I´m trying to think
But I can´t catch my thoughts
Confusion is reigning my mind

The void in your word
Should cause me to fear
The coldness is getting near

Clear my eyes
Let me see
I´m going to lose my aim
Show me the sense

The prophecies are raining, down from the sky
But answers are not to be found

The longing for something that we cannot find
Uncovers our fatal disguise

Clear my eyes
Let me see
I´m going to lose my aim
Show me the sense

Let me fall
Let me dream - of beauty and truth -
Let me feel
Let me see - the border of reality

Now that we all have perceived our fate
Reality lies and the lie lives in me
Is it all over or will it go on
I´m surewe have nothing to fear

How do you feel, do you feel real good?
Well, I do not believe
Cos you seem to be someone else
Than you pretend to be

Something crept into your mind
Nimble as a snake
It sells you shit for truth
And you´ll never recognize

No more .......

Do you wonder all the pain
That is hidden within steel
I´ll tell you for nothing
You only fear yourself

No more ................. no more faith

Love or hatred
Pain or pleasure
No escape from your sentimental treasures
Better face the truth

All the money that you spend
For beauty creams and masks
Will never ever hide the scars
That lies left on your face

No more .................. no more faith
No more .................. no more faith

Listen my children,
Listen what 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 decibels of knowledge
All elder and youth

And I 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 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 what is to do

And I´ll will eat up your minds
And swallow your souls
There aint´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

Born in a time,
That you can´t remember
World was like hell,
From sky rained fire
Created to fight and to koll
Till just one survives
To rule the world in the end
Is our final aim

We walked thru´ the times
Like the wind thru´ your hair
And you don´t know
That we´re at your side

We´ll gather one day
In a secret place
And battle to the last
To fulfill destiny

Century to century
We ride on the light
From century to century
We fight to survive

Then me and the beast
Stand face to face -
Just the clash of the swords
Is reaching my ears
The strongest of all -
Is now in my hand Time has come -
To take his head

We walked thru´ the times
Like the wind thru´ your hair
And you don´t know
That we´re at your side

We´ll gather one day
In a secret place
And battle to the last
To fulfill destiny

Century to century
We ride on the light
From century to century
We fight to survive

How far is the world, in the end?
Is there a judge? Who decides,
What is wrong and what is right?

Who´ll be there, in the end?
Who´ll be with me, to be without me?

Is there something, behind the final curtain?
Will there be anyone, any memories?
When my time has come,
to pass the gate to all eternity

Who´ll wait for me
To guide me over, into the unknown?

When I die and leave the world behind
When I die

Day after day, I followed the words
That say, I shall be modest and brave
And I sometimes wonder
How I can be so strong

Now here I stand, who´ll hold my hand
How here I stand and wait

Now when your day has come
And all life has passed thru´
When memories fade away
And destiny becomes true
When judgment day has been reached
And it finally comes to an end
You´ll come to your redemption
Or to pain that never ends!

Oh, I know there´ll be no pain
´Cos my soul is as white as snow

No one´s there, to warm my hand
When it gets cold
An apparatus sound is reaching my ears
Bright neon light blinds my eyes

A dark veil sets slowly down on me
I go into the void

Try to keep the distance,
Since you threw my life away
My courage into pieces
I couldn't make you stay

Hate, pain and tears
Life can be a tragedy

Dreams becoming nightmares,
Some visions left behind
What could have been,
What cold have last?
You´re always on my mind

Love, joy and laughter,
Life can be a miracle

And my heart made of steel,
But my soul turns to stone
And I´m going where no one goes
I carry my load, I´m walking alone
I´m crying, where the wind blows

Lovers score and lovers fail,
Here ain´t no compromise
Back to back and face the future
It´s a devil in disguise

Fear, darkness and vain
Life can be a deadly maze

And my heart made of steel,
But my soul turns to stone
And I´m going where no one goes
I carry my load, I´m walking alone
I´m crying, where the wind blows

[Words & music by Blackmore & Glover]
[Published by Thames Talent Pub. Ltd. / Polydor Records]

[dedicated to the memory of Cozy Powell (R.I.P.)]

Visions - I´m not awake - nor do I sleep
Dreamin´ dawn turns to dusk
Dwarves and fairies dance on my grave
There´s a door to - wonderland

Fires, see fires darken the night
Brightness, dark brightness
Trapped in a hot air balloon

I can´t believe it
But I believe it's true

There´s a shark
Climbing thru´ my heart

Stars shine when the moon heat
Cools my thoughts
The still of the night is so noisy

All faked or true
Tell me - what I will see
Is there a new world
To be found - behind the mirror

Wake up - open me eyes
Light a cigarette and smoke
Smell the taste of coffee
Am I back to wonderland?

Here I am - back from nowhere
I don´t remember - everything
I've gone too far
There ain´t nothing left

It started so softly -
Couldn't feel anything at all
There was no euphoria -
Reality was so close

Then fellows and me -
We tripped day by day
To visit the new world -
For the old did decay ...

My soul´s flown away -
Left an empty space
I took a view into hell -
But I´m coming home
Slave me ...

Mother - please believe me
I never want you to die
Father, forgive me
Your memory lives in me

My soul´s flown away -
Left an empty space
I took a view into hell -
But I´m coming back alive ...

I´m coming home
I´m coming home
Please believe me
I'm coming home
Deliver me ...