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Trilogia Balkanica
03:38
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Instrumental Intro in three acts....
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Mercyful Angel
04:42
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MERCIFUL ANGEL
When your eyes are shining endless motivation,
But your heart is bleeding, because there is no surrender
The enemy is powerful but so is our faith
Their weapons called invisible, but we have made them fail
Pretty fast, their military actions got extended, so they said
Not a war, we just give a lesson whom to serve and whom to obey
We have heard the devil scream, Mercy´s only for the weak
Bombing bridges, hospitals, raining missiles on our homes
Sky is turning red at night by aerial defense
Detonations shaking ground, father I will make you proud
Eighty days of military actions, didn´t break us what a shame
Not a war, we defend our country, glorified is our way
Embracing the war, fighting the eye of the storm, mental violation
Riding on the wings of death, facing the merciful angel, the merciful angel
History will show, in the darkest hour we didn´t lose our hope, mental violation
Remember these words – God forgives but we never do, Merciful angel of death
When their minds have realized that they cannot win this war
All the terms on piece were signed, was it justice for us all?
We all made a resolution, through laws and institutions
Twelve Forty Four the number, in New York town to slumber
Playing out the ultimate betrayal, and again you fooled this world
Still ignore that military power is opening Pandora´s Box
Embracing the war, fighting the eye of the storm, mental violation
Riding on the wings of death, facing the merciful angel, the merciful angel
History will show, in the darkest hour we didn´t lose our hope, mental violation
Remember these words, god forgives but we will never do
Merciful angel of death, we will violate
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Obsession
06:00
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OBSESSION
Chasing me, all obsessions in life that I could not resist
Feeling lost, in a world so apart that it should not exist
Every day, becomes a do or die, every move turns into helpless cries
Moving on, crawling day by day, salvation seems so far away
Committed we are, to follow the arm of the strong, justice by power
Believing no more, creating alternative facts, racists and fascists ahead
Exploiting the poor in the name of a god, creating all wars, sold as commercial
Financial whores with laser armed drones, that’s what they call democracy on its own
But you should know that the time will come in our life
The time when you have to choose for wrong or right
And in a blink of an eye you will feel that our passion is beating obsession
You should know when it´s time to choose your side
So take a look in your face and you will realize
That this is not about a color or race,
Just listen to your heart and you´ll find your place
Freedom through history paid with blood
Racists and Fascists had their run
Media controlled by shadow governments
History, has shown what we should not forget
Constantly, that’s how they dominate nations for their own need
Poverty is only for the weak, to follow laws against their need
Left alone, in fake democracy transition to a modern slavery
Exploiting the world with their power and laws
Supporting the crime, sold as investment
Financial whores with greed to their bones
That’s what we call the American way on its own
Freedom through history paid with blood
Racists and Fascists had their run
Media controlled by shadow governments
History, has shown what we should not forget
But you should know that the time will come in our life
The time when you have to choose for wrong or right
And in a blink of an eye you will feel that our passion is beating obsession
You should know when it´s time to choose your side
So take a look in your face and you will realize
That this is not about a color or race,
So screen your bank account and you´ll find your place
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The Corporate Men
05:55
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THE CORPORATE MEN
You could give me your gold and I would follow
Give me hope and I will swallow all the things you want me to do
You come at eight and take your role, you´re in control from high above
But deep inside you´ve never felt loved
The path you obey is just a cry, for self-acceptance
And even words your say are lies, for self-protection
You´re trying to reign behind closed doors
Fooling those that will never know
The price we pay for truth behind these walls
And now they just became a device, but still refuse to realize
Judgement is slow but they cannot hide
The path you obey is just a cry, for self-acceptance
And even words your say are lies, for self-protection
And then we face eye to eye, when you finally realize,
All petrified, that you can´t control me
But there is one more thing to say, letting mercy have its way
I was close enough to feel you´re broken inside
All masque´s have been folded, faces are turning to dust
The rise of the fallen Is the final warning
The path you obey is just a cry, for self-acceptance
And even words your say are lies, for self-protection
The path you obey – self acceptance
The words your say – self destruction
But there is one more thing to say, letting mercy have its way
I was close enough to feel you
And then we face eye to eye, when you finally realize
All petrified, that you can´t control me
But there is one more thing to say, letting mercy have its way
I was close enough to feel you´re broken inside
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Reflections
05:03
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REFLECTIONS
All surprised. I´m standing here,
counting years that passed before my eyes
And I understand, where I was wrong
I was fighting battles I couldn’t win … For far too long…
Different times, a different place
But the story always ends the same
Different views were before but I don’t care about this anymore
Reflections – It’s a face of a dead man
Hunting me until the end of my days
I am a contradiction – In the eyes of the blind men
Walking only through the shadows of a time and biting the pain
But I want to cheat on life, cannot win against the time
My guilt is fading, memories got washed away
Suddenly I feel betrayed on facts that I create
No one knows which demons I was fighting all those years
Nobody cares for the price I had to pay
And the tears I dropped or blood I lost
Facing the truth, once again I am not coming home
Reflections – As a shade of a good age
Facing me with all decisions I made
I am a contradiction – as a light in the darkness
Walking only through the shadows of a time and biting the pain
Still you cannot thrust yourself
All because mistakes you made, your walls are falling
Showing off your damaged soul, whispering to walk alone
And find my way home
No one knows which demons I was fighting all those years
Nobody cares for the price I had to pay and the tears I dropped or blood I lost
Facing the truth, once again I am not coming home
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Submission
05:31
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SUBMISSION
I am the man who walks his fate
Suffering promises I made
Made to myself, maybe far too late
To protect what I became
When memories control, I feel my heart so close to implode
Remedy on time, I feel so far it´s passing me by
I was punished, I was sacrificed and I got used and I was left behind
No submission, there is no submission
It´s only you that can decide
To be used and to be terrified
Are you only born to be sacrificed?
