Yes, I know from whence I came!
Discontented as a flame,
Upon myself I live and glow.
ll I grasp like lightning flashes,
All I leave behind is ashes:
Flame I am - that much I know

I just try to live my life
like I want to
But in my mind, the demons rise
and they laugh at me
10.000 lies, like war cries
welcome to the machine
My life is like
a paper ship on the open sea, so lost
this is a distress call,
can´t you hear me call
bring this war to an end

So here I stand
with a heart filled up with sorrow
my castles made of sand
washed away by the waves of the sea
So I set my world afire
and the pain soon will cease I thought, but
as the flames went higher
I realized that was caught in a maze

Hypnotized - you will never make it
Mesmerized – you don´t even try
Inside my mind - you will never make it
It´s do or die!

From the ashes of my mind
I rise to dig a bit deeper
I see shadows of a trace
to find a way out of the dark
My whole world collapses
I must leave it behind, and I look
through the eyes of a stranger
to see the devil cry
black tears from his eyes

crucified - and you just take it
tantalized – you don't even cry
Inside my mind - and you just take it
to be alive!

I - I´m the offender
AM - and must surrender
IN - awake from dreaming
SANE - and face my demons
FIX - I am the monster
MY - slave and employer
SICK - and as I´m burning
BRAIN - my soul´s returning
I - crucify me
MUST - annihilate me
LEAVE IT BEHIND
at last I feel it
a future spirit
HEAL - a crumbling image
MY - resting unfinished
blind open eyes


I have built my own giant maze
to wait for the end of my days
Sitting and waiting for time to stand still
Breathing deep the gathering gloom
as the colors start to fade
surrounded by darkness I murdered my will
buried in the impossible dream
behind these walls in my head
when will I wake up and peel off my skin?
I'm crawling back to life
It´s time to rise, erase my prior life

See, the fire´s all around
burning castles, shattered crowns
the labyrinth is breaking down
Here comes the flood, so I can drown, to live

I - I built a prison
AM - by my decision
IN - beyond the borders
SANE - mental disorder
FIX - cold and cynic
MY - a stillborn spirit
SICK - but as I´m burning
BRAIN - my soul´s returning
I - burn my ego
MUST - no more placebo
LEAVE IT BEHIND
at last I feel it
a future spirit
HEAL - a crumbling image
MY - resting unfinished
BLIND OPEN EYES

I have built my own giant maze
to wait for the end of my days
Sitting and waiting for time to stand still
Breathing deep the gathering gloom
as the colors start to fade
surrounded by darkness I murdered my will
buried in the impossible dream
behind these walls in my head
when will I wake up and peel off my skin?
I'm crawling back to my life
It´s time to rise, erase my prior life