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After Forever - After Forever lyrics



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01. Discord

You need to get out of my sight
A lonely heart can beat
You're too dangerous
A lonely heart can bleed
I cannot stand it to be enclosed but isolated
A lonely heart can be
Enclosed but isolated
You are too much
A lonely heart is weak
Too dependant
A broken heart will seek
You take the life out of me, no heart is broken broken forever
Its broken promises, but
my faith is broken forever

Can't you believe that this power we feel can be for real?
The smile that was given light now seems to freeze, but why?

You're like a parasite
A lonely heart will break
Pressure will make me forsake you
A lonely heart won't forsake me
As if we're both the same, wounded and beaten but still not defeated
A lonely heart can be wounded and beaten but still not defeated
Cause I won't let you in
So if it's all for real
Your weakness will be my strenght
Your heart should be melting
You might be lonely but I am not beloved and bounded forever
Because we're all the same
Beloved and burning forever

Can't you believe that this power within can be for real?
It smothered my skin but light now seems to freeze, but why?

Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe?
The power between us!

Oh, discord, see them fail, oh!

Won't you believe?
Won't you embrace it?
Can't you believe?
The power between us!

Can't you believe that this power within can be for real?
It smothered my skin but light now seems to freeze, but why?

02. Evoke

So wild, so beautiful and pure
All elements divine
The essence of all life

So vast, extensive and remote
Unbridled and erratic
Savage but glorious

It burts
Its energy is stirring
It calls
Its drawing power will enchant us with its might
Its massive spirit's bright

Let it flow
Its endless beauty will evoke
A timeless sequence we all share
We cannot break through nor control
But to feel its true soul
Dare to concede and to connect

Emerging waves and brightened skies
The sun that burns in your eyes
The wind that blows and pounds

It shines
Its energy is whirling
It fights
Will not be interfered
With people who can't feel
It's all nature's flow

Let it flow
Its endless beauty will evoke
A timeless sequence we all share
We cannot break through nor control
But to feel its true soul
Dare to concede and to connect

Its endless beauty will evoke
A timeless sequence we all share
We cannot break through, no control
We should cherish it

Oh, energy
Oh, evoke me!

Let it flow!

Let it flow
Its endless beauty will evoke
A timeless sequence we all share
We cannot break through nor control
It is not in our command, no!

03. Transitory

Life at its best
You are doing fine
But you're blind
it's china you hold
As it breaks
Suddenly clear:
Beautiful, but transitory

But we won't break easy
We will not give in to an unbearable pain
We'll pull through
We won't crack
We'll endure and survive

Oh, transitory
Pain is as life itself
Evanescent as it fades
Transitory

Life, all you've got
All was swept away
Now you see what there is to miss
Suddenly you're stronger than you thought
As you know it's transitory

Cause we won't break
Survival is all we've got
And our unbearable grief
We'll hold on
And won't crack
And we'll value all life

Oh, transitory
Pain is as life itself
Evanescent as it fades
Transitory

04. Energize Me

Energize me with a simple touch
Or with an open heart
Energize me, fire up this flame
That's burning between us

It's not a fantasy
Another mistery
It's just what I can feel
And something I can see

It's like a memory
And in a melody
It's just what we all know
And we all hear

I was blind
I was closed down
Could not feel
Or set it free

Energize me with a simple touch
Or with an open heart
Energize me, fire up this flame
That's burning between us

It lies in everyone
This whirling energy
It's all around us too
Electrifying you

So dare to set it free
This virtue is the key
Just something we all know
And we all use

I can feel
It's inside me
Open up
Enlighten me

Energize me with a simple touch
Or with an open heart
Energize me, fire up this flame
That's burning between us

Energize me with a simple smile
Open up your mind
Energize me, activate the light
That's given and taken

Can you believe in the power that's burning between us?
Would you believe if you open up your mind
Open up your mind

Energize me with a simple touch
Or with an open heart
Energize me, fire up this flame
That's burning between us

Energize me with a simple smile
Open up your mind
Energize me, fire up this flame
That's burning forever

05. Equally Destructive

Ground is shaking, waves are breaking
The wind has lost control
The air is shifting
While it's lifting
force fools gravity

A huge eruption
Vast explosions
As it bursts the earth
Water's pounding
Waves are sounding
Deadly and extreme

But we are equally destructive

Equally destructive as we are!
Don't you think we've all so gone too far?
We are just a part of this machine and its endless stream

Alarming silence predicts the violence that is yet to come
We are senseless
Proud while blindness is catching up with us

We must measure while the pressure of nature's force expands
We feel minor, punished and meager
Betrayed by all our gods

