VAN CANTO LYRICS

1. Lost Forever

Might be I am lost

There is no reason, no sense
I'm caged in prisons my consciousness built
Always in fearful defense
Always pretending that my will's fulfilled

I have to somehow break out
I have to fight for the freedom to be
What is this life all about?
I have to fight for the right to be free

And so you wonder what have you become?

Might be I am lost forever
Still I'm here to carry on
Even though the road is wayless
I won't doubt, I'm marching on
Might be that I'm lost forever
Walking somewhere far beyond
As long as I roam I don't care
To be lost forevermore

There was a need to be true
I had been hunting for aims that were lies
There is no need to be you
You walk on beaten paths until you die

I went ahead just to see
What I would find there was worth fighting for
I went ahead to be me
And to return to my heart, to my core

Remain in silence, save your words for us
Until the end of time we wander
Roaming to be lost

Might be I am lost forever
Still I'm here to carry on
Even though the road is wayless
I won't doubt, I'm marching on
Might be that I'm lost forever
Walking somewhere far beyond
As long as I roam I don't care
To be lost forevermore

Might be I am lost forever
Still I'm here to carry on
Even though the road is wayless
I won't doubt, I'm marching on
Might be that I'm lost forever
Walking somewhere far beyond
As long as I roam I don't care
To be lost forevermore

Might be I am lost forever
Still I'm here to carry on
Even though the road is wayless
I won't doubt, I'm marching on
Might be that I'm lost forever
Walking somewhere far beyond
As long as I roam I don't care
To be lost forevermore

2. To Sing A Metal Song

There you are not knowing who I am
Am I arrogant?
Am I harmless?
Try to judge me
Do it once again
Do the best you can

You can tell what I have felt
When I once wrote this song?
Still you wonder
How somebody like me
Can manage to get along

All that I ever heard from you
Is silence
Pure Silence
No guitars
No randandan
No "one for all"
and "all for one"
Listen to the crowd around me
They will teach you
To sing a metal song

What it was like thirty years ago
I cannot tell
I'm twenty nine
You've been a rebel?
Long haired and tattooed?
Who cares? I am fine

I got the balls to live my life
And to sing a metal song
You won't tell me
How to sing them right
And how to carry on

All that I ever heard from you
Is silence
Pure Silence
No guitars
No randandan
No "one for all"
and "all for one"
Listen to the crowd around me
They will teach you
To sing a metal song

You can't stand all things about to change
You are moaning
You are crying
Everything that's different from the past
Makes you dying deep inside

Face the fact that you're the reason
We are here to scream
You won't teach me how to write a song
Power deep within

All that I ever heard from you
Is silence
Pure Silence
No guitars
No randandan
No "one for all"
and "all for one"
Listen to the crowd around me
They will teach you
To sing a metal song

3. One To Ten

[feat. Victor Smolski of Rage]

Hush

Do not say a word
Might be we are trapped
Cause they want us to stay
Wait for nights to come
Wait for shining stars above
To light our way
Into better days
Now
That we feel as one
They won't keep us down
We were born to fly
Once that we are gone
They will speak of us
As those who always tried
To win an endless fight

Once we have been told a secret
Too risky to know
Three years we tried to keep silent
For to save our homes
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Go!

All that we have feared so much
Is gone!
One for all and all for one
Side by side
We're brave and strong
All the doubts that teased us once
Are gone!
Hundreds, thousands
More to come!
Fight to let our kingdom come

No!
We will never stop
We will never fail
We're the ones to proceed
Step by step we march
Day by day we're waking up
With braver hearts
We are fighting hard

Once we have been told a secret
Too risky to know
Three years we tried to keep silent
For to save our homes
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Go!

All that we have feared so much
Is gone!
One for all and all for one
Side by side
We're brave and strong
All the doubts that teased us once
Are gone!
Hundreds, thousands
More to come!
Fight to let our kingdom come

Once we have been told a secret
Too risky to know
Three years we tried to keep silent
For to save our homes
Are we already in Heaven?
No!
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Go!

All that we have feared so much
Is gone!
One for all and all for one
Side by side
We're brave and strong
All the doubts that teased us once
Are gone!
Hundreds, thousands
More to come!
Fight to let our kingdom come

All our fears are gone!
This is not our end yet
No!
Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
Go!

