Aura

"The dawning of a brand new day 

The waking of the whispers say: 

That sleeping heavens will return 

In deepest night the secret learned 

And from these walls this city lies 

The past will be our future 

The journey will be over, 

Awake!" 



I saw the writing on the wall 

The story of our birth then fall 

Within their tombs of holy stone 

The scrolls of life, one man alone 

So if we try, we can live and learn 

The sands will pull you under 

Don't let them pull you under 

Awake! 



I travelled to a foreign land 

Through stormy seas and burning sand 

Led by the stars the ancient stream 

The call of treasures yet unseen 

So if we climb to the rocks of kings 

Together we'll discover 

The source of all our wonder 

Awake! 



Someday we're going to go back to the stars 

And find the answer, who we really are 

A traveller through the lonely mists of time 

Creation from the sky 



The dawning of a brand new day 

The waking of the whispers say: 

That sleeping heavens will return 

In deepest night the secret learned 

From these walls this city lies 

The past will be our future 

The journey will be over 

Awake!



Someday we're going to go back to the stars 

And find the answer who we really are 

A traveller through the lonely mists of time 

Creation from the sky 



Someday we're going to back to the stars 

And find the answer who we really are 

If we try, we can live and learn 

Together we'll discover 

The source of all our wonder 

Awake! 



We saw the writing 

We read the story 

Awake!

Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground

And there's not a hand for you to hold

Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down



Every time you think of home

Remember that you're not alone

And we'll be with you heart and soul

Wherever you are



And if you should lose your path along the way

And find yourself walking in the dark

Whenever the ones you love seem far away



Every time you think of home

Remember that you're not alone

And we'll be with you heart and soul

Wherever you are



Whenever the fears you hide come reaching through

Every time you think of home

Remember that you're not alone

And we'll be with you heart and soul



Every time you think of home

Remember that you're not alone

And we'll be with you heart and soul

We'll be with you heart and soul

Wherever you are



We're with you heart and soul

On the street below these walls

Where I used to walk

Now I can barely crawl

All this darkness rising tall

Lord, shine a light for me

I'm waiting to be calle



I'm ready to go home

I'm ready to receive 

Forgiveness for my sins

I'm ready to begin



Take this river to the sea

Where the delta flows

The tide is washing over me

Guide this soul to Heaven's door

Show me where tomorrow lies

I'm waiting to be home



I'm ready to lay down

I'm ready now to sleep

A promise I must keep

I'm ready to go home



Sometimes I lay down with these memories

Breathe shallow, deep inside of me

Time has run its course with me

And I'm ready to go home



When the evening shadows fall

When the time has come 

I let defences fall

To surrender's to survive

I will give up everything 

To those I leave behind



I'm ready to go home

I'm ready to receive 

Forgiveness for my sins

I'm ready to begin



I'm ready to lay down

I'm ready now to sleep

A promise I must keep

I'm ready to go home

Again

One world, one dream

The stars in your hand

No light, no life

The scars are made by man

Heaven can't help you now



In this madness

Take it while you can 

It's the last time



This Holy water

Running away

For the last time



One world, one dream

The stars in your hand

No light, no life 

So heal the scars of man

One chance, this night 

To shine on this land

This time, with pride

Give back now while you can



All these fields, that once were green

Have turned to smoke and steel

The sun will fall, and the last moon rise

Don't turn this tide away



If you want it

So start it again

It's the last time

(The scars were made by man)



It's not forever

The dust is the wind

For the last time



One world, one dream

The stars in your hand

No light, no life 

So heal the scars of man

One chance, this night 

To shine on this land

This time, with pride

Give back now while you can

Silent wave coming down on me

Washing out the lie

Living inside me



Life's not hard

Now I'm on TV

This sudden twist of Fate



I am direct salvation

Just send in your donation

I can promise that you'll be save



Forgive me, World

I'm just a man who's lost his way

Forgive me, these two words I pray 

It's time to make a change



Yesterday was a different day

Thought I knew the answer

A vision in my mind



Search my soul

And then you will find

A shelter for my pain



The truth is in the open

And now my heart has spoken

Hoping maybe you'll hear my cry



Forgive me, World

I'm just a man who's lost his way

Forgive me, these two words I pray

It's time to make a change



Forgive me, World 

I'm just a man who sins today

Forgive me, these two words I pray 

My Faith is still the same



Maybe I can't change the past

Maybe love can bring us back

Maybe we can try and start again.



Forgive me, World

Heroes of the future

The keepers of the past

And objects of our beauty

Remaining till the last



Walking on the water

The oceans at our feet

The passage of our nature

The taste of bitter-sweet



So shall we be Kings?

