Raise the curtain!
Raise the curtain!
Raise the curtain!
Raise the curtain!
Raise the curtain!
Raise the curtain
Curtain, curtain, curtain...

I feel your life slipping away
I am the darkness
You are my prey
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
I follow every step you take
A shadow in the night

Oh no, it won't be long
I'm the soul chaser
Soul Chaser

Your spirit bleeds
Crawling on its knees
Praying to the lord above
To somehow set him free
Cries are in vain
All that's left is pain
The hand of doom is over you
You'll never get away

Oh no, it won't be long
I'm the soul chaser
Soul Chaser

I feel you slowly weakening
Coming to the end of life, reality I bring
Chasing the light
Here by your side
I squeeze the soul right out of you
And leave you here to die

Oh no, it won't be long
I'm the soul chaser
Soul chaser

I’ve been out there
For what feels like a hundred years
Looking for something
To ease the pain
And dry the tears
But I can’t find it
I don’t like it
I can’t change it
Been that way as long as I…
I remember…
So many places I have seen
All the people
Some of them were very strange
In my travels
I’ve seen faces
Many stages
I wonder how I survived it all

I’ve lived these lonely days
Ten years has slipped away
Oh no, where did they go
Oh, where did they go

Sometimes I feel like
I’m falling off the edge of the world
No one to catch me
As my mind
It’s starting to whirl
It’s confusing
I feel I’m losing
Time so precious
I watch the days slip away
Into nothing
That really matters to me
Got my music
You know that’s all I really need
Gives me pleasure
Now and forever
It’s my freedom
It’s something no one can take away

I’ve lived these lonely days
Ten years has slipped away
Oh no, where did they go
Oh, where did they go

I am the father
I am the keeper of time
I live inside of you
My hands you don't need to wind

I am the father of time
Call me the father of time
I watch the clocks for you
I put the lines on your face
I'm moving quickly
You try to slow down my pace

I am the father of time
Father time
Watch the skies
Father time
Never ever lies
As your years fly by

I am the father
I am the father of time
I twist your souls around
I control all of your lives

I am the father of time
Call me the father...
Father time
Watch the skies
Father time
Never ever lies
As your years fly by

Let me tell you
While I’m dreaming
You’re there scheming
Right outside my door
Contemplating, manipulating
What do you have in store

And I want to know
What I did that was so damn wrong
Why must you tear apart my soul

Let me tell you
I’ve been watching
While your plotting
Nowhere left to go
I’ve been patient many years
Your games are taking toll
I am waiting
While you’re playing
All your cards unfold

And I want to know
What I did that was so damn wrong
Why must you tear apart my soul

Oh yeah…
I know, I know
I know, why…
I know, Christ knows
You know why
I know, I know
I just got to fly
Far, far away

And I want to know
Why can’t we end this all
Go your way, I’ll go mine
I don’t want to cry
I don’t want to die
I just got to fly away

So I tell you
I can’t stand it
Seemed you planned it
The story’s getting old
The only ending
I can see
We both have seen before
We keep trying
We keep lying
On and on it goes

And I want to know
What I did
That was so damn wrong
Why must you tear apart my soul
I don’t want to cry
I don’t want to die
I just got to fly away

Look out
You know his eyes are always watching
No doubt
He acts like a friend
Your rights
He keeps twisted turning sideways
I know
It never will end

All of our lives
He’s right beside you
He’ll misguide you
He’s lying again
Big brother
Knowing all our little secrets
Big brother
Even watching while you’re sleeping
Big brother
He is with us everyday
Big brother
He will never ever, never ever
Go away…

Hold on
He’s a master of disguises
Before too long
He’ll be in your head
Running around
Filling you with his suggestions
Till you don’t know
What’s real or pretend
This time
He plays
Has no winners, only sinners
And we are his slaves

Big brother
Knowing all our little secrets
Big brother
Even watching while you’re sleeping
Big brother
He is with us everyday
Big brother
He will never ever, never ever
Go away…

He knows
That he’s got us
Where he wants us
Electric eyes
Three dimensional lens
Microscope
Magnifying every action
That we make
Right down to the end
Some things never change
It don’t matter
Hear his laughter
He’s winning the game

Big brother
Knowing all our little secrets
Big brother
Even watching while you’re sleeping
Big brother
He is with us everyday
Big brother
He will never ever, never ever
Go away…

So I guess it all comes down
To this in the end
We made our bed
It’s time to lay in it
See it’s the way
It’s got to be

