Rotersand - Welcome to Goodbye (2005)

Welcome to a life that knows goodbye
Welcome to a mind that dares to wonder why
Welcome to the world behind your eyes
Welcome to goodbye
Welcome

Welcome to a life that knows goodbye

You can only try and dare to live
Do you see
Do you feel
Do you know

As the daylight is breaking
The chosen ones so quietly gather
No one's faith is shaking
Their vision lies beyond

Strangely mantled in silence
A grand parade of lives completed
Faith alone gives them guidance
To find their journey home

Send the last ship home
Send the faithful home

With the first golden blazes
They leave for their eternal voyage
And the lines in their faces
Reflect the fiery skies

As the last ship is leaving
I see my father gently waving
Clutching all I believe in
I whisper my farewell

Send the last ship home
Send the faithful home

All the time I called my own
And all the times that wouldn't come
All the times I went for waiting
All the time that passed me by

Those lessons learned - almost wasted
Those assets earned - all my memories

And all my time is almost wasted
All my memories and all my time

And all my time - the blood I've tasted
Canned in memories of all my time

All the times the world was mine
And all the times I played for time
All the time that rushed with fever
And all the times I didn't try

Those lessons learned - almost wasted
Those assets earned - all my memories

And all my time is almost wasted
All my memories and all my time

And all my time - the blood I've tasted
Canned in memories of all my time

The storm…

Meet you by the waters
To dance beneath the waves
Your pinions will support us
As you fulfill my craves

Yearn for my invasion
Into your world of blue and gray
In this crusade of persuasion
Your love will be my prey

I'm watching you
I'm tracking you
I'm hunting you
I'm haunting you
Be mine

As the daylight is breaking
The chosen ones so quietly gather
No one's faith is shaking
Their vision lies beyond

Strangely mantled in silence
A grand parade of lives completed
Faith alone gives them guidance
To find their journey home

Send the last ship home
Send the faithful home

With the first golden blazes
They leave for their eternal voyage
And the lines in their faces
Reflect the fiery skies

As the last ship is leaving
I see my father gently waving
Clutching all I believe in
I whisper my farewell

Send the last ship home
Send the faithful home

You know - we're gonna fight until our fire's turning cold
I know - you would never try to see it's not my fault

It's gone too far to be undone
It's always been just hit and run
I guess it's true, I'm finally lost
A piece of garbage turned and tossed

There's no more time to show concern
We've crossed the point of no return
I guess it's true, I'm on my own
A soul that's frightened to the bones

You know - I'll never find the words to sing your melody
I know - there's no way that you could walk to follow me

It's gone too far…

Exterminate
Exterminate
Exterminate annihilate destroy
Exterminate annihilate destroy

Give me your faith, something I can believe in
And you'll be my family, my brother, my friend
Tell me a truth that I find not deceiving
Teach me a lesson that I understand

Build me a shelter, a place I can dwell in
Show me a future that I can enjoy
Give me a reason and I'll be your fellow
Show me the target I have to destroy

Exterminate annihilate destroy

Show me my leader and I'll pledge obedience
Whisper the name of the enemy mine
Blessed be my fate and my tools of expedience
I'm going to fulfil what's my mission divine

Exterminate annihilate destroy

Do you believe in God
Did you ever lie to your mother
Do you like cake
Do you have problems falling asleep
What is your favourite colour
Are you afraid of certain noises
Do you eat too much
Would you buy this
Are you politically active
Do you feel aggressive sometimes
Are you nervous
If you were an animal, what would you be
Are you afraid of losing control
Would you buy this
Do you suffer from headaches
Do you masturbate
Do you like flowers
Are you afraid of water
Do you wear blue jeans at the office
Do you sometimes wish you were another person
Would you buy this
Did you believe in santa claus
Did you ever kill an animal on purpose
Are you afraid of hurting someone
Did you ever dismiss somebody
Would you buy this
Did you ever dream you could fly
Are you afraid of fire
Do you like music
Did you ever get water up your nose
Would you buy this
Are you afraid of spiders
Did you ever have sex with a person you didn't know
Would you buy this
Do you like reality shows
Would you buy this
Would you buy this

Jesus, Jesus, what have I done?
Where can I turn to, where can I run?
Jesus, Jesus, what have we done?
A sign of evil my name has become

You were my friend, my guide, my idol
And I lived my life at your command
Our love noone could rival
Tell me how was I to understand

I kept my doubts for later
Played the game and played it by the rules
So I became your traitor
Never thought that I was just a tool

Alive - and forced to live
Alive - and no relief

Find the sense in all the senses
Get the feel of every feeling
Rise and never fall again

Striving for superior stances
Hunting way across the fences
Just to end where you begin

All in all no memory remains
A world emerges and it disappears
It's all in all a sentimental interference
It's just a flash within the brain

Trust your life to cosmic scheming
Scan the skies for gods and demons
And the world's eternal plan

Search with magnifying lenses
Look for cause and consequences
In a mesh without an end

All in all…

Flesh, stench, it's just a multitude of
Breath, death, a vicious circle made of
Thrill to kill, a gruesome battle raging
Day by day by day by day by day
Pain in vain, a faded tapestry of
Hope and dope, a direful exercise in
Grief, relief, a stifling chorus playing
Day by day by day by day by day

All in all…

Nothing we would fear
We were born to live on higher ground
Heavenbound
To live on wings

In a dream so dear
Out of touch with fazing sight and sound
So safe and sound
We didn't see

The angels falling down
Losing ground
Suddenly
Angels falling down
Losing ground
So are we
Angels falling down
Losing ground

Venus circling mars
Gently drifting through eternity
You and me
Noone else

We were noble stars
Loving souls immune to vanity
How can it be
We didn't see

The angels falling down
Losing ground
Suddenly
Angels falling down
Losing ground
So are we
Angels falling down
Losing ground