Visions of a greater time to come - a journey in time And man's will to unite with equals in a shining kingdom Looking down at the masses below And the yearning for divine presence on earth Caused rather the opposite Crippled angel - a martyr with wings sawn off Calling for vengeance A dead saviour transformed into the great being A guardian angel fallen from grace A merciless smothering of any tendency To break free from the cursed chains Where every step forward is heading into The arms of the being Crippled angel Welcoming every man too far away from the World on fire that fell into oblivion But as long as there are traces of life left to burn This journey will continue Can't hide from the wretched being Can't hide from the reality any more Can't ignore the failure Or that the downfall was unavoidable Can't hide from the wretched being Can't hide from reality any more Can't ignore the stricken's chantings Or heal the wounds that were self-inflicted When all are dead and the earth has been scorched He has won When a hundred years have passed And the silence still remains He will celebrate the victory of time When the earth is dead and everything is cold He will come back for more Because in the ashes of yesterday's creations There may still lie traces of hope Walk in his footprints - settle for the earth There is no cure now - let your body be his instrument Kneel to the wicked - for yet another hundred years or more Celebrate the crushing of yet another naive rebellion When time has stopped and all hope has gone He has won When everything is frozen and nothing ever changes He will celebrate the victory of time When the earth is dead and everything is cold He will come back for more Because in the ashes of yesterday's creations There may still lie traces of hope Walk in his footprints - settle for the earth For he is your wicked superior When everything is dead, and there is no escape And there is no tomorrow, days that never came Visions never realized, a future in the hands of the being When everything is cold, the diabolical creation prevails The journey continues Visionary - an angel with wings sawn off Begging for mercy Diminished - I am the shadow Watching the slow uprise I shall not stay, nor shall my body A timeless journey Angel-like voices are fading away Buried in ashes so cold Where there is no light There may still lie traces of hope