After Forever After Forever Discord A lonely heart can beat A lonely heart can bleed A lonely heart can be Enclosed but isolated A lonely heart is weak A broken heart will see Its broken promises My faith is broken forever Can’t you believe that this power within can be for real? It smothered my skin but light now seems to freeze, but why? A lonely heart won't break A lonely heart won't forsake me A lonely heart can be broken to pieces but still not defeated So if it's all for real The own heart should be melting Because we're all the same Beloved and burning forever Can’t you believe that this power within can be for real? It smothered my skin but light now seems to freeze, but why? Won't you believe? Won't you embrace it? Can't you believe? The power between us! Won't you believe? Won't you embrace it? Can't you believe? The power between us! Can't you believe that this power within can be for real? It smothered my skin but light now seems to freeze, but why? Evoke So wild, so beautiful and pure All elements divine The essence of all life So false extensive and remote Unbridled and erratic Savage but glorious It burns (...) It calls Its drawing power will enchant us with its might Its massive spirit's bright Let it flow This endless beauty will evoke A timeless sequence we all share We cannot break through, no control But to feel its true soul Dare to foresee Dare to correct? Emerging waves and brightened skies The sun that burns in your eyes The winter blooms and (...) It shines Its energy is willing It fights Will not be interfered With people who can't feel It's all nature’s flow Let it flow This endless beauty will evoke A timeless sequence we all share We cannot break through, no control But to feel its true soul... Its endless beauty will evoke A timeless sequence we all share We cannot break through, no control We should cherish it (....) Let it flow! Let it flow This endless beauty will evoke A timeless sequence we all share We cannot break through, no control It is not in our command, no! Transitory Life at its best You are doing fine But your pride is (...) As it breaks Suddenly clear Beautiful, but transitory What We won’t break easy We won’t give in To an unbearable pain We’ll pull through We won’t crack Will endurance survive? Oh, transitory Pain is as life itself Evanescent as it fades Oh, Transitory Life, all you’ve got All was swept away Now you see What there is to miss Silently (...) than you thought As you know It's transitory Cause we won’t break Survival is all we’ve got And our unbearable greed We’ll hold on And won’t crack And we’ll value our life Oh, transitory Pain is as life itself Evanescent as it face Energize Me Energize me with a simple touch Or with an open heart Energize me, fire up this flame That's burning between us It's not a fantasy Another mistery It's just what I can feel And something I can see It's like a memory And in a melody It's just what we all know And we all hear I was blind I was closed down Could not feel Or set it free Energize me with a simple touch Or with an open heart Energize me, fire up this flame That's burning between us It lies in everyone This swalling energy It's all around us too Electrifying you So can't you set it free? This virtue is the key Just something we all know And we are used I can feel It's inside me Open up Enlighten me Energize me with a simple touch Or with an open heart Energize me, fire up this flame That's burning between us Energize me with a simple smile Open up your mind Energize me activate that light That's given and taken Can you believe in the power that's burning between us? Would you believe if you open up your mind Open up your mind Energize me with a simple touch Or with an open heart Energize me, fire up this flame That's burning between us Energize me with a simple smile Open up your mind Energize me, fire up this flame That's burning forever Equally Destructive Ground is shaking, waves are breaking The wind has lost control The air is shifting While it's lifting (...) gravity A huge eruptions Fast explosions As it bursts the earth Water's pounding Waves asounding Deadly and extreme But we are equally destructive Equally destructive as we are! Don't you think we've all so gone too far? We are just a part of this machine In this endless stream (...) silence predicts the violence That is yet to come We are senseless Proud (...) with us We must measure while the pressure (...) false expense We feel minor, punished and (...) Betrayed by (...) We are a part of it We are equally destructive Equally destructive as we are! Don't you think we've all so gone too far? We are just a part of this machine In this endless stream Withering Time Withering time So elusive, so shapeless Graceful coil Crumbling glory It will revive Exalt the endless chain Exalt the withering times Time decides what lives or dies Time can crawl, time can fly It can wither and erase It can make a new beginning There’s nothing time can’t beat There is nothing time will need To destroy and bloom again A vicious circle older than the earth Decay, destroy to reform again Withering time (choir) Broken windows, blistering paint Lashing winds, hot suns and rain wood has splintered, walls are cracked The elements are just vicious All what men have made won’t last In the future as in the past But our memories are strong And we’ll outlive all circles of time Time, transcend byond all life, Trancend byond On! Until the end of time, on and on Live! Before we waste our time, before we run out Broken, blistering, lashing, splitering, cracking, crawling, flying, withering time (Choir) De-Energized You take, you give nothing but misery You are reluctant in your vanity Your eyes are blinded by your conceit You turn my fire into negative energy! You are stranged by your jealousy A weakness in your personality Your lack of social skills annoy me Your fuel, my hate by your negative energy! I see a false alliance causing all this pain I see a sick relation ending up in vain I see a world in war because of pride and might I feel it all getting de-energized I am amazed by your ability To make me feel all this insanity I am discouraged by your falsity You sink so low to get