[Instrumental]

Can't believe I will live Forever
As I try to pretend
Dead and gone are my kin and I know
That I will follow soon

Feel no pain but I won't go on
Tell me now what is going on

They all try to control our thinking
They sway the purple heart
When we're gone
No such piece of metal
Will ease our families' pain

(It's always been like that. The one deelaring war
Are not the ones who fight, are not the ones who suffer,
Are not the ones who die. They are blind)

Heroes we will be, That's what they tell us
I won't belive their propaganda
For a higher goal we're used like pawns
We are the ones, ohh, ooh

Kill for life
No time to think it over
Or you're the next in line
Constant fear, but no chance to show it
No time for your last prayer

We all fight for a higher goal
What it is no one's ever told

Left behind all the former heroes
No sign of thankfulness
Can't forget waht I had to witness
I am a different man

(What were we fighting for?
Honor, glory, our country, our families?
In the end, we are alone.
Left alone with what we have witnessed and done.)

Heroes we will be that's what they tell us
I Won't believe their propaganda
For a higher goal we're used like pawns
We are the ones, ohh, ohh

(We will be forgotten, our bodies are rotting)
Offering our sons
Hoping that they'll make us proud
(Heroes in advance, it all makes no sense)
Years spent in pain
Praying to see them again

No one understands what we're going through
But everyone judges what our sons do
Better serve our country than end up in the gutter
They say and that's what they will do

In a world fraught with uncertainty
In a time of cold war we cannot be free
Without measures we just have to take
We can't rest when our world is at stake

Escalation in fourty-four steps
Just in case they attempt to launch the first assault
We shall counter with all of our might
Must not let down our people

All deterrence cannot save us
When this thing gets out of hand
Our way of life is threatened - show no fear

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!

Must not step back from steps we must take
Con't know how they will act, better be prepared
Feeling safe with this doomsday machine
A device that the world's never seen

Thermonuclear war impending
common weapons out of date
Megadeaths we will be counting - choose your side

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!

There's desicions that can change the world
In one way or the other, always be aware
That the free world's relying on us
We have seen what appeasement can mean

Spinning faster
Looking over the edge, one more step would be
A disaster for all of mankind
Opening doors we don't know what's behind

Still we hope it won't be needed
Striving for a peaceful way
But to give up our achievements - there's no way

Trust in me, doomsday's coming - not for us!

Are we the ones to give, pay for the live we live
Are we the answer to their prayers - just what they need

Caught in our web of wealth
We forget who we are

Can we go on like this, send them down the abyss
Who are we just to carry on and never ask

Is it their own fault
Born without perspective
Live to die, never win, never fly
We're the lucky ones
Always more than needed
Ignorance, take a glance

Out of the ivory tower into reality
A new horizon far away, world in decay

Caught in our web of wealth
We forget who we are to ask

Is it their own fault
Born without perspective
Live to die, never win, never fly
We're the lucky ones
Always more than needed
Ignorance, take a glance

Is it all cast in stone, reaping the seeds we've sewn
Is it the calm before the storm - it's raging right now!
There's no calm when you're on the wrong side

Is it their own fault...?

Surrounded by a circle of words
Flowing past the ear and head
World is spinning like a roundabout, roundabout
Colorful and deafening
I'm rotating and I'm staggering
losing my footing, knees are trembling

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

The cold hand of fear is penetrating
The abdominal wall
As a voracious worm is digging, digging
Through the entrails on search
For the jerking life donour
Grabs the heart from the inside,
Brings it to deadly standstill

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

Stop this diabolic whirl that drags me into depth
Release me from the roaring agony, let me rest at last

Panic, pain, eyes bloodshot
captured in this rapid spin
Muffeled voices getting shrill
Cutting sharply the head asunder
The spirit set free from the split head
Shooting up the clear night air

Heartbeat roaring in the head
Blood is rushing through the veins

Stop this diabolic whirl that drags me into depth
Release me from the roaring agony, let me rest at last

