Adrian

I’m a priest for the poorest sacrifice I’m but a raft in a sea of sorrow and greed You bathed in my wine Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme Your slit tongues licked my aching wounds Put a stake through my heart! And drag me into sunlight So awake for your greed As you’re slaying the dreamer Swansong for the Wish of Night God it hurts, give a name to the pain Our primrose path to hell is growing weed Blame me, it’s me Coward, a good-for-nothing scapegoat Dumb kid, living a dream Romantic only on paper Tell me why you took all that was mine! Stay as you lay – don’t lead me astray! Wake up, mow the weed You’d be nothing without me Take my life if you have the heart to die You bastards tainted my tool Raped my words, played me a fool Gather your precious glitter and leave me be The Great Ones are all dead And I’m tired, too I truly hate you all!

Ever felt away with me Just once that all I need Entwined in finding you one day Ever felt away without me My love, it lies so deep Ever dream of me Would you do it with me Heal the scars and change the stars Would you do it for me Turn loose the heaven within I’d take you away Castaway on a lonely day Bosom for a teary cheek My song can but borrow your grace Come out, come out wherever you are So lost in your sea Give in, give in for my touch For my taste for my lust Your beauty cascaded on me In this white night fantasy

All the same take me away We’re dead to the world The child gave thought to the poet’s world Gave comfort to the Fallen (Heartfelt, lovelorn) Remaining, yet still uninvited Those words scented my soul (Lonely soul, Ocean soul) It’s not the monsters under your bed It is the Man next door That makes you fear, makes you cry, Makes you cry for the child All the wars are fought among those lonely men Unarmed, unscarred I don’t want to die a scarless man A lonely soul (Tell me now what to do) I studied silence to learn the music I joined the sinful to regain innocence Heaven queen, cover me In all that blue Little boy, such precious joy Is dead to the world Heaven queen, carry me Away from all pain All the same take me away We’re dead to the world Dead, silent, constant Yet always changing – My favorite view of this world As he died, he will return to die in me again Weaving the cloth, giving birth to the Century Child Who gave his life not for the world but for me Innocence reborn once more

It is the end of all hope To lose the child, the faith To end all the innocence To be someone like me This is the birth of all hope To have what I once had This life unforgiven It will end with a birth No will to wake for this morn To see another black rose born Deathbed is slowly covered with snow Angels, they fell first but I’m still here Alone as they are drawing near In heaven my masterpiece will finally be sung Wounded is the deer that leaps highest And my wound it cuts so deep Turn off the light and let me pull the plug Mandylion without a face Deathwish without a prayer End of hope End of love End of time The rest is silence

„I was born amidst the purple waterfalls. I was weak, yet not unblessed. Dead to the world. Alive for the journey. One night I dreamt a white rose withering, a newborn drowning a lifetime loneliness. I dreamt all my future. Relived my past. A witnessed the beauty of the beast” Where have all the feelings gone? Why has all the laughter ceased? Why am I loved only when I’m gone? Gone back in time to bless the child Think of me long enough to make a memory Come bless the child one more time How can I ever feel again? Given the chance would I return? I’ve never felt so alone in my life As I drank from a cup which was counting my time There’s a poison drop in this cup of Man To drink it is to follow the left hand path „Where have all the feelings gone? Why is the deadliest sin – to love as I loved you? Now unblessed, homesick in time, soon to be freed from care, from human pain. My tale is the most bitter truth: Time pays us but with earth & dust, and a dark, silent grave. Remember, my child: Without innocence the cross is only iron, hope is only an illusion & Ocean Soul’s nothing but a name…” The Child bless thee & keep thee forever

Close your eyes Feel the ocean where passion lies Silently the senses Abandon all defences A place between sleep and awake End of innocence, unending masquerade That’s where I’ll wait for you Hold me near you So close I sear you Seeing, believing Dreaming, decieving A place between sleep and awake End of innocence, unending masquerade That’s where I’ll wait for you Sleepwalker seducing me I dare to enter your ecstacy Lay yourself now down to sleep In my dreams you’re mine to keep (Sleepwalk with me…) Sleepwalker seducing me…