We are a part of it
We are equally destructive

Equally destructive as we are!
Don't you think we've all so gone too far?
We are just a part of this machine and its endless stream

Equally destructive as we are!
Don't you think we've all so gone too far?
We are just a part of this machine and its endless stream

06. Withering Time

Withering time
So elusive, so shapeless
Graceful coil
Crumbling glory
It will revive
Exalt the endless chain
Exalt the withering times

Time decides what lives or dies
Time can crawl, time can fly
It can wither and erase
It can make a new beginning
There is nothing time can't beat
There is nothing time will need
To destroy and bloom again
A vicious circle older than the earth

Decay, destroy to reform again
Withering time

Withering time
So elusive, so shapeless
Graceful coil
Crumbling glory
It will revive
Exalt the endless chain
Exalt the withering times

Broken windows, blistering paint
Lashing winds, hot suns and rain
Wood has splintered, walls are cracked
The elements are just vicious
All what men have made won't last
In the future as in the past
But our memories are strong
And we'll outlive all circles of time

Time, transcend beyond all life,
Trancend beyond

On! Until the end of time, on and on

Live! Before we waste our time, before we run out

Broken, blistering, lashing, splitering, cracking, crawling, flying, withering time

Withering time
So elusive, so shapeless
Graceful coil
Crumbling glory
It will revive

Withering time
So elusive, so shapeless
Graceful coil
Crumbling glory
It will revive
Exalt the endless chain
Exalt the withering times

07. De-Energized

You take, you give nothing but misery
You are reluctant in your vanity
Your eyes are blinded by your conceit
You turn my fire into negative energy!

You are stranged by your jealousy
A weakness in your personality
Your lack of social skills annoy me
Your fuel, my hate by your negative energy!

I see a false alliance causing all this pain
I see a sick relation ending up in vain
I see a world in war because of pride and might
I feel it all getting de-energized

I am amazed by your ability
To make me feel all this insanity
I am discouraged by your falsity
You sink so low to get things done your way

I see a false alliance causing all this pain
I see a sick relation ending up in vain
I see a world in war because of pride and might
I feel it all getting de-energized

Unwilling, absent, dissenting
Conflicting, adverse, annoying
You're cureless, painless, disgusting
False, ruthless, blinded, recusant

You damage, injure and destroy
Unbalanced, troubled, unfaithful
You're senseless, heartless and fearless
Cold, hostile, distant and empty
You are a freak!

You won't get closer to my dignity
Something you've lost, just like empathy
I won't degrade to your pathetic ways
Nor let take any more positive energy

I see a false alliance causing all this pain
I see a sick relation ending up in vain
I see a world in war because of pride and might
I feel it all getting de-energized

08. Cry With A Smile

Cry with a smile
My heart is bleeding
Bewildered I'm here alone
Why is there pain in a beautiful moment?
Why do I feel so lost, so empty?

Cry with a smile
My heart is healing
From pain I knew that would come
Why is there luck in a deeply sad moment?
Why do I feel so calm, so peaceful?

Take my heart and set it free
Take my heart and give it time to heal
I know, in my memories you'll live
Take my heart a little while
Take it with you to the place you'll go
I know, we'll meet again someday

Cry with a smile
My heart was dreaming
Of time I knew would come to an end
Why do I cry about a beautiful memory?
Why do I feel so hurt, so lonely?

Take my heart and set it free
Take my heart and give it time to heal
I know, in my memories you'll live
Take my heart a little while
Take it with you to the place you'll go
I know, we'll meet again someday

09. Envision

I see it
I hear but cannot know how you are feeling
I sense it but can't comprehend

He's standing there waiting for the news
To hear what's wrong with her
His feelings go away beyond my own

Only sense it
Only imagine their fate
Just envision
The only way to relate

We try to
We say so
But we can only imagine
We want to, but can't empathize

She's laying there crying
For the truth is stronger than her pain
Her feelings go way beyond my own

Only sense it
Only imagine their fate
Just envision
The only way to relate for real

Only sense it
Only imagine their fate
Just envision
The only way to relate

Can we sense it?
Can we imagine their fate?
Just envision
There's no way we relate
For real

10. Who I Am

You hipnotize me
I do not dare to look
You mesmerize me
Don't even dare to feel

I want to have it just to prove I can take control
I want to have it just to show them I won't be fooled
I take it
I break it
Or force it
Just to let them know who I am
Who I am

I should wait and think it over
I don't want to push
That is not who I am

I'll softly touch this
I'll fire up this flame
I'll hold on gently
It's time to lead the game

I want to have it just to prove I can take control
I want to have it just to show them I won't be fooled
I take it
I break it
Or force it
Just to let them know who I am
Who I am

