VON HERTZEN BROTHERS LYRICS

1. Insomniac

I’ve got a rat in a cage
I feed it with hunger
A voluntary su -suppression overload

Until I’m seething with rage
Now is it a wonder?
That any given moment something will explode

Can’t knock the wind out of its sails
Or cut it wings and get it off my trail
Insomnia
This wicked insomnia
The untamed desire
The raving wildfire
Oh, it keeps me awake

It’s a destructive machine
Ticking the numbers
Every second builds the pressure in my head

I guess you know what I mean
The stress I am under
What a fate to be possessed until I’m dead

Can’t knock the wind out of its sails
Or cut it wings and get it off my trail
Insomnia
This wicked insomnia
The untamed desire
The raving wildfire
Oh, it keeps me awake

And I toss
And I turn
Cause I can’t get sleep
What I lost
What I earned
Was it all sincere?
Am I gross?
Is she hurt?
Is she sad like me?
Did she know?
Did I learn?
What I sow I reap

It begins
And it builds
Till it makes me crack
And it kills
And it fills
Every dream I have
In my loins
In my head
On my heels
My back
In my groin
On my bed
Everywhere the rat/around

Can’t knock the wind out of its sails
Or cut it wings and get it off my trail
Insomnia
This wicked insomnia
The untamed desire
The raving wildfire

Can’t knock the wind out of its sails
Or cut it wings and get it off my trail
Insomnia
This wicked insomnia
The untamed desire
The raving wildfire

Oh, it keeps me awake

2. Flowers And Rust

She’s been a loner ever since she gave in
To the lingering ghost of her past
And she was doing everything she could to stay still
But the grip of its hold was to last

She became
A wanderer
A foreigner
A living lost cause
In the shade and dark corridors
Stories would tell that she was, yea

Born with a curse
Turning diamonds to dust
Diamonds to dust
An innocent world to withered flowers and rust
Flowers and rust

I don’t remember the day when she fell
My only memory as far as I can tell
Is the trembling of my hands when they held
Withered flowers with her farewell

I became
A charlatan
A bohemian
A clown without shame
Wide awake and in delirium
I can hear myself calling her name, yea

Born with a curse
Turning diamonds to dust
Diamonds to dust
An innocent world to withered flowers and rust

Clearly I was

Born with a curse
Turning diamonds to dust
Diamonds to dust
An innocent world to withered flowers and rust
Flowers and rust

3. Coming Home

Alone and alive on the midnight train
The life as I knew it
Shot down the drain
Right on time or way too late?
Oh Lord, give me all your mercy
To get it straight

The night keeps breathing down my neck
My nerves are shot; I'm nearly a wreck
Oh midnight train,
Take me away

Oh, Again

I do, I don't
I'm close to insanity
I will, I won't
The doubt is a-killing me
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

I cut the rope
And free-fall to stay alive
I cling to hope
And see if I learn to fly
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

And I'm runiing away?

Alone and alive on the midnight train
Over the edge just to feel the flame
Or am I just another pathetic liar?
And if I get burned will I always dread the fire?

I do, I don't
I'm close to insanity
I will, I won't
The doubt is a-killing me
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

I cut the rope
And free-fall to stay alive
I cling to hope
And see if I learn to fly
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

I feel the blood rushing through my brain
Under my skin and in my veins
Oh, this is real; no I'm not insane
This time I'm gonna win this race
It's only me and the open space
I speed up, pray for grace
This is real; no I'm not insane
I'm riding fast on the midnight train

This time I won't stay at the station
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh no

I do, I don't
I'm close to insanity
I will, I won't
The doubt is a-killing me
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

I cut the rope
And free-fall to stay alive
I cling to hope
And see if I learn to fly
Bridges burning
Wheels are turning

Before I come back home
I've gotta take care of this
Oh, I'm coming home
I've gotta take care... yeah
Before I come back home

I remember being here before
So many times or even more
How many lives do I have to live?
To get things straight on the midnight train

4. Lost In Time

Dear God
I have one request
And I need to get this off my chest
Cause I'm evil head to toe
and I hope you would leave me alone

From now on until the end
you can never be my friend again
Because I'm evil and fallen, son
so pretend that I'm already gone

(In Time)
And we'll never meet again
Only Heaven knows the sinner that I am until I'm gone
(In Time)
[?] I can never be the sinner again until I'm gone

Lost in time
Lost in time
I am (Lost In time)
Lost in time
(Lost in time)

[Solo]

So more, my soul is like deserted paramount.
and I beg you to understand
I'm an evil, evil, evil man!

(In Time)
We will never meet again
Only Heaven knows the sinner that I am until I'm gone
(In Time)
[?] it can not erase the pain that I feel until I'm gone
(In Time)
[?] can't you see I am not the man you made me to be until I'm gone.

Lost in Time
Lost in time
I am (Lost in time)
Lost in Time
(Lost in time)
I am.

5. Separate Forevers

6. One May Never Know

You laid your life
On the line
Once and for all.