Part 1 Wish upon a star Take a step enter the land Walk through the air Take my hand Wishmaster`s will- Join him the quest for dream A make-believe Is all we ever need Wish upon a star No matter who you are The second star to the right Harbinger`s gate Beyond the boundaries Blossom ballet In the great wide somewhere Wish upon a star Believe in will The realm of the king of fantasy The master of the tale-like lore The way to kingdom I adore Where the warrior`s heart is pure Where the stories will come true Part 2 A cub of the king betrayed by usurper A girl in the rain swearing to her father`s name Belle the last sight for the dying gruesome The beauties sleeping awaiting Deep in a dream For true love`s first kiss Part 3 Bald Mountain Night Devilheart endures but light A mad aerial dance Chernabog`s succubi Black Cauldron born Gurgi`s heart forlorn Pig-keeper or hero On a quest of augury Maleficent`s fury The spindle so luring Dragon fight, dying night Dooming might Apprentice of Yen Sid Conducting the galaxy Dreamer on mountaintop Spellbound masquerade The Sailor an idol for the six-year-old in me The Phoenix of White Agony Creek Enchantress, A mermaid in a tale as old as time A Dragonslayer, The Awakener Wish upon a star…

Born from silence, silence full of it A perfect concert my best friend So much to live for, so much to die for If only my heart had a home Sing what you can`t say Forget what you can`t play Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes Walk within my poetry, this dying music – My loveletter to nobody Never sigh for better world It`s already composed, played and told Every thought the music I write Everything a wish for the night Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin Died for the beauty the one in the garden Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom Failed in becoming a god Never sigh… „If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it Remember only the verse, songmaker`s cry, the one without tears For I`ve given this its strength and it has become my only strength. Comforting home, mother`s lap, chance for immortality Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew The sweet piano writing down my life” „Teach me passion for I fear it`s gone Show me love, hold the lorn So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me I`m sorry Time will tell (this bitter farewell) I live no more to shame nor me nor you” And you… I wish I didn`t feel for you anymore… A lonely soul… An ocean soul…

In your creation heaven did decree That in your arms sweet death should dwell Deep Silent Complete Black velvet sea The sirens are calling for me Saved my soul thinking „This song`s a lie” Sand on the shore is so dry Deep Silent Complete Black velvet sea Brave day sinking in endless night The age will say „This poet lies” Heaven never touched earthly face The age will say „This night was ours” Blessed with the Deep The Silent the Complete

Crownless again shall be the queen Trophy on her grave still remains unseen A boat on the river confessing the sins The Riddler revealing the deep hidden things Crownless again shall be the king A gull covered in oil with a broken wing A hitcher on a road alone and lost Iron sharpens iron – a truth that once was Mine is the Earth and the sword in the stone Mine is the throne for the idol One fleeting moment and it is all gone Crownless again Will I fall? Roaming on razor-sharp castles Ruling all but myself (Now my night is laid to sleep) One fragrant rose worth ten times what I am A crippled begging a coin braver than I ever was Reflection from me – Devil dressed in white Chasten the being Become what I once was Mine is the Earth…

Sweet boy, come in I am the dark side of you Die for my sins Like the One once did Cinnamon bed For your unashamed appetite A figurante This dance will hurt like hell Oh, bare grace misery Just a child without a fairytale am I Dark but so lovely A Little Match Girl freezing in the snow Love lying, enticing (Bare grace misery) Crowning the moment (Bare grace misery) This is what I am Bare grace for the end of days Romantic scent Spoiled Lucrece lies warm for you There`s no such priest That can pray me to heaven When done with me Forget if you think I feel ashamed A wild thing Never felt sorry for anything Love lying…

Master! Apprentice! Heartborne, 7th Seeker Warrior! Disciple! In me the Wishmaster Elbereth Lorien A dreamy-eyed child staring into night On a journey to storyteller`s mind Whispers a wish speaks with the stars the words are silent in him Distant sigh from a lonely heart „I`ll be with you soon, my Shalafi” Grey Havens my destiny Master!… Silvara Starbreeze Sla-Mori the one known only by Him To august realms, the sorcery within If you hear the call of arcane lore, Your world shall rest on Earth no more A maiden elf calling with her cunning song „Meet me at the Inn of Last Home” Heartborne will find the way! Master!… Wishmaster Crusade for Your will A child, dreamfinder The Apprentice becoming… Master!…

Sleep Eden sleep My fallen son Slumber in peace Cease the pain Life`s just in vain For us to gain Nothing but all the same No healing hand For your disease Drinking scorn like water Cascading with my tears Beneath the candle bed Two saddened angels – in heaven, in death Now let us lie Sad we lived sad we die Even in your pride I never blamed you A mother`s love Is a sacrifice Together sleeping Keeping it all No sympathy No eternity One light for each undeserved tear Beneath the candle bed Two souls with everything yet to be said

I want to see where the sirens sing Hear how the wolves howl Sail the dead calm waters of the Pacific Dance in the fields of coral Be blinded by the white Discover the deepest jungle I want to find The Secret Path A bird delivered into my heart, so It`s not the end Not the kingdom come It is the journey that matters, the distant wanderer Call of the wild In me forever and ever and ever forever Wanderlust I want to love by the Blue Lagoon Kiss under the waning moon Straying, claiming my place in this mortal coil Riding the dolphins Asking the mountains Dreaming Alaska The Earth can have but Earth I want to find… It`s not the end… Drown into my eyes and see the wanderer See the mirrors of a wolf behold the pathfinder

