1. |
The Dreamer's Requiem
05:21
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(Instrumental)
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2. |
Empty Days
05:52
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[September 1989]
[The Dreamer:]
Morning sun, the only shade of light
To carry me through these empty days
The wind of dawn caresses my cheek
In memory of a life that used to be
I can’t deny this disarray I feel
The wishful redemption is the chain that binds me
From living this life I share with you
(Living this lie)
This undeserving grief you bear
Reuniting with the past
A desire that’ll mend this broken hope inside
Subconciousness
Refusing to move on, refusing to let go
Why can’t it be real?
Help me
Every day
My time wasted away
In hope to find a door to the past
Forgive me, Lil
Forgive me what I’ve done
By dragging you through these empty days
Her eyes so dark
Her smile so divine
Though not with lips as red as The Rose
Unceasing care
With so much love to give
Yet wasted away by my inability to forget
Yet I still invite this disarray I feel
This beloved memory of a withering rose
The images passing by through my mind
(Images passing by)
A story of which she knows none about
Still you’re searching for a key
To unlock this box in me
Sealed and locked away
Yet open
Every day
My time wasted away
In hope to shut this door to the past
Empty days
Since I can’t touch your face
Since The Rose withered away
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3. |
When Shadows Call
08:21
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[The Dreamer:]
Misty morning unveils my despair
Exposed in an open bed
Unknowing of what I will do
Unwilling too
Memories, they inhabit me
Persisting pain every day
I’m waiting for the storm to come
Will I dare to go?
Just one last attempt
To seal me away
To be gazed upon nevermore
But then, light suddenly fills the room
A calling out for me
Light
Shivering right through me
A piece that died just came back to me now
Speak
The voice I want to hear
Is there a chance to reunite?
I won’t let go
If I hold your hand one more time
I won’t let go even for one night
When shadows call
I will know you’re still around
Questions arise
Is there a way to find you?
So where do I begin?
Is this even real?
My living state
Might be the hindering reason
Do I dare to give in?
I won’t return
What if I’m wrong?
What if you’re unreal?
I can’t risk to end it all
There are ways to be found
Light
Shivering right through me
A piece that died just came back to me now
Speak
The voice I want to hear
Is there a chance to reunite?
I won’t let go
If I hold your hand one more time
I won’t let go even for one night
When shadows call for me
[The Rose:]
You will find a path leading here
Our place to unite
A remedy to our pain
Just you and me and nothing else
Immortal divinity is the title of our story
So now, take my hand
Find me
[The Dreamer:]
Do speak to me
I need some guidance
Though I will find you soon
Light
Shivering right through me
A piece that died just came back to me now
Speak
The voice I want to hear
I know that we can reunite
I won’t let go
If I hold your hand one more time
I won’t let go even for one night
I won’t let go once I find you alive
I won’t let go of you I adore
When shadows call for me
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4. |
Scent of a Rose
08:38
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[The Dreamer:]
Life, this endless trip over hills and vales
It takes us for a walk through a garden divine
Time, a ticking clock through sorrow and grief
Can bring us to afford a will to make it end
But then a drapery fell
And light was revealed
She removed it all
And found what was concealed
We drowned in each other
With words caught by wind
And that look in her eyes got closer to me
Like there was no need for hiding
‘Cause she felt it too
We had found a beginning
Now shared by two
Days, as weeks went by
Yet they stood still
For everyday’s the same
You’re the only thing on my mind
I could lift the mask
‘Cause she saw who I am
Together we could form
A kiss beyond heaven
Rose, I loved you so
I gave you all that I am
Stunned by how she loved me too
She said she’s all mine
We drowned in each other
Determined to stay
And that look in my eyes
Stared back at me
I would always be standing
Right there by her side
Like there was no tomorrow
I would never leave her behind
[The Dreamer & The Rose:]
Our hands gently touching our skin
(A thousand words)
Floats in the air unspoken
(This garden divine)
“I shall stay here with you”
(“‘Til our final days”)
A meaning to life
Had never felt so true
[The Dreamer:]
We drowned in each other
As I held your hand
I saw the look in her eyes
Seizing to be
You said you would be standing
Right there by my side
It’s been fifteen years of empty days
Since you’ve been gone
Gone
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[October 5, 1974]
[The Dreamer:]
Yet another day will pass us
With rejoicing and with bliss
Filled with love up to the brim
Just like the days when we first met
This day is like any other
Filled with passion and such lust
Though our words clashed into each other
The flame went dim and swallowed us
Don’t walk away
Let’s settle this the right way
Don’t walk away
Don’t walk into the heavy rain
You are nowhere to be found
The darker clouds tumbles in
Seen within, oh
There is no time for these games
I know you are angry with me
Just get back home safe
Yes, I have done wrong
It’s not just my fault
Am I to be blamed
That you might be long gone?
