After Forever Exordium 1. Line of Thoughts 2. Beneath Bewildered by silence Struck by its questions and lucid ways to make us aware I did not know how cruel that could be That so many cases will never be solved That so many stories will never be told I did not know how cruel that could be Fighting a war that rages inside The world can’t see the hate that burns in there How can we face what lies beneath If we just fear and don’t fight back? How many questions left unanswered? How many tears and inner strenght shall we need? How many times can we encounter this again and again? How many things exist that blind us? How many forms of brutal violence can we see? How many images of pain will make us numb? So hard, so cruel, we fail to see, we fail to feel? So afraid, even without the courage of despair Fighting a war that rages inside The world can’t see the hate that burns in there How can we face what lies beneath If we just fear and don’t fight back? Afraid of ourselves, afraid to stand up I did not know how cruel that could be We failed to see, we failed to feel Still afraid, what if you love someone? What if this happend to your loved ones? What would you do if you were there at that time? What makes you act like nothing happened? Nothing’s wrong, you’re doing fine? What makes you think you are immune to this? What drove us so far to the edge of tolerance? If judging and accusing is so easy, then why Why still? Fighting a war that rages inside The world can’t see the hate that burns in there How can we face what lies beneath If we just fear and don’t fight back? 3. My Choice Is it not the choosing that makes the life we live so intricate? Are the opetions we have too endless to control? Can we oversee the offers and their demands and their goals? Can we oversee our own needs if we don’t know What it is we really want? Our minds, instead of our hearts What we feel confuses our thoughts Security, an ancient quest Standing alone, the ultimate test Still we search for warmth in the materialized luxuries in life The times have changed but we are still the same Another choice ‘cause we still don’t know Chorus: Let me see where I belong Let me be a little part of it Can I choose my way in life? Can I dream, can I feel, could I know my choice? A choice without the illusion that luck is for sale ‘cause I have all that money can buy! Choir: A choice means freedom And endless options Can we survey that? Can freedom be controlled? The options’s bitter It leaves a part of you behind the borders of your choice Chorus: Let me see where I belong Let me be a little part of it Can I choose my way in life? Can I dream, can I feel, could I know my choice? Let me see where I belong Let me be a little part of it Can I choose my way in life? Can I dream, can I feel, could I know my choice? 4. Glorifying Means Grunts: Fantasy, misery came together In the world of guilt and pain A neverending game Do not reject me, I was better off without But in my agonized existence I needed to be free Grunts: Free my mind, free my soul I do not need to feel no more, Feel no more, I’m better off this way Alone, far from the past and its brutal face I still feel the disgust and pain Let me be free Chorus: This is my life today, this is the way it went out of control I cannot do without this gloryfying means, my remedy, The amazing illusions, fantasies Grunts: Fantasy, not for me, like another mirror of reality, Another point of view Don’t disbelieve me, I really tried to do without But with sadness as a companion it’s hard to do Without the seduction, to become someone I’m not But in this beautiful deception I’ll overcome the night Another day, another week, I’ll overcome time Choir: Colors seem to flow, they seem to come alive While the sound of life is stronger than before It’s more than a dream, this is so real I swim and I fly, I never feel more than I need, that I fear I roam, I cry, I am paralyzed I can fight the world! The sense of time is not important now Just like the past, just like right now There’s no illusion that this is for real! Grunts: Observe me, control me Tell me what is best, what’s good Tell me how it worked for you Tell me how to find myself, find respect, find the strenght Facing life so pure and clean, mean and hard All these words can’t cure nor heal 5. The Evil That Men Do (Iron Maiden cover) music – lyrics: P. Dickinson / S. Harris / A. Smith c 1988 Adrian Smith Enterprises LTD / Zomba Music Publishers LTD Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with The slaughter of innocence But will pray for her. I will call her name out loud. I would bleed for her. If only I could see her now. Living on a razors edge. Balancing on a ledge. Living on a razors edge. The evil that men do lives on and on.... (4 times) Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me. But I will pray for you. And some day I may return. I would die for you. Beyond is where I learn. 6. One Day I'll Fly Away (Randy Crawford cover) Music & lyrics by J. Sample & W. Jennings c 1980 Irving Music, Inc. / For Knights Music Co. / Universal Music Publishing I may get along When love is gone Still you made your mark Here in my heart [Chorus:] One day I'll fly away Leave your love to yesterday What more can your love do for me? When will love be through with me? I follow the night Can't stand the light When will I begin My life again [Repeat chorus] Why live life from dream to dream And dread the day that dreaming ends Why live life from dream to dream And dread the day that dreaming ends ..One day I'll fly away...