Disciples are ready to sacrifice
Human life before the gods
While virgins wait in paradise
Some find their truth in stars

Another claims we are born again
Beyond the mystic final dawn
But how do we know right from wrong
There is no writing on the wall

Who pulls the strings
You? Me? They? We?
Committing sin after sin

The preacher on the sidewalk says
It's time that we repent
So listen hard and listen well
Cos he's from heaven sent

Who pulls the strings
You? Me? They? We?
Committing sin after sin

Read between the lines
Make up your mind
But what are we supposed to do
If the reason to live is to die

Look straight into the eyes
Chose from the lies
But how are we suppoused to live
If the reason to laugh is to cry

To live is to die slowly
Disciples of the lost and lonely

I don't know where to turn or who to
Believe
When prowlers of the night-time all run
Free

What if our time in this crazy world
Simply is the final round
And we're just here to raise some hell
And then go six feet under ground

Disciples using the sin

To live is to die slowly
Disciples of the unholy

Night after night it's all the same
Fear returning again from yesterday
Like a stray dog I roam the streets alone
Waiting for justice when heads will roll

Manipulation- manipulation and lies
Annihilation- somehow in the veins of
Mankind

I feel the sund in my eyes
Holding my head high
Cos I've come so far
When all injustice is torn apart

Fallen angel- out of danger
Give me a sign
When a holy mission finds the ancient
Wisdom
And eternal peace of mind

In the valley of rainbows
In the valley of rainbows

Day after day I look for truth
Reasons for hatred and wasted youth
Like a gambler I'm walking on thin ice
Time has come for me to make things right

Forever and ever- forever I'll reach for
The sky
Never say never- leave the burning
Bridges behind

Fallen angel- out of danger
Evil on the run
When a holy mision finds the ancient
Wisdom
Tell me I'm the wanted one

When we reach our destination
Time has come for us to rule
At the place below the surface
We will dethrone all the fools

As we sail towards horizons
With blood upon our hands
Taking on the stormy waters
Building castles in the sand

Running away with the winds of change
And fears of childhood years

Stormwarning
On the ocean of the free
I'm falling
In the abyss of twilight stars are
Incomplete

On our glourious arrival
We will rise and conquer land
Our quest will be victorious
As we fight until the end

When the lightning strikes the tower
And the clouds they promise rain
Our future comes before us
And all we see is pain

Running away with the winds of change
And the fears of childhood years

Stormwarning
On the ocean of the free
I'm falling
In the abyss of twilight- destiny!

Stormwarning
In the abyss of twilight stars are
Incomplete

When we reach our destination
Time has come to say goodbye
To the gods and the immortal
While the fire burns inside

Looking up to the sky for a sign
In retrospect all visions fade time after
Time
Behind the mask inside the mind
Another martyre crucified
Walls of endless mysery
In the labyrinth of realized fantasies

Fight fire with fire
And magic will resurrect
The sacred desire eternally...

Frozen hearts in a house of cards
A game of pale illusions
Lonely souls left out in the cold
Salvation feeding flames of retribution

Moving towards the end of the line
Unholy creature kneeling by the liquid
Shrine
Wild visionaires died one by one
Another lost prodigal son
Miles of endless misery
On the highway of tomorrow's broken
Dream

Riding towards the war like noble ancient
Knights
Down on their knees they fall before the
Evil eyes

The symbol of salvation under darker
Clouds
Facing demons that fell from above
Armed legions of pure evil marching
Through our world
And the eyes of the brave turn so cold

A martyre calling from a lost millennium

Trusting the word and they die by the
Crucifix
Drifting further away into a night of mist
Preachers of a fallen temple
Struggling on to raise the crucifix

Disciples worship icons in their church
Of gold
While the masses keep walking on by
Scriptures of wisdom fading on the walls
Of stone
As a flower when winter arrives

A martyre calling from a lost millennium

Riding towards the war like noble ancient
Knights
Down on their knees they fall before the
Evil eyes
Preachers of a fallen temple
Sturggling on to raise the crucifix

The choir of angels standing by the
Monument
Singing praise led by disharmony
As darkness falls in a protected paradise
The world outside still waits for the
Feast

Another shade of grey
And a worn-out hand
Another palefaced man
Lost in a dreamland

Another spiteful soul
Seeks, destroys
Another twofaced man
Embraving the last rose

A figure in black is standing there
On the edge of sanity
Holding on to the dawn of creation
While the world is ruled by greed

Emeralds fall like rain from the sky
The free fight for freedom
A forgotten angel cries

Showdown- victims of fate
Soldiers in agony still asking why
Spellbound- under the blade
Hatred and bloodshed reflected by
Innocent eyes

Another fading flame
In a private hell
Another desperate man
Leaving his dark cell

A creature of war is standing there
On the burning battlefield
Holding on to the glory nations
While the heart strives to break free

Unexplored territory
On the road to sacred ground
The final resting place for angels
A holy tomb not mend to find

