Lyrics From: Balance Of Power
Album: Book Of Secrets
Desert Of Lost Souls
Imagine a world which would have
no consequences for our actions.
No space, no food, no respect for life or death or god,
just a crowded desert of lost souls
looking down on top of the world.
Walking On Top Of The World
You won't find me laughing,
I don't think I can cry
I'm mentally wasted and you're the reason why
You won't find me guilty,
You won't find me wrong
You won't find me home
Cos I'm already gone
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Sleeping deeper
But I still wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Sleeping deeper I'm sleeping deeper
But it's way too soon I can't sleep in the middle yet,
When it's over it's over
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I'm walking on top of the world
and dancing on the memories of the past
I'm walking on top of the world
The trouble with forever is forever's made to last
I'm suddenly flying, I'm finally sure
cos all that you left me is stronger
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[chorus]
Einstein overturned present
reality by adding a fifth part, a fifth dimension.
The depth between good and evil,
the greatest divide of all.
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[chorus]
Song: Book Of Secrets
Make secret these words and seal
up the book until the time of the end.
Too many lines to read between
Too many minds are coming close to the
extreme
Are you the named are you pure
Dare you believe in something never seen before
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Secrets soon to be secrets soon to be told
Take another look at the open book
Secrets soon to be secrets soon to be told
Take another look at the open book
[chorus]
The book of secrets
The words of wiser men than I
The book of secrets
The code is falling falling from the sky
Falling from the sky, falling from the sky
Is this the dawn of something new
The clock is ticking and there's nothing I can do
In place of guessing what's to come
Unlock the secrets close your eyes
And kiss the sun
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At the close of the twentieth century,
We are threatened
With the kind of chaos that
The world has never faced before.
We have built weapons
That can destroy human civilization in a single day,
These weapons may be on the loose.
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But neither in heaven nor earth was there a single one
able to open the scroll or look into it.
And as for you men of vision everything will become
like the words of the book that has been
sealed up.
When Heaven Calls Your Name
And he will wipe out every tear
from their eyes and death will be no more.
No mourning, no outcry nor pain be anymore.
Suddenly it's colder, suddenly the sun has gone
But if the real world's over then your life has just began
And if I promise not to cry, will you promise not to die
Live on inside of me you stay forever young forever young
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When heaven calls your name
Your spirit stays alive
Safe in my heart
When heaven calls your name
You are free and you can fly
Here in my heart
And if time can heal the pain
Then I won't be healed again
If your light went out too soon
Then I'll burn the flame for you
Burn the flame for you
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It's Not Over (Until It's Over)
A change of heart is no excuse to turn me loose
And I play the part but the fool in me could never hear you
Fools love
My fingers ache from holding on
Fools love
The clouds that hide your love are gone
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It's not over until it's over
Flying in the face of love
It's not over until it's over
Power of the heart is strong enough
All of the time
Feeling wheels are turning over now
Read the signs
There's so much more to rediscover
Say when
It's easy to replace one more
Say when
The answer is worth waiting for
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Do You Dream Of Angels
Now your sleeping now your still
Softly tell you how I feel
And if you dream a thousand years
I still be here, forever here...
Hold me in your sleepy eyes
Hold me closer, whisper me goodnight
Let the moon light have it's way through the silence
I can hear you say
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Do you dream of angels
Seven Days Into Nevermore
We don't know with what weapons
world war three will be fought,
but world war four will be
fought with sticks and stones.
This is not the end of predicted danger.
It's your disgrace
But you made it well,
So the world can tell
It's your face
It's on the fire that burns inside
And I see the light
The colors of your heart
And they're slowly changing
The colors of your mind
And they're slowly fading
It's all in vain,
So time does what it will,
Try asking whose to blame,
For a throw away existence
I see...the light, the way
Nothing of the past
And were disappearing
And nothing gonna last
The end is nearing
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Changes changing
Seven days into nevermore
Learning turning,
Seven days into nevermore
You're a grain of sand
In the desert that was mankind
I don't understand
How all of us are blinded,
By the light, blinded
Turn another page, and there's no beginning
We are just at an age, and time is winning
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Seven days...nevermore, grain of sand
You know the score, desert man...
He needs one more, seven days to nevermore
To nevermore, to nevermore, forevermore
Miracles And Dreams
So much for reaping what you sow
Isn't time the enemy again
Believing cuts deeper than you know
Never was a natural believer in the end
Through these eyes
Images and stories
Left unheard, slowly burn
In these skies are centuries of promises
Unlearned never learned
Holding out what's coming in
Keeps the heart from burning
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With those miracles and dreams
Taking all my senses and coloring between
Miracles and dreams
How can I get by without the
harmony within, do you know
Tomorrow could be taken from your hand,
Yes it can
After this wave your world goodbye
And never kiss your love again
If I'm strong enough
And live long enough
I still believe in those
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The distinction between past, present
and future is only an illusion.
[chorus]
Stranger Days (To Come)
It's a personal feeling how your world is turning
You can blind your eyes, but, you decide
And something is aching
And your world is breaking down
There's a whole lot more than this
That you're dying to resist
There's a whole lot more than this
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There are stranger days to come
When all the rivers run dry
There are stranger days to come...
You can almost taste it,
But you can replace it
There's a homegrown madness going on
Get to know your feelings
The emotion can explode
There's a wider world I hear
Let your conscience disappear
With an easy ride from here
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There's no sun in the sky forever
I see stranger days than these
In my heart in my dreams
When the world stops spinning me forever...
Forever
On and on and on and on and on
Forever, forever
Forever, and ever, forever, forever
I see stranger days.
