Ego-dystonia (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge
Acoustic guitar intro written and recorded by Héctor Huambo.
Main guitar solo written and recorded by Claudio Mattos.

Into yourself (0:00 - 0:42):

(Instrumental)

The power of introspection (0:42 - 3:20)

Verse 1:

Now that you've broken the seal you can see the other side.
You've reached now the darkest place.
There will be no turning back.

Coming from a pit of souls a screaming child appears.
The voice of your deepest fear is calling out your name.

Chorus:

You are afraid of caring cuz you can't stand another loss.
Your pain is dragging you down.

Vanishing your memories you will not escape the past.
Living in the future while dying in the present. 

Verse 2:

Caught in a masquerade ball you've been dancing with your grief.
As long as you deny it, it will always be parasiting you.

The gates of madness are opended again.
The sun turns arround. Fire turns to ice. You are in front of yourself.

Chorus:

You are afraid of caring cuz you can't stand another loss.
Your pain is dragging you down.

Vanishing your memories you will not escape the past.
Living in the future while dying in the present.

Bridge:

The ghosts of your past cannot die.
Learn to control them or you shall not ever be free.

Back to madness (3:20 - 3:56):

Whispers:

O jabruta, o mituta (A friend or death)

Dinjet le jivia, jabla madjel le (Whoever´s bitten by a snake fears the rope)

Esah Aynai (I will look up)
Inner Battle (3:56 - 5:06):

(Instrumental)

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards". (Soren Kierkegaard)

Laugh it Hard (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

Tell me what'd you see.
You think I'm always being immature.

And you say I'm a kid.
Then I roll all over the floor.

Verse 2:

I'm so tired of hiding feelings.
Don't you hate being so freaking serious?

Stop and play just for a moment.
The kid inside will set you free.

Prechorus:

Listen to me. It's alright. Just laugh it hard you'll see it doesn't matter.

Learning to see the magic in the simple things in life is gonna save you...

Chorus:

...from being another frustrated man. From being another statistic.
Stop taking life so seriously! There are flowers to smell!

Verse 3:

And now you face a new day full things you thought would always matter.

But then you realize that most people aren't even happy.

Verse 4:

You don't need a lot of money.
There's no sense in living just to pay bills.

Can't you see there is a way out?
The kid inside will set you free.

Prechorus:

Listen to me. It's alright. Just laugh it hard you'll see it doesn't matter.

Learning to see the magic in the simple things in life is gonna save you...

Chorus:

...from being another frustrated man. From being another statistic.
Stop taking life so seriously! There are flowers to smell!

SOLO

Verse 5:

They say I never act my age. Let me tell you I can't hear them talking. When my amplifier's on all I hear's the sound of feelings baby!

Prechorus:

Listen to me. It's alright. Just laugh it hard you'll see it doesn't matter.

Learning to see the magic in the simple things in life is gonna save you...

Chorus:

...from being another frustrated man. From being another statistic.
Stop taking life so seriously! There are flowers to smell!

“Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death”. (Andre Guide)

Heartripper (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

All the signs were in front of me
but I was trapped in the cage of a denial.
How could I be so blind?

How did this happen?
I'll never know.

You don't even know how to create a decent lie.

Prechorus:

I was a fool believing
that putting my heart in your claws was gonna make me happy. No!

Verse 2:

As you fade away from my heart I feel the hole in my chest keeps getting colder.
But you'll never see me cry.

I might still love you.
But I don't need you.

I know this experience will allow me to learn

Prechorus:

how to be a better lover for the one that I'll seek and I'll find in the end...

Chorus:

...and I'll fight it through the haze
and I'll give myself to fate.
and I'll find someone who loves me.
I'll see the light again!

I still know
how to love
so I'll move on
and start again.

SOLO

Bridge:

Broken hearts
all arround.
Lonely souls
in the dark.

Trapped in hate
they don't see.
Must let go
to be free.

Verse 3:

Be alright again will be tough.
I might fall down once or twice.
This burns like hell and
I've gotta break away!

