Haken - The Mountain lyrics
Tracks 01. The Path
02. Atlas Stone 03. Cockroach King 04. In Memoriam 05. Because It's There 06. Falling Back To Earth 07. As Death Embraces 08. Pareidolia 09. Somebody 10. The Path Unbeaten 01. The Path
This life is a dream
A gift we receive To live and to love We forge The Path Our nightmare in birth Our strunggle for worth In vain we carry on Our mission to become Adapt to this world It's a a chance we must take We'll sing our song We'll play our hand 02. Atlas Stone
Hearts will burn come what may
With lessons learned along the way To free myself I make a choice Just to be heard I lose my voice Finding strength in solitude I fight to fly with much to prove Is this the way it's meant to be? I risk it all I will not fall Carry the weight of the world On my shoulders Rise to the challenge I set myself Salvation waits without reprieve I'm on a razor's edge and it cuts my feet As good as life will ever get (The blood drawn from the Atlas Stone) I wish that I could give it up and go home (It draws a path from hell to home) Fight to survive (The quest to define) Succumb to the path (This struggle of mine) Conquer the fear (Gravity defied) And nothing will fail (I climb beyond heights) The quest to define (Fight to survive) This struggle of mine (Succumb to the path) Gravity defied (Conquer the fear) I climb beyond heights (And nothing will fail) Carry the weight of the world On my shoulders Rise to the challenge I set myself Shadows of doubt creep into the light A glimmer of hope never out of sight Out of sight Paralyzed under supressive fire Holding firm against a thin red line Out of mind Shadows of doubt creep into the light A glimmer of hope never out of sight Out of sight Paralyzed under supressive fire Holding firm against a thin red line Out of mind Carry the weight of the world Rise to the challenge I set myself Carry the weight of the world On my shoulders Rise to the challenge I set myself 03. Cockroach King
Tantalized by the cockroach and it's promise
(Blinded by a fickle fortune) I fantasized about soaring With golden wings (Diamonds in my eyes) [Flying with gold wings] Hypnotized by the cockroach and it's promise (Blinded by the grand illusion) I was compromised by a treasure (Golden wings to fly) That was fit for fools [Lured by a fool's gold] The hunter draws closer to it's prey Vacantly I was gazing at the mirage I yearned to be a apostle Of the selfmade man Hopelessly I bathed in my ignorance Desperately toking on the roach of irony My fickle fortune beckoned A treasure fit for fools The hunter draws closer to it's prey I blindly wandered down the golden path In pursuit of a misbegotten dream The great Gatsby whispered in my ears The road from rags to riches leads nowhere The grand illusion beckoned With promises of deceit The Cockroach King sits on his throne With the midas touch and a heart of stone An empire build on guile and greed A bleeding ground for those who heed The grand illusion faded The hunter snares it's prey I fear and loathe the cockroach The mirage melts away The Cockroach King sits on his throne With the midas touch and a heart of stone An empire build on guile and greed A bleeding ground for those who heed Lured by a treasure that was fit for fools Searching for the truth Lost in this labyrinth in search of the truth With your promises of deceit Trapped in your kingdom build on greed and guile Build on greed and guile Only to find the insects have multiplied The Cockroach King of guile and greed With a broken crown he's left to bleed An empire falling to it's knees A bleeding ground for those who heed I longed to be a disciple of the cockroach (Blinded by the grand illusion) I was hopelessly choking (Blackened wings to fly) On the roach of fallacy [The roach of irony] Thankfully when the mirage finally melted (Burning ashes of the hunter) The impurity of the cockroach (Scattered in the sky) Was revealed to me [The roach of irony] 04. In Memoriam
Take a step put one foot in the grave
Catch a breath submerged in holy water Watch a moving scene of former days Shed a tear as memory starts to falter Familiar faces try to hide the pain Medicate to alleviate the pressure Make amends with the ones I used to hate Feel the agony give way to pleasure Tearing down the walls of eternity All in my loving memory Final scene humility I succumb to universal law Another system's energy disperses Mother nature red in tooth and claw It's the game that everybody loses Show your cards and accept what you've been dealt Guardian or harbinger of sorrow? Pour a drink, raise a glass and toast to health Is the truth too hard for us to swallow? Tearing down the walls of eternity All in my loving memory Master of creation Lead us from temptation Father of invention Please guild my ascension So much left unspoken Life leaving heartbroken A sense of acceptance One final repentance Read these words upon my stone In piam memoriam Tearing down the walls of eternity All in my loving memory 05. Because It's There
This life is a dream
