1. FORSAKEN

I am surrounded; yet I’m alone
Isolation becomes my home
You can take my hearing and my sight
Just leave me someone to call my bride

All I want is to touch, to be felt in this world
I just want to feel wanted, that’s all

To leave me in solitude is fine
But I long for another by my side
To hold each other in the shadows
To be together, forever as one

All I want is to taste, for you to know my name
I just want love, nothing more

I crumble to my knees and scream : “why was I made ?”
Then it comes to me… I was made for you !


2. EX OBLIVIONE

I dreamt a garden so beautiful
More joyous than the life I can’t fulfil
I long to sleep – escape my conscious
Where I roam so carelessly

Beyond the vines lays a bronze gate
This ends my misery; it cannot wait
I long to know how to pass through
This sullen life I must not return to

I need to know what lies ahead
I must see the other side
I have to leave this life I’ve lead
Ex Oblivione

Night after night I confront the wall
Will I be able to pass at all ?
This pill I swallow is the key
Beyond this gate I am finally free


3. LEAVE ME BE

Like the spider building her web
Working alone to complete
Leave me undeterred
Allow me to retreat

Sitting in the shadows
I just want peace
Secluded in my own space
Just leave me be

This noise pollutes me
Unwanted tumult proceeding
I cannot bear this
The silence is needed


4. THE MAN BENEATH THE MASK

Man forced me to be this way
Casting me down
Placed beneath your dancing feet
Five cellars underground

I’ll bring you to my world below
I’ll share my life ; I’ll give my soul
Forced to hide with this disguise
They will never know

I’m branded the phantom of this place
Refusing to find
I am a man in need of love
Yet this I am denied


5. MASK OF MISERY

Showing your face day after day
A hint of sorrow, but the smile remains
Something doesn’t feel right now
I sense that the world is weighing you down

A crack in the pavement of your emotions
I see the truth; no words are spoken
Take down this wall; unveil your true self
Let me in, I’m here to help

A façade for the people
Who are you trying to please ?
For your own sake
Take off your mask of misery

You’ve fought back the tears, held in your pride
There’s no need for this, now is the time
Reveal what’s inside unto me
Take off your shield and you will see


6. AUTUMN'S NOOSE

When you left us that September night
I’ve lost the hours it was on my mind
Lifeless and hopeless are words to describe
With despair, I can’t deny

A heavy heart weighs on heavy thoughts
In time this will ease for all of us
Eternal rest is yours, so sleep, my friend
Rest assured that we will meet again

We’re left behind with autumn’s noose
Now we’re left behind with an empty feeling
I wish I’d cut you loose
Now we’re left without you here