The World Under Unsun

The World Under Unsun

Under the fractured sky
I mended myself with golden paint
Another world has come
Another story came full circle

Dry rivers on my face
Eternal youth disenchanted
I am between a lie
And the urge to reveal my burden

Your eyes rest upon
The spark dancing on my bare hand
It’s just beginning now
A story from another wasteland

One more threshold crossed
And once again I fall to my knees
You ask me what is wrong
My inmost pain remains unseen

But I’ll be ready now
To face up to your disillusionment

I’ve been walking these worn paths
For so long I’ve lost my ardour
But now, I am primed
I crave to rise beyond confines

Your eyes rest upon
The flash dancing on my bare hand
Despite the endless dark
Under unsun
I’ll search for my light

Loop of Fate

How do you live with such knowledge?
How to grant yourself a second chance
Knowing where your story’s going?
Even after
Even after

The choice you made cannot be altered
But the sound of waves can be tamed
Consider it your favorite white noise
Even after
Even after

The sun above your head is breaking
As dark as your racing thoughts
Entangled in the vicious circle
Even after
Even after

Break the cycle
Break the cycle
Break the cycle
Break the cycle

Good Memories Don’t Want to Die

Trust me
I really want to live
Without constant fear
That you will want something from me
But always when I try really hard
I give up
Good memories don’t want to die

The rope is getting tighter
And the pain’s coming along
So why do I suppress the bad things
As if nothing was wrong

I no longer want
To pretend
To distort reality
But always when I try really hard
Good memories still don’t want to die

The rope is getting tighter
And the pain’s coming along
So why do I suppress the bad things
As if nothing was wrong
And I don’t even think this way
I deserve something better
I guess some part of my dream
Still goes on
While I am awake

Oh no
Don’t go too far
It’s so dark out there, my love
You might get lost
Come, I’ll tuck you in
I will cuddle you to sleep now

I am screaming silently again
All good memories
Guardians of morality

The rope is getting tighter
And the pain’s coming along
So why do I suppress the bad things
As if nothing was wrong
And I don’t even think this way
I deserve something better
I guess some part of my dream
Still goes on
While I’m awake

Please wake me up

Monsters

I am at my limit
Can’t you see?
Out of silver bullets
Out of hope-filled dreams

I’ve nothing to sever ghastly heads
I lost my sacred sword
Somewhere by the phantom lake

And that’s it for my fight
I will not stand these lies
Just so the others
Can have their show

I am at my limit
Can’t you see?
Out of holy water
Out of what was me

Can’t allow myself to feel like that
You say, “nothing happened”
While they haunt me every night

And that’s it for my fight
I will not stand these lies
Just so the others
Can have their show
Go on

I am at my limit
Can’t you see?
Out of holy fire
Out of dignity

Can’t allow myself to feel like that
You say, “there’re no monsters”
While they haunt me every night

The Prophecy

Blinded by the dawn
Overshadowed by fate
By your memory
You find out
That your fame has begun
From the moment

When you woke up dead
Oooh
When you woke up dead
Oooh

You’ve always wanted to earn their love
And you made it
Appreciated and understood
From the moment

When you woke up dead
Oooh
When you woke up dead
Oooh

They will love you to death
I will love you to life
They will love you to death
I will love you to life

Mind Obscured, Heart Eclipsed

How is it that only now
Have I realised this?
What if I start over
And you will not be in it?

I know that you trapped me in time
And made me keep spinning around
The promises of hope and change
Ensnared in a spider’s web

Don’t tell me ‘bout breaking a vow
With fingers crossed behind your back

My mind is obscured
Heart eclipsed
I say NO
To puppets and strings

Don’t ask
You know the reason
I don’t trust you
I don’t believe in us
I’m starting to live my own fight

Don’t ask
You know the reason
I don’t trust you
I don’t believe in us
I’m starting to live my own fight

Torn in Two

As we wait
For the next eclipse to end
Please tell me
What has happened here?
Why do the shadows
Now sit upon the throne
Ruling with words we once feared

I thought this land yearned for the sun
That freedom would be understood the same by all
But everywhere I look – fire burns
And no morning comes

Stay with me
You know I’m not ready yet
Just stay with me
You know I’m not ready to forget

As we wait
For the next eclipse to end
Please tell me
Who poisoned these minds?
Why has the fist come to speak louder than words
Why does hatred rise above love

I thought this land yearned for the sun
That freedom would be understood the same by all
I trust that one day the tide will turn
And the light will break the sky

Stay with me
You know I’m not ready yet
Just stay with me
You know I’m not ready to forget
Still holding on
But without you I’ll fall apart

Hands Made of Lead

Returns from the dark abyss grow ever harder
Will I have the strength for another?
For I feel I have none left

My thoughts
My lungs
My hands
They feel as if made of lead
As if I were already sinking
And yet, I just woke up

Because I did wake up… didn’t I?