In this moment, feeling anguish
Where are you now?
Don’t
Don’t turn away from me
This isn’t the time to give up on us
Please, show me now
You’re still with me
And don’t say goodbye
Don’t leave me alone here
I won’t sleep tonight until you get back
What, if something happens to you
Am I supposed to do?
Shedding tears like nothing else
This must be a dream of mine
No, this can’t be real, oh
I let my fury control
My mind overrides in rage
I can’t switch the page
I can’t believe it
Though I have seen it
Knowing my faults gives
A darker meaning
No, if it wasn’t for the fighting
You’d be alive
Don’t
Don’t turn away from me
Don’t walk to the light
Show me mercy
Please, show me now
You’re still with me
And don’t say goodbye
Don’t dare to give up now
Don’t walk to the light
Show me signs of life
Then suddenly
Heart stopped beating
She left me behind
I won’t go on
Not without you
How can I let go
Of the one I love?
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6. |
Invitation
11:51
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[September 1989]
[The Dreamer:]
Darkened mind all the while
I’m here all by myself
I shout whatever comes to mind
Hear me cry for the while
My thoughts are all in overdrive
I’m too lost to be found now
In my reality
Self-loathing is what I feel the most
Self-pity and anger will keep haunting me
A man is drawing near
He claims to know what I’ve been through
He claims to know a way to set me free
A land where I can be free
(The man I used to be)
Invitation, invitation
A key to unlock my dreams
(It’s worth taking the risk)
Invitation, invitation
A new era draws near
(To the man I used to be)
Invitation, invitation
A gift to unlock my dreams
(A new world to be seen)
Guide me to the land of my dreams
This gift may be able to reanimate
The one that I held so dearly and so sound
A man to enable my dreams to come true
Thus some things will never be the same again
A land where I can be free
(The man I used to be)
Invitation, invitation
A key to unlock my dreams
(It’s worth taking the risk)
Invitation, invitation
A second thought to reveal
(What really matters to me)
Invitation, invitation
A song would fade me to dream
(A place where Rose would appear)
A reflection of my dream
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7. |
The Lullaby
02:17
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(Instrumental)
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8. |
Elysium
12:16
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[The Dreamer:]
I’ve arrived at a green flowery field
Stretching as far as I can see
I know that this is only a dream
But everything seems so real
The grass softly
Waves along with the hot breeze
It pushes me onward to the blue horizon
I walk down the hills blooming with oxeyes
Each step guided by the wind
Blinded by light, I hear a calling
Then appearing before me
My one, my dearest Rose
With arms wide open
I embrace you with love
My wish came true
Now I’m not leaving you
Many years have passed
But don’t let it deceive
I simply won’t let you go
[The Rose:]
I knew that you would find me again
Been waiting for so long
Heart’s racing as you’re holding my hand
The first time since the leaves of fall
[The Dreamer & Rose:]
I simply can’t believe
That you’re here with me
Once again by my side
Ineffable love of mine
With arms wide open
I embrace you with love
My wish came true
Now I’m not leaving you
Love brought back again
No, I’m not letting go
We will remain you and me
Our love from the past
In harmony once again
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9. |
An Ancient Tale
07:36
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[The Egyptian National Library and Archives, Cairo]
[February 1922]
[The Illusionist:]
In a tale from long ago
I was but a man
Inspired by Alpharabius book
A new healing formula
I’ll try to equate to a magic melody
To reach an inner dream
I’ll find a way
To reach out to desires
Through the notes of a lullaby
I will fly
To a paradise through this conjuring
The warm, comforting major
Calls to me, invites me to the
Cold enchanting minor
I hear a melody coming alive
I feel it creeping in my ear
I feel like I’m going to collapse
Embraced with fear as I see no more
But then, a beacon of light
I’ve found a way
To reach out to desires
Just one look at my dear lost child
Before I’ll step back
Now I will help you all
With my lullaby
I’ve regained the key
To reach out to desires
And so now, my quest begins
You shall fly
To your paradise through this lullaby
You’ll all fly to find your peace
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10. |
When Liberty Calls
02:22
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[September 1989]
[The Dreamer:]
Once there was a song
Tender and deep
In a world where dreams
Could unite the foreseen
Transcending melody
Searching for harmony
Oh, sweet Rose
All that I am will be here
Fueled by memories
This dream is more than real
All that I’ve known
Is so surreal and blurred
Oh, sweet Rose
Come, sweet heart
Into the silvery gates
Now I see
Illusions unveiled
Still asleep in dreamscapes
I just can’t leave be
I have no fear no more
I will let go
Now, sweet Rose
All that I am will be yours
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11. |
Disconnection
07:17
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[The Dreamer:]
My senses may seem feeble
But my passion is so strong
Willing to let go of my past
Letting go of everything
Disconnecting
Some distant rumbling can be heard
My life is to be split in two
My feet are numb and I can’t move
I do this for us
Take my hand
Oh, please take it
(Please, Rose)
How can this be?
