay aside the past and reach out to the horizon
The wayward youth is gone
Won't be missing the neon lights
Ready to go and fly away
To a clear blue sky above
In a dream of a paradise

Lay aside the past and reach out to the horizon
The wayward youth is gone
Won't be missing the neon lights
Ready to go and fly away
To a clear blue sky above
In a dream of a paradise

10. The Eye Of Pharaoh

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
I'm going on to a land of mystery
It is beyond the sea of sand, alone I stand
I want to find the legendary treasure
It is what I saw in my vision, envision

The eye of hell burns down on the sand, how I dread
Strong winds blow, shifting the dunes far ahead

Far away
Don't go so
Far away
Why are you hiding?
Far away
Don't go so
Far away
Why are you crying?

Perils of a long journey
Goes on to eternity
Ride on to Babylon
But was it just a mirage?
Even kings can't live forever
Legends will never die
Day after day I pray
As I write a story's end

I'm going to a land of wonder
It is far beyond the imagination
I want to find the secrets of the Pharaohs
Buried in the sand with their stories of woes

Time travel back to the days of long ago
To unravel the mysteries of the fatal blow

Oh, far beyond the sand
Oh, alone I stand
Oh, tales of Pharaohs
Oh, days of long ago

Far away
Don't go so
Far away
Why are you hiding?
Far away
Don't go so
Far away
Why are you crying?

Perils of a long journey
Goes on to eternity
Ride on to Babylon
But was it just a mirage?
Even kings can't live forever
Legends will never die
Day after day I pray
As I write a story's end

11. Pray For Rosalia

Music by Shoota Hashimoto
Lyrics by Eijin Kawazoe
I could die for you a hundred times
I just want to show you
My love is forever
I would go to hell and back
If that'll give me your smile I cherish more than ever

Lying in bed
Hurting with sorrow
Here all alone under the moonlight
Time goes by
You're still far away
I wanna wrap my arms around you

Just be there for me
And that'll give me the strength to go on living until tomorrow
Stay the way you are 'cuz I am here to love and protect you
With all my being

Lay you down on a bed of dreams
Whisper to you the words of a love song
Oh, baby
Why not come along
I wanna wrap my arms around you