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1. Future Shock

[Music by Tolkki, Words by Tolkki / Lassila]

I saw it in a dream
the day that changed our history
I still can hear the screams
swear it was no mystery
In the heat of the blast
Houses fell down into the ground
This happened so fast
Mankind disappeared without sound

Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear
Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear?
Future Shock

I saw it on the screen
The day that changed our lives and history
There goes our dream
Nuked into the sky don't know why
In the heat of the blast
Watch the beauty of the mushroom cast
It won't take long
You won't live till the end of this song

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6. Know The Difference

To see the things in a brand new light
Not to give up without a fight
To surrender is not in my sight
I'm a child of the universe
In the noisy confusion of life
Where uncertainty rules my way
It's so easy to go astray
I got to keep strong and bold

Give me a way to accept things
I cannot change anymore
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference

In the midst of the darkness
There's a voice that you know so well
Lifts you up from the madness where you dwell
Don't give in to the hopelessness
Keep the innocence in your heart
And the end before your start
Be the warrior of the light
Don't give up without a fight

7. Luminous

Luminous we shine
Like the stars on the evening sky
Through the universe
And centuries
They are calling
Hear them calling
Luminous moonshine
Is guiding my travel through life
Through the wind sometime
I hear angels calling
Hear them calling

No tree has branches so foolish
As to fight among themselves
We share the same biology
We are one
We are luminous

Luminous when we die
We return to the great ocean
Of the living energy
It is calling
Hear it calling
Luminous my life
A breath in the cosmic play
Without reason or rhyme
It is calling
Hear it calling

No tree has branches so foolish
As to fight among themselves
We share the same biology
We are one
We are luminous

8. Dreamweaver

Lying alone in your bed
Images from the past filling your head
You try to run, you try to hide
But there is no escape, your eyes are open wide
Long time ago you felt alive
Now only emptiness is blackening your life
The time has come to break away
Or you go astray

Dreamweaver - there is so much more to see
Dreamweaver - There is a deeper way to feel
Dreamweaver - misery takes a hold of you paralyzes your soul
Dreamweaver - find a way to understand
Dreamweaver - You hold your fate in your own hand
Dreamweaver - break your chains and make your move
Or you might just see a dreamweaver's fall

Things that you started
Are still undone
While you are wasting you precious life
The sleepless nights
Won't leave you be
You're going astray

9. Liberty

Sun is shining
Sky is so blue
I'm filled with hope
It's promising
The course my life is taking
Searching of my truth has brought me here
Facing things with confidence
That all will be OK
Past is gone
Life goes on
Memories remain
I break the chain of misery and pain

Marching to a different drum
Shines my liberty
It's growing stronger every day
I feel it in me
Leading me to a different world
Freedom shows the way
It's there for you and me to find
It's heaven on earth

I'm standing here today and understand
There is no reason to hide anymore
So many things to see so many things to gain
My life is not in vain

10. Ride Like The Wind

[Japanese Bonus Track]

[Music & Lyrics by Jens Johansson]

A house made of cards and no time to run
Unfolding the path before me
Together with you and not making sense

And slid from my grasp, that moment in time
When everything stood to reason
The clarity gone, I wait for my fate

Black clouds gathering
Wind, carry the word of my fate

Ride, ride like the wind

It's fanning my flame, too bright to be real
It's burning my eyes to ashes
I'm one with the steel, too bright to be real

Black clouds gathering
Wind, carry the word of my fate

Ride, ride like the wind

11. Vapaus (Demo Version)

[Japanese Bonus Track]

[Music and lyrics by Timo Tolkki]

Hiljaa, hiljaa kuulen kutsun tän
Pidän kiinni nyt mä palleistain, ne on mun ystäväin
Kuulen kutsun peniskateuden
Kun en pysty edes kusemaan katsomatta viereen
Painan pään ulko... hihihih, vittu!
Muista pyyhkii aina Embolla tai susi sinut vie

Mar... vittu... marssin tahtiin Timo Tolkin paikkaan jumalan
Kun kuoli sinun puolesta ja voitti humalan
Helvetti sua odottaa, raukka syntinen
Sun luojaas täytyy pelätä ja kunnioittaa