Well I do when I'm dreaming of you
Do you dream of angels
I do when I'm dreaming of you
I dream of angels when I see you
Fill me with your symphony
Overtures of love in harmony
In your silent journeying
Take me with you...Can I hear you say
Now your sleeping now your still
Softly tell you how I feel
[chorus]
Lyrics From: Balance Of Power
Ten More Tales Of Grand Illusion
Day Breaker
Come to the edge of reason
embrace the sun in place of night
Come to your senses sometime
never witness an understanding
Before the dawn surrenders light
Damn the dawn for turning my world red
before too long my perfect night is over
Damn the dawn tomorrow is
calling again before too long
Enter the realms of madness open
the doors and close your eyes
Entertain thoughts of endless
wonder call for the visionary
Call for the one who reads the skies
Damn the dawn it takes
the deepest breath away
before too long another night is over
Damn the dawn turn your world
your own sweet way before too long
Day breaker are you the silent sinner
day breaker so unpredictable
Day breaker live on and on forever
day breaker give up your forgiven dawn
You are the breaker of my promises
do you have something I can keep
You are the keeper of my yesterdays
give me something that I need
Prisoner Of Pride
There's a time to feel
And a time to fear
Turn around and walk away from here
There's no mystery
No catch
If you will
Paralyze your paradise
Or the next man will
Where's your superstition now
All you true believers
Where's your so called sacred cow
Where is it now
One small victory
And your soldiers all go home
It takes more than that
To trade your pieces for a whole
Circumstances force your hand
So you say
Satisfy yourself
You'll live to die another day
Sell your only saving grace
You grand achiever
Nothing hurts like second place
I see it now
Your prisoner of pride
Come on feel the rain
Come taste another kind of freedom
Your prisoner of pride
You conceal the pain
Come see the other side of freedom
Savage Tears
Slow down pour a glass
Of what gets you through the day
Send all your senses far away
Slow down I'll whisper words
You don't want to hear
It's too late
But it's now or never
How many times can one heart bleed
Spread your golden wings and fly
A subtlety change but change indeed
Brings me to the final lullaby
After savage tears
Can you take a breath when there's nothing left
After savage tears
When all the life is gone when it's really gone
So far satisfaction hides away from me
Maybe you're the remedy
Oh you are closer now to no return
One heart slows and one grows faster
Close your eyes and go to sleep
Send a flickering goodbye
Closing down your soul for keeps
Feeds a need and keeps me so alive
Let me ask you one more question
Even though you can't answer me
Was the euphoria so deep
Could you feel the savage silence
Why don't you answer me
You never answer me
Under The Spell
It's dark so dark I've been lying alone for days
It's cold so cols I'm alive can I still be saved
Have you ever been lonely
have you ever been that far
Are you sure of the meaning do
you know do you care who you are
Too far so far there's a journey I just can't make
From here to your heart is a million miles away
Can you feel the confusion can you reach that far
Under no disillusion will you ever get back to the start
Close your eyes you're falling under the spell
Look inside you're falling under the spell
Close your eyes you're falling under the spell
Look inside you're falling under the spell
And it goes that far every breath knows where you are
Blind Man
There's a place that's soft and
warm it's a shelter from the storm
There's a whisper in the air
if I call you will you hear
Pull me in I'm a drowning man
breath in all of the love you can
Pull me in your arms again
one more long cold mile to cross
When the blind man calls tonight
remember your darkest hours
When the blind man calls tonight
uncover the love that's in your hands
Whisper nighttime into day blow
the dark clouds far away
Be my island show me sun
give me sand to walk upon
Make the dawn come around again
silver sun burning through the rain
Make me new make me see again
touch the hand then heal the heart
About To Burn
Why am I taking all your time
All I want is what was mine
Am I talking to your inner feelings
Time didn't conjure up a cure
Is there anybody more
I can't turn away forever
Who's to lose who's to win
It's all about the state you're in
Who's to know
It's all about to burn wind has
changed the fire has turned
It's all about to burn
just like it never started
It's all about to burn take
away my better days because
It's all about to burn
Nothing's for nothing so I've heard
There's a reason this occurred
I'm not talking 'bout your superstition
Easy or not the time has come
Face the new or turn and run
I'm not liable for your condition
Sins Of The World
Do you feel any fever any changes at all
In your truth a deceiver
Stranded and desperately cold
Branded the enemy, loosing the dignity
Bring on the effigy
Bring on the puppet to bear the load
Carry the load
If hope is your savior when destiny calls
Who will be braver you or the puppet
Saver of souls drowning in dangerous echo-less holes
If hope is your savior and faith is your friend
Then charity's hiding again
Bathing in sympathy praising the apathy
Bring on the effigy
Bring on the puppet to bear the load
Speak of the brave
Then they will come
Only to bathe in the warmth
Of the Sun
Speak of the just
Then it is done
Someone will pray for
The sins of the world
The Darker Side
I've crumbled to this too far
My life has come to this so far
The darker side of me
Comes and goes as the sea
The night is just the same so far
You were the fire to light my way
You were my light my night my day
Standing in the window eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memories
Will leave your spirit soon
The burning never dies the calm is lost inside
This life won't set me free so far
Ten More Tales Of Grand Illusion
Go wash your conscience clean the way it's never been
The eyes and ears surround you
Hesitation takes it's turn anticipation burns
Enough to light the way before you
Silence is broken into nothing more than lies
Just another token telling just for the surprise
Ten more tales of grand illusion
Ten more tales of life
Beyond your inner soul the heart controls the mind
The mind was made to wonder
And if nothing more is said when all your truths are read
The masses are left to ponder
Another empty promise another empty lie
Glorify imagination try to justify
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2003