[ ABC DIABOLO]

GO ROUND IN PACIFIST CIRCLES

ONCE BEGUN - IT CAN BE DISTURBED BY NONE
BELIEVING IN THE GOOD AS THE ONLY WAY
TO BREAK WITH THE CIRCLE OF VICIOUSNESS
BELIEVING IN THE GOOD AS THE ONLY WAY
ONE DAY THEY WILL BE COVERING UP THEIR TRACKS
ARE YOU ABLE TO FOLLOW WITH ACTIONS THE NEXT?

EPHEMERAL

ONCE AS I CRIED
I SAW DEVELOPING INSANITY
THEY GAVE BIRTH TO NEW IDEALS
ONE BY ONE LOSING THEIR TONGUES
WE RUSH FOR REPETITION
IN LESS TIME OVER THE YEARS
WE ARE PICKING UP SPEED
JUST CAUSED BY THIS FEAR
TO MISS A CHANCE,
TO MISS THE JOY OF LIFE
THAT BLIND ACCEPTANCE
IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES

ABSENCE

MY OWN SEDUCTION
BY GIVING MY LIFETIME AWAY
RESURRECT AN OLD DESIRE
WORDS CAN NO LONGER BETRAY
WHICH TURN PROMISES PROSPECTS
YOU ARE NOT IN THE MATTER ANYWAY

CHILDREN OF NO REVOLUTION

VERY MOMENT

NOT TO SEEK THE HOLE IN THE GROUND
NOONE WILL LEAVE - NOTHING TO BE FOUND
WE DIG FOR SHIT - NO VOTE FOR THE DAY
THE CHOICE GETS LOST - THIS ROLE´S TO BE PLAYED
HERE WE ARE! QUITE EASY TO SEE
LIFE DEPRESSES - STIRS ANGER IN ME
GET ALONG WITH THE ORDINARY LIFE
HOW TO BELIEVE - NOONE DESCRIBES
TO COPE WITH SHIT - ILLUSIONS AWAY
WE DREW THE LINES - TOO LATE TO COMPLAIN
RELEASE THE INSIGHT OUT OF MY BRAIN
OR I HAVE TO QUIT - THAT NOTHING REMAINS

AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY SPEECH

BLOOD RUSHED TO FACE
I WANNA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
TO RETURN TO A FORMER STATE
STARE AND IRRITATE
CERTAINTY OF BEING RIGHT
TO ME IT`S TORTURE
TRYING NOT LET MYSELF
GET OUT OF HAND
WHEN ALL CREATION COMES
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
BEGINNING THE END

DEAD INSTINCTS

LASH OUT WITH CONVICTIONS YOUR LIFETIME
KNOW YOUR MEANS - HOW TO ARGUE
RULES ARE VENAL - IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ME! LIVING YOUR WHOLE LIFE
TO THE DEAD INSTINCTS WHERE THE IMAGES ARE
CRYING ON PEOPLE UNTIL THEY ARE EXTINCT
YOU CAN SAVE YOUR FACE FOR SOMEONE ELSE

DITCH YOUR PROFESSION

ENGAGED (IN EVERY MEANING)

I WOULD SEE DEMONS WHEN THE STORM
WAS BREAKING OUT IF I COULD BELIEVE
WHAT THEIR RULES ARE ABOUT
ACTUALLY I WAS ENGAGED AGAINST MY WILL
I PREFERE TO WALK A DIFFERENT WAY THROUGH THE MILL
PEOPLE OF THE LORD - ENTANGLED IN AGED IDEAS
WHERE PROBLEMS JUST WON´T DISAPPEAR
THEY ARE COMMENDABLE In THEIR SOURCE
BUT I CAN´T FOLLOW ANYMORE
THEIR MINDS WERE ABUSED
UNTIL THE END OF THEIR WAR
FOR WHAT THEY STOOD - NOONE REMEMBERS ANYMORE
NOONE IS BEHIND - THE WORLD IS GOING BLIND
AND NOONE IS TURNING WATER INTO WINE

OPEN FRAME

MY BODY ACHES
THE HOURS MOVE SLOWL
HYPNOTIZED BY PAIN
WHICH WON´T LET ME GO
YOU BROUGHT DISEASE
THE LANGUAGE OF MY SOUL
CHARACTER BUILT
UNDER SOMEONE ELSE´S CONTROL
A KIND OF FIGHT
TO FINISH ME OFF
BUT WHO IS THE WINNER
WHEN THERE IS NOTHING TO LOSE?

ADMISSION

FROM THE LIMITS OF TIME TO A HELPING HAND
A WELCOME CRIME BECOMES A LOADED GUN
FROM TIME TO TIME - TOO SCARED TO DEFY
NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT - OBLIGATION DEMANDS
YOU SHOOT UP SOME MORE WHILE YOU TIP THE SCALES
EXPECTATION IS FOR…YOUR EFFORTS FAIL
FOOLED BY NONE-EXISTENT
EVERYTIME YOU REALIZE
THINGS ARE GOING WRONG AS BEFORE
THAT´S WHEN YOU TRY TO CONCEAL
THAT´S WHEN YOU START TO IGNORE

DEVIL IN ME

WHAT YOU SEE
IS THE DEVIL IN ME
HOW COULD I SURVIVE?

GREY DEVOURS

UNNOTICED, DAYS WERE FOLLOWING SUIT
AND NO HARBRINGER CAN BE OF USE
WHILE YOU GET BOGGED DOWN BY DETAILS
INTACT WORLD IS BECOMING PALE
IF DOUBT COMES IN AT THE DOOR
CONTROL FLIES OUT AND THE GREY DEVOURS
NO MORE SUNSHINE ON YOUR SIDE
SPLITTING UP - RATHER BE BLACK OR WHITE
LURKING BEHIND - A DECISION IS MADE
FINDING BALANCE ON THE EDGE OF A BLADE