DISC 1

1. SWANHEART

(Instrumental)


2. END OF ALL HOPE

It is the end of all hope
To lose the child, the faith
To end all the innocence
To be someone like me
This is the birth of all hope
To have what I once had
This life unforgiven
It will end with a birth

No will to wake for this morn
To see another black rose born
Deathbed is slowly covered with snow

Angels, they fell first but I'm still here
Alone as they are drawing near
In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung

Wounded is the deer that leaps highest
And my wound it cuts so deep
Turn off the light and let me pull the plug

Mandylion without a face
Deathwish without a prayer
End of hope
End of love
End of time
The rest is silence


3. WISH I HAD AN ANGEL

I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel
Your Virgin Mary undone
I'm in love with my lust
Burning angelwings to dust
I wish I had your angel tonight

Deep into a dying day
I took a step outside an innocent heart
Prepare to hate me fall when I may
This night will hurt you like never before

Old loves they die hard
Old lies they die harder

I wish...

I'm going down so frail 'n cruel
Drunken disguise changes all the rules

Old loves...

I Wish...

Greatest thrill
Not to kill
But to have the prize of the night
Hypocrite
Wannabe friend
13th disciple who betrayed me for nothing!

Last dance, first kiss
Your touch my bliss
Beauty always comes with dark thoughts

I wish...


4. 10TH MAN DOWN

Today I killed, he was just a boy
Eight before him, I knew them all
In the fields a dying oath:
I´d kill them all to save my own

Cut me free, Bleed with me, Oh no
One by one, We will fall, down down
Pull the plug, End the pain, Run´n fight for life
Hold on tight, this ain´t my fight

Deliver me from this war
It´s not for me it´s because of you
Devil´s instant my eternity
Obey to kill to save yourself

Cut me free...

"I envy the 9 lives that gave me hell
My path made up by their torn bodies
Man to man, soldier to soldier, dust to dust
Call me a coward but I can´t take it anymore"

They wait for me back home
The live with eyes turned away
They were the first ones to see
They are the last ones to bleed

"The ultimate high as all beautiful dies
A ruler´s tool, priest´s excuse, tyrant´s delight...
I alone, the great white hunter
I´ll march till the dawn brings me rest
10th patriot at the gallow´s pole!"

Cut me free...


5. COME COVER ME

Come wet a widow's eye
Cover the night with your love
Dry the rain from my beaten face
Drink the wine the red sweet taste of mine

Come cover me with you
For the thrill
Till you will take me in
Come comfort me in you
Young love must
Live twice only for us

For me
For you
Time devours passion's beauty
With me
With you
In war for the love of you
(Tonight any dream will do)

Not a world but your fine grace
Seduction in sleepwalker's land
November dressed in May on your face
Holding us now the lovecropper's hand

Come cover me with you...


6. GETHSEMANE

(No lyrics available)


7. ÉLAN

Leave the sleep and let the springtime talk
In tongues from the time before man
Listen to a daffodil tell her tale
Let the guest in, walk out, be the first to greet the morn

The meadows of heaven await harvest
The cliffs unjumped, cold waters untouched
The elsewhere creatures yet unseen
Finally your number came up, free fall awaits the brave

Come
Taste the wine
Race the blind
They will guide you from the light
Writing noughts till the end of time
Come
Surf the clouds
Race the dark
It feeds from the runs undone
Meet me where the cliff greets the sea

The answer to the riddle before your eyes
Is in dead leaves and fleeting skies
Returning swans and sedulous mice
Writings on the gardens book, in the minute of a lover's look

Building a sandcastle close to the shore
A house of cards from a worn out deck
A home from the fellowship, poise and calm
Write a lyric for the song only you can understand

Riding hard every shooting star
Come to life, open mind, have a laugh at the orthodox
Come, drink deep let the dam of mind seep
Travel with great élan, dance a jig at the funeral

Come!


8. SACRAMENT OF WILDERNESS

Naked, in midwinter magic,
lies an angel in the snow.
The frozen figure
crossed by tracks of wolves.

An encounter symbolic, yet truthful,
with a hungry choir of wolves.
An agreement immemorial to be born.

Dulcet elvenharps from a dryad forest.
Accompany wall the charming tunes
of a sacrament by a campfire.

A promise between the tameless
and the one with a tool.
Tonight the journey
from a cave begins.

I want to hunt
with the tameless heart.
I want to learn
the wisdom of mountains afar.

We will honor
the angel in the snow.
We will make the streams
for our children flow.

Wrapped in furs beneath
the northern lights.
From my cave I watch
the land untamed.

And wonder if some
becoming season
will make the angel
melt in shame.

I want to hunt
with the tameless heart.
I want to learn
the wisdom of mountains afar.

I want to hunt
with the tameless heart.
I want to learn
the wisdom of mountains afar.

We will honor
the angel in the snow.
We will make the streams
for our children flow.


9. DEEP SILENT COMPLETE

In your creation
Heaven did decree,
that in your arms
sweet death should dwell.

Deep silent complete,
black velvet sea.
The sirens are calling for me.

Saved my soul thinking:
"This song`s a lie".
Sand on the shore is so dry.

