So many roads
So many choices in this life
So many wishes
And this hope that never dies
I never hesitate
I know it can be mine
And if I choose to be
A master of disguise
So many give their life
Without a second doubt
Too many die alone
Don't die without a fight
So many towers
but no wizards ride the skies
I'll take my chances with this ride
As long as I'm alive
So many mean so well
but always do you harm
Too many die in vain
Why some will take up arms
I never hesitate
I know this life is mine
I'll tell you what I need
Without you I'll be fine
Too many grains of sand
and snakes hide in the grass
So many hours
and the walls are made of glass
I never hesitate
Don't care about the prize
I'll take my chances with this ride
As long as I'm alive
And when the night comes down
it makes no difference
And when the night comes down
I stand my ground
as long as I'm alive
If you're still standing now
I guess you've got it made
Out of this camouflage
Out of this old charade
You've built your paradise
I've seen it so I know
Too many lives are lost
and plenty more to go
Don't sell me paradise
I know this heart of stone
Hell-bent on sacrifice
leave me the hell alone
Too many hearts
too many minds, too many doors
Too many questions
and you've heard them all before
Too many broken wheels
revolving ever more
Some never will decide
Some always seek control
I'll take my chances with this ride
As long as I'm alive
In our near distant future
Can you see such a thing?
Like a dreamworld portrayed
filled with such wondrous things
Where the children imagine
by the light of the moon
That the Earth starts to rumble
Lights out too soon
Where are you now?
Living your life under sun-punished ground?
Tilling the land with an ox and a plough?
Tell me I'm dying to know
Reaching out for Castor Skies
We might ever, never die
Be the first ones out alive
Don't you wonder?
What it's like to roam the night
Endless wonder, endless flight
Be the first ones out tonight
Don't you wonder?
So we gather our fortunes
and put Man in machines
And that day is to come
For these thing's I've seen
We're the children imagined
when the sun burns the moon
We're the ones leaving Earth
Not a second too soon
Starlight shadows
paint your face on every wall
Broadcasting dreams to us all
Changing colors as I walk along the street
Just like last fall, I'm here
Can't imagine such a change of scenery
Would make a difference to me
And now I find
It all so strange
and not the way I thought it'd be
Can't deny
this summer is over
Can't you see I've just a
Heart-broken soul to give?
Tell you why
it's already over
I'm just another weary
heart-broken soul
Hand in hand we made our way
across the bridge
Now I'm here all alone
Can't deny the hurt inside
that love is gone
Pretending this choice was my own
Just another broken heart
Just another broken soul
Just another broken heart
In another, just another
In another broken mind
Can't deny
this summer is over
Can't you see I've just a
Heart-broken soul to give?
Tell you why
and over and over
I'm just another weary
heart-broken soul
Find another broken heart
from another broken soul
Why can't you see I've just a
Heart-broken soul to give
To any other broken mind
and any other broken heart
I'm just another, weary,
heart-broken soul
There's so much darkness in the world
Don't live in fear of death
He's not our master
No, just remind yourself
your time on Earth is short
It's time for us to truly live
No second round
No heaven found
Except the one
Where we find love
This life is all we get to live
Don't you believe them
There's no god in heaven
No prize awaiting
No award for sacrifice
Still there's a reason to believe
in life like never before
'Cause there's a light
When you give love
It reaches deep inside
and so I'm never alone
When you give love
with all your heart
I give you all I am
and everything I can
You're not alone
Let's make a promise you and I
To never waste this life
To take our chances
Burning bridges
Tearing all defenses down
With open hearts we stand so tall
Never, ever, alone
Can you tell me
the way this world disappoints you
and I will show you
The scenes behind that wall
And is the fabric they weave for you
Much too frail
or way too dark?
Let me show you there's more
Oh, there's more
Is this all there is?
Have we made the grand last stand?
No more boundaries
No uncharted lands to explore
Has this journey
this grand transition
made hollow what was whole?
Let me show you the door
Oh, there's more
Don't let go!
Don't let go!
I said don't let go
Don't let go!
Now let go!
Lost in a mirrorworld
That's all we ever were
Lost in a mirrorworld
Can't find the door
Let me out!