But I will make it.
No doubt about it.

I've got nothing to lose now.
Time for a new begin.

Prechorus:

I've gotta carry on. I'll get back on my feet once again. You'll see!

Chorus:

And I'll fight it through the haze
and I'll give myself to fate.
and I'll find someone who loves me.
I'll see the light again!

I still know
how to love
so I'll move on
and start again yeah!

I've been down on my knees for too long baby!
No! You're a heartripper!
I've gotta resist! I've gotta hold on!

Heartripper!

Heartripper!

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die". (Carrie Fisher)

Make it right (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Hello boys and girls! Here's a little song for you!

Verse 1:

Hey boy tell me what'cha doin' in the blind side.
Can you tell me what's so good about this mosh pit?

People never trust each other all I see is misery.
Deception and suicidal thoughts are driving you insane!

Verse 2:

Surviving all this madness I come back again to tell ya' you can hold it if you dare to try it harder.

This world is full of bullshit that is something I can tell you but we know you'll never change it so just move on.

Prechorus:

Face it! Fight it! Go get your second chance don't let it vanish.
Face it! Fight it! Fight it like there's no tomorrow. Gotta taste defeat cuz you must learn how to survive it.

Take your chance! and you better make it right! this time.

Chorus:

Uh never surrender never! Don't let them stand in your way.
Stop the complains and face it. Make it right!

Uh never surrender never! Don't let them stand in your way.
Stop the complains and face it. Make it right this time! Make it right this time! Make it right this time!

Verse 3:

Wasted generations! Can you blame them for their failures if they never got the chance to grip a future?
Drugs are not the answer. You'll just lose your motivation. It is pointless to feel pleasure without effort.

Prechorus:

Face it! Fight it! Go get your second chance don't let it vanish.
Face it! Fight it! Fight it like there's no tomorrow. Gotta taste defeat cuz you must learn how to survive it.

Take your chance! and you better make it right! this time.

Chorus:

Uh never surrender never! Don't let them stand in your way.
Stop the complains and face it. Make it right!

Yeah never surrender never! Don't let them stand in your way.
Stop the complains and face it. Make it right this time! Make it right this time! Make it right this time!

"This is a thing I've never known before, it's called easy living". (Ken Hensley)

Minstrel Knight (Lyrics)

Verse 1:

Back in the day when there was no affection for the ones who told us
we should see beyond, there was only dimness. Our realm needed a savior.

Up from a mountain, riding a tiger, came down a warrior who would hear the call.

Verse 2:

And the sky was burning when a purple lightning fell from forge of heaven
to reveal the mighty weapon.

Voices told him 'playing this guitar new life you'll bring to those who listen.
Now prepare yourself. You shall go and rise!'

Chorus:

Summon the power! Feel the mighty magic of his Black Guitar!

SOLO

Verse 3:

Under the stars he crossed the heroe's graveyard finding fallen angels that were chained and doomed.

`Don't let them confuse you. Don't let greed surround your judgement.
Follow the rainbow! Seek for the tower! Don't let them get you like they did with us´.

Verse 4:

All across the wastelands following the rainbow he would find a blackended tower
emanating magic.

Evil curses dragged him to temptation but he broke the spell of darkness and
gained the power to open his wings.

Chorus:

Straight to the heart! Rocking very hard you'll see the minstrel knight!

"Musicians are far beyond being simple entertainers. They're those undervalued everyday heroes in the neverending quest of healing broken souls".

Hole Hearted Girl (Lyrics)

Verse 1:

As she runs through the dark
holding on to her dreams

she's a lonely fighter trying to find some peace.
Sometimes feels overwhelmed but she's used to the knife in her back.
Can you blame her for being so fragile?

Prechorus:

Faking smiles! No one sees the pain in her eyes.
For too long! She's been looking for paradise.
Hopelessness! Slowly sucking her life away.
Angels call! Yet she refuses to give it up.

Oh one day she'll run away!

