TOMORROW'S EVE LYRICS

1. Prof. Brandon

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2. Optimization

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Dim light but test-tubes rattle
A few men,
Some white coats and goggles
Sterile tools of shining
To avoid pathogenic organisms

Artificial insemination
Careful selection of characteristics
Genetic manipulation
Pure perfection of mind and body

I've been waiting for it all my life
This will be perfect!

Mistakes forbidden
All corrections done until the birth
Blood counts
Each examination
Possible on earth

No more freedom
Control of society
No disease, no more crimes
No more fights out of jealousy
No more weakness
Equal to anything
No more badness
Equal in every way

Supervision, invisible screens
Monitoring of each single step
Optimization of human beings
Enthused by the success
Of research

They give us toys
they want us to play
to use our fantasy
they show us things
they want us to learn
I can feel their eye on me

No more freedom
Control of society
No disease, no more crimes
No more fights out of jealousy
No more weakness
Equal to anything
No more badness
Equal in every way

3. Cold Science

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4. If Eyes Turn Blind

In these eyes
No affection, no tear
Without any show
Of emotion of fear

They are glancing
Fleetingly at me
Meaningless and glassy
I am looking for a sign

We preach equality, no crime
Try to fit in
Avoiding someone seeing through
Amusing job to watch this show

I don't care
What people say
I enjoy my life
Every night and day

Unwritten rules,
Enacted laws, guidelines
Who thinks that up, who agrees
Who stipulates that all
All these eyes are turning blind
Traditions guide
Why should it go for me
I wonder why

Medicine and drugs
Anaesthetize the brain
Dissenters do not play their roles
Who tell the fortune

I don't care
What people say
I enjoy my life
There's a price to pay

Famous models and examples grip
Quest for perfection is relentless
Actors in their own short play
Fallen idols everyday
It makes no difference
If you look the other way

Muscle man stare at you
To ridicule and scorn
Every try to carry on

Better take a leap of faith
You can be strong enough
Close your eyes to forget

You will never be able
To escape the attentions
But you can learn to ignore

In your eyes
No complaint but a tear
Friendship and love
The conscience is clear

You are trying
To be part of it
Honest, frank and fear
Not expecting too much

What went wrong -
Genes and hormones
Control our body growth
Nothing left to chance
So why are you not as tall
I don't care
What people say
I enjoy my life
I'll find a way

Stick together
I should hold your hand
Give support
You are my best friend
No cheering prospects
And no way out
If medicine like blood
Is to no effect

In these eyes
No affection, but tears
Without any show
Of emotion but fear

I can't help you
It's stronger than me
Please understand
I have to look the other way

5. Lost

Imagine me
Standing high above
On a large bridge
Across the river

Imagine me
A warm wind blows
Full of delight I even shiver

Watching the moon rise
Daylight has almost gone
The weather is so nice
It won't last too long

Watching the water flow
Savouring the silence
The current is far below
A distant murmur

Too many problems
I've never told someone
There's no solution at all
Sheer desperation
My face is wet with tears
I only try not to fall
There are new
Inconspicuous walls
I'm quite sure
They haven't been there

Also a few
Buildings grey and tall
But I don't know the reason why

"He's different,
There's something going on with him
I just can't specify."

I've just lost a friend of mine
Perhaps he's in there
I pray that he's still alive
Sometime
Somewhere
Death is a fact of life

Of course a lot of things
Could be regarded
As water under the bridge
But it's hard to take it

Too many problems
I've never told someone
There's no solution at all
Sheer desperation
My face is wet with tears

If it was
Just part in a film
I wouldn't even burn my bridges

In that case
I would be strong
I wouldn't hesitate at all

Lost in the moonlight
I wander around once more
Nothing seems alright
Not anymore

Too many problems
I've never told someone
There's no solution at all
Sheer desperation
My face is wet with tears

6. Live Your Dream

Smile 'cause you can see the sun
A new day begins and
Gives you a change
Feel the strength to carry on
Just have a dance

Walk down the street
Follow the crowd
Nothing unreal

Nothing to fear
You've got to clear your mind
Caught in dreams is as bad as blind
Draw new courage don't feel blue
To wave magic wands
Bewitch just to hide
A journey into the unknown
Broomsticks won't offer a ride
You can't go on

So hurry up to face the truth
And real life
Come on and live your dream
Right now

Now I'm sitting here hoping to feel
The other side of life
But only one stone
To another becomes one
How will I survive

Stuck in a one way street
Haven't bought a ticket back
Can feel devil's heat
Think I missed the right track

Drowning in a sea
Of pain and misery
Am I in command
Or is this destiny

Snowy moonlit peaks and valleys
Twinkling lights from near and far
A crackling fire
Pleasant warmth
Cozy chats by the fireside
Success and fortune
Love and friends
Satisfaction until the end
And all you desire
With all your heart
Now it's time to live your dream

You know the sorrows and joys
Don't rack up your brains
Explanations missing
Don't dare to expect them
To read your mind
Solve the riddle asking why
Fight with the urge to deny
No dreamland to hide

The lonely, the lost
The poor, the unloved
They are at a loss
But if you shake of your self-pity
You'll make friends easily

So hurry up to face the truth
And real life
Come on and live your dream
Right now

Headache and nausea, dizziness
I might just go insane
Bathed in perspiration
Nightmares
Ghosts
I'm waiting in pain

Is there a way to turn
Around gravity
There's no praise to earn
For avoiding honesty