Lost in a mirrorworld
Don't leave me here
Get me out!
Hear my final words
Lost in a mirrorworld
You let go
I let go
You let go
Any second now
I let go
You let go
We let go
Now let go!
Think you can master a thousand faces?
I know a man who wrote a better line
Think you can tell another lie
And make me think the blame is mine
Well I'm certainly not blameless
And I'm really not a saint
But I'm telling you this time
Just this once
I'm doing this for everyone
I'm doing this for everyone
Lost within themselves
With dreams that won't come true
We catch another rainbow
I'm telling you
I'm doing this for everyone
Doing this for everyone
Oh, for everyone
When your dream is gone
I'll give you mine
Until the end of time
All for everyone
Can you tell
A paradise from hell
When you're running all the time?
Is there a lesson to be learned
From a tyrant overturned
And the mountains that we climb?
I don't have the patience of a saint
I can't forgive a million times and one
So I'll tell you this just once
I'm doing this
I'm doing this for everyone
And now your dream's live
I can't believe it was mine
When every dream's alive
for everyone
I hear the ticking of the clock
Another line by sung by someone else
No matter where you are tonight
Doesn't matter I'll just tell you once
This is for everyone but you
I said enough is enough
And I don't even know why
You always show up this way
I can't imagine how
You think it's even OK
Just 'cause I try to be nice
Why can't you simply let go?
But you hold on for dear life
Nothing I say will reach you, ever
If love is all you want
love is all you need
and I'm the only one you ever see
I sink like a stone
The life that you want
is not your own
And now you're back here again
You think I'm happy somehow
to wear this smile on my face
It's just how I stay alive
and I'll have you know
It's not for you to decide
It's not a public debate
It's not a test-drive to take
It's not a choice you can make
Trade on your life inside
Buy everlasting lies
Find all you need tonight
then hide inside that electric sky
We want—We need—You'll find
Time enough to circle 'round the sun
Light enough to realize it's gone
When you find there's nothing left to buy
You stand aside, watch life pass by
I realize there's
nothing can't be done
But time that's lost
won't ever come back round
In this moment
I reflect a lifetime shown me
Now I know
the state of my despair
Now I know I'm not afraid to show
I'm breaking down inside
The cracks appear so clearly now
the framework of my life
comes crashing down tonight
It's time you know
the state of my despair
Give up on your dreams and call it love
Well, all I see's a world that's come undone
before too long there's nothing left inside
You stand aside, watch life pass by
Despair under the sun
is everything I've got
I have to change my ways
Now I know what I 've become
I see what I have done
My life was passing by
I realize there's
nothing can be done
'Cause time that's lost
won't ever come back round
I'm not the only one
to find myself all
broken up inside
The whole world is falling and now
the framework of your life
comes crashing down
and now I know you know
the state of my despair
The devil that you know
is the company you keep
Can you tell me who you think you are
and why the devil you never sleep?
Take a look around
there's terror everywhere
Before too long the sun goes down
and night is in my care
The unborn never die
I can taste it in the air
The dark seed has been sown
A taste of immortality
the devil's never known
Climb the golden stairs
You're never going home
Cause when it comes to playing life
you lose it on your own
A child denied forevermore
Resides inside you all
No more deceit
I told you so
Take my hand it's time to go
There's a sadness in my heart
Indemnity
There's the mirror to my soul
Insanity
There's a sea of broken lives
A sea filled up with whys
Humanity
No sadness, no pain
No struggle in vain
All that matters is
They've nothing to lose
No reason to cry
There's nothing to choose
and the unborn never die
Another season calls
Another winter falls
No use denying it
We're dying as we speak
I let it get to me
And everywhere I see
There's no way I can deviate
I tumble down my path
And I know—Let it go
But I know—Let it go
And I know I can't escape this
But I push for all I'm worth
And I know—Just let it go
But I know—Just let it go
Can't you tell I need my Mondays
Like a dead man needs the earth?
