Lost in a Desert
I’m lost in a desert
you can’t see through the trees
Lost my way on a dark night
Oh, would you guide me please
Been away for a while
I thought I liked it at first
I could escape somehow
but now I need to return
For as long as I stay here
No one will see who I am
And all the stuff that I hide there
Was always part of that plan
But now I need to come down
from the cloud I was on
Only I don’t know how
I don’t know what I’ve become
I’m lost in a desert
you can’t see through the trees
Lost my way on a dark night
Oh, would you guide me please
Been away for a while
Thought I liked it at first
I could escape somehow
But now I need to return
As We Walk the Earth
I´m afraid I need sedation
To keep this situation
From getting uncontrollably out of hand
This so-called liberation
Constant degradation
I’m not welcome anymore on my own land
Keep your eyes closed as we walk the Earth
Blackened by the shadow of the Sun
Lock yourself away so you won’t get hurt
Always be prepared to turn around and run
All this preparation
Resisting the temptation
But we’re not shifting a single grain of sand
Living in frustration
Spiritual starvation
It sure is time somebody took a stand
Keep your eyes closed as we walk the Earth
Blackened by the shadow of the Sun
Lock yourself away so you won’t get hurt
Always be prepared to turn around and run
Mental mutilation
A fault in God’s creation
It’s hard to tell who’s a foe and who’s a friend
Excessive dedication
A wayward generation
But we’re not trying to put this to an end
Keep your eyes closed as we walk the Earth
Blackened by the shadow of the Sun
Lock yourself away so you won’t get hurt
Always be prepared to turn around and run
No End in Sight
Raise your glass and run away from me
Deep inside there’s things that I can’t see
All these years, all these years I tried
I kept it all, I kept it all inside
There’s no end in sight
There’s always darkness in the light
But where your flame leads the way
I’ll follow you
The more I see, the more I see I’m blind
But what I hope to see, is to get some peace of mind
And with every step, every step I take
I feel my heart, feel my heart break
There’s no end in sight
There’s always darkness in the light
But where your flame leads the way
I’ll follow you
Don’t worry now, I sure will be alright
I’ll have a smiling face and all my tears I’ll hide
For many years, many years to come
I’ll sing my own, sing my own song
Let the River Flow
On the shores of the river
Knee deep in the mud
And everything I’d give her
Is washed back with the flood
A stone tossed in the water
Watch the ripples fade away
The river is forgiving
The stream will carry all
And as I’m floating downwards
the water mutes my call
And as murky as it is, let it wash me clean
Let the river flow
The river is irreversible
It only carries you downstream
where it ends, we don’t know
but it’ll be somewhere at sea
then the waves will take me
some place where the sun will set
Let the river flow
Let the river flow
Before I See
We have no way of knowing
When we’ll reach the end
And I don’t know here I’m going
But at least I can pretend
How many times must I walk the line?
How many years until I’m free?
How many mistakes must I make until
Finally I see?
The last time I saw you smiling
Seems forever and a day
But a place where I can find that
Is a place I wanna stay
How many times have I crossed the line?
How many tears cried for me?
How much pain will I have to cause before
Finally I see?
Time for a Change
I won´t believe all the strangeness
That keeps surrounding us here
See if we can rearrange this
Before the ending is near
We´ll get better if we try
But we are trapped in endless fright
I can tell by the moon, the stars, the sky,
This ain´t no ordinary night
And now it´s time for a change!
We put our heads underwater
But the water feels good
Like a lamb to the slaughter
I never thought that I could
We´ll get better if we try
But we are trapped in endless fright
I can tell by the moon, the stars, the sky,
This ain´t no ordinary night
And now it´s time for a change!
Sailing away, sailing astray, not staying anywhere
The people I see are looking through me as if I was never there
The best things will hurt you, but they keep you alive, please burn away with me
I’ll never desert you till the end of time, please won’t you stay with me
And all those times that I failed you
I’d never seen I was wrong
The wildest places I’ve been to
I guess I knew all along
We´ll get better if we try
But we are trapped in endless fright
I can tell by the moon, the stars, the sky,
This ain´t no ordinary night
And now it´s time for a change!