Deep silent complete,
black velvet sea.
Brave day sinking
in endless night.

The age will say
"This poet lies".
Heaven never touched
earthly face.

The age will say
"This night was ours".
Blessed with the deep,
the Silent, the Complete.


10. DEAD BOY'S POEM

Born from silence, silence full of it
A perfect concert my best friend
So much to live for, so much to die for
If only my heart had a home

Sing what you can`t say
Forget what you can`t play
Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes
Walk within my poetry, this dying music
- My loveletter to nobody

Never sigh for better world
It`s already composed, played and told
Every thought the music I write
Everything a wish for the night

Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin
Died for the beauty the one in the garden
Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom
Failed in becoming a god

Never sigh...

"If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it
Remember only the verse, songmaker`s cry, the one without tears
For I`ve given this its strength and it has become my only strength.
Comforting home, mother`s lap, chance for immortality
Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew
The sweet piano writing down my life"

"Teach me passion for I fear it`s gone
Show me love, hold the lorn
So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
I`m sorry
Time will tell (this bitter farewell)
I live no more to shame nor me nor you

And you... I wish I didn`t feel for you anymore..."

A lonely soul... An ocean soul...


11. ELVENJIG

(Instrumental)


12. ELVENPATH

"In the sheltering
shade of the forest,
calling calming silence.

Accompanied only by the full moon,
the howling of a night wolf.
And the path under my bare feet,
the elvenpath!"

Hearing music from
the deepest forest.
Songs as a seduction of sirens,
the elf-folk is calling me.

Tapio, Bear-king,
ruler of the forest.
Mielikki, Bluecloak,
healer of the ill and sad.

Open the gate and let me
follow the uncarven path.

The way to the lands,
where as a hero I stand.
The path where Beauty
met the Beast.

Elvenpath!

It's the honesty
of these worlds,
ruled by magic
and mighty swords.

That makes my soul,
long for the past.
Elvenpath!

The moonwitch took me
to a ride on a broomstick.
Introduced me to her
old friend, home gnome.

Told me to keep
the sauna warm for him!

At the grove I met the rest,
the folk of my fantasies.
Bilbo, Sparhawk, goblins and pixies.

Snowman, Willow,
trolls and the seven dwarves.
The path goes forever on.

The way to the lands,
where as a hero I stand.
The path where Beauty
met the Beast.

Elvenpath!

It's the honesty
of these worlds,
ruled by magic
and mighty swords.

That makes my soul,
long for the past.
Elvenpath!

"Long ago,
In the early years
of the second age,
great elven smiths
forged rings of power."

As I return to my room,
and as sleep takes me by my hand.
Madrigals from the woods,
carry me to neverland.

In this spellbound night,
the world's an elvish sight.
In this spellbound night,
the world's an elvish sight.

"But then,
the Dark Lord learned
the craft of ring making,
and made the master ring!"


13. I WANT MY TEARS BACK

(No lyrics available)


DISC 2

1. AMARANTH

(No lyrics available)


2. THE CARPENTER

Who are you?

Man condemned to shine a salvation
throughout the centuries.
Why was the wine of the grail
too sour for man to drink?

The carpenter carved his anchor
on the dying souls of mankind.
On the tomb of this unknown soldier
lay the tools of the one who for us had died.

Tools of the carpenter!

The one they lick the same old sick dream
of their precious saviour.
Kiss them deep and make them weep
over promises of eternal peace.

The carpenter carved his anchor
on the dying souls of mankind.
On the tomb of this unknown soldier
lay the tools of the one who for us had died.

Tools of the carpenter!

I hear you through
the symphonic voices of nature,
the purity I could never doubt.

They tell me to lie on the grass
and observe my saviour.
The one crucified to
the chirping of birds.

The carpenter carved his anchor
on the dying souls of mankind.
On the tomb of this unknown soldier
lay the tools of the one who for us had died.

Tools of the carpenter!


3. THE KINSLAYER

A snowy owl above the haunted waters,
poet of ancient Gods!
Cries to tell the neverending story,
prophecy of becoming floods!

An aura of mystery surrounds her,
the lady in brightest white.
Soon the incarnate shall be born,
the creator of the night.

Deep dark is His Majesty's Kingdom,
a portent of tomorrow's world.
There shall the liquid give Him power,
the red-eyed unborn Lord.

Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters,
the cradle of infinite gloom.
The spell to master this earth,
carven on an infant's tomb.

"I will die for the love of the mermaid,
her seduction beauty and scorn.
Welcome to the end of your life,
hail the Oceanborn!"

"Disgraced is my virginity,
Death has woven my wedding dress.
Oh Great Blue, breathe the morning dew,
for you are the cradle of the image of God!"

"Brave now, long rest is sweet
with me here in the deep!"

"I prayed for pleasure,
wished for love.
Prayed for your..."

"Never pray for me!"

"Who the Hell are you for me,
but a mortal dream to see?"

"This apathetic life must drown,
forever, just for me!"

"Leave me be..."

"From cradle to coffin
shall my wickedness be your passion!"

We shall come to set the dolphins free,
we shall wash the darkened bloodred sea.
Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas,
the eternity will begin once again in peace.


