Am Abgrund

Once I dreamt in quiet silent seconds
 Vanguards of another restless spin
 Once I dreamt and fell and realized
 What lies before, still lies ahead
 What lies before, still lies ahead
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 They are lurking in the shadows, in the vales
 In the fires and the mold
 Creeping ever closer
 As a new day would unfold
 In the velvet of the dark, I know
 They lie in waiting
 Change was slow in coming but was eager on the wane
 Soon turned into doubt that it all will stay the same
 In the velvet of the night, I know
 They are waiting
 But where to go?
 From the top of the world to the end of the sea
 From the morning all through the night
 I did recoil the days of yearning
 And set fire to the rain
 Washed my hands in rivers clear
 Unbinding all restraint
 But in the blinding of the stars, I know
 They lie in waiting
 Now cast them silhouettes into the fire!
 Clinging to a ledge
 Flaming circle of my days
 I abhor this maze I built myself to wander
 Stay? Astray?
 Now where to go?
 From the top of the world to the end of the sea
 From the morning all through the night
 I will stand forever
 From the top of the world to the end of the sea
 From the morning all through the night
 I am standing on the edge of the world
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 Deep in the soul lies a feverish maybe
 Song of thousand tongues and beguiling tone
 Neither pure or even salient
 Touch my heart and turn to stone
 And time will come
 Time will tell
 Time is blessing - time is hell
 Horizons lead to new horizons
 I am here, hanging on
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 I am the shadows
 I am the sun
 I am the shadows
 I am the sun
 Where to now? No defenses
 Tightrope gone - defy or run
 The yawning chasm
 The dark eternal
 Pounding heart and then
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 Who are you?
 Who are you?
 When the night is long?
 Who are you?
 Who are you?
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 Whenever in your dread and weary
 In hours of disbelief
 Whatever path you will never tread
 Below the vast massif
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 And in the hours of depletion
 When all you know will just fatigue
 When in the garden of your reveries
 All dreams will faint away
 Come hear
 I would like to believe I am braver than this
 But I still have no trust in you
 And in the hour of forgiving
 When the world lies lost in sleep
 Whatever path you did never tread
 Still lies before, still lies ahead
 I would like to believe I am braver than this
 But I still have no trust in you
 And I'd like to believe I am stronger than this
 From darkness into the light
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 From the top of the world to the end of the sea
 From the top of the world to the end of the sea
 Where to go? No defenses
 Tightrope gone - defy or run
 The yawning chasm
 The dark eternal
 Pounding heart and then
 Who are you?
 Who are you?
 When the night is long?
 Who are you?
 Who are you?
 In the velvet of the night
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 Once I dreamt in quiet silent seconds
 Vanguards of another restless spin
 Once I dreamt and fell and realized
 What lies before, still lies ahead