The war is over
The last battles are gone
Swords laying broken
My bloodwork is all done
I sit down for calming
My breath is lessening

I�m starting to tremble
My sight is clearing
My head is weary
A dreadful awakening
What has driven me
Into insanity

Awaking from this dreadful tragedy
I return to myself
Beginning to dwell in this elegy
Put my anger on the shelf
Awaking from this dreadful tragedy
I return to myself
Beginning to dwell in this elegy
Put my anger back on the shelf

I look around
As I raise from my rest
Discover what I�ve done
No life I have left
My heart is in pieces
My soul is laying bare

Awaking from this dreadful tragedy
I return to myself
Beginning to dwell in this elegy
Put my anger on the shelf
Awaking from this dreadful tragedy
I return to myself
Beginning to dwell in this elegy
Put my anger back on the shelf

Crossing the center of nothingness
In a flowing cloak of light
The gap between alone and loneliness
Is breaking up open wide
The age is a powerful enemy
In the endless desert of time
And after even death had died
A sea of tears will give new life

On the other side
Have you found what you�ve been searching for
Lay down your head and welcome to the dead
You cannot return when you�ve opened the door
This is your end
The gate to the other side

Wherever the journey ends
After one million tomorrows
In vast and distant horizons
At the end of all sorrows
What once was long forgotten
Will maybe come back someday
And when the light is born again
We will return in a better way

On the other side
Have you found what you�ve been searching for
Lay down your head and welcome to the dead
You cannot return when you�ve opened the door
This is your end
The gate to the other side

Crossing the center of nothingness
In a flowing cloak of light
The gap between alone and loneliness
Is breaking up open wide
The age is a powerful enemy
In the endless desert of time
And after even death had died
A sea of tears will give new live

Death is everyone's destiny
In your thoughts you�re creating the beyond
Death is everyone's destiny
But what you�ll really see will stay unknown

Beyond all pain and sufferings
Come on and lay down your head
And say hello to the dead
On the other side

On the other side
Have you found what you�ve been searching for
Lay down your head and welcome to the dead
You cannot return when you�ve opened the door
This is your end
The gate to the other side

Countless legions of highhanded prophets
Spreading fear since humanity was born

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now

Countless chasms of human fantasy
Creating Horrors and nothing divine

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now
And I don't think tomorrow
Or another day in a lifetime
The end of all days

It seems to be a game
To scream the final warning

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now

If someone out there is really angry
He would have destroyed us a long time before

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now
And I don't think tomorrow
Or another day in a lifetime
The end of all days

Since the day we learned to kill each other
There was a reason to make it an end

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now

And for the cause it takes a longtime preparing
We�ll take the time to blow ourselves away

End of all days
Perished in Flames
Souls damned for eternity
But it's not now
And I don't think tomorrow
Or another day in a lifetime
The end of all days

Falling into emptiness
Where nothing else will last
Embraced by loneliness
Forgotten is the past

Be welcome my friend
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Create a land and be a sage
A world to invent
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Diviner of the next page of dreams

A land created only by thoughts
Damned or chosen by the gods
A heavy burden that's to bear
Be the storyteller's heir
The mind is caught inside a web
Oblivion claws into the head
Remembrance fades with every wish

Be welcome my friend
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Create a land and be a sage
A world to invent
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Diviner of the next page of dreams

An endless story that is told
Where the feather creates the world
The storybook will show the way
But there�s a dreadful price to pay
Where is the long forgotten path
Redeem the world from its wrath
No answer in reality
Save the world of fantasy

Be welcome my friend
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Create a land and be a sage
A world to invent
At the dawn of a new age
With a wave of a hand
Diviner of the next page of dreams

Drifting away into the guiding light
Into the realm of my inquiry
Good and evil are by my side
The two beings are awaiting me

They will judge your life
They will see your sins
Here on the other side
Here were your kismet grins

It�s my time for a decision
Will I belong to heaven or hell

We are sitting in a theatre
A movie plays, it shows my way
A gloomy voice sounds from afar
"Welcome to your judgement day"

It�s my time for a decision
Will I belong to heaven or hell

Weighing out what I have done
My deeds are balanced out perfectly
So I�ve to choose my way alone
To find my place for eternity

It�s my time for a decision
I make my choice between heaven or hell

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Flattering words from the evil guide
The good appealing to my belief
Each "one" is trying to pull me on his side
Making offerings for me to seize

It�s my time for a decision
I make my choice between heaven or hell

[DEVIL (ARNIE):]
Join the dark side
The only place to be
You surely won�t regret
Prophets you will receive
Become a lord of death
Let hate flow in your veins
Tormentor of the lost souls
Master of eternal pain

Now let me tell you the truth
I am not interested in both
Maybe it's fun to exist as a ghost
So I will stay here on earth

Evil dreams of fire
Eating through your soul
Entering the woods
Where the fear and darkness grow
Your heart starts to pound
Misty eyes that glow
Resolutions fading
Spirit�s running low

What lurks inside the deepest dark
In the forest where the shadows cross
The flaming evil that stalks the night
Meet your fears at the shadowcross

Shrieks of hellish laughter
Dance between the trees
As you grope in the dark
And nothing you can see
Your skin is pale and wet
Hope has gone from thee
Deafened by the silence
Feel what never should be

What lurks inside the deepest dark
In the forest where the shadows cross
The flaming evil that stalks the night
Meet your fears at the shadowcross

Frightened to the core
Through the fens you crawl
Confused by odd emotions
Hear the reaper call
Insane voices whisper
And the demons brawl
Closer to a breakdown
Into the black you fall

What lurks inside the deepest dark
In the forest where the shadows cross
The flaming evil that stalks the night
Meet your fears at the shadowcross
Oh, meet your fears
Between trees
At the shadowcross