4. DEVIL AND THE DEEP DARK OCEAN

A snowy owl above the haunted waters,
poet of ancient Gods!
Cries to tell the neverending story,
prophecy of becoming floods!

An aura of mystery surrounds her,
the lady in brightest white.
Soon the incarnate shall be born,
the creator of the night.

Deep dark is His Majesty's Kingdom,
a portent of tomorrow's world.
There shall the liquid give Him power,
the red-eyed unborn Lord.

Fatal embrace of the bloodred waters,
the cradle of infinite gloom.
The spell to master this earth,
carven on an infant's tomb.

"I will die for the love of the mermaid,
her seduction beauty and scorn.
Welcome to the end of your life,
hail the Oceanborn!"

"Disgraced is my virginity,
Death has woven my wedding dress.
Oh Great Blue, breathe the morning dew,
for you are the cradle of the image of God!"

"Brave now, long rest is sweet
with me here in the deep!"

"I prayed for pleasure,
wished for love.
Prayed for your..."

"Never pray for me!"

"Who the Hell are you for me,
but a mortal dream to see?"

"This apathetic life must drown,
forever, just for me!"

"Leave me be..."

"From cradle to coffin
shall my wickedness be your passion!"

We shall come to set the dolphins free,
we shall wash the darkened bloodred sea.
Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas,
the eternity will begin once again in peace.


5. NEMO

This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass

This is me for forever
One without a name
This life's the last endeavour
To find the missing life line

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

My flower withered between the pages two and three
The one scent forever gloom gone with my steams
What the dark that sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again

Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forevermore

Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything

Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again

Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forevermore


6. SLAYING THE DREAMER

(No lyrics available)


7. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

I. Four Point Six

Archaean horizon
The first sunrise
On a pristine Gaea
Opus perfectum
Somewhere there, us sleeping

II. Life

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries
We have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet
Sparkling with color, bountiful with life
Within decades we must close our eyes again
Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time
In the sun, to work at understanding the universe
And how we have come to wake up in it?

The cosmic law of gravity
Pulled the newborns around a fire
A careless, cold infinity in every vast direction
Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone
She has a tale to tell
From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast
Enter LUCA

The tapestry of chemistry
There’s a writing in the garden
Leading us to the Mother of all

We are one
We are a universe
Forbears of what will be
Scions of the Devonian sea
Aeons pass
Writing the tale of us all
A day-to-day new opening
For the greatest show on Earth

Ion channels welcoming the outside world
To the stuff of stars
Bedding the tree of a biological holy
Enter life

We are here to care for the garden
The wonder of birth
Of every form most beautiful

III. The Toolmaker

After a billion years
The show is still here
Not a single one of your fathers died young
The handy travelers
Out of Africa
Little Lucy of the Afar

Gave birth to fantasy
To idolatry
To self-destructive weaponry
Enter the god of gaps
Deep within the past
Atavistic dread of the hunted

Enter Ionia, the cradle of thought
The architecture of understanding
The human lust to feel so exceptional
To rule the Earth

Hunger for shiny rocks
For giant mushroom clouds
The will to do just as you’d be done by
Enter history, the grand finale
Enter Ratkind

Man, he took his time in the sun
Had a dream to understand
A single grain of sand
He gave birth to poetry
But one day’ll cease to be
Greet the last light of the library

We were here!
We were here!
We were here!
We were here!

IV. The Understanding

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones
Most people are never going to die because
They are never going to be born
The potential people who could have been
Here in my place but who will in fact never see
The light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara
Certainly those unborn ghosts include
Greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton

We know this because the set of possible people
Allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set
Of actual people. In the teeth of those stupefying
Odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here
We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds
How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior
State from which the vast majority have never stirred?

V. Sea-Worn Driftwood

There is grandeur in this view of life
With its several powers, having been
Originally breathed into a few forms or into one
And that whilst this planet has gone cycling on
According to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple
A beginning endless forms most beautiful
And most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.


8. GHOST LOVE SCORE

We used to swim the same moonlight waters
Oceans away from the wakeful day

- My fall will be for you -
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to cut me
I'll bleed forever

Scent of the sea before the waking of the world
Brings me to thee
Into the blue memory

- My fall will be for you -
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
If you be the one to cut me
I will bleed forever

Into the blue memory

A siren from the deep came to me
Sang my name my longing
Still I write my songs about that dream of mine
Worth everything I may ever be

The Child will be born again
That siren carried him to me
First of them true loves
Singing on the shoulders of an angel
Without care for love n' loss

Bring me home or leave me be
My love in the dark heart of the night
I have lost the path before me
The one behind will lead me

Take me
Cure me
Kill me
Bring me home
Every way
Every day
Just another loop in the hangman's noose

Take me, cure me, kill me, bring me home
Every way, every day
I keep on watching us sleep

Relive the old sin of Adam and Eve
Of you and me
Forgive the adoring beast

Redeem me into childhood
Show me myself without the shell
Like the advent of May
I'll be there when you say
Time to never hold our love

- My fall will be for you -
My fall will be for you
My love will be in you
You were the one to cut me
So I'll bleed forever