A gift we receive To live and to love We forge The Path Our nightmare in birth (Dream this life) Our struggle for worth (Forge a path) In vain we carry on (Please take this gift) Our mission to become (To live, to love) Adapt to this world It's a chance we must take We'll sing our song We'll play our hand Why allow (Broken world) This crooked fate? (Retaliate) The tunnel's light (Accept defeat) Is unmoving (Don't be afraid) It burns your eyes (Obscures the path) But you persevere (You must adapt) Because it's there Climb, find your way Scale high, don't look back With hope you will find The life you seek Judgement from birth Criticize our worth We struggled to uphold Struck down, will we fold? Climb, find your way Scale high, don't look back With hope you will find The life you seek (I wish I could be some one Be the moon and be the sun Ambition burned my wings ablaze Shed a tear in these dark days Tearing down the walls of love Soaring through the fire above Pride exists to be reclaimed Roll the dice don't lose the game Carry the weight of the world The summit says you'll prove my worth Let me claim what's rightfully Yours to take and mine to keep Stars begin to swarm around The path of fate this tired ground Challenge met but all the while A mountain build on greed and guile) 06. Falling Back To Earth
I: Rise
Save me now Set me free If you could only show me how Show me how To live my dream Living the dream I will die Aiming high Shooting low You won't be laughing when I'm To raise the bar Or take the fall? Climbing the mountain Someone rescue me Help me, please! Against all odds I long To be free Will no one listen to my plea? The sky is falling in on me (Save me now, set me free, show me how, live a dream Aiming high, shooting low, raise the bar, take the fall Rescue me, help me please, how long to be free Intervene, I'll defeat, all those who stepped on me) Intervene I'll defeat All the people who Stepped on me You have been standing in my way You won't believe it when I'm Soaring through the sky Free from your burden Say your last goodbyes I won't be back again When my name becomes tomorrow's news On top of the mountain I cannot be moved I scale the summit like an unstoppable force With iron wings I will prove my worth to you all I will be dancing on your grave You won't be laughing when I'm Soaring through the sky Free from your burden Say your last goodbyes I won't be back again Too close to the flame Ambition has burned me With my wings ablaze I'm falling back to earth II: Fall Now that my feathers are broken Crestfallen my head is bowed Splashing down into the ocean Something seems different now The world I once knew has eroded Humanity's fossilised The beasts have become the new masters Is reality compromised? Advanced technological breakthroughs And superior firepower The frontiers of war and resistance Seem abstract and vacant now For countless years I have been longing To apologise, apologise A world without end is upon us But time is in short supply Soaring through the sky Free from your burden Say your last goodbyes I won't be back again Too close to the flame Ambition has burned me With my wings ablaze I'm falling back to earth 07. As Death Embraces
Forgive my daily sins
Seal them under my skin For once I watched you fly Leaving your wings behind The path of fate has gone astray The brightest skies have turned to grey 08. Pareidolia
All my kingdom's gone
It's burned to the ground Reason leaves me As future sits upon A solitary throne A treasure is sinking Seems now long gone The desert takes away Our fears and dreams but they Always will return Be the moon and sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone Be the moon and be the sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone Seeking patterns Envisaging pictures of a dying dream Fallen prison The façade of wisdom in old scars Be the moon and sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone Be the moon and be the sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone Breathe in the air Breathe deeper Don't lose the stars Keep sinking The old spirit ware's Perceiving Speaking within Conceiving Show me the way Old spirits Uncertainty Deceiving Feelings arise Believing Take what is mine Retrieving As I've been forsaken My veins feel unshaken In the skies a secret lies Well disguised before my eyes (The Universe is all around us kept in motion Alleviate our pain and fear test our devotion) Breathe in the air Breathe deeper Don't lose the stars Keep sinking The old spirit ware's Perceiving Was only a dream Deceiving Give me what's yours Retrieving You've dug your own tomb Keep digging Your kingdom is gone Keep grieving It's burned to the ground defeated All my fears have drowned Seems now long gone The ocean took away My fears and dreams but they Never returned Be the moon and sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone Be the moon and be the sun Be the wind and cross the storm See the stars begin to swarm Read the writings in the stone The universe is all around us Read the writings in the stone 09. Somebody
Still I feel the pain from that day
When you stepped in to take my dreams away The stage was set for what would be my night But you called time and threw my fight Still I'm yearning To claim back what's mine Still I'm clinging To dreams that won't die Still I'm dreaming Of one more chance But you still tell me My time has passed Give me back my right To prove that I can fight Let me show them all Tonight can be my night (You'll never know The lengths to which I will crawl 'Cause tonight is my night You will not tear down my wall) Still you think That it's ok For you to state The rules of play But if you could know The length towhich I crawl To claim my pride And break down your walls Still I'm yearning To claim back what's mine Still I'm clinging To dreams that won't die Still I'm dreaming Of one more chance But you still tell me My time has passed Give me back my right To prove that I can fight Let me show them all Tonight can be my night I wish I could have been somebody Just as a bird was meant to fly Unbind these wings or let me die Give me back my right To prove that I can fight Let me show them all Tonight can be my night 10. The Path Unbeaten
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