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STRATOVARIUS LYRICS
"The Chosen Ones" (1999 Best of/Compilation)
1. Black Diamond
2. Twilight Time
3. Father Time
4. The Hands Of Time
5. Dream With Me*
6. Paradise
7. Out of the Shadows
8. Forever
9. Full Moon*
10. The Kiss of Judas
11. S.O.S.
12. Dreamspace
13. Against The Wind
14. Speed of Light
15. 4000 Rainy Nights
16. Will The Sun Rise?
1. Black Diamond
Again I see you standing there watching me
Your gaze, those eyes are tantalizing openly
Inviting me to get close to you
Can´t help myself
There´s fascination in the air
I try to fight this strong sensation
But there´s no chance to escape from this temptation
Feels like I´ve known you before
Repeating phrases
But I yearn for something more
I know I can´t stay by your side forever
But I know I won´t forget your beauty
My black diamond
Black Diamond
2. Twilight Time
Danger zone
I look into the mirror see my face again
I hear myself preaching
You are getting bold
Growing old
Skin turns cold
You´re to blame
But I will find the way to be myself again
I break the mirror with a noise
Stop preaching me teaching me
leave me be
There´s no way to stop me now
My end is in sight
I reach for the light
Tonight
Twilight time
It´s twilight time
Reaching for a morning light
Twilight time
3. Father Time
Walking down the path that leads me to my memories
Pacing all the way without a care in my stride
Where are the friends of my yesterday
have they moved on with they lives
Can we still laugh and joke about things like before
There´s no need to hide the past that I have left behind
It´s a good resource somewhere for me to find
Why am I waiting for someone to reach out
it should be all up to them
keeping in touch ain´t that easy but I´ll have to try
Where have all the years gone
that´s what I am asking now
What have I learnt so far
tell me Father Time - tell me now
Now I understand I´ll take from time what I need
And I store it inside it´s there for me to find
I can´t deny that the years will pass by
but it won´t bother me
Coz now I will set out to realize my dream
Where have all the years gone
that´s what I am asking now
What have I learnt so far
tell me Father Time - tell me now
4. The Hands Of Time
The time is running
It´s running so fast that you don´t notice
Years are passing by
And you´re growing older
What happened to all your dreams?
Did they become true at all?
We cannot undo the deeds of the years
They leave you on your own
With all your deepest fears
Don´t look for the future
Don´t live in the past
Just take it day by day ´cause life goes fast
The minutes, the hours
The days and the years will fly so
Live still when you have the time
We cannot undo the deeds of the years
They leave you on your own
With all your deepest fears
Wheel of the time
Turns again tonight
Eternally decides our destiny
Wheel of the time
Turns again tonight
Without reason or rhyme
The hands of time
5. Dream With Me*
Now it is time for you to close your eyes
They've seen much pain it's slowly filling your mind
Pretty as they are but now so pale
You better leave all your worries far behind
Not long ago when you had the Fire
Burning inside of you brighter than any flame
You were the one that I believed in
Keeping our hopes up high where are you now?
Where do you aim?
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
Now it is time to open your eyes again
See how all the sorrows have disappeared faded away
I am right here waiting for your call
If you still need me to guide your pace
Through the day
Let me take you there
To the place you know
Why don't you Dream With Me
The answers will be found
6. Paradise
Late at night I find myself again
Wondering and watching TV
I can´t believe what´s on the screen
Something that I wouldn´t like to see
Many rare species will perish soon
And we´ll be short on food
Why do we have to be so selfish
We´ve got to change our attitude
I know that I am not
The only one that´s worried
Why don´t we all
Wake up, and realize
Like the birds in the sky
We´re flying so high
Without making anykind of sacrifice
We´ve got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we´ll lose our paradise
It seems to me that there´s no sense at all
Nobody cares it´s always the same
Mother nature´s crying out in pain
I know we´re the one´s to blame
7. Out of the Shadows
Out to the light from the mist
From the shadows I go
Facing the new world the odd things
The places unknown
Far away I sail away today
Seeing a new face impression the moment
The thought
Unarmed and naked defendless
My mind is caught
Far away it sails away to stay
Out of the shadows we go
There´s no reason to hide anymore
Out of the shadows we go
Into the new horizon
Towards the new shore we go
8. Forever
I stand alone in the darkness
the winter of my life came so fast
memories go back to my childhood
to days I still recall
Oh how happy I was then
there was no sorrow there was no pain
walking through the green fields
sunshine in my eyes
I´m still there everywhere
I´m the dust in the wind
I´m the star in the northern sky
I never stayed anywhere
I´m the wind in the trees
would you wait for me forever ?
