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01. April Rain

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
How does it feel when all you're counting on is scatterbrain
Every wind that you have sailed upon a hurricane
Every summer you have seen was filled with April rain
It doesn't get easy, don't you know...

Fortune smiles on you
when you're not watching
dig that hole deeper
Fortune smiles on you
you're not watching
create your own fate

Count your blessings and prepare to change your point of view
All the days you spent waiting won't come back to you
Take off the glasses that have shaded your world black and grey
Does it get easy? Don't you know...

Fortune smiles on you
when you're not watching
dig that hole deeper
Fortune smiles on you
but you're not watching so
create your own fate

It keeps raining
keeps raining
keeps raining
It keeps raining
'cause we are blind
It keeps raining
'cause we are tired
it keeps raining
'cause we are blind
to Fortunes' kindness now

It keeps raining
cause we are blind
it will keep raining
'cause we are tired
it keeps raining
'cause we are blind
it will keep raining
'cause we are tired

Fortune smiles on you
when you're not watching
dig that hole deeper
Fortune smiles on you
you're not watching
create your own fate

02. Stay Forever

Music by Martijn Westerholt, Ronald Landa
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels, Ronald Landa
Silence in the living room
hours feel like days
Silence when I speak to you
Your thoughts seem miles away
My euphoria, oh yes you're worth the price
Because when my mind gets clouded I forget about our fights

Stay forever is never again
our words left unspoken
it will come to an end
Stay forever is never again
our words have been spoken
it will come to an end

Artificial energy
Running through my veins
Chemical the love I feel
for faces without names
My euphoria, oh yes you're worth the price
Because when my mind gets clouded I forget about our fights

Stay forever is never again
our words left unspoken
it will come to an end
Stay forever is never again
our words have been spoken
it will come to an end

This empty house is not a home
find the will to stand alone
without your armor
Flesh and blood have turned to stone
find the will to stand alone
Too late to turn away

Stay forever is never again
our words left unspoken
it will come to an end
Stay forever is never again
our words have been spoken
it will come to an end

Stay forever
Stay forever

03. Invidia

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
My achievements seem so humble
While you're making wine from water
While my hands work the cold soil
All your touch turns into gold
and I don't want to be like you

I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind
I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

All the heroes in the gutter
finally get their ever after
As they lay their final glance
Upon your ever shining armor
and I don't want to be like you

I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind
I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

Looking from a distance, the difference seems so small
has the grass been greener on the other side at all?

I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind
I don't want to be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

04. Control The Storm

Music by Guus Eikens
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
I can feel it grow
Starting like a little storm
Itching in my toes
but its will to take over
ain't quite that small
I can feel it grow

I can hear it moan
I can hear its bitter cries
In my veins it crawls
underneath my tongue it hides
I'm in control

An error in my genesis
the reason why I started this
Where did we go wrong?

Don't you know
in the end you're no stronger of hand
You are no stronger of heart
Don't you know
in the end, we'll be tragically torn apart
If we can't control the storm

Does it get to you?
Fury in your fingertips
Does it get you too?
Turning hands to angry fists
In rageful bliss
Oh does it get to you?

Crying all your lullabies
Do you lick your wounds
wondering how we could try to stop this useless fight

An error in my genesis
the reason why I started this
Where did we go wrong?

Don't you know
in the end you're no stronger of hand
You are no stronger of heart
Don't you know
in the end, we'll be tragically torn apart
If we can't control the storm

Control the storm

An error in my genesis
the reason why I started this
Where did we go wrong?

Don't you know
in the end you're no stronger of hand
You are no stronger of heart
Don't you know
in the end, we'll be tragically torn apart

Don't you know
in the end you're no stronger of hand
You are no stronger of heart
Don't you know
in the end, we'll be tragically torn apart
If we can't control the storm

05. On The Other Side

Music by Guus Eikens
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Will you wait?
I'm on the other side, the other side
Will you wait?
I'm on the other side
It's too late to tell you
what I'm about
but God, I'm proud

A giant in the sky
a light flooded horizon
A silent peaceful cry
and the sun that is rising
warms me up
warms me up
warms me out

Will you wait?
I'm on the other side, the other side
Will you wait?
I'm on the other side
It's too late to tell you
what I'm about
but God, I'm proud

A different kind of quiet
A different kind of warning
You've said your last goodbyes
and left your daughters mourning
breathing in
breathing out
breathing out

Will you wait?
I'm on the other side, the other side
Will you wait?
I'm on the other side
It's too late to tell you
what I'm about
but God, I'm proud
but God, I'm proud...

