Northern Lights 2002

Monochrome

monochrome reflections
climbing up the walls
down below your radar
things are going on

all along the tunnels
through the underground
we prepare for leaving
waiting for the moon

beats above your highness
coded to be safe
round and round in circles
we are coming out

dance away the meters
through the muddy waters
we are submariners
close to foreign shores


pride in sleepy hollows
doesn't make us happy
we are modern prophets
amplified by you

scientific networks
spies behind the curtain
we defend the future and
give it back to you

break the loop of habit
time for your return
back among the living
welcome and goodbye

birds in little cages
all believe in freedom
we provide solutions
for a better living


we command the system
calling all receivers
we are noisy people
for a better living
　

Call The Ships To Port

a billion words ago
the sailors disappeared
a story for the children
to rock them back to sleep

a million burning books
like torches in our hands
a fabric of ideals
to decorate our homes

a thousand generations
the soil on which we walk
a mountain of mistakes
for us to climb for pleasure

a hundred clocks are ticking
the line becomes a circle
spin the wheel of fortune
or learn to navigate

Bullet

time is like a bullet from behind
I run for cover just like you
time is like a liquid in my hands
I swim for dry land just like you

time is like a blanket on my face
I try to be here just like you
time is just a fiction of our minds
I will survive and so will you

we are the only ones right now that are celebrating
and we are joining hands right now
we are the only ones right now that are suffocating
we are the dying ones right now

as the water grinds the stone
we rise and fall
as our ashes turn to dust
we shine like stars


kisses on the dancefloor in my past
I need some comfort just like you
beating like a bass drum time goes by
I want the last dance just like you

drowning in the flood of morning light
I'm only human just like you
do you hear the city waking up
I will survive and so will you

we are the ones the only ones
we are the ones the dying ones
we are the ones the only ones
we are the ones and we are joining hands

we are the only ones right now that are celebrating…

as the water grinds the stone…
　

Invisible & Silent

I'm tricked by your smile
want to be forgiven
waiting for the battle
aching for belief

but your answer is wrong
and my spirit is broken
like choirs in the winter
singing out of key

I am silent
invisible to you
while I count the days gone by

I am silent
invisible to you
while I shape the things to come


I try so hard
to fight for an illusion
holding my breath
biting my tongue
I try to cope
so give me a reason
I'm waiting for help


I'm trapped by my guilt
want to be forgotten
tired of the noise
aching for relief

but your anger is gone
and my silence is golden
like fires on the water
drifting out of reach

I am silent…

Prometheus

this is the sound of our days
burning the light of our nights
this is the sign of our times
from my mouth into your eyes

this is the beat of our praise
setting the pace of our stride
this is the line that we cross
with my torch I light your way

when the time is right
we raise our heads and look
when the bridges burn
we leave our homes in flames

this is the noise of our blood
telling the age of our nerves
this is the price of our lies
from my lips into your breath

this is the voice of our past
turning the tide of our lives
these are the tears that we cry
with my tongue I touch your mind

when the time is right…
　

We Stand Alone

stand before the gates and watch metropolis
empires come and go we live forever
and eternity is in your hidden eyes
take my broken wings teach me to fly again

I stand alone
we stand alone

down the empty streets head for the seven hills
vestal virgins dance we steal the fire
battered columns stand as silent monuments
deep inside their dreams I see your memories

I stand alone…

we share the last champagne and watch necropolis
still and so let's leave her to her silent walks
the sun of Rome is set and our day is gone
a kiss a taste of red from your open lips

I stand alone…
　

Rising Sun

my eyes grow darker
can barely see your face
yesterday I tried to belong
you know I won't stay that long

in a time of lust and liars
I learned to trust my own desires
touch me don't be ashamed
I just don't know how to play that game

in pride and grace we rise with the sun
with the morning light
we just run and run
the good old days that imaginary place
with the rising sun
we forget and we embrace

my eyes grow darker
guide me now
can barely see your face
just lead the way

my days grow longer
can barely find my trace
one more day I try to be strong
you know I won't last that long

for a time I feed the fires
I search and seek while time expires
hold me I'm so afraid
I just don't know how to keep this flame

in pride and grace we rise with the sun…

my eyes grow darker…
　

Winter Comes

so the winter comes
where we belong
I feel the cold
within my heart
I see the night
deep in your eyes
the winter comes at last

here the winter comes
again

so the winter comes
where we grow strong
I hear your words
melt like snow (on my skin)
I taste your kiss
it tastes like snow
the winter comes to last

my tongue is frozen to the ground
I cry alone for times to come
it beats the daylight out of me
the winter comes to seize the day

here the winter comes…
　

We Want Revolution

kill your television
steal the satellites
download all the codes
catch the public eye

shout your manifesto
bring your megaphone
stay below the radar
join the underground

I want to car, skid and crash into the brave new world
I want to ride

we want revolution
constant evolution
start your engines blow your fuses
burn the bridges for the future
this is our solution


time for retribution
bring your target down
beat the jungle drums
flaunt your decadence

Underground Resistance
keeps you entertained
feed your hungry mind
shape the things to come

I want to car, skid and crash into the brave new world…

we want revolution…

Scared

I feel, I feel, I feel so scared

I feel, I feel so sad

I feel so sad

I feel, I feel so scared
　

Atlas

I'm a thousand people
from day to day
we are all air born
without ground control
I call my name in the maelstrom

I'm not giving in
   so don't you give in
I'll be your Atlas
   and carry our world

but I guess
I won't save the world today
I'm just trying to survive
and perhaps I'll dream again
but I will find my cross
and I will take us home
but I guess
I won't save the world today


I'm a thousand people
from day to day
blues and so untitled
on the road to where
I'm losing my name in the maelstrom

but I'm not giving in
   so don't you give in
I'll be your Atlas
   and carry us home
but I guess
  I won't save your world today

but I guess
I won't save the world today…