HEADSTONE EPITAPH LYRICS

1. Searing Eyes

[Tim: i was looking for a riff that was classic speed metal.]
[The song's About people WHO hypnotize you with their searing eyes]
[and how impossible it is to see what?s behind them.]

[vers:]
you sear with your eyes on my skin
I feel the pain allthough
I'm so afraid but
I still feed your flame
[ref:]
searing eyes
searing eyes
[vers:] your touch on my skin
like a burning laser blade
destroying deadly lips
praying it's not to late
[ref:]
searing eyes
searing eyes
searing eyes
[vers:]
you're playing your role
with devotion so real
that i can't feel
your emotion

2. All For One

[Martin: step by step i added the parts together and had]
[amazing results, cool, huh? A vagabond tells a story]
[About friendship and unity which is much more important than money.]

[vers:]
we live on the sidewalk
on the path to hell
seven golden years
for our farewell
it is not that easy
to move from place to place
where we are
begins a scornfull chase
we are not envited
we're so pitiful
far away from home
and far off any rule
[ref:]
we all live under the sun
one for all and all for one
allthough bad weather
and cold and dirty air
we don't give up in despair
[vers:]
sometimes more satisfying
belonging to the poor
your friends are very close to you for sure
in the end don't regret
cause we are feeling good
we don't like the kings
just robin hood
we are not envited
we're so pitiful
closer to our friends
and closer to the rule

3. Wings Of Eternity (Fighting Sons)

[Martin: The song came About during a jam session with Jurgen,]
[We wanted to create a power hymn. then Frankie]
[and i had some more ideas and one night we finished the song]
[right over the phone Life is a fight and we are prepared.]

[vers:]
we are standing tall
we are standing straight
always be prepared
never be afraid never
will surrender never
will devine
hear our battle cry
till the end of time
[ref:]
we are the fighting sons
but we don't fight with guns
[vers:]
there's something you should know
there's something you should see
look into my eyes
be my enemy
up from the cradle
till they bury us
we are very loyal
loyal to the crust
[ref:]
we are the fighting sons
but we don't fight with guns
for all the world to see
wings of eternity

4. Ready To Go

[Martin: This song just arose very spontaneously in the]
[rehearsal room while we were preparing for studio]
[cause we needed another headbanger song.]

[vers:]
oh yeah we are the hopeless generation
and so i wonder there's no revelation
you live in the past alright
[ref:]
ready to go
to the future
we are ready
to go on i know
to the limit
ready to go on
and on and on
[vers:]
take care of the good friends
maybe they are not like you
and see all the good things
go on to face the truth
you live ini the past alright

5. Whisper

[Tim: inspired by a psychEdelic moment where]
[i tried to create a ballad that wasn't to classic.]
[Lovers afflicted with doubts.]

[vers:]
will I follow words I've ever known
will I leave you here leave you now alone my dear
will I always know
[ref:]
whisper my aim
and let me know the same
let me know what I don't know
and what I always claim
[vers:]
remember what I've told to you
that I am susceptible to what you say is
my command
my will and my life is in your hand
will I always know

6. Belovers Of Fidelity

[Martin: the basic riff was picked up by Tim with the idea]
[of a subtle electronic sound a Tribute to technique]
[which is fascinating and scary.]

[vers:]
we have electronic toys
and elecrtronic pain
I hear a voice deep inside my brain
I hear you talkin' loud and clearly
"every step you're walking"
it said to me
but in the end
I wonder why
it's comin' back
[ref:]
we are belovers of fidelity
always forever on and on
[vers:]
I see a sign before my eyes
a sign that says: buy me
hear the awful cries
hear what will be
I see a sign that says: buy me
[ref:]
we are belovers of fidelity
always forever on and on
who knows if that is our fate maybe
our fate to overdo fidelity...?
[vers:]
don't care
care about ambition
this is your aim
this is your mission

7. Hole In The Sky

[Tim: I had a pumping riff which reminded me a bit of DIO]
[and i tried for months to get the right hook:]
[An individual person can not change the world.]