The Head and the Heart
Whenever I make decisions
my head and my heart will fight
but the deepest of thoughts
will never see the light
The smile on my face that you give me
Fills my heart with tears each night
But there’s no one to talk to
no one to put this right
But I know that I can’t keep you
And I know you were never mine
But I’ll always care
I’m sure you are the wiser
And I’m just the fool I am
The lonely blind man
Who knows not where to stand
At times I do think it’s better
But I’m not sure I understand
And I’m still not certain
Where all this will end
I guess you’re trying to save us
But I can only say it hurts
But I’ll always care
Wish that I could’ve just told you
There was not so much at stake
But I always knew
this was never mine to take
Now let it all just be a memory
As the fire burns out
One more thing
I cannot forget about
Well I guess there’s a silver lining,
but I just haven’t found it yet
And I’ll always care
The Hours I Don’t Sleep
Take your bags and stuff babe
I’ll carry them and take you home
The walls around you are shaking
But no longer will you be alone
And as we’re spiraling downwards
The entire world becomes our throne
Once it revolves around us
There’s nothing that could hold us down
And all the hours I don’t sleep
filled with secrets that I keep
down here, down here
and all those times I tried but failed to tell myself
it is alright, it’s alright
Sometimes when I feel broken,
I need you to fill the cracks with gold
I’ve never seen the future
And we cannot know what it will hold
I’m just so tired of being tired
No shine left from the days of old
And in my darkest hour,
I’ve mistaken all the warmth for cold
And all the hours I don’t sleep
filled with secrets that I keep
down here, down here
and all those times I tried but failed to tell myself
it is alright, it’s alright
And nothing you could say
Becomes nothing I can do to change my world
And nothing’s in our way
If I would stay true to myself
And all the hours I don’t sleep
filled with secrets that I keep
down here, down here
and all those times I tried but failed to tell myself
it is alright, it’s alright
Still Hurts
Time waits for no one
But I´m sure it´ll wait for you
And nothing will ever change or be born anew
I´ll keep myself from trying
What I can do without
But the silence sometimes makes me wanna shout
We may have stopped the bleeding but it still hurts
And we can´t erase the feeling it still hurts
Memories slowly fading
And the truth becomes a lie
And all we do is watch the last flame die
Alienated feelings
Burn up in your atmosphere
Autumn´s gonna last a while this year
We may have stopped the bleeding but it still hurts
And we can´t erase the feeling it still hurts
Another day another perfect lie
To cover up the way we feel inside
I´ll find a way, I know I should step aside
I´ll go somewhere to a place where I can hide
We may have stopped the bleeding but it still hurts
And we can´t erase the feeling it still hurts
Strangely Familiar
These eyes, strangely familiar
Looking straight into my heart
I can’t close my eyes
‘cause I’m afraid of the dark
And I just can’t hold my own hand
Hypocrisy ain’t a good friend
But to me, he ain’t no stranger
In loneliness we will run for our lives
Until we all fade away
These eyes, strangely familiar
Looking straight into my heart
I can’t close my eyes
‘cause I’m afraid of the dark
And I just can’t hold my own hand
Dead End Road
Driving under night skies
With nothing but the stars to light our way
Destination unknown as long as it’s just far away
We had to leave it all behind us
So I just took the driver’s seat
And the song that’s on the radio
sounds like is it is on repeat
Long and lonely hours if only we could find a place to stay
Then the first rays of the sun hit, come to chase the night away
And then I touch your hand
But it feels cold as a stone
There’s cold sweat on your forehead
A dreadful fear of the unknown
This road will lead us nowhere
But nowhere is where I want to be
The cracks in the windscreen make it harder still for us to see
The wind that’s blowin’ around us, will almost make us feel afloat
Until we finally learn we were always on a dead end road