LYRICS

• A Crown Without Thorns
• Water for Osiris
• The Hand and the Voice
• La Fuite de la Lune
• Enough
• I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
• Behind the Wall
• Where Planets Die
• Tempus Hedax, Homo Edacior

• The Eightfold Path (Edit Version)
• Under the Hands of Time (Edit Version)
• Far From your Sun (Edit Version)
• Life (Edit Version)
• The 8fold Path

• Far From your Sun
• Under the Hands of Time
• Annabel Lee
• Life
• The Eightfold Path
• A Thousand Lives
• On the Path (of the Hanged Men)
• F.A.D.

A CROWN WITHOUT THORNS

I’ve been searching for you
For such a long time
I forgot the seasons
I forgot the colour of the sun

I’ve been waiting for a sign
I’ve been shouting your name out loud
Every single empty day
Every single lonely night

Maybe there is somewhere
On a mountain, in a desert
Maybe there is somewhere
A place that is mine a crown without thorns

I’ve been running through the storms
I’ve been flying where ghosts don’t tread
To catch you in my dreams
To see you, to touch your face

I’ve been sweating in your shadow
Bleeding on your walls of indifference
Getting trapped in a sarcophagus of pain
I’m waiting in vain to be released

Maybe there is somewhere
On a mountain in a desert
Maybe there is somewhere
A place that is mine a crown without thorns

A crown without thorns is waiting for me x4

I’ve been searching for you
For such a long time
I forgot the seasons
I forgot the colour of the sun

I forgot the seasons I forgot the colour of the sun
I forgot the seasons I forgot the colour of the sun
I forgot the seasons
The colour of the sun
The colour of the sun

A crown without thorns is waiting for me x4
A crown without thorns x2
A crown without thorns is waiting for me

A thousand lives

I know a place
Behind your dreams
Where you can fly
Up to the stars

I know a song
Beyond your smile
That will lead you
High in the sky

I know a place
Behind your tears
Where you can fly
Up to the stars

I know a time
Beyond your cries
When you will live
A thousand lives

Annabel Lee

Poem by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived, whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me

I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me

This was the reason that, long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
The winds blew out of a cloud chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea

The Angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes That was the reason (as all men know
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of a cloud by night
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee
The wind came out of a cloud by night
Annabel Lee
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
The wind came out of a cloud by night
Annabel Lee

But our love, it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the Angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee
The wind came out of a cloud by night
Annabel Lee
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee
The wind came out of a cloud by night
Annabel Lee
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of my beautiful Annabel Lee
And so all the night-tide
I lie down by the side
Of my darling
My darling, my life and my bride

In her sepulchre there by the sea
In her tomb by the side of the sea
And so all the night-tide
I lie down by the side
Of my darling
My darling my life and my bride
In her sepulchre there by the sea
In her tomb by the side of the sea

BEHIND THE WALL

Instrumental

ENOUGH

The earth can shake under my feet,
My world may fall apart,
But I know I will be okay
In my heart

When I hit the floor and scream,
When the colours fade,
In my heart I know
I will be okay

I am made of strength and steel,
My heart is made of gold.
And all of my hardships
Are stories to be told

One day you will hear of me
A tale as old as time
The self-fulfilling prophecy
That is my life

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
No matter what they set out to do

No matter how strong they are
No matter how many they are
No matter how strong they are
No matter what they set out to do

No matter how strong they are
No matter how many they are
No matter how strong they are
No matter what they set out to do

INVICTUS Poem (extract) by William Ernest Henley

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

I will persevere
When the road gets rough
I will persevere
I am enough

No matter how strong they are
No matter how many they are
No matter how strong they are
No matter what they set out to do

No matter how strong they are
No matter how many they are
No matter how strong they are
I am enough

F.A.D.

As the sun fades away
And the city falls asleep
Under a blood red sky
I’m looking around for a smile
And see nothing but desperate eyes

I’ve got nowhere to go
No one to love
My head is my shelter and stars my only friends
But don’t shed tears for me
Cause the only thing I’ve got
Is more than all you could own

What are we waiting for
What are we looking for
You and I don’ know

Forget and dream
Forget and dream

I’ve got nowhere to go
No one to love
My head is my shelter and stars my only friends
But don’t shed tears for me
Cause the only thing I’ve got
Is more than all you could own

What are we waiting for
What are we looking for
You and I don’ know

Forget and dream
Forget and dream

My eyes scan an endless sea
Lost in this blue vision
Silently my fears fly away
And despair disappears

My hands draw on the ground
The lines of an imaginary shore
Slowly I cross the edge of reality
And penetrate the kingdom of beyond

Sailing on an ocean of calm
Flying through clouds and sliding on rainbows
Is it a dream? Is it heaven?
God only knows

My eyes scan an endless sea
Lost in this blue vision
Silently my fears fly away
And despair disappears

My hands draw on the ground
The lines of an imaginary shore
Slowly I cross the edge of reality
And penetrate the kingdom of beyond

Sailing on an ocean of calm
Flying through clouds and sliding on rainbows
Is it a dream? Is it heaven?
God only knows

But does knowing really matter?