To be judged and classified, to be ruled and re-socialized
When security is fading away, than innocence is losing the game
When humanity is on the loose, than silence is no real option to choose
We´re suffering on mistakes of yesterday
They´re feeling strong on the fall of someone else
Whispering all the words to make me crawl
Screaming, I´ll be screaming all alone
There´s nothing left to testify
You know the truth but you can´t leave the lies
Suddenly they want to compromise
But they never pay the righteous price
When morality has turned into dust, than loyalty is a heart full of rust
When mortality is on the loose, no submission is the option to choose
We´re suffering on mistakes of yesterday
They´re feeling strong on the fall of someone else
Whispering all the words to make me crawl
Screaming, I´ll be screaming all alone
Suffering on mistakes of yesterday
Feeling strong on the fall of someone else
Whispering all the words to make me crawl
Screaming, I´ll be screaming all alone
No submission, there is no submission, no submission
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Timeline
05:27
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TIMELINE
Starting the purge, dimensions will merge
A presence unknown, like a cleansing from deep below
Feeling the change, objection denied
Controlling the mind, but salvation so hard to find
For all the words that we never said
For all the dreams that we never had
For all decisions we have left behind
Moments of passion so sweet and wild
The principles I chose for life
And the fragments kept when I was a child
Don´t be afraid to embrace them all inside your mind
And don´t hesitate, to accept through them you´re all been re-defined
Than you will see the other side of the world
Your real face that was kept in a mirror
Than you will feel the pain like never before
Your honest grace as life is no ever-flow
Feeling, I had this feeling before
Transforming like a butterfly, in another form
This Timeline, is just another lifetime
Another star in the endless sky
Another sunset that ends our time
Cause lifetime, like an exclusive joyride
Without the wheel to control the life
Without the chance to ignore your mind
Objection was denied, but your future cannot hide
The presence unknown, just a warning to let you know
Don´t be afraid, don´t hesitate to ask for another try
Your legacy, is the only thing keeping you alive
Than you will find another side of your heart
Your real pain that was kept in a mirror
Than you will know what didn´t matter before
Your honest grace as life is no ever-flow
Feeling, I had this feeling before
Transforming like a butterfly, in another form
This Timeline, is just another lifetime
Another star in the endless sky
Another sunset that ends our time
Cause lifetime, like an exclusive joyride
Without the wheel to control the life
Without the chance to ignore your mind
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Endlessly
06:36
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ENDLESSLY
Follow me, into a world where nobody wins
Where I got sacrificed, for someone else´s dreams and lies, follow me
Into a world called my legacy, a world so full of human jealousy
And a story that could be my own summary
A song to name “the bitch of destiny”
Paralyzed, that´s how I felt when truth came to light
And terrified, to be another missing link to my own child
Now I`m a thousand miles away from you
Living a life that I would never choose
I questioned why? Got told that will be fine
And I felt your pain as you feel mine
But I know, that I have saved your life before,
And don’t be afraid, because I miss you dad
And you´ll always be a part of my soul and of my heart
I see the sadness in her eyes, I hear the anger in her cries,
The broken promises and lies, the wasted tears and wasted time
I learned to reject darkness, when there is no light and no candle to burn
I see commitment in your eyes, we have this whish and it is so
Endlessly, dreams are alive, shelter me, words can´t describe
Endlessly, bounded by blood, shelter me, I know you´re missing me
Memories, turning to pictures on the wall, so silently
Remember me and all the moments we have shared, so honestly
Now I see that we both got dehumanized
Separated souls that should have been unite
I know I said it would be only fair
When the nightmare is gone, I will be coming back
You should know, there is a thin line between right or wrong,
Within our lives, without the act behind, all words will turn to lies…
Run baby run away, this is no real place to stay,
Run baby don’t look back, let the wind take you to the stars and back to me
I learned to reject darkness, when there is no light to burn
I walked the path of judgement, for you I died for
I see the sadness in her eyes, I hear the anger in her cries,