9. Full Moon*
Shining there in the sky light our way across the land
Black clouds in fromt of you face fading into the haze
In this prison of mine my soul lies in despair
My mind wanders through time tell me what is my crime
What is behind velvet lies heart as cold as the ice
in this prison of mine my soul lies in despair
Won't you set me free now I have to leave
10. The Kiss of Judas
I hear footsteps closing in
I recognize them from my early days
The times are different the image remains the same
Repeating backflashes remembering the name
Approaching visions of things
I can´t recall
A familiar smile awakes the pain
Unkept promises
The night awaits
The act of confidence
The kiss of Judas
I feel the lips on my cheek
The kiss of Judas
Haunts me once again
In your private chamber you´re all alone
The well earned silver pieces falling to the Floor
The flame of the candle casting movement to the wall
Your eyes filled with guilt keep staring at the door
11. S.O.S.
I'm waiting for the rain now, to settle the dusty air. Clearing up my emotions. Facing it all if I dare.
I've been thinking, I've been trying but I've always been denying. Wasted days are still inside of me, it's time to set them free.
Why don't we see what is going on? There are not so many years to be wasted until the damage is done and the beauty is gone.
Save Our Souls.
What is the price that we pay?
Save Our Souls.
Do we have nothing to say?
12. Dreamspace
Looking back through time to my childhood days
I used to have a place where I could escape the reality
But lately things have been so difficult for me
trying to reach for the light in the fall of darkness
Waiting watching my life I´m wasting my time
I´m losing grip from life
Going back to my dreamspace leaving it all behind
soon the things will be allright when I get there
Am I safe in here, nothing left to fear
I will close my eyes and float away with stream
Wandering here in this eternal darkness
no signs of light anywhere I am going in sane
Now I am leaving this life
No hope left I want to die
13. Against The Wind
Once again I try to make things work
facing all the power of society
Searching all the answers of the life
I´ll never make it on my own
Was I meant to fail everytime
Seems to me thats my destiny
Is this all that´s left to me
Confusion and bad memories
But now my time has come
No more running in the dark
I want much more than this
I really want it all
Against the wind we run
to every place under the sun
We´ve got so much power inside
We will never give up
Against the wind we go
towards the new shore
together we´ll forget the sorrow
it´s forever gone
14. Speed of Light
Today is just an other day
of my life too short to live
I should have somekind of meaning
a destiny to believe in
before I go to sleep
I find some pictures of a time
when everything was still so fine
although the years have passed by
I will give it all I have inside...everything
I´m away lost in my thoughts
everyday my life goes by
at the speed of light
15. 4000 Rainy Nights
These empty days are filling me with pain. After I left it seems my life is only rain.
My heart is longing to the better times. When everything was still so fine. I wonder why it happens so fast. You give your heart away knowing it might not last. I'm still here waiting for the rain to fall and to see you once again.
4000 Rainy nights, 4000 Rainy nights I'd be with you, 4000 Rainy nights with you.
I keep your memory in my heart, you give me hope when everything is so dark. That thing nobody can take away, forever in me
4000 Rainy nights, 4000 Rainy nights I'd be with you, 4000 Rainy nights with you.
16. Will The Sun Rise?
Throwing my dreams out of my mind
casting them into the sky
canceling tasks I´ve delayed for so long
now it´s do or die
I can´t be seen I can´t be heard
but I am here and I am wondering
Will the sun rise tomorrow
will it light up my sky
can I wake up with no sorrow awaiting
Will the sun rise tomorrow
will I still see the dawn
and not worry ´bout the future anymore
At the end of each day I promise myself
I´d better start to live
coz sooner or later I´ll find out
there´s so much I can give
I can´t be seen I can´t be heard
but I am here and I am wondering
Will the sun rise tomorrow
will it light up my sky
can I wake up with no sorrow awaiting
will the sun rise tomorrow
will I still see the dawn
and not worry ´bout the future anymore
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