Far from your sun

Over mountains and plains
Sun seems to have disappeared
Sweet is the cold breath of the wind
Blowing a well-known melody

A ship sailing on the horizon
Reminds me of my stormy childhood
I was born in a place
Where skies and earth make only one

Passing over the foaming rivers in my torn red pants
I used to sing this sweet melody

Far from your sun I stand

Winded by our runs through the moor
We laid in the tall grass
The wind swept our hair
The rain washed our muddy faces

Under the wrath of a raging sky
We watch waves breaking on cliffs
In a dark moonless night
We were the guardians of this land

Far from your sun I stand

Over mountains and plains
Sun seems to have disappeared
Sweet is the cold breath of the wind
Blowing a well-known melody

A ship sailing on the horizon
Reminds me of my stormy childhood
I was born in a place
Where skies and earth make only one

Under the wrath of a raging sky
We watch waves breaking on cliffs
In a dark moonless night

I am the guardian of this land

Far from your sun (EDIT VERSION)

Over mountains and plains
Sun seems to have disappeared
Sweet is the cold breath of the wind
Blowing a well-known melody

A ship sailing on the horizon
Reminds me of my stormy childhood
I was born in a place
Where skies and earth make only one

Passing over the foaming rivers in my torn red pants
I used to sing this sweet melody

Far from your sun I stand

Winded by our runs through the moor
We laid in the tall grass
The wind swept our hair
The rain washed our muddy faces

Under the wrath of a raging sky
We watch waves breaking on cliffs
In a dark moonless night
We were the guardians of this land

Far from your sun I stand

Under the wrath of a raging sky
We watch waves breaking on cliffs
In a dark moonless night

I am the guardian of this land

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

Poem by Emily Dickinson

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading – treading – till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through –

And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum –
Kept beating – beating – till I thought
My mind was going numb –

And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space – began to toll,

As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here –

And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space – began to toll,

As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here –

And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down –
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing – then   

LA FUITE DE LA LUNE

Poem by Oscar Wilde

To outer senses there is peace,
A dreamy peace on either hand,
Deep silence in the shadowy land,
Deep silence where the shadows cease.

Save for a cry that echoes shrill
From some lone bird disconsolate;
A corncrake calling to its mate;
The answer from the misty hill.

And suddenly the moon withdraws
Her sickle from the lightening skies,
And to her sombre cavern flies,
Wrapped in a veil of yellow gauze.

Life

Life is an illusion
Made of flowers and perfumes
Life is an illusion
Made of very small things
Leading us to unknown shores
Into an uncertain future

Life is an illusion
Made of thorns and poisons
Life is an illusion
Made of very small things
Blowing our hopes and desires away
Into an uncertain future

There is the silver rain falling down on the cobblestones
The dazzling colours of an autumn garden

There is a pearl of dew shimmering with a thousand reflections
The flapping of a butterfly’s wings

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

There is the roaring thunder of the unsatisfied anger
The toxic verses of an indecent poet

There is a ghost walking on the ledge of the blighted hopes bridge
The silence of a baby, a mother’s cries

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

Do we sail on the stream of our destiny
Does it mean no merit no guilt

There is the roaring thunder of the unsatisfied anger
The toxic verses of an indecent poet

There is a ghost walking on the ledge of the blighted hopes bridge
The silence of a baby, a mother’s cries

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

Do we sail on the stream of our destiny
Does it mean no merit no guilt

Life is an illusion
Made of flowers and perfumes
Life is an illusion

There is the silver rain falling down on the cobblestones
The dazzling colours of an autumn garden
There is a pearl of dew shimmering with a thousand reflections
There is you…
Perhaps

Life (EDIT VERSION)

Life is an illusion
Made of flowers and perfumes
Life is an illusion
Made of very small things
Leading us to unknown shores
Into an uncertain future

There is the silver rain falling down on the cobblestones
The dazzling colours of an autumn garden

There is a pearl of dew shimmering with a thousand reflections
The flapping of a butterfly’s wings