Viimein vaihdoin sukupuoleni
Naisen ruumiissa on kivempi maassa tallustaa
Ystäväni on Chris Owen
Mäkin kirjan kohta julkaisen ja paljastan mä poveni
Painan pään ulkokäymälään
Muista pyyhkii aina Embolla tai susi ja Pekka sinut vie

Laulu tää on vailla merkitystä
Sanat soljuu itsestään
Nettiriippuvuus on huono ystävä
Nopee yhteys on ainoo ratkaisu

1. Maniac Dance

This year has been a nightmare
I've been so low, I don't care
I've dwelled in depths of darkness
Swam across the ocean of pain

I've fed the tabloids, the media
It's a bottomless pit, a redia
Front pages, gossips, knifings, drunken nights and days

Sadness, rage, hopelessness
I am nothing without you

Again the dance
I do the maniac dance
Just like in trance
I do the maniac dance

This demon serves me well
It wants to send me to the depths of hell
A roller coaster ride it has been I can tell
I'm a walking miracle of medicine
A real catastrophe on legs
A proud member of human race known as the dregs

Xanax, Remeron, Therapy, Buspiron
Anger, Fear and Shame

Again the dance
I do the maniac dance
Just like in trance
I do the maniac dance

2. Fight!!!

Climbing mountain
Big stone on my back
Hopeless feeling
Everything is black

What am I fighting for?
What am I living for?
That is the part that I don't know

You gotta fight
Fight for your life
Until you die
Fight for your life

Endless searching
In the cyberspace
All is turning
Into a disgrace
What am I searching for?
What am I running for?
That is the part I don't know

You gotta fight
Fight for your life
Until you die
Fight for your life

3. Just Carry On

Time goes by
But you can't rest
Too many things
And you're obsessed
Trying to find
Some sense to it all

No-one knows what you've been through
Like no-one cares
But it's not true
Turn the page
And make a fresh start

When you are low
You should know
You are not the only lonely soul
And you will find
The strength inside
There is no more need to hide

Just carry on
Fullfill your dreams
Don't let them try to pull you down
So carry on
Don't give up
March on till the end
The road is long but you'll reach the final bend

4. Back To Madness

Another winterday is gone
I'm lying here all alone
There are many like me here behind these closed doors

Somehow I lost the way
Fear just led me astray
Deep into the labyrinth of my warped mind

I lost all of my belief
And I felt my spirit break
Through the rain, storm came over me

Back to madness - I go back to sadness
I go back to madness - There is no return

Must go back to madness
Must go back to sadness
I go back to madness
Will I ever learn?
What I don't recall I will repeat

Have you ever been hurt?
Have you ever been abandoned?
Have you ever been truly scared?
Have you ever felt you don't belong here?
Have you ever felt like you don't have a home?
Have you ever felt you don't have a chance?
From the moment of birth we are already dying
Death is the only true salvation
Through death man is reborn
Like a butterfly is born out of a caterpillar
And after that, man is finally free

5. Gypsy In Me

I was sent out
To the world
From the mission
I just returned
The dust has not settled down yet
Still I am needed more fame to be earned

I thought I could have some rest
But I feel like I am possessed
I shouldn't be complaining cause I am blessed

Must have been the Gypsy
The Gypsy in me

All the pressure
On my shoulder
I can feel
It makes me older
I've given everything tonight
It is enough I still have to fight
My heart is beating so fast
If this breath would be my last
Would I die happy or would I regret my past

Must have been the Gypsy
The Gypsy in me

Must have been a mistake
But I agreed

6. Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power)

A failed painter, born to change the world
Beaten up kid swore his revenge
Whirlwind of chaos and destruction man has never seen before

Blind masses led like a flock of lambs
Deception, blinded by the lie
Another "saviour" of mankind showed the way

Gargantuan monster
Spread terror, food for the guns

Obsession turned to hate
It was their final fate
Projecting, persecuting, murdering and conquering the world

A diabolical plan was created
Armageddon and the apocalypse
Six million people vanished in the air
For the cause of one man

Gargantuan monster
Spread terror, food for the guns

Zenith of power
Zenith of power - He changed the course of history
The final hour
Madness reigns

Zenith of power
Zenith of power - Remains forever a mystery
The final hour
Madness reigns

7. The Land Of Ice And Snow

The land of ice and snow
Where the midnight sun blows
Hundred thousand lakes glow
In the land of ice and snow

Northern lights guide our way
Come whatever may
Forest god protects our day
In the land of ice and snow

Where Koskenkorva flows
Where the freezing wind blows
Summer nights are white and warm
In the land of ice and snow

Some might say that we are cold
Don't believe all that's been told
Our hearts are made of gold
In the land of ice and snow

We didn't bow under oppression
We fought and we died
Redeemed in blood
The land of ice and snow

Here I was born and here I've lived
And one day here I will die
Under northern starry sky
In the land of ice and snow...

