IVORY TOWER LYRICS

1. Silence

Thunder from afar. Above a glaring star
The wings spring up from out of nowhere
Calm before the storm. Seasons acting as they want
Nobody knows nothingness is marching on
The sky has turned to grey. The sun has gone another way
Seems like something wicked's coming up today
Blocked and blinded minds have never seen the signs
The ends been drawing near this time
>From the past to the question what will be
Has never been an open mind to see
The last way out from our destiny

After all the hurt silence of the world's
Waking up the universe
Natural purge
Back to a new beginning

Mankind's on the edge of existence
I'm watching from a distance
Where many people've gone before
Walls are tumbling down
Mankind's on the run
A higher force has taken over
And nothingness is marching on

After all the hurt silence of the world's
Waking up the universe
Natural purge
Back to a new beginning

Timeless we thought our life would be
Will only be a memory
Bow to the inevitable
The human race has to pay its price
Sorrow and pain could never repair
The damage to the world around us
Sair pollution, exploitation and the will for alteration
Step by step into nothingness
And nothingness is marching on

After all the hurt silence of the world's
Waking up the universe
Natural purge
Back to a new beginning

2. Secret In Me

I leave the ashes of my brutal
Past won't fulfill my future life
Deep inside I need to run away from
Lying, hiding, betraying
Crying, denying, pretending
Life goes on straight to the edge
Hopeless wishes wander through the night
I seem to know the reason that really shows
The valley of my shabby soul

Baring the secret everyone's turning away
Life and its meaning have led me astray

I flow with the sands of time
I know that the memories remain
I hold back the beast in me
I know I better had
Keep the secret in me

Lying, hiding, betraying
Crying, denying, pretending
Baring the secret everyone's turning away
Life and its meaning have led me astray

I flow with the sands of time
I know that the memories remain
I hold back the beast in me
I know I better had
Keep the secret in me

I flow with the sands of time
I know that the memories remain
I know I better had
Keep the secret in me

3. Foreboding

You wonder if you like the way
He's playing with your feelings
You know that it is not the way
You actually wanted
There's something in your mind
That keeps you safe and warm
The mystery of foreboding
Something's going on
The tide has turned
You trust your inner voice that's saying

Hold on to your dreams
Whan all your feelings are
Raging like thunder

You wonder if she's really
What she pretends to be
Memories of broken love
Hope of eternity
Enchanted by the moment
The new
But something's going on
The tide has turned
You trust your inner voice that's saying

Hold on to your dreams
Whan all your feelings are
Raging like thunder

Out in your world and your universe
Try to find out what remains at last
Buils up a wall just to let them know
You can see through their brilliant show
Run away from nightmares

Hold on to your dreams
Whan all your feelings are
Raging like thunder

4. Game Of Life

She drifts away in sorrow
Her mind will leave her soon
Its hard to face tomorrow
All that could remain is pain but

Fate will light a candle for the one
Who stands the game of life
Under this blazing sun

She wraps herself in silence
Words just can't get through
I'd like to free her mind from
Things she thought he would not do

Fate will light a candle for the one
Who stands the game of life
Under this blazing sun

They say that time's healer
Wounds will fade away
But will time relieve her
Of never wanted memories

Fate will light a candle for the one
Who stands the game of life
Under this blazing sun

5. Peeping Tom

I'm on my own
No time and space perceptible
Just deaf and blind
That's the way I'm feeling
My courage gives up
The drive has lost it's reason
But the moment is near
And light is gone
Just for a short time
Life's got a new meaning

Sorry for watching you
But I adore you
Moments that let me now
That I'm alive

My mind is playing tricks on me
Imaginations of things that won't become reality
My dream keeps smiling and pain is hiding
Capture this moment for all eternity
Close your window cause it's getting dark
Bag rogues are crawling out of the park
Be not afraid 'cause it's only me
A little smile is all a poor boy needs
And life's got a new meaning

Sorry for watching you
But I adore you
Moments that let me now
That I'm alive

For just a second you're mind
My world of yearning
Close your windows cause it's getting dark
Bag rogues are crawling out of the park
Be not afraid 'cause it's only me
A little smile is all a poor boy needs
And life's got a new meaning

Sorry for watching you
But I adore you
Moments that let me now
I'm alive

6. Beyond The Stars

Everything around me seems unreal
It's not the way I used to feel
I try to stop the pounding of my heart
Any kind of pains get nip in the bud

Familiar places passing by
I seem to fly
All the memories of the past
Don't mean a thing

Where am I now
Where will I go

Timeless, painless
There is magic in my mind
As I fly beyond the stars
Will I die, will I live again
When I fly beyond the stars

Honesty, security
Are guiding me
Familiar faces satisfy
My question way

Where am I now
Where will I go

Timeless, painless
There is magic in my mind
As I fly beyond the stars
Will I die, will I live again
When I fly beyond the stars

7. When Thoughts Are Running Wild

My whole life I've been waiting
For someone like you
The one and only
But there are times I wonder
Who you really are
If you were alone
It's in your eyes and in your smile
It's in the way that you deny

Don't leave me, releave me
Don't run away and hold me
When thoughts are running wild
I hear you, I feel you
I truly adore you
I'm watching every move you make
I want you here by me
I need to feel your warmth
Tenderness and poetry
But there is still that odd feeling
It's in you eyes and in your smile
It's in the way that you deny

Don't leave me, releave me
Don't run away and hold me
When thoughts are running wild

Don't leave me, believe me
Don't run away and hold me
When thoughts are running wild

8. Flight Into The Self

Did the teacher tell you what is right
Have you followed rules guided by the voice of mind
Did you learn your lesson well my friend
Are you prepared for life or just about to end
Have you ever left your own dignity
Have you ever seen the way it could be
Are you afraid of what the future brings
Do you hear it first when the alarm bell rings
You are not alone
I was onle like you
Just about to tail
Stand up my friend and face your life
The way it's gonna be

Try to fly my friend
Don't hide behind your tears
Try to fly my friend
Find out your tears

And when the morning appears
And you've shed the night with tears
When nightfall's not expected
You loose yourself
You doubt yourself
You think it's over
But the story will go on
Have you ever felt your own dignity
Have you ever seen the way it could be
Are you afraid of what the future brings
Do you hear it first when the alarm bell rings

9. Treehouse Theme

[Instrumental]

10. Treehouse

Mother hold me. I think I need to cry
Father help me. I have to get things right
Sorry son, sorry honey. Ain't got time to worry
Was afraid of these answers. I fell into a stare
Today I'm standing at the house where I grew up
Mother's dead. Father too
The fear is still here
And I look up the tree in front of me
Watching the treehouse father built for me
I'm climbing in
The fear just flies away
All my senses obey
Lovely creatures guide my way
They teach me how to cry
How to get all things right
How you learn to love the night

I wonder how it comes. Is this my second chance
Tell me am I dreaming or lost inside time
I pass the parts of life. It really cuts me like knife
I see my life in ruins. The world around me turms
Surrounded by angels I reach a special point
Above me my parents I look at with delight
Suddenly I see so clear
Hate just turns to understanding
Sweat on my skin as I awake from my dream
Throught the dust I see the treehouse
And memories are coming back again

Now I stand here at their grave. I'm crying
I've learned to forgive and to love
I'm watching sunset's beautiful horizon
The evil's lost the good has won tonight
Seasons change and tides have turned
No one can deny his own changes
When I'm down I know a place
To wash away the sins I've perpetrated

I've learned to forgive and to love







IVORY TOWER LYRICS