Chorus:

Hole hearted girl always on the edge. No time to cry.
She's gotta fight for her life.
Hole hearted girl living in a dream.
Holding out for a hero that might never come.


Verse 2:

She's been looking for love.
It's a perpetual heartache in her freezing prison.
No one seems to care.

Hypocritical friends made of lipstick and lies killed her trust.

She has tasted the touch of treason.

Prechorus:

Silent cries! As she hides to avoid the harm.
Dreams of love! She still wonders if they'll come true.
Senseless grind! Rollercoaster of emptyness.
Will of steel! She believes in a better life.

Oh one day she'll run away!

Chorus:

Hole hearted girl always on the edge. No time to cry.
She's gotta fight for her life.
Hole hearted girl living in a dream.
Holding out for a hero that might never come.

SOLO

Chorus:

Hole hearted girl always on the edge. No time to cry.
She's gotta fight for her life.
Hole hearted girl living in a dream.
Holding out for a hero that might never come.

Final Chorus:

Hole hearted girl like a hurricane. She'll make her way.
She's gonna tear down the walls.
Hole hearted girl trying to understand the rules of a world that just won't let her be.


"The law of the beautiest".

The inside of a crystal box (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

The doors are locked. I'm not expecting people to be asking for me anymore.

There's nothing left to be afraid of once your nightmares have come true.

Prechorus:

They say your pain makes you stronger yeah. But how strong can you get before your feelings turn off? All I do now is wait for sleep.

Verse 2:

Dreaming on. Flying to another world where the mirror still lies to me... Where my heart's still beating oh...

Prechorus:

And then a glimmer of light comes in for me to see what I will never have.

Cuz I've locked myself in a crystal...


Chorus:

...box.
And I feel what's left of me fading away.
I realize now my shadow is all I've got.

Verse 3:

I looked for love with every breath I got left in my life. Oh if I only had it.

Prechorus:

I thought I'd be safe from the world alone but now I'm begging for someone to touch me.
It's so cold inside this crystal...

Chorus:

...box.
And I feel what's left of me fading away.
I realize now my shadow is all I've got.

SOLO

Bridge:

Listen to the silence.
A full bottle for an empty heart is what remains from what I turned out to be in this crystal

Chorus:

...box.
And I feel what's left of me fading away.
I realize now my shadow is all I've got.

Yeah and I feel what's left of me fading away away...

"Value inteligence, but give a higher value to goodness. Smart people can teach you a lot and understand you. Appreciate that. But a caring person doesn't have to teach or understand you, he only needs to share and accept you".

Shallow (Lyrics)

Verse 1:

As I take a look all arround me
questions passing by through my head.

I begin to quietly wonder
when did life become so shallow?

Unloving parents, broken dreams, unhappy people dead inside.
Money and looks are becoming our goals and we confuse having sex with being loved.


Verse 2:

Teachers tell you to study harder
making you believe you're your grades.

Simple minded friends don't get you.
When you think for yourself you feel alone.

Time's passing by, we're growing old but we're not becoming more mature.
Preprogramming our children to obey they won't ever be free to choose their fate.

Chorus:

Don't you see? World's too cold now. Can you still feel the beat of your heart?

Don't you see? There's no future for the ones who forget how to love.

We might never meet, but I tell you now,
no matter what you do, don't let them break you! Never!

SOLO

"I think sometimes the most profound solitude begins to grow slowly over time when you start making contacts rather than friends".

Symbiosis (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

I need to open my eyes
to see what I don't understand.

I try so hard to believe
that I'm not as fake as I see.

Prechorus:

If I keep denying myself
I'll never be true
To see your mistakes is painful
But there's no other way (to grow up)

Chorus:

I can't see myself in chains. I won't be my own fetter.
It's all a delusion. It's all in my head.

Verse 2:

I know I can't run away
My anger and fear inside

are all just a part of myself
But I'll always be in control.

Prechorus:

Just like a symbiosis I need
to learn how to live
in peace with myself including the dark side of my soul (don't deny)

Chorus:

I can't see myself in chains. I won't be my own fetter.
It's all a delusion. It's all in my head.

