Part 1: 'Permanence’
I - Time, I - Time Gentle wind, quiet hiss. Dreams are gathering – ‘round the trees Here they pray. Lives awake. Feel your future – in the air I have seen this world before. All that was and – so much more to come. Shadows burn away, life still finds its way. Those who came, took their throne. Just to wither – on their own. Silent cries, ancient trace. Fading memory – of your face No beginning and no end to this. I have all of what you grow to miss. Ask for favours now, grant your wish somehow All those rules that I set, just to make you choose Driving you to despair as I watch you lose Fear still creeping up right behind your door Look outside and see nothing there no more Still believing in worlds beyond the time Trapped within this reality of mine I am stillness, here to stay, mine is night and mine is day Torn and frayed as years go by, my time, my time Raining cascades wash my face, silver skies are filled with grey Soaked with guilt that dwells inside, my time, my time All the laughter, all the pain, what I give belongs to fate Carried on the angels’ wings, my time, my time Blooming flowers, windswept fields, all surrender to decay Faceless ‘till the end of time, my time, my time
Part 2: ‘On the Other Side of Consciousness’
Locked inside my empty prison, I can feel the passing days Wilful visions still they haunt this place Paralysed without existence, no expression on my face One day I will have to leave this space Now my soul engulfed in void, in some house, with some door Forced to try and flee before tomorrow Fires rage across the world, all for me to behold Light seduces weary eyes in darkness Sudden flash draws yet so near, out of reach to snap out of my fear Morning finds me as a child, in the night, old and white Journey nears its bitter end, so sudden If perhaps I wake this time, out of shadows, into light Let it take me far beyond, tomorrow Angels sleep, dawn arrives, fires burn, taking lives Shadows creep around me hiding Doors are shut, heaven cries, mind gives in, reason dies Helpless words are now subsiding In the morning I wonder, waking up slowly, is God the time? When the dreams uninvited take hold of your memory, night is but a blink Standing by the shoreline I looked at shadows slender and weightless I realised, that all of the living beings are forever stretched in time Such relief when you let my days be sweet When you say living is another way Such relief when you fill my head with hope Maybe I still can find a purpose here Dreams are becoming lost among the emptiness of my own life Hollow are the long hours when boredom grows restless and yells I can still feel the misty arms of night caressing my restless body While hazy idleness slumbers in the kisses of strangers
Part 3: ‘Helpless’
I am travelling with the breeze, changes happen as I please From wedding bells to farewells Constant shifting takes its toll, hard to see what came before Where once stood crowds, now broken crowns Hear the wind, count your sins, restless as you fail to dream Say your prayer, if you dare, past will haunt you, unrepaired Memories flow as years go by, all that was is now consumed by night Thoughts intensify, head is full of lies Blood still flows, breathing slows, moon has never seemed so close Gust of air, now so rare, brings you final touch of care Helpless in this bitter state, your regrets forever resonate Flame is all but gone, there is no new dawn Such relief when you let my days be sweet When you say living is another way Such relief when you fill my head with hope Maybe I still can find a purpose here