8. Leave The Tribe

Listen to what I have to say
We could get out of here today
I'll take you with me if you want to go
New kind of place, just let me know

I am a man, I'm not a child
And I am free, 'cause I can feel

We just have to get away
We have nowhere left to stay
We can run and we can hide
We just have to leave the tribe

Doing things in our own way
We'll just let the others stay
Those who fought and those who lied
We just have to leave the tribe

Leave the tribe!

Everything is always the same
They try to make you play their game
"This is the way", you're being told
Bet hear me out, you can't be sold

And still they roll like pigs in the mud
While you have the fire burning inside

We just have to get away....

9. United

We drifted apart on the sea of lie
Sailed into new horizons, out of sight
We lost the way, we lost the key
But the spirit was kept alive and free

Now destiny has brought us back
We are here before your eyes, we hear your cries
And that's why tonight we all make history
We're together again calling you

United we stand - divided we fall
Our destiny's here tonight with you all
Through wind and thunder we sailed to your shore
We did not give up, so open the door

'cause we're united
We stand united

It's great to look into the eyes of a friend
And shake his hand and thank him for the years
And it's great to see you all here
We're together again calling you

United we stand - divided we fall
The sun is shining for each and for all
The future is bright and there's hope in the air
Together we're singing, together we care

2. I Did It My Way

Look at me do you see
All the things you could be if you see
Many more usually suddenly
They are claiming you are up against the wall
Fade away nevermore ultimate alter path many cars speeding up
No police anarchist maybe better cos you wanna say
And it's OK

[Chorus:]
I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna make the best of what I can believe to be
I don't wanna fight it that's okay
If I really find some last gate
I just wanna walk the road I paved with myself
I did it my way

If you say you could pay but you can't pay enough
Vanished luck for a guy like you are with your chains
You just think that you can buy your way to hell
What I say I will say but you don't care about anyway
Hemingway library misery
Cos you wanna rule the game yourself
But it's OK

4. Angel

You came into my life one sunny day
There was no reason to repair the shame
I travelled long and far to see the mirror on my soul
Fading like a dream away from me
To capture all the moment is undone
To share the view of morning sun is wide
To learn and live buying too many is the only way to go
Fading like a dream away from you

Angel I can't take away the pain
I can only share the trait
Take away the shame
Angel there's so much in life
Bigger than the wild
One day you'll see
My angel

1. Deep Unknown

Taking a chance
Go again
To the great unknown

Facing your fears and feel
what's on your mind when you're alone

Fall into the sea
So you will be free
Into the deep
You disappear

Dive deeper into the ocean
You'll find more about your emotions
As you go far beyond imaginary borderlines
Into the deep unknown---

Need to breath, might drown
You can't inhale
No one around, sliding down
Time passes by, you can not fail

As light fades away
There's so much to gain
You're holding on
It's not in vain

Dive deeper into the ocean
You'll find more about your emotions
As you go far beyond imaginary borderlines

Dive deeper into the ocean
You'll find more about your emotions
As you go far beyond imaginary borderlines

2. Falling Star

Feel the night time growing nearer
From amidst the darkness I will start my flight
See the stars are shining clearer
Turn around before you're blinded by the light

I am made of burning flame, cast from coldest ice
There is nothing that can stop me

Now I ride above the sky, it cannot hold me back
I dive within the deepest darkest space
See I vanish in the light, you cannot find me there
No one can ever catch the falling star

Feel the heat is growing stronger
Everything that's in my way will be destroyed
See my journey's growing longer
For eternity I'm doomed within the void

I am made of burning flame, cast from coldest ice
There is nothing that can stop me

Now I ride above the sky, It cannot hold me back
I dive within the deepest darkest space
See I vanish in the light, you cannot find me there
No one can ever catch the falling star

Now I ride above the sky, It cannot hold me back
I dive within the deepest darkest space
See I vanish in the light, you cannot find me there
No one can ever catch the falling star