Bridge:

I know I have much to learn
But I understand now
Experience is not enough
I need to reflect it all from the start.

SOLO

Chorus:

I can't see myself in chains. I won't be my own fetter.
It's all a delusion. It's all in my head.

Like a symbiosis I learn. I must... I must live with myself.

"Truth is a bitter medicine for who feel and a sweet punishment for those who think".

Burning Paradise (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

Thunders in the sky are roaring exploding all inside your chest
Your whole life's reduced to a single moment shining on stage.

Prechorus:

Then you feel alive as never before
All you'll need is more.

Verse 2:

Pleasure fills your body with emotions you thought you had lost.
There is only ecstasi when you become one with your song.

Prechorus:

Then you feel alive as never before.
The crowd is going wild!

Chorus:

Burning paradise! you'll consume until your ashes blow away.
You might be dying inside...
But your inner voices cry never!

Verse 3:

Playing under spotlights it feels like you're fighting for your life.
Trying to leave behind your inner demons that won't let you be.

Prechorus:

But you can't
Still you're burning up on stage
hoping they will go!

Verse 4:

Trying to make your final stand you find yourself alone again.
Armed with a guitar the power's flowing into your hands.

Pre chorus:

It's too much!
It will never be enough!
You fall on your knees!

Chorus:

Burning paradise! you'll consume until your ashes blow away.
You might be dying inside...
But your inner voices cry never!

SOLO

Verse 5:

Voices everywhere are calling telling you your dream is over.
Personal utopias never made it so far anyway.

Prechorus:

But you know the show must always go on.
Will your torment end?

Chorus:

Burning paradise! you'll consume until your ashes blow away.
You might be dying inside...
But your inner voices cry never!

Feel the stage on fire!


"Art is the last line of defense against madness. You can use it to protect yourself, attack or negotiate, but the first two only postpone the inevitable defeat to an enemy with infinite resources".

Screaming whispers (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse:

I'm the kiss you never gave.
I'm the anger you deny.

Can't you hear us now? There is no more room in this broken heart for more of us.

If you carefully look into your eyes you might see us trying to fall.

"What is a feeling but a thought that one is too lazy to think about?" (Anonymous)

I was born to lose (But I win anyway) (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge
Invited singer: Christopher Bryson (Aevum)

Verse 1:

Down in Lima city in the year 99
there was a school boy who was always at the end of the line.
His parents were on his back.
His teachers always yelling.
He had no friends his school mates made him mean jokes.
Until the day that he lost his mind they drove him insane.

Verse 2:

Working like a donkey trying to please everyone
he couldn't always carry on and he became a sad man
His girlfriend told him to change.
She wanted him to grow up.
She couldn't stand to be with such a loser.
Until the day that she left and he was all on his own.

(Yeah I gotta tell ya' man.
Ain’t it crazy how you always try to do the right thing and
nobody seems to fucking care?

It's pretty simple dude, Nobody Is gonna respect you until you start having
a little respect for yourself. Show them what you are made of and they'll
see who they're dealing with.
Shh wait, wait, wait. Here it comes!
Oh! Fuck off!)

Verse 3:

Rocking every night he found a reason to live
and now he doesn't give a shit about what people may think
He learned to live on his own.
Now he is a stronger man.
He doesn't need to be approved by others.
Cuz in the end your life is what you create for yourself.

I wanna hear you scream with me now!

Chorus:

Fighting to live on my own! (x4)
As I walk through the world, fighting to live on my own
Rock and roll!

"Without sense of humor, life would have no sense at all".

The abyss of our minds (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

Where did Mother Nature, stars and universe come from?
We are a drop in the ocean
Does life have a meaning or is everything a joke?
I don't know... oh I don't know.

Pre chorus:

Do we really have a will of our own?
What if your god wasn't the one to follow?

Verse 2:

Am I really here? Does this world really exist?
Or it's a dream my eyes can't see?

