I cry a tear of hate but it is lost in helplessness.
The darkness eats away at the very embers of my soul
For the deepest love I have has dissolved before my eyes.
My sorrow is bleak, I beg for deliverance.

Lord, in your mercy, hear my prayer.

All emotion is consumed by an inner silence.
All grief is unassuaged by disconsolate tears.
I want for nothing, I live for nothing.
I am waiting to die, but I am afraid dying.

Lord, in your mercy, hear my prayer.

Crestfallen emotion.
Wallowing in guilt trying
and drowning forevermore.

Falling deeper into fear.
My inner self is now
a sleeper of stone

You can find all you need
The message is in the silence
Whisper words to calm your mind
Reach inside another playing come-around
It answers

We are ghosts of the concrete world
Genetic codes of a dying breed
Will I be left behind
Sounds of a playground fading

Staring into bright lights
I am what I’ve done
It is useless to hide
An empty chamber
Guess I was part of a plan

We are ghosts of the concrete world
Genetic codes of a dying breed
Will I be left behind
Sounds of a playground fading

We’re running out of time
Can’t seem to recognize
What put us here in the first place
Counting down the days, beginning of the end

We are ghosts of the concrete world
Genetic codes of a dying breed
Will I be left behind
Sounds of a playground fading

The pouring rain
sticks my hair to my face;
an empty gaze
is all I have left.

The stars that once
lit my way have dimmed, the sky turned gray.
The path, once so clear,
faded away.

Blessed are the days
when life is intent and clear
No falter or doubt, I know the way.

They are the days, I hoped
I have never stepped from this road
The spark I once had
Seems to have died…

Stand up and fight!
Stand up and look into the light!
Pushing the clouds away,
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and see the sky turn bright!
Fight for a better day!

What a relief it would be to end this all
How easy to fly the white flag and give up
But would I run today, just to die another day?
Give up now, and every fight has been in vain

Stand up and fight!
Stand up and look into the light!
Pushing the clouds away,
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and see the sky turn bright!
Fight for a better day!

GET UP!
YOU’VE MADE IT THIS FAR!
NO LOSER YOU ARE!
ONE MORE TIME!
ONE MORE TRY!

(Instrumental)

The pouring rain
sticks my hair to my face

Stand up and fight!
Stand up and look into the light!
Pushing the clouds away,
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and see the sky turn bright!
Fight for a better day!
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and fight!
Stand up and fight!

(VERSE)
Livin in a big state
Servin up a big plate
Kickin up dust
And raisin hell it feels great
Sun is on the beatdown
Hot girls all around
in Big “D”
Now You’re in my town

(CHORUS)
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas

(vERSE)
Gather under bright lights
Big game long nights
Bonfires burn
And Breakin up a fist fight
Take A shot a whiskey
Girls gettin frisky
2 AM
It’s about to get risky

(CHORUS)
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
Oh we keep it Dirty
I dont mind
oh we keep it dirty
thats just fine
Oh we keep it Dirty
I dont mind
oh we keep it dirty
thats just fine

(Verse)
Livin off cheap wine
kickin back moonshine
back to front from Dallas
Through to Grapevine
boys drivin two tons
girls ridin shotgun
thank the lord
for the cowboys and big sun

(Chorus)
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
Oh we keep it Dirty
I dont mind
oh we keep it dirty
thats just fine
Oh we keep it Dirty
I dont mind
oh we keep it dirty
thats just fine

(Bridge)
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas

(Bridge/Outro)
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
dirty in texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
dirty in texas
O O OH we keep it dirty in Texas
dirty in texas
we keep it dirty in Texas

I’m handing in my guns now
I will stop slipping away like sand between your fingers
For better or for worse,
I yield to you

I will lay my armour down, claim the hunger and the words that were always on my mind
Any triumph breeds defeat
Any blessing holds a curse but for once I won’t let go

You laugh at all my twists and turns
The stories I tell find a home in your memory
And by now it is too late to run, so I yield to you

I will lay my armour down, claim the hunger and the words that were always on my mind
Any triumph breeds defeat
Any blessing holds a curse but for once I won’t let go

You see me like no other
And I have tired of staring it down, tired of turning to find it all too strong, too strong to let it go

Give (?) for things weґve done
Afterthoughts
Of past storms weathered before

Oh no! Oh no!
I watch the clouds roll in
Oh no! Oh no!
Itґs happening again

Iґll be

Watching waiting
Tremble shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Will lightning strike our sins away?

Watching waiting
Fallen shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Or is our future looking grey?

Aftermath
Much worse than it was before
Battle scars
Some are seen and some are not

Oh no! Oh no!
I watch the clouds roll in
Oh no! Oh no!
Itґs happening again

Iґll be

Watching waiting
Tremble shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Will lightning strike our sins away?

Watching Waiting
Fallen shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Or is our future looking grey

You canґt hide from the dark
Well I never thought itґd turn out this way
Yeah
You canґt hide from the dark

Watching waiting
Tremble shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Will lightning strike our sins away?

Watching waiting
Fallen shaking
Will the storm pass over us today?
Or is our future looking grey?