I look straight into the light
That blinds me in the dark
That haunts my sleep at night
The fear that grips my heart

Don't kneel to the master
I hold my head upright
To kneel is to suffer and to die
Be aware of your might

Eyes of red keep gleaming
Looking filled with hate,
Until I wake up screaming.
I don't accept this fate

Don't kneel to a master
Hold my head upright
To kneel is to suffer and to die
Be aware of your might

When I lay me down
In madness I�ll dwell
Falling into the deep
The grounds of hell

The Pain that hurts me
Are the piercing claws of hate
The evil inside of me
Can�t hide me from my fate

Shadows dancing on the wall
I have heard my suffering call
I can�t hide or run away
Suffering till the end of days

I can feel the burning heat
Singeing my twisted mind
My torn and restless sleep
Salvation I can�t find

Don't kneel to a master
Hold my head upright.
To kneel is to suffer and to die
Be aware of your might

In the desert of my life
I searched the wisdom well
Lugging the golden calf
Of my futile problems
The sense of human existence
The only thing in life
On a quest for salvation
Discontent was hunting me

Drowned in a sea of false prophecies
[Choir:] Tell me the way I have to go
In a world of faith I am a heavenseeker
[Choir:] Tell me the things I have to know
And I�m not alone
[Choir:] You are not alone

No one told me what to do
No one ruled my life for me
I was lost and found by myself
The path was rewarded divine
Too long I ignored the power
That flows from self-respect
The spirits I own will follow
Loyal companions on my way

Drowned in a sea of false prophecies
[Choir:] Tell me the way I have to go
In a world of faith I am a heavenseeker
[Choir:] Tell me the things I have to know
And I�m not alone
[Choir:] You are not alone

All my life I was searching
For something to adore
Power to solve my problems
A convenient ruler
I followed desolate ways
In freedom and silence
I begun to listen the winds
The voice of my inner self

Drowned in a sea of false prophecies
[Choir:] Tell me the way I have to go
In a world of faith I am a heavenseeker
[Choir:] Tell me the things I have to know
And I�m not alone
[Choir:] You are not alone

They are carved in stone
By nature's hands
Sculptures made for eternity
To witness aeons of fate
Faces and limbs
Build by random force
But so real staring
Like the eyes of the world

Secret signs from the other world
Forever for all to see
Secret signs from the other world
Telling tales of the history

A land from beyond
Of spirit filled stones
Can tell so much more
Than libraries reveal
But there are signs
Rising up from the past
To show us another world
Sometimes we remember

Secret signs from the other world
Forever for all to see
Secret signs of the other world
Telling tales of the history

Secret signs from the other world
Forever for all to see
Secret signs of the other world
Telling tales of the history

Voices from the other side
Behind stained glass
They�re waiting for a guest
Reflections, distortions of yourself
Wrathful shadows
Are living in this maze

Eyes in a mirror world
Reveal your truth of your inner views

Time is lost without a trace
Deep inside this mirror mace
Shadows in a haze
Like demons with your face

Darkness imprisoning the mind
Dead close to madness
The verge of despair
Soulless grimaces so unreal
Indicating traits
That are lying deep within

Eyes in a mirror world
Reveal your truth of your inner views

Time is lost without a trace
Deep inside this mirror mace
Shadows in a haze
Like demons with your face

Time is lost without a trace
Deep inside this mirror mace
Shadows in a haze
Like demons with your face

Phantoms of hate and death appear
Inverting every mind
Daring to go inside
Illusions or reality
The day of reckoning
Uncovering our souls

Eyes in a mirror world
Reveal your truth of your inner views

Time is lost without a trace
Deep inside this mirror mace
Shadows in a haze
Like demons with your face

Selected for eternity
Where mighty names remain
Born to immortality
And overcome the sea of oblivion

With a crown on the head
They will lift the mourning veil
With a crown on the head
They will walk the gloomy dale

Admired and lifted to the sky
Their flame of live will die
Chosen to be kings
When they spread their wings

Kings who die
Although they live on forever
Souls drifting into the never
They�ll last on forever
The kings who die

Songs of wisdom and brave hearts
Of great legends sang by the bards
We�ll never forget when they are gone
Immortal for the work they have done

Kings who die
Although they live on forever
Souls drifting into the never
They�ll last on forever
Oh, kings who die

Kings who die
Although they live on forever
Souls drifting into the never
They�ll last on forever
Oh, kings who die

There he sits on his throne
With burning eyes and cloven hooves
The fallen one, now alone
So far away, where his spirit moves

�It�s such a long time ago
Since the day you created man
What a circus what a show
That was the day the horror began�

[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the good old days
[Choir:] Since the good old days
[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the golden years
[Choir:] Since the good old days

�Once I was the only bad guy
But now there are billions of them
I think it�s time to say goodbye
I�m just a loser compared to man�

[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the good old days
[Choir:] Since the good old days
[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the golden years
[Choir:] Since the good old days

[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the good old days
[Choir:] Since the good old days
[Choir:] So many years have gone
Bring back the times
[Choir:] So many things have been done
Let me live in the golden years
[Choir:] Since the good old days

I�m witnessing strange occurrences
In the labyrinth of my mind

Persons and places I know
Appearing in abstract relations
Between visions and reality

Unconsciousness frees memories
That I won�t remember awake
Hidden in unreal sceneries
Locked in the depths of my mind

Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember
These pictures in my head
Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember

The sensual world lies deep within
Burning in riot and in motion
The storm of pictures on the edge
Can't seize it with my rapid eyes

Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember
These pictures in my head
Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember

Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember
These pictures in my head
Fragments of reality
That scene behind my eyes
If I only could remember