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STRATOVARIUS LYRICS
"The Past and Now" (1998 Best of/Compilation)
1. The Hands of Time
2. Future Shock
3. Twilight Time
4. Chasing Shadows
5. Dreamspace
6. Fire Dance Suite
7. Against The Wind
8. Twilight Symphony
9. Will The Sun Rise?
10. Forever
11. Black Diamond
12. The Kiss of Judas
1. 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
2. Future Shock
I saw it in a dream
the day that changed our history
I still can hear the screams
swear it was no mystery
In the heat of the blast
Houses fell down into the ground
This happened so fast
Mankind disappeared without sound
Now the world lives in shadow of atomic fear
Can we win the fight for peace or will we disappear?
Future Shock
I saw it on the screen
The day that changed our lives and history
There goes our dream
Nuked into the sky don´t know why
In the heat of the blast
Watch the beauty of the mushroom cast
It won´t take long
You won´t live till the end of this song
now the ...
3. 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
4. Chasing Shadows
I have been sailing across the oceans
flying across the blue sky
Without never finding the answer
the answer to the question why
just when you think you reach it, it´s gone
Chasing Shadows, Chasing shadows
Chasing Shadows, all your life
Harder you try to fix things in your life
Faster you know it´s in vain
Searching for loving from strangest places
Nothing is left but the pain
Chasing Shadows, Chasing shadows
Chasing Shadows, all your life
5. 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
6. Fire Dance Suite
Dancing around the fire
We've gathered here tonight
Flames are getting higher
Memories are filling my mind
As I look back through the time
Nothing left to find
You're just a memory from the past now
And now it's time for Fire Dance
Fire is burning my soul
I'll be lost forever
Fire is burning my heart
Until the end of time
In this mysterious place
The fire's showing its face
Secrets are revealed
There is no turning back now
And as the hour draws near
I will burn with fear
You're just a memory from the past now
And now it's time for Fire Dance
Fire is burning my soul
I'll be lost forever
Fire is burning my heart
Until the end of time
7. 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
8. Twilight Symphony
I´m entering in to the woods
I left everything behind
I have to follow my heart
Don´t know what I´m looking for
Starlights guiding my way
to old black oak where we meet
now it´s full moon
other side is calling me
singing dancing this is no dream
Twilight Symphony
The feast is going on
rapture never seen before
the fury is taking us
into a new level soon
Hearing voices everywhere
telling me what to do
giving me answers
other side is calling me
singing dancing this is no dream
Twilight Symphony
The spirits are calling me
I only wish to die
there is no question why
anymore
9. 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
10. 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 ?
11. 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
12. 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
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