The chosen one through accident of birth
You predetermined destiny on earth
No influence on where you leave the womb
Heading south or east or straight to hell

This childhood ends that no one cares about
These roots are ripped from solid ground
Deprived of everything that's real
You have no choice but go to kill

Caught in the circle no way to escape
From the sad hollow eyes of a

Killing Child - fights for what is right
Silent screams in the night
killing Child - there's nothing to lose
Only one way to choose

No one's laughing, no one is playing
All are dying, while they are praying
For salvation from a nightmare
Which is never gonna end

Kill of be killed all enlightenment lost
A laffen angel, on broken wings it flies
Bringing deah to those who gave you live
When everything's numb it's alright to forget

Pulling the trigger is just one last step
On a journey through pain and deceit
When all of their bodies are rotten and gone
The truth fades away they are walking alone

No matter how far and away it might be
There's always someone who's a

Killing Child - fights for what is right
Silent screams in the night
killing Child - there's nothing to lose
Only one way to choose

Then all of a sudden energy's taking your breath
Losing the ground beneath your feet
As you're pressed into the seat

So many pale faces
Poorest of creatures they will
Never experience what it means
To be free, yeah to fly

Out into the unknown, reaching the top of the world
We can share infinity, yeah, for all eternity

There's no fear of falling
Trust in the power of steel
It's just too great when you can feel
To be free on wings of steel

Once again, getting faster
Need this thrill, ooohh
Can't forget, how it feels like
Wings of steel, ooohh

Clouds, darkened horizon
Excitement is part of the show
Shaken by force but we all know
So much further we can go

Since the birds of metal
Were born we can conquer the world
There's so much planet left to see
Waiting there for you and me

Through the clouds a sunbeam
Blinding me, making me stare
Never seen anything like this
It's a state of constant bliss

Approaching our destination
Our world's getting bigger again
Soon touching ground and we all know
So much further we will go

Once again, getting faster
Need this thrill, ooohh
Can't forget, how it feels like
Wings of steel, ooohh

Wings of steel!

Sliding on tip toes
So not to wake him
But he's already gone
All that remains

The lifeless cold body
Calm and stiff, eyes wide open
The look full of fear

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bad days passed by
Awake in the here and now

Nothing can be read from them
(Nothing can be read)
Dull, empty, staring
Gently touching the pale lips
(Waiting for a sign of life)
Hungering for a word
Hungering for a word

Full of doubt, shake the body
Waiting for a sign of life
Come back from your black world

Dark forces are detaining you
Fear binds my thoughts
I scream my soul out to be near you again

On my knees I come imploring you
Leave the past behind
Bas days passed by
Awake in hear and now

I. The Search

A lone wolf on the run from home, a man without a name
A town turns out a prison cell, when life becomes a lie
A Phalanx built on prejudice, aligned in common rage
As life goes on and on and on, you hate to turn the page

No one knows, no one can see
This soul that bends in agony
What is left is fear and hate and pain
When brotherhood becomes disdain

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, i will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

A drifter on the search for life, break free from all the chains
Out into the great unknown, to leave the pain behind
If life means to deny yourself, I'd rather make it end
Than pay for all their ignorance, they'll never understand

No one knows, no one can see
This soul that bends in agony
No way out for you and me,
Denounced by words of bigotry

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, i will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe

II. The Call

Can't you see all this misery, isn't it plain for all to see
It's not me, here no one is free, it burns inside of me

I can't see who I could really be
But it's always the same
Don't really know who's to blame
But I'll take up this fight all the same

III. Understanding

History does repeat itself, you never lose your past
The same stubborn mentality that always seems to last
Whatever way you think is right, it's not your own decision
The hypocrits are everywhere, who think they're on a mission

No one knows, no one can see
This soul that bends in agony
There's no chance for you to see the fire
That bruns inside of me

The cold distance of the universe is still closer to me
Than this place will ever be
I will escape from this curse, i will be heading for the
Cold distance of the universe