The broken promises and lies, the wasted tears and wasted time
I learned to reject darkness, when there is no light and no candle to burn
I see commitment in your eyes, we have this whish and it is so
Endlessly, dreams are alive, shelter me, words can´t describe
Endlessly, bounded by blood, shelter me, I know you´re missing me
Words can’t describe, the dream is still alive
We are bounded by blood, I miss you endlessly
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The Unknown Hero
07:13
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UNKNOWN HERO
…There is an unknown hero, raising the underground…
I still remember, the resistance and the dream
Messiahs fall and the end of the Machine
On the road to nowhere, we have lost the dream
There are no more heroes, tut the evil never sleeps
The evil never sleeps
Legends of past dark times are real and still alive,
More consistent than we are
We feel like passengers in time
But we can´t stop the cycle of crime, he system is fine
We still believe, out of nowhere he will come
Saving our souls and create our heaven
We cannot touch, we cannot smell
But we know it feels like hell, to be helpless as we are
And still we hope, out of nowhere he will come
Saving our souls and create our heaven
But the elite of this world, they obey and serve a different lord
A silent nation put to sleep, seems that justice isn´t what they need
On the road to nowhere, in a town unknown
There is a hero waiting, waiting to be born
Like a force of nature, our voice shall rise
Underground for ages, legends never die
As a force, of a time to come
There´s a voice, calling me the one
Breaking the broken one more time
Betray your brother and you will be fine, the system is right
We still believe that the tears will disappear
Someone bringing hope and erasing our fear
And while the time passes by, you got screwed by filthy financial lies
Just like a rope around your neck and again you´re standing at the end
On the road to nowhere, we have lost the dream
There are no more heroes, there are no more dreams
Like a force of nature, our voice shall rise
Afterlife for ages, the legends never die
On the road to nowhere, in a town unknown
There´s an unknown hero, raising the underground
Like a force of nature, our voice shall rise
Afterlife for ages, raising the underground for dreams…
Our dreams, everyone´s dreams
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Silent Nation
08:19
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SILENT NATION
…Silent, silent nation…
I know, that I cannot change this world
But I feel the need to tell you what I see
I see I am not alone, leaving the comfort zone
Being just another helpless fool
But we cannot stop and we can´t beat the time
We can´t afford to cheat on life
Dream on, that the world becomes a better place
Destructive, a feature of the human race
Since the beginning of time, fighting wars, erasing life
All for power, wealth and mind control
We are used to crawl, but I won´t be silent anymore
It´s time to break down these walls
In this system made by them, you´ll be only teach to follow
In this system you got marked and all minds been set to hollow
This world, has a voice but isn´t loud enough
This call, is for all of you to think about
Louder, Faster, Faster, Harder, Harder; Faster, Louder, Louder
In this system made by them, you´ll be only teach to follow
In this system made for them, rich get rich and so does sorrow
Wake up you Silent Nation, break down this domination
Start crushing down their towers, relief your nature given power
Tower number one – supremacy at any price
Tower number two – called the media doom
Tower number three – is never touch economy
Tower number four – setting fear on our tomorrow
How can we know if we never really tried?
What could we lose, if we dare to try a different way?
Religious madness, to set us upon each other
Political correctness, to secure our voices never rise
Truth be told there are question I´ve no answers for
But I know, there´s a need for change and that´s for sure
Imagine there´s a war, but no one answers the call
Mother Nature is no cash machine
We are used to crawl, but I won´t be silent anymore
It´s time to break down these walls
In this system made by them, you´ll be only teach to follow
In this system made for them, rich get rich and so does sorrow
In this system made by them, where´s no judgement there´s no justice
In this system laws get paid and the cops will look away
By the system you got dumb, we became a silent nation
By the system you got blind, still in hope of revelation
Wake up you Silent Nation, break down this domination
Start crushing down their towers, for our own existence
They´ll keep on patronizing and we´ll keep on criticizing
Stand up you Silent Nation, this was your revelation
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