Every dream I hold
burns down in crimson and gold
This Machine is broken you know
When anything you say or do
Elicit no response
This Machine is broken for sure
The forces set in motion
Prohibit any cure
So we're here again
Sunday evening when
I try denying it
But Monday comes again
If you look inside
Take a second glance
Nothing can alleviate
this feeling that I'm trapped
And I know
Anywhere I go
burns down in crimson and gold
This machine is broken
The night lives, the night moves
And night can leave you hungry
Craving more
And the night can last forever
The night can see, the night can feel
And night can call her children
to her door, like before
And she's waiting for your answer
So wait no more
Take this life I lay before you
And come alone
Let her light embrace you
And come tonight
We come home
Hello moon
I delight in your shadow
I delight in your gloom
I delight in your silence, sweet moon
Hello moon
I delight in your shadow
I delight in your gloom
I delight as you crest, as you wane
Night is swift and night is bold
And life is, oh, so fleeting
You've been told, night is cold
Yet the night might hold the answer
How many times a day
I struggle with myself
How many times a day
Can I rebuild my private hell?
Is there some peace of mind
To be had when left alone?
How can I leave behind
a state of mind that's in my bones?
When I always stand alone
Unwanted
So out of place
Why even bother?
Why even try?
Irreverence or pride
Tell me why
Why should I bother?
Why should I try?
When all my work gets thrown away
Irreverence and pride
Every day
I can't find sleep at night
but to call a spade a spade
I see myself detained
by every wish I ever made
And in the early light
I let it take control
my abject destiny
as mapped out by my soul
| The Band | |
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| Urban breed | Vocals |
| Bob Katsionis | Guitars, keyboards, bass |
| Jan Vacik | Keyboards, vocals |
| Dominik Sebastian | Guitars |
| Alex Holtzwarth | Drums |
| Mario Lochert | Bass |
| Additional Musicians | |
|---|---|
| Shaye Breed | Additional backing vocals on 'As Long as I'm Alive'. |
| Other Information | |
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| Mostly produced by: | Bob Katsionis & Jan Vacik |
| Guitars, bass and most keyboards Recorded at: | Sound Symmetry Studio, Athens, Greece |
| Urban breed Recorded at: | The Frop Farm, AL, USA except parts of 'The Unborn Never Die' and 'Castor Skies' that were recorded with the Frop Farm Mobile Unit in the kitchen of Dreamsound Studios, Písek, The Czech Republic |
| Drums recorded at: | Angels Cry Studios, Munich, Germany |
| Remaining bits recorded at: | Dreamsound Studios (Most likely in Písek, The Czech Republic but possibly also in Munich, Germany) |
| Additional Editing by: | Konst Fischer at Dreamsound Studios, Munich. |
| All lyrics, except the lyrics for 'Dying Hearts' and 'Goodbye My Angel', written by: | Urban breed |
| All music written by Serious Black* | *EXCEPT every single song on the album. This as 'As Long as I'm Alive', 'Mirrorworld' and 'Irreverence and Pride' were written by Urban breed. 'Castor Skies', 'Heartbroken Soul', 'You're Not Alone', 'The Life that You Want', 'State of My Despair', 'Hello Moon' and 'The Unborn Never Die' were written by Urban breed and Bob Katsionis. 'Breaking the Surface' was written by Lukas Knoebl and Jan Vacik. 'Dying Hearts' was written by Jan Vacik. 'Goodbye My Angel' was written by Jan Vacik and Martin Kursawe. 'Emotional Blackmail' was written by Bob Katsionis, Urban breed, Mario Lochert and Jan Vacik. 'This Machine is Broken' was written by Bob Katsionis, Urban breed and Mario Lochert. |
| Photos by: | Claudia Steinle www.photojockey.de |
| Orchestration on 'Breaking The Surface' and 'Hello Moon' by: | Lukas Knoebl, Aeonata |
| Cover Artwork and Booklet Design by: | Stan W Decker www.stanwdartworks.com |
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| Europe: | Release Date: | September 9th, 2016 |
| Format: | CD jewel-case | |
| Label: | AFM Records | |
| Label Code (LC): | 05204 | |
| Catalogue Number: | AFM 567-2 | |
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| Label: | AFM Records | |
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