Will you wait?
I'm on the other side, the other side
Will you wait?
I'm on the other side
It's too late to tell you
what I'm about
but God, I'm proud
but God, I'm proud...

06. Virtue And Vice

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels, Ronald Landa
Whatever the prophecy
Whatever prosperity

Heaven denied us its kingdom
Tell me where we've gone wrong
Oh, Fortitude, I'd be like you
But I only speak when spoken to
Heaven forgive, the mess I'm in
Temperance, why do I cast
your prudence to the wind?

Whatever the prophecy
let it be, let it be
We'll live all there is to live
be it pleasure, be it sorrow
Whatever prosperity
lies in me, lies in me
I'll be all that I can be
My forever starts tomorrow

I am a nightmare haunting you
I steal away your sleep
a poison running through your veins
a wound, that always bleeds
Call it love, call it lust
Luxuria, my enemy,
You get the best of me

Whatever the prophecy
let it be, let it be
We'll live all there is to live
be it pleasure, be it sorrow
Whatever prosperity
lies in me, lies in me
I'll be all that I can be
My forever starts tomorrow

Whatever the prophecy
let it be, let it be
We'll live all there is to live
be it pleasure, be it sorrow
Whatever prosperity
lies in me, lies in me
I'll be all that I can be
My forever starts tomorrow

07. Go Away

Music by Martijn Westerholt, Guus Eikens
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels, Guus Eikens
Understand, you'll never be
What they expect, it's out of reach
You're not the kind
to reach that high
It's nothing like you had in mind

Another act,
another show you play
realize, it will not make your problems go away
You cannot act the way out of your daily demise
Get real today
to hell, just go away

Understand, the road ahead
Is full of gaps
gets harder yet
you're not the kind
to lead us blind
It's nothing like you had in mind

Another act,
another show you play
realize, it will not make your problems go away
You cannot act the way out of your daily demise
Get real today
to hell, just go away

Another act,
another show you play
realize, it will not make your problems go away
You cannot act the way out of your daily demise
Get real today
to hell, just go away

08. Start Swimming

Music by Rob van der Loo
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
I'm waiting for another day
I'm waiting for the clock to reach the six and twelve
Waiting for a holiday
I'm waiting for myself

I'm waiting for another day
I'm waiting for the clock to reach the six and twelve
I'm waiting for a holiday
I'm waiting for myself

And all I seem to hear is: Stop, stop
I'm catching up on you
Don't leave me behind
I can't see a soul out here
It's dark, dark
I'm catching up on you

And all I wonder is why? Why...
Why did I try to stop running?
Why...
What am I running for?

Do you remember why we started running?
Do you remember why we're running at all?
If I dared I'd choose to swim
but it's safer on the shore
Do you remember why we started running?
Do you remember why we're running at all?
I would die to get away
but I fear to even more

I'm waiting for another day
the last one was so desperately disappointing
I can't seem to focus on what I've done
or where I've been
I can't see nobody here, here

And all I seem to hear is: Stop, stop
I'm catching up on you
Don't leave me behind
I can't see a soul out here
It's dark, dark
I'm catching up on you

And all I wonder is why? Why...
Why did I try to stop running?
Why...
What am I running for?

Do you remember why we started running?
Do you remember why we're running at all?
If I dared I'd choose to swim
but it's safer on the shore
Do you remember why we started running?
Do you remember why we're running at all?
I would die to get away
but I fear to even more

I would rather stay here the rest of my life
I would rather stay here the rest of my life
Yes, I would rather stay here the rest of my life
than close my eyes
I would rather stay here the rest of my life
I would rather stay
I would rather stay here the rest of my life
than close my eyes and start swimming
I would rather stay here the rest of my life
I would rather stay here the rest of my life
Yes, I would rather stay here the rest of my life
than close my eyes and start swimming
Close my eyes and start swimming
Close my eyes and start swimming