things done your way (Chorus) Unwilling, absent, dissenting Conflicting, adverse, annoying You’re cureless, painless, disgusting False, ruthless, blinded, recusant You damage, injure and destroy Unbalanced, troubled, unfaithful You’re senseless, heartless and fearless Cold, hostile, distant and empty You are a freak! You won’t get closer to my dignity Something you’ve lost, just like empathy I won’t degrade to your pathetic ways Nor let take any more positive energy (Chorus) Cry With a Smile Cry with a smile My heart is bleeding Bewildered I'm here alone Why is there in a beautiful moment? Why do I feel so lost, so empty? Cry with a smile My heart is healing From pain I knew that would come Why stay locked in a deeply sad moment? Why do I feel so cold, so peaceful? Take my heart and set it free Take my heart and give a time to heal I know, in my memories you live Take my heart a little while Take it with you to the place you go I know, we will meet again someday Cry with a smile My heart was dreaming Of time I knew would come to an end Why do I cry about a beautiful memory? Why do I feel so hurt, so lonely? Take my heart and set it free Take my heart and give a time to heal I know, in my memories you live Take my heart a little while Take it with you to the place you go I know, we will meet again someday Envision I see it I hear but cannot know how you are feeling I sense it but can't comprehend He's standing there waiting for the news To hear what's wrong with her His feelings go away beyond my own Lonely sense it Only imagine their fate Just envision The only way to relate We try to We say so But we can only imagine We want to But can never (...) She’s laying there crying For the truth is stronger than her pain Her feelings go way beyond my own Only sense it Only imagine their fate Just envision The only way to relate Can we sense it? Can we imagine their fate? Just envision There's no way we relate For real Who I Am You hipnotize me I do not dare to look You mesmerize me Don't even dare to feel I want to have it just to prove I can take control I want to have it just to show them I wont be fooled I take it I break it I'll force you Just to let them know who I am Who I am I'll softly touch this I'll fire up this flame I'll hold on gently It's time to leave the game I want to have it just to prove I can take control I want to have it just to show them I wont be fooled I take it I break it I'll force you Just to let them know who I am Who I am I want to have it just to prove I can take control I want to have it just to show them I wont be fooled I take it I break it I'll force you Just to let them know who I am Oh, I want to have it Just wait and think it over I break it, I take it I don't want to push it I'll force it Just to let them know That is not who I am Who I am Dreamflight Welcome and wake up This is not a dream But something in-between that and reality Wake up if you dare This is not a regular nightmare Before your eyes the world will change Slowly takes you down to unknown places Welcome to a world that's only yours Wake up if you dare and just follow me! Leave me alone My grief speaks to me where I'm still awake Leave me alone I'm my own (...) victim of my mind Let go! I fold you, I warned you though I won't let go before you dream all your dreams I'll play you, you want me to You ask for more, you want to know Leave me now, I need to know I'm in control Leave me alone Leave me be within my private fantasies Let go! I told you I won't let go I want to show you what dreams can do for you I'll free you, I'll overdose, I'll show you all You want to know As sun is light, as sun is dark Dreams can be both, they have two sides. Fear, I am your fear deep inside (....) Pain, I am your pain deep inside (....) Silence I'm here No words, no songs, no pain or doubts I'm floating, even time itself Can never touch me, I am free. Silence I'm here No voices, no music I'm roaming through this harmless place Leave me here where I am free Doubt, I am your doubt deep inside I am all you try to hide Hate, I am your hate deep inside I am your mirror, your pride! (....) So face it You know, I'm right You have no reason to resent me and fight You are me and I am you Beyond the sign of the sleeping truth Leave me please I cannot rest with you in soul Leave me alone, I'm too tired for this crazy theories Let go! I'll leave you but won't let go For I am part of what you will never do I'll help you, I'll overdose I'll show you all You need to know For I'm your dream energizer Empty Memories Here, here in this heart It's cold, cold as stone Must welcome these memories As shallow as my eyes have slowly become fright Frail heart left broken Cold and numb For its bitter agony Here are the memories As empty as my life has slowly become Sting, crush and bite in my soul, my heart bleeds Times changed forever that night Leaving only empty memories Empty memories won't heal the pain We know only sorrow There's no future in tomorrow All our hopes have buried to young For the years that should have followed We know only hatred There's no future in our anguish For our hope was buried with life And reprisal will be ours It's empty We're empty They're empty memories Here, here in this heart It's cold as stone For no feelings there to warm It is as empty as our dreams and hopes Now our future is gone It stings and bites in my soul, my heart bleeds Times changed forever that night Leaving only empty memories Time once changed forever that night Leaving me... No, no, no With empty memories Empty memories Empty memories Produced & mixed by Gordon Groothedde. Recorded and engineerd by Gordon Groothedde at Rooftop Studios, Holten & Studio Eternia, Reuver, Netherlands. Artwork & layout by Thomas Ewerhard. Photographies by Stephanie Pistel. Lineup: Floor Jansen – Vocals Bas Maas – Guitar Sander Gomans – Guitar Luuk van Gerven – Bass Lando van Gils – Keyboards Andre Borgman - Drums Guest appearance: The city of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Richard Hein. Arranged by Joest van den Broek. After Forever Choir: Floor Jansen - Soprano Rannveig Siv Sigurdardottir - Mezzo Soprano Amanda Somerville - Alto Previn Moore - Tenor & Bariton