Theatre Of Tragedy Forever Is The World 1. Hide And Seek 2. A Nine Days Wonder 3. Revolution 4. Transition 5. Hollow 6. Astray 7. Frozen 8. Empty 9. Illusions 10. Deadland 11. Forever Is The World 12. The Breaking 1. Hide And Seek Look at me A million pictures on the cenotaph Look at me There's nothing left but silent epitaphs Through reassembly I've come to deceive you Behind interpretations someone's untrue Look at me (look at me motherfucker) If you could see what I see I know that you would hate me Do what I will By no means there are no guards Promising a strong protection Lasting through a lifetime Hide and seek, what you will find Another day, another time Where love does not exist Look at me I never saw your starlit face And never heard the words you spoke Look at me In countless glints, so smoky gold, The days shift away leaving you here 2. A Nine Days Wonder Don't save the day it's not over We fall for better or worse I can see the sparkling ice is breaking I've seen you got a speck of dust in your eye Act as if there's no tomorrow Don't fall, stay awake I surrender Lie close until they've gone A nine days wonder Days will come; the old once are wiser, and better the truth Ambiguity speaking In and out of season the tide is turning It will be serving you right We dream of days even stranger Please stay, get into the rhymes Turning back, at one way or the other Proceed, the childhood's end has only begun [x2] You may run -- but you can't hide from the truth May you not rest until they are gone 3. Revolution The wheel hits ground with a bare touch You just keep an ear to the ground Fly in the wind -- like revolution Time stands still, what will your mother say? Nothing said in your defence Life's a sacred remedy Head or tail, it's up to you Meet your fate at an arms length See the writings on the wall Scare away their exhortations Time stands still -- I'm flying Sail close to the wind, take your risk No return, life's a game of gamble This time, I'm not playing to win Mind the trap, you will soon fall over [x2] Heal me; wouldn't you heal my wounded heart? Let the change begin This day, I promise I will stay I will stay and walk the way 4. Transition Lately, tuning in and out Walled in, gardens meant for privacy. Will I find a reason? I got a sight of universe Blame it on tomorrow Today will not end Give me the time to see Time to hear the stars from heaven falling There's no smoke without a fire. Nothing will deter me There's nothing else to win or lose Higher -- lower. For all I know this could be rending Time's an everlasting path We'll be ever lost without it, There's no way to cease the day If there's no one here to guide us, Let down your life Time to be free... Will I find a reason Blame it on tomorrow Let there be something.. Give me the time to see Time to hear the stars from Heaven falling There's no smoke without a fire. Bring down to Earth Nothing will deter me There's nothing else to win or lose 5. Hollow Waking, Falling stars from substratum Who holds the key to break the old bonds? Stare into space Until you cannot see your face [Chorus:] I turn away I turn, but never get back. Trying hard to be someone, In return you end up hollow. Like a sinking ship I float. A stormy sunny day, I turn away. I've come to realize this is gone tomorrow Brittle and frail, we (will) fall down All that we are is a means to an end It doesn't matter what you do Give me your hand and open up your eyes, And burn away -- release yourself [Chorus] I will not follow you across the silver sky of summer And like someone from tomorrow I sense innocence In my dreaming I wasn't sleeping [Chorus] 6. Astray Switch to another dream, to a quiet spite Think back at some time when there was a fading touch Colour me white and paint the vistas grey Everyday there's an electric ray of all too many shimmer-lights [Chorus 1 (x2):] And I can see another time Another face, forgotten days I can see another time -- another time, a setting sun I can see another place -- a rising sun [Chorus 2:] Let's get this to work again Take our souls to the everlasting parade I never saw it coming this way -- to an end But now there's nothing left behind Let's all begin I see it slip away A dream that fades away Don't let them lead you far and astray Keepsakes of past years, unravelled by phone And the fog is a traveller through the inner city zones A million pictures painted on the pavement stones That get soft like words through the smoke [Chorus 1 x4] [Chorus 2] 7. Frozen Cold and risen from the grave Hidden years will tell no tales Now you seek what only heart can see Frozen in so many ways Drifting through the light inside A lucent image in the dark Fickle and dismayed Someone cast a shadow Blurring all the pictures on the pages [Chorus:] Hide the pieces, I become the sun Shining through, what became of you Early morning, no time to lose Chills my heart, and I come undone Quiet timeless silhouette Forgotten fragments of my dreams Pleasure and disgust Shining golden figure in the background [Chorus] 8. Empty [Limited edition bonus track] [Chorus 1:] They might say this never happened I'd say it just did Never have I felt it stronger Someone's wrong and I am right In a world of disillusion Loitering away your time There's no harm in reconstruction Paint the world in black and white [Chorus 2:] Beyond redemption won't exist Redeploy your mind Find your strength and recuperate Reflections in an open mind Nestling fly with me Find a way to see... [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] 9. Illusions Decode the half forgotten memories Reverberating distantly Some have moments that they can't subdue Some take part in the electric blue Look away... [x2] He watched the lines and the curvature And traced her silhouette She stayed the moment with a glimpse and a frown She took the fates by surprise She was the model for the end of days Some have moments that they can't subdue Some take part in the electric blue Look away... [x4] These are the days now This season will change us Be someone, trust no-one Vicious circle, never ending These are the days now This season will change us This breakdown, disruption Ease the pain now, please start ending [x2] Disarrayed and renewed And everything's electric blue Polarised and dismayed When everything else is just untrue [x2] Everything's electric blue Everything's untrue 10. Deadland Let the wind take care of gravity There's one big secret hidden, come with me Why should I want to leave, Unless you wanted me to go away [Chorus 1:] Speak with a tongue that claims its kingdom, come what may... The stars came tumbling down Worn-out heroes Stepping into fields of firing grey My restless soul will dance in harmony In open air a subdued symphony I've set myself an aim to keep the territory that I claim I'll never let my kingdom fall There's nothing keeping us in here Abounded fear Let me be free... [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2:] Speech of the deadland Let them hear the song is still alive Give me something I could sleep on Give me something like a dream... [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2] Stars came tumbling down Worn-out heroes Stepping into fields of firing grey [Chorus 2] 11. Forever Is The World Into a different kind of view Not meant for human eyes Everything's dark and fades away This moment just opened my eyes, now I say: I never knew anything felt like this It has just begun Please be aware of the change in your mind Everyone's telling lies Somewhere between every now and then Harmoniously facing the truth of your past I know by now, every night has its dawn Be aware and see I know by now, every night has its dawn Be aware and see And as your last day draws to an end Take my last good smile All I can do now is watch as you fall, Bid my last good bye There's an exception to every rule Don't trust the yellow light Constantly searching to find your way home The beauty's been lying right here all along Only Man ends. But forever's the world Just don't fall asleep So here we sway at the edge of the world Holding hands Clutching at straws, keep each other awake World will not end at this shift I never knew anything felt like this It has just begun... [x2] 12. The Breaking [Vinyl bonus track] I see their face in the mirror suit, a hazy image in a sea of noise Formations fixed and dimming, shapes slowly shifting Into a metal model display Insight is failing, she's lost control As a new dawn fades, she breaks apart Minutes like decades, this day seems without an end Even trees in winter never looked so sad A sparkling in the window pane, a hidden glimmer of the timid pain Reflections blurred by fumes Non-stop passers-by come and go from yesterday They're all awake with unsounded words Reposed in faux of life's splendour Some bright translation errors reset the time and scene I'm versed enough to know they always sleep