An old crone with a face of bone
A heart of stone within a circle of stones
She told me I'd have stones in my shoes
With stones in my mouth I kept singing the blues

My suit was torn in the emptiness of outer space
I float forever between a rock and a hard place

Stones
Falling from the sky, more stones
Growing from the ground, more stones
Traveling the stars, more stones
Boring thankless lifeless stones

Under my feet the cobblestones clack
Am I the butt of their constant crack?
The marble shines, the sheen won't fade
A man can't outlast whatever he's made

The righteous will gather
The first stone is soon to fly
Against the old wall of stone the blasphemer will die

Stones
Falling from the sky, more stones
Growing from the ground, more stones
Traveling the stars, more stones
Boring thankless lifeless stones

Pyramids were made, now bury your dead
In stones there's a statement very easily read
It'll be just you, your treasures and wives
The stones keep on sitting over your lost lives

My suit was torn in the emptiness of outer space
I float forever between a rock and a hard place

Stones
Falling from the sky, more stones
Growing from the ground, more stones
Traveling the stars, more stones
Boring thankless lifeless stones

I know your voice. It echoes through me to infinity
A broken man in flesh, but your spirit's free
The might of man, it crumbles, the earth's our destiny
Still I hear, while I'm asleep, how you sang to me

The voice of my father. It's the voice I'll sing with too
The voice of my father. Sing my son and I'll be with you
The voice of my father. From fathers of history
The voice of my father.
It is here in me.

The doors of heaven might be closed for both me and you
But a righteous man is more than books and rules
I think you could tear down those gates and just walk on through
The honor of men cannot be bound by the words of fools

The voice of my father. It's the voice I'll sing with too
The voice of my father. Sing my son and I'll be with you
The voice of my father. From fathers of history
The voice of my father.
It is here in me.

They told us that we are dust, but we're the ashes of the stars
We are burned, but never gone
The miracle of life is in me, and my blood sings on and on

The voice of my father. It's the voice I'll sing with too
The voice of my father. Sing my son and I'll be with you
The voice of my father. From fathers of history
The voice of my father.
It is here in me.

Like a star
Cold in the distance, soundless its call
You don't see, you don't hear at all
How can I explain hell?
Raging in deepness
Tides of desire swell from my gravity well
I need to crush you against me
Burning for...
Evermore.

Like the sand
Endless desert drying
This thirst undying
I'm coming for you, can't you see?
The grains falling on you in stealth like my stare

From wings of the air to your skin cool and bare
Let us stay here together
Covered for...
Evermore.

Like shadow I'm your lover eternal
We were joined at birth
I'll lie with you still in the earth
Without you I'll be gone
Hollowed out by the light
Stay out of the sun and stay out of sight
You will be here in my arms buried for...
Evermore.

I fell down from the skies of light, and landed upon the clouds
I woke up on these hills of white, on a road stretched like a shroud
I wandered on for a day and night, or maybe a few more
There I was and now I am. In a place after before

My memory's there in the wild wind's care
She took it messing up my hair

Journey into fear
Home was never here
Come undone
Dead god's son

I fell down just dead on my feet, and landed among the stones
I woke up on these hills of black, a cliff side scattered with bones
I wandered on for a day and night, found some starlight and nothing more
There I was and now I am. In a place after before

My memory's there in the cold wind's care
Her fingers running through my hair

Journey into fear
Home was never here
Come undone
Dead god's son

Your star fell into a black hole
Events led to the horizon
Drawn to the lights extinguishing one by one by one

Looking back the road had darkened
And the path was lost in time
But the light, it never made you see, never helped you anyway

What chance brought our hands to clasp?
When faces could not be seen
How can love echo before it speaks?

Just a hand held in the dark
One stumble and it's gone
If I try to let go, please just stop me

I'll do the same for you

I am the way. I will take you home, lead you astray
I am the way, shadows under skies, the truth and lies
Houses of high heaven, houses of the damned, sixes and seven
I am the way, darling take my hand, I'll take you home, lead you astray

Should I appear before you soon?
The silence starts to ring with voices beyond hearing
The words you cannot sing
I'm the answer to your Dream
The Dream I made you see
Whatever you've been missing will come to be

I am the way. I will take you home, lead you astray
I am the way, shadows under skies, the truth and lies
Houses of high heaven, houses of the damned, sixes and seven
I am the way, darling take my hand, I'll take you home, lead you astray

Come and walk the arcing skyline
It's groaning just like ice
Don't wanna hear it's not wise