Born just to win

Proud voices sing

And we wish that this life would go on and on



Looking in the distance

The fever on the street

Cast away the covers

Let my people see



Rulers of the network

Leaders from the dark

Embrace a generation

The first will be the last



So shall we be Kings?

Born just to win

Proud voices sing

And we wish that this life would go on and on



Shall we be Kings?

Born just to win

Proud voices sing

We will never give up till the day is done



Shall we be Kings?

Born just to win

Proud voices sing

And we hope that the Word will live on and on



Time waiting

Time taking

Life

Do you remember years ago?

All our hopes would ebb and flow

We thought we'd find a Promised Land

Our footprints in the sand



The mysteries, the twists of Fate

Have changed the path from love to hate

But won't erase sins of the past

They hide behind the mask



If I could conquer all our fears

Can forgiveness dry the tears?

If I falter, my soul I'll sell

On the coldest day in Hell



I'll never let you down

How can I tell you now?

But only Heaven knows

I won't let you go



I dream of demons through the night

A restless fever till morning light

My body's cold, my head's on fire

Give me back my life



Kill this ghost inside of me

Let me sail on deep blue seas

A new beginning, another page

Dawn gives in to day



I will conquer all our fears

Let forgiveness dry the tears

If I falter my soul I'll sell

On the coldest day in Hell



I'll never let you down

How can I tell you now?

But only Heaven knows

I won't let you go

I swear I'll stand my ground

How can I turn this round?

As this time Heaven knows

I won't let you know



When I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming of you

When I'm breathing, I'm breathing with you



But only Heaven knows

I won't let you go

Look into the distance, you're living in a cage

A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage

You're thinking of the outside, and dream of the past

The gates to freedom lie within your grasp

They're changing the system, rewriting the laws

Renaming religion, reshaping your cause

You always be lonely, walking with fools

The shadows in the doorways make the rules



Because you're free, this time 

Don't be scared of who you are 

Free, to find 

There's no hiding in the dark



A new day is dawning, a New Age begun

Nobody told you which way you should run

Wait for the thunder, break from the shell

Is this the gate to freedom from this Hell?



Because you're free, this time 

Don't be scared of who you are 

Free, to find 

There's no hiding in the dark

Free, this time 

You can learn to live again

Free, to find 

There is shelter from the rain

Free



They're razing the fences in the pastures of doom

The fields of our heroes, the land won by few

The call of a New World, dream to transcend

Now it's time to fight and start again



Because you're free, this time 

Don't be scared of who you are 

Free, to find 

There's no hiding in the dark

Because you're free, this time 

You can learn to live again

Free, to find 

There is shelter from the rain

Don't hang that sign on me

You're the stranger

Don't try to talk to me

You're the stranger



On the seas 

They came from far away

From the skies

Their silver birds of prey



In one day

Ten thousand years could change

We are fools 

To live your pilgrim ways



Don't hang that sign on me

You're the stranger

Don't try to talk to me

You're the stranger



And we drive

Five hundred miles this time

To the edge

Of crystal-cut blue sky



Silence breathes

South of the border line

Silent trees

Look back and wonder why



Did Father and his Holy Son

Spread the word and point the gun?

And where the eagle used to fly

They carve their concrete in the sky

Tearing at our Mother's skin

Taking all her blood within

Remember how it used to be?



Did Father and his Holy Son

Spread the word and point the gun

And where the eagle used to fly

They carve their concrete in the sky

Tearing at our Mother's skin

Taking all her blood within

Remember how it used to be?

Stand up again and say:



Don't hang that sign on me

You're the stranger

Don't try to talk to me

You're the stranger

Don't hang that sign on me

You're the stranger

Don't try to talk to me

You're the stranger

"What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

- Only the monstrous anger of the guns. 

Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons.

No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; 

Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, - 

The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; 

And bugles calling for them from sad shires." 



(Wilfred Owen, 1918) 



Now the day has run

When the cover comes

But any fool can see

Ahead



Silence is my friend

But it has to end

Any fool can see

Ahead



It's the longest night

It's the longest night

Cold winds may blow 

On the longest night



So we write our letters

To those far away

Any fool can see

Ahead



The distant sound of thunder

A choir of wailing shells

Any fool can see

Ahead



It's the longest night

It's the longest night

Cold winds may blow 

On the longest night

I don't want to fight

I don't know who's right

Cold winds they blow 

On this longest night



It's the longest night

It's the longest night

Cold winds may blow

On this longest night