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

There is the roaring thunder of the unsatisfied anger
The toxic verses of an indecent poet

There is a ghost walking on the ledge of the blighted hopes bridge
The silence of a baby, a mother’s cries

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

Do we sail on the stream of our destiny
Does it mean no merit no guilt

There is the roaring thunder of the unsatisfied anger
The toxic verses of an indecent poet

There is a ghost walking on the ledge of the blighted hopes bridge
The silence of a baby, a mother’s cries

There is the teasing wind painting up misty figures in the sky
The final dance of the reddish-brown leaves

There is the ghostly light of the moon on the stony walls
The endless promises of the horizon

Do we sail on the stream of our destiny
Does it mean no merit no guilt

Life is an illusion
Made of flowers and perfumes
Life is an illusion

On the path (of the hanged men)

The black shadows of the tortured bodies
Hang tirelessly on the branches of dishonor
Condemned to the silence, to the silence of the weak
Cursed keepers of the path of the hanged men

Here stands the thin line between life and death
Here stands the frontiere between glory and pain

See the men
Who left their dreams to others stronger
To others stronger than them

See the men
For whom the reality
Cursed the name for eternity

Walking to the rhythm of the vultures screams
Mutilated by the vicious appetite of crows
Obscene exposition of an endless lost quest
I penetrate the circle of the damned

Frightened by this vision of horror
I continue under this fence of suffering
Attracted by the calls of abandon
Are my ambitions too strong for me

The road to hell is paved with good intentions
The road to hell is paved with good intentions

On the path of the hanged men
I touched the face of desperation
On the path of the hanged men
I learnt the weakness of dreams
On the path
On the path

I danced with the shadows of the damned
I heard the loud silence of oblivion
I touched the face of desperation
I learnt the weakness of our dreams

See the men
Who left their dreams to others stronger
To others stronger than them

See the men
For whom the reality
Cursed the name for eternity

See the men
Who left their dreams to others stronger
To others stronger than them

See the men
Who left their dreams to others stronger
To others stronger than them

See the men

TEMPUS HEDAX, HOMO EDACIOR

Instrumental

THE 8FOLD PATH

Instrumental

The eightfold path

They put chains on me
To keep me away from you
They danced around me
To save me from your spell
They played their damn songs
To make me forget about you
To make me forget about you

They put chains on me
To keep me away from you
They danced around me
To save me from your spell
They played their damn songs
To make me forget about you
To make me forget about you

They wanted me to drink the wine of euphoria
To give me a hope I did not claim
Offered me drugs to make me feel
Like an addict on the nod
They drew me their garden of Eden
Exposed my thirst to the lustful rumps of livid whores
Threw their notes at my feet promised me
Happiness pleasure and love
They raised up golden temples and silver bridges
Nearly burnt my eyes by their vain sun
Told me the codes and rules of a world
Without codes and rules

They’ve taken one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours
They’ve stolen one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours

I’ve tripped over on the trail leading to your soul
I’ve slept in the burning arms of corruption

They put chains on me
To keep me away from you
They danced around me
To save from your spell
They played their damn songs
To make me forget about you
To make me forget about you

They’ve taken one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours
They’ve stolen one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours

The eightfold path (EDIT VERSION)

They put chains on me
To keep me away from you
They danced around me
To save me from your spell
They played their damn songs
To make me forget about you
To make me forget about you

They wanted me to drink the wine of euphoria
To give me a hope I did not claim
Offered me drugs to make me feel
Like an addict on the nod
They drew me their garden of Eden
Exposed my thirst to the lustful rumps of livid whores
Threw their notes at my feet promised me
Happiness pleasure and love
They raised up golden temples and silver bridges
Nearly burnt my eyes by their vain sun
Told me the codes and rules of a world
Without codes and rules

They’ve taken one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours
They’ve stolen one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours

I’ve tripped over on the trail leading to your soul
I’ve slept in the burning arms of corruption

They put chains on me
To keep me away from you
They danced around me
To save from your spell
They played their damn songs
To make me forget about you
To make me forget about you

They’ve taken one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours
They’ve stolen one of my breaths away
But eternity is ours

THE HAND AND THE VOICE

I was nothing – I am bleeding
I was everything – I am suffering
I was the air – I am suffocating

I was empty – I am emotion
I was vacuity – I am confusion
I was the voice – I am the hand

Could I love you? – Could I love you again?
Could I trust you? – Could I trust you again?

I was unity – I am numbers
I was eternity – I must endure
I was the truth – I am the verb

I was nothing – I am bleeding
I was everything – I am suffering
I was the air – I am suffocating

Could I love you? – Could I love you again?
Could I trust you? – Could I trust you again?