I can see that times may change
But what’s important
Always seems to stay the same
An arrow in the brain
Showing us our reality

Cause it’s the end of time
Cause it’s the end of time
Cause it’s the end of time

None of us prepare to die
It’s something that is cut and dry
We all comply
Our biggest fear is our mortality

Still we think that
If we should really try
Maybe we can slow down the hands of time
Is this real or just fantasy

Cause it’s the end of time
Cause it’s the end of time
Cause it’s the end of time

Wake up in the morning
I struggle to my feet
One old friend
One new hope
Won’t accept defeat

To the mirror
Dim the light
Cause it won’t lie
Will she even recognize me
Right before her eyes

If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
No don’t look back
How it’s gonna be
I’m on a one way track
On a road back at light speed
If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
I can’t look back

Can’t read the paper
So far too close to home
Will I spend my last days
Scarred and all alone
To serve my country
Do what’s right
A pledge I swore
Now deemed unfit
For my new life
Fighting someone else’s war

If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
No don’t look back
How it’s gonna be
I’m on a one way track
On a road back at light speed
If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
I can’t look back

Can’t wait to see you baby
I’m coming home this time to say
Everyone is bound to see
My youth is worn away

I’ll be hoping
But I’ll accept what you decide
Can a heart
Help eyes to see
The beauty still inside

If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
I can’t look back
How it’s gonna be
I’m on a one way track
On a road back at light speed

If it’s up to me
There would be no looking back
I can’t look back

I see clear in the darkness
I watch every move you make
I know we are meant to be

So I’ll just
Walk talk laugh play the game of someone sane
I sit and wait but you never call

And I live this lie
That I can’t deny

You are someone I dream of
You are someone I need to touch and feel

And you, while you’re dreaming
I am outside creeping
So much to do

I create circumstances
Tell you things I’d like to do
Gotta keep you in my precious life
So I’ll just spin the wheel
See how I feel
My obsession with you
I keep concealed
It’s something I got to keep inside

And I take delight
Seeing you
So, so terrified
And you
While you’re sleeping
I am outside creeping
The whole night through

And I can see you weeping
I’d rather hear you screaming
So much to do

You, you are my life
You’re the princess of darkness
That’s always right here by my side
And it’s how you make me feel
As long as I have you here with me
I know I can deal

The pleasures that you bring
You are my everything
And all I can say is
Don’t go away
I will lie and I’ll cheat and I’ll steal
If that’s what it takes
To have you
Here next to me
It’s only the time that I’m with you
That I’m really me
Can you see with this hold that you seem to have
On me I’ll never be free
I am your slave
I’m sure that you’re gonna be with me
Till I’m in my grave

You watch me as I die
No tears will fill your eyes
And all I can say is
Don’t go away
I will lie and I’ll cheat and I’ll steal
If that’s what it takes
To see you
Just one more time
I know that if you’re here with me
I’ll be fine

Darkness now is all I see
Since you put your spell on me
You’re always right
I’m always wrong
And I can’t take it anymore, yeah

But I…
Never could stop on a dime
Never could quite find the time
To tell you…

I’m still holding on to you
I’m still holding on to you
I’m still holding on to you

And somehow oh yeah baby

Sadness now is all I feel
You know these feelings are so real
How much longer can I go on
Before my feelings for you are gone

But I…
Never could stop on a dime
Never could quite find the time
To tell you…

I’m still holding on to you
I’m still holding on to you
I’m still holding on to you

And somehow oh yeah baby

And I know deep inside
I’m fool for your love
I can’t hide from the truth
So I guess I’ll give up

And I got to get stronger inside
Got to start changing the tide
Stop drinking away my life
But I know…
I can’t get away
No, I can’t get away
No, I can’t get away
No, I can’t get away

I just want to sit
Have a drink
Talk to you
All these things
That I know you gone through

I can see
In your eyes
When you speak of days gone by
There's so much that you're keeping
Inside

Let it go
Don't you know
I am here to dry your tears
Ease the pain
You been holding for years
Look deep into my eyes
You will see the truth, no lies
Spread your wings and hold on tight

So to you all
I say tell the truth
Play no games
I don't think I could handle the pain

So I ask once again
Be my lover
Be my friend
I'll be there for you right to the end

As this story winds down to the end
If we can't agree
Can we still be friends
All I have I've offered to you
And all I ask in return is the truth

Tell me the truth
Tell me the truth