Ardour

Waiting for my racing thoughts to turn
Into another made-up life
What is wrong fades out
When I escape into another painted, dreamt-up life

Waiting for it
Waiting for the way in
To another made-up life
What is wrong fades out
When I escape into another dreamt-up life

Waiting for it
Waiting for the way in
To another made-up life
What is wrong fades out
When I escape into another painted, dreamt-up life

Into another made-up life
Into another dreamt-up life

Where light and dark
Collide

Waiting for my racing thoughts to turn
Into another made-up life
What is wrong fades out
When I escape into another painted, dreamt-up life

Where light and dark
Collide

Waiting for it
Waiting for the way in
To another made-up life
What is wrong fades out
When I escape into another painted, dreamt-up life

Into another made-up life
Into another dreamt-up life

Waiting for it
Waiting for the way in
To another made-up life
Waiting for it
Waiting for the way in
To another made-up life
Another

Game Called Life

Move me,
I am just a pawn on your chessboard
Do you see how easy it all is?
No worries
When everything falls to pieces
The only one to blame will be me

I ended up in this world without knowing
How often you must play with marked cards
The king is smiling
The guests are laughing
The servants will soon bring the poisoned wine

Maybe it has always been my desire
Eat at the court of the King of Hearts
But…
I will no longer remain at this table
I’m done with playing the game called life

Confession

Here’s my confession
Of a man standing on the edge
Trapped in my own mind
With arms yet to be raised
Poised to surrender
To the raging waves below
Now is the moment
To finally let you know

I formed an angel
Made it wear your face
To save me from the unbearable ache
Of losing you
And everything we loved
Yet darkness stayed
For I never truly mourned

The boundary faded
And I started to live
In my creation
In the world that was unreal

I am the story
Dwelling in a painted life
Where I can revive you
Every time I cross this line
Whatever happens
The canvas is my cure
I have no place in the world
That holds nothing of you

Parallels

(Instrumental)

Self in Distorted Glass

I think you never liked me
I think you never trusted me
My reflection once spoke out loud
I think you never showed me
That you belong to yourself
Trying to live someone else’s life
I think you never wanted
No matter where you wandered
Never came to terms with who you are

In the realm of the dying light
We become silent stars
Watching us from the distance
Without faith in what’s to come

What if you could long for another day
With no more shutting out the sun
What if you could long for another day
And finally let yourself in

I think you always wanted
To sever ties with those who
Bit by bit, devoured you alive
And your true self started
To slowly fade in silence
Until it was too late to turn back

In the realm of the dying light
We become silent stars
Watching us from the distance
Without faith in what’s to come

And so I stand before
The remnant of myself
Reflected less and less
in the distorted glass
When the fire
Swallows the world outside
Unveiling its cry

I think you never liked me
I think you never trusted me
My reflection once spoke out loud
I think you never showed me
That you belong to yourself
Only looked at me with lifeless eyes
I think it’s time to face it
The absence of embracing
What is truly you can win this war

And so I stand before
The remnant of myself
That keeps trying and trying to escape
From what’s broken
But every time I find myself standing here
It’s because I chose to return
To this world under unsun
To this life
Again

The New End

How to end what once felt true
Yet faded more as dreams went away
How to end something that’s burned out
When in your eyes
It still burns bright

Even if there could have been a chance for us
I wouldn’t want to harm you anymore
Whether you want it or not
You’ll always be
A part of my soul

How to stop living with guilt
No matter what you do
It will hurt
How to stop fearing that scars
Will remain on your broken heart

Even if there could have been a chance for us
I wouldn’t want to harm you anymore
Whether you want it or not
You’ll always be
A part of my soul

Even if there could have been a chance for us
I wouldn’t want to harm you anymore
Whether you want it or not
You’ll always be
A part of my soul