Believes in love but never lets it show
Holds back words that could bring so much more but
She believes there is love in sight
But still can’t make up her mind
Over the hills she went
Across the sea to sand
To search for what could mean so much more
So elusive that tainted lover

[Chorus]:
And what you want take your chances
And he’ll be standing there as a friend
(Repeat)

So you never got all the cards
You take a look and you see you’re holding everyone
Many sides to love in sight
But you still can’t make up your mind
Over the hills she went
Across the sea to sand
To search for what could mean so much more
So elusive that tainted lover

[Chorus]

Seems so easy to get all caught up in
What should be so innocent
You’ve been hurt and we know it’s tough friend
With what you want take your chances
He’ll be still standing there as a friend

Let them pull the wool over your eyes – no hope for the fallen
Misconceptions of a false paradise – these words are unspoken
The blind leading the blind but I decline – we walk the straight line
The one who holds the truth be divined – death is forever
The writings on the wall now the mighty fall
Divided we cannot stand bury your head into the stand
Killing the fat of the land an albatross across your neck- thorn in your side
Don’t be afraid of the dark you’re still held up by the stars
The light will carry us over
The dice have been cast & your position must be steadfast- we are the chosen
Let no man pull us under never deter- there is no contrast
You can’t always crucify what you don’t understand- beware of the vampire
& this time you’ll see who has the upper hand- the world is a wasteland
Don’t be afraid of the dark you’re still held up by the stars
The light will carry us over
When all this time has gone by you’ll stop & ask yourself why
The light will carry you over
Open up your eyes / read between the lines
However long the night the dawn will break
However long my eyes are closed I’m wide awake
Stand, stand, stand up & fight
It won’t be long before this candle burns again
Don’t be afraid of the dark you’re still held up by the stars
The light will carry us over
When all this time has gone by you’ll stop & ask yourself why
The light will carry you over
However long the night the dawn will break
However long my eyes are closed I’m wide awake
Stand, stand, stand up & fight

So I found myself in the sun, oh yeah
A hell of a place to end a run, oh yeah
California, I’m fine
Somebody check my brain
California’s all right
Somebody check my brain
Check my brain anekatips.com

I walk these streets, I creep and I fall, oh yeah
When she sang I answered the call, oh yeah
California, I’m fine somebody check my brain
California’s all right somebody check my brain
Aaaaah tears have filled my bones
Aaaaah years expended gone

guitar

I hung my guns and put em away, oh yeah
The trick of the trade, and by the way, oh yeah
California, I’m fine somebody check my brain
California’s all right somebody check my brain

Aaaah tears have filled my bones
aaaah years expended gone
(Repeat)

Check my brain, check my brain …

Juliet
Sonata Arctica

“These are my final lines,
I’ve lived all my nine lives,
My nights are over, cannot feel your heart anymore”

I lived only trough you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
I do not want to die,
But no more can I love you!!!

How hard it is to understand
My wish to die hand in hand?
This night’s like a dream
You will be the last thing I will see

I hold your hand, close my eyes all I love finally dies
Drank the poison most foul with you…
But why do you smile?

…Don’t smile
Don’t you smile
You were supposed to wither away with me, so, Juliette
Please don’t smile
I’m paralysed and you are still alive.

Life is but a long, sad game
Lifeless souls, avoiding shame
Two dead swans is all what we need
To pave the winding memory lane.

No hellos, no bad goodbyes
Wailing, distant, silent cries
You can live with my pain,
It’s your own you cannot take?

You played the game and lost,
I wonder how you can,
Hold the cards for a dead man

The light and the clarity
Welcome change for the life in the darkness,
Sea of my sanity…

Lost in the vanity…
All I ever wanted; to be lost in you,
My burden, the hatred…

My own reality…
Mirrors and smoke
The final truth unfolds

…Your reality…
Mirrors my hopes,
Where you will need me…

They never find us again once the trail has gone cold
They never find us again once the trail has gone cold
I’m a restless soul, I’ll make the best ghost
All things good end into a…

Minute of silence!
- I get myself in line
One minute of silence
- To face my own demise
One minute of silence
- This is not what I signed for…
One minute of silence
- You double-crossing, filthy whore…

I sit with someone in the dark
I’m so afraid to see it’s me again…
You had a change of heart,
Now we’re all getting hurt…

Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to my life again
Walk with me, every curve, every bend
This promenade that seems to come to an end

You know what you meant to me,
Emptied the room in your life that I paid for
When I lost my sanity
I made a mess now I am here to clean

It is too late to regret anything tonight
After what has come to light
…You have played me for a fool, for all this time?
The story may rewrite itself after I’m gone
One more breath, the day will dawn

How hard it is to understand
My wish to die hand in hand?
These wounds stay open all night long,
You are the last thing I will see…

I lived only by you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
My sole reason to die… for
There’s no life without you

These are my final lines, I’ve used all my nine lives,
My life is over, cannot feel your heart anymore

I lived only by you,
My scar, my heart, my truth,
Have no reason to live,
I can’t feel the love anymore…

This is… the end… Why…?
You’re closing my eyes…