[vers:]
soon we realize
that hole in the sky
we don't know why
there is no tomorrow
our time it is borrowed
for a while
[ref:]
there's a hole in the sky
but we don't know why
maybe they want
that all people die
it doesn't matter
who's wrong or right
we really don't want to die
by the hole in the sky
[vers:]
wake up all you people
we know it's no secret
we can't be that blind
we hope it is fertile
cause we don't want to die
as long here to stay
this is the right way

8. Lies

[Martin: The basic riff was inspired by the music of an]
[old video game i played in my childhood.]
[The first song we wrote after our debut album.]
[it was really hard work: Most people are good actors.]

[vers:]
hey are you full of desire
you keep on walkin? your way
so hard you need to inspire
cause you need the fringe group today
wantcha to pass over in silence
can't accept your way of life
oheyoh every minute
and all day through
[ref:]
oheyoh look under the sky
all the people do believe in many lies
if they only get along
well with you every minute
and all day through
[vers:]
hey you you couldn't be tired
we'll keep on makin'
you stay right now
we're risin' up higher
right now
you wanna change
the train we share
the same conditions
but we don't share
you're way of life
oheyoh every minute
and all day through

9. Rest Your Hand

[Tim: the first song i wanted since years to be straight, fast and melodic..]
[it's About my belief in eternal love and friendship.]

[vers:]
you are alone and so am I
why don't we live together always
and then be my best friend forever and ever
we are so close
no one would dare to come between our love
take my hand
and then i swear to
rest your head
[ref:]
rest Your head on my shoulder
rest your head on my shoulder
I wanna hold your hand
until the promised land
at the horizons' sea
so far away it seems
[vers:]
something in me said
it's for always
I'm not to blind to see
it's for always
[ref:]
rest your head on my shoulder
rest your head on my shoulder
I wanna hold your hand
until the promised land
at the horizons' sea
so far away it seems
[vers:]
you are the one for me
no doubt about
we believe there is nothing
instead to hold your hand
and rest your head

10. My Favorite Things

11. Mama

[Martin: a heavy riff expressing an even heavier message: child abuse.]

[vers:]
Mama would you listen to your son
would you listen to what I say
can't you see that helpless one
can't you see me how I pray
I'm afraid to tell you what I bear
say no word to no one
by god you swear
Mama do you know what I really know
do you know what I conceal
it is terrible and horrible
and no one can feel what I feel
I deny myself
and I deny my pain
my childhood turns
from sunshine into rain
[ref:]
Mama are you blind
if only the father in heaven is with me
he gives me the answer to be
I wish he could not find my hide-out
if you're not at home
those bad times
if we are alone

12. Equality

[Tim: actually a song from 1992. With new lyrics.]
[Inspired by my distinctive Feeling for equity.]

[vers:]
you can't beat the rhythm of my heart
you can't declare your aim
you want to rule the world on your own
it does not mean the same
you missuse the law
as a punishment for the people
you don't like you
don't let them up
you don't defend
no you don't let them strike
[ref:]
we are the people you don't like to see
allthough you promise equality
[vers:]
why can't you take me as i am
why can't you leave me be
i wanna be the person that i am
wanna be the real me
[ref:]
we are the people you don't like to see
allthough you promise equality
[vers:]
we all want to be free
for all eternity
until the end of time
something in my heart just cries
don't want to hear your alibies
hope this is
Your final excuse

13. Burn For Me

[Tim: just a straight, fast and melodic song,]
[About Lovers torn by death but are still in spiritual communication.]

[vers:]
walking through the darkness again
I'm not alone
I'm surrounded by a friend
deep in the night
you said to me
I'll be at your side
I want you to be
please rescue me
[ref:]
Burn for me a light
Burn it every night
light for me the way
until the light of day
[vers:]
I've been always there
to keep an eye on your heart
no one should dare
to tear it apart
say it again over and over
and over my friend
I want to hear it again





HEADSTONE EPITAPH LYRICS