Part I. Where Are We Now?
Part II. Dancing Ghosts
Part I. Dystopia
Part II. Battle Royale
What if it’s not
If it’s not meant to be
What if someone
Has made a mistake
What we’ve become
There’s no turning back
Maybe it’s time
To say that out loud
Question marks are falling down
Crushing underneath our memories
As we stand and look around
The world that remained
On the walls we paint our dreams
Hiding in the fallout shelters
While the Gardens of Eden
Are burning above
What if it’s not
If it’s not meant to be
What if someone
Has made a mistake
What we’ve become
There’s no turning back
Maybe it’s time
To say that out loud
Part I. Where Are We Now?
I’m your lie
I am your pretending
I’m the cause
of your shame and anger
I’m your crime
Swept under the carpet
Your vanity
With all consequences
Living a distorted day
Distorted life
In an uncertain place without the sun
Where are we now?
Living in a fallen land
With fallen minds
In an uncertain place without the sun
Where are we now?
What have we done?
I’m your sloth
I am your aversion
Intolerance
I’m your private wasteland
Living a distorted day
Distorted life
In an uncertain place without the sun
Where are we now?
Living in a fallen land
With fallen minds
In an uncertain place without the sun
Where are we now?
Living a distorted day
Distorted life
In an uncertain place without the sun
Where are we now?
What have we done?
Where are we now?
Who have we become?
Part II. Dancing Ghosts
We’ve been waiting for brighter days
How could we’ve known we were happy?
Dancing ghosts
Singing ghosts
Where are we now?
Dancing ghosts
Singing ghosts
Shake me down
I’ll make a noise
Tap my hand
I’ll make you smile
Give me hope
Then take away
Like you did the last time
Like the last time
Like the last time
Tell me who I have to be
Cross my head, lips and heart
Make me get down on my knees
Like you did the last time
Like the last time
Like the last time
Wading through the desert
I am wading through the desert
To the promised land
You burned to the ground
Wading through the desert
I am wading through the desert
To the promised land
You burned to the ground
Take me to the highest hill
Show the fireworks display
Tell me it’s for my own good
Like you did the last time
Like the last time
Like the last time
Turn poetry into prose
Then launch a crusade
Make another vale of tears
Like you did the last time
Like the last time
Like the last time
Wading through the desert
I am wading through the desert
To the promised land
You burned to the ground
Wading through the desert
I am wading through the desert
To the promised land
You burned to the ground
Listen now
The wind is dying down
I can no longer hear
their wailing
and their cries
The shooting stopped a while ago
Not sure who has survived
They used to be friends
And now they simply wiped each other out
The others took their place
Got a second chance
To get through the night
Tell me now
What’s right
What is wrong
Where’s the line between fear
And total callousness
My heart’s beating too fast
I’m trying to catch
Echoes of morality
Maybe there’s a chance to expiate my sins
Turn around
And start again
There’s nowhere to escape
But I have the key
I know the road
So I will take you there
Look after you
And save us both
Where have you wandered,
My only child
Why are you not coming back?
Your mother is crying her eyes out
And I
In my dreams
Hear your voice
„Father, will you take me away
Father will you take and save me from my fate”
„Father, will you take me away
Father will you take and save me from my fate”
Wanted to go
Look for you
A hundred times
But I couldn’t leave her alone
The end of the world
Ruined our home
Yet didn’t destroy our hope
Acid Rain is pouring down
On the caravans of shadows
Once they used to be humans
Dying of too much choice
Devoid of trust and empathy
Alone
They were passing each other
Now, together,
With raised hands
In tears
They call out at the sky
„Father, will you take me away
Father will you take and save me from my fate”
„Father, will you take me away
Father will you take and save me from my fate”
Part I. Dystopia
Part II. Battle Royale
I.
I’d like to tell you
What I dream about
I’d like to say
How much I miss you
But
I say sorry
So come, my darling
Come to me
I’m sorry
I’m dying on the tree
I’d like to tell you
That it’s not too late
I’d like to say
That I won with myself
But I say sorry
So come, my darling
Come to me
Sorry,
I’m dying on the tree
With the world beneath my feet
II.
So you found me after all
Pile the rocks
The two nailed boards
Linger beside me
You’re all I have left
Tell me the story of your life
There’s so much that
I have got to find out
Until the next darkness arrives
I do not have too many requirements
Only one wish
Before you go
And before I crumble back into the dust
Take me to the river down below
Take me to the river down below
Stay
Sit down
And get some rest
Since you came across my place
Linger beside me
You’re all I have left
Tell me the story of your life
There’s so much that
I have got to find out
Until the next darkness arrives
I do not have too many requirements
Only one wish
Before you go
And before I crumble back into the dust
Take me to the river down below
Take me to the river down below
And before I crumble back into the dust...
And before I crumble back into the dust...
Wait in silence
Until the stars go dark
My companion
With your cracked, withered heart
That day is coming
I know that you’re calling on me
That day is coming
I know that you’re calling on me
I don’t want you to make me wait too long
It’s time to get on the road
Half dead colours
Residues of my soul
Caught by the wind
Hunting
Thirsty for love
That day is coming
I know that you’re calling on me
That day is coming
I know that you’re calling on me
I don’t want you to make me wait too long
It’s time to get on the road
Close your eyes
Don’t be afraid
I’m with you
This place is safe
We found a camp
We have supplies
They will let us stay the night
Close your eyes
I’ll tuck you in
Mum will sing to make you sleep
Don’t mind the noise
There’re just the bombs
A part of music for this song
When the night begins to fall
You and I
In a safety zone
The former world shall not return
But we’ll survive intact
Again
The ”Wasteland - Hi-Res Stereo and Surround Mix” 2CD+DVD will be released as Digipack format with Slipcase and includes a DVD bonus disc of “Wasteland” as Hi-Res Stereo 24bit version and as Surround Mix, plus 3 video clips („Lament”, „River Down Below”, „Wasteland”).
This special edition also contains 5 previously unreleased acoustic versions on a separate CD.