Medicine like blood
Was to no effect
Can't see any friend
To get in on the act

Romantic islands—summer sun
Cliffs and miles of golden sands
The sound of waves
Breaking on the shore
Surfing, diving, water skiing

New creation—new invention
Exploration—endless vision
All you desire with all your heart
Now it's time to live your dream

Oh, can I afford
To risk live and limb
'Cause I can't have it both ways
I see faces I don't know
I see things I can't complain
Fragments of another life
Are hunting me in my sleep
Fear or hope, what's behind
The horizon and the sky
I have to check out what is real
And live my Dream

7. Next Chapter

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8. New Orders

All hunting like some birds of prey
In good conscious
No unusual way
If the pressure to succeed is enormous
It is hard to meet the demand
There must be no slips
A matter of course

They clip our wings
Tighten up rules and controls
New orders, new laws
And nobody bothers at all
I do my best, indeed
Sure I know that I have to play my role
Change of atmosphere
I am not afraid
But I don't know what's going on

Waiting for new orders
Without a shadow of a doubt
They are
Waiting for new orders
Like soldiers or even toys

Not that it matters
Birds of a feather they are
With a cold voice they speak
Calmly—indifferently
And they don't ask
So never will I
Controlled by strings
Like marionettes
I'm part of it or am I not

Waiting for new orders
Without a shadow of a doubt
They are
Waiting for new orders
Like soldiers or even toys

"Great. That's even more than I've expected.
They do what I want, without any complaint
optimal behaviour
I'm very proud of them."

9. Crazed Gunman

A perfect summers day
The sun is shining bright
All sorrows far away
All clouds are out of sight
Still conscious of their duties
Also cheerful and relaxed
Some are humming to themselves
Entering the large complex

Hidden dangers lurk
In every lab on earth
Day by day at work
But the career comes first
The rooms seem light and airy
With a view of a lake
They might be able to enjoy
But there's no time to break

Then shots are fired
Damnation
He shed a lot of blood
The victims cry out
Sedation
Nip panic in the bud

Illusions might be wrong
But sometimes they help along
When the truth is hard to cope
What gives a meaning to your life
If there's nothing left inside
The last to die is hope

Who knows
What he really wanted
Who knows
When the fight began
What acted as a trigger
When it started
What on hell thinks
Crazed gunman

As darkness falls outside
No one cares about
The silence of the night
The sound of pain fades out
A lot of hate can lead to violence
An act of revenge
It seems to be the last resort
To see the sun again

My mind is on the scene
It drives me round the bend
No time to intervene
Few seconds 'till the end
He gave no indication
He deceives us pretty good
Should take some action to prevent
Yeah, I know I should

The deed shocked me
Sensation
He made such a fuss
There can't be any
Relation
Between him and us

For all that I can hardly blame him
He gained his freedom
There and then
Revenge on those
Who tried to shame him
He decided where and when

Who knows
What he really wanted
Who knows
When the fight began
What acted as trigger
When it started
What on hell thinks a
Crazed gunman

10. Mirror Of Creation

11. Too Many Lies

Somewhere—late at night
I've been working too hard
And waiting too long to face truth

Somewhere—deep inside
There's a dream in my heart
A dream that will never come true

No more friend of mine
I couldn't see through the haze
But I'd keep every promise this time

No more tears to cry
Lost and hurt
Too many lies

Somehow—sad to know
If I've wasted my chance
There won't be another to blow

Somehow—I've sold my soul
Now it's dark
An empty hole

Maybe no one even knows
Maybe no one even cares
I'm not strong enough to fight
I'm not strong enough out there
It's long since I've tried

Depressed and low
And I don't know where to go

12. Point Of No Return

I used to think I'd never be, at a point of no return
It's the end of the road for me, let the bridges burn
Revelations of my past, important to find out
Advantages won't last, without a doubt

I can't deny schizophrenic tendencies
I won't rely on everything I've seen
My mind is clear for the first time in my life
Subconscious fear but after all I'm still alive

Now it's time to live my dream
Time to face reality
I've been waiting for too long
What have I done?
There will be no magic cure
But a fighting chance for sure
At least I have to try, so don't ask me why

We can't afford just to ignore
That we've been bred like animals
We have no freedoms and rights
Controlled just like machines, even the dreams

We might be human but we're tools
Just an illusion for some fools
A lack of conscience and pride
Even satisfied when every day is a lie

Unsuspecting their eyes are turning blind
Those ideas, have never crossed their minds
It's on me now to find a way
Or to live in silence and pray
Once I believed in my destiny
But life is not what it used to be
There's nothing left to loose, not anymore
I'm crying for my own identity

"Something went wrong, my dream is running through my fingers. Why?"

It's been a vision again, of perfect woman and men
I'm disappointed in you, cause I have no life and you know it's true
I am a man, like a sheep in a pen
Thoughts and feelings inside I've always known how to hide

"Oh my god, what does he attempt to do? I won't let them destroy anything I've created!"

No one cares, no limits known
The goal is to control the world
Don't you dare
Optimized catastrophe
A recipe for disaster
I'm mesmerized

Test tubes still rattle in some guarded labs
Another child is born human rights outworn
It has to end

Once I believed in my destiny
But life is not what it used to be
There's nothing left to loose, not anymore
I'm crying for my own identity

"Don't pull the trigger."

13. Tomorrow?

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TOMORROW'S EVE LYRICS