4. I Am Human

As soon as a new day arrives
I reorder my life
Walking on a million roads at a time
There is no end to see
Still I'm following me
Keen on where I get to finally be
What was done is done
I built my life upon
Every breath that I take
There will be no regret
As long as I won't forget
That one decision to make

I am human
Will be forever
Still I hope things change to better
I am human
Will be forever
I have come to be forevermore

Tell me I'm not doing right
That I'm diverging inside
Still I'm able to turn days into nights
The best decision of mine
Living to intensify
And to give it more than just one try

So what was done is done
I built my life upon
Every breath that I take
There will be no regret
As long as I won't forget
That one decision to make

I am human
Will be forever
Still I hope things change to better
I am human
Will be forever
I have come to be forevermore

I am human
Will be forever
Still I hope things change to better
Am I godlike?
A non-believer?
Am I strong and still get weaker?
Bring the light to deepest darkness
Coldest nights will end to start this
I am human
Will be forever
I have come to be forevermore

From a storm to come
To a deed undone
I'll allways be under burning suns

I am human
Will be forever
Still I hope things change to better
Am I godlike?
A non-believer?
Am I strong and still get weaker?
Bring the light to deepest darkness
Coldest nights will end to start this
I am human
Will be forever
I have come to be forevermore

5. My Voice

I've got my will, I've got my heart
Even though I can't tell her right now
I could not stand if I failed
I could not stand if I lost her somehow
I found the book of silence
So keen what it would show
I read the book of silence
How was I supposed to know
My voice would fall asleep and
Rest until this curse is banned and gone

[Chorus:]
You hear my call
Wide and tall
Yes, i can be heard
My Voice is strong
Builds a wall
Around every single Word
I'm hunting high
Hunting low
I am everywhere
My voice is there
Fills the air
My voice can be heard

I try to open my mind
He doesn't talk, still I'm blind
I try to free all the meanings unknown
I want her to look inside
I cannot see in darkest nights
Until my soul's freed and secrets unfold
I found the book of silence
So keen what it would show
I read the book of silence
How was I supposed to know
My voice would fall asleep and
Never wake again
To surrender is not
What I learned
I'll fight 'gainst this curse 'til it's gone

You hear my call
Wide an tall
Yes, I can be heard
My voice is strong
Builds a wall around
Every single word
I´m hunting high
Hunting low
I am everywhere
My voice is there
Fills the air
My voice can be heard

I'm riding
Still I'm flying
Everywhere that I can be
I'm trying, believing
My voice will speak again for me

I don't want to speak
I don't want to talk
On every other day
There are million miles to walk
I've got nothing to tell
I've got nothing to say
Alone I fade away

You hear my call
Wide an tall
Yes, I can be heard
My voice is strong
Builds a wall around
Every single word
I´m hunting high
Hunting low
I am everywhere
My voice is there
Fills the air
My voice can be heard

Yes, I will be heard
My voice is there
Fills the air
My voice can be heard

I´m riding
Still I´m flying
Everywhere that I can be
I´m trying, believing
My voice will speak again for me

6. Rebellion

[feat. Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger]

The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind

The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind

Rumours know
that rebellion will break out
Bonnie Prince Charles is in the highlands
to claim his crown no doubt
He raised his Standard at Glenfinnen
calling to our pride
The Jacobites are gathering
I'll be at their side

Armed and ready stand
My rights I must defend
Steel is in my hand

The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind

The town of Edinburgh
fell soon in our hands
Defeated the English
at the Battle of Prestopans

Armed and ready stand
My rights I must defend
Steel is in my hand

The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind

The clans are marching 'gainst the law
Bagpipers play the tunes of war
Death or glory I will find
Rebellion on my mind

7. Last Night Of The Kings

The castle is lit with candles and torches
The carriages of the nobles arrive in front
The smell of splendour and decadence
And nobody can foresee
The masters and the mistresses are walking into the hall
They are smiling and laughing and showing that they are tall
They don't recognize that we're waiting there
And just nobody can foresee
This is the last night of the kings

[Chorus:]
We are the folk
And we have the right
To stand up and to fight
For an independent life
We are the force
We are the might
And we will stand up
For an independent life

The ball has begun and we're closing our trap
Inwardly we're gathering ourselves
While the dance comes to higher pace
Still nobody can foresee
Joining the circle, in black robes unknown
Unsheathing our swords and get ready to dance
Our hearts are filled with the will to survive
In this last night of their life
It's a murderous, murderous ball night

[Chorus]

We are heroes
Heroes of the night
We are ready to live forevermore
Our gods lead us through this fight
On and on
We are one and on our way

[Chorus]

8. Tribe Of Force

Emptiness is where I'm from
To nothingness the past has gone
No matter what to bear I'm roaming on
Face the wind, let fires burn
Let coldness reign, I will not gurn
My arrival is my last return

[Chorus:]
The tribe of force
Is setting up again
Enemies retreating
The honest tribe defeating
The tribe of force
Is ready to amend
Don't yield and surrender
The tribe of force will stand

Again I'm lost and what remains?
All my attempts, were they in vain?
I try to seed belief
And so I hold my head up high
I always give it one more try
The force within

[Chorus 2x]

The tribe of force
Is setting up again
The tribe of force
Is ready to amend
Don't yield and surrender
The tribe of force will stand

[Chorus 2x]

9. Water Fire Heaven Earth

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth eternally

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth

Do I really see what I see
Or is it only true in my mind?
Did I really open my eyes
Or is it still that I look inside?

For one moment I knew eternity
What I felt was so peaceful and calm
But still I am here thanks to gravity
And so I keep wandering on

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth

Is there anyone to pretend
That there is nothing to come
Is this my beginning or end?
Will I know where I belong?