09. Lost

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
It seems we have lost
Lay down your arrows
They won't cause flaming hearts
It seems we have lost
We keep on running in different directions

Never again
The way you're turning all my wrongs to right
Never again
This one you can't deny
Never again
I wanted to reveal a softer side
Never again
Forgive me if I tried to do what's right

I was only holding on
to everything we had so far
Thought I was ready
to let go, but I'm not
I was only holding on
to everything we had so far
Thought I was ready but
Now it seems, yes now it seems

It seems we have lost
Lay down your arrows
They won't cause flaming hearts
It seems we have lost
Forget about your pride
forget everything
Everything you're taught

The way you're turning all my wrongs to right
Never again
This one you can't deny
Never again
I wanted to reveal a softer side
Never again
Forgive me if I tried to do what's right

I was only holding on
to everything we had so far
Thought I was ready but
Now it seems, yes now it seems

10. I'll Reach You

Music by Martijn Westerholt, Guus Eikens
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Remember when you walked out into the rain
The railroad and the sky were calling your name
Can you hear them whisper:
"Come and get lost with us"
You've been chasing shadows in your hometown
You searched for answers that refused ever to be found
So you compromised and found a new horizon
Ever since you left you're always on my mind

Here's to you if you care to listen
here's to you let me cross the distance

Even if you're not here
I'll reach you, I'll reach you
Even though you're away, I'm near
We'll forgive and forget
I'll reach you

Seven years and seven days you've been gone
Seven years of changing faith and opinion
Would you recognize me
if you walked beside me
I would keep on waiting
It's been too long

Here's to you if you care to listen
here's to you let me cross the distance

Even if you're not here
I'll reach you, I'll reach you
Even though you're away, I'm near
We'll forgive and forget
I'll reach you

Even if you're not here
I'll reach you, I'll reach you
Even though you're away, I'm near
We'll forgive and forget
I'll reach you

I'll reach you

11. Nothing Left

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Nothing left to make you feel high
Nothing left to turn you on
Laughing in your childish disguise
you rule the night

Follow me back home
'Cause the night is young
and I'm tired of being alone
Follow me back home
Give me just one more
to send shivers
to the bone

Nothing left, the magic is gone
pallor face in morning light
Someone, close the curtains
oh how it hurts your eyes

Follow me back home
'Cause the night is young
and I'm tired of being alone
Follow me back home
Give me just one more
to bring shivers
to the bone

Nothing left
it's time to leave
Can you make it on your own?
Nothing left
it's time to breathe
Can you follow me back home?

Nothing left to make you feel high
Nothing left to turn you on
dwelling in your dreams every day
disturbs your nights

Nothing left
it's time to leave
Can you make it on your own?
Nothing left
it's time to breathe
Can you follow me back home?

Nothing left
it's time to leave
Nothing left
it's time to leave
Follow me back home

12. Come Closer

Music by Martijn Westerholt
Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
I want to lay my head down
Come close, come closer
What's that uncomfortable sound
Of your key in the door
I hear you walking out
Walking out again
Why didn't you stay a while
To say goodbye, my friend

I want to lay my head down
Come closer, come closer
I thought you'd turn to me
But you were turning around
I think I'm losing you
Losing you again
Why didn't you stay a while
To say goodbye, my friend
My friend

Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes
Nothing on your mind
Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes you
Tonight

I want to lay my head down
Come closer, come closer
Trying not to remember
Our most precious of times
Remember winters cold
And summers by my side
Please tell me I do leave
A void of any kind

(say goodbye now)
Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes
Nothing on your mind
Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes you
Tonight

Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes
Nothing on your mind
Winter shadow cools you
Right before your eyes
Summer shadow soothes you
Tonight

13. No Compliance

Music & lyrics by Martijn Westerholt
It feels so dangerous
I don't know where you are
You can't control my every move
Although you try so hard
Accept it, leave it
Your tears don't make me cry

Drifting apart
Lay me to waste
I know your fears
I feel your pain
Running away
Through a spinning maze
Running away

No compliance
Your boundaries suffocate
My lungs are filled
With poison in your cage
Bruises and stains
No power left to stand
You held me down
Help me rise again

No compliance
Your boundaries suffocate
My lungs are filled
With poison in your cage
Bruises and stains
No power left to stand
You held me down
Help me rise again