Marching on, digging deeper
Finding icons that this world should
Never see

By the nightfall at the borderline
When it comes down to the wire
By the river under clear blue skies
The hunters of the holy fear the lion

In the dark jungle waiting
The vicious king of predators
Immortals burning in the fire
Beyond the land where lions roar

I'm the lion
When it comes down to the wire
I'm the lion, I'm the lion
The hunters of the holy fear the lion

Gazing out through the bars of your
Window
At a world that's passing you by
You used to be the one with all the
Answers
And now you're the mighty king of fools

You had the crowd inside your hand
You led them to the promised land
But it was only a matter of time
Until they saw your wicked ways
Confrontation face to face
Demanding answers and no more lies

Just a thief in the night
Soldier without a fight
In the shadows you stand ready

Outlaw blood
Boiling in your veins
Outlaw blood
Strike without a warning
Outlaw blood

Outnumbered you layed down your arms
A stranger hiding in the dark
Soon you were back on the streets again
And when it all came to an end
Big tears of shame ran down your face
From above you fell into hell

Dreams of fortune and fame
You played and lost your own game
Through the flames you will walk crying

Outlaw blood
Boiling in your veins
Outlaw blood
Strike without a warning

Outlaw blood
To you it's just a game
Outlaw blood
Misery is calling
Outlaw blood

These landscapes of beauty
Hold more than meets the eye
Darkness comes early
And the night controls the mind

Look into the future
Gaze into the crystall ball
Release all your sorrows
Let the new beginning dawn

I've been waiting for you
Down by the shoreline
Towards the shadows we walk
Without fear in our hearts

Can you feel the hunger of the chosen
One
Growing stronger out on the run
- Chosen one

The snow keeps on falling
Inside a cold and darkened world
And no sight of daylight
Makes this place on earth feel cursed

Get out of your nightmare
Find a reason to go on
Just wait for tomorrow
You'll see a new beginning dawn

I've been searching for you
Over the rainbow
Up from the ashes we rise
Just to face a better day

Can you feel the hunger of the chosen
One
Growing stronger out on the run
Can you feel the power of the chosen one
Take you higher, touch the sun

The painting on the wall used to be my
Portrait
But now it seems I've been replaced
All doors are locked around me
There is no way in nor out
Times they change, love turned to hate...

Yesterday I walked through the halls of
Power
My head held high proud as a king
This was once my temple a vision that came
True
And I had the wind beneath my wings

Mighty men in suits create the future
With dollar- signs on their twisted minds
thism time there was no part in it for me
I hear tomorrow screaming my name
And the call is heard all around the
World
I guess I was just far too blind to see

So when the curtain falls
There is no seat saved for the broken hero

Access- access denied
To the fortress of my heart
Access- access denied

Youth passed me by and I was just a
Puppet
Controlled by masters without soul
Mr. know- it- alls got the better of me
Next time I won't take the fall

Like a homeless child I walk through
Alleys
And I still can't find any peace of mind
So hard to recall if I felt it before
When I grab my pillow made of granith
Thinking back a while to the restless times
My minds made up I will strike back by dawn

Access- access denied
To the fortress of my heart
Access- access denied

Access- access denied
To the kingdom of the gods
Access- access denied

I've been thrown to the dogs
The vultures picking on my bones
With my voice still loud and clear
Someday I'll return once more

The painting on the wall used to be my
Portrait
Now I know I've been replaced

I'm like an angel with broken wings
Someday I'll fly but tonight I keep
Spinning around
In a circle

And as the old I am lost in time
The years go by and somehow I keep
Holding on
To this burden

Sunlight in my eyes
Dark clouds in my head
Tomorrow I will shake this feeling
A bullet in the brain
The world has gone insane
We're all waiting for some healing

I still know that you and I
Were ment to walk the path of life
Side by side towards the autumn of our
Days
But first I need to figure out
The source that brings me darkened skies
Grab the bull right by the horns, release
The hate

So my thoughts are running wild

The falling tears of a child
Turn to ice in the light
Don't let fear control the action
Just like inherited sins
In a game no one wins
The dying flame brings a chain reaction

Chain- chain- chain reaction
Control- control- control the action
Chain- chain- chain reaction

Children raised on lies
Controlled by selfish threats
time to leave this place behind me
Nothing there to find
Nowhere left to hide
Will there be a happy ending?

Walking alone through desert plains
Waiting desperatelly for rain
To come and wash away the sins of days
Gone by
Suddenly I see your face
Before me in a blurry haze
Without warning I just know we'll be
Alright

Though my thoughts are running wild

Warhead lost in the dark
With a cold bleeding heart
Don't let fear control the action
And as the story unfolds
All the dark winds blow cold
The dying flame brings a chain reaction

"Journey through the wasteland
Where misery meets glory
Warriors keep fists held high
For the empire of the fallen"

Don't let fear control the action
The dying flame brings a chain reaction