For one moment I knew eternity
What I felt was so peaceful and calm
But still I am here thanks to gravity
And so I keep wandering on

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth eternally

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth

Heaven can wait for me!

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth eternally

Water is waving
Oceans are calling
Fire is burning
Heat deep inside
Heaven can wait for me as I'm grounded
Here on earth eternally

Heaven can wait for me!

10. Master Of Puppets

End of passion play, crumbling away
I'm your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your deaths construction
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your Master
Your life burns faster
Obey your Master
Master

Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
Dedicated to
How I'm killing you

Come crawling faster
Obey your Master
Your life burns faster
Obey your Master
Master

Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

Master, Master, where's the dreams that I've been after?
Master, Master, you promised only lies
Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter
Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries
Fix me!

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Neverending maze, Drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too

Come crawling faster
Obey your Master
Your life burns faster
Obey your Master
Master

Master of Puppets I'm pulling your strings
Twisting your mind, smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream
Master
Master

11. Magic Taborea

Torn between the world
I divine the meaning
Thought I fought with my fair-minded heart
I am weak and torn apart
I feel the magic running through my veins
A prophecy is fulfilled these days

[Chorus:]
In Taborea
I follow my heart just to find a new hero
Nothing I want more
Than to be where I belong

Homeless I have been
Still you know where you are from
As I stopped wondering
I finally stood my ground
The world is gathering
The light is ready to shine on
I will shine on
The prophecy is fulfilled today

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2x]

To be where I belong
To be where I belong

12. Hearted

[feat. Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica]

[I PREMONITION]

[Storyteller:]
"Once in lands far beyond
He would better never ever
Having started journeys in worlds down below
He has now choices now
Has to get back somehow"

[Pathfinder:] "What if I break down?"
[Demon:] "I'll welcome you here!"

[Pathfinder:] "No!"
[Demon:]
"What you name a world below
Will rise as worlds are turning though"
[Pathfinder:]
"I resist and I refuse if I had a chance to choose, I would escape!"
[Demon:] "Pushed onto the ground"

[Storyteller:]
"And as the story goes a sallow light appears
It's taking shape: An angel sings to ease the fear"

[Angel:]
"In dark hours so cruel
When you feel blackhearted
Remember the words
You once had said
If you trust in yourself
You will live lighthearted
Destiny's calling
Be there to change your fate"

[II BATTLE]

[Storyteller:]
"Once as time was moving on"

[Demon:]
"Blame me for forsaking you?
If I let you, I would do!"
[Pathfinder:]
"You won't crawl into my mind
Leave me speechless leave me blind
Still I can hear you"
[Demon:]
"I growl and die inside"

[Storyteller:]
"And he then turns around"

[Pathfinder:]
"Now that you see me stand alone
Will you come for me?"
[Angel:] "I listen, I'm on my way"
[Pathfinder:] "I need a guide by my side, so I will"
[Angel:]
"I will help you to
See clearer one day"

[Storyteller:]
"And as the story goes the sallow light returns
It's spending light and warmth as the fire burns"

[Angel:]
"In dark hours so cruel
When you feel blackhearted
Remember the words
You once had said
If you trust in yourself
You will live lighthearted
Destiny's calling
No fate is sealed
If you trust in yourself
You will live lighthearted
Destiny's calling
Be there to change your fate
And rise a new day"
[Angel:] "Return to places beneath my skies"
[Demon:] "I'm leaving but will return"
[Angel:] "A look inside makes you weak and blind"
[Demon:] "No more! In hell you shall burn!"

[III REDEMPTION]

[Storyteller + Angel:] "Fly high to worlds far away"
[Pathfinder:]
"I would better never ever
Having started journeys in worlds down below
I've been uncaged somehow
Start a new glory now
Is there a lesson to learn?
I will return!
In dark hours so cruel
When I felt blackhearted
I remembered the words
I once had said
Yes I trust in myself
Feel strong and lighthearted
Destiny's calling
I will be there
Every task to be done
I'll carry out bravehearted
A mission to face?
I'll stand my ground
And in every night
You will shine lighthearted
This story may end
Another one will unfold"
Story teller:
"For now this story shall end"

13. Frodo's Dream

Standing on the top of the mighty hill
Fail voices are blowing with the wind
The light of the moon glistens in his hair
As he stands alone and abandoned by the night
He is caught, but meant to be free
He is strong, his power comes from within
And as shadows so big cover the moon with black
He raises his head and lifts his arms up to the sky
His wand creates a mighty lightning
An eagle appears to bear him away
The wolves they cry out frightening
And wind blows through his hair as he flies away
Into the night
Soon he disappears
And in the back the attack of the black riders start
The sound of black hooves echoes in his mind
But forever he will roam
Forever he'll be there to fly away
And no one ever stops him on his way
The strong ones they were born to survive, not to die
And I wake up awaiting my last cry







VAN CANTO LYRICS