Awaken

The winds carry warnings Ask the sand and the storm will answer As the river caught your tongue Dwell on open water while hell freezes Strong is the beat from the heavy hearts that carry you Their secrets buried in a deep grave Their tombs hold the moon under water Asleep but wide awake Death breathing down my neck A breath so cold a heart could stop At night I dream Of sorrows in a world unseen Where time stands still A silent scream The terror is real Slowly waking wishing for relief A nightmare so true Blood for blood Running from the past, a race too hard to win Consumed 'til the end in the world of the living That last sentence that sentenced you to life A sacred language from your hidden nature Spoken by several tongues and a deafening roar A fight against an agitator in a spiral spinning fast So fast all and nothing got thrown to the ground Foreshadowed by the absence of light At night I dream Of all the moments in between The days outlived The truth I seek Turned inside out and the finale has come Crushed and grinded down, we are all counted out A losing battle against the spreading pandemic What follows is a seizure that disrupts life and a dying of old hopes The bell tolls! Rise to see, rise to be the crusher of the closing doors In a split second the finish line is crossed Scarred, scared, a mark left behind Could the mind ever be free of fear? The only option is to refuse and not play the game

The writings and pictures on the wall The moon, the stars as silent witnesses The road is closed, your steps are light A crossing, transferral, of the mind The mist covers the world But the birds will carry you on On over dark waters Over lands ravaged by grief The songs for you, we sing them all A memory, in the shadow of tears The scale tips over, the load is heavy The path, obscured, by twisted machinery If no one listens, the options are few When the voices break, no words are getting through A treason, a mutiny against yourself The abyss is too deep It's time to rest, while we whisper our goodbyes The sun rises, the tide is turning back At the shore, a single line of footsteps, in the sand To be gone soon again The day is dawning, on a world you'll never know The wheel of life keeps turning, creating an undertow Sometimes so hard to escape So persistent in leading us astray Under the surface a wake Above time has stopped Together in hiding alone in the wish Alone becomes a gathering a worship to the many The fight is for you and a million lost souls

Insides torn out, outsides pushed in A shadow falling, covers what once was Hopeless is the word, building up something really ugly In mind and action Watch out, it's coming, a final warning Watch out, it's coming, no time for mourning Rage against the dying light Portraits of time become frames of pity Utter fear There the figures appear Dark doomed nights naked truth beware Bound by the bellowing bright blur Watch out, it's coming, to rise or crumble Watch out, it's coming, to run or stumble Flying against the wind Racing against time Visions seen never as brutal as when the dark beckons Hunger for more, appetite for the unknown A million forked tongues but the message is clear The Phoenix will rise I baptise you in the ashes left behind When the smoke clears When the voices stop Watch out, it's coming, a final warning Watch out, it's coming, a new world is forming

Sudden your words Imaginary gates and a blank mind Harsh your worlds Are you here to help or hinder? No words, no forewarning Left alone, stay strong for you Lose oneself in the battle for you Live through hate Love through hate Abandoned hope One will fall the other will stay strong One person's loss is another's gain No trust left Thoughts never talked through Criticised, avoided, blocked, demonised Affliction! Pushed down to a level below, never to get up It became a crush of soul, spirit, mind Where to go from here? No light at the end of the tunnel Lost are the rules Bruised are the fools Fending for myself The fuel burn the fake Under broken skies above The fields of guilt Fire, burn the path A prison of pain An act or a cry for help? The pain that stabs and stabs 'til you can't take it Burning inside, no respite A palpitating heart A game, no winner A game, two sinners Promises of nothing Killer of the soul I wither to the bones Oh the roar, the roar A lullaby to the mare Live through hate Love through hate Over and over again

The sparrow, bringer of ill omen When the lantern strikes red Orphaned in the bid for blood The echo of eternity exhibits the darkness Comes bloodshed The obscure is awake Comes bloodshed Rise up or forsake A stroke of understanding When the finger reads the braille cells Connect the dots and the secrets are revealed Nest to nest, night after night A lone sparrow in the scavenge for food Solitude and loneliness as companions The famine rages and the night terrors haunt The dream of the wings on a bird may calm the wrath We sing the psalms of death A dying decree Doomed to eternal bleeding Light a fire for the blind In the grasslands and the cloud forests Home of the holy trees and the soul catchers at sea While the messenger reminds us Not only a loud voice will be heard The loud call of the sparrow, and the rain will fall A reminder to sing our own songs And let the wind take our burdens Awaken! Freedom will come