3. King Of Nothing

In the year before we lost our empire
We were children on the march
We were told we had to serve our empire and die
In our wake we only left destruction
Sent their children to the graves
In the year before we lost our empire and died

The war was lost but we went on
Our king was dead and in the end nobody won

We were told to march to death and glory
We were told it's for our land
In the end our tribe was left with nothing and died
In the time when all our hearts were frozen
We were soldiers for the king
In our wake we left their castles burning and died

The war was lost but we went on
And when the harvest came we found our king was gone

The war was lost but we went on
And when we paid the price we found our king was gone
The war was lost but we fought on
The war was lost and in the end nobody won

4. Blind

When you tell me that your truth
will set me free
Don't believe you and I wish
you'd let me be
From the cradle to the grave
I feel your pain
But I'm trying to erase
you from my brain

Carry me to the shore,
Carry me, I can't stand it anymore

I am blind, but I can see you in my mind
I am blind, but I can see you
I am blind

When you say you have a way
to make me talk
I just wanna turn around
and start to walk
Can't you see, don't want
to be inside your mind
Set me free leave me be
and make me blind

Carry me to the shore,
Carry me, I can't stand it anymore

I am blind, but I can see you in my mind
I am blind, but I can see you
I am blind

I am blind, but I can see you in my mind
I am blind, but I can see you
I am blind
I am blind, but I can see you in my mind
I am blind, but I can see you
I am blind

5. Winter Skies

Walking by a frozen lake
Silent snow in the air
Dreaming of the summer day
Carry me till I'm there

Winter skies, leave me alone
When I lose my way
Winter skies you call me home
Winter skies, leave me alone
When I lose my way
Winter skies you call me home

Bring me back when I am lost
Far from your embrace
Bring me silence, bring me frost
Your familiar face

Winter skies, leave me alone
When I lose my way, northern star
You call me home

Winter skies, leave me alone
When I lose my way
Northern land
You are my home

Winter skies, leave me alone
When I lose my way
Northern land
You are my home

6. Forever Is Today

I'm dreaming awake,
My thoughts won't let me go
Feels like my mind has turned into my foe
The fear of tomorrow,
The fear of today
I'm trying to stay,
I'm trying to run away

My life is at stake,
My time is running out
Feels like I live my life in constant doubt
The fear of tomorrow,
The fear of today
I'm trying to stay,
I'm trying to run away

Each moment shall pass,
Will never return
Your fate is what you make of it
So seize your day

I will waste no more time
Leave my worries behind
I live for this moment alone
Let me tell you my friend,
All things come to an end
Forever is today
So don't delay

I will waste no more time,
Leave my worries behind
I live for this moment alone
Let me tell you my friend,
All things come to an end
Forever is today
So don't delay

7. Higher We Go

Feeling so sad and tense
Confusion on my mind
Nothing makes any sense
Things are entwined

Hopeless soul in the haze
Trying to find the way
Out of this wicked maze
To a new day

We will rise out of agony
And find a way to victory

Higher we go
Climbing up to the skies
Higher we go
A new day will arise

When all is crashing down
I know the time will heal
In this insanity
We'll find what is real

Together we are so strong
Holding our heads up high
We will carry on
'Til the day we die

We will rise out of agony
And find a way to victory

Higher we go
Climbing up to the skies
Higher we go
A new day will arise

Higher we go
Climbing up to the skies
Higher we go
A new day will arise

8. Somehow Precious

Yesterday
Seems so far away
Some projection in a dream
Sweaty sheets
I am back to reality
I walk out to my own scream

All the bad things that were said
Will not leave me be
I need to get them out of my head

What have I said?
What have I done?
Can I have another chance?
What I said late
No one has won

Give me a glance
don't deny
That I am somehow precious to you

And today
I still feel the same
Even though you are so near
I try to talk
my lips are whispering now your name
but the words have seem to disappear

All the bad things that I said
Will not leave me be
Once again I'm all alone in my bed

What have I said?
What have I done?
Can I have another chance?
What I said late
No one has won

Give me a glance
Don't deny
That I am somehow precious to you

What have I said?
What have I done?
Can I have another chance?
What I said late
No one has won

Give me a glance
Don't deny
That I am somehow precious to you
That I am somehow precious to you