Don't you wish yourself to be blind?
With my guiding hand so kind
A leap of faith could soothe your mind

Close your eyes. The kiss grows deep. Awaken, fall asleep
Here's the new reality. It's all yours to keep

I am the way. I will take you home, lead you astray
I am the way, shadows under skies, the truth and lies
Houses of high heaven, houses of the damned, sixes and seven
I am the way, darling take my hand, I'll take you home, lead you astray

I'm coming from the north, east, south, to the west
I'm off before you know it and I know it's for the best

I'll be running you down in a cloud of bloody steam
I'm gonna eat you up, and I'll love it when you scream

I'm a loco with a motive and you'll ride with me tonight
Here's my bullet train, whoa! Now it's out of sight

Runner of the railways

Your InterCity daddy tried to catch me in vain
You oiled me up so good, I can outrun all the pain

I know, that with this pace, I could be running off the track
A broken heart at every station longing for me to come back

Let a railcar run me down into pieces with a crack
I'll leave my baggage there where all the tunnels end in black

Runner of the railways

With a coal black heart, teeth grinding on grit
Veins are pumping oil, and my head is full of shit
I don't really care, if you get stuck out on the street
Everyone's a sucker for my first class seat

Runner of the railways
I'm running

A figure of a walker drawn upon this hill
Leather boots infused with my will
A stranger is the world's reflection
I look up, I see the stars and find direction
A reject of heaven hunted by unholiness
Eternal struggle. Couldn't care less
The red of my veins against the hunter's night in this desolation of white

I am bleeding my way to freedom
Bring your lives to the death I'm dealing
With my heart's blood, I draw this circle
Unleash your hounds on me
I'm the last thing they will see

Severed heads, a voiceless choir
Spikes on hilltops, let them burn in cleansing fire
Tongueless mouths opening, crying
The eyeless watch me with accusal mortifying
Perfect discord, a harmony from beyond
Without voices asking why?
Send your slaves, send some more my love
They're sure to find me and they're sure to die

I am bleeding a route to freedom
Bring your lives to the death I'm dealing
With my heart's blood, I draw this circle
Unleash your hounds on me
And I will set them free

Come to me!

The world is bleak, this life is fleeting
In the wake of death a madman stands in greeting
Live here and now earthbound and wear a grin all the more profound when underground
Sacrifices of this winter take the bait
I am the gallows, I'm their fate

I am bleeding my way to freedom
Bring your love to the death I'm dealing
With my heart's blood, I draw this circle
You can let your heart find me
And I shall cut it free

I am bleeding a route to freedom
Come my bride to the death I'm dealing
With my heart's blood, I draw this circle
There I shall wed thee. Together. Eternity.

I am a wraith, I'm a slayer, and I have no one left to slay
I am at the end of the road, a road that led me astray
Your life should not be wasted, if you're not ready to die yet
Until the soil falls upon you, you shouldn't meet your death

The ghosts and wounds become one, longing to be whole in the slow fade to black of a lost soul

If I had one I would gladly cut my heart out
But I can only dream on

The tide that swelled in my veins has gone dry with sand and rust
The salt and the heat of skin replaced by the kiss of dust
Below the rock it grows colder and colder still is the night sky
My hopes go up against the black space
Defiant little moths. They die

The wounds and ghosts become one in scars numb and old
There's no fiery deep nor gates of gold

I am the one, whose teeth I'd like to kick out
But I can only dream on

My bones drying up, lying numb to pain, they'll try to move in vain
No feasts or songs for a mouth that's rotting away
Why do I see the moon shining right through me?

Cold white moon
Bone white moon

I just wait for all these memories to fade out
So I wouldn't be dreaming on

There, see? The clouds that look like faces to me
Now do you think I'm insane?
Hear the leaves, how they use the wind to whisper things to me
No, it's not words that they say
Come to me when the moon is up
It's easier to believe when the magic is real
Bare feet in the grass and magnetized to earth
No, you don't think I'm insane

I can't let you have the world but it's there for you
I can't make you want the truth. It's up to you

There are spirits in the waters breaking free from the ice once again
Hear and laugh with joy of living you're about to kill
Stop. Life is now and not then
All roads can lead away from hell if you just turn from the smoke and the noise
I see the dried up paper of your soul
The notes of the song and your voice

I can let you have the world, It's all for you
I wish you would find your truth, but it's up to you
I'm grateful for the pain, It says we're alive
I wish you could hear it now, It speaks the truth