Come wet a widow`s eye Cover the night with your love Dry the rain from my beaten face Drink the wine the red sweet taste of mine Come cover me with you For the thrill Till you will take me in Come comfort me in you Young love must Live twice only for us For me For you Time devours passion`s beauty With me With you In war for the love of you (Tonight any dream will do) Not a world but your fine grace Seduction in sleepwalker`s land November dressed in May on your face Holding us now the lovecropper`s hand Come cover me with you…

For whom the gun tolls For whom the prey weeps Bow before a war Call it religion Some wounds never heal Some tears never will Dry for the unkind Cry for mankind Even the dead cry – Their only comfort Kill your friend, I don`t care Orchid kids, blinded stare Need to understand No need to forgive No truth no sense left to be followed „Facing this unbearable fear like meeting an old friend” „Time to die, poor mates, You made me what I am!” „In this world of a million religions everyone prays the same way” „Your praying is in vain It`ll all be over soon” „Father help me, save me a place by your side!” „There is no god Our creed is but for ourselves” „Not a hero unless you die Our species eat the wounded ones” „Drunk with the blood of your victims I do feel your pity-wanting pain, Lust for fame, a deadly game” „Run away with your impeccable kin!” „- Good wombs hath borne bad sons…” Cursing, God, why? Falling for every lie Survivors` guilt In us forevermore 15 candles Redeemers of this world Dwell in hypocrisy: „How were we supposed to know?” 4 pink ones 9 blue ones 2 black ones – In memory of the Redeemers 20.4.1999

Take heed, dear heart Once apart, she can touch nor me nor you Dressed as one A wolf will betray a lamb Lead astray the gazers The razors on your seducing skin In the meadow of sinful thoughts Every flower`s perfect To paradise with pleasure haunted by fear A sin for him Desire within A burning veil For the bride too dear for him A sin for him Desire within Fall in love with your deep dark sin I am the Fallen You are what my sins enclose Lust is not as creative As its discovery To paradise with pleasure haunted by fear A sin for him… Bless me, undress me Pick your prey in a wicked way God I must confess… …I do envy the sinners

A nocturnal concerto Candlelight whispers me where to go Hymn of gathering stars as my guide As I wander on this path of the night Embroidery of the stars Undress my feelings for this earth Send me your salva to heal my scars And let this nakedness me my birth Macrocosm poured its powers on me And the hopes of this world I now must leave The nightwish I sent you centuries ago Has been heard by those who dwelled in a woe The distance of our bridal bed Await for me to be dead Dust of the galaxies take my hand Lead me to my beloved’s land „The constant longing for your touch This bitter ocean of hatred and pain This loneliness I need to be who I am” „The oceans are alone as I Somebody take away this gift of mine No charisma for the beast! But still I love you forevermore” „Come to me Deliver me from you And from all the days of the Earth” No last words to say Only memories remain A farewell then, my path goes forever on

The days were brighter Gardens more blooming The nights had more hope In their silence The wild was calling Wishes were whispering The time was there But without a meaning Away, away in time Every dream’s a journey away Away to a home away from care Everywhere’s just a journey away The days departed Gardens deserted This frail world My only rest ? The wild calls no more Wishes so hollow The Barefoot Boy weeping in an empty night Away… Cherish the moment Tower the skies Don’t let the dreamer fade to grey like grass No falling for life A gain for every loss Time gathered me But kept me flying „For this gift of dream I must pay the price with the loss of life’s pleasures”

Today I killed, he was just a boy Eight before him, I knew them all In the fields a dying oath: I´d kill them all to save my own Cut me free, Bleed with me, Oh no One by one, We will fall, down down Pull the plug, End the pain, Run´n fight for life Hold on tight, this ain´t my fight Deliver me from this war It´s not for me it´s because of you Devil´s instant my eternity Obey to kill to save yourself Cut me free, Bleed with me, Oh no One by one, We will fall, down down Pull the plug, End the pain, Run´n fight for life Hold on tight, this ain´t my fight „I envy the 9 lives that gave me hell My path made up by their torn bodies Man to man, soldier to soldier, dust to dust Call me a coward but I can´t take it anymore” They wait for me back home The live with eyes turned away They were the first ones to see They are the last ones to bleed „The ultimate high as all beautiful dies A ruler´s tool, priest´s excuse, tyrant´s delight… I alone, the great white hunter I´ll march till the dawn brings me rest 10th patriot at the gallow´s pole!” Cut me free, Bleed with me, Oh no One by one, We will fall, down down Pull the plug, End the pain, Run´n fight for life Hold on tight, this ain´t my fight