This world is now falling down on me
Help me, please
I need to stay here with you
How can this be?
I am trapped within this dream you live
I’m disconnecting from reality
Is this worth to die for?
Life turned upside down
The more I think about it
The more concerned I get
Is this worth to live for?
Can’t seem to retract
Nothing to turn back to
Nowhere to return
How can this be?
This world has forsaken you and me
Help me, please
I need to stay here with you
How can this be?
Her lost soul is staring right at me
You’re the only one I need
You are the only one I need
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12. |
Dark Dimension
12:37
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[The Dreamer:]
Here
Floating in the air
Inside this empty space
Staring into black
As I long to see her face
I’m calling out her name
An empty ghost
What’s there to blame?
(Why?)
I, I reach out my hand
Through the white and shiny mist
That reflects her face
That’s fading away
Another day has gone
But what happened to you?
Tell me, dear
Tell me why my hand falls through your face
And those eyes
Where I found love, now start to decay
All the time
I spent on dreaming being here with you
Tell me now
Why I’m falling through
Help
I can’t find a way of healing this day
Make me stay here with you
As she drowns
In seas of sorrow, I hold my breath
Swimming to
Save the one I longed for my whole life
Getting near
I reach my hand as she fades away
One last kiss
Without detection, leading to tears
Save her now
God, curse this day
Tell me now
Why she fades away
Dark dimension raised from sorrow
In this once beautiful place
This place that made
Me unite with that lost life
Supposed to be a holy grail for me
This magical world
Transcending away
That eternal dream
Is darkened from light
Corrupt lullaby
You trapped me in this world
If I can just go back
I’ll start over again
Lily
If I’m given one more chance
I will turn around
And tell her I was wrong
I am through regretting the past
Please, help me escape
From this corrupted lullaby
If I’d be given one more chance
I would turn around
And tell her I was wrong
I am through regretting the past
Please, help me escape
From this corrupted lullaby
Light
Fading grace
Allow me to escape
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13. |
The Dreamer's Escape
18:18
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[The Dreamer:]
The sky is fading away
Before my very eyes
This broken simulation
Is trapping my soul
I’m cold and all alone
The Rose is no more
The winter’s drawing closer
How could I believe?
Curse you, Illusionist
In fury I shout
Shall I yield to this day?
And let go of all?
Why have you done this to me?
You’ve shattered my world
Why didn’t you tell me of its mysteries?
You must have known
I stand in oblivion
I fear there’s nowhere to run
Trapped in this dream
My ending theme
But something’s engaging me
I welcome this epiphany
I’ll wake up
An echoing voice in this chamber
Is calling for me
I feel there’s a way out
From this delusory place
One last fight
I will find the gateway back home
No longer regret the past
I will run back to a life
I shall embrace
There’s almost nothing left
I barely know if I’m still here
The black ground is holding me down
Can’t go on
Can’t feel myself
(My senses fade away)
Detaching my mind from my soul
(It fades away)
Heart turns to stone
(Much heavier than before)
But I need to reach Lily again
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14. |
Leaves of Fall
11:23
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[The Dreamer:]
Light not far ahead
It shines through the fading mist
Could this be the way?
I slowly feel warmer
The clouds of rain are gone
I’m somehow gaining back myself
Oh, this familiar voice next to me
Yet I can’t see a thing
I now realize
My state and condition through
The words of doctors and Lily
Now I have returned
For how long I don’t know
Is it too late for me to wake up?
For once in my life
I’ll let go of myself
I see now through Lily’s eyes
What I’ve done myself
The years she might spend alone
I must make sure to reach her
Before it’ll be too late
Our dreams, this lullaby
Shows to heal and be sealed
Yet I, became so blind
Now I see
She was always there for me
Lily
I’m sorry
Forgive me
Forgive me
Life, this endless trip
Over valleys and hills
Hope always finds a way
Let go of the past
A new chapter awaits
The blank page is always there
To fill with stories yet untold
Freedom’s calling
Go on
My dearest Lily
Reach a new dawn
Freedom’s calling
For both of us
I now bid you farewell
It is time for me to go
Hear my whisper in the wind
It will show you the way
Now it is time
To let go of myself
The pain now through Lily’s eyes
I hope you’ll understand
My eyes open suddenly
A silent message of a thousand words
And now through her eyes
I now realize
A new hope has been restored
Through the Lullaby
And I’ll carry on
In this world through you
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