You believed it was time
To draw the line
Between now and ever more.

One may [?]
One may never know.

Calling on the side
I'm searching in the east
Reading from the sky
It's always been
It's been always [?]

Craving for the light
So pure, my craving for the light.
It's always been
It's always around.

Always far away
Always hear you so close.
Always near
Always here.

White!
Light!

White!
Light!

Always far away
Always hear you so close.
Always near
Always here.

7. World Without

8. Black Heart's Cry

Breathe with the wind
That steals the sun
And leaves us roaming free

Batter down the hatches
Cause here we come
It's only us and the deep blue sea

The thunder and the roar
Of the cannon fire
Give you hell till kingdom come

Cause we are the black hearts
Come and join us
We will be as one

Right now!

You're sitting there in silence
With the fire in yous eyes
And there, inside your calm and bliss
Shines bright our sad demise

Like night and day
Apart we stay
Apart we stay

So in love and war, my friend
All is so fair
Shall we be eternal?
The battle never ends
Purity, purity so blinding
White light in your heart
Does it ever get to kill the darkness?
This dark

You're sitting there in silence
Whit the fire in your eyes
And there, inside your calm and bliss
Shines bright our sad demise

Like night and day
Apart we stay
Apart we stay

And there you come and whisper low
'One day you'll know'
There is no path to peace
Peace is the way to go

The only way to go

You're sitting there in silence
With the fire in your eyes
And there, inside your calm and bliss
Shines bright our sad demise

Like night and day
Apart we stay
Apart we stay

And our black hearts cry

9. Prospect For Escape

There's a thief out
In the orchard
Looking for a thought to steal

With disbelief and doubt
He comes to torture me

When I hold my breath and feel

My human soul
Been like a rose
Rising up
Reach out
And trying
To open
(Rising out, reaching out and trying)
And trying
To bloom
(Standing out to the clouds before.)

The dream is starting over
The rise and fall
Prospect for escape

To the silence
To my loved ones
The queen of seven seas

To the island
To my hideout
The only place I feel

My burning soul
Having gracious wings
Lifting up
Taking off
And flying

[Guitar solo]

Give me a message I can hear
[Background singers]
I need it spoken loud and clear
[Background singers]
A one that stays unbroken
[Background singers]

The dream is taking over
The rise and fall
Prospect for escape

10. The Climb

So easy to quip and get this heart and
Love seems like a cold and distant mountain
This life is a breathe [?]
I swear that I will surmount her

Tonight I'm on my own
Won't hide my injured head in the sand
She's mine
I'm on the climb.

I know when the wheels are set for turning.
I'm home where the sky is red and brown
The cloud underneath is [?]
(Whoa!)
[?]

Tonight I'm on my own
Won't hide my injured head in the sand
This night
I'll make sure that there's no stone left unturned
She's mine
I'm on the climb.

Fall! I'll keep on climbing the rocky slope of her everlasting love
and my, my feet are finding the cracks and coves to help me rise above
This life.

Tonight I'm on my own
Wont hide my injured head in the sand
This time I'll keep myself controlled

Tonight I'll make sure there's no stone left unturned
She's mine
I'm on the climb.

11. Do What You Want With Me

Whoa!
Hey!

You spill my blood
You hunt me down
And your creeping like a cat without a sound.

You check me out and make me
eat the ground
because you know you'll get me caught this time around.

Do what you want, you can do what you want with me!
'Cause there's no way out, there's no way out these walls [?]
Do what you want, you can do what you want with me!
'Cause there's no one here, there's no one here who knows
How to thrill me.

Whoa!
Hey!

So you look me up
And you turn my gut
Upside down inside out
While you curse me

You try to fuck me up
And treat me harsh
Then break my heart to million parts without a thought
Of mercy

Do what you want, you can do what you want with me!
'Cause there's no one here, there's no one here would not thrill me
Thrill me
And I fight to get into my head but you're actually trying to hear me
So, do what you want
Then kill me.

Yeah!

[Solo]

Do what you want, you can do what you want with me!
'Cause there's no one here, there's no one here would not thrill me
Thrill me
'Cause I can't get it into my head but you're actually dying to hear me
So, do what you want
Then help me, help me, help me, help me, help me.

12. Between The Lines

Slow down
Your life will follow
No need to decide
When the answer is implied
Your anxious thoughts
Are seeds for sorrow

Every road has its turnings
Your desperate eyes
Can’t witness life’s designs
So ease your low
Embrace the journey
Between the lines

It’s unknown
And wonderful as starlit skies above
Unknown
Our world goes on the secret lies in love
Between the lines

Time has come
The spell is broken
The soul you must be
Is breaking to be free
And one by one
Your cells will open

To unknown
It’s wonderful as starlit skies above
Unknown
My world goes on the secret lies in love
Between the lines

Between the lines.
Between the lines!
Between the lines.
Between the lines.
Between the Lines!

[Solo]





VON HERTZEN BROTHERS LYRICS