Could I love you? – Could I love you again?
Could I trust you again? – Could I live?

I was nothing – I am bleeding
I was everything – I am suffering
I was the air – I am suffocating

I was permanency – I am a ghost
I was infinity – I am lost
I was the one – I am a man

Could I love you? – Could I love you again?
Could I trust you? – Could I trust you again?

Could I love you? – Could I love you again?
Could I trust you again? – Could I die?

Under the hands of time

I know you went through a bad time
Guess the words you have never said
I know the bitterness of your dreams
See the scars of time deep in your mind

You left on the roads of life with the urge to live
You were beautiful you were strong
Scared to be what you are now
Ordinary man alone face to himself

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

There is something wrong in your eyes
There is something wrong in your smile
Nothing to erase the pain
A feeling of sorrow inside

I remember the day when you’re gone
I remember those days when I cried
Now you are back but the years of glory are gone
Now you are back but I don’t see you anymore

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong
Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

Silence and weakness were your worst enemies
Better dying than living on knees
Have you forgotten all your promises
Who put these chains around your neck

I cannot stand to see you creeping
On the trace of your past
All these roads you wanted to hit
You lost your soul you lost your faith

Where are your dreams now
Where are your hopes now
Where are your dreams now
Where are your hopes now

Face of stony soldiers you broke your hands
Faced with cold illusions you burnt your eyes
Face of stony soldiers you broke your hands
Faced with cold illusions you burnt your eyes

Where are your dreams now
Where are your hopes now

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

Remember the time

Under the hands of time (EDIT VERSION)

I know you went through a bad time
Guess the words you have never said
I know the bitterness of your dreams
See the scars of time deep in your mind

You left on the roads of life with the urge to live
You were beautiful you were strong
Scared to be what you are now
Ordinary man alone face to himself

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

There is something wrong in your eyes
There is something wrong in your smile
Nothing to erase the pain
A feeling of sorrow inside

I remember the day when you’re gone
I remember those days when I cried
Now you are back but the years of glory are gone
Now you are back but I don’t see you anymore

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong
Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

Where are your dreams now
Where are your hopes now
Where are your dreams now
Where are your hopes now

Remember the time when you were young and proud
Remember the days when you were strong

Remember the time

WATER FOR OSIRIS

Text by Normandi Ellis
Awakening Osiris: A New Translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead

I am he whose feet are dusty
I am a man like any man born from a blue egg buried
I have seen the flood above the cypress
And known the power within

I have swung wide the two blue doors of heaven
Green water swings wide at the bow of my barque
I have sailed the waterways of the Nile
And entered the sea of heaven

Give me water to drink
Water to drink
Give me water to drink
Quench my thirst
Give me the power of water  

I have rubbed shoulders with those
With those who have rubbed shoulders with Ra
I have envisioned angels without ceasing
I have dreamed the white heat of my own resurrection

I have passed through the floods of emotion
The floods of emotion and knowledge
I stood on the highest hill in Egypt
And saw the waters embrace the land

Give me water to drink
Water to drink
Give me water to drink
Quench my thirst
Give me the power of water  

Give me water to drink
Water to drink
Give me water to drink
Quench my thirst
Give me the power to love

I have seen the moon fill with rain like a silver cup 
I’ve sailed my barque over the sky

I am the sun roaring beside two lions named Yesterday and Tomorrow
I am a young bull in a field of caves

I have eaten the leg of venison and gnawed the bones of his tight
I’ve gone around every island and sailed all the delta canals   

I can name every bright lotus that grows in Egypt 
I am the heir of eternity where the water flows

I have eaten the leg of venison and gnawed the bones of his tight
I’ve gone around every island and sailed all the delta canals   

I can name every bright lotus that grows in Egypt 
I am the heir of eternity where the water flows 

Give me water to drink
Water to drink
Give me water to drink
Quench my thirst
Give me the power of water  

Give me water to drink
Water to drink
Give me water to drink
Quench my thirst
Give me the power to love

WHERE PLANETS DIE

Thunder and lightning
Angels are crying
The skies are ablaze
Unstoppable fate

Here comes the day
To believe the signs
There’s no escape
No more lies

The air’s aglow with fire
No mockers and fools anymore
The trumpets blow
The end of the world

A trail of light
On the horizon
Stars fade to black
Dust to dust

Thunder and lightning
Demons are smirking
The skies are ablaze
Unstoppable fate

Here comes the day
To believe the signs
There’s no escape
No more lies

Where planets die