Pre chorus:

Our shadow's taller than the line between...
...than the line between the future and the past

Chorus:

Life is too short for us to forget.
Like snow in the wind we fall to the abyss... of our minds.

Verse 4:

Why do we have feelings? Is it only just us?
What we feel is what we are.
Does pain have a meaning? Maybe it makes us understand
how a smile can change our lives.

Pre chorus:

We don't see that life's too fragile till it's late.
We don't realize that our grave is waiting.

Verse 5:

Do my problems matter? Matters anything at all?
Do we have to live in fear?

Pre chorus:

We don't feel the years go by until we're old.
No one ever told us when to start our lives.

Chorus:

Life is too short for us to forget.
Like snow in the wind we fall to the abyss... of our minds.

(I am alive)

"To think for yourself does not make you different. It makes you unique”.

Through the eyes of a sad man (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge
Main solo written and recorded by Jarot Mansilla (Aevum)

Verse 1

There you are
On your own
In the abyss of your eyes.

Verse 2

What d'you see?
Emptiness, loneliness or sadness?

Verse 3

Face the truth
You are alone
With your demons and beasts.

Chorus:

Your hope is just a ghost who couldn’t find a light to follow
Your eyes won t cry for peace cuz you learned there ain’t no mercy
You are the stone who used to be a heart

Verse 4

Time goes by.
It won’t stop
For your wounds to heal.

Verse 5

It doesn’t seem to be a way.
It doesn’t make any sense at all.

Verse 6

It's a very mean world.
Do you think you can survive?

Chorus:

Your hope is just a ghost who couldn’t find a light to follow
Your eyes won t cry for peace cuz you learned there ain’t no mercy
Ohh can't you see through the eyes of a sad man?

This is the world you have created for your kids
and all of you will live in this freezing hell

(What doesn’t kill you, makes you wanna die)

"It's foolish to be afraid of something when there's nothing else to be lost".

When the fairies are knocking at my door (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1

There where dark times when I lost my faith
There where times when I just believed
That love was only a crazy fantasy
Only fools could dream of happiness
And my dirty life will never change

Verse 2

Like a dancing leaf about to fall
Fighting to survive in this wild world
Trying to break free from this cold dark box
Everything was so senseless and grey
Till' the day the fairies knocked at my door

Chorus:

Uhh like the sunshine in a rainy day

Verse 3

When your smile reminds me I'm alive
When I see the rainbow in your eyes
When your candy hands are holding mine
All I think about is how lucky I am
To live in this crazy fairy tale

Verse 4

Our love is like a butterfly
Colorful just flies away from here
To a world made for the two of us
Where the time won't matter anymore
Cuz you'll always be my dream come true!

Chorus:

Uhhh like the sunshine in a rainy day
Uhhh when the fairies are knocking at my door

"Love is the key that opens the gates of a new world of sensations. Although it allows us to taste happiness, it can also show us the meaning of agonizing pain as well".

Mr. Businessman (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1:

He travels first class all around the world.
He's looking for some more minds to corrupt.

Talks through his cell phone while he's reading the news.
He signs some papers then he closes a deal.

Verse 2:

There is no mercy for the ones he will smash.
He owns your life but still's not enough.

Sits in his office while he smokes a cigar.
He's hiding something behind that smile.

Pre chorus:

Don't mess with him if you can't pay the price.
He has the power to give and take!
He’s mister

Chorus:

Businessman! He owns your life and your soul
Businessman! His will is the law
Businessman! He writes all the rules
Businessman! He already conquered the world...

Verse 3:

He doesn't care about the people he hurts.
He doesn't get that he's a stranger at home.

He works all night and day looking for more.
His greed of power has blinded his heart.

Verse 4:

He's getting older but he can keep the march.
Helped by white powders his strength doesn't go.
Behind his smile he is hiding his pain.
He's lonely and his money is all what he's got.

Pre chorus:

Don't mess with him if you can't pay the price.
He has the power to give and take!
He’s mister.