They came for him one winter’s night. Arrested, he was bound. They said there’d been a robbery, his pistol had been found. They marched him to the station house, he waited for the dawn. And as they led him to the dock, he knew that he’d been wronged. „You stand accused of robbery,” he heard the bailiff say. He knew without an alibi, tomorrow’s light would mourn his freedom. Over the hills and far away, for ten long years he’ll count the days. Over the mountains and the seas, a prisoner’s life for him there’ll be. He knew that it would cost him dear, but yet he dare not say. Just where he’d been that fateful night, a secret it must stay. He had to fight back tears of rage. His heart beat like a drum. For with the wife of his best friend, he spent his final night of freedom. Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day. Far from the mountains and the seas, back in her arms is where he’ll be. Over the hills and far away. Over the hills and, over the hills and, over the hills and far away. Each night within his prison cell, he looks out through the bars. He reads the letters that she wrote. One day he’ll know the taste of freedom. Over the hills and far away, she prays he will return one day. As sure as the rivers reach the seas, back in his arms is where she’ll be. Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day. Far from the mountains and the seas, back in her arms is where he’ll be. Over the hills and far away, she prays he will return one day. As sure as the rivers reach the seas, back in his arms is where she’ll be. Over the hills, over the hills and far away. Over the hills, over the hills and far away.

Born to the false world the wanderer Storyteller the pied piper On a quest for immortality Gathering a troop to find the fantasy Lead by a maid queen of the night Voice of angel such a divine sight An amazon to fight and cure This reality with her feline lure Patriotic to the promised land Of never-waking dream Nightquest a quest not for the past But for tomorrow to make it last Simply the best way to walk this life Hand in hand with a dreamer’s mind Enter the realm don’t stay awake The dreams remain they only break Forget the task enjoy the ride And follow us into the night A merry minstrel with his fingers fast Playing his lute charming every lass Joins the troop with a glitter in his eye „Shall I find fame – or shall I die?” Warrior with power along the path A hammerheart his gallantry to last Rhythm of sirens enemies take heed For in this war laws are in silent sleep Patriotic to the promised land Of never-waking dream Nightquest a quest not for the past… Come to the Elfland the eldest said In my guidance you shall not be afraid I am the mastermind the wizard to show the way… Nightquest a quest not for the past… First ones to walk this path of night Lady in black lady in white Followed by legions of night-time wanderers Guardians of the halls of heart When we from my homeland depart To challenge the gods of emptiness May the quest begin!

The sun is sleeping quietly Once upon a century Wistful oceans calm and red Ardent caresses laid to rest For my dreams I hold my life For wishes I behold my night The truth at the end of time Losing faith makes a crime I wish for this night-time to last for a lifetime The darkness around me Shores of a solar sea Oh how I wish to go down with the sun Sleeping Weeping With you Sorrow has a human heart From my god it will depart I’d sail before a thousand moons Never finding where to go Two hundred twenty-two days of light Will be desired by a night A moment for the poet’s play Until there’s nothing left to say I wish for this night-time… I wish for this night-time…

We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the moonlit sky The people far below are sleeping as we fly I’m holding very tight I’m riding in the midnight blue I’m finding I can fly so high above with you Far across the world The villages go by like trees The rivers and the hills The forests and the streams Children gaze open mouth Taken by surprise Nobody down below believes their eyes We’re surfing in the air We’re swimming in the frozen sky We’re drifting over icy Mountains floating by Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep We’re walking in the air We’re floating in the midnight sky And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly

Get away from me! Take heed to thyself and see my face no more! for in the day Thou see my face Thou shalt die! – Exodus 10:28 A constellation of divine architecture built on Earth A holy harbour – Orion Nautical ascension to the firmament Ship-shaped barrows open my heart to the wisdom of this land Sailing with the Serpent Chimera of a fiendish sandman The Unicorn arrives with the westwind to dream His funeral Thou art born for Horus dwells in Thee Slumbering with the ebb and the flow of this foaming tomb Thou art born for Seteh dwells in Thee Reveal your face to me and guide me through the Stygian fields Enthral my soul to Sepedet’s beams to serve Your will Sailing on the distant seas from darkness to deliverance Tales like the ocean written to the Draco’s glance Ruling with the scythe of death you tear our philosophies apart An ancient starwalk to merge into the stars Open thy veins for my venom Kiss the cobras with thy twisted tongue So shalt thou join the empyrean circus Where beggars mourn and seraphs dance In this twilight cathedral Shall I wed thee, O Bride of the Netherworld Sailing on the distant seas… Join my soul the Hunter in the sky