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Still Awake
04:36
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“The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.”
Jacques Derrida
I’m still awake
In my cold and forsaken land
Lost in thoughts, caught in sadness
Infinity of madness
Day and night seem the same
Time slowly fades away
I don’t know how many years
I cannot drop anymore tears
Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain
Once life was real and
Once there was so much to feel
Playful laughter, words and smiles
The brightest faces of mankind
But as time went by
A dark shadow covered up the sky
Lust for power and corruption
Murder, is the only action
Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain
Like leaves that wind takes away
You‘ve all gone alone I remain
But time has arrived and I feel
Last of all I have to leave
Oh-Oh-Oh, I’m still awake
Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain
Oh-Oh-Oh, I remain
Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain
Oh-Oh-Oh, Still awake
Oh-Oh-Oh, Gone in vain
Oh-Oh-Oh, I remain
Gone in vain, I remain
Fire is burning and no one’s returning
Lost in chaos, caught in action, all I saw was destruction
Last I remain, It’s all gone in vain
Like leaves…That wind…Takes away
Like leaves that wind takes away
You‘ve all gone alone I remain
But time has arrived and I feel
Last of all I have to leave
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“Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.”
Richard Paul Evans
Lost!
But your words come again in my mind
As I lay down your power I find
As I pray it’s to you that I bind
I want to follow you
Thoughts!
But my thoughts are all bent to your will
Is it faith on my knees as I kneel
Is it love or it’s hatred I feel
I need to follow you
Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky
In the end of the horizon your power won’t die
Mighty warrior I want to believe
In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves
Truth!
What is truth I am not sure I can tell
All I want ‘s to break free from my shell
As I look in your eyes I can’t fail
I want to follow you
Lies!
But I seek only what I can see
Lost in trance of your eternal sea
I surrender my hopes and my dreams
Surrender all to you
Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky
In the end of the horizon your power won’t die
Mighty warrior I want to believe
In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves
(Keyboards & Guitar Solo)
Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky
In the end of the horizon your power won’t die
Mighty warrior I want to believe
In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves
Mighty warrior your wings touch the sky
In the end of the horizon your power won’t die
Mighty warrior I want to believe
In your hands lies my spirit my body as it leaves
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3. |
The Hitman
04:00
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“Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it -that is what you must do.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment”
I‘ve learned to hate
I‘ve learned to wait
And in the dark
I’ve learned to take
With nothing mine
No faith to bind
No love to give
Alone I ride
Mark my words I will survive
Waiting my fate to arrive
Yeah yeah!!!
I ‘m always here
I ‘m always near
I hear your prayers
I drop no tears
As I scream fire ignites
Nobody stands in my sight
Endless of bodies I see
No choice, just follow my lead
No!!!
(Guitar & Keyboards solo)
Mark my words: “I will survive”
Waiting my fate to arrive
Mark my words: “I will survive”
Waiting my fate to arrive!!!
(Guitar Solo)
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4. |
Faded
03:53
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“I wanted everything to stay the same but feelings fade and people change.”
Unknown
Watching now close I see your face
Once lovely features now disgrace
Where is the bright side I adored
Where is the smile I used to know
They all have gone they all have faded
Torn by the years and thrown away
Where is the kindness in your eyes
Where is the fire that burned inside
They all have gone they all have faded
Faded…faded…faded
Oh…No!!!
How did it come this way
Now it is here to stay
The truth sometimes is hard in pain it nurtures
For better or for worse we shape our future
The memory is gone
Once as bright as the sun
Why does it have to be that all that mattered
(Is) lost in a winter storm forever scattered
(Guitar Solo)
I see you now I see you right
I see your face under the light
Everything’s lost everything’s changed
What has gone wrong and who’s to blame
It’s only you that’s changed your “style”
Down on the road and down for miles
Lust for the money, fame and power
Nothing to stop you sweet desires
They all have gone they all have faded
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Red Flag
06:44
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“Silence is so freaking loud.”
Sarah Dessen
Every morning I stand
In my eyes, the red flag
As it waves through the air
As it blows in my heart
Justice I am told to serve
Men to kill for their crimes
But for so many of them is it sin
To believe they were right
They may have gone
They may have passed
But their blood on my hands remains
Did I killed them for right
Was “Justice” their death
Or just I‘ve been serving a game
Alone in the night
I start to find
In the air they began to glow
And as I draw near
I see them clear
My consciousness plays along
And in my mind there is turmoil and fear and hate
As I wake when they start to arrive
Are they guilty or their crime is just their “state of mind”
And as I walk back to kill I am still afraid
I feel my body that is growing tired
And my soul just flies in the air for judgment to arrive
And years have passed
But I ‘m still afraid
What I‘ve done that can’t be undone
Searching inside
Eager to find
The peace that forever seems gone
Doubt creeps in me
The day I see
I am more of a shadow than man
What is to be found
Forever profound
Denies the core of who I am
I see men than their time has come to pass
I see them not denying their believes
And I wonder if I can stand the pain this feels
As they walk to be dead then they stand up tall
And they look at me straight in the eyes
With their faces prouder than death in the end of their lives
“Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they awake
“Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they arrive
And as I stare to all that remains
I realize they‘re not gone in vain
“Silence!”, ‘cause in silence they arise
Death but how can those deaths be justified
Lies, lies upon lies to make them real
Strengthen my soul, harden my face
And deep inside I feel the change
You power hungry pigs forever I‘ll fight!
The last day has come
No more I’ll see the red flag
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6. |
Desire
03:56
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“There are two tragedies in life.
One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.”
George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman”
Lightning strikes, a light on the horizon
Takes my form revives my will of iron
Endless are the things you never see
What becomes of life and death you ‘ll seek
As I pray aloud I feel the power
As it changes shapes forever higher
Tell me please that I can save them all
Free their souls in time before they fall
Oh!!!
I want you
I‘ve warned you
I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find
Desire
Through fire
The hour has come at last to see the light
Please believe I will go on my way
The last desire for me is for you to stay
Passing on the knowledge that I gave
Have no fear of end but love instead
Oh!!!
I want you
I‘ve warned you
I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find
Desire
Through fire
The hour has come at last to see the light
(Guitar Solo)
I want you
I‘ve warned you
I haunt you and in the end I ‘m what you find
Desire
Through fire
The hour has come at last to see the light
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“The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.”
Carl Jung
Moving slowly in the darkness
The city is fading in its sadness
All seem empty but I hear
Walking footsteps coming near
For my fate no one cares, but
I sense the power in the air, and
I will stand I will survive, for
The final day that will arrive
Oh!!!
Alone I stand into this life
I ‘m forgotten but alive
I live to breath another day and see another way that leads me to the light
Senseless words I do not hear
Senseless dreams I do not fear
My senses are all that I have and feel as the light comes and waves to me so clear
No!!!
Shadows of light!
Shadows of light!
Alone I stand into this life (Alone I stand into this life)
I am forgotten but alive (I am forgotten but alive)
I live to breath another day and see another way that leads me to the light
Senseless words I do not hear
Senseless dreams I do not fear
My senses are all that I have and feel as the light comes and waves to me so clear
Oh!!!
Shadows of light!
Shadows of light!
Moving slowly in the darkness
City is fading in its sadness
Empty words, I do not hear
The light is coming and is near
Shadows of light!
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8. |
A Different Way
04:38
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“Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk.”
Dante Alighieri
Sad, when the truth is so hard to seek
When all virtues are so hard to keep
When in silence I am left to weep
Till the pain finally is asleep
As the days pass they won’t return
What could be instead we‘ll never earn
What our lives could mean we will not learn
Till our time finally will end
Oh!
At first on my path, I move slowly
With my own beliefs, I feel lonely
But bay after day, I feel stronger
The fog in my way is no longer
Up on my feet, I feel proud and
I reach for the stars, I m’ on the ground
Time and again I wipe the fear
The time has arrived, redemption is near
Don’t tell me who I am
I will deny you
My power will transcend
And I’ll defy you
Because I’m born to live
Up to my senses
My thoughts and my believes
Are not through your lenses
The way I see the world
Is through eyes that are mine
Inside I hear the call
Its power arising
I know I’ll break the wall
Freedom is calling
I know I will not fall
Like thunder I’m rolling
Everything stops as I pass by
Again and across the barrier defined
I won’t compromise, I’ll move forward
The truth I will find and I‘ll move towards
A different way but not in the shadows
The light on my way is one thousand arrows
With fire in their tip to seek for my purpose
And through my believes to spark my intentions
Don’t tell me who I am
I will deny you
My power will transcend
And I’ll defy you
Because I’m born to live
Up to my senses
My thoughts and my believes
Are not through your lenses
The way I see the world
Is through eyes that are mine
Inside I hear the call
Its power arising
I know I’ll break the wall
Freedom is calling
I know I will not fall
Like thunder I’m rolling
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“Every man’s life ends the same way.
It is only the details of how he lived and how he died
that distinguish one man from another.”
Ernest Hemingway
As I begin, my body is trembling
As I release the power that’s burning
Deep down in me but I know it won’t keep me alive
My senses are blank, my vision is fading
The world spins around as I ‘m pretending
That I ‘m not gone or that I care to survive
Feeling lost, I look around me
All alone, no one’s beside me
My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade
Light is gone and I will surrender
In the end I‘ll try to remember
All the reasons but they seem so far away
Was it worth trying, I do not know
To take lives of others, people unknown
If it was wrong or right now it doesn’t seem so clear
I try to believe all that they‘ve told me
Here as I go regret stands before me
The feeling in me now is that of an endless fear
Feeling lost, I look around me
All alone, no one ‘s beside me
My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade away
Light is gone and I will surrender
In the end I‘ll try to remember
All the reasons but they seem so far away
(Keyboards Solo & Guitar Solo
Feeling lost, I look around me
All alone, no one‘s beside me
My last breath is coming and soon I ‘ll fade
Light is gone and I will surrender
In the end I‘ll try to remember
All the reasons but they seem so far away
So far away No!!!
So far… away!!!
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10. |
Beyond The Limits
06:46
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“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
Albert Einstein
They asked me if I wanted to change, to be just like them, I said to them “NO”
They told me “go away from us, forget all your past and keep your mouth closed”
But I spoke, I spoke loud and clear but nobody wanted to hear my words
And now all the people are gone and I’m left alone behind the walls
I struggled to find my way
To bow or to fight
I struggled but everyday
My emotions seemed to be right
I knew not what to convey
Knew not what to feel
But as hours turned to days
I knew what I must fulfill
So I began and the journey lied ahead
Nothing to hide, there’s no point to pretend
I am rolling
No withholding
Through Fire
I’m going
But so far
They got me in the end
(Keyboards Solo)
And now as time passes by
I feel the end near
But I‘m glad that I have tried
To speak for those who can hear
Here I‘m lying without eyes
Without legs and arms
But torture can’t destroy
A soul that flied so far
I didn’t compromise
And in your eyes I see the world
The sun is setting
And it rises upon us all
I‘m not sorry
That’s my story
Inside I feel
Glory
And peace that
I find in the end
They asked me if I wanted to change
And be just like them
I said to them “NO”
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Sands Of Eternity Athens, Greece
Sands Of Eternity were originally found back in 1996 in Athens,Greece under the name HOURGLASS S.O.E.
Their debut
"Beyond The Realms Of Time" consists of ten new songs written by Ioannis Ioakeimides and produced by Bob Katsionis, always in the spirit of Heavy/Power Metal keeping the lyrical character of the band's roots but also evolving in terms of sound and aesthetics.
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