Chorus:

Businessman! He owns your life and your soul.
Businessman! His will is the law.
Businessman! He writes all the rules.
Businessman! Everyone has a price.

Let's talk about business

SOLO

Chorus:

Businessman! He owns your life and your soul.
Businessman! His will is the law.
Businessman! He writes all the rules.
Businessman! He already conquered the world...

Businessman! Where does he go now?
Businessman! He can't buy more time.
Businessman! He can't afford a friend.
Businessman! Even rich men bleed...

"A dog with money is addressed as Mister Dog." (Arabic proverb)

Back off! (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge & Daniel Campos
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge
Solo: Daniel Campos

Verse 1

So you think you're pretty though.
You’re too stupid to realize.
Fucking others just for fun.
You don't know who you're messing with.

Pre chorus:

You just can't understand the consequences. You are too blind.

Verse 2

You laugh while you hear me cry
All I learned is how to hate
I'm the monster you created
Vengeance is all you'll get from me

Pre chorus:

You just can't understand the consequences. You are too blind.

Chorus:

And I say back off!

Back off!
(And I mean you)
Back off!
(I'm talking to you)
Back off!
(You better run)

Bridge:

(Guess who's coming for you now?)

SOLO

Verse 3

You're you just simple minded fools
You are so empty on the inside
Wearing always the mask of a clown
You hide your fear to be yourself.

Pre chorus:

You just can't understand the consequences.

Chorus:

And I say back off!

Back off!
(And I mean you)
Back off!
(I'm talking to you)
Back off!
(You better run)

(You're not even worth it)

“Sometimes it looks like the world has been created just to piss you off”.

Eternal Traveler (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge

Verse 1

Walking down a lonely path
Searching for all those dreams.
I leave behind all my worries
and I take my life in my hands

Verse 2

You know well what I mean
Money can't buy a life
You can't hold me here anymore

You know I went through hell
It's the price that we pay
for the freedom of body and mind

Bridge:

It's alright
it's the taste of heavy metal!

Chorus:

Far beyond the sky the boarders disappear
Finding new horizons
Eternal traveler

Verse 3

It's not about having everything
All you need is your will
My life's a song and with this guitar
I'll do what I can do best

Verse 4

I walk to my own fate
I'm a poet of rock
I'm alive while I'm on my way

You know I'm like a fist
I can shine in the night
And I'm strong enough to carry on

Bridge:

It's now or never
I will have to do it my way!

Chorus:

Far beyond the sky the boarders disappear
Finding new horizons
Eternal traveler

Your deepest desires will live as long you fight
Try to find your answers
Eternal traveler

SOLO

Far beyond the sky the boarders disappear
Finding new horizons
Eternal traveler

Your deepest desires will live as long you fight
Try to find your answers
Eternal traveler!

“In journeys, the child only thinks about the beginning, the adult in the why, and the elder in the return". (Anonymous)

The Unbreakable Spirit (Lyrics)

Music: Dieter Baethge
Lyrics: Dieter Baethge


Verse 1:


All through the night you seek the light
You lost the will n' gave up again
Listen to me there's no time to waste
Cuz there is more than black n' white


Verse 2


Just look around cuz all you need
is a new perspective of the world
Just hear the rain and feel the wind
Now raise your fist and shout with us!


Chorus:


Like the sun I'll prevail!
I will fight till' the end
Like the Phoenix I'll rise
From my ashes again


Verse 3:


It's time for you to claim the crown
and rule your life the way you feel
Devour the demons of your heart
Unleash the power of your will


Verse 4:


Your spirit's now unbreakable
Your flaming eyes burn like your mind
The unstoppable hunger for more
desires of breaking the chains!


Chorus:


Like the sun I'll prevail!
I will fight till' the end
Like the Phoenix I'll rise
from my ashes again


No more fear anymore
No more ghosts in my mind
It's the unbreakable spirit
of life in my heart!


"The real fight begins when you realize that the very first enemy you must defeat is your common sense”.