DELIVERANCE LYRICS

1. Liber 111 (Intro)

[Instrumental]

2. The Annals Of Subterfuge

Lies – spewing out in fury, seeking out the weak
Bold – authoritative stance, disguised as the meek
Made – to feel less than human, abnormal tendencies
Forced – to surrender life’s will, a lived expectancy

Kraft – gehorsam*

Will we live our lives plagued in guilt?
Or will we live on freedom promised?
Laws of stone or felt from the heart?

Cries – a voice in search of freedom, but bound by the will
Defeat – lifeless in the eyes, the lower self to kill
Pierce – a stab at the sky, find the voice within
Strength – Rise against the tide, make the Earth cave in

Fear – of the consequence, to make the needed change
Core – the center of your being, the hidden light engaged
Taunt – brave the new element, pay disparage no mind
Rise – from the dead land you’ve surmised, and pierce the sky!

[* "Kraft" is German for "strength", "gehorsam" is German for "obediently".]

3. Angst

Frustrated, perplexed, at the current world view
Maligned, upset, as the straight becomes askew
Knowledge so vast, yet we dive so deeper still
Into the murk, and we’ve become the mentally ill
OCD, ADHD quickly has become the norm
Independent thought, so swiftly to conform
Escape the real, dive into fantasy
To live with eyes closed, unfurled heresy

Worlds apart, or are you just like me?
Contempt for all, to be or not be
Or is there hope? Will we find a cure?
Paths aligned, trails beyond the blur

Why? Is the question now?
Or has it always been?
Is the answer clear?
Or will we live our life so full of Angst*?

The hate, the love, and all that’s in between
The fault, the blame, mirroring the obscene
The core, the source, of the blinding rage
Power corrupt, weighing out the wage
Lies, deceit, a leering at the past
The more we look the fire in the cast
The wheat, the chaff chocking out the seed
Clearing out, the world in desperate need!

Why? Is the question now?
Or has it always been?
Is the answer clear?
Or will we live our life so full of Angst?

[* "Angst" is German for "fear".]

4. Hope Lies Beyond

I should have come back, but I’ve nothing back there
This sweet slow motion, surrender to the space
Time has left me, truly to be free…

A thousand eyes they’re on me, they flicker in the night
And I become as they…

My eyes roll back, and I see you!
You bring me back in where I am stillborn
Just let me supernova, admire me for a moment

A thousand eyes they’re on me, they flicker in the night
And I become as they…

A thousand eyes they’re on me…

5. Detox

Withdrawn from the mission, I strive to feed the next breath
With no act of indiscretion, the plot of a nervous death
I saw where my eyes led me, the mind won’t stop turning
Pluck it out so I cannot see, the mind won’t stop burning

I need to detox! – Unlearn the old way!

Only so much one can take of mundane living
How much can one make without a thought of giving?
The picture is getting clear, but the air is still so thick
I can no longer shed a tear, it’s all making me sick!

I need to detox! – Unlearn the old way!
I need to detox! – Hear what I say!

Will it come to the end of days and go the way of all flesh?
Be gone at last the old way? The data all refreshed!
Am I stuck with this for now? Blind, not wanting to see
Will they ask me how? And point me toward the tree???

I need to detox! – Unlearn the old way!
I need to detox! – Hear what I say!

6. Nude

Weightless and without form, sometimes I feel like this existence is trying me, failing me, a thoughtless path that’s killing me slowly.
There has to be some way to crawl away from the mundane, to start again, be born again, and dare to live without compromise or conform

I close my eyes, I see myself for that, what I’ve become, a selfish man, a pitied man, trying to please the world and myself.
I hide in the shadows and in plain sight for all of you to see, the double, the triple, the other self’s condemned to hide who I really am…

I can see it, I can see it – a chance to be all that I am
I can see it, I can see it – a chance to grow and start to live again

Fly into the center of the Universe
And find the meaning behind your “self”
Watch it die, then watch it reborn
Stumble on this darkened path
The answers are there, reach in and see
Death is not the end, but a start, a chance
To live as if you were nude…

Nothing to hide, only as nude…

So here we are, the masks have been burned, a time to show our real face, this time and place, no longer hiding who we are if not only to you
Like a new life born, look forward to the journey, it’s not late, there is no fate, create our new lives and live like we were nude…

Fly into the center of the Universe
And find the meaning behind your “self”
Watch it die, then watch it reborn
Stumble on this darkened path
The answers are there, reach in and see
Death is not the end, but a start, a chance
To live as if you were nude…

Nothing to hide, only as nude…

7. Passing

I’m tired of hearing and seeing death counts
The passing of another friend.
The clock is ticking, the pendulum swinging
Worried hearts wonder for their end
They’re running to Doctors or the Medicine Men
Looking for the wonder cure
To heal their bodies or to lose their minds
The clearing of a vision blurred…

Ain’t it funny how the living coffins called home
Make us feel safe and secure
We hide from families, the neighbors and pets
And make friends with the computer
We Twit and Facebook our lives on a screen
Past friends and memories relived
I would hate to come to the end of my life
And realize I had not lived…

You’re passing – just living like a dead man
You’re passing – just letting life pass you by
You’re passing – make a change, make the best move
You’re passing – just letting life pass you by…

Take a swim in the ocean, feel the depth all around you
Take a walk and see the strangers’ eyes are really yours!

I’m tired of hearing and seeing the death counts
The passing of another friend.
The clock is ticking, the pendulum swinging
Worried hearts wonder for their end
They’re running to Doctors or the Medicine Men
Looking for a wonder cure
To heal their bodies or to lose their minds
The clearing of a vision blurred…

You’re passing – just living like a dead man
You’re passing – just letting life pass you by
You’re passing – make a change, make the best move
You’re passing – just letting life pass you by…

8. A Perfect Sky

Drifting, a thousand thoughts begin to cross my mind
The door keeps getting farther back behind
Stories and memories, a strong urge to obey
A call to act, a call to pray…

Caught between my past and now, sailing on an open bow
Flying high across a perfect sky
Euphoria, never will I leave, never will it be over…

So it begins, a chance to sit down with a genial class
A chance to peek inside the looking glass
Parsimony, wheels are spinning like an August dance
A chance to sleep, a chance to dream at last…

Caught between my past and now, sailing on an open bow
Flying high across a perfect sky
Euphoria, never will I leave, never will it be over…

Caught up inside a peaceful bliss, a taste of Heaven upon my lips
Beauty abounding, tranquil feelings I surmise, hoping I will not open my eyes…

As a child I used to try and spread my wings and start to fly
Flying high across a perfect sky
Euphoria, never will I leave, never will it be over…

9. Where Eagles Dare

[originally by Iron Maiden]

It’s snowing outside the rumbling sound
Of engines roar in the night
The mission is near the confident men
Are waiting to drop from the sky

The blizzard goes on but still they must fly
No one should go where eagles dare
Bavarian alps that lay all around
They seem to stare from below
The enemy lines a long time passed
Are lying deep in the snow

Into the night they fall through the sky
No one should fly where eagles dare

They’re closing in the fortress is near
It’s standing high in the sky
The cable car’s the only way in
It’s really impossible to climb

They make their way but maybe too late
They’ve got to try to save the day

The panicking cries the roaring of guns
Are echoing all round the valley
The mission complete the make to escape
Away from the eagles nest

They dared to go where no one would try
They chose to fly where eagles dare

10. Entgiftung (Detox German Version)

DELIVERANCE LYRICS