I should wait and think it over
I don't want to push
That is not who I am

I want to have it just to prove I can take control
I want to have it just to show them I won't be fooled
I take it
I break it
Or force it
Just to let them know who I am
Who I am

I should wait and think it over
I don't want to push
That is not who I am

Oh, I want to have it
Just wait and think it over
I break it, I take it
I don't want to push it
I'll force it
Just to let them know

That is not who I am
Who I am

11. Dreamflight

Welcome and wake up
This is not a dream
But something in between that and reality
Wake up if you dare
This is not a regular nightmare

Before your eyes the world will change
Slowly takes you down to unknown places
Welcome to a world that's only yours
Wake up if you dare and just follow me!

Leave me alone
My dreams speaks to me or am I still awake?
Leave me alone
I'm my own threat, I'm a victim of my mind
Let go!

I fooled you, I warned you though
I won't let go before you've dreamed all your dreams
I'll play you, you want me to
You ask for more, you want to know

Leave me now, I need to know I'm in control
Leave me alone
Leave me be within my private fantasies
Let go!

I told you I won't let go
I want to show you what dreams can do for you
They'll free you, they'll open doors, they show you all
You want to know

As some is light, as some is dark
Dreams can be both, they have two sides

Fear, I am your fear deep inside

Fear, face all your fears
Deep in this dream, we are the dark side of your mind

Pain, I am your pain deep inside

Pain, feel all your pain deep in this dream
Feel it's a part of you
You are like your dreams, both light as dark, come with us now and explore

Silence I'm here
No words, no sounds, no pain or doubts
I'm floating, even time itself
Can never touch me, I am free.
Silence I'm here
No voices, no music
I'm roaming through this soundless place
Leave me here where I am free

Doubt, I am your doubt deep inside
I am all you try to hide

Hate, I am your hate deep inside
I am your mirror, your fright!

Energized by nightly views
You are the dream, the dream is you, ahh

So face it
You know, I'm right
You have no reason to resent me and fight
You are me and I am you
The other side of the sleeping truth

Leave me please, how can I rest with you inside?
Leave me alone, I'm too tired for these crazy theories
Let go!

I'll leave you but won't let go
For I am part of what you'll ever do
I'll help you, I'll open doors
I'll show you all
You need to know
For I'm your dream energizer

12. Empty Memories

Here, here in this heart
It's cold, cold as stone
Must welcome these memories
As shallow as my eyes have slowly become

Hearts frail, hearts left broken
Cold and known for its bitter agony

Here are the memories
As empty as my life has slowly become
Sting, crush and bite in my soul, my heart bleeds

Times changed forever that night
Leaving only empty memories
Empty memories won't heal the pain

We know only sorrow
There's no future in tomorrow
All our hopes have buried too young
For the years that should have followed

We know only hatred
There's no future in our anguish
For our hope was buried with life
And reprisal will be ours

It's empty
We're empty
They're empty memories

Here, here in this heart
It's cold as stone
For no feelings there to warm

It is as empty as our dreams and hopes
Now our future is gone
It stings and bites in my soul, my heart bleeds

Times changed forever that night
Leaving only empty memories
Time once changed forever that night
Leaving me... No, no, no
Alone with empty memories

13. Lonely

What would happen if I go?
Just leave without any reason why
Would someone wonder why?
Would someone miss me?
What would happen if I couldn't take it?
Just break without any signs of pride
Would someone pick it up or help me out?

Cause life ain't easy for me
Ain't easy, alone
This is my path
It's lonely

What would happen if I change
Just wake up one day not quite the same
Would someone wonder why
Would someone know
How I was before
Nothing like me
No, I don't know when, I am not the one I was
Who I was

Cause life ain't easy for me
Ain't easy, alone
This is my path
It's lonely

14. Sweet Enclosure

Deep in these eyes where I'll drown as a willing victim
Lost in those eyes, time passes by as I am drifting off!

It took my mind
It's guide I'll follow
Surrendered to its will
I took it all
Embraced the beauty
Its sweet enclosure

Deep in its desire
It's cupidity, its thirst
To master the cureless
Lost in its way to devour all it can while I am giving in!

It took my mind
It's guide I'll follow
Surrendered to its will
I took it all
Embraced the beauty
It's sweet enclosure

Timeless, ancient, deep inside us as we are empty without it, lost, its sweet enclosure

Deep in its might
In its energy I'll dwell
A moving sensation
Lost in its arms
Timeless I will roam while I am breaking loose!

It took my mind
It's guide I'll follow
Surrendered to its will